txolops Chapter 109 Xuan Turtle Advancement
Chapter 109 Xuan Turtle Advancement
Chapter 109 Xuan Turtle Advancement
He looked up at the struggling blue prawn in the formation, and his palm power flowed continuously into the Chongxuan Pearl.
In an instant, the Chongxuan Jewel shone brightly, and the surrounding water and earth elemental spiritual energy surged into it wildly. Its size increased dramatically at a visible speed, gradually growing from the size of a fist to one or two zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) —
"This magical artifact is ridiculously heavy—"
Luo Ming gritted his teeth, and the veins on his arms bulged slightly. Even with his Core Formation stage cultivation, he felt that he could no longer maintain his magic power when he activated the Chongxuan Pearl to a radius of five zhang.
At this moment, the Chongxuan Pearl resembled a giant, jet-black sphere, its surface shrouded in a faint, mysterious aura.
As Luo Ming changed his technique, the Chongxuan Pearl suddenly broke free from his control, as if ignoring gravity, and instantly teleported to the top of the Azure Shrimp's head.
"go!"
Luo Ming roared, his voice echoing across the surrounding area. The black orb above his head crashed down with tremendous force, directly striking the blue prawn below.
The blue prawn was struggling to resist the pressure of the array when it suddenly felt a terrifying pressure coming from above. A look of confusion flashed in its eyes. Before it could react, the Chongxuan Pearl slammed down on its head.
"boom--!"
With a deafening roar, the golden protective shield around the blue clawed shrimp only lasted for a moment before being torn apart by the immense force, dissipating into a sky full of spiritual light.
Immediately afterwards, the Chongxuan Pearl slammed into the shell of the blue prawn without any resistance. With a shrill scream, the incredibly hard blue shell shattered instantly, and the blue prawn's massive body was crushed into a bloody, mangled pulp in the blink of an eye.
"This—is this the legendary 'one force can overcome ten techniques'?" Luo Ming stared dumbfounded at the blood, flesh, and broken armor flying everywhere, gaining a clearer and more intuitive understanding of the power of the Chongxuan Pearl.
He thought to himself that this treasure was too slow to activate, and it could only be used to move demonic beasts by relying on the formation. If he were to fight other Core Formation cultivators outside, it would be difficult to hit the target. After all, everyone could see that this treasure was incredibly heavy, and no one would be stupid enough to stand still and let you hit them.
Just as Luo Ming was happily marveling at the high compatibility between this treasure and the formation, a sudden thought struck him as he remembered something.
"Oh no! What happened to the demon core of the blue-clawed shrimp? Could it have been—"
Luo Ming's expression changed drastically. He quickly put away the Chongxuan Pearl and rushed into the pool of flesh and blood, using his divine sense to carefully examine it. After a moment, he reached out and pulled out a shattered and deformed demon core from the pile of flesh and blood, its spiritual energy leaking out. He was immediately at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
That attack was indeed exhilarating, but apart from obtaining a broken demon core and a pile of mangled blue shrimp shells, there was basically nothing left.
If other cultivators saw Luo Ming's behavior, they would definitely call him a spendthrift. He had worked so hard to hunt down a demon beast, all for its materials and demon core, only to have it all destroyed in a single blow by Luo Ming.
Luo Ming sighed inwardly. Although the power of the Chongxuan Pearl was strong, it was also too violent. In the future, it would be best not to use it casually unless absolutely necessary. Even if he had to use it, he would have to accurately control the position and angle of the impact. He must never be so reckless again.
"Eat this demon core while it's hot, it's already difficult to preserve." Luo Ming casually tossed the demon core into the mouth of the Xuan Turtle.
At this point, the Xuan Turtle had reached the peak of level four, and it was believed that after refining this level six demon core, it would be about time to advance to the next level.
Having learned from the experience of using the Chongxuan Pearl, Luo Ming immediately ordered his spirit beasts to clean up the battlefield, removing all the remains and bloodstains of the demon beasts without leaving a trace, and quietly await the arrival of the next "guest".
Time flows slowly, spring comes and autumn goes, and in the blink of an eye, a year has quietly passed.
On this day, Luo Ming stood on a deserted island, his aura tense, his eyes scanning the surrounding world with the vigilance of a hawk.
Around the island, three large formations were activated, emitting subtle yet powerful spiritual energy fluctuations, completely protecting the entire isolated island.
The reason he was so on high alert was that since his Xuan Turtle had devoured the demon core of that level-six demon beast, this spirit beast had finally accumulated enough resources to advance and met the conditions for a breakthrough. At this moment, it was in seclusion at the core of the isolated island, embarking on its path to advancement.
There was no tribulation of lightning for a demon beast advancing from level four to level five. The only significant event was the final stage of spiritual energy infusion, which was what he was most worried about.
"Hopefully, we won't attract any level seven demonic beasts, or things will get complicated." Luo Ming prayed silently, recalling what happened half a year ago.
He then moved to a different location to continue attracting monsters to hunt, and unexpectedly attracted a giant whale with a length of two hundred feet.
This kind of powerful, top-tier level seven demonic beast is not something Luo Ming can provoke right now. Even a Nascent Soul level old monster would find it difficult to restrain its immense power without some means of countering it.
Left with no other choice, Luo Ming had to quickly put away the essence of the alluring grass and hide in the formation to conceal his presence. Finally, the giant whale circled the island twice and, after discovering that the alluring aura had disappeared, reluctantly returned to the deep sea.
At this moment, Luo Ming had an idea and summoned the brand-new Gold-Eating Insect that had just hatched last month.
"go!"
As soon as he gave the order, these gold-devouring insects, which were now larger and darker in color than before, swarmed out and went in all directions.
He sat cross-legged, relying on the spirit-attaching technique, using the gold-devouring insects distributed twenty miles away as his eyes to monitor the movements of the surrounding demonic beasts.
Just then, the spiritual energy around the island suddenly became restless, as if disturbed by something, and even the entire island began to tremble slowly.
Slowly, at the core of the isolated island, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was rapidly converging at a visible speed, forming a thick, earth-yellow pillar of spiritual energy, accompanied by bursts of lightning, which poured directly into the body of the Xuan Turtle.
"Hmm? This lightning color, could it be the Earth Divine Thunder of the Five Elements Divine Thunder?" the old man with the Golden Gu next to Luo Ming exclaimed in shock.
At this moment, the Golden Gu Old Man was not inside the Thousand Demon Banner, but possessed the body of Gong Yi's corpse puppet, and was standing next to Luo Ming.
Its entire body was shrouded in a black robe, concealing its appearance as a corpse puppet. Unless other Core Formation cultivators carefully scanned it with their divine sense, they would never be able to discover its identity as a corpse puppet.
Luo Ming looked at the Xuan Turtle with some surprise. Through the soul restriction, he already knew that the other party had awakened the divine power of Xu Earth Divine Thunder, and not just this one divine power.
"I really can't wait to see what it will be like when the Xuan Turtle's divine power is bestowed upon me!"
Just as Luo Ming couldn't help but fantasize, the body of the Xuan Turtle grew at a visible speed under the infusion of spiritual power.
Twenty zhang, thirty zhang—in the short span of half an incense stick's time, its size soared to a hundred zhang, resembling a crouching yellow mountain, the golden patterns on its carapace becoming increasingly deep and gleaming with a dazzling luster.
Although most of the creatures outside are formed from condensed spiritual energy, their actual size has reached sixty zhang (approximately 33 meters). Among the monsters in the outer sea, apart from those with abnormally large bodies, they are considered enormous.