Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 572 572: 571 Greedy

"Not enough... I've sacrificed all the elixirs, but it's still not enough," Xiang Tong said as she looked at the flying sword in her hand, "What should I do? At this rate, I can only use this..." She suddenly turned her head towards Hai Yi, "Hai Yi, your family still has elixirs, right? Or maybe something else that's valuable?"

"Can you lend them to me, please? I will definitely pay you back afterward."

Seeing Xiang Tong looking at him, and feeling the sincerity in her gaze, Hai Yi was about to agree, but when he thought of the amount he himself needed to sacrifice tomorrow, he found it difficult to do so, and subconsciously turned his head away, "I need to make sacrifices myself tomorrow... Why don't you go back and look for something else?"

"That won't work! I've tried everything, unless it's treasures like magical instruments, elixirs, and rare materials from heaven and earth, ordinary household items, walls, stones -- who knows how much of those I'd need to fill up to complete the sacrifice!"

Xiang Tong pleaded, "Hai Yi! Please, can you lend them to me just this once…"

"I'm sorry." After shaking his head, Hai Yi pushed her hand away and left quickly, filled with guilt.

When he turned his head, he saw only Xiang Tong's face, filled with despair, slowly fading into the darkness.

Once Hai Yi returned home, he entered his cultivation room, touched his forehead, and his Primordial Spirit felt more at one with the ring in his sea of consciousness, "I will never let it be taken away."

Then he resumed his cultivation, 'The efficiency is much higher than before! This is good, as long as I have this treasure, I can continue on the path of cultivation!'

The next day, when he saw Xiang Tong again on the battlefield of Daluo Heaven's debates, Hai Yi noticed she looked radiant, not at all like her hysterical self from yesterday.

And watching Xiang Tong wield her flying sword on the stage, still defeating her opponent with overwhelming strength, Hai Yi grew even more puzzled, "Didn't she sacrifice her flying sword? What did she sacrifice yesterday? She doesn't look like one who's lost her magical instrument."

That day, after the debates in Daluo Heaven ended, Hai Yi and Xiang Tong, like the days before, received compliments from everyone, and even their fathers called them over to praise them, encouraging them to keep working hard and bestowed upon them a batch of elixirs.

Basking in the star-studded feeling, which he hadn't experienced for a long time, made Hai Yi excited and reluctant to leave, wishing time could stop at that moment.

As soon as he got home, Hai Yi couldn't wait to sacrifice all the elixirs he had been granted, but...

"...it's still not enough… just a bit short… Yesterday, it was enough with twenty thousand points worth of elixirs, does it need forty thousand today?"

Hai Yi caressed the ring affectionately, and in the next moment with a fierce expression, he ran straight to the sewers and sacrificed a night's worth of filth to finally meet the standard and save the treasure within his sea of consciousness.

He then used every moment to cultivate, feeling his Primordial Spirit and physical body blending perfectly with the help of the ring, only then feeling truly satisfied, 'This is it, keep going, and I'm sure to break through to the 7th Realm.'

When he participated in the debates of Daluo Heaven the next day, a strange Immortal looked at him and said, "Brother Hai Yi, are you okay?"

Hai Yi, at that moment, appeared somewhat listless, as if weighed down by an invisible mountain, giving off an oppressive air.

Indeed, just the thought of not yet having items ready for today's sacrifice made his chest feel like it was being pressed by a heavy stone.

Hai Yi's gaze swept around, looking for Xiang Tong, "How is she doing? Her amount for sacrifice should have been even more than mine yesterday."

Suddenly, his gaze paused, not finding Xiang Tong but seeing Zhou Bai instead.

The current Zhou Bai had a sunny expression, and upon noticing Hai Yi's gaze, he smiled and waved.

Hai Yi snorted and turned his face away, "Ignorant people, it won't be long before I surpass you."

Once again, he stepped onto the stage and easily defeated his opponent, soaking in the praise and envy, feeling a trace of satisfaction.

But when he stepped down from the stage and was alone, the crushing pressure weighed down on him once again.

"The day before it was twenty thousand, yesterday forty thousand... Does it need the equivalent of eighty thousand points today?" Hai Yi suddenly grasped his head, "A 7th Realm magical instrument is worth just a hundred thousand points... Where am I supposed to get eighty thousand points? Do I have to give up?"

Hai Yi looked at the Primordial Spirit weaponry in his sea of consciousness and immediately shook his head, "No, I won't let the Primordial Spirit weaponry be taken back."

"Think of a way, think of a way…"

That afternoon, Hai Yi received an invitation from Xiang Haocu to attend a dinner at his home that evening.

Originally, Hai Yi and he were on good terms, but ever since Hai Yi's strength had stagnated without progress for years, Xiang Haocu's relationship with him had gradually become distant.

'Xiang Haocu is the son of the Marshal of the Thunder Department; his family must have a lot of good things.'

'If I could take a little bit.'

'But what if I get caught? Or should I borrow some?'

Hai Yi looked at the slowly floating Primordial Spirit weaponry in his sea of consciousness, and a greedy expression gradually formed on his face, "How can I let you be taken back?"

So that night, Hai Yi seized the opportunity during a dinner gathering and pulled Xiang Haocu aside to discuss borrowing a batch of elixirs.

Hai Yi, "Big Brother Xiang, with this batch of elixirs, I can definitely reach the seventh realm in these two days."

Xiang Haocu's eyes narrowed, "How many do you want?"

Upon hearing Hai Yi's words, Xiang Haocu's eyes widened in shock, "So many? Have you lost your mind?"

Hai Yi felt that he had never been this sincere or resolute in his whole life.

His eyes firmly fixed on Xiang Haocu, he said with utmost seriousness, "Big Brother Xiang, just give me this batch of elixirs, and I absolutely can reach the seventh realm within two days. Once I've reached the seventh realm, I'll follow your every command."

In this moment, Hai Yi felt as if every nerve in his body was trembling, as if all his vitality and spirit were infused into his words.

"You'll follow my every command?" Xiang Haocu looked into his eyes and sensed a level of sincerity he had never before felt from Hai Yi.

"Hai Yi, such a firm gaze, I've never seen it in your eyes before. It seems you are indeed serious about this."

Xiang Haocu pondered for a moment and then said, "You say you will heed my every command, but what if I asked you to fight against an Immortal?"

Hai Yi was momentarily startled and almost wanted to say no, but hesitated upon seeing Xiang Haocu's semi-smiling expression.

In the past, Hai Yi would have categorically refused, but now, gazing at the ring gently floating in his sea of knowledge and swallowing hard, he resolutely responded, "Big Brother Xiang, I will heed your every command."

Seeing the look of determination in Hai Yi's eyes, a look of admiration appeared in Xiang Haocu's, "Don't be nervous, I'm just joking."

"Hai Yi, I'll trust you this once. After all, you are a genius, and your friends and family are in Central City. I believe you won't play me for a fool. I'll prepare the elixirs you're asking for a bit later."

"Let's talk about other matters once you've broken through to the seventh realm."

An hour later, Hai Yi returned to his home, his face alight with excitement, "It's settled. With this, there should be no problem with today's sacrifice."

He rubbed his glabella as his Primordial Spirit power caressed the ring within his sea of knowledge.

"But what about tomorrow?"

Contemplating this, a flicker of worry crossed Hai Yi's face.

With this trace of worry, he opened his door and entered, immediately sensing an abnormal surge of spiritual energy.

"Array?"

In the darkness, Xiang Tong's slightly ferocious face appeared, "Seize him!"

From another corner, Yan Seng charged out, "Don't let him escape."

In the dark, Hai Yi could only feel as if countless threads of Taoist Primordial Divine Power were grasping his body, and though he tried to fight back, he was utterly incapable of moving at all.

Hai Yi exclaimed in alarm, "My treasure!"

Bursts of violence invaded his sea of knowledge, pulling at his ring.

One voice angrily shouted, "Kill him!"

Another voice greedily exclaimed, "I will sacrifice him!"

Right then, a black viscous substance seemed to surge forth from nowhere, covering the walls of the entire room.

A figure wrapped in the viscous sludge, appearing like a liquid shadow, slowly emerged from the wall.

Xiang Tong was startled, "The buried pretty boy?!"

"You… you can leave the construction site?"

A sigh came from the unbearable darkness.

"Humanity, I bestowed upon you the torch of advancement, yet do you only use it to burn your own kind?"

The dark fluid on the wall suddenly transformed, manifesting as countless twisting characters. Just one glance compelled people to read on.

The onlookers were shaken by the bizarre and eerie scene unfolding before them, their mouths agape, gradually ceasing to think.

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