NOVPUBHowever, their bodies now seemed to be drained of mana and their aura was incredibly weak.
"It seems that the cultivators of Feather Serpent Tribe also use the Five Elements."
Wang Ba thought to himself.
The power of the Yuanci was only effective on the Five Elements and other forces weren’t influenced in any way.
Nevertheless, ninety-nine percent of cultivators utilized the Five Elements Mana. So, the seawater was considered an absolute danger zone for most of them.
However, Wang Ba himself was also in a quandary.
At the moment, he couldn’t figure out how to deal with these Golden Core Cultivators.
As captives, they weren’t entirely reliable.
Since he was uninformed about the means employed by the Feather Serpent Tribe, he couldn’t be sure if controlling these Golden Core Cultivators wouldn’t lead to the Feather Serpent Tribe popping up from somewhere else.
His Mysterious Dragon Soldiers had suffered heavy losses by now.
As it stood, his strength could at most match the early-stage Golden Core Craftsman of Jin.
It would no longer be easy to suppress Golden Core Cultivators as effortlessly as before.
However, if he chose not to capture them, all he could do was kill them all. But doing that seemed to be quite a waste.
"What if I extract their souls as I did with Jia 15 and Jia 17?"
An idea suddenly came into Wang Ba’s mind.
It is undeniable that Jia 15 and Jia 17 offered him great assistance. He could not have obtained so many high-grade spirit chickens without their hard work.
However, after the extraction, their bodies were of no use.
Wang Ba hesitated slightly.
With his nearly Class IV, Class III dagger, he stepped forward and gingerly prodded their bodies.
He discovered that despite their bodies looking incredibly fragile under his knife technique and the hands of Wu Monkey King, they actually had strong bodies.
Although they were not as strong as the body cultivators, there weren’t many gaps between the two.
What surprised him even more was the physical strength of two late-stage Golden Core Cultivators, who were dressed similarly to Priest Wu Yan, which was equivalent to that of body cultivators.
Even with the infusion of the Mother Qi of Dharmas, his Class III dagger still required a bit of effort to penetrate their flesh.
It was apparent that if they had ample mana, their bodies could provide astounding defensive capacity.
Of course, in front of Wang Ba’s knife light, their bodies were just slightly stronger than paper mache.
After all, both sword cultivators and knife cultivators have a strong suppressive effect on body cultivators.
Thinking of this, a flash of insight crossed his mind.
An old thought, long buried, quietly surfaced in his mind.
He couldn’t help but recall his master, Yao Wudi, who should be moderating the Western coastline of the West Sea Country.
"My master has only thirty to forty years of lifespan left. I once wanted to use the Lifespan Breakthrough method to help him, but I did not have enough experimental materials. If I use them as experimental subjects..."
Wang Ba’s eyes gradually lit up.
He involuntarily looked at the seven unconscious Golden Core Cultivators in front of him.
A hint of contemplation flashed across his eyes.
However, he did not rush to proceed. Instead, he began by confiscating all the Storage Treasures of these seven cultivators.
Then he checked these seven cultivators thoroughly, taking detailed accounts of everyone’s body, the mana reserves in their Dantian, etc.
What puzzled him was that he didn’t find any Feather Serpents.
"What the hell is this Feather Serpent?"
It seemed like a Spirit Beast, but it gave him a strange feeling.
He did not rush to continue the experiment, and instead patiently waited for a few more days.
However, it seemed that neither Qin Lingxiao nor the other cultivators showed any signs of waking up.
During these days, he conducted a thorough search of the entire island, but found no trace of life on it.
He also surveyed the seawater outside the island, but other than an occasional shadow sliding under the surface, he saw no signs of any creatures.
The surrounding area was completely devoid of Spiritual Energy.
This caused Wang Ba’s mood to sink.
"What exact place is this?"
"Why is there no trace of Spiritual Energy? Does such a place really exist in this world?"
Although he habitually had a lot of resources on him, and the resources prepared by Yao Wudi were plentiful enough for him to cultivate until the Golden Core Crossing Tribulation right here.
However, staying here forever was not a solution.
Also, if he wanted to cultivate to the Golden Core stage using the resources here due to the lack of Spiritual Energy, the resource consumption would make it utterly impossible for him to leave.
In the final analysis, the main reason cultivators possess special abilities is the existence of Spiritual Energy.
Wang Ba took a special trip around the island, flying a distance away from the sea surface.
However, not long after he flew out, he vaguely sensed a thick force of Yuanci influencing his flight, causing him to involuntarily fly towards the sea.
What was worse was that it was dark here without any visible signs of the sun, moon, or stars, and he could not discern any specific direction due to the interference of the Yuanci.
Eventually, he could only use the massive sea barrier not far from the island as his reference point.
"Could it be the Dreadful Dragon Beach beyond this sea barrier?"
"How do I cross the sea barrier..."
Wang Ba thought and observed for some time but couldn’t find a definitive answer.
However, when he saw the Golden Core Cultivators of the Feather Serpent Tribe lying on the ground, an idea suddenly came to him:
"Wait! Since these individuals crossed the sea barrier to come to the West Sea Country from the outside, this means they must have a way to solve this problem!"
