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Lin Wu looked at the new markers that had appeared on the map and knew that he was gonna have a great time.
'Looks like the beasts capturing more territories will work in our favor. They are pretty much serving themselves to us on a silver platter. We just have to make sure that we are not overwhelmed by a large group of them.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"Let's point Shirong in the right direction…" Lin Wu muttered to himself and sent a few thoughts through his connection with Shirong.
The first thought was of 'hunger' and the other was of 'go'. Shirong halted in his steps as soon as he felt the Immortal Crystal Armament communicate with him.
"So even you cannot hold back it seems… HAAHAH! Let's get to it then!" Shirong laughed before following the feeling of the Immortal weapon.
Lin Wu would point him in the direction of the nearest beast and Shirong would track them with his spirit sense. At first, they were a bit slow as Shirong was not fully used to this kind of cooperation but after a while, they made a working method.
Lin Wu merely had to suggest a direction, and Shirong's spirit sense would be ready to extend. And by moving in that direction for a bit, they would end up finding the spirit beasts. A majority of these beasts were at the core condensation realm, but there were also a few that were at the Qi refining realm.
The thing with the Core condensation realm was that they did not hunt in the fifth ring normally. Instead, they would go out to the outer rings to hunt and then come back to their territories. This was there was a harmonic influx and efflux of beasts among the rings.
But now with the beasts expanding their territories they were keeping to the fifth ring, making it easier for Lin Wu and Shirong.
They hunted a myriad of beasts. They had scales, feathers, furs, claws, and horns, but all of them died to the Immortal weapon that was Lin Wu. Shirong was also improving his understanding of the new weapons skill he was developing and thus increasing his own capabilities.
Two days had passed swiftly and in this time they had already hunted about 108 Core condensation realm beasts. Though a majority of them were at the early stage of the core condensation realm and only two out of all reached the late stage of the core condensation realm.
For some reason, no Peak stage core condensation realm beasts could be found now.
'So that encounter two days ago with the Lamp Light Ligers was indeed unusual.' Shirong thought to himself.
Lin Wu did not have this doubt as he was being informed in real time about what was happening in the depths of the forest, near the edge of the fifth ring and the start of the sixth ring. The beetle beast was already living at the border of the sixth ring, while the mole beast had finally figured out a way to continue onward while hiding.
The mole beast had particularly gotten in a few conflicts but was able to escape due to his digging skills. Both of them would give him daily updates and Lin Wu found out from that the great disturbance in the forest would be calming down soon as most of the bigger and advantageous territories had already been captured by the subordinate beasts of the four rulers.
Because the Silver Beak Sky Soar eagle had left the forest, now only four positions were left and no contender was yet to appear that could replace the position of the eagle king. In order to be a ruler, the beast had to be a Nascent soul realm at the very least.
Usually, if a beast reached the nascent soul realm, they would have to battle with one of the rulers of the millennium forest to take over their territory. But now the position was already empty and for the taking; with the only requirement being a cultivation base of Nascent soul realm.
Of course, the current four rulers did not want to let go of this opportunity and wanted to appoint one of their offsprings or a subordinate to the position. As long as even one of their subordinates reached the Nasser Soul realm, they would have the chance to capture two seats.
After all, even if their subordinate beast became a ruler they would still be under the influence of their brand.
"How's the hunt for the blood of the Twin Light Liger King going?" Lin Wu questioned the mole beast.
"Even though I've gotten closer master, there doesn't seem to be much of a chance there. The Twin Light Liger beast is staying in his den and does not leave. Only his subordinates have been prowling the area." The mole beast answered.
"Hmm… I see. And what about the Olive Viper king?" Lin Wu questioned again.
"The Olive Viper king returned back to his nest to recover. He apparently got injured in one of the fights for territory." The mole beast answer.
"He did? Who caused that?" Lin Wu questioned.
"Apparently it wasn't caused by another beast, but by himself. He was killing a large number of beasts at once and used an attack that injured even his own body." The mole beast explained.
"Ah… I see." Lin Wu responded.
It became silent for a minute before the mole beast spoke again, "do you want to ask anything else, master?"
"Umm… oh yeah! You said that the current four rulers want to make one of their subordinates or descendants the fifth ruler, right? So which one of the four rulers have the highest chance to do that?" Lin Wu questioned.
"That is a complex thing to answer. The Twin Light Liger King has the most amount of subordinates that are in the Peak stage of the core condensation realm, but they are still not ready to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
Only one of the rulers has a subordinate that is close to that… the slim arm ape." The mole beast revealed.
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The Slim Arm Ape was the last beast Lin Wu had considered being close to this.
'If he really is able to make one of his subordinates or descendants into the fifth ruler, the balance of power would probably shift again. It's likely that the Split thorn horn beetle king would become the one with the least power, falling from the third position to the fifth directly.' Lin Wu analyzed.
"Which one of the Slim Arm Ape king's subordinated is close to reaching the Nascent Soul realm?" Lin Wu questioned.
"It's not just any subordinate but rather the son of the Slim Arm Ape King himself. Unlike the ape king, his son is more talented and apparently is a hybrid beast having two bloodlines." The Mole beast answered.
"Two bloodlines? Which one is the second one?" Lin Wu questioned.
Except for himself, Lin Wu had not seen any other beast that had two bloodlines in them, thus Lin Wu was intrigued by it.
"The rumor has it that the son of the Slim Arm Ape king was born from a Demon Spine Ape. I do now know what kind of beast it exactly is but due to it having two bloodlines it has progressed quite fast and is already in the pseudo Nascent soul realm." The Mole beast explained.
Lin Wu went over his memories and tried to remember if he had seen or read about this Demon Spine Ape before, but couldn't do it.
"System, do you have any data on the Demon Spine Ape?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: Currently no data is available on the Demon Spine Ape.
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'Hmm… so no leads here either. Still, perhaps I should take a look myself later.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"Alright that will be enough for today, I'll contact you when needed." Lin Wu said before stopping the link.
He thought about the demon spine ape and wondered what kind of a beast it could be.
'Since there are no records of it in the system then it's likely that it's a lesser known beast.' Lin Wu thought.
The system had data on all the records that they had obtained from the study in Shirong's new courtyard, which had quite a bit of info on the local beasts and the native beasts of the Millennium Forest as well.
Meanwhile, Shirong was busy slaughtering more beasts.
"HAAAA! Take this!" He shouted as the two ends of the green crystal spear extended and sliced the beasts that were surrounding him in one go.
~huu~
Shirong took a tired breath as he looked at the scene of a massacre. There were corpses everywhere and blood was spilled too. The Strong stench of blood only helped to attract more and more of the beasts, thus speeding up their speed of hunting.
"System, show me the spirit qi and vital energy that I have right now." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 80969 units [liquid spirit qi]
HOST CULTIVATION: Late Stage of the Core Condensation Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/24000] units (liquid spirit qi)
QI STORAGE: 93355 units [liquid spirit qi]
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VITAL ENERGY OBTAINED: 86231 Units
VITAL ENERGY STORAGE: 199876 units
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"OH DAMN! I've accumulated a heck lot of spirit qi, haven't I?" Lin Wu exclaimed.
Lin Wu had kind of put the increase of spirit qi and vital energy to the back of his mind as he had been focused on planning and killing the beasts most of the time. The system would take the required energy as needed and would regenerate his body's injuries.
The energy required for the system's own use was already set to automatic and was taken periodically as needed. Lin Wu had given the control to the system and had also increased the maximum cap that he had previously set on it.
'Alright, since I have all this. Time to make some changes.' Lin Wu thought.
"System, start converting the vital energy into vital essence." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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INITIATING CHECK: Checking for anomalies
CHECK COMPLETE: No anomalies found
CHECKING HOST VITALS: Vitals steady
INITIATING CONVERSION: Converting Vital energy to Vital essence
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Lin Wu's body suddenly felt numb to him, and he lost control of it for a moment. In fact, even Shirong felt the change and became shocked. He immediately retreated to a safer area and placed the Immortal Crystal armament down.
He then set up a few defensive formations and went to stand about a hundred meters away. He had already learned from the few previous times and thought that it was better for him to be cautious. Shirong did not want to become an unlucky victim of his own weapon and die.
Lin Wu was currently feeling a warmth spreading in his body. This warmth would expand and contract as if the waves on the seashore. The contracting and expanding feeling increased more and more until a searing pain filled his body.
Lin Wu had expected something and thus had already given the system the ordures to suppress his voice, so that no one else would hear it. Still, he was shouting with all his might in his mind and bearing through the pain.
The searing pain lasted for about five minutes, after which it was replaced by a feeling of pleasure.
"Ah~ This is even better than when I obtained spirit qi…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
~Ding~
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CONVERSION COMPLETED: New Stat added- Vital Essence
VITAL ESSENCE: 15638 units
Note: Auto Conversion is enabled.
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The first thing Lin Wu saw was the number, which was less than it should have been according to the systems information.
"System why is there a discrepancy in the amount of vital essence that was obtained?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: Due to certain unforeseen circumstances, the host's body became unstable, but then the vital energy was used to compensate it at the same time. Until the host's body became acclimated to the Vital essence, the system continued to recover the injuries that were being inflicted.
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"Huh… alright. That kind of makes sense, but since there was no notification then it means there really wasn't much danger, was there?"
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With the new stat added, Lin Wu was feeling a bit satisfied. It was one of the things that he had on his list that he had been stalling for a while.
"Let's see what else we can do… Oh yeah system, how's the analysis on cultivation techniques coming along?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The expected progress is at 5.07%.
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Lin Wu was rather disappointed by this and was expecting it to be a bit more than just this. But then an idea struck him.
"System, if the amount of energy invested is increased, will the rate of analysis increase? I mean, can't you add another computational A.I.?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: Adding another computational A.I. will increase the energy consumption by three times.
Does the host want to activate it?
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"Yeah. Three times isn't much of a problem for now, you can add the computation A.I." Lin Wu approved.
~Ding~
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ACTIVATING COMPUTATIONAL A.I.: Computational A.I. (2) has been activated.
SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMED: 3500 units
SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 5489 units
ASSIGNING TO TASK: Computational A.I. (2) has been assigned to the task- Cultivation technique analysis and extrapolation.
PREVIOUS SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATE: 22 units/hour
CURRENT SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATE: 66 units/hour
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Looking at the consumption of system energy did not faze Lin Wu as he had expected this. Just the basic activation required a large amount of energy and after that, it would continually consume a set amount of system energy to continue the progress.
"Alright, system transfer 5000 units of liquid spirit qi from the spirit qi storage to the System energy." Lin Wu ordered, seeing that the amount had fallen by quite a bit.
He chose this amount by estimating the minimum energy that would be consumed by the system just for the analysis task and rounded it off a bit.
~Ding~
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TRANSFERRING ENERGY: 5000 units [liquid spirit qi]- 50000 units system energy
SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 55489 units
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With that out of the way, Lin Wu could forget about the consumption of the system for a while and could use it more efficiently.
~Phew~
Shirong who had been watching the Immortal crystal armament with an oppressive gaze finally took a breath of relief after seeing it calm down. He walked forward and touched the Immortal weapon lightly with his finger, and quickly withdrawing.
He didn't want to burn his hand again and ensured that it was normal before picking the spear up. Holding it in his hands, he felt it to be a bit more different from before. It wasn't as if its power had increased, but there seemed to be a qualitative change in it instead.
It felt as if the power that it already had was refined even further into a better form. Shirong lightly circulated his spirit qi through the spear but did not find any difference.
"Hmm… maybe I'll see it eventually as I use it more," Shirong said to himself before deciding to continue hunting.
About two more hours passed and by now Shirong had hunted three more core condensation realm beasts. This was slightly low than normal, and even Lin Wu found it strange. He looked at the map and saw that for some reason the beasts were now all moving away from the area that they were in currently.
"Oh? Were they scared by us or something?" Lin Wu wondered.
Shirong spread his spirit sense around and waited for the spear to give him the suggestion. But after waiting for a minute and not receiving any message, he felt awkward.
"Did something happen? Why is it not doing anything? Did all the beasts run away?" Shirong wondered.
But just as he said this, Lin Wu got a warning.
~Tremble~
"Great! He just jinxed it… I think…" Lin Wu muttered and looked at the window that had popped up.
~WARNING~
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LARGE NUMBER OF BEASTS DETECTED: Currently approaching host's location and will arrive in 30 seconds.
NUMBERS DETECTED: 2589
NUMBERS DETECTED: 2596
NUMBERS DETECTED: 3289
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NUMBERS DETECTED: 4985
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NUMBERS DETECTED: 9845
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NUMBERS DETECTED: 20647
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Looking at the rapidly increasing Numbers Lin Wu could only say one thing: "F*ck!"
"System, do a scan and tell me what kind of beasts they are and where they coming from?" Lin Wu questioned.
He was looking at the markers on the map but found them to be the same as before and was wondering if all these beasts were approaching their position, then why were they not showing up on his map.
~Ding~
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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Beasts identified
TARGET: 1. Hard Eared Limber Mice, 2. Hard Eared Limber Mice King
CULTIVATION BASE: 1. Hard Eared Limber Mice- Early to peak stage qi refining realm 2. Hard Eared Limber Mice King- Late Stage of the Core Condensation realm.
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"What the hell how are there so many of them? Didn't the system say even a king at the early stage of the Core condensation realm will only have 10000 beasts in its group? This group is way more than that." Lin Wu questioned in shock as the number of the Hard Eared Limber Mice increased beyond 50000.
~Tremble~
By now even Shirong could feel that something was wrong as tremors suddenly started and the ground shook, making Shirong stumble as well.
"Wha-what's happening?" Shirong wondered as his spirit sense spread out.
At first, he had thought that a large group of spirit beasts was galloping towards him, but a few seconds Lateran he realized that it was not coming from the surface but rather underground.
After ten seconds, he finally sensed the presence of the first Hard Eared Limber Mice.
"GODDAMMIT! It's those pests again!" Shirong yelled before withdrawing a spirit sword and jumping on it.
He then flew to about twenty meters away from the ground and looked at the shaking earth.
~Crumble~
The earth finally split open as droves of Hard Eared Limber Mice rushed out of the tunnel that they had just dug. They kept on pouring out and by the time their numbers reached 10000, Shirong was already tense. But when they reached 50000, he was stressed.
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'What the hell! When will they stop and how are there even so many of them together?' Shirong thought as he looked below at the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
The Hard Eared Limber Mice were chattering amongst themselves and sniffing the ground. They finally liked up when Shirong did a quick scan of the area using his spirit sense.
"This is gonna be one big extermination…" Shirong muttered as he gripped the Immortal Crystal armament tightly and looked on at the increasing numbers of the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
They finally stopped coming out then their number had exceeded by 100,000. Shirong couldn't tell the exact count but Lin Wu could very well do it.
~DING~
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SPIRIT BEAST COUNT: 101,278 beasts of which; 1 is Late stage Core condensation realm beast, 2 Early stage Core condensation realm beasts, 8922 are peak stage qi refining realm beasts, 23145 are late stage qi refining realm beasts, 33699 are mid stage qi refining realm beasts and 35509 Early stage qi refining realm beasts.
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Just the sheer amount of beasts that were currently appearing out of the ground was enough to level an entire city. Perhaps the Deer Wood city would be eradicated in less than ten minutes if such a large number of beasts were to show up there.
Even if a majority of them were just at the qi refining realm, they were enough to kill most Peak stage core condensation realm beasts with ease. Just a single attack from all of them combined would be enough to pulverize a beast to minced meat.
"Don't tell me all these Hard Eared Limber Mice came here because of the change in territories? Do they want to claim a new territory for themselves too?" Lin Wu wondered.
He kept on looking at the Hard Eared Limber Mice and so did Shirong, who at this moment was ready to just escape. It was now that Lin Wu realized he couldn't hear the Hard Eared Limber Mice talk.
'Wait, why isn't the system's translation not working?' Lin Wu wondered.
~Screech~Screech~Screech~Screech~Screech~
All he could hear was a cacophony of screeching and chittering.
"System, what's the problem here, why are the Hard Eared Limber Mice not meaning anything?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The Hard Eared Limber Mice are not speaking anything, thus the host cannot understand its meaning. They are merely creating animistic cries and noises on instinct. Further analysis of the Hard Eared Limber Mice shows that they are in a frenzied state and are not fully conscious.
Besides a majority of them are qi refining realm beasts and thus cannot speak coherently, anyway.
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Lin Wu read the system's answer and found it to be rather suspicious. He understood if the Qi refining realm beasts were unable to speak, but even the core condensation realm beasts were not saying anything.
"System filter out the Core condensation realm Hard Eared Limber Mice on the map." Lin Wu ordered.
~ding~
The map window flickered before the number of red markers decreased swiftly and only three of them were left. All three of them were clustered together and were located in the central area of the herd.
"System, focus and see if they are speaking or not." Lin Wu said.
~Ding~
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AUDITORY FILTER ACTIVATED: Targeting Core condensation realm Hard Eared Limber Mice.
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~Screech~
Even after doing that, all Lin Wu could hear was the sound of screeching.
"Dammit! Seems like even they are in a frenzied state…" Lin Wu cursed upon seeing no response.
He had thought that he would be able to hear what the Core condensation realm Hard Eared Limber Mice were talking about and then plan from there. But now that attempt failed before he even started.
'Should I escape or no?' Lin Wu wondered.
There were a few possibilities that could happen from here on. Either he would be able to kill a large amount of them or would get killed along with Shirong.
~Meep~
Suddenly a small group from the Hard Eared Limber Mice herd seemed to have noticed Shirong, who was flying above them and decided to attack. Shirong had thought that there wasn't much they would be able to do to him at a place this far up, but he was proven wrong.
The Hard Eared Limber Mice that had attacked him were at the back thus he had not seen them, also with there being such a large number of them, his sensing with the spirit sense had also gone a bit haywire. There was only so much that it could handle at once, and these were simply too many beasts for him to accurately read.
The Hard Eared Limber Mice attacked in a rather different way than before. They were extremely cooperative with each other and jumped off each other's backs to climb on top of tree branches and then jump from there to attack Shirong.
~Shua~
~Cut~
~Splatter~
Shirong of course responded to the attempted attack. Even if he had been unable to detect it at the moment it happened, his instincts were still sharp enough to respond to them. He immediately swung the Immortal Crystal Armament in its spear form and slashed the Hard Eared Limber Mice apart.
Their blood and guts spilled back onto the ground and covered some of the other Hard Eared Limber Mice that were below them.
~Screech~
The fresh scent of blood from their companions seemed to have incited the Hard Eared Limber Mice even further, and their noise only increased more. This time Lin Wu could feel a unified wave of spirit qi spreading from them.
It was as if the entire heard was acting as one and their spirit qi signatures were combined as well. Still, when Lin Wu tried to focus deeper on it, he realized that the spirit qi wave would resonate three times before actually combining into one.
It would first start from one of the two early stage core condensation realm Hard Eared Limber Mice kings and then to the other one before spreading to the entire herd. Then from there, it would resonate with the late stage core condensation realm: Hard Eared Limber Mice king one last time and then be released again.
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Lin Wu could tell that this was the way they communicated and that the key to stopping them would be to take out the three beast kings.
Shirong on the other hand didn't know this and was simply chopping down the Hard Eared Limber Mice that were attacking him. After killing the first set of them, the rest of the herd had become infuriated and attacked non stop, with no fear of death.
~Slash~
~Cut~
~Slash~
"Dammit! There are far too many of them," Shirong cursed as his route of escape was blocked.
Whichever direction he tried to go he was blocked and he couldn't head further up into the sky either due to the spirit sword being a mid ranked spirit weapon. Even if he did go further up, there was a great chance he would be attacked by the flying beasts.
The sky and the treetops were the territory of the flying beasts and would attack anyone that went past it. It was perhaps the most dangerous route to take unless one was a Nascent soul realm cultivator and was able to fly without a spirit tool.
From nascent soul onward a cultivator could fly without the need for a spirit tool, but it was still a limited amount of distance and they would need to recover after that. Because of that when nascent soul realm cultivators traveled long distances, they still used spirit tools.
Lin Wu looked at the map and tried to see if he could find a route to the three Hard Eared Limber Mice kings.
"As long as I'm able to kill one of them, their cooperation should suffer and if I kill all of them, then they should disperse." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Lin Wu used the connection with Shirong and released waves of spirit qi from his body.
"Huh? Does it want to consume the beasts?… Alright! Let's kill them!" Shirong said before a fierce look appeared on his face.
He willed it, and the shape of the Immortal Crystal Armament started to change. Shirong started to spin the spear rapidly above his head while dodging the Hard Eared Limber Mice that jumped to attack him. The two ends of the spear started to glow in a green color as Shirong infused it with wind attribute spirit qi.
"Take this! Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Cloud Splitting Gale!" He yelled out while striking with the spear.
~Shua~
~Zing~
Hundreds of Hard Eared Limber Mice were killed at the same time as the ground trembled from the attack. A gully was carved out in the ground and butchered corpses of the Hard Eared Limber Mice were lying on the sides, while those that were in the direct contact were turned to mush.
Still, the number was barely a dent in the Numbers of the Hard Eared Limber Mice and they soon regrouped.
"Come on! Move forward while there is a gap!" Lin Wu prodded Shirong on.
Shirong could tell that the spear was directing him ahead for something and thus he followed it, until being stopped by the Hard Eared Limber Mice again.
"Bah! I'll kill you all!" Shirong yelled before striking again.
More Hard Eared Limber Mice were killed as a path was forcibly opened in the middle. Shirong repeated this at least ten times before he was even able to get close to the area that the Immortal Crystal Armament was pointing him towards.
But just as he could attack the three Hard Eared Limber Mice kings… they disappeared.
"Huh? Where did they go?" Lin Wu wondered and saw the tags on the map, finding them to be underground.
"Dammit, I forget they can hide in the ground too." Lin Wu said, feeling pissed.
'Oh? It wants me to go in a different direction now.' Shirong thought before changing the direction and heading towards the three Hard Eared Limber Mice king.
More of the attacks were thrown, thinning the herd a little bit. But once again, the Hard Eared Limber Mice kings disappeared into the ground, only to come back to the surface a few tens of meters away.
"These are some sneaky rats! Gotta find a different way…" Shirong said to himself.
This time his speed of hunting was faster, and barely any mistakes were being done.
"That's it, just a little bit closer…" Lin Wu said as he aimed at Hard Eared Limber Mice kings.
The three Hard Eared Limber Mice kings seemed to have noticed Shirong's actions and knew better than to stay on the surface. But just as they were about to do that, they were interrupted as a spirit sword came flying towards him.
~Shing~
~Screee~
The spirit sword was thrown by none other than Shirong, and now he was falling to the ground without its support. While the spirit sword had been unable to kill a Hard Eared Limber Mice king, it was still able to cut one of the kings.
~Thud~
Shirong landed on the ground with his feet getting buried up to his knees due to the weight of the Immortal Crystal armament. A few Hard Eared Limber Mice also got crushed underneath his feet, but he was the least worried about them.
He swiped the spear and killed the Hard Eared Limber Mice that was surrounding him before pulling himself out of the ground. But just this much time was enough for two of the Hard Eared Limber Mice kings to burrow into the ground, leaving behind the one that had been injured.
That beast wasn't as fast and thus, Shirong lunged at it, stabbing it with the Immortal Crystal Armament.
~slick~
~Scree~
A final pain filled cry was let out by the Hard Eared Limber Mice king before it died. The Immortal Crystal Armament acted instantly and absorbed the spirit qi and vital energy from its body, replenish Lin Wu's and Shirong's stores.
The Hard Eared Limber Mice king that had just been killed was an early stage Core Condensation realm beast and there were still two more of them left.
"One down, two more to go…"
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By now, Shirong had understood that the three Hard Eared Limber Mice that the Immortal Crystal Armament was telling him to target were different than others and also had a higher Cultivation base.
"So you want the bigwigs, huh? Makes sense, they are also the ones that will give the best challenge…" Shirong muttered to himself as his spirit sense spread around to find the remaining two Hard Eared Limber Mice kings.
But Shirong had underestimated the sheer numbers of the beasts. They were able to hide the presence of the Hard Eared Limber Mice kings, and Shirong was unable to find them on his own.
~sigh~
"Lemme just point you to them…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before prodding Shirong towards their new position.
The Hard Eared Limber Mice kings were quite fast as their tunnels were already dug underground and all they had to do was to travel through them. After the death of one of their companions, the two Hard Eared Limber Mice kings became cautious and avoided coming out of the ground.
The other Hard Eared Limber Mice also kept on attacking Shirong, and by now he had borne some cuts and grazes on his body. His robes were already torn and drops of blood would seep out from time to time. By now he had used his qi skills quite a few times and exhaustion was setting in.
Unlike most other cultivators that Lin Wu had seen, Shirong had a relatively high body tempering realm cultivation base, being at the tenth stage. Most of the cultivators would simply cultivate till the eighth stage before practicing a qi cultivation technique and becoming a cultivator.
After that, they would simply abandon it and never practice it again. It was the same for Shirong, but the tenth stage Body tempering realm cultivation still gave him higher stamina and resilience than other cultivators.
He wasn't like Lin Wu, who could continuously regenerate their stamina as long as they had enough vital energy in storage. Even if one had a lot of spirit qi, there were only so many times they could use it before their bodies would start getting strained.
Lin Wu started to think of a method that would work for the Hard Eared Limber Mice kings. It was not like Shirong was out of methods to kill the Hard Eared Limber Mice all at once. If they used the Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Sundering Tempest, they would definitely be able to kill a lot of the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
But the problem was that the qi skill was too strong and would probably decimate the bodies of the Hard Eared Limber Mice beyond recognition. If this happened, it would pretty much become impossible for them to obtain any spirit qi from them.
It was fine for them to use it on the Lamp Light Ligers as they were core condensation realm beasts and their bodies were able to handle it. Another thing was that the Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Sundering Tempest was an extremely strong qi skill that put stress on Shirong.
While Lin Wu might be able to handle it rather easily, Shirong would not. Thus that was another reason to use it. Besides, Lin Wu wanted the complete bodies of the three Hard Eared Limber Mice kings as he wanted to get their bloodline.
'Their communication and coordination ability is too good to let go of. Even while being frenzied they are able to act so perfectly due to their instincts.' Lin Wu thought.
~chink~
Shirong pulled out the spirit sword he had thrown and jumped on it, flying in the air again.
~slash~
~slash~
~cut~
He kept on swinging the spear, killing the Hard Eared Limber Mice that continued to attack them.
"Hmm… I need to do an attack that would be faster than others. And since the two Hard Eared Limber Mice kings are not leaving the ground, I need an attack that would pierce the ground too…" Lin Wu muttered to himself while Shirong continued his slaughter.
"Bloody! Worthless! Pests! Know! Your! Place!" Shirong spat out each word with a strike.
Blood was trickling down the corner of his forehead and made his hair stick to it. Shirong currently had a rather gruesome look as he was covered in the blood, and entrails of all the Hard Eared Limber Mice that he had massacred.
After thinking for about five minutes, Lin Wu finally got an idea that just might work. But for this, he was going to need the cooperation of Shirong as well, and thus he communicated with him using his connection with him. He scanned the area and chose a spot that would be the perfect for the attack.
'Huh… this…' Shirong thought while battling the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
Lin Wu was giving him some prompts about how the attack should work, but Shirong was having a hard time focusing on both things.
"Oh, f*ck they're already in the place! Dammit, I'll do it myself." Lin Wu muttered to himself as he triggered his innate skills.
Shirong who had just swung the Immortal Crystal Armament stumbled because the weight balance of it suddenly shifted. He was barely able to control himself but the Immortal Crystal armament slammed into a few Hard Eared Limber Mice, turning them into meat paste just from its weight.
The head of Lin Wu's started to broaden while the spikes on its side receded. It became wide like a shield and looked like it had a pole attached to its end. Shirong looked at the changed form of the immortal Crystal Armament and found it to be completely different than he had ever seen.
Then he heard only one thought in his mind: "Fly, there."
Not hesitating even one moment, Shirong flew towards the direction he was being pointed towards. But that wasn't all, the Immortal weapon was telling him to go even higher up into the air.
"Dammit! Whatever this is, it better work!" Shirong said with gritted teeth and flew up under the incessant cries of the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
"Time to end this!"
Lin Wu's body was thrumming with power as he channeled more and more spirit qi into the attack. He was also synchronizing it with Shirong's Immortal Sky Shaker art and was assimilating the wind attribute spirit qi into it.
Once the energy reached a certain level, Lin Wu converted the spirit qi that he had accumulated in it to radiation. His innate skill radiation manipulation worked at full power as it was infused into the wind. This attack seemed to be similar to the Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Sundering Tempest, but its application was different.
If the Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Sundering Tempest was meant for a wide area, the current attack was meant for a narrow area but deeper impact.
By now, Shirong had reacher quite a height and it was now impossible for him to go any further. Not only was the spirit sword's grade not high enough, but the weight of the Immortal Crystal Armament was also too much for it to carry.
"This should be high enough," Lin Wu said to himself as he communicated with Shirong to stop.
Shirong could also tell that they had reached a crescendo, and now it was the time to fall.
"Enough of this, get ready to die!" Shirong shouted before dropping from the sky.
~Shua~
~Bang~
The Immortal Crystal armament dropped and Shirong was holding on to its handle, falling along with it. The speed of the fall was fast but soon it exceeded the sound barrier, creating a sonic boom.
~screech~
The sonic boom seemed to have disoriented the Hard Eared Limber Mice as they all screeched in pain, unable to move anymore. The wind attribute spirit qi combined with radiation was spiraling around the broad shield like head of the Immortal Crystal Armament, cutting off a circular area on the ground.
This was the exact spot where the Hard Eared Limber Mice were currently located according to the map. Lin Wu had to actually change the layer on the map so that he could view the underground layer. This was also the reason why it seemed to him as if the Hard Eared Limber Mice had appeared out of nowhere.
Lin Wu needed to switch from the surface view to the next layer below it to view them.
Still, the spiraling energy being released by the broad shield like head made it so that the Hard Eared Limber Mice kings could not move from their place. Lin Wu had trapped them in three ways; first, the sonic boom which disoriented them, then the spiraling energy which created a situation where they were basically in the eye of a storm, and finally the radiation itself, which restricted their spirit qi.
With the velocity that Lin Wu was falling, the energy cyclone was digging deep into the ground and soon his entire body pierced the ground.
~Shing~
~Boom~
As if a fire cracker had been lit up in a pile of mud, the soil spread all around as a crater about twenty meters wide and eight meters deep was formed.
Shirong had already closed his eyes due to the blinding light coming from the energy cyclone and did not dare to probe it with his spirit sense either. He knew that the Immortal Crystal armament was protecting him even now and if it was someone else holding onto it, they would have long since been reduced to shreds.
This was exactly what Lin Wu wanted. The reason why he had made his head into a broad shield like form was that it made it easier for him to change its form from that. When the shield like end pierced the ground, Lin Wu morphed it into his own head and opened the mouth wide, the needle sharp spike like teeth on display.
The Hard Eared Limber Mice kings didn't even have a chance to let out a cry as they were instantly devoured by Lin Wu and shredded to a mix of minced meat and bone fragments in his mouth. The spike like teeth moved like the blades of a blender and finally reduced the beasts into pulp.
And as soon as he did that, the notification sounded.
~ding~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 6014 Units [liquid spirit qi]
QI STORAGE: 95782 units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ENERGY OBTAINED: 2564 units- 256 units vital essence
VITAL ESSENCE: 15941 units
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REQUIREMENTS FULFILLED: The Bloodline of Hard Eared Limber Mice can now be upgraded to that of a Hard Eared Limber Mice king.
COMPATIBILITY RAISED: 40%- 95%
INNATE SKILLS DETECTED: 1. Sound Command 2. Kin Command
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Lin Wu's original goal was to merely increase the compatibility of the Hard Eared Limber Mice bloodline but with the two Hard Eared Limber Mice kings that he had fully consumed along with the spirit qi and vital energy of the other one, it was enough to directly upgrade it to the Hard Eared Limber Mice king bloodline.
It had also revealed two additional innate skills that belonged to the Hard Eared Limber Mice and one that Lin Wu thought belonged to the Hard Eared Limber Mice king.
In addition to that, Lin Wu had also obtained quite a bit of spirit qi and some vital essence too. Only now did he realize the passive effect of vital essence. It was automatically rejuvenating his body and regenerating his fine injuries without him needed to actively fix them using the innate skills or the assistance of the system.
"Alright, let's see what's up with the other Hard Eared Limber Mice now that their kings are dead." Lin Wu muttered to himself before bringing up the map window.
On there he saw that the beasts were still disoriented and were not moving, merely crying in pain which was mostly screeching. It showed to Lin Wu that they were still under the effect of that substance and did not have a complete consciousness.
The energy cyclone was still spinning around him but it had become much thinner and about five seconds later it completely disappeared. But before that happened, Lin Wu reverted back to the normal form of a spear. Shirong also felt the change in the weight and shape and realized that it had ended.
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When the light died down, Shirong looked around at the army of Hard Eared Limber Mice that were staring at them.
~Scree~
But in the next moment chaos broke as they all started to run after him. Shirong quickly swung the Immortal Crystal Armament and killed the ones that were the closest to him. This time the Hard Eared Limber Mice were attacking him in a random manner, and their coordination was completely gone.
'This should make it a bit easier…' Shirong thought.
A second later, Lin Wu started to give him a part of the spirit qi he had obtained and Shirong quickly absorbed it while defending against the incessant attacks of the Hard Eared Limber Mice. At this point fighting the Hard Eared Limber Mice had become a joke.
All Shirong had to do was keep on attacking in a circular radius and the Hard Eared Limber Mice kept on getting killed. Whatever substance that had affected them had taken away their sense of fear and death. They would keep on attacking him without stopping.
The death of the three Hard Eared Limber Mice kings had taken away the majority of danger from them, as they could no longer function together. Perhaps if they were in normal condition, they would have been able to communicate well, but now it was all for naught.
~Slash~
~shua~
~woosh~
Shirong fought tirelessly as Lin Wu also absorbed the spirit qi and vital energy from the piles of blood and gore that were accumulating near them now. For the first time, the spear body of Lin Wu was drenched in blood.
It took Shirong an entire three hours before the last of the Hard Eared Limber Mice were killed.
If a commoner were to see this scene right now, they would think that they were in hell. There were piles of unrecognizable corpses, pieces of flesh, guts, and bones everywhere. If it were not for the red fur of the Hard Eared Limber Mice, it would have even been impossible to tell what these remains belonged to.
~huu~
Shirong took labored breaths as he felt tired from the long battle. He had to admit that this was perhaps one of the most difficult ones he had been through till now. Even the trials of his clan were not as difficult as what he had gone through.
~sigh~
"Now to absorb them…" Shirong muttered and was about to use the Immortal Crystal armament to absorb the spirit qi when an idea appeared in his mind.
"Dammit, the exhaustion is making me dumb! I just need to gather all the remains together…" Shirong cursed.
He stabbed the spear into the ground and freed his hands.
~Huu~
Taking a deep breath, Shirong stimulated the spirit qi within his body. He then spread his hands wide as they glowed with a green hue. Wind attribute spirit qi appeared on his palms as he teen flicked them outward.
~Swoosh~
Two orbs of wind attribute spirit qi went to the corners of the battlefield before starting to spin. It was as if they were chasing each other and picking up all that was in their way.
Shirong had to fully concentrate on this task as he manipulated the wind orbs to create a gale. He created two more wind orbs near his body and manipulated them to spin as well. This way two opposing forces were created that were unidirectional.
The orbs in the outer part pushed the remains of the Hard Eared Limber Mice, while the orbs in the inner part pulled them in like a vacuum.
~Woosh~
A few minutes later, a circular wall of corpses and remains was piled around Shirong. He stopped after everything of relevance was accumulated and then looked at his handiwork.
"This should make it much easier…" Shirong muttered before picking up the spear that was stabbed into the ground beside him and then inserting it into the pile of corpses.
This time even Lin Wu had to admit that this was a much more efficient way of absorbing the spirit qi and vital energy. He couldn't even imagine how long it would take Shirong to absorb the resources from all the corpses if he did it one by one.
~Ding~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 869 Units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ENERGY OBTAINED: 478 Units
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 457 Units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ENERGY OBTAINED: 698 Units
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 1169 Units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ENERGY OBTAINED: 145 Units
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 2485 Units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ENERGY OBTAINED: 994 Units
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A long string of notifications popped up as Lin Wu kept on absorbing spirit qi and vital energy from all of the remains of the beasts. This process actually took longer than it took Shirong to gather all the corpses together.
Shirong was thrilled with the massive amount of spirit qi being poured into him. He had already reached the amount needed to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, but he still kept on absorbing it.
"HAAHAH! Finally, that technique can be used!" Shirong laughed out in joy.
He sat down cross legged with his right hand on the spear. His left hand formed a string of mudras as the spirit qi that was absorbed into his dantian started to stir. It flowed into his meridians, forming a new qi circuit.
~ding~
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NEW PARAMETERS DETECTED: New Spirit qi circuit being formed in the subject.
ANALYSIS INITIATED: Observing new spirit qi circuit.
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Only when a new notification informed Lin Wu of what was happening did he realize that Shirong was using a different cultivation technique now. He was happy, as this would mean the system would get to observe and record the entire process from the very start.
This way it wouldn't have to extrapolate data and would get the actual data instead. It would also help in speeding up its task of analyzing cultivation techniques.
Lin Wu was still absorbing the spirit qi and vital energy from the beast corpses and was not even halfway done. If this was one singular beast it would have been much faster for him, but since it was a mixture of many, the system had to do it manually.
Still, them being together in contact helped the process as well.
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Time passed and eventually, Lin Wu had finished absorbing all of the spirit qi and vital energy from the beast corpses. The amount contained within one corpse wasn't that much but with more than a hundred thousand beasts were combined, the sheer quantity was massive.
Lin Wu knew that even now he hadn't gotten everything from the corpses as he had not consumed them. If he did the vital energy would increase by another forty percent.
'Hmm, I should try to see if I can do it tonight. Shirong is also practicing the new technique and will be busy with it I think.' Lin Wu thought.
He looked up at the notification window that had a rather big number of notifications listed on it. Lin Wu had ignored them and had let them accumulate since he was focused on absorbing them, but now he could finally take a look.
"System, compile all the spirit qi and vital energy increase notifications into one and show me the amount obtained." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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TOTAL SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 2,115,805 units [liquid spirit qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 2,211,587 units [liquid spirit qi]
TOTAL VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 3,734,126 units
VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 3,749,494 Units
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Looking at the numbers that had shown up on the window, Lin Wu was dumbstruck.
"This… this… what the f*ck! Holy shit! This is… massive!" Lin Wu exclaimed in shock.
In fact, he was so excited that his body started to tremble and even Shirong felt it. But he was focused on cultivating and thus did not look at that time. Even with the amount that Lin Wu got, he understood that it was only a fraction of the real amount.
There was still some part left in the corpse and the amount that he had transferred to Shirong.
"With the amount that I have right now, can't I just upgrade directly to the Nascent Soul realm? No, wait… I still need to take care of the foundation or I may have problems again. Still, I should be able to complete most of the tasks I have been stalling for a while." Lin Wu said to himself.
'Let's accelerate the speed of the system's analysis further.' Lin Wu thought.
"System, what's the most you can speed up the speed of analysis with the energy?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The maximum consumption that can be reached is 198 units/hour if the third computational A.I. is activated and overall consumption per computational A.I. is increased.
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"Alright! Do that and also transfer 200,000 units of vital essence to the system energy." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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TRANSFERRING ENERGY: Vital essence 200,000 units- System energy 2,000,000
ACTIVATING COMPUTATIONAL A.I.: Computational A.I. (3) has been activated.
SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMED: 12650 units
SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 2,055,480 units
ASSIGNING TO TASK: Computational A.I. (3) has been assigned to the task- Cultivation technique analysis and extrapolation.
PREVIOUS SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATE: 66 units/hour
CURRENT SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATE: 198 units/hour
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With the new computational A.I. activated, Lin Wu hoped to get the new cultivation technique soon. But he also had other things he could now do, such as upgrading the bloodlines.
"System open the bloodline upgrade function." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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BLOODLINE UPGRADE FUNCTION: Activated
AVAILABLE UPGRADES: 1. Hard Eared Limber Mice- Hard Eared Limber Mice King
2. Lamp Light Liger- Twin Light Liger
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Lin Wu decided to go with the Hard Eared Limber Mice King bloodline upgrade first, as the abilities given by it seemed to be rather mild. Plus he wouldn't have to worry much about his main bloodline getting affected as this bloodline was quite low ranked.
"System, start with the Hard Eared Limber Mice bloodline upgrade," Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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BLOODLINE UPGRADE SELECTED: Hard Eared Limber Mice- Hard Eared Limber Mice King
REQUIREMENTS: 1. 12000 Units Spirit qi (Liquid Drops)
2. 1000 Units Vital Essence
3. One additional Computational A.I. activated.
CHECKING COMPATIBILITY: Compatibility at 95%
REQUIREMENTS SATISFIED: Initiating upgrade
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With all the conditions fulfilled, Lin Wu felt the change. It was as if something foreign was moving through his body. It was like a presence and seemed immaterial, yet it was could be sensed clearly. Lin Wu looked deep within his body using his spirit sense and soon found the cause.
It was as if a Hard Eared Limber Mice was running around in his dantian like crazy. Its body was twitching and growing at the same time. A few minutes later it was fully grown and the process had completed with the Hard Eared Limber Mice turning into a Hard Eared Limber Mice King.
~Ding~
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BLOODLINE UPGRADE COMPLETED: Hard Eared Limber Mice King Bloodline obtained.
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Now Lin Wu wanted to start the assimilation of the bloodline. This was the first time he was manually going to assimilate a bloodline, as the other two bloodlines he had; the Crimson eyed emerald worm and the unknown one were done by the system itself.
Lin Wu first checked Shirong and found him to be close to done. The spirit qi in his body was slowing down and a change could be perceived. Lin Wu wanted to see what was Shirong doing with his new technique. He still did not know the name of it, thus wanted to learn more about it.
Lin Wu looked into his body using the spirit sense and found that his spirit qi was flowing into his meridians from his dantian and then into the tissues of his body. There, the tissues rapidly consumed the spirit qi and started producing a reddish energy.
"Wait, isn't that… Vital essence?" Lin Wu identified.
Lin Wu looked on for more time just to confirm that it was indeed vital essence that Shirong was producing and it turned out to be true. The vital essence that was being produced by the tissues spread out evenly in his body and started nourishing it.
His injuries healed completely, and even the hidden sequelae he had due to the previous incidents were healed.
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Lin Wu looked on and saw that the vital essence was increasing the body tempering realm cultivation base of Shirong as well.
When he had seen him before this, he was only at the tenth stage of the body tempering realm, as that was the minimum level that was required by his cultivation technique, the Immortal Sky Shaker Art. Lin Wu himself was different than human cultivators or even beasts as the system had modified his body.
There was no such thing as body tempering realm cultivation realm for him as his physique was completely constructed by the system with the use of the meteor crystal. Lin Wu remembered the memories of the Nascent soul realm cultivate of the Ling Kingdom's royal court and his words that he had spoken.
'I can't see its cultivation base' was what he had said back then.
'Hmm, considering that the crystal and that beast are linked, I guess the reason why that nascent soul realm cultivator couldn't see its cultivation was also because of the same reason. Perhaps both of us have a different system of cultivation but because of the system I also have the normal spirit qi cultivation.' Lin Wu analyzed.
There were many other possibilities that Lin Wu could think of, but this one seemed to be the most likely to him. Lin Wu came to this conclusion by analyzing the theory behind the body tempering realm cultivation.
According to what Lin Wu had learned, the bodies of most humans were inherently not satiable for cultivation and could not accommodate spirit qi. So to change this factor, they practiced body tempering realm cultivation and modified their physiques.
The four tiers of the body tempering realm modified the muscles, skin, blood, bones, and marrow in that order. The first to fourth stage tempered muscles, fifth to seventh tempered skin, eighth to tenth tempered blood, and eleventh to thirteenth tempered the bones and muscles.
Only after reaching the eighth stage of the body tempering realm could a person start to absorb qi from the air and become a cultivator. Lin Wu reckoned that this was due to the blood vessels being similar to the meridians and being located along with them.
This became the minimum requirement and different cultivation techniques required higher stages of the body tempering realm. But even the best cultivation technique in this world such as the Immortal Sky Shaker Art only needed the tenth stage of the body tempering realm.
Lin Wu knew that increasing body tempering realm cultivation was quite difficult for most people and increasing it after reaching the qi refining realm became difficult as one's physiques would be fixed after that. If one tried to practice body tempering realm cultivation after that, they would need even more resources and the process would be tougher as well.
'So this technique that Shirong was excited about was what could push his cultivation base further up from the tenth stage of the body tempering realm…' Lin Wu thought as he continued observing.
Soon, Shirong had a breakthrough and his body tempering realm cultivation reached the Eleventh stage and the effects could be seen on his bones directly as they started to toughen. A little more time later, it reached the twelfth stage and his bones became denser.
Now it seemed like the vital essence had met a little barrier, but even that was broken as it started to seep into the marrows of his bones. Lin Wu closely observed and saw that the color of his marrow was changing. It was turning from a plain yellow color to a vibrant yellow color.
And with this, Shirong had broken through to the thirteenth stage of the body tempering realm.
~Humm~
A thrumming sound was heard as Shirong's heartbeats sped up. The volume of the sound was so loud that it could be heard outside his body, and it created ripples in the smaller puddles of blood that were spread around him.
All of Shirong's cells started emanating an aura of vitality as impurities started being expelled from them. The impurities reached his lungs and skin and were secreted there.
~Cough~Cough~
Shirong coughed out loud before spitting out a black tar like glob that smelled absolutely repulsive.
"Damn, that's bad! If I had a nose and I were a human, it would have burned my nose hairs. Uff!" Lin Wu expressed.
He suppressed his disgust and continued observing. This time he saw that the impurities that were secreted into his skin were forming a layer over it. The impurities seemed to be corrosive as they burned the clothes that Shirong was wearing. Even the surface layer of his skin started peeling off, and it looked like a new layer was forming beneath it.
The first layer that had been stained black fell apart like a snake or lizard shedding its skin. It didn't stop there though; it continued and Shirong shed the upper layer of his skin about three times before it stopped.
Unfortunately, with the shedding of his skin, Shirong's hair was also removed and he became bald. His head shined like a hard boiled egg that had been peeled and looked supple. Even the beard he had grown, his eyes brows, and eyelashes fell off, making him look like a strange hairless man.
His breathing had become restless now, and it looked like he was having difficulty in breathing.
"System, what is happening?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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CHECKING VITALS: Subject vital are unstable
WARNING!: Blood oxygen level is falling!
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"Huh? Did something bad happen while he was practicing the new cultivation technique?" Lin Wu wondered.
He decided to observe for a minute more and see if he would recover on his own.
~Ding~
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WARNING!: Subjects blood oxygen is at a critical level
PULSE RATE: Decreasing
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Seeing that things were only getting worse, Lin Wu decided to interfere and was about to ask the system to do the same. But then a new notification appeared.
~Ding~
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NEW PARAMETERS DETECTED: Analyzing
VITAL ESSENCE ASSIMILATED: Subject vitals stabilizing
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And then it happened…