Chapter 149 It’s impossible to unlock demonic powers through cultivation!

No explosion?

Wang Jixuan couldn’t help but tilt his head slightly, continuing to use his spiritual sense to focus on the hydraulic press twenty meters away.

The fact that the military region of D5 dared to broadcast live must mean that they had conducted experiments beforehand and confirmed that this machine could crush crystal nuclei.

However, now a box containing over a hundred crystal cores is fixed in a slot and being squeezed…

Crackling sounds continued to come, and cracks appeared in each crystal core almost simultaneously!

The wisps of white vapor spread outwards!

Spiritual energy!

Wang Jixuan didn’t rush to make a move; this was just the beginning of today’s 【Great Crystal Core Shattering】 event.

He carefully observed the state of the crystal nucleus after it was squeezed and broken.

Releasing spiritual energy, constantly shattering…

It’s here!

One by one, basic blade beast phantoms, each only ten centimeters long, crawled out from the cracks in the crystal core.

They circled endlessly in the surrounding white mist, seemingly oblivious to the humanoid mechanical figures standing around them, only letting out silent roars.

Two phantom images of bladed beasts suddenly surged toward Wang Jixuan.

Things are different now than they used to be.

The current Daoist Master Wang is far more powerful than when he first discovered the remnant soul of the Blade Beast.

He didn’t even need to use the demon-suppressing talisman. His eyes flashed with divine light, and he let out a soft hum. His spiritual consciousness transformed into two small swords and swept forward, instantly severing the remnants of the two blade beast souls.

The remaining hundreds of remnant souls continued to swirl and howl in the swirling white mist.

There is no linkage mechanism.

These remnant souls have lost their consciousness.

‘We overestimated the remnant souls of these bladed beasts. They were likely forcibly imprisoned within the crystal core when their bodies died, possessing only the instinctive abilities of possession and attack.’

Thinking this, Wang Jixuan pressed the button next to him.

An order passed through Zhou Zhengde’s hands and reached the ears of the frontline psionicists who were waiting in ambush outside the venue.

Two psionicists activated their amplification equipment and simultaneously emitted shrieks towards the area where the white mist was located.

The remnants of the bladed beasts within the white mist shattered instantly.

Wang Jixuan smiled with narrowed eyes upon seeing this.

It worked!

This shriek was merely a simple mental shock, but the frequency of the shockwave had been amplified by the instrument, making it strong enough to turn an ordinary human into a vegetable. It was quite suitable for shattering the remnants of these blade beast souls.

Wang Jixuan then used his spiritual sense to gather some spiritual energy and carefully experienced it.

Um……

Although it’s only of average quality and got mixed with some impurities after being exposed to air, the quantity is large enough! And there’s no reason to complain!

Wang Jixuan said into the earpiece, “Proceed according to plan. The risk is not high. Start construction at the same time.”

Zhou Zhengde immediately made a hand gesture to the person next to him.

In the field, more than a hundred mechanical bodies were working simultaneously, and fifteen hydraulic presses were running around the clock.

The cracking and breaking sounds were incessant.

Puffs of white smoke continued to spread, and the entire venue quickly became shrouded in smoke.

The autonomous machines moved swiftly, replacing wooden crates and clearing away debris, then loading the harmlessly treated debris into new crates to be delivered to the psionic capital as resources later.

The psionicists at the edge of the arena, under the command of several officers, began to take turns shrieking forward.

The psionicist’s mental attack frequency was somewhat insufficient, and the number of remnant souls surging in the white mist gradually increased. Furthermore, as the white mist spread, these remnant souls tended to continue to spread in the direction of the psionicist.

But it doesn’t matter, the real Soul Extinction Force has already made its appearance!

As the white mist enveloped the equipment room where Wang Jixuan was, a semi-transparent, strange python slid smoothly into the ocean of spiritual energy.

The monstrous python has begun hunting the remnants of the Blade Beast’s soul!

It was like a gluttonous snake that never grew up, constantly devouring the remnants of bladed beasts wherever it went, its own dark scales being filled up and its body details increasing.

A slight smile appeared on Wang Jixuan’s lips as he swept his sword finger across his face, illuminating more than a dozen soul-suppressing talismans as a precaution.

Spirit Gathering Array, activate!

It was as if a powerful vacuum cleaner had been turned on at the sidelines, with white vapor rapidly surging into the equipment room.

Was the formation activated too aggressively?

This spirit-gathering array is different from the spirit-releasing array he had been using before.

Or rather, this is the true spirit-gathering array.

It does not extract spiritual power from the crystal core, but rather consumes spiritual energy and absorbs a continuous flow of spiritual energy from a certain range, thereby drawing spiritual energy from a larger range towards the cultivator.

Wang Jixuan quickly reduced the power of the spirit-gathering array to try to prevent outsiders from noticing anything unusual.

He then assumed the posture of “embracing the primordial essence and guarding the oneness,” and his dantian gradually accelerated its rotation. Streams of spiritual energy rapidly flowed into his body with his breathing and the opening and closing of his pores.

At the entrance to the equipment room, Peony had her back to Wang Jixuan.

To avoid getting stuck in a mental conflict and crashing, Peony wisely didn’t turn on any scanning or recording devices, and instead entered a simple command-response mode.

‘Peony will try her best to protect her superior’s little secret.’

Within three minutes, a surging sound emanated from Wang Jixuan’s body.

White mist covered the entire area, and the psionicists vaguely sensed that their depleted psionic energy seemed to be replenished more quickly.

As a result, these psionicists worked even harder, and some even wore happy smiles.

Two quarters of an hour passed.

Tens of thousands of effective crystal nuclei have already been crushed.

White vapor billowed out of the site and spread to various parts of the command headquarters. Chemical defense troops stationed on the outer perimeter have been urgently dispatched, but they have not yet detected any harmfulness from this white vapor.

Those remnant souls of the blade beasts could only move around near the hydraulic press, and their density could never be increased…

There was nothing else to it; a strange python slithered back and forth. It no longer opened its mouth. As long as it passed through an area, the remnants of the bladed beasts within a two-meter diameter would instantly shatter, and the specks of light generated after the shattering would converge towards it.

The python’s scales had turned jet black, dragon patterns were beginning to appear on its flat head, and the antlers on its head were transforming into antlers. Its body size had actually decreased, becoming only about 20 centimeters long.

The Dragon-Python Transformation is underway!

It requires more soul power.

Especially the remnant souls of basic blade beasts that are not particularly powerful and have been well preserved by the crystal core!

After being purified, most of the soul power devoured by the monstrous python was fed back to Wang Jixuan.

At this moment, Wang Jixuan’s cultivation is in a very strange state.

Orthodox cultivation, especially the original immortal technique of Wangxian Valley, “Qingping Jue,” emphasizes the simultaneous cultivation of the body, soul, spirit, essence, and qi. Every few decades, it can supply the cultivation world with a batch of ‘pentagonal’ cultivators.

This kind of cultivation method that pursues balance has the disadvantage that the progress is a bit slow in the early stages, it is difficult to achieve quickly, and it is very selective about the disciple’s aptitude.

The advantage is that as long as a cultivator enters the path and cultivates steadily without getting stuck in a bottleneck, there is hope of advancing to a higher realm of cultivation.

In fact, Wangxian Valley is one of the major righteous sects with the most senior experts in the cultivation world. It also gave birth to a fallen “little genius” who devoted himself to cultivation for 120 years before going to challenge the Heavenly Tribulation.

But now, Wang Jixuan couldn’t wait any longer.

The Blade Beast is ferocious; a King-level Blade Beast has already targeted him once.

The psychic’s unpredictable nature and the brainless Mo Feng’s inability to effectively utilize her own psychic powers have already given him considerable trouble.

He has to take a risk once, otherwise he may find it extremely difficult to protect himself later.

At this moment, he is actively disrupting the balance of his own cultivation method.

The soul and spirit begin intensive training!

The number of remnant souls devoured by the dragon-python is incalculable.

While maintaining a steady and solid foundation, one should try to raise one’s body and qi upwards as much as possible, and use every means to guide spiritual energy to cleanse one’s entire body and bones.

At this point, there’s no need to worry about whether the spiritual energy will be wasted.

Most of the spiritual energy here will be wasted!

rush!

A fierce glint appeared in Wang Jixuan’s eyes, and a constant rumbling sound emanated from his body, his bones turning a light white jade color.

His body temperature kept rising, but the water in his body was locked up by magic. Strands of white vapor rapidly entered his pores, and even small tornadoes appeared.

The early, middle, and late stages of the Returning to Truth Realm are mainly determined by the degree of bone forging.

He is now steadily progressing towards the later stages of the game.

This intense bone forging was naturally not pleasant; it felt like dozens of spiritual energy hammers were striking every bone in his body, and every second was excruciatingly painful.

“snort!”

Wang Jixuan groaned in pain, his skin turning a burning red.

Peony, standing nearby, immediately opened her eyes and instinctively tried to rush over.

“No need to come over…look outside…”

Wang Jixuan gritted his teeth and managed to speak, then took a deep breath of spiritual energy and continued to increase the intensity of his bone-forging.

At that moment, the Dragon Python Devouring Heaven Technique touched the ‘barrier’ of Wang Jixuan’s current cultivation level, and his primordial soul had turned into a semi-transparent form.

As the silver needle is inserted, spiritual energy gathers and flows into the acupoint!

Don’t forget the area between your eyebrows!

Wang Jixuan almost screamed in agony.

He seemed to be teetering on the brink of death, but the scenario he had previously envisioned was beginning to unfold.

A wisp of golden light appeared within the primordial spirit.

That was the remnant ember of a Mahayana-stage primordial spirit! It was a spark brought forth by this wisp of his remnant soul!

very good!

That’s it!

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Who will be the first on the path to immortality? Even if I die a hundred times, I will have no regrets!

In this life, the Taoist master is determined to defeat the heavenly tribulation, break through the immortal gate, and ascend to immortality!

Wang Jixuan’s primordial spirit and body simultaneously raised their hands and thrust upwards, causing a shockwave to surge around them.

The dragon-python roared, and black clouds suddenly appeared amidst the white mist. The dragon-python darted into the black clouds, and streaks of lightning flashed within them.

You made it through!

The Yuan Soul is still improving!

Wang Jixuan dared not delay and continued to frantically absorb the spiritual energy and devour the remnant souls. Such an opportunity was rare and hard to come by!

Only half an hour!

Wang Jixuan’s body began to bleed, and the sound of energy washing over him was no longer heard, because every area of ​​his body was now filled with spiritual energy.

At this moment, his bones were as smooth as jade, and he had already entered the late stage of the Returning to Truth Realm. His primordial soul was crystal clear, and there was a five-pointed star between the eyebrows of the little primordial soul figure.

He really… can’t suck anymore…

Even if Wang Jixuan wanted to be ruthless, he couldn’t instantly upgrade his Dao body. It was indeed necessary to strengthen his Dao body step by step.

The giveaway of fragmented crystals is still ongoing.

The Taoist priest sighed inwardly, feeling a sense of regret, as if he had entered a treasure mountain but brought no treasure chest.

The Dragon-Python Devouring Heaven Technique has entered a new stage. What is now flying in the white mist is no longer a monstrous python, but a dragon with two wings on its back and sharp claws.

Its efficiency in preying on the remnants of those blade beasts has greatly increased. However, even if it sends the soul power of those remnants of blade beasts to Wang Jixuan’s primordial soul, the primordial soul is no longer able to swallow it.

How about we leave it at that this time?

Wang Jixuan pondered for a moment. Surely he wouldn’t go so far as to activate the Demon Luo Heavenly Fiend Technique in conjunction with the Dragon Python Devouring Heaven Technique to forcibly enhance his primordial soul power in order to increase his strength faster?

Today’s practices have already deviated from the fundamental principles of our sect’s cultivation…

Wang Jixuan suddenly raised his hand and swallowed the Great Blood Qi Pill. He closed his eyes and concentrated. When he opened his eyes again, two black flames bloomed from the corners of his eyes!

The dragon and python roared, and spiritual energy suddenly began to surge towards the control room at an accelerated pace. Wang Jixuan’s cultivation, which had been stagnant, surged upwards once again.

“To cultivate and unlock demonic arts, this humble Taoist has practically gone mad.”

“So be it! One of us, this humble Taoist and these great demons, is destined to die first! Boundless Heavenly Venerable! Now that I’ve come, I cannot leave empty-handed!”

‘Soul, come forth!’

The soul leaves the body!

A beam of light, a mixture of gold and black, disappeared into the white mist, and the primordial spirit began to compete with its own dragon-python spirit for food!

…

What the hell is that noise?

In front of the live broadcast booth, Zhou Zhengde turned his head with some confusion to look at the white mist-filled area behind him.

The two generals were also introducing the power structure within the Psionic City, explaining the difference between the ruling faction and the nature faction to the public, and incidentally pointing out that there was also a Beast God faction secretly causing trouble, implying that the Beast God faction was closely related to the Brain-Eating Worm incident.

The brain-devouring worm had just been discovered when hundreds of psionicists fled the psionic capital. Doesn’t that clearly indicate something is wrong?

Zhou Zhengde stared at the white steam, his hand hidden under the table pressing down slightly.

The live broadcast director immediately switched the camera, focusing on the heads of the two officers, completely obscuring the background of the venue that had not been shown before.

Zhou Zhengde took out a lighter he had prepared in advance, clicked it twice, and deliberately kept it quiet.

In this way, even if someone else watches and analyzes this replay, they will conclude that “Zhou Zhengde went to smoke, so the camera was adjusted.”

A dozen or so staff members and Zhou Zhengde were all drawn to the strange phenomenon deep within the white mist, staring blankly at it.

Zhou Zhengde got up and walked to the protective railing made of acrylic sheet.

Suddenly, white vapor surged outwards!

A dragon spread its wings and flew past Zhou Zhengde, almost disappearing from his sight. One by one, the remnants of the blade beasts, invisible to ordinary people, were instantly devoured. The dragon quickly crashed back into the depths of the white mist and was no longer visible.

A faint rumble of thunder could be heard.

The roar of the Blade Beast was almost tangible.

The space above suddenly distorted, and a vertical pupil popped out of thin air, growing from faint to dark, about to solidify.

The dragon has reappeared!

It suddenly leaped out of the sea of ​​white mist, tearing apart the vertical pupil with a claw and creating a shockwave!

This vertical pupil has been shattered!

The vertical pupil appeared for some unknown reason, but Zhou Zhengde witnessed it being shattered by a dragon’s claw!

Zhou Zhengde’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he hurriedly waved a red sign he had prepared beforehand at the live stream director.

The director immediately stopped the live broadcast, which had not released any useful information, and stared ahead with a somewhat pale face.

Zhou Zhengde was somewhat confused at this moment.

Wang Jixuan, who should have kept a low profile and reaped some benefits, seems to have entered a berserk mode.

But Zhou Zhengde made a decisive decision.

“Grandpa, deploy a thousand autonomous machines to surround the site. Everyone here today must undergo memory erasure surgery.”

Everyone was a little confused, but calmly began to carry out the order.

Zhou Zhengde said in a low voice, “Destroy all the storage chips. If the secret is leaked, your grandfather will come looking for you one by one.”

“clear.”

“Don’t worry, Captain Zhou.”

The white mist had stopped churning, and after the vertical pupil was shattered, the dragon and the ethereal human figure disappeared.

Equipment room on the sidelines.

The black smoke in Wang Jixuan’s eyes had dissipated, and he pondered the gaze he had just felt.

Because he devoured too many remnants of Blade Beast souls, he attracted the attention of a King-level Blade Beast.

Fortunately, before the vertical pupils could fully locate the target, the opponent was quickly defeated; otherwise… it would probably have been another surprise attack by a King-level Blade Beast.

Wang Jixuan glanced at his own primordial spirit…

Good heavens, even ordinary cultivators in the early stages of the Core Formation Realm would find it difficult to possess such a powerful spiritual sense.

That’s right. My primordial spirit has been mostly corrupted by the black energy. Even if it takes one or two months to purify this black energy, it will be worth it.

As for the cultivation level of the Dao Body…

Bone forging is complete! The bones are as white as jade, and this skeleton alone can remain lustrous for a hundred years!

This is already the peak of the Returning to Truth Realm!

It is still the Great Perfection where the Qi Sea is incredibly full!

Well, I’ve only reached the third stage of cultivation, and my foundation is a bit weak, so there doesn’t seem to be anything to celebrate.

This training is equivalent to two months of arduous practice.

But there’s still so much spiritual energy left, it would be a real waste not to use it. In fact, the spiritual energy of the general-level crystal core in the Spirit Gathering Array is still eighty percent intact.

Wang Jixuan grabbed the box, set up the Spirit Forging and Material Enhancement Array with the array base he had prepared in advance, and took out the materials for forging the flying sword… With such abundant spiritual energy, if these materials could not cultivate a precious light, then he would never need to forge weapons again.

Just as he was about to start his attack, he suddenly remembered something and tilted his head to look at the peony standing obediently on guard to the side.

It seems to be essentially a large-scale magical artifact; if we were to bring it over and refine it…

Wang Jixuan leaned back, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Let’s give it a try!

“Peony, come and kneel down!”