Chapter 698 214: Qualitative Change of the Storage Technique (2)

They were received with the usual pleasantries, which made it clear to these factions that as long as they weren't Demonic Forces, they would not be targeted by the Observatory.

Thus, with the exception of a few Demonic Forces, most of the Jianghu factions had firmly aligned themselves with Shen Bai and his group.

「...」

「The Observatory.」

Inside the five-story building.

Shen Bai watched the mist before him, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

He had spent the entire time completely absorbed in grinding his Life and Death Storage Skill, so his daily routine had become extremely simple.

Fortunately, his efforts during this period had yielded rich rewards.

The Life and Death Storage Skill was finally on the verge of an upgrade.

[Life and Death Storage Skill Level 4 (Space +8, Living Creatures +8, Dead Objects +8, Teleportation +8): 10,000/10,000]

Looking at the text formed by the mist, Shen Bai chose to trigger the transformation without hesitation.

Although his Evil Qi reserves were running low, Shen Bai didn't hesitate when it was time to use it.

After ten wisps of Evil Qi dissipated, the mist vanished and re-formed, eventually hovering in mid-air.

[Yin Yang Storage Skill Level 5 (Space +16, Living Creatures +16, Dead Objects +16, Teleportation +16, Yin and Yang +16): 0/15,000]

Shen Bai looked at the mist, knowing he was about to watch that shadowy figure show off again.

Sure enough, his vision blurred once more.

When his surroundings came into focus, Shen Bai found himself in a peculiar space.

It was a vast, empty whiteness. There was no sky, no earth, only an expanse of white visible to the naked eye.

And the shadowy figure was the most striking feature within this whiteness.

Shen Bai glanced around but saw no sign of any strange creatures, nor did he sense any unusual auras. A sliver of doubt crept into his mind.

'This can't be right. Going by the shadowy figure's usual routine, it's about time for him to show off again.'

'Why hasn't some monster shown up?'

Before Shen Bai could dwell on the thought, the shadowy figure did something unexpected.

The shadowy figure was sitting cross-legged in the white expanse. It slowly raised its right hand and pointed toward the sky.

Terrifying wisps of energy swirled above its right hand.

Black and white intertwined, with traces of black within the white and white within the black.

As the black and white continued to weave together, they condensed into a single stream of Yin and Yang Qi that hovered in the shadowy figure's hand.

The next moment, before Shen Bai's eyes, the figure slowly flicked the stream of Yin and Yang Qi away.

The moment the Yin and Yang Qi flew from the figure's finger, it merged into the surrounding whiteness. The oppressive white then began to disappear at a visible rate.

Under the corrosive power of the Yin and Yang Qi, the entire white space dissolved into nothingness.

A sky and the ground materialized.

Mountains, rivers, plants, and trees—a world teeming with flowers, birds, fish, and insects—materialized before Shen Bai.

An utterly terrifying aberration, composed entirely of white, coalesced into a humanoid form.

A wisp of Yin and Yang Qi traversed the endless space and landed upon the white aberration.

Within moments, the aberration was completely annihilated, and everything returned to calm.

The spectacle this time wasn't as grand as the previous ones, yet Shen Bai felt the hair all over his body stand on end.

The reason was simple: Shen Bai could sense the unfathomably destructive power contained within the black and white Yin and Yang Qi the shadowy figure had created.

This power seemed even stronger than the Soul-Annihilating Sword he had seen the figure wield before.

'How can a Level 5 Divine Power possess such immense destructive force?'

Shen Bai was filled with questions.

But his questions went unanswered as the world around him blurred again.

When everything came back into focus, Shen Bai found himself back in the five-story building.

As the mist dissipated, a torrent of information flooded into Shen Bai's mind.

After absorbing all the information, he had fully grasped the Divine Power that had evolved into the Yin Yang Storage Skill.

"Yin and Yang Qi... world-destroying power."

Shen Bai opened his eyes, a glimmer of excitement flashing within them.

This was a true killing blow.

Upon reaching Level 5, the Life and Death Storage Skill had transformed into the Yin Yang Storage Skill. In addition to doubling the previous attributes, it had gained a new one: the Yin Yang Attribute.

However, wielding this so-called Yin and Yang power came with certain restrictions.

Within the space of the Yin Yang Storage Skill, Yin and Yang Qi was generated constantly.

This newly generated Yin and Yang Qi would then be stored within the skill's space.

The more Yin and Yang Qi was stored, the more powerful the energy Shen Bai could draw upon.

At his current level, the "Yin and Yang +16" meant he could store up to sixteen wisps of Yin and Yang Qi.

He could then draw upon this Yin and Yang Qi to attack his enemies.

From what Shen Bai understood, an accumulation of sixteen days' worth of Yin and Yang Qi was enough to instantly kill someone at the Celestial Spirit Realm Peak.

It was a Divine Power even greater than the Soul-Annihilating Sword. Its only limitation was the time required to accumulate the Qi.

Furthermore, the storage would reach its maximum capacity after sixteen days.

As far as Shen Bai was concerned, it was a limitation, but not a major one.

He figured that as the Divine Power leveled up in the future, its storage capacity would likely increase.

'Yes, I'm very satisfied,' Shen Bai thought, feeling extremely pleased.

Another offensive Divine Power, on top of the utility already provided by the Yin Yang Storage Skill—Shen Bai felt this upgrade was a huge win.

The only slight regret was his low reserves of Evil Qi. He now had only ten wisps left, enough to transform just one more Divine Power.

Regrettably, however, he currently had no other Divine Powers that needed a second transformation.