txolops Chapter 422 Level 9 Demon Core
Chapter 422 Level 9 Demon Core
Chapter 422 Ninth-Level Demon Core
Under the shadow of death, the Whale King roared with the strongest instinct for survival. Its huge body sank down suddenly, and an extremely dense blue blood light burst out from its body. It was about to use some kind of costly escape technique to directly merge into the deep sea and escape thousands of miles away!
"Hmph, trying to run now? It's too late."
A golden light flashed in Luo Ming's eyes, and deep within his pupils, it seemed as if two small golden suns suddenly shone brightly! He activated the Qianyang Fire Eye Divine Power at full power!
Since advancing to the Nascent Soul stage and undergoing a transformation in magical power, all of its supernatural abilities have increased several times over, and the Qianyang Fire Eye is no exception.
Under the divine gaze that dispels illusions and sees the origins, the Whale King's attempt to merge into the seawater and hide, as well as the special spatial fluctuations generated by the burning of his essence blood, were as clear as torches in the night, leaving no room for escape!
At the same time, Luo Ming flicked his sleeve.
"Swish swish——"
Eight small, palm-sized, golden mirrors with intricate patterns engraved on their edges flew out of his sleeve and instantly appeared above the sea where Whale King was trying to escape into. Arranged according to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) orientation, the mirrors were simultaneously aimed at a certain spot on the sea below.
"town!"
Luo Ming gave a low shout, and all eight small mirrors simultaneously erupted with dazzling golden beams of light!
"Buzz—!!"
A condensed, tangible, and dazzling golden beam of light, like a sword of divine punishment, descended with incredible speed, completely engulfing that sea area!
"What kind of magic weapon is this?" From within the golden pillar of light came the desperate and unwilling roar of the Whale King.
Its body, which was about to transform into light and escape, was suddenly "nailed" to the spot by the golden light, revealing itself again as a disheveled giant humanoid. The burning blood light around its body was also suppressed, and its face was filled with disbelief, horror, and despair.
Just as he was suppressed by the golden light of the "Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror" and his form froze—
The dark golden blood light that condensed Luo Ming's strongest attack at this moment had already torn through the sky and appeared directly above the Whale King's giant mouth as if by teleportation, and slashed down fiercely!
Time seemed to freeze for a moment.
—
A thin, yet perfectly straight line of blood appeared quietly, starting from the center of the forehead of the giant man transformed from Whale King, and flowing downwards.
The bloodline was almost invisible at first, but then, the deep blue, viscous demon blood, shimmering with a faint light, slowly seeped out and gushed out from the bloodline like a fountain that had been suppressed for a long time, and then surged wildly!
"Buzz!"
A "blue ball of light," only the size of a fist, emitting a dazzling deep blue light, with tiny whale shadows swimming inside, suddenly burst out from the top of Whale King's head!
The moment the ball of light appeared, the space around it, which had been firmly imprisoned and suppressed by the golden pillars of the "Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror," began to ripple violently, like water with a stone thrown in it. Visible ripples appeared, indicating a "dispersion"! The power of the imprisonment was greatly reduced!
It was the demon core that Whale Power King had cultivated for over a thousand years, along with the last remaining primordial spirit attached to it! This demon core actually contained a trace of a faint but real "spatial attribute," which was activated by its primordial spirit at the critical moment of life and death, causing it to erupt in a final struggle, trying to break through the spatial restriction and escape to safety!
"Whoosh—!"
Taking advantage of the slight gap caused by the spatial ripples in the golden pillar of light, the blue demon core, like an arrow released from a bow, burst forth with astonishing speed, about to transform into a blue rainbow and flee into the distance!
"Hmm? He actually possesses a trace of spatial magic?" Luo Ming, who was standing in mid-air, suddenly narrowed his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them.
He snorted coldly, and the crimson-gold light that had just subsided in his eyes reappeared. But this time, deep within the light, a small crimson-gold spike rapidly condensed and compressed!
"go!"
With a thought, a tiny, golden-red thorn, only as thick as a hair and moving so fast that even divine sense could not detect it, shot out silently from Luo Ming's right eye. As if teleporting, it struck the deep blue demon core that had just broken free from some of the restrictions and was about to accelerate its escape!
"ah-!!!"
A piercing, desperate scream suddenly erupted from the demon core!
Those crimson-gold thorns were the God-Slaying Thorns that Luo Ming created by combining his vast divine sense at the late Nascent Soul stage with the Spirit Fire Forging Divine Technique and the Qianyang Fire Eye!
Not only does it no longer require pre-cultivation of a portion of one's divine consciousness within the sea of consciousness, as it did in the past, but it is also incredibly swift to activate.
"Human cultivator! You—you cannot kill me! I am an elder of the Giant Whale Clan, a general under the Black Abyss Golden Flood Dragon King! If you dare destroy my primordial spirit and seize my demon core, you will be making an enemy of the entire outer sea demon race! The Golden Flood Dragon King will never let you go! He will surely lead his army to raze Silver Shark Island to the ground and extract your soul!"
From within the demon core came the weak yet fierce and mad roars and threats of the Whale King, attempting to use the power of the demon race to suppress others and seek a sliver of hope for survival.
"Hmph, let you go back? So you can continue to cause me trouble?" Upon hearing this, Luo Ming's lips curled into an undisguised sneer, his eyes as cold as ancient ice.
Without further ado, he raised his right hand and made a grabbing motion towards the dim, trembling, deep blue demon core in the air.
"Buzz!"
A "magical hand" formed entirely of pure magical power, with clearly defined five fingers, distinct textures, and radiating a faint golden light, appeared out of thin air and firmly grasped the struggling demon core in its palm!
The giant hand tightened, its immense magical power forming layers of restrictions, completely sealing away the demon core and the remnants of the whale's primordial spirit within.
Seal it, rendering it unable to move.
"A giant whale primordial spirit in the mid-stage of transformation, and it seems to contain a rare spatial attribute—" Luo Ming remotely took the demon core, held it in his palm, and glanced at it, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
"I wonder how much my strength will be enhanced if I use this primordial spirit to perform the Spirit Fusion Technique of the Spirit Control Sect."
He extended his right index finger, and a point of dark golden light condensed at the tip, gently touching the surface of the deep blue demon core.
"Come out." A low shout rang out, and a glint of light emanated from his fingertips.
A figure, only an inch tall, with a deep blue, transparent body and a face identical to that of the Whale King, was seen, yet filled with boundless terror.
The miniature primordial spirit, which was struggling, was forcibly "pulled" out of the demon core by an invisible force!
Luo Ming flipped his hand and took out a cold jade bottle. He carefully placed the sealed Whale Power King's primordial spirit into it, added a few more talismans, and then put it away with satisfaction.
This primordial spirit, at the mid-stage of transformation and possessing a trace of spatial attribute, is of immeasurable value. Whether used for cultivating secret techniques or as the core of certain top-tier formations and magical treasures, it has endless uses.
After dealing with the primordial spirit, Luo Ming's gaze finally fell entirely on the fist-sized, deep blue, level-nine demon core in his palm, which emitted a pure and vast water-attribute demonic power and a faint spatial fluctuation.
"A level nine demon core—and this demon core also naturally contains a trace of spatial power." Luo Ming sensed it carefully. No wonder the previous "Whale Devouring Divine Power" could form a similar spatial devouring effect; its innate escape technique also involved spatial power.
A level nine demon core is an invaluable treasure that any Nascent Soul cultivator would find extremely rare! The immense and pure demonic power contained within it can be directly refined and absorbed to aid cultivation, with effects far exceeding those of ordinary pills.
It can also be used as the main ingredient to refine certain top-grade elixirs that can help Nascent Soul cultivators break through bottlenecks; it can also be used to refine powerful magic weapons or cultivate certain special supernatural abilities. Its value is difficult to measure with ordinary spirit stones.
Luo Mingzhen carefully took out a jade box that had been prepared beforehand and had multiple spirit-sealing arrays engraved inside. He carefully placed the deep blue level nine demon core inside, closed the lid, and then affixed several spirit-sealing talismans to completely isolate its aura fluctuations before putting it into his storage bag.
After doing all that, Luo Ming turned his gaze to the sea below.
There, the Whale King's true form, a thousand-foot-tall whale, had completely lost its life force. Like a giant, dark blue mountain, it floated silently on the gradually calming sea, its demonic blood staining a large area of the ocean. Even in death, its massive body still exuded a chilling sense of oppression.
"The giant whale clan has a naturally peculiar stomach, containing a space that can hold all things, comparable to a high-level storage magic treasure—" Luo Ming recalled the relevant records, his eyes slightly brightening.
The "treasure trove" inside a mid-stage transformed whale will surely not disappoint him.
With a slight thought, the four Xuan Geng swords emitted a clear hum, their sword light splitting into twelve incredibly agile golden-blue flying swords, which, like living fish, instantly plunged into the corpse of the thousand-foot-tall whale below.
Under Luo Ming's powerful divine sense and precise control, the sword threads avoided the tough skin and bones, swiftly and efficiently traversing, cutting, and dissecting along the muscle texture and fascia gaps. In just a short while, the enormous whale carcass was skillfully "dissected" from the inside.
Luo Ming flashed and landed above the whale carcass. His divine sense swept across the area, quickly locking onto several areas with the densest spiritual light, which he then captured with a wave of his hand.
The first thing to fly into his hand was a "Sea-Shaking Hammer," with an ancient and ferocious design, a deep blue color, and immense weight. It was the same heavy demonic treasure that Whale King had previously used to bombard the Silver Shark Island formation.
Luo Ming weighed it in his hand; its weight was astonishing, far exceeding that of the dark gold giant axe without the enhancement of Xuan Shui.
This hammer is forged from deep-sea iron that has been frozen for millennia and the bones of some giant whale. It contains immense water power and icy energy, making it incredibly powerful and a decent backup heavy weapon.
Next was a "stone" about the size of a head, semi-transparent, with what appeared to be a misty atmosphere inside, and emanating a strange spatial fluctuation.
Luo Ming initially paid no attention, assuming it was some kind of rare ore containing spatial power. But when he carefully examined it with his divine sense, especially when he sensed the special fluctuations within it that could interfere with divine sense and confuse perception, his eyes suddenly lit up with surprise!
"This is... a Dream Stone? And it's so huge!" Luo Ming couldn't help but exclaim. Dream Stones are one of the core materials for crafting long-distance teleportation arrays, as well as some top-tier magical artifacts and formations involving space and illusion. They are extremely rare and precious.
The size and quality of this piece are enough to serve as the main material for building a large teleportation array! This is of great significance to Luo Ming, and he may be able to use it in the future.