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Chapter 872: Chapter 878: Underestimate
"There’s only one Flood Dragon’s essence blood left."
Li Zhirui explained, "The other Flood Dragon had Earth attributes, and both its blood and skin have been given to Ming Yao to create a batch of Fourth Order Earth Escape Talismans."
Although talisman making is the least costly among the four major skills of alchemy, artifact refining, formations, and talisman creation, the consumption of spiritual objects, once the grade is considered, is not less than that of the other three.
For example, the Fourth Order Earth Escape Talismans that Li Mingyao created required Fourth Order Spirit Grass or specially refined Fourth Order beast hide for the talisman paper, Fourth Order Earth attribute spiritual objects were needed to prepare the spiritual ink, and the talisman brush had to be a Fourth Order magical treasure.
In fact, it was quite a waste for Cang, who wanted to enhance his own Dragon Tribe’s bloodline, to use these two Fifth Order Flood Dragons. Firstly, their grade was lower by one compared to his, and secondly, their attributes did not match.
Cang was an Azure Dragon of Wood attribute, while the two Flood Dragons killed by Li Zhirui were of Earth and Water attributes.
Thus, Cang could only refine the most pure strand of origin blood from their flesh, and the grade of the other refined flesh would naturally be degraded.
Therefore, Li Zhirui did not agree to Cang’s request. After explaining the reason for his refusal clearly, he added, "After my Ascension, I am certain to take you all with me. Instead of causing a huge waste, it’s better to wait for a while and find a way to enhance your bloodline after ascending to the Upper Realm."
Besides, Cang’s bloodline was already quite high—Sixth Grade! When converted into the context of realms, it already exceeded the cultivation upper limit of the Profound Origin Realm, so there was no need to spend a substantial cost to enhance his bloodline further.
After all, a single Fifth Order Flood Dragon’s carcass could be dissected for many high-rank spiritual objects. Even the least valuable and most abundant, the Flood Dragon meat, could bring enormous benefits to the Li family.
Not to mention the Dragon Skin, Dragon Blood, and the most precious of all, the Dragon Ball.
But Li Zhirui said all this mainly to remind Cang not to waste too much effort on his bloodline—at least not now.
"Jiu, you are right, I have been too obsessed with pursuing bloodline," Cang said after a long silence.
For spirit beasts and the Devil Race, bloodline is like a cultivator’s talent...
This comparison isn’t quite accurate since bloodline is more important. Unlike cultivators who may have mixed Five Elements Spiritual Roots and break through to Divine Transformation, or even ascend according to legends,
there’s absolutely no story of a Devil Beast with First Grade bloodline breaking through to the Second Order!
From this perspective, Cang’s pursuit of a higher-grade bloodline wasn’t wrong, because without sufficient bloodline, a Devil Beast would be irreversibly locked in a certain realm.
But the problem was, Cang’s bloodline was already high enough!
Without exaggeration, amongst all the Devil Race and spirit beasts of the Profound Origin Realm, Cang’s bloodline could definitely rank among the highest!
If so, why still pursue bloodline? With this time and energy, it’s better to use it to enhance cultivation and strength.
Fortunately, Cang grasped the hidden meaning in Li Zhirui’s words.
"By the way, Jiu, won’t those transforming spirits secretly sabotage us?" Cang always felt they wouldn’t just let bygones be bygones and certainly intended to cause trouble.
"When we decided not to placate them, I had already considered this issue," Li Zhirui calmly stated.
"Let them come what may, and cover water with earth. Do they really dare create an outrage against the heavens and join forces with the Water Devils against us?"
Unfortunately, Li Zhirui still underestimated their audacity!
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"This Li Zhirui, he really doesn’t hold us in regard!" Those transforming spirits complained after returning.
Speaking of which, Li Zhirui’s attitude toward these intermediate realm cultivators who came to support was very friendly and enthusiastic, but that was the extent; he made no attempts to ingratiate himself with them.
This could be seen when they went to Wanxian Island, yet they never actually allowed them to enter.
Entirely different from other forces in the eastern region!
Before the war had even erupted, all the cultivators who had arrived at the Boundless Sea to participate in the war gathered on the Main Island of the Island Chain, which is the largest island located at the back of the chain. The various forces of the eastern region were extremely polite and tried every way to please them.
Only the three factions of Wanxiang Sect, Sword Sect, and Heaven Deviation Sect, the strongest among the transforming spirit forces of the Three Mountains Four Factions and the ten great eastern transforming spirit forces, didn’t do this; even the Three Mountains Four Factions themselves offered many benefits.
But the Li family didn’t!
Apart from discussing how to deal with the Sea Clan and how to secure a victory in the great war, the Li family didn’t go to the main island at any other time.
There was hardly any contact; how could they please them?
By then, a small part of the Middle Realm transforming spirits were already dissatisfied with the Li family, and this discontent extended to several forces in the eastern region.
Because apart from Wanxiang Sect, Sword Sect, and Heaven Deviation Sect, other forces were pleasing the Middle Realm transforming spirits. Does the Li family think it’s unstained by the mud? But they should also look at their own strength!
What kind of strength do Wanxiang Sect, Sword Sect, and Heaven Deviation Sect possess? Even placed in the Middle Realm, they are only second to the first-class Great Sects!
And the Li family? They had only five divine transformers, three of which were Spirit Beasts.
Among the transforming spirit forces of the Middle Realm, they belonged to the last!
Where did their confidence come from to be unique?
"If you ask me, we should teach the Li family a lesson! Make them learn a thing or two!" a divine transformer harshly said.
"All the Li family cultivators are on one island, right? Li Zhirui is so strong, always showing himself off. He killed two Flood Dragons single-handedly; those Flood Dragons hold a grudge against him. When the Water Devils attack again, they definitely won’t let him go! They will target him."
A divine transformer sinisterly offered a malicious plan, saying, "When the time comes, we won’t send anyone to support them! Let the Water Devils conquer the island guarded by the Li family. Even if Li Zhirui escapes, how many of his clansmen can get away?"
"Exactly! Let him know the consequences of offending us!" several divine transformers spoke up in agreement.
But there were also divine transformers frowning, saying, "This method is not appropriate!"
They didn’t care about the safety of the Li family; rather, if the island was conquered, that part of their defense line would no longer be significant!
Should it lead to a defeat in this great war, they would become the sinners of the human race! They would be nailed to the pillar of historic shame!
So actually, they were worried about themselves.
"All we need to do is to come out at the right moment and stop the Water Devils outside." the suggesting divine transformer said nonchalantly, as if everything was within his control.
"But..."
The opposing divine transformer wanted to say something more, but the others didn’t want to listen further, all expressing agreement.
Seeing this, that divine transformer knew that no matter what he said, it would be in vain, so he sighed silently and closed his eyes, sitting aside, out of sight, out of mind.
In reality, what difference was there between this group of divine transformers and the Flood Dragons who had butted heads until they were bloodied at the beginning of the war?
Both equally arrogant, prideful, and believing they had everything under control.
But they were merely a group of divine transformers, a group of slightly stronger cultivators.
