Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

Chapter 374 - 185: Humans, Don’t Go Too Far

Yanfeng, after trying multiple times with a few ordinary stones.

Chu Ning picked up the Soul Stone and officially began the restoration and crafting of the puppet.

The runes to be engraved on the Soul Stone were indeed profound, but Chu Ning, having previous experience in drawing talismans, found it manageable.

Moreover, engraving runes on the Soul Stone did not require completing them in one go.

Instead, it involved layering different runes.

This made it not too difficult for Chu Ning.

For an entire day, Chu Ning stayed in the cave room.

Using the special engraving knife obtained from Song Li’s Storage Bag, he meticulously engraved on the Soul Stone.

Each time he completed a layer of rune engraving, Chu Ning would follow the Puppetry Skill, using either Magical Power or Divine Sense to trace the runes.

After spending more than a day, Chu Ning finally placed the Soul Stone back into the undamaged puppet.

At the same time, he replenished other restriction materials one by one, restoring the puppet.

Only then did Chu Ning look at the puppet in front of him with some interest.

If it were about crafting a new puppet, even with Chu Ning’s capabilities, he couldn’t finish it in such a short time.

But the repair according to the Puppetry Refining Method allowed him to obtain one in a brief period.

"This puppet almost combines the advantages of Song Li’s two puppets, with amazing defense and the ability for long-range spell attacks.

If we talk about the power of offense and defense, it far surpasses the single puppet Song Li previously released.

But it has a significant weakness: it must be controlled by oneself."

For Chu Ning, this was a helpless situation as well.

If he wanted the puppet to attack cultivators autonomously, he would need to engrave some more runes and set up a small array restriction that could be driven by Spirit Stones.

These tasks were somewhat too difficult for Chu Ning, who had just been introduced to the Puppetry Technique.

Now, the reason Chu Ning chose to repair this kind of puppet was naturally because he possessed the Divine Splitting Technique.

This way, during Magical Combat, Chu Ning could easily split a strand of Divine Sense to control the puppet.

With more practice, it wouldn’t affect normal spellcasting.

So over the next few days, Chu Ning continuously experimented with using the Divine Splitting Technique to control the puppet.

Until a few days later, Chu Ning walked out of the cave room and appeared on an island called Huqiu Island.

"According to the earlier recorded information, the Red-eyed Tiger Demon is on the southeastern side of this island.

It should be roughly in this location."

Saying this, Chu Ning’s gaze turned to the right.

Through Divine Sense, he sensed two extremely fierce auras.

Chu Ning immediately patted his Storage Bag and took out the humanoid puppet.

Meanwhile, within his line of sight, two tiger-shaped Demon Beasts appeared.

Unlike ordinary tigers that are colorful, the fur of these Tiger Demons had a dark red hue.

However, the most noticeable feature was their pair of scarlet eyes.

As if they were condensed with flames, just one glance could scorch a person.

Judging from the aura these two Demon Beasts emitted, they had reached the peak of Tier Three Demon Beast at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, almost crossing into the Late Stage, becoming Tier Four Demon Beasts.

Looking at these two Demon Beasts, Chu Ning’s eyes brightened up.

He split a strand of Divine Sense, directly controlling the puppet to battle with one of the Tiger Demons.

At the same time, Chu Ning also wielded a long spear, fighting the other Tiger Demon with the Fire Phoenix Feather Spear.

For a full half-hour, the two Tiger Demons fled in defeat.

However, Chu Ning did not pursue them, returning the Fire Phoenix Feather Spear and the humanoid puppet back into the Storage Bag.

Standing still and watching the two Tiger Demons retreating into the distance, he quietly mumbled to himself.

"It seems actual combat is more effective."

Just now, using the Divine Splitting Technique, he separately controlled the Fire Phoenix Feather Spear and the humanoid puppet to battle against the two Tiger Demons at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Although Chu Ning was initially a bit unaccustomed and even had to rely on Thunder Shock Step to dodge the Tiger Demons’ attacks.

The puppet was frequently knocked flying as well.

However, after adapting for a while, Chu Ning became more adept at controlling the puppet and wielding the Fire Phoenix Feather Spear.

With pure Magical Power and a powerful Divine Sense, he made those two Tiger Demons suffer significantly.

Realizing they were no match for Chu Ning, the two Tiger Demons decisively chose to escape.

"This humanoid puppet, synthesizing the advantages of the two puppets, can fully reach the level of a cultivator at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Of course, this also relates to self-control; naturally, using Divine Sense to control is stronger than letting the puppet attack on its own."

He replayed the recent battle in his mind.

Subsequently, Chu Ning raised his right hand, condensing a flame.

As Chu Ning fueled it with Magical Power, the flame began to change, vaguely forming the shape of a Tiger Demon.

However, this Tiger Demon only resembled the shape; its likeness was unimpressive, and it wasn’t solid.

It seemed like it could collapse at any moment.

The emitted power was far less than that of the previous Tiger Demon, not even matching the Fire Python Chu Ning previously condensed.

However, as Chu Ning’s left hand gathered strands of flame and merged them into the right-hand Tiger Demon.

That Tiger Demon gradually solidified.

Vaguely, it resembled four or five-tenths of the previous two Red-eyed Tiger Demons.

Just then, when Chu Ning’s left hand imparted another ball of flame.

The tiger-shaped flame began to oscillate violently.

Seeing this, Chu Ning immediately stopped.

With his right hand, he channeled Magical Power to stabilize the tiger-shaped flame.

The next moment, Chu Ning patted his Spirit Beast Bag and released Ling Xiaobai.

The little creature appeared, curiously inspecting its surroundings.

And at this moment.

"Roar!"

The fire-shaped Tiger Demon in Chu Ning’s hand actually let out a low roar.

In the next moment, this fire-shaped Tiger Demon pounced towards Ling Xiaobai.

"Eek!"

Seeing this, Ling Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

Immediately, the little creature spewed out a few beams of light mixed with pale blue.

After colliding with the white beams, the fire-shaped Tiger Demon scattered apart.

Seeing this scene, Chu Ning shook his head, somewhat displeased.

"The cultivation of the Blazing Fire Flaming Technique still requires some effort.

Although I’ve now condensed the form of this Red-eyed Fire Demon, its power is still only comparable to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

If I want it to reach the Middle Stage, it will take quite a bit more time."

Thinking this way, Chu Ning beckoned the aggrieved-looking Ling Xiaobai to his side.

Then flew away.

The reason for choosing Huqiu Island was not only because there happened to be a pair of Tiger Demons here, perfect for practical training with that humanoid puppet.

On the other hand, Chu Ning wanted to observe the attacks of these Demon Beasts.

To facilitate the cultivation of the next Demon Beast attack form in the Flame Splitting Fire Technique.

According to the records in this Flame Splitting Fire Technique, if one can successfully condense a full Red-eyed Tiger Demon.

It could unleash an attack comparable to a Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Of course, for Chu Ning, his strength could be further improved.

With the Noon Fire Spirit Body bonus, he could even unleash an attack comparable to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Thus, in the following months.

On Huqiu Island, every day there was almost the roar of Tiger Demons echoing.

Mixed with the sound of violent fire explosions.

Half a year later.

On Huqiu Island, Chu Ning’s figure appeared, directly arriving outside the cave of the Red-eyed Tiger Demons.

"Hey, Tiger Demons, come out for a fight! If you don’t come out, I’ll come in and beat you up."

There was no response inside the cave.

Chu Ning pursed his lips and swaggered into the cave.

However, even when Chu Ning barged into the cave.

The two Tiger Demons still didn’t move, lying there without even lifting an eyelid.

"Hey, you two, aren’t cooperating too much, do you really think I won’t dare to kill you?"

Seeing the two Tiger Demons behave like this, Chu Ning couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

Recalling the situation of seeking out this pair of Tiger Demons for the past six months, he felt a bit helpless inside.

In his view, this pair of Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Tiger Demons was the perfect practical opponents.

So ever since the first visit, he came here every day.

Controlling puppets and casting spells with his Divine Sense to spar with this pair of Tiger Demons, simultaneously cultivating Divine Techniques and Puppetry Technique.

Also, by observing this pair of Tiger Demons’ attack forms, continually improving and refining his Flame Splitting Fire Technique.

Initially, when Chu Ning approached the cave upon arriving on the island, this pair of Tiger Demons would take the initiative to come out and fight.

Then, when they couldn’t win, they would flee.

Later, realizing they couldn’t beat Chu Ning, and he didn’t pursue them, the two Tiger Demons stopped taking the initiative to engage.

But Chu Ning would provoke them each time, causing the two Demon Beasts to spar with him.

Gradually, the two Tigers seemed to catch on, attacking casually a few times before retreating back into the cave.

As for the past two months, no matter how Chu Ning provoked them, the two Tiger Demons wouldn’t come out of the cave.

Chu Ning had to enter the Tiger Demon cave and employ both threats and inducements.

Then one Tiger Demon would come out to spar with Chu Ning each time.

Today, despite Chu Ning’s threats, the two Tiger Demons still didn’t move.

Seeing this, Chu Ning directly shot a Fireball at the male Tiger Demon.

The demon saw this, opened its mouth to inhale, and swallowed the Fireball whole.

Then lay lazily once more.

However, those red eyes glared slightly at Chu Ning, as if saying.

"Human, don’t push your luck!"

"It seems even threats aren’t working."

Seeing this, Chu Ning made a series of strange sounds from his mouth.

Like the low growl of a Demon Beast.

Beast language, which Chu Ning learned from a jade scroll found in Liu Yishan’s Storage Bag earlier.

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s sound, the Tiger Demon suddenly flipped over.

"Roar!"

The Tiger Demon let out a low roar towards Chu Ning, eyes filled with a mix of surprise and delight.

"Not bad, if you cooperate with me, I can refine a batch of elixirs.

These elixirs have a certain probability to help you break through your current realm and become Tier Four Demon Beasts."

At this moment, hearing Chu Ning’s assurance, the two Tiger Demons’ red eyes were full of joy.

"Roar!"

The Tiger Demon’s mouth let out another low growl.

Chu Ning, hearing this, smiled slightly.

"Simple, you need to give me a wisp of your Essence Soul Demon Fire."

"Roar!"

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s words, the two Tiger Demons immediately let out a low growl, full of vigilance and unease.