NOVPUBThis thing, it had never even seen it before.
Soon, it couldn’t help but recall all the various beautiful Spirit Chickens it had encountered over the years... If it hadn’t been for this Demon Head procuring them, it wouldn’t have known where to find them.
"Thinking about it this way, I really can’t kill this Demon Head... why not continue to feign civility... He would never expect that all the beautiful birds and chickens he painstakingly sought out have already been outdone by me—I have taken their bodies!"
"Hahaha! Isn’t this more painful for him than killing him!"
With this thought, a sense of excitement inexplicably arose in Jia 15’s mind.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt a strange thrill.
Then he quietly gave up his preparations to attack, looking at that Demon Head with a pitying look in his eyes.
"Tsk tsk, you could never imagine that everything you’ve done has been like making bridal clothes for me!"
At the same moment.
Wang Ba sensed Jia 15’s weird look and the withdrawal of his Spiritual Power. Although he was somewhat puzzled, he soon put his mind at ease.
He was constantly on guard against a loss of control from Jia 15. The changes in Spiritual Power just now, which Jia 15 thought were very covert, were crystal clear to his senses.
Although he wasn’t afraid, Jia 15, after all, was an old stalwart, and he didn’t want to push things too far.
Fortunately, Jia 15 didn’t disappoint him too much.
He approached and promptly placed the Fourth-Order Spirit Beast Collar obtained from Qi on Jia 15.
Facing the Spirit Beast Collar, Jia 15 struggled a bit but eventually relented and put it on.
Wang Ba inwardly sighed in relief and quietly pressed down the Mysterious Dragon Soldiers.
He then looked past Jia 17 and turned his gaze towards Jia 18.
Jia 17 was a Spirit Chicken once occupied by the soul of Yuan Wenzhi, a Rogue Cultivator from the old Yan State, skilled in making spirit food, but its progress in cultivation was not as swift as Jia 15’s. Although Wang Ba had also invested a lot of resources in it, there was still a significant gap before it could face its Tribulation.
In contrast, Jia 18, as well as the Wu Clan’s Spirit Chicken, probably due to the purer bloodlines of the Spirit Chickens they inhabited, barely kept pace with Jia 15’s progress.
Now, it had also reached the critical point of Crossing Tribulation.
Soon, Jia 18 stepped onto the Thunderstone with full confidence.
The thunderclouds condensed.
A lightning bolt struck down in an instant...
Half an incense stick’s time later, Wang Ba watched the charred corpse that had fallen atop the Thunderstone with an embarrassed expression.
"It failed."
"I was naive."
"The Nascent Soul Tribulation is not as easy as I imagined..."
"But what was the reason for the failure? Poor defense? Insufficient Spiritual Power?"
"No, it shouldn’t be a defense issue, at least not that alone. When the Thunder Tribulation struck it, it didn’t resist at all, relying solely on its physical body... Yes, Jia 15 was the same before... Could it be, the Heart Demon?"
Wang Ba furrowed his brow, but quickly figured it out.
Crossing Tribulation is not just about facing Thunder Tribulation; there can also be the appearance of a Heart Demon Tribulation.
However, most Spirit Beasts have simple minds and are not prone to it.
But Jia 15 and Jia 18 were different from ordinary Spirit Beasts; their souls originated from cultivators and were controlled by the Power of the Yin God, with many loopholes in their Dao-heart, making them highly susceptible to Heart Demon Tribulation.
He didn’t know how Jia 15 had managed to endure it, but Jia 18 evidently could not withstand it and had directly lost its life under the Thunder Tribulation.
"It seems, for the time being, it’s not advisable for them to undergo the Tribulation."
Wang Ba pondered for a while but still decided to collect the Spirit Chickens.
These Spirit Chickens had all been forced to progress using a substantial amount of resources, and the loss of any one of them would cause him long-lasting pain.
"Come back!"
He called out to a fiery red Spirit Bird nearby that was walking with light steps, its tail feathers superbly fine and exquisite.
This Spirit Bird was known as the ’Five-color Flying Pheasant,’ a top-grade Class III Spirit Beast.
A legacy acquired from the Qi Dynasty.
In addition to this, there were some other Spirit Beasts.
However, much to his disappointment, there were none at the Class IV stage, only enough to enlarge his collection of Spirit Beasts.
Having collected this Spirit Beast, Wang Ba then urged the top-grade Class II Spirit Turtles to step onto the Thunderstone, and he did the same.
He suppressed his Mana and ’Zen Shadow Clothing’, allowing the Class III Thunder Tribulation bolts to strike him directly.
His physical body, which had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, began to feel like it was about to collapse after enduring several consecutive Thunder Tribulations.
He immediately consumed spirit food and then, not long after, began to undergo the tempering again.
This cycle continued.
It lasted for several days.
During this period, after having exhausted all the Spirit Beasts that were at the critical point of Crossing Tribulation, he finally stopped cultivating his Thunderstorm Body.
"Flesh, at last, is showing signs of transformation towards a Golden Core. After going through this two or three more times, I should be able to complete the transformation.", he murmured to himself.
Wang Ba lightly clenched his fist, nodding in satisfaction. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Then, he started to draw in the Spiritual Energy from the Thunderstones around him.
Having withstood so many bolts of lightning, the Thunderstones now harbored a considerable amount of Thunder Essence.
Wang Ba did not dare to delay and immediately began circulating the "Natural Law", and like a giant whale sucking in water, he breathed in all the Thunder Essence in one go. Electricity flickered over his body as he refined it bit by bit.
Several more days passed.
Only then did he slowly end his cultivation.
Feeling the progress within his Thunder Style Dantian, he exhaled a long breath.
"This ’Dragon-Tiger Yuankan Method’ has such a huge demand for Thunder Essence; even with so many Spirit Beasts undergoing their Tribulations and the accumulated Thunder Essence, it’s only enough to cultivate to the late stages of Foundation Establishment. No wonder there are fewer disciples from Tianji Peak than from Shenxiu Peak.", he lamented.
"It really consumes too many resources."
With a light sigh, he then collected all the Thunderstones around him.
After scanning the surroundings to make sure nothing was missed, he didn’t linger. Activating his Flying Shuttle, he flew in the direction of Yuhuang Peak.
The old site of the East Saint Sect might be remote, but its seclusion was an advantage; it prevented others from witnessing so many Thunder Tribulations and drawing unwanted attention.
...
"Why hasn’t this Wang Ba appeared yet? Could he have returned from another direction?", the rogue cultivator wondered.
In a valley dense with mountain ranges.
A cultivator shrouded in darkness, with only a deep blue face visible, kept glancing at the sky and couldn’t help but frown.
He had been waiting here for half a month, yet the other party had not shown up.
According to the information he had received earlier, this Wang Ba would usually only be out for several days before returning to Yuhuang Peak.
This made him start to doubt the reliability of the information.
"I’ll wait a little longer, another two days. If he still doesn’t show up, then perhaps the information is false."
He gently rubbed a bottle in his hand.
His Spiritual Sence swept across the sky again, still without any findings.
Disappointed, he turned to leave.
But at that moment.
He suddenly felt a shock in his heart.
As his Spiritual Sence swept across, he sensed an aura speeding towards him from afar!
"So fast!"
"Too fast!"
"Nascent Soul... no, Golden Core! Early Stage of Golden Core!?"
Tan Gongfeng’s eyes lit up instantly.
"Is it that Wang Ba? Has he arrived?"
Delighted at the sight of the other’s swiftly approaching figure, Tan Gongfeng grew increasingly pleased.
Speed indicating the lack of any wariness or defense, with his power, would allow him to Decapitate the opponent in an instant!
However, considering the strength of Myriad Laws Immortal Ascension, he hesitated for a moment before still clutching the porcelain bottle tightly.
"Better safe than sorry!", he decided.
And then mana flowed.
Out of the porcelain bottle surged an invisible and intangible special substance.
This special substance soon cascaded out of the bottle and, following the flow of his palm, spread out quickly and covered a large area around him.
Tan Gongfeng gently urged his mana forward, pushing the substance further away until it subtly enshrouded a wide expanse.
He then stretched out his palm, his fingertips making subtle motions.
His peripheral vision caught the gradually clearer figure in the distance.
A cold smile appeared on his face:
"Sky-Blocking Array, combined with Yuanci..."
"A mishap?"
"Heh."
