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Mountain Lord had already evolved once before.
From only being able to oppose a third-grade martial artist, he evolved into a powerful spirit beast capable of desperately fighting against a seventh-grade martial artist.
Yun Xiao, on the other hand, was fundamentally not adept at fighting and was merely a sparrow skilled in taunting.
However, if a comparison were to be made, Yun Xiao’s level of evolution might have been slightly higher than Mountain Lord’s.
Wang Sheng was not sure when Yun Xiao had last evolved, but this time, the evolution was due to his diligent nurturing.
Yun Xiao had often marveled that living with him was like living the life of an immortal, with daily feasts of spiritual medicine seeds and ample complete spiritual medicines to satiate its hunger.
Mountain Lord was in a similar situation; he still ate meat as usual, though more so as a mere indulgence.
Given his current strength, if he did not wish to follow the path of demon beasts and relied on consuming meat for power upgrades, the meat’s strength could not be lower than his own.
Where could Mountain Lord find so many demon beasts and spirit beasts of a similar strength to himself?
In the reluctance to degenerate into a demon beast, the only ways to enhance his strength were to search for his specific spiritual medicines or follow his innate instincts for cultivation; Yun Xiao was no different.
If they were to enhance their abilities sequentially, it was unknown how long it would take for their next evolution.
However, under Wang Sheng’s provision of elixirs and spiritual medicines, both Mountain Lord and Yun Xiao had accumulated enough base, thus naturally beginning their evolution.
It was uncertain how long it would take to complete the evolution.
Currently, within Wang Sheng’s perception, both spirit beasts’ bodies were continuously undergoing changes, with the most apparent being the enhancement of their bodily strength.
After watching for a while, Wang Sheng ceased paying attention.
Their evolution was just a matter of these few days; in time, the post-evolution strength would be known—there was no need for undue urgency.
Rather than focusing on this, Wang Sheng was more interested in testing his strength,
To be precise, testing some techniques that had been enhanced after his power upgrade.
The first was—
Flying!
This flying was different from Sword Flight, being a flight that relied on Divine Thought. Before trying Sword Flight, he had already attempted it.
Regrettably, whenever his Divine Thought acted upon his body, it would instantly touch the essence of his body.
Whether it was Blood Qi like Dragon, True Body, or even the “Divine” within his organs, the Divine Thought would make contact.
Thus, Divine Thought simply could not carry him in flight.
However, after this major elixir formation, his power had been integrated.
Such trouble naturally disappeared, allowing him to fly on his own.
Wang Sheng did not hesitate and applied his Divine Thought to himself.
Whoosh!
At his current level, Wang Sheng could already manipulate Divine Thought with ease; there were no uncontrollable occurrences, so he effortlessly took off.
However, Wang Sheng was not as surprised as he had imagined.
“Sword Flight had already exhausted my enthusiasm before!”
Sword Flight was still flying.
Wang Sheng had practiced Sword Flight daily before, and his initial enthusiasm had long been worn out.
Even though he could now levitate on his own, the excitement was no longer there.
“Forget it!”
Whoosh!
Wang Sheng directly summoned the Spiritual Flying Sword from within his Dantian, and it instantly transformed into material form.
During the formation of the great elixir, the flying sword was also refined and had grown even stronger.
After all, both his Divine Thought and Qi Blood Power had ascended a level.
Although he hadn’t yet mastered the Sword Transformation Technique, expanding the flying sword was no issue at all.
As Qi Blood Power and Divine Thought surged, both the length and width of the flying sword expanded.
Wang Sheng sat directly upon it and advanced towards his destination.
His skill level in Sword Flight was not particularly low, and although it had not yet reached Breakthrough, it had become more proficient than when first learned.
Thus, he was still more accustomed to using Sword Flight.
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Not long after, Wang Sheng reached his usual training spot and then sheathed his flying sword.
“Shocking Dragon!”
He didn’t let himself hover, but kept falling, his body emanating a myriad of Blood Qi powers.
Then, these Blood Qis began to transform and morphed into a blood-colored True Dragon that encircled him like a Guardian Divine Beast.
Wang Sheng didn’t hesitate and threw a punch.
Boom!
With that punch, the air in the area compressed and quickly heated up before being expelled.
At the same time, the blood-colored True Dragon protecting him charged forward with the punch.
During the process, it continued to enlarge, unleashing a tremendously powerful aura, diving straight toward the ground as if to devour everything, turning all into nothingness.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The blood-colored True Dragon directly struck the ground, causing a huge area to collapse under the formidable force.
Gigantic waves of air shot into the sky, lifting Wang Sheng, who was about to land, back into the air.
Witnessing this scene, Wang Sheng fell silent for a moment.
“…”
“Perhaps I should restrain myself a bit more in the future!”
That single strike wasn’t even his full strength, but even this seemingly casual blow completely obliterated the area.
Previously, his experiments had caused serious destruction, but never had they obliterated the landscape this thoroughly, leaving nothing but a field of rubble.
There was no need to try some other offensive techniques, he knew it in his heart.
Had he used Qi Blood Power and “momentum” just then, the result would probably have been even more terrifying.
The affected area would not have been just this.
For him, destroying a city was a trivial matter, easily done.
However, he couldn’t use offensive moves, but he could still test other things.
Wang Sheng continued to let himself fall freely and at the moment he was about to hit the ground, he used True Body Divine Power.
“Fatian Xiangdi!”
The ultimate simplified version of the great divine skill Fatian Xiangdi.
His power surged, and his body instantly grew huge.
However, as he grew, Wang Sheng’s appearance underwent a drastic change.
Now, Wang Sheng was towering at about sixty to seventy feet, resembling an Innate immortal, his body wrapped in an air that seemed like the essence of Nature itself.
His crimson hair set off a fierce face, the mere aura of which seemed capable of intimidating everything.
Fatian Xiangdi wasn’t just about becoming gigantic.
It was about becoming closer to Nature, to the unseen principles of the Dao.
Boom!
His gigantic body landed with a thunderous impact, kicking up countless stones.
Unfortunately, just as Wang Sheng was about to do something, he reverted back to his original size and appearance.
“Ah! So it really is just the seed of a divine skill? I can only experience it!”
Wang Sheng wasn’t too surprised; he was just aiming to experience it.
However, after Fatian Xiangdi disappeared, he felt somewhat wistful, for it had greatly enhanced his strength, empowerment from an extremely powerful divine skill.
“Let it be, it’s enough!”
This outing was meant to test his offensive abilities, but the immense power of Shocking Dragon stopped him from continuing the tests.
Now, having experienced Fatian Xiangdi, he felt satisfied.
Looking at the ruins, Wang Sheng began to head back.
Next, apart from enhancing his own strength, he also had to continue researching certain things.
Sword Transformation Technique, Sword Control, and refining—these required prolonged study, but they all needed substantial foundational knowledge.
He started thinking about accessing the Great Zhou Imperial Family’s library…
(Originally wanted to stay up a bit longer, but seeing in the author group that an author died because of a mask, I felt distressed. No more staying up late; I won’t lose sleep tomorrow even if you kill me!)