Chapter 242: The Three-Meter-Tall Fire Ape and the Eight-Winged Golden Mantis (Kneeling and Begging for Subscriptions)_2
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Seeing Lin Shiming fill the Jade Pot, he felt satisfied at last!
This time, the Red-haired Demon Monkey fell into a deep sleep right beside the Spirit Vein in a cave.
For a Demonic Beast, as long as the bloodline talent is strong enough, deep sleep and devouring are the best ways to become stronger!
After dealing with the Red-haired Demon Monkey, Lin Shiming meditated on the spot to recover his True Yuan.
The Bloodline Reversion Secret Technique exhausted a great deal of heart blood and True Yuan, and without regaining full strength, he dared not continue the Ancestral Return Secret Method on the Golden Winged Mantis.
Especially since this time the Golden Winged Mantis was reverting to a more powerful variant, an Eight-winged Sky Mantis.
This was far more powerful than the bloodline of the multitude of corpses of the Red-haired Demon Monkey.
Another day passed, and Lin Shiming woke from cultivation, only to feel his True Yuan grow stronger by a thread.
Lin Shiming again began to practice the Split Spirit Decision, and only after his Divine Sense had recovered to its peak did he summon the Golden Winged Mantis.
After the Golden Winged Mantis arrived, it remained extremely quiet, rubbing its triangular head against Lin Shiming's body, and its pair of dark green eyes filled with curiosity.
However, the next moment, the Golden Winged Mantis's triangular head moved towards the Storage Bag.
The corners of its mouth couldn't help but squeak.
Watching this unfold, the more it resembled the Red-haired Demon Monkey!
Lin Shiming couldn't help but shake his head, feeling regret that the Red-haired Demon Monkey hadn't taught it anything good.
After patting the latter's head, he took out some Beast Nurturing Pills and Third Rank Spirit Water.
The Golden Winged Mantis ate leisurely while Lin Shiming took out a new Medicine Barrel and poured in the prepared medicinal liquid.
The medicinal solution differed slightly for different attributes of Demonic Beasts, but for Lin Shiming, who had already done this once, it was still exceptionally smooth.
Then, in one fluid motion, he started casting the Spirit Art.
From the Second Rank Spirit Art to the Third Rank Spirit Art, as the transformations ensued, the medicinal liquid began to congeal into a Spirit Extraction Net once again.
He did not stop there; seizing the moment he condensed a second Spirit Extraction Net.
With the two Spirit Nets extracted, he then took out materials of mantis-type Demonic Beasts from the Storage Bag.
The first mantis-type beast was a green-winged mantis, but a Third Rank Early Stage Demonic Beast. Originally, like the Golden Winged Mantis, its kind could only reach the peak of the Second Rank.
This green-winged mantis had had its share of fate to reach Third Rank.
Alas, it was ultimately killed by cultivators and put up for auction.
Lin Shiming once again performed the Essence Blood Decision, and amidst waves of blood light, the essence blood of the green-winged mantis appeared, yet there were only three drops.
After passing through two Spirit Nets, only half a drop remained.
It was clear just how weak the green-winged mantis' bloodline was.
Lin Shiming did not dwell on it, continuing to condense the Essence Blood of the next mantis corpse.
After five mantis corpses underwent successful Essence Blood Extraction and Spirit Extraction, the medicinal solution began to emit swirls of blood mist, and mantis phantoms roared within the mist.
Lin Shiming then took out the final mantis corpse, the Eight-winged Sky Mantis!
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The Eight-winged Sky Mantis was beheaded by Lin Xianzhi's sword; apart from the head, the rest of the body was preserved extremely well.
Its vitality was far more robust than the previous Demonic Beasts.
It should be known that although the Eight-winged Sky Mantis was only a Third Rank Mid Stage Demonic Beast, it managed to wound Lin Xianzhi, who was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Lin Shiming took a deep breath, his hands performing the Essence Blood Decision once more. With a series of Spirit Arts, the corpse of the Eight-winged Sky Mantis instantly transformed into droplets of essence blood.
The process lasted for half an incense stick's time, and sweat began to form on Lin Shiming's forehead.
The essence blood before him solidified into more than thirty drops, which was more than ten times that of the green-winged mantis.
With a flick of Lin Shiming's finger, the droplets of essence blood headed towards the Spirit Extraction Nets, which immediately radiated an unprecedented glow, and a great malevolence emerged from the blood light.
An apparition of the Eight-winged Sky Mantis suddenly spread open its wings, and the sharp blade light seemed to be about to sever the Spirit Net.
This alarmed Lin Shiming immensely.
To think that the condensed essence blood could still cause such trouble!
Nevertheless, startled as he was, he would not allow this phantom to cut through the Spirit Extraction Nets.
If it did, all the extracted essence blood of the Demonic Beasts would be wasted, and the Ancestral Return Secret Method would fail.
The Split Spirit Blade burst forth, slashing at the Eight-winged Sky Mantis.
The powerful attack of the Divine Sense Blade instantly severed the mantis and the Spirit Nets promptly enveloped all the essence blood.
However, there was an unexpectedly large amount of essence blood this time, and under the rich Spirit Light, the two Spirit Nets began to press against each other once more.
This made Lin Shiming's pressure increase several times over.
Fortunately, in the end, he succeeded.
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As three drops of essence blood, radiating a fierce might, fell into the medicinal liquid,
the two layers of the Spirit Extraction Net could no longer contain it and shattered, and the medicinal liquid began to boil, rising in a haze of blood mist. Within the mist, the shadow of the Eight-winged Sky Mantis emerged once again.
At this moment, all other phantasms vanished.
And the Golden Winged Mantis leaped into it in response.
The Golden Winged Mantis, with a bloodline that was not inferior, did not exhibit the bare-teethed grimace of the Red-haired Demon Monkey. Instead, its wings fluttered slightly as its entire body absorbed the essence blood from the liquid.
The Bloodline Reversion began!
After two Bloodline Reversions were completed, Lin Shiming finally let out a sigh of relief.
As for how the two demonic beasts would perform next, that was beyond his influence, all he could do was to continuously supply the Beast Nurturing Pills produced by the Alchemy Pavilion and the Demonic Beast Flesh for the two beasts' growth.
The period of Bloodline Reversion for the Golden Winged Mantis was noticeably shorter than that of the Red-haired Demon Monkey.
About three hours later, the Golden Winged Mantis leapt out of the Medicine Barrel with a surge, revealing that its golden light had intensified and its three pairs of golden wings glittered even more, while a thin layer of golden wings had appeared on the remaining bulges unnoticed.
The fourth pair of golden wings had finally appeared!
The Golden Winged Mantis then began to chirp eagerly at Lin Shiming.
Lin Shiming took out the large quantity of Beast Nurturing Pills and Demonic Beast meat he had prepared in advance, the latter rejoiced, gobbled them up, and then directly sprawled under the Mingxin Tea Tree.
Falling into a deep sleep.
Seeing both beasts asleep, Lin Shiming felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.
In his newfound free time, he finally had the chance to focus on his own cultivation level.
He took out a piece of emerald Spirit Light Wood, and with a flicker, the surrounding plants seemed to be drawn by it, beginning to flourish.
This was, indeed, the Mu Xin of the Bicloud Wood.
He also wanted to cultivate the Heavenly Wood Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique to completion, two auxiliary Spirit Platforms!
But to be safe, he took out the Jade Slip of the Heavenly Wood Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique once more.
After studying it several times, ensuring thorough memorization, he began to refine the Heart of Heavenly Wood.
As he had refined the Heart of Heavenly Wood twice before, this time it went extremely smoothly.
Within his body, a second auxiliary Spirit Platform formed, greatly increasing his True Yuan storage.
At this moment, he even had the illusion that his True Yuan might outmatch that of an average cultivator at the late Foundation Establishment stage.
This thought was not unsubstantiated; his cultivation was of the Purple Wood Heart Sutra, Profound Rank Superior Grade, which naturally resulted in a True Yuan that was far more refined than that of ordinary cultivators. Now, with what was equivalent to three Spirit Platforms, he had a voluminous amount of True Yuan.
However, even with a third Rank Superior Grade Heavenly Wood Mu Xin, it could not automatically absorb and refine Spiritual Energy like the Heart of a Wood Demon, hence there was no possibility for further improvement.
Thinking of this, Lin Shiming felt slightly regretful, but upon considering the rarity of a Heavenly Wood Mu Xin possessing a Wood Demon, the thought disappeared.
A Heavenly Wood Mu Xin was already extremely precious, and to possess one with a Wood Demon was a rarity among rarities.
To encounter two Wood Demons was already a testament to his great fortune.
The smooth progress of the Heavenly Wood Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique also eased his mind slightly.
He did not continue his cultivation that day, as the lengthy use of the Secret Technique had left him feeling somewhat fatigued.
And in cultivation, hasty progress is to be avoided; knowing when to relax is the true strategy for cultivation.
He stepped out from the Cave Heaven World, and found a new Storage Bag awaiting him behind his dwelling. This was the Beast Nurturing Pills delivered by the family's cultivators. He picked up the Storage Bag, then strode out.
Without notifying anyone, he wandered aimlessly around Fangmu Mountain just like he had when he was a youth.
He observed the mountains, the water, the blooming peach blossoms.
The mountains were still mountains!
The water was still water!
The peach blossoms withered, then bloomed once more!
He greeted each clan cultivator he encountered.
That day, he wandered every part of Fangmu Mountain, gazing for a long time.
Then, at a moment unknown to anyone else, he returned to his dwelling and entered the Cave Heaven World once again.
If someone were able to peer inside at that moment, they would see within Lin Shiming's mind a root of deduction shining intensely.
Spirit Light overflowed, enveloping his entire body.
He sat in a corner of the Cave Heaven World, gazing upward at the sky, like a wild weed fluttering in the wind.
He was also like a restrained sword, its sharpness sheathed.
Around him, countless Spirit Grasses swayed in unison.
Far off, the snake eggs began to show signs of resistance, but Lin Shiming, currently enveloped in the light of deduction, could not feel it, having become one with his surroundings; in his mind, a wild weed sprouted, his eyes fixed upon the endless sky!