Chapter 175: Chapter 171: Mortal Fourth Grade

A moment later, Wang Wu’s demon vine tentacles returned fully loaded, having casually taken as much as 5,000 points of vitality from Yuan Bupu.

It was evident how wealthy this tank-level peak Sixth Grade Ancient Blood Demon Race member was.

Even in such circumstances, it still had nearly 5,000 points of vitality inside it.

Truly incredible.

Considering this, Wang Wu left some mixed toxins behind to allow it to complete the third stage of evolution.

Moreover, Old Niu’s manure treatment method was indeed effective.

According to the brief data Wang Wu obtained through the demon vine tentacles, Old Niu’s healing recovery rate was remarkably impressive, reaching up to 200 points per second.

Adding in Yuan Bupu’s own recovery self-healing speed and its toxin resistance.

It was controlled just enough not to die but would remain in a critically injured state.

Pretty good, this time it was well done.

Wang Wu, looking weak, instructed Old Niu to take good care of their big brother and asked Wolf Bu’er to watch over the entrance to the Forbidden Land, encouraging the Little Wild Boar for its efforts during this time, and then he quietly left.

Yuan Bupu wouldn’t recover within a month unless it had more Eighth-Grade Ginseng Vitality Pills; in any case, this time it was a great gain. Such an experience of near-death poisoning was too rare. According to Wang Wu’s experience, if Yuan Bupu had an attribute bar, its bloodline evolution level would have increased by at least 1%!

This was how precious it was, as could be seen from Xiong Shiliu.

Perhaps Xiong Shiliu’s bloodline evolution level was only a few percentage points higher than Yuan Bupu’s.

Back in the vast jungle, Wang Wu first routinely used Concealment, then took back 4,000 points of vitality from the Companion Demon Vine, and randomly hunted indigenous Ninth Grade Little Demons, roasting them with Red Flame Spiritual Qi.

Until he gathered 11,000 points of vitality, he immediately began refining his right front claw.

After three days and nights of refinement, all vitality points were exhausted, and he gained 87 points of Essence of Gold Qi again.

The total Essence of Gold Qi had reached 184/1,000.

According to the Mortal Grade standard, he easily broke through to Mortal Seventh Grade, which is the Lifebound Demon Soldier level currently possessed by Niu Xiaocao.

At this point, if Wang Wu fully concentrated his physical strength, operated his Qi and blood, gathering power in his right front claw, the entire bear claw would shine with bright golden light, also forming a nearly three-foot-long claw aura golden shadow!

As long as it was within the range of the claw aura golden shadow, the sharp cutting and tearing effects were equivalent to physical attacks.

Wang Wu estimated that he could already inflict defensive-breaking damage on Yuan Bupu.

Of course, there was still a certain gap compared to Wolf Bu’er’s claws.

Because the edge of Wolf Bu’er’s claw shadow already faintly bore a hint of purple aura and could fly out, though how far it could fly was still uncertain, it would be worth asking the next time they met.

Next, Wang Wu continued to roam the Forbidden Land, capturing indigenous Little Demons and initiating barbecue mode to keep accumulating vitality points.

Speaking of which, he could now accommodate a total maximum of 12,000 vitality points within him. The three vitality clouds had almost reached the perfection of this stage, and to proceed further, they would have to be condensed and upgraded into Acupoint Opening Demon Pills.

He even had a vague feeling that the condensation of demon pills would increasingly become a natural result.

On some day, he might just wake up to find that three Acupoint Opening Demon Pills had fully formed.

Therefore, he wasn’t in a hurry to condense them and instead wanted to use this rare, peaceful, and safe time to elevate the level of his Lifebound Demon Soldiers.

Because this truly consumed too many resources and too much vitality and effort.

For instance, his half-broken sword, roughly calculating, was equivalent to ten thousand catties of Profound Iron Ore, even Xiong Shiliu would hesitate to invest so much.

Moreover, it’s about the vital Qi blood; when out and about during perilous times, the gathered vitality points were prioritized for survival, so they couldn’t be recklessly consumed.

However, though the Forbidden Land was large, there weren’t many Ninth Grade Little Demons; some of them were even subordinates of Wolf Bu’er and Yuan Bupu, making them difficult targets.

So, although Wang Wu seemed leisurely, he was quite busy in reality, sometimes having to venture into the adjacent rivers to capture Ninth Grade Little Demons.

When he finally managed to accumulate 12,000 points of vitality after spending as long as 18 days, he knew that this mode had to come to an end.

Because the Ninth Grade Little Demons in the Forbidden Land were either eaten by him or fled in fear, their whereabouts unknown.

No choice, if one were in Wang Wu’s position, they would also run, as the familiar demon friends around them disappeared mysteriously. Who wouldn’t be scared?

With a wry smile, Wang Wu continued refining, and this time the results were good.

Firstly, his right front claw had become relatively strong, able to exert certain resistance and suppression against the Essence of Gold Qi within the broken sword. Furthermore, as the total Essence of Gold Qi within the broken sword decreased, the occurrences of random sword aura activation lessened, and the chances of getting hurt reduced.

He spent four days, successfully extracting 120 points of Essence of Gold Qi.

The total had reached 304/1,000.

Converting to standards, it had already reached the level of Mortal Fourth Grade.

At this moment, just a slight exertion would cause his right front bear claw to emit a purple-golden radiant glow, with thread-like purple streams of light resembling the trajectory of a stroke across the sky.

As he continued to gather power, continued to mobilize Qi and blood, until reaching the peak state, just above his right front bear claw, a bear claw phantom formed, its overall size golden, but with purple thread-like light embellishing it.

This phantom could adjust its size based on the infused physical strength; the more physical strength infused, the larger the phantom. When 1,200 points of physical strength were entirely infused, it could be as large as a lotus tub, though difficult to sustain, this bear claw phantom would immediately shoot out, reaching as far as a hundred meters away, where anything obstructing its path would be shattered!

Besides, after activating this right front claw, it could also be used to block and parry, but the specific effectiveness still required gradual practice and further real battles to hone.

In general, Wang Wu was quite satisfied.

However, when he returned to the canyon, he found that Yuan Bupu, Wolf Bu’er, Niu Xiaocao, Old Niu, and the Little Wild Boar had all vanished without a trace.

The only thing left in place was the Spiritual Essence Banner.

Oh boy, you’ve all gone into seclusion for cultivation, what about my training resources for this month?

Without resources, there’s nothing I can do.

Whether it’s refining Profound Iron or condensing the Acupoint Opening Demon Pill, both require an abundance of vitality.

The three vitality clouds within him are almost depleted, barely maintaining normal operations; under such conditions, there’s no hope.

Wang Wu could only jump back into the great river to search back and forth, and finally caught a Ninth-Grade Little Water Demon, roasted it, and ate it, restoring 100 points of vitality.

Oh, there’s actually another way, which is to continually extort the Companion Demon Vine.

Every day I can extort about 40 or 50 points.

Barely enough to fill the stomach.

It’s miserable, as glorious as I was before, now it’s equally as pitiful.

“I must learn Xiong Shiliu’s method for refining the Ginseng Vitality Pill, otherwise, even staying warm and fed would be a problem.”

Wang Wu realized the crisis; he’s essentially a Seventh-Grade Demon now, and ordinary food is meaningless to him.

Only food above the Ninth-Grade, roasted with Red Flame Spiritual Qi, would provide the maximum vitality.

To put it bluntly, the attribute of satiety can now be thrown into the trash bin.

Next, Wang Wu had no intention of disturbing Old Niu or Little Wild Boar’s cultivation, even though he could easily find them.

He just found a big tree nearby, sat under its shade, and started cultivating Ice and Fire Dual Spirit Roots.

In comparison, Spiritual Qi can be absorbed directly by the Spirit Root.

But this is destined to be a very long process.

It’s not ten days, eight days, nor three months, two months that can show results.

Wang Wu wasn’t in a hurry, daily extorting a bit of vitality from the Companion Vine could maintain the circulation of Qi and Blood, ensuring the normal operation of the three vitality clouds. Physically, this meant he wouldn’t get fat, much less skinny. In the past, he used to have to deliver warmth daily; now, he doesn’t need to for a whole month.

Because the energy he’s ingesting now leaves little residue.

This can be considered a form of evolution.

Besides, every day he would persistently go to the Spiritual Essence Banner to collect Spirit Essence three times.

Then he would convert the Spirit Essence into Spiritual Qi, storing it in his Spiritual Essence Gourd.

This isn’t exactly leeching off, because the Spiritual Essence Banner also has a storage limit, once full, it can’t absorb any more Spirit Essence.

In this way, Wang Wu could earn 1,500 points of Spiritual Qi daily.

points of which were used for cultivating the Ice and Fire Dual Spirit Roots, and the rest were saved.

After all, his Spiritual Essence Gourd has a maximum limit of storing 200,000 points of Spiritual Qi.

With Spiritual Qi in hand, there’s no panic in any situation.

In a blink of an eye, three months had passed; summer had clearly ended, and autumn had arrived.

Yuan Bupu still hadn’t shown up, while Wolf Bu’er appeared once, but left no cultivation materials because all resources were with Yuan Bupu.

According to it, Yuan Bupu seems to have gone somewhere into seclusion for cultivation.

Xiong Shiliu was nowhere to be found either.

Wang Wu was happy to enjoy the quiet. Occasionally, Niu Xiaocao, Old Niu, and Little Wild Boar would appear, and everyone’s cultivation progress was quite fast. Such an undistracted, interference-free cultivation environment was excellent.

But similarly, without sufficient cultivation resources, Old Niu and the others’ Lifebound Demon Soldiers refining was also delayed.

Fortunately, with the Spiritual Essence Banner, they were not short of Spiritual Qi and, unlike Wang Wu, didn’t require massive amounts of vitality, so there was no inconvenience.

Quickly, another month passed; autumn was halfway over, and even the environment within the Forbidden Land began changing.

At this point, Wang Wu successfully advanced the Ice and Fire Dual Spirit Roots to another stage.

Namely, Basic Ice Spirit Root (4/10), Basic Fire Spirit Root (4/10).

The storage limit for Ice Spiritual Qi and Red Flame Spiritual Qi smoothly reached the 500-point milestone.

Through these four months of cultivation, Wang Wu increasingly recognized that the human cultivation path really progresses through time investment.

No wonder most of the Demon Race, even if they grasped some Spirit Root, found it difficult to make progress. The cultivation pace is just too slow.

Fortunately, for Wang Wu, the Ice and Fire Dual Spirit Roots were merely an aid, no point thinking of using them in battle, whether it’s Ice Arrow or Big Fireball, it just can’t be sustained.

Being able to maintain stable operation of the Ice and Fire Dual Spirit Roots, effectively resisting the Five Poison Spiritual Qi, was already its greatest achievement.

And just as the weather was getting colder, only a dozen days from winter, when the plants within the Forbidden Land withered, vitality severed, and Wang Wu could no longer seize vitality, his Hundred-Change Ruyi Demon Leaf, after absorbing a whole summer and autumn’s worth of Cyan Wood Spiritual Qi, successfully advanced again.

Right then, Xiong Shiliu and Yuan Bupu appeared together,

And with them, unexpectedly, was another unfamiliar Ancient Blood Demon Race team.

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