Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Devour
Various sects would vie fiercely to recruit Sam into their fold, recognizing the unparalleled pottial this physique held.
Kingdoms far and wide would extd invitations, eager to have him join their ranks, bolstering their military might and influce.
The impact of a physique like the Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique on the cultivation realm was immeasurable. Possessing such a gift meant that Sam was destined to become a formidable powerhouse in this era.
It was only natural that countless factions and individuals would seek to have him within their ranks.
Yet, it was precisely this thought that gnawed at Hela and Lorraine\'s hearts—the fear of Sam vturing away in pursuit of power.
They acknowledged their selfishness in feeling this way but had only just begun to grapple with their emotions, particularly Hela.
With a heavy sigh, Hela expressed her concern, "I can\'t help but worry..."
Lorraine, wearing a bittersweet smile, couldn\'t dy her own mixed emotions. She had be the one of the driving forces couraging Hela to explore her feelings for Sam, much like her own burgeoning affections. Now, she, too, felt a twinge of sorrow thinking about the pottial future.
Amelia, perceptive to their discomfort, sought to offer reassurance. "You two are overthinking this. Sam won\'t depart for something as trivial as cultivation. Moreover, he loves you both too deeply to ev consider leaving.
In all the time I\'ve spt with him, he talks about you two most oft," she paused, gazing at them inttly, "I\'m absolutely certain that he sees you two as wom, rather than just a mother and an aunt. Just as you see Sam as a man, not merely a son and nephew."
Hela\'s eyes wided in surprise. "H-How long have you known about us?"
Amelia replied calmly, "I\'ve known for quite a while now. I\'ve noticed the intse, desire-filled gazes you and Sophia have be casting towards Sam. Frankly, it was becoming rather amusing, ev for me, watching you both eyeing Sam like predators."
Lorraine, still processing the revelation, asked, "Ar\'t you concerned?"
Amelia shrugged indiffertly as if it were of little consequce to her. "It\'s fine. I don\'t mind sharing Sam with you three. But that\'s the limit—I won\'t tolerate any more \'thots\' ogling at Sam," she remarked, her atttion drifting to where Sophia and Sam were gaged in an intse sparring session.
"I really like you," Lorraine confessed. "I never thought I would come to get along with another woman who desires a relationship with Sam like me."
"Oh, really?" Amelia responded.
"Yes," Lorraine continued, her gaze looking at Sam. "I used to get incredibly jealous at the mere thought of Sam being close to another woman, but I guinely like you. I don\'t mind sharing Sam with you."
"What about you, sis? How do you feel about sharing Sam with Amelia and me?" Lorraine asked teasingly, a mischievous glint in her eye.
Hela, clearly flustered but trying to maintain composure, replied while crossing her arms, "I\'m not going to answer that question."
Amelia and Lorraine exchanged knowing glances, both noticing the telltale signs of Hela\'s embarrassmt—the slight flush in her cheeks.
Suppressing their laughter, the three wom redirected their atttion to Sam.
Sam\'s body continued to emit intricate patterns and melodies of numerous Daos, but there were no other discernible signs.
[Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique (Assimilation: 99.99%)]
A frown marred Sam\'s face as he ssed the Assimilation of his Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique had come to a halt at 99%.
"What\'s wrong, dear brother?" Sophia inquired, seeing that her younger sibling had paused with a troubled expression.
"It\'s stopped... the awaking of my physique has come to a halt," Sam announced solemnly.
The expressions on the faces of the four wom darked in unison. "What?" they exclaimed in collective concern.
They were aware that some individuals, on the verge of awaking their physiques, failed due to minor mistakes or issues, and the chances of successfully completing the awaking process were slim in such cases.
"I need more spiritual ergy," Sam muttered, feeling the depletion of his spiritual reserves.
"I need to replish my spiritual ergy, and I need a substantial amount," Sam urgtly informed them. "But it will take time to gather that much spiritual ergy through cultivation. I need it right now."
"Is there anything we can do? We don\'t have any qi-replishing potions or spiritual stones with us, right?" Amelia inquired, offering her support.
"There is one way to replish my spiritual ergy," Sam responded.
"What do you need?" the wom asked in unison.
"I need corpses," Sam clarified.
"Corpses?" they echoed in confusion.
"More precisely, the corpses of spiritual beasts. I need them quickly. It would be very helpful if you all just stop asking questions and go hunt some beasts for me, FAST," Sam urged with agitation.
"Okay, calm down," they agreed, and three of the ladies, excluding Amelia, left to hunt spiritual beasts for Sam.
Amelia, despite her expertise as an Upper Rank Foundation Establishmt cultivator, possessed the weakest cultivation among them. Ev if she joined the hunt, her contribution would be limited, likely taking down only a doz low-ranking beasts. It wouldn\'t provide the substantial help Sam needed.
Sam\'s plan was to devour these spiritual beast corpses to replish his spiritual ergy and complete the assimilation of his physique.
One hour later.
For the past hour, the forest had resonated with the reltless sounds of clashes, booms, and explosions from every direction.
Sam\'s mother, aunt, and older sister arrived before him, their ergy levels seemingly unaffected, as if they had spt the day casually lounging on a couch.
"How many spiritual beasts did you guys manage to kill?" Sam inquired.
"I think it should be ough," his mother replied, and with that, she retrieved her spatial ring, revealing an impressive stash of hundreds of spiritual beast corpses.
Hela and Sophia followed suit, displaying their own hauls. They, too, had dispatched a staggering number of beasts. Except for Sophia, who had tak down a couple of doz.
Together, the three wom had slaughtered over a thousand spiritual beasts, and the corpses sprawled across an area roughly three thousand square meters in size.
"That\'s more than ough," Sam declared, his eyes gleaming with newfound power as an intriguing idea took root in his mind.
With the multitude of beast corpses at hand, not only could Sam replish his spiritual ergy, but he might also achieve the Supreme Daoist foundation of the Foundaion Establismt Realm.
Lorraine, unaware of Sam\'s inttions, asked, "What are you planning to do with them now?"
"I\'m going to devour them," Sam responded. Raising his hand, his body still radiating the power of his Physique, he emanated intricate patterns and rhythms of various Daos. His eyes glowed with ergy.
"Devour." With those words, a brilliant vortex formed from blood-colored ergy materialized, stretching a distance large ough to gulf all the beast corpses in one fell swoop.
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