Chapter 477: The Grotto Is Collapsing (1)
Absorb!
Absorb more!
Absorb crazily!
Su Yu had not even considered the fact that his grandteacher was having a terrible time. What a joke. What was his grandteacher? His grandteacher was an expert capable of fighting Sunmoons!
He was only absorbing a tiny bit of willpower. And he wasn't even absorbing directly from his grandteacher. He was absorbing the willpower produced by the resources of the single character faction. It wouldn't affect his grandteacher, so he naturally wouldn't hold back.
Willpower saturation?
Willpower overflow?
Yeah. That would happen with how much willpower he was absorbing.
But fear not! He had his little hammer!
Compress!
Purify!
He was uninterested in garbage willpower. He only wanted the purest of willpower!
All 80 of his apertures were full?
He couldn't absorb more?
Fear not!
He could open more! He could open even 180 apertures if he wanted!
With 80 apertures, his absorption speed was terrifying.
Even a regular ninth-stage Cloudbreach would only have 72 apertures opened.
Of course, since Su Yu's willpower was weaker in strength, his absorption speed was still incomparable to that of a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. But with 80 apertures, his speed was almost comparable to a seventh or eighth-stage Cloudbreach.
Continue!
Five hours...six hours...
This continued for 12 whole hours.
Little did he know, the materials supporting the opening of the grotto had been fully exhausted. The willpower expenditure was simply too high. At this point, Su Yu had opened a total of 100 apertures.
12 hours ago, he only had 71 opened apertures. In total, he had opened 29 new apertures. This was much faster than before. The thick willpower walls around him had thinned considerably.
And Su Yu's willpower had been tempered so much that he could no longer further temper them, forcing his willpower cultivation to reach 90 percent full. His willpower had turned extremely compact. If he continued tempering it, his willpower would probably turn solid.
But for willpower to turn truly solid, one needed to first reach willpower materialization. Since Su Yu had yet to achieve that, he could no longer continue tempering his willpower.
...
Meanwhile, Hong Tan felt like he was dying.
He kept telling himself that he was fine.
He could do this!
He needed to lie to everyone and show that he was fine!
He was really reaching his limit. The absorption speed was too fast. With 100 apertures, Su Yu was basically absorbing as much willpower as a Cloudbreach.
And that pressure was too much for the grotto to handle.
The grotto was on the verge of collapse.
Hong Tan knew that if this continued, the grotto would definitely collapse. But that couldn't happen while he was the one controlling it. He looked around before stopping on a certain elder. He would have to trouble Old QI for this.
Old Qi was Fatty Xia's friend. He would be the perfect person to take the fall for the grotto's collapse. He hoped that Old Qi wouldn't take it to heart. He was already at his limits.
Old Qi wouldn't be afraid of offending all these people, but Hong Tan was. The multiple character faction was already in a difficult position. Thus, Old Qi would have to take on this task.
Despite all those thoughts running through his mind, Hong Tan maintained a tranquil expression.
He removed some of the willpower around Su Yu and dispersed it all over the grotto to keep it operational, ensuring that nobody would notice that the grotto was on the verge of collapse.
Old Qi would take over a grotto that was a shell of its former self. The collapse would happen in the blink of an eye.
Of course, since Su Yu was the culprit, he had to notify the kid in advance.
He couldn't converse with the kid?
That wasn't an issue!
...
Inside the grotto.
Su Yu was still busy cultivating. He could sense that the willpower density around him had dropped, but he wasn't too bothered.
Suddenly, the willpower wall beside him rippled.
He looked up at the wall.
A word formed on it.
Run!
Yes, that was the word on the wall. Su Yu blanked out. What was that?
"Run!"
The word became clearer and clearer. Before long, the word rippled and was replaced by: Collapse.
Su Yu blanked out.
Holy shit!
What was the meaning of that? Was the grotto collapsing? Or was this spot collapsing? What the hell was that? Wasn't this a grotto left behind by a big shot Sunmoon? How would it collapse?
Su Yu had a lot of questions, but he calmed down and waited a short while. No new words appeared while the willpower wall kept thinning. He could already start to see some silhouettes through the wall.
He hurriedly covered his apertures with the shadow barrier generated by his deceit character. Then, he stood up while maintaining a calm expression. He nonchalantly strode through the wall.
The moment he walked out, everyone focused on him. Ji Xiaomeng, who was cultivating beside Zhou Pingsheng, asked curiously, "Why are you stopping?"
Everyone knew that Hong Tan was giving Su Yu special treatment. Zhou Pingsheng and the others were unhappy, but they also knew that they couldn't do anything to something produced by a pseudo Sunmoon. Even if they could do that, they would probably do so much damage that the grotto itself would fall apart.
Thus, none of them had bothered to attack the mountain even if they knew Su Yu was inside.
Su Yu flashed a genial smile and said, "I'm only at the Mental Tempering Stage. There is a limit to how much I can absorb. After reaching saturation, it's pointless to stay inside."
Su Yu looked at the people cultivating nearby and smiled, "I would like to express my thanks to the seniors from the single character faction. My willpower has reached 90 percent. I have benefited greatly from this grotto. I think I'm not that far away from the Skysoar Realm."
Both Hu Wensheng and Xia Yuwen only gave him a glance before ignoring him. Zhou Pingsheng had a cold expression, but he said nothing either.
Liu Hong had an amused look as he asked, "Su Yu, you're growing fast, but have you formed all your characters? Are you going to join our single character faction after your advancement?"
Su Yu laughed, "What are you saying? Am I not a single character faction member currently? Wait, that's wrong. We only have a character faction in the academy now. There are no longer single or multiple character factions."
"..."
Liu Hong laughed, but inwardly, he was suspicious. Why was the kid stopping? Had the kid really reached saturation? That was possible. After all, the kid had absorbed a lot of willpower. It wouldn't be too surprising if he had reached saturation.
Su Yu started leaving. While walking, he said, "I really need to thank you guys for the free entry into this grotto. I'm being earnest. I'm not being sarcastic."
Su Yu spoke with a solemn expression. He was serious! He was really thankful for them. These people sure were kind. It was only a pity that he had only opened 100 apertures. Why had his grandteacher told him to leave?
The grotto was going to collapse?
Really?
He had planned to open at least 108 apertures! Fortunately, his willpower was at a state of saturation, with all 100 of his apertures stuffed full with willpower.
This was still a decent harvest for him. After leaving the grotto, he would probably be able to open two or three more apertures after digesting all the willpower he had stuffed in his sea of willpower. There was always the option of going crazy one last time before leaving the grotto. Even if he couldn't open 108 apertures, he could accept leaving with only 105 apertures.
Su Yu started heading toward Wu Jia.
He completely ignored the group behind him. With a bunch of Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators there, these people would be fine even if the grotto collapsed.
As for Ji Xiaomeng and the other students there, they would be fine. Those Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators would protect them. If those single character faction members dared to let any harm fall to these students, they would probably die themselves after leaving the grotto.
After losing his daughter to a mere grotto visit, Ji Hong would definitely kill all of them in a fit of anger.
...
"Wu Lan!"
While on his way, Su Yu saw Wu Lan. He greeted her and smiled, "Have you reached saturation?"
Wu Lan glanced at him and decided to ignore him. She had reached saturation long ago! She was in the midst of nurturing her characters!
"Let's go together. The willpower here is too dense..."
Wu Lan was speechless. Was this guy stupid? Dense willpower would only make this a better cultivation environment! At first, Su Yu was inclined to ignore Wu Lan. But this girl was Wu Yuehua's grandniece. And Wu Yuahua was...his martial mother?
In a way, that was accurate.
Probably.
He wasn't too sure, but he knew that his Teacher Liu had a special relationship with Wu Yuahua. He felt pity for his Teacher Liu.
In the past, Teacher Liu had told him that all women were obstacles in cultivation. Perhaps these women were the reason why Teacher Liu had been stuck under the Skysoar Realm for so many years.
No wonder Teacher Liu had given him such a warning. He wouldn't doubt his Teacher Liu anymore. Teacher Liu was speaking from experience!
"Wu Lan, Xia Huyou said that you're garbage. He's planning to challenge you to a match. Do you know that?"
"..."
The moment those words were said, Wu Lan stopped cultivating and stood up. She coldly asked, "Are you speaking the truth?"
"Yes."
Su Yu said, "I met him earlier. In his words, you have been relying on your elder sister and grandaunt to act all cocky in the academy. He has been wanting to beat you up for a long time."
"Hmph!" Wu Lan snorted coldly and asked, "Where is he?"
"Ahead of us..."
Su Yu continued walking while sending a message to Xia Huyou.