Bo Peak, thousands of feet underground.
Hiss... Hiss...
Bare-chested soldiers, driving strange beasts that looked like rats but were the size of domestic dogs, were rapidly digging on the ground. The sturdy mountain rocks were easily broken and dug open in front of these rats.
These were strange beasts called Burrowing Rats. Although they were only Mid-Grade Mortal Beasts, they possessed quite sharp claws, fangs, and teeth, and were especially skilled at digging.
These were strange beasts that Duan Heng had specifically brought from the Divine Works Department in the Grand Capital.
First, conduct large-scale bombing with Divine Fire Bombs, and then use Burrowing Rats for precise excavation. This greatly improves the efficiency of beast mineral exploration and mining.
Duan Heng walked through the somewhat hot underground, looking at the slightly reddish minerals that the Burrowing Rats were excavating. He squatted down for a closer look, then revealed a look of joy.
"The mineral quality has indeed changed."
He picked up a handful of crushed ore, sniffed it lightly under his nose, and said with certainty.
"Such a significant change in mineral quality indicates that the beast mineral energy in this area is extremely rich. This is the first time I, Duan, have seen such richness."
As he spoke, his gaze fell upon Wan Jianghai beside him, and he said with some excitement.
"Therefore, there is definitely the existence of god seeds below, and it's not just one."
"Then what are we waiting for?"
Hearing this, a smile also appeared on Wan Jianghai's face, and he immediately urged.
"Okay."
Duan Heng quickly responded, and at the same time instructed the subordinates behind him.
"Have these Burrowing Rats speed up!"
"Yes, sir!"
The soldiers immediately quickly urged the Burrowing Rats.
For a time, a large number of Burrowing Rats came to this area and began digging frantically.
However, after an hour passed, the underground became empty, and a huge karst cave appeared.
A scorching hot Aura gushed out, instantly sending the scalding Burrowing Rats scattering.
At the same time, the disc in Duan Heng's hand kept vibrating.
"This is the place. If my prediction is correct, it's within this karst cave."
Ignoring the fleeing Burrowing Rats, Duan Heng excitedly leaped into the karst cave. Wan Jianghai was no exception; his figure flashed, and he was already at the bottom.
The temperature inside the karst cave was extremely high, probably reaching eighty to ninety degrees Celsius.
Fortunately, their strength was not weak. Wan Jianghai, being a genuine God-Form Martial Artist, didn't find this high temperature challenging. Although Duan Heng wasn't very strong, he was a Peak Blood Transportation Martial Artist. While such high temperatures made him somewhat uncomfortable, it wouldn't be a problem for a short time.
This karst cave was huge, easily a thousand meters across.
Bright reddish-yellow light occasionally flickered on the surrounding cave walls, where unknown vibrant mosses grew.
A captain curiously reached out to touch it but immediately withdrew his hand, scalded.
On the ground, there were half-human-sized protrusions. Some were grayish-white, while others emitted a faint glow. Even without getting close, one could feel waves of inexplicable energy emanating from them.
Especially from the several protrusions in the center, which were significantly larger, the energy emitted was even more vast and powerful.
"These... these... are monster mineral seeds, and... and that is..."
Duan Heng stared blankly at this scene, his eyes wide as if realizing something, and spoke somewhat incoherently with excitement.
As he spoke, he quickly arrived in front of the several huge protrusions in the center.
"These... these are all god seeds, there are actually so many!?"
He widened his eyes in disbelief.
"You said these are god seeds?"
Wan Jianghai, who was beside him, heard his words, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. He instantly appeared in front of these protrusions.
There were a full 6 large protrusions in front of them. If they were all god seeds inside, wouldn't that mean there were six god seeds?
Even with his extensive knowledge, he couldn't help but feel a tremor at this moment.
god seeds are extremely valuable, containing the essence blood of Void Beasts.
One must know that many Void Beasts have been extinct for countless years. The only way to find those special Void Beasts is through god seeds.
He never expected that under this unremarkable Bo Peak, there would be so many god seeds. Taking a deep breath, his breathing couldn't help but become a little hurried at this moment.
Bang...
He struck out with a palm, and a large protrusion in front of him shattered in response, revealing a mineral seed inside that was only the size of a human head but as crystalline as glazed glass.
"It really is a god seed... This Aura cannot be mistaken!!"
Seeing this, Duan Heng immediately said excitedly.
As he spoke, he pressed his face close and carefully examined it.
god seeds are different from monster mineral seeds. They are tightly connected to the earth's veins. Brute force cannot be used to remove them.
He carefully extended his hands to rest on the god seed, and even pressed his ear against it.
Following the method for extracting god seeds, which he had reviewed countless times, he first confirmed whether it was damaged.
Although it appeared to be fine based on its condition, it was still necessary to be cautious.
But soon he was startled, a look of surprise appearing on his face, and he immediately pressed his head even closer.
"Impossible... How could this be? How could the essence blood inside be empty..."
And the result of this check remained unchanged.
"What did you say!? Empty!"
Hearing this, Wan Jianghai's eyebrows shot up. He pulled Duan Heng aside and extended his palm, crushing the god seed in front of him.
And the god seed that had just been glowing immediately withered, becoming like ordinary mountain rock. It was clearly empty inside, without a trace of essence blood, as if it had dried up years ago.
"How is that possible!"
Seeing this scene, Wan Jianghai's brows furrowed tightly, and anger surged in his heart.
He raised his hand and shattered another protrusion beside him, directly crushing the god seed. Like the previous one, it quickly withered and became empty.
Bang bang... bang...
In his fury, he consecutively shattered three, but none of them contained any essence blood.
He punched open the last protrusion. However, this god seed was different from the previous ones. It actually still contained over ten drops of crystalline blood, like rubies.
This scene immediately attracted the attention of several people.
The next moment, a tentacle about the thickness of a child's little finger appeared in the blood.
In just a breath's time, the few drops of crystalline blood completely disappeared into this tentacle, and then the tentacle quickly drilled into the ground.
"Seeking death..."
Seeing this scene, Wan Jianghai was enraged. His hands moved like lightning, a wisp of faint yellow light appearing on them, and he heavily struck towards the tentacle.
Bang—
The terrifying force was completely unleashed into the ground, causing a huge explosion that made the karst cave tremble slightly.
"Dare to steal my things, I'll make you..."
An indescribable gloom was on Wan Jianghai's face, and the powerful Aura belonging to the Divine Transformation Realm was fully unleashed.
However, the next moment, his expression changed.
He instantly retreated dozens of feet. Just as he moved away from his original position, the ground beneath his feet shattered, and a huge fleshy tentacle covered in countless tiny flesh tendrils emerged.
And this was just the beginning, bang bang bang...
Amidst a series of muffled bangs, the karst cave floor continuously shattered, revealing huge tentacles one after another, and an indescribable terrifying Aura emanated.
The moment he felt this Aura, a hint of terror appeared on Wan Jianghai's face. His eyes were wide, and a look of disbelief was on his face as he hoarsely uttered two words.
"Monster..."
As if in response to him, a hideous, tumor-like huge head emerged from the ground.
Its enormous, eerie green eyes flickered with an unspeakable chill, making people dare not meet its gaze.
The tentacles swayed, having already bound Duan Heng and the captain. In the blink of an eye, they were sucked dry by the tiny tentacles on it, becoming like mummies.
At this moment, all the mineral seeds in the karst cave shattered, and almost every mineral seed contained a slender tentacle.
Countless tentacles, like a vast ocean, filled the entire karst cave, surging frantically towards Wan Jianghai from all directions.
Seeing this scene, Wan Jianghai's scalp went numb. Facing this bizarre monster, he had no intention of engaging it at all.
Monsters are inherently stronger than Martial Artists of the same level. The monster before him was not only bizarre, but the Aura emanating from its body was also as vast as the sea.
It was likely an extremely powerful existence even among monsters.
A monster of this level was far beyond what he could handle, especially given the current situation. He now understood that this monster had been lurking underground for who knows how many years.
It had clearly devoured all the mineral seeds underground in the entire Bo Peak, no, even the entire Yunshui Mountains, as well as those several god seeds.
Thinking of this, he felt even more terrified. Facing the tentacles surging frantically towards him, he unleashed his full power without hesitation, his figure shooting towards the surface like lightning.
A faint yellow light barrier appeared on his body, and powerful force continuously shattered the tentacles in front of him like phantoms.
However, after breaking through the karst cave, he saw a terrifying scene. The huge deep pit above the karst cave had been filled with countless tentacles at some point, which then surged towards him like madness.
He was extremely horrified. Without hesitation, he crushed a delicate jade ring at his waist.
A while later.
Outside Bo Peak.
A faint yellow figure appeared.
It was precisely Wan Jianghai.
However, at this moment, he looked extremely disheveled. One arm was gone, and half of his body was shriveled, like a dried corpse. His Aura was indescribably weak.
"Lord Wan!!"
The officers and soldiers stationed outside Bo Peak were startled for a moment when they saw Wan Jianghai, but they quickly saw countless tentacles emerging from the pit behind him.
Wan Jianghai paid no attention to his subordinates. He glanced at the fleshy tentacles behind him with some lingering fear, then lightly tapped his toe and disappeared from the spot.
Soon, a large number of tentacles pierced through the ground, completely engulfing the officers and soldiers stationed outside Bo Peak.
...
Congyun Mountains.
On an inconspicuous steep slope.
There was a huge cave on one side of the steep slope.
A giant strange beast resembling a crocodile lay motionless outside the cave, clearly having been dead for a long time.
Inside the cave, a group of over twenty people were resting.
On the steep slope, Lin Sheng sat cross-legged on a smooth mountain rock.
With a thought, a string of information popped up in his consciousness panel.
【Beast Name: Giant Spirit Bear (Spirit Beast)】
【Body length eight zhang, stands upright like an ancient pagoda, covered in black coarse hair, with natural rock patterns growing in the gaps of the hair, and limbs like pillars. This is an adult Giant Spirit Black Bear, possessing excellent strength and defense...】
【Possession Requirement: Physique 8, Strength 8】
【Possession Effect: Strength Increase 11, Physique Increase 9, Agility Increase 5】
【Talent: Giant Strength (Level 3)】
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【Beast Name: Roaring Moon Wolf Ghoul (Spirit Beast)】
【Resembles a wolf and an ape, claws like hooks can split mountains and rocks, bone spurs grow on the tail, swinging like a chain blade, walks like the wind. This is a high-quality Wolf Ghoul, possessing good potential after artificial special cultivation, but unfortunately has no chance for further growth.】
【Possession Requirement: Agility 9, Perception 5】
【Possession Effect: Agility Increase 10, Strength Increase 5, Physique Increase 5, Perception Increase 6】
【Talent: Godspeed】
【Talent: Enhanced Smell】
Lin Sheng's gaze swept over the information on the panel, and a trace of emotion appeared on his face.
Although these two were vastly different from the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon, they were undoubtedly much stronger than the other Spirit Beasts he had possessed.
"As expected of High-Level Spirit Beasts, their possession attributes have almost crushing panel data compared to Elementary Level Spirit Beasts."
He muttered softly to himself.
"The Yuanyang Beast Sect is indeed quite interesting. After I achieve some cultivation in the future, I can go and take a look."
Whether it was the Giant Spirit Bear or the Wolf Ghoul, judging from the attribute panel, they could be considered among the very strong type within High-Level Spirit Beasts.
Especially the Roaring Moon Wolf Ghoul obtained from Mu Zhong.
From the description given by the panel, it is clear that this guy's potential has not been fully unleashed yet. If given time and nurtured with the abundant resources of the Yuanyang Beast Sect, it would definitely reach another level and become an outstanding existence among High-Level Spirit Beasts.
After possessing such a large number of strange beasts, he also had some insights into how to evaluate the potential of strange beasts.
Putting other things aside, strange beasts that possess two talents are basically those with good potential among their peers.
For example, the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon, and the White Tiger that died at the hands of the Tianluo Sect back then, all possessed these two talents.
The proportion of strange beasts with two talents is very small.
At least with the number of strange beasts he had possessed, those with two talents were few and far between.
Although the situation this time was quite urgent and dangerous, the gains were not insignificant.
Needless to say, the two High-Level Spirit Beasts provided a significant boost to his strength.
He figured that even without possessing the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon, with these two High-Level Spirit Beasts, he would not fear facing the likes of Wu Xing Sword Shi Hui.
Killing him might be difficult, but he had a considerable chance of defeating him himself.
Especially since the possession attributes of these two High-Level Spirit Beasts were extremely complementary, one for strength, one for speed, plus their decent Physique, basically left him with no weaknesses.
If he were to add the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon, his strength would undoubtedly skyrocket again.
In the current situation, nothing could bring more peace of mind than a direct increase in strength.
Besides these two High-Level Spirit Beasts, there were some other items that were quite extraordinary.
Last time, he had already obtained the Lengshuang Sword from Ouyang Lengshui. He didn't expect the other party to send another one this time.
Unlike the bone-chilling cold of the Lengshuang Sword, this Scorching Light Sword was extremely fiery and could serve as a renowned sword of a Sect.
The value of these two swords was naturally extremely high.
However, he was not skilled in swordsmanship, so they were not of much use for the time being.
Besides these, Lin Sheng flicked his wrist.
A stone eye had already appeared in his hand, which came from Shi Hui.