A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 143 Experimenting with Escape Techniques

However, the scorching flames surrounding it were more like the legendary ancient spirit bird, the Zhiyang Bird.

Is it...

Just as he was wondering what the reason was, the surrounding fire elemental energy suddenly became violent and began to surge towards the location of the Fat Sun Bird.

The infusion of spiritual energy will officially begin!

The pure fire elemental energy accumulated within the cave for countless years surged towards the Fat Sun Bird like a torrent that had found its home.

The lava lake boiled, sending up pillars of fire that converged into a dazzling crimson vortex.

At the same time, the Yin Vein Stone Wall on the other side also emitted a dark light, and pure Xuan Yin Qi surged out like a black tide, forming a stark contrast with the crimson fire tide, yet it also unhesitatingly rushed towards the Fat Yang Bird.

The Fat Sun Bird, at the center of this red and black energy storm, raised its head and cried out, devouring everything in its path. Its aura erupted like a volcano, rising steadily and solidifying its newly advanced realm. The radiance on its feathers grew ever brighter, dazzling like crystal.

Luo Ming's eyes were sharp, and he was delighted by the transformation of his spirit pet, but his mind was extremely tense.

This phenomenon of spiritual energy infusing the body often has a wide impact. The commotion of a level-five demon beast can attract spiritual energy within hundreds of miles. Even cultivators with keen senses, thousands of miles away, can sense something unusual.

Thinking of this, Luo Ming patted his spirit beast pouch, and a silver cloud of insects flew out. It was the group of Gold-Eating Insects. Now these little guys are twice the size of before, and it seems that they are not far from evolving by devouring each other again.

As soon as these little guys came out, they excitedly rushed toward the pile of minced meat of the Fire Toad and devoured it in the blink of an eye.

"I didn't send you out here just to eat."

Luo Ming changed his hand seals, controlling the group of little guys to scatter around the deserted island.

With these gold-devouring insects as his eyes and ears, he can sense in advance if a cultivator comes here, so that he won't be unaware when they arrive.

Unlike human cultivators who infuse their bodies with spiritual energy, demonic beasts require a much longer time to infuse their bodies with spiritual energy during advancement. In addition to the newly formed demon core within their bodies, which requires a large amount of spiritual energy, their powerful bodies also need a large amount of spiritual energy to temper them.

This is why demonic beasts of the same level have greater endurance and strength than ordinary cultivators.

Time passed slowly, and Luo Ming quietly observed the changes in the Zhiyang Bird, forming some guesses in his mind.

The Zhiyang Bird is a naturally born spirit bird, not born from the previous generation of Zhiyang Bird. This Zhiyang Bird in the Crimson Forbidden Land is likely a fire-attribute spirit bird with a trace of Vermilion Bird bloodline. After laying an egg, it died due to an accident, and the egg ended up in an environment suitable for the Zhiyang Bird to breed.

The fusion of the two gave birth to the spirit beast in Luo Ming's hands.

Perhaps it was because the Spirit Gathering Cauldron continuously refined the other party's bloodline that, when he advanced to the fifth level, the Vermilion Bird bloodline hidden deep within him finally awakened, resulting in the current situation.

"It seems that the Vermilion Bird bloodline is stronger and can suppress the bloodline of the Fat Sun Bird. Now it is a combination of the two. I wonder what changes will happen in the future."

Luo Ming quietly watched the increasingly magnificent Zhiyang bird, feeling indescribably happy.

Luo Ming naturally hoped that his spirit beast would be as strong as possible, and it would be even better if it had the bloodline of a phoenix.

"Hey!"

As the final, high-pitched cry of the Fat Sun Bird rang out, the infusion of spiritual energy finally ended.

Golden flames erupted from the opponent's body, and the surrounding space seemed to melt, twisting and deforming. Then, the body of the Fat Sun Bird disappeared from its original spot and reappeared fifty feet away.

"Fire Release? It seems a little different..."

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Seeing the opponent's strange escape technique, Luo Ming's eyes widened suddenly. The opponent's escape technique was twice as fast as earth escape and water escape, and he arrived at a distance of fifty feet in an instant. He didn't know if it was because the earth fire power was strong here, or because he was originally a bird.

The same escape technique can indeed have different effects depending on the type of beast used. For example, if the fire toad were to use the fire escape technique, it would definitely not be as fast as the fat sun bird.

After all, bird-type demon beasts are naturally good at speed, which is something other demon beasts can't match.

Since the other party had already advanced, Luo Ming naturally began to refine the other party's original blood as soon as possible, trying to see if he could also master the fire escape technique. He was very unsure about this, since he did not have a fire attribute spiritual root.

Ten days later, a streak of crimson-gold light flashed intermittently on the deserted island, and then transformed into a streak of fire that flew away at high speed. Its speed was several times faster than Luo Ming's own escape speed, and it was not much slower than the speed of controlling the Wind Shuttle.

Unlike the Wind-Escape Shuttle, which allows one to fly continuously as long as there are enough Wind Spirit Stones, this Fire Escape Technique, which relies on secret arts, cannot be used as a means of travel in ordinary times. At most, it can be used in emergencies when fighting with others.

His worries did not materialize; whether or not he could master the Fire Release technique had absolutely nothing to do with his spiritual root aptitude.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Relying on the secret techniques of one's natal spirit beast to perform fire escape techniques is actually the same as relying on the wind escape shuttle to perform wind escape techniques; both rely on external objects.

Human cultivators are most adept at using external objects to enhance their strength.

"I wonder what it would be like to use the supernatural powers of both spirit beasts together?"

Upon realizing this, Luo Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately began to experiment.

He first enveloped himself in a layer of Xuan Gang shield, and then activated the original blood of the Zhiyang Bird to perform a fire escape technique.

Luo Ming's figure transformed into a golden light and instantly appeared seventy feet away.

"Cough cough! It seems that the two supernatural powers are putting a heavy burden on the physical body. It's best not to use them recklessly unless it's a critical moment."

At this moment, Luo Ming's face was flushed abnormally. When he used the Fire Escape Technique, although his body was protected by the Xuan Gang Shield, the burden on his physical body came from the inside out, and the Xuan Gang Shield was completely ineffective.

"Wait, this distance... is farther than when simply using a Fire Release technique. Could it be due to my physical body as well?"

Luo Ming frowned, and some guesses began to form in his mind.

In his view, the speed and distance of this escape technique are related not only to cultivation level but also to physical strength.

The same applies to human cultivators. As their cultivation level increases, the protective spiritual light around their bodies becomes stronger and stronger, which can be compared to the cultivator's physical defense.

With the support of the Xuan Gang Shield, he used the Fire Escape Technique again. The pressure of the Fire Escape Technique on his physical body was partially offset by the Xuan Gang Shield, allowing him to escape even further.

"These are just guesses after all. When I cultivate the Vajra Technique to perfection and my physical body is comparable to a top-tier magic weapon, I will be able to test it out."

Due to limitations in his physical body, Luo Ming abandoned this idea and began experimenting with whether the two escape techniques could be used together, but the results were unsatisfactory.

When using the two escape techniques, the techniques not only did not improve, but became slower and closer, as if one of the escape techniques was holding him back.

Seeing that Fire Escape Technique was incompatible with other escape techniques, Luo Ming stopped dwelling on it. He stopped his cultivation and began carefully tidying up the array flags and array plates he had set up around him, preparing to leave this place.

Before leaving, he looked at the stone wall that still emitted wisps of pure yin energy, and a thought suddenly struck him.

"The fire vein here is so vigorous, and it's rare to find one accompanied by a yin vein. Although the fire toad's nest is here, the source of this yin vein may not be limited to this stone wall..."