"My appearance has given you a glimmer of hope?"
Hearing Mu Bai's words, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. "Why?"
Perhaps it was because he saw Nuo Ying and Nuo Ye, Mu Bai didn't hide anything from Ye Ling. He said, "After you entered the Void Swamp, the divine cores I created reacted to your arrival."
"That reaction was unlike anything I'd ever seen, as if the divine cores had transformed from virtual data into tangible objects."
"From virtual data into tangible objects?"
Ye Ling was slightly stunned. He then observed his body internally and found that the divine cores within him had completely merged with the virtual characters he had created. Divine power began to flow within his characters.
Seeing the changes in his characters, Ye Ling then checked his main body externally. He discovered that a divine core had also appeared within his main body, and he could now wield divine power.
Although for Ye Ling's main body, the divine cores and divine power were insignificant and didn't help his strength much, the appearance of the divine core in Ye Ling's body created a peculiar connection between Ye Ling and this virtual reality.
"Did this divine core appear out of nowhere, or is it the influence of the nutrient pod on my body?"
Ye Ling noticed the changes in his body and decided to carefully observe the process of the divine core's birth. He said to Mu Bai, "Give me another main divine core."
"Alright."
Mu Bai also noticed the changes in Ye Ling's body and immediately took out a second divine core from the display cabinet and handed it to Ye Ling.
Without hesitation, Ye Ling absorbed the second main divine core and then focused his attention on his main body, observing the changes in his body.
Shortly after Ye Ling absorbed the divine core, he discovered that text resembling runes appeared within his body.
However, the text only appeared for a moment before weaving into a new divine core, which finally materialized within Ye Ling.
"Those characters..."
Ye Ling noticed the appearance of peculiar text within his body and immediately realized that it was the fundamental reason for his connection to the virtual world. He said to Mu Bai again, "Give me another divine core!"
"Alright!"
Mu Bai was astonished by Ye Ling's consumption of two main divine cores in such a short period, but he didn't dare to delay Ye Ling. He immediately took out a new divine core.
Ye Ling took the divine core and absorbed it again, simultaneously concentrating all his attention on his body, preparing to record all the text when it wove into a divine core, and then study it slowly.
Once again, peculiar text appeared within Ye Ling's body, weaving a third main divine core.
"Those characters disappear too quickly, and they are extremely complex. Even I can only remember a small portion at a time..."
After the divine core was born, Ye Ling recalled the text he had memorized and found that the amount of text he had mastered was less than a tenth of the total text required to form the entire divine core.
"No wonder that guy from the third party has been hunting main gods on a large scale. They should also be collecting these characters..."
Ye Ling murmured to himself, glanced at the divine cores in the display cabinet, and asked Mu Bai, "Besides the main divine cores here, do you have any other main divine cores stored?"
"No more. All my creations are here. Are these main divine cores not enough for you?" Mu Bai looked at Ye Ling incredulously. "Three main divine cores are enough to give you the strength of an apex expert. I have dozens of them here!"
Ye Ling shook his head. "Not enough. I discovered a peculiar text within your divine cores, and I need a large number of divine cores to learn and memorize them."
"Peculiar text?" A hint of surprise flashed in Mu Bai's eyes. "Can I see it?"
"Of course."
Ye Ling had no intention of hiding it and wrote down the portion of text he had memorized.
After all, Mu Bai possessed a remarkably intelligent mind and was the creator of the divine cores. Researching together would undoubtedly be much faster than Ye Ling studying alone.
As Ye Ling wrote down those peculiar characters, he discovered that they possessed the same ability as runes, capable of deriving various powers!
Discovering the power of this special text, Ye Ling foresaw that if he could master these characters completely, he would possess an ability no weaker than runes!
Ye Ling knew the power of runes very well. Even the domain of Mo Jian Zhi Jian was derived from runes.
Runes had saved Ye Ling's life countless times. If Ye Ling were to master another special text comparable to runes, the boost to Ye Ling would likely be no less than absorbing the power of an Origin King!
As for Mu Bai, after seeing the text Ye Ling wrote, he seemed completely engrossed, muttering to himself, "These characters... I feel like I've seen them somewhere before... My head hurts!"
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Suddenly, Mu Bai cried out as if he had gone mad. The surrounding virtual space began to shake violently, and a special power suddenly emanated from the void, gripping Mu Bai by the neck as if to obliterate him.
"You want to kill someone in front of me?"
Ye Ling sensed the power from the void, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. He immediately summoned the White Emperor Flame, burning away the void power that had ensnared Mu Bai. Simultaneously, the White Emperor Flame followed the power into the depths of the void, as if intending to incinerate the powerful being who had released this power.
The person in the depths of the void seemed to sense the threat of the White Emperor Flame and immediately severed their connection with the power, disappearing into the void.
The White Emperor Flame, having lost its target, stopped in the void, burning quietly.
At this moment, Mu Bai seemed to have exhausted all his strength, collapsing onto the ground, motionless.
The World-Destroying Spiritual Fire looked at Mu Bai lying on the ground and asked Ye Ling, "Kid, was that power the Original Wisdom King's?"
Ye Ling nodded slightly. "Yes. Although he ran very fast, I can still feel that the power is similar to the power of the Original Wisdom King I obtained before... but this power is much stronger than what I've obtained."
After speaking, Ye Ling looked at Mu Bai, who was slumped on the ground, and asked, "What did you remember? You actually attracted the killing intent of the distant Wisdom King?"
Mu Bai clearly hadn't expected Ye Ling to be able to drive away even the Original Wisdom King. He was still in a state of shock and struggled to organize his words.
Ye Ling didn't rush Mu Bai. He simply asked Nuo Ying and Nuo Ye to stay closer to him and waited for Mu Bai to recover.
After a long while, Mu Bai finally caught his breath, slowly got up from the ground, and said in a deep voice, "I remembered some memories... Those special characters... were discovered by us Hundred-Quality Star people, and they pose a threat to the Original Wisdom King."