A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 185 Snow Silkworm Mutation

"He can actually control tens of thousands of gold-devouring insects stably at once?" A hint of surprise flashed in Luo Ming's eyes. He then increased the output of his divine sense and continued to try.

The swarm of insects grew larger and larger, eventually reaching a scale of 30,000. Even with so many gold-devouring insects, he was still able to control them stably. However, the rate at which his divine sense was consumed increased significantly, and the precision of his control decreased slightly compared to when there were 10,000 insects.

Moreover, he felt that he had not yet reached his limit.

"From this perspective, with my Nascent Soul level divine sense, I can stably control tens of thousands of Gold-Eating Insects at once without any pressure; if I disregard the consumption of divine sense, I can control tens of thousands at once and maintain it for a while."

Overjoyed, Luo Ming spoke with a hint of confidence, "With the help of these Gold-Eating Insects, even if I face an attack from several late-stage Core Formation experts, I am quite confident of victory. With such strength, I'm afraid few in the Core Formation realm can withstand me."

Although he was full of high spirits, Luo Ming was not arrogant or complacent.

He knew very well that although his strength was very high among those of the same level, it didn't mean anything. The cultivation world was full of hidden talents, and if any cultivator possessed some extremely strange magic weapon, he might also be caught off guard and suffer a setback.

If he acts too ostentatiously, it would be bad if he were to run into a Nascent Soul cultivator who had hidden his true strength.

In this world, those who don't reach the Nascent Soul stage are ultimately just larger ants.

Withdrawing his divine sense, Luo Ming's gaze fell on another insect chamber. He opened the array's restrictions, and the scene inside made his eyes light up.

"Level 4 peak? Not bad, not bad."

The smooth jade floor and walls were covered with a layer of translucent, dark blue ice crystals. In the center of the quiet room, two pure white silkworms with crystal-clear skins were quietly nestled in the cocoons where the coldest air was most concentrated.

Their bodies had swelled to over ten feet in length, becoming round and plump. When they saw Luo Ming enter, their bright little eyes lit up immediately, and they scrambled to climb in front of him, appearing extremely affectionate.

Luo Ming stroked the other person's smooth skin, feeling the piercing coldness seep through his palm, and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

"This chilling aura... it actually managed to penetrate my protective spiritual light? Does that thousand-year-old ice have such a powerful effect?"

He had previously obtained a piece of thousand-year-old mystic ice from the exchange meeting at the Golden Green Cave. After placing it in the Spirit Gathering Cauldron for a period of time, he discovered that it would take too long to evolve it into ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice.

Since he didn't need the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing for the time being, in order to free up space inside the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, he fed the enhanced Xuanbing to the two little guys.

At the time, he only felt that the two little guys' coldness had increased a bit, but he didn't pay attention to it. He never expected that after so many years, the other party's coldness could actually penetrate his defenses.

It should be noted that his protective aura is not what it used to be. After he advanced to the early stage of Core Formation with his body refining technique, the layer of defense that naturally formed on the surface of his body, even without being deliberately activated, would not be damaged in the slightest even if a top-tier magic weapon struck it.

Luo Ming's heart stirred, and he ordered the two little ones to attack him with their innate cold energy, wanting to see just how powerful their cold energy abilities were.

Upon receiving the command, the two snow silkworms were initially taken aback, somewhat confused as to why their master enjoyed self-torture. However, being relatively unintelligent, they readily complied with Luo Ming's command, opening their mouths and releasing two streams of white, chilling air that converged in the air, enveloping Luo Ming. (The next chapter is even more exciting: Chapter 185 Snow Silkworm Mutation, awaiting your visit.)

They actually know how to cooperate?

Seeing the two little ones acting in perfect unison, Luo Ming couldn't help but smile. Then, with the activation of his dantian's magical power, a layer of faint, mysterious light enveloped his body.

A white, chilling aura swept in, instantly enveloping Luo Ming. The bone-chilling cold penetrated to the marrow, and in the blink of an eye, Luo Ming was encased in a layer of ice.

The protective aura around him was a result of both body-refining techniques and his own magical power, its refinement comparable to that of ordinary magic treasures, and even more powerful than the Xuan Gang Shield of the past.

But at this moment, the cold air spewed out by the level four snow silkworm landed on it, and the flow of magic power on the Xuan Guang suddenly stagnated. The chill immediately tried to seep into it through the gap in the stagnation of magic power.

"The chilling aura exhaled by these two little guys is already enough to threaten a Core Formation cultivator. It seems they are not ordinary Snow Silkworms. I wonder what kind of bloodline they have awakened?" Luo Ming was delighted and couldn't help but speculate.

Although he came from the Spirit Beast Mountain and knew a lot about various spirit beasts and spirit insects, he didn't know much about ice-attribute spirit insects. He wondered if it was because of the environment in Tiannan that there were so few ice-attribute spirit insects.

After experiencing the power of the cold air, Luo Ming immediately activated his magic power, and the protective light around him suddenly surged. With a soft sound, the ice layer around him shattered, and Luo Ming calmly broke through the ice.

Although this cold energy is a threat to ordinary Core Formation cultivators, it is not a threat to him. If the two of them both advance to the fifth level, they might come in handy. However, these two little guys only eat vegetarian food and cannot be nurtured with demon cores, which makes him very helpless.

He raised his hand and caught a wisp of dissipated cold energy at his fingertips. After a moment's thought, he transmitted his voice to the Xuan Yuan Pearl within his body and asked, "Senior Tian Jing, you are knowledgeable and experienced. Can you discern the true nature of this cold energy?"

A faint light flashed within the Xuan Yuan Pearl, and a slightly aged divine sense slowly spread out, carefully probing the wisp of cold energy. After a moment, it spoke with a hint of surprise:

"Such pure and refined Yin-cold essence. This is not the kind of coldness that ordinary ice-type spirit beasts can possess. I just carefully sensed it, and this coldness is cold but not turbid, sharp but not violent, and it even carries a trace of... the essence of ice marrow."

Tianjing Sanren paused, his tone becoming more serious:

"In my opinion, your two snow silkworms are probably not ordinary species, but rather their bloodlines have awakened. In ancient times, there were several kinds of naturally ice-type silkworm spirit beasts, which were extremely good at condensing cold and spitting mist to nurture treasures. For example, the Ice Marrow Silkworm could spin silk to weave ice marrow armor, which had amazing defense; and there was also the Snow Soul Heavenly Silkworm, which could stir up wind and snow after transforming into a moth, and even Nascent Soul cultivators would have to be wary of it."

"But your two little ones are still young, their intelligence is not yet developed, and their aura is mixed. I dare not determine which kind they are, or whether they are a different branch or a different species."

"They are only at the peak of level four now, yet they can exhale a chilling aura that threatens the early stages of Core Formation, which is already quite remarkable. As for how far they can go, we will probably only be able to see when they spin cocoons and transform into moths in the future."

Luo Ming looked at the two white silkworms that were still gazing longingly at him, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

In the cultivation world, the bloodlines of demonic beasts are the most complex, and among demonic beasts, spirit insects are the most diverse, with various bloodline mutations. Tracing back to their origins, some spirit insects even possess the bloodlines of true dragons or celestial phoenixes.

Just like that six-winged frost centipede, which actually had the bloodline of a true dragon in its body. Although he knew that dragons were inherently lewd, he couldn't help but marvel at the tastes of a true dragon, which could lay hands on any species.