Chapter 157 - 157: Breakthrough
The Azure Whale's demon core and demon soul attempted to escape, but in front of Fang Hong's Swift Wind Wings, it was utterly futile, and they were quickly captured by Fang Hong.
"Disgusting human, you killed me and the Eight-Armed Beast. My and his clan will not let you off."
The Azure Whale demon soul roared in a hoarse, threatening voice.
"I've heard threats like that many times before," Fang Hong chuckled, completely unconcerned, and directly sealed it into a bottle.
Fang Hong had successfully slain two more Level Nine demonic beasts. Including the Golden Armor Crab, Golden-winged Bird, and Turtle Demon, he had now successfully hunted five great demonic beasts.
Fang Hong no longer delayed and began to process the two massive demonic beast corpses, collecting their demon blood.
Four types of Level Nine demon blood were finally in hand, and Fang Hong could now strengthen his Four Symbols Formation.
After storing the demon blood, Fang Hong collected some precious materials, then took out the demon gourd and fed the two demonic beast corpses into the gourd, refining them into two Level Nine spirit pills.
After dealing with the corpses, Fang Hong spread his powerful Divine Sense and quickly discovered the location of the Azure Whale's Immortal Cave.
Fang Hong soared into the sky, transforming into a streak of light, and swiftly flew towards the Azure Whale's Immortal Cave.
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Upon arriving at the Immortal Cave entrance, Fang Hong easily dispatched a few low-level guard demonic beasts.
Fang Hong swept his Divine Sense around the outer perimeter of the Immortal Cave, detecting no traps or restrictions, and thus confidently stepped inside.
The interior of the Immortal Cave was spacious, filled with rich spiritual energy, and meticulously arranged, clearly a place crafted with great care.
After some searching, Fang Hong found many good things.
After counting, he obtained over sixty thousand low-grade spirit stoness, three low-grade spiritual artifacts, a pile of underwater mineral materials, and five oddly shaped, shimmering Sea Demon Fruits.
Spiritual artifacts, spirit stones, and materials were all standard cultivation resources, useful at any time, and no one ever had too many. The five Sea Demon Fruits, however, were truly good items.
The Sea Demon Fruits were entirely blue, fist-sized, crystal clear, and emitted a radiant glow, containing an extremely rich demonic Qi. They were indeed precious and rare fruits specifically for demonic beasts.
Little Rainbow, seeing this, immediately brightened up, happily pounced on them, and began to eat them in large gulps, appearing exceptionally joyful.
Fang Hong smiled and placed both the fruits and Little Rainbow into his Spiritual Beast Pouch, allowing Little Rainbow to slowly consume and refine them within the pouch.
Once Little Rainbow refined these five Sea Demon Fruits, her strength should increase again.
Fang Hong took all the Treasures and quickly left the Azure Whale's Immortal Cave, heading towards the Eight-Armed Beast's Immortal Cave.
The Eight-Armed Beast was dead, so its Immortal Cave would surely be thoroughly plundered as well.
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Ten days later, Fang Hong left the Eight-Armed Beast's Immortal Cave with satisfaction. This plunder had yielded him many more Cultivation resources.
Over seventy thousand low-grade spirit stoness, a pile of underwater mineral materials, three low-grade spiritual artifacts, and a unique flame called "Sea Heart Flame."
Spirit stones, spiritual artifacts, and materials were all conventional resources, usable at any time. As for the Sea Heart Flame, it was a good treasure.
The Sea Heart Flame was one of the Heaven and Earth Exotic Flames, constantly hidden in the deepest abysses of the sea. Its temperature was astonishingly high, its color a deep blue, and it contained destructive power.
Even a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, once entangled by this flame, would suffer severe injuries at best, or perish at worst, showing its immense power.
Fang Hong pondered for a moment and decided that he didn't need this exotic flame for now, so he gave it to Little Rainbow as food.
After Little Rainbow refined it, her strength should increase somewhat.
This trip had been very fruitful. After leaving the Eight-Armed Beast's Immortal Cave, Fang Hong flew eastward for seven days, arriving at a secluded sea area.
He planned to rest here, stabilize his realm, and prepare for artifact refining.
As usual, Fang Hong first found an inconspicuous deserted island in the sea, then set up a Concealment formation and a Defensive formation, creating a temporary Immortal Cave.
After making all arrangements, Fang Hong entered the Artifact Refining Room deep within the Immortal Cave, sat cross-legged on a cushion, took out the jade bottle containing the Eight-Armed Beast's demon soul, and with a gentle wave, the demon soul appeared.
"Human, you killed me. My king will never let you off."
The demon soul began to clamor again as soon as it appeared, continuously cursing Fang Hong.
Fang Hong merely chuckled, completely ignoring its curses. He directly took out seven silver needles, inserted them into its body, and silently recited an incantation, beginning to read its memories.
"Ahhhh."
Under the torment of the Divine Soul Reading with Seven Ghosts, the eight armed demon's soul began to let out a series of shrill screams, no longer able to resist.
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Five days later, the Artifact Refining Room where Fang Hong was located finally fell silent.
Fang Hong opened his eyes. He had completed the soul-reading of the Eight-Armed Beast and the Azure Whale, gaining much new intelligence.
First, there was information about several Demonic Kings. Fang Hong now knew the locations of the Eight-Armed Beast King's and Azure Whale King's Immortal Caves.
Once his strength improved further, he could go and slay them, then collect their Treasure Troves.
In addition to the Demonic King's intelligence, Fang Hong also acquired a useful secret technique called "Spirit Return Secret Technique," which was the ancestral secret technique of the eight armed beast clan.
When the Eight-Armed Beast fought against Fang Hong, it used the Spirit Return Secret Technique to continuously repair its severed tentacles, which greatly impressed Fang Hong.
Now, Fang Hong had also obtained this technique. After a little study, if he suffered any injuries in the future, he could directly use the secret technique to repair them.
As for the Azure Whale's memories, although extensive, they contained no particularly noteworthy secret techniques, so Fang Hong bothered not to pay attention to them.
Fang Hong took out a large pile of artifact refining materials, and at the same time, took out four gourd spiritual artifacts, which contained the demon blood of the Golden-winged Bird, Turtle Demon, Eight-Armed Beast, and Azure Whale, respectively.
With four types of Level Nine demon blood, he planned to re-refine a set of Four Symbols Formation.
Fang Hong exhaled his Nascent Soul Fire and began to melt the materials.
Three months later, in a certain Cultivation Room, Fang Hong leaped out of the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron, his entire aura significantly stronger.
Within these three months, Fang Hong had successfully refined a brand new set of Four Symbols Formation artifacts, whose power far surpassed before, and trapping a Level Ten demonic beast was no longer an issue.
Besides refining the Four Symbols Formation, Fang Hong also successfully absorbed the spirit pills of several great demonic beasts, including the Golden Armor Crab, Golden-winged Bird, and Turtle Demon. His Cultivation had progressed, and he was not far from the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
Of course, the greatest gains of these three months were in the improvement of his Divine Sense and physical body.
Fang Hong now sat in the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron every time he Cultivated, undergoing the cauldron's tempering day and night. After these three months, the strength of his physical body had increased significantly again, just a little short of the Nascent Soul Peak.
In terms of Divine Sense, under the day and night nourishment of the Soul Nurturing Pearl, it once again took the lead in breakthrough, reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage level.
Caw!
Caw!
At this moment, a cry came. Fang Hong looked over, and it was Little Rainbow, the little fellow, who had squatted in the corner at some point.
