Chapter 166: Collective Demonic Possession

The time soon arrived for the academy to organize the students’ trip to the Profound Domain.

A massive spiritual power flying boat set sail from the academy. After the departure, the members of the Dragon Palace brought their Dragon Pets to visit Lin Jing.

Yuan Jing’s Great Sword Mantis, Zi Ling’er’s Dan Rabbit, Gao Sheng’s Dragon Horse, Wang Xiao’s War Tiger, Xu Zhizhi’s Bald Raccoon, Zhou Lang’s knock-off Four Sacred Beasts, and the Flood Dragon of the Ice Fire Island descendant…

Among them, Wang Xiao’s War Tiger, Gao Sheng’s Dragon Horse, and the Ice Fire Island descendant’s Flood Dragon had all reached King-level Bloodline.

The former two achieved this because of their wealthy backgrounds; their demon pets’ Bloodlines were already strong to begin with.

The latter, however, was purely because his Legacy had been severed, and he had been searching for a new path. After exchanging two Cultivation Techniques and many Advanced plants with Lin Jing for numerous Rising Dragon Pills, he chose to minor in the Dao of Beast Taming to bolster his strength.

Of course, the others weren’t bad either. Except for Zhou Lang of the Divine Array Sect, whose resources were scattered due to raising too many Pet Beasts, resulting in lower Bloodline quality, the rest of the pets had reached the “Pseudo-King Blood” stage.

However, this Bottleneck required an investment of resources that might exceed everything spent previously combined.

Now that everyone had arrived, they were extremely curious about the Medicinal Pill Lin Jing mentioned that could excavate the Bloodline potential of Pet Beasts.

“The Rising Dragon Pill improves the Bloodline quality of Dragon Blood Demon Beasts.”

“However, just because a Yao Beast’s Bloodline quality has improved doesn’t mean it can perfectly exert 100% of its Bloodline Power.”

“This pill was refined during the same stage as the Rising Dragon Pill. Its effect is to assist Pet Beasts with extremely high Bloodline quality in excavating their Bloodline Power, thereby greatly increasing their strength. However, due to the massive burden it places on them, I haven’t given it to you until now.”

Lin Jing took out a black pill bottle.

Then, he opened the bottle. The others didn’t feel anything, but Zi Ling’er and her Dan Rabbit’s pupils instantly constricted as they caught a terrifying scent.

“This is a Demon Pill!!” Zi Ling’er spoke in horror. “A Demon Pill?” The Ice Fire Island descendant looked at him and asked, “What is a Demon Pill? I’ve never heard of it.”

Zi Ling’er said, “A Demon Pill is a forbidden pill that, once consumed, has a high probability of causing death, severe illness, or addiction in the user. Even a low-grade Demon Pill can place an immense burden on an Advanced cultivator. Generally, only demonic cultivators who walk the line between life and death would use such extreme pills.”

Everyone looked at Lin Jing.

What did Lin Jing mean by this!

Lin Jing said, “Actually, it’s not that scary. Whether it’s the raw Materials for this pill or the refined pill itself, my own Pet Beast has been eating them all along. Now, it has even become immune, and they don’t have much effect anymore.”

After saying that, Lin Jing tossed aside a ‘Pain Pill’—refined with ‘Black Reaper Chili’ as the core and mixed with various types of violent beast blood. The next moment, a Dragon Carp leaped out and swallowed several black pills in one gulp.

Under the gaze of Zi Ling’er and the Dragon Blood Dan Rabbit, whose expressions had changed, the Dragon Carp shuddered all over and then let out a burp, perfectly fine.

“Are you kidding me? With the toxicity of that pill, even a Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast would die of pain if it took it.” Zi Ling’er spoke in disbelief seeing that the Dragon Carp was truly unharmed.

What? A Foundation Establishment Yao Beast would die of pain from eating it?

The several Dragon Blood Pet Beasts brought by the Dragon Palace group all took a step back.

But seeing that the Dragon Carp was fine, they began to have doubts again.

“This pill is called the ‘Pain Pill.’ After consumption, it produces pain that penetrates deep into the Soul.”

“However, as long as one endures this pain, the Bloodline potential can be well excavated and stimulated. Theoretically, it is meant to be used in conjunction with the Rising Dragon Pill,” Lin Jing explained.

“Zi Ling’er isn’t lying; it’s just that this Dragon Carp cannot be viewed by common logic.” Wang Xiao sensed the ominous aura emanating from the Demon Pill with his Heavenly God Body. After taking a deep breath, he looked at the Dragon Carp, which still seemed to want more. He finally understood why Lin Jing’s Dragon Carp had such incredible strength even at the Qi Training Stage.

This fellow had actually been eating Demon Pills to excavate its Bloodline potential all along!!!

“I suddenly feel unwell. Boss, let’s not participate in the Heavenly Pride Battle.” Gao Sheng’s Dragon Horse continued to retreat. Others might not know, but it knew clearly that this guy Lin Jing was a true demonic cultivator, so the Demon Pill was definitely real.

Just for a Heavenly Pride Battle, there was no need to risk its life. As the Dragon Horse retreated—

“Eat it! If you don’t even dare to eat a Demon Pill, how will you eliminate demons in the future?” Gao Sheng brought it back, thinking that it wasn’t him eating it anyway.

At the same time, influenced by the panicked expression of the Dan Rabbit, the other Dragon Blood Pet Beasts also grew afraid.

“You don’t need to worry,” Lin Jing said. “I naturally won’t let you go to your deaths.”

“Only by enduring the most bitter hardships can one become the beast among beasts.”

“If you truly cannot bear the pain, I will immediately provide ‘ice packs for pain relief’ to help you through the crisis. Don’t worry.” Lin Jing extended his palm, and a startlingly cold Qi emerged from it, causing everyone present to shudder.

Wang Xiao, who possessed the Heavenly God Body and could summon ice and snow, sensed this freezing power and his heart immediately tightened. This was the feeling… Lin Jing… definitely possessed a special ice-attribute Physique not inferior to an Ice God Body.

“Ice and snow for pain relief? Indeed, that could effectively alleviate the pain brought by the pill at critical moments…”

Seeing this, Zi Ling’er nodded. Beside her, the Dragon Blood Dan Rabbit widened its eyes and looked at its own Beast Master. Wait, you’re actually going to let me eat it? As an Alchemist, you should understand how terrifying this thing is, right?

It looked at Lin Jing in terror. It had tested medicines for so many years, but it had never eaten a Demon Pill.

“What do you think? These pills are provided for free as a thank you for your cooperation,” Lin Jing said. He was mainly afraid that these Dragon Blood Yao Beasts wouldn’t be strong enough to make a big impact in the Heavenly Pride Battle.

“Free?” Upon hearing this, everyone looked at their own Pet Beasts. Since there was no danger to their lives, there was no reason to miss this chance to improve their strength.

“It seems you all agree.” Lin Jing looked at Zhou Lang of the Divine Array Sect with a smile and said, “Brother Zhou, could you please set up a ‘Soundproofing Array’ outside my room? It shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

“A Soundproofing Array is a piece of cake.” Zhou Lang nodded. Among them, his Pet Beasts had the lowest Bloodline quality, so he didn’t want to miss out on the precious pill Lin Jing was offering—

“By the way, humans can actually eat these Pain Pills too, though the effect isn’t as obvious as it is for Yao Beasts. If you want to try, I have many more here.” Lin Jing took out several more bottles.

“I suggest you eat them together. Experiencing the same pain will help increase the bond between you and your Pet Beasts.” Lin Jing chuckled.

The Pet Beasts looked at their masters… the faces of the Dragon Palace geniuses turned dark.

At this moment, the other academy students were still unaware that in order to participate in the Heavenly Pride Battle and achieve better results, Lin Jing had brought out bottle after bottle of Demon Pills to boost the strength of the Dragon Palace group. They were collectively entering a demonic state!

One month later.

Profound Domain, Celestial Mystery City.

After the Dragon Palace group spent a month in hellish pain that felt like their Souls were burning, the academy party finally arrived at Celestial Mystery City.

Under Lin Jing’s strong recommendation, this group of people had ultimately experienced the Pain Pill along with their Pet Beasts.

Now, the Dragon Palace group felt that even if they suffered the most severe injuries during a magical duel, they wouldn’t feel much of anything.

Their Souls were numb.

“You really have a wicked sense of humor.”

“You haven’t even eaten many yourself, yet you gave them so many.” After landing in Celestial Mystery City,

Divine Pine finally couldn’t help but speak.

Lin Jing laughed in his heart. “Although I haven’t eaten many, the Dragon Carp has eaten plenty. After I contracted with it, we became one. The Beast Taming Sect has a secret technique for Pain Transfer; when the time comes, I’ll just transfer any combat pain to it.”

“Besides, it’s also very painful when I draw my blood every day—”

“But it’s a surprise that this trip went so smoothly,” Divine Pine said. “It should be because the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion helped you conceal your heavenly secrets…”

Next, when the Dragon Palace group and the academy students disembarked from the flying boat together, they gave the academy’s teachers and other academy geniuses a fright.

“Their faces—”

“Even the Heavenly God Body Wang Xiao is…”

“It seems only Lin Jing has a normal complexion.”

The members of the Dragon Palace group each had deep dark circles under their eyes, sunken eyes, and pale faces, looking like walking corpses as if they hadn’t rested for a month. Their state was incredibly poor; they didn’t look like a group of young prodigies at all, but rather like Disciples of the Yin Corpse Sect on an outing.

“Although their condition is poor, their True Yuan intensity has improved by more than one level compared to when they first boarded the boat a month ago.” Teacher Cao used a Qi-observing Technique. With one look, he saw countless ghost fires floating behind the Dragon Palace group. Although this Devilish Qi was slowly dissipating, it still left Teacher Cao stunned.