novelraw Chapter 143
Chapter 143
The harvest of cultivation methods and secret arts had come to an end. In the storage pouch of the gray-robed elder were fourteen thousand spirit stones, a second-rank high-grade artifact, the Glazed Soul Lamp, a second-rank low-grade artifact, the Earth Origin Cauldron, and several miscellaneous items.
Both artifacts were useful to him. The Earth Origin Cauldron specialized in defense and had a suppressive effect. Once he broke through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, he would be able to refine and use it.
“What a treasure-bearing child indeed.”
With the spoils counted, he considered the third idle slot. After some thought, Wang Yu placed the Mysterious Yin Hand there. It would be completed in just five years anyway, so it should have a proper beginning and end.
Shifting his body, he patted the little crocodile beside him on the head and prepared to go deeper into the swamp.
Thus.
Another ten days passed.
Having gone deep into the Withered Leaf Marsh for an unknown distance, Wang Yu, who was advancing in the general direction of the Crimson Kite Demonic Domain, discovered a Crocodile Dragon over ten meters long at the edge of a mudflat.
Wang Yu’s eyes lit up. He felt that his luck had truly risen of late.
“Second-rank early-stage. You are the one.”Not for concealing his tracks, but for slaughter.
Ever since he broke through to second-rank Body-refining, relying only on the daily feedback from the Idle Slot made his progress unbearably slow.
Since he had entered the Withered Leaf Marsh, it was natural to taste one of its specialties, the dragon-type demonic beast, the Crocodile Dragon.
He intended to refine another batch of dragon blood elixirs, to strengthen the foundation and potential of his dragon spine. The improvement of Body-Refining cultivation was only secondary. Only when a second-rank Body-Refining cultivation method was derived could he relax.
This Crocodile Dragon was only second-rank early-stage, just within his range of response.
He preferred battling demonic beasts. The thrill of fist-to-flesh not only suited his advantages as a second-rank body cultivator but also honed his combat instincts.
Battle, exhilarating.
The Crocodile Dragon, napping with its mouth wide open, sluggishly wondered why someone had to disturb its sunbathing.
“Ang—”
Dragon roars resounded. Wang Yu struck first, landing a punch on the tuo dragon. Its thick scales protected it from harm. Even with the form of the Nether Flood Dragon Force fused into his fist, the blow only knocked it sideways a few meters.
The mudflat ground was slippery.
The Crocodile Dragon let out a bellow. With a sweep of its huge tail, countless streams of mud shot forth, forming a massive mud ball. It blocked out the sunlight and enclosed both man and beast inside.
A fair duel.
Seeing this, Wang Yu saved the spiritual power he would have spent on the Ice Coffin Curse to stop the tuo dragon from fleeing. Truly a battle-loving race. When ambushed, its first instinct was not to counterattack but to prevent its opponent from escaping.
“Again.”
As a water and earth dual-attribute dragon-type demonic beast, the tuo dragon had not only a formidable body but also innate demonic arts inherited through its bloodline.
As the mud and water surged, they formed the massive head of a flood dragon, which fused with the tuo dragon’s long and sharp snout.
Its maw, strong enough to crush gold and iron, snapped down ferociously.
Wang Yu unleashed the Mysterious Yin Hand, covering both arms. Two three-meter-long gray-black iron fists clashed violently, bracing against the tuo dragon’s upper and lower jaws.
He opened his mouth and spat forth.
A torrent of icy flame roared from his mouth like a flood.
Flame-Spitting Technique.
Such combat reactions were as natural as inspiration, the perfect manifestation of his battle talent.
The icy flames burned into the Crocodile Dragon’s stomach. Countless ice crystals formed in its mouth, while its tender flesh was charred black. The entire demonic beast was in terrible shape.
Suddenly its hind legs exerted force, and it reared up on two feet.
The two front claws struck in succession. Wang Yu was smashed deep into the mud, his waist and below sunk into it. He could only cross his arms to protect his vital areas.
“Swish, swish, swish.”
In the blink of an eye, countless mud spears shot toward him again. The Mysterious Yin Hand he was using to defend dimmed to a transparent shadow and gradually vanished. The mud spears left countless wounds across his body, blood streaming nonstop.
When this wave of attacks ended, the time for counterattack arrived. The icy spiritual power within Wang Yu erupted, transforming the treacherous mudflat into frozen ground.
Wang Yu burst out of the earth, leaping high into the air.
The Nether Demonic Flood Dragon coiled around his right leg. With a sudden kick, he blasted the Crocodile Dragon flying. Taking this opportunity, the Golden Whip quickly spread out, binding the Crocodile Dragon tightly.
A slam to the left, a smash to the right. The Crocodile Dragon, whose weight was impossible to calculate, was thrown around like a sandbag. While the beast was dizzy, the Golden Whip abruptly contracted. With his left arm pulled back, Wang Yu unleashed a punch charged to its absolute limit.
“Rooaar!”
The Nether Demonic Flood Dragon spine erupted completely, stacking together with the divine power of the Corpse Arm.
With a wet tearing sound, his fist pierced straight through the Crocodile Dragon’s softest belly. Wang Yu seized the hot, frantically beating heart and ripped it out.
The Heart Extraction Hand, brought to the peak of perfection, achieved its final purpose.
Early second-rank Crocodile Dragon. Dead.
Confirming that the beast’s life aura had dissipated, Wang Yu swiftly stored the corpse into his storage pouch. The essence blood of this beast could be refined into second-rank Dragon Blood Elixir.
Its flesh and body could also be refined into Beast Nourishing Pills to feed the Snowjade Fox. Ever since Wang Yu had subdued the little creature, many years had passed. It had only ever eaten the finest of spiritual delicacies.
When it advanced from Qi Refining to break into Foundation Establishment, it could likely reach late first-rank. To raise it to second-rank and fight alongside him, however, would still take much more time.
Moreover, his alchemy skills were no longer sufficient and needed urgent improvement.
But the Cold Chi Alchemy Technique was only a fragment of a third-rank pill technique. To complete it even to second-rank would take twenty years. Wang Yu simply did not have that many Idle Slots available.
Especially now that he had taken on thirteen inheritances of the Soul Dao path.
It was truly difficult. Should he burden his second younger brother once again? Perhaps the Corpse Demon Secret Technique were not quite so important.
“Cough, cough.”
Shaking his head vigorously to scatter distracting thoughts, Wang Yu quickly left the place. With the items in hand, it was time to find a secluded place for closed-door cultivation.
After this battle, all of Wang Yu’s goals had been met.
He could refine medicine and cultivate at the same time, awaiting the day he reached the great perfection of the ninth layer of Qi Refining.
Very soon. Just two and a half months away.
One day later.
On the edge of the territory of a late second-rank Crocodile Dragon, Wang Yu sank into the swamp. Using his icy spiritual power, he solidified a small patch of mud.
There he opened up a small temporary cave dwelling.
After sitting in meditation to recover his state, he waited three more days before beginning the refinement of the Dragon Blood Elixir.
This pill was of relatively low difficulty, and it was not his first time refining it. He had long since practiced to the point of perfection, and now he prepared it with practiced ease.
Demonic beast essence blood from a second-rank dragon species, Yellow Spirit Lotus, Solid Origin Flower, Red Thorn Polygonum, and Blood Vein Grass Seeds.
In total five ingredients. Of them, only the Crocodile Dragon blood was second-rank. This elixir did not need to be refined into a pill. Instead, the mixture was tempered in flame, boiled nine times, and finally catalyzed with spiritual power.
The result was a batch of Dragon Blood Elixir, sufficient for nine uses.
Much easier than refining spirit pills, and it made little disturbance. Wang Yu cultivated the divine Body-refining art Dragon Spine, and naturally needed this kind of supplementation.
Blood of dragon species, Flood Dragons, or even True Dragons would all be of immense help to him. The higher the level of his Dragon Spine, the stronger his body-refining power would be compared to others of the same rank.
Thus, even without a second-rank Body-Refining technique, he could still improve through this method.