Chapter 1040 Fragmen (1/2)

A lake of lava lay deep underground in the southwest sector. Giant bubbles rose from the scarlet-red magma and violently burst apart, sending a spray of fire rain in all directions.

A terrifying heat filled the entire underground area.

Zhou Yuan was seated on a boulder that protruded from a cliff. After confirming his participation in the mystical creature battle, he had directly returned to the Tianyuan Utopia, ignoring the giant debate that had erupted due to the participant list. All doubts would naturally fade once the outcome emerged. It was meaningless to argue over it.

He had come to the underground lava lake to practice the newly obtained body-tempering little Saint Art, the Purgatory Great Flame Devil.

However, he had not started immediately. Instead, he was currently viewing the interior of his Divine Dwelling...

In the Divine Dwelling, Zhou Yuan’s consciousness hovered next to the Saint Rune light sphere as he curiously probed it.

The Saint Rune light sphere was made from the four Saint Runes. What sparked Zhou Yuan’s curiosity was that he was still unable to see the fourth Saint Rune!

Decoder, Earth and Heavenly Punishment. Zhou Yuan had already tasted the unique powers of three of the four Saint Runes. Only the fourth Saint Rune had long eluded him. He was still completely in the dark about its name and power...

Zhou Yuan’s Spirit scanned the glowing Saint Rune sphere before focusing on the fourth Saint Rune.

The moment he did so, Zhou Yuan felt his Spirit power be consumed at an extremely rapid pace.

However, he did not panic, because this had happened before. It seemed that merely viewing the fourth rune required extremely abundant Spirit power.

Zhou Yuan’s Spirit had been at the initial Transformative stage previously, and it had only managed to last for a dozen breaths before being exhausted, making it hard for him to make any progress in his probing. Now, his Spirit had advanced to the next lesser cultivation realm and should be able to last longer.

His Spirit power rapidly depleted.

In the blink an eye, several dozen breaths passed.

Zhou Yuan could no longer remain composed. He could feel his Spirit power approach rock-bottom. The amount of Spirit power needed to view the fourth Saint Rune far surpassed his initial expectations.

But he knew that giving up now would only end up wasting his earlier efforts. Hence, he gritted his teeth and urged out all his remaining Spirit power.

Rumble!

A ripple seemed to spread in his Divine Dwelling, and the glass Heavenly Sun violently flickered.

Zhou Yuan’s Spirit tenaciously focused on the side of the sphere where the fourth Saint Rune was. The surface rippled intensely as mist seemed to fade, and the silhouette of a single ancient word faintly flashed past...

“Mysterious? Mysterious what?” Zhou Yuan felt a little agitated. This was clearly only half of the fourth rune’s name. Without knowing the whole thing, he would be unable to activate the fourth rune’s true power. Unfortunately, his current Spirit power was clearly still not enough to find out the rune’s true name.

Regret filled Zhou Yuan’s heart.

However, just as his exhausted self was about to withdraw, he suddenly saw the Saint Rune sphere violently shudder. Ripples spread across its surface as the sphere turned somewhat transparent.

To his shock, Zhou Yuan discovered that there was something inside the sphere!