136: The Secret of the Destruction of Inkworm Star
"Zhang Sheng! You humans have a saying: the winner takes all and the loser is the villain! Kill me or hack me as you please!" it hissed, with a trace of desperate toughness.
"Heh," Zhang Sheng sneered, "Do you really not want to live? If you truly didn't, why would you hide beside Leon and live such a wretched existence?"
A pitch-black bead, emitting strange Soul fluctuations, slowly flew out from between Zhang Sheng's brows and hovered in front of the Insect Emperor.
"Accept it and live! Reject it and die!"
"Great Ink Worm, choose!"
The slave seal bead sank into the Parasitic God Insect Emperor's brain without meeting any resistance.
"That's more like it."
Zhang Sheng clearly sensed that this Insect Emperor's Soul strength indeed far exceeded that of an ordinary Divine Breath Realm Cultivator.
He spoke coldly, "Little bug, now, it's time to confess your conspiracy with Leon."
Great Ink Worm (Parasitic God Insect Emperor) had no choice but to reveal the plan for breeding the Queen Ant in its entirety.
After hearing it, as the successor of a complete civilization, Zhang Sheng wasn't surprised that Great Ink Worm had a backup plan.
Queen Ant!
"Perhaps... she can even become a great help to me!" Zhang Sheng's thoughts raced.
Great Ink Worm had been observing Zhang Sheng's expression; now that restoring its civilization was a pipe dream, survival was the only path.
"Tell me everything you know about the Yao Beast race, your experiences in the Civilization Assessment, and the reasons for your downfall." Zhang Sheng was expressionless, his voice icy.
Great Ink Worm knew very well that the slightest disobedience would result in his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.
It didn't dare hesitate and confessed everything it knew in great detail: Mochong Star's social structure, powerful races, civilization Legacy... its comprehensiveness far surpassed that of the three Wing Heaven demons.
"Ice Demon!"
This was the terrifying enemy Mochong Star encountered during the Civilization Assessment!
They appeared human-like, strangely beautiful, yet were extremely cunning and cruel!
They also cultivated Spiritual Qi but specialized in pure water and ice element Cultivation Techniques.
Mochong Star was originally a forest planet where it was spring all year round.
In the Early Stage of the Civilization Assessment, the quiet arrival of the Secret Realms was ignored. By the time the Ice Demons gained a foothold, they gradually twisted Mochong Star's climate into a frigid, desolate domain!
The Ice Demons' combat power soared, and with internal and external coordination, the strength of Mochong Star's Yao Beasts was greatly reduced.
As one side gained and the other lost, the Yao Beasts retreated step by step.
By the Blue-level Secret Realm stage, Mochong Star was already on the brink of destruction.
The Parasitic God Insect Emperor, Great Ink Worm, also died in battle during this stage!
Since it had undergone "Rebirth," it meant that Mochong Star ultimately failed the Civilization Assessment.
The next batch of enemies Earth would face would likely be at the level of the Ice Demons.
Great Ink Worm finished its confession and just looked up—
Zhang Sheng's eyes suddenly turned bone-chillingly cold! His right hand shot out, clutching the air!
"Argh—!" The agonizing pain of a shattering Soul swept over it!
Great Ink Worm's aura was instantly cut off!
Zhang Sheng pointed his index finger, and a wave of extremely cold freezing Qi gushed out, covering the Insect Emperor's corpse with thick frost before putting it into his storage ring.
"Since you could survive the blood curse outbreak, how could I tolerate your existence!" Zhang Sheng snorted inwardly.
"If you can breed a Queen Ant, why can't I?"
The matter of Leon's rebellion and the Demon Insects' mind control ended here.
There were no more obstacles to Huaxia unifying the Earth; the remaining scattered resistance was nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs.
Pushing through everything like a hot knife through butter... in the villa's cultivation room, Zhang Sheng sat in quiet contemplation.
With two Secret Realms descending a day, Huaxia could fully digest them, and it was even deemed insufficient.
After global unification, the number of Secret Realms that could be digested daily would be even more staggering.
However, his Qi Sea and Dantian were limited by the cultivation progress of the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex, only allowing for an upgrade once a week. If more Secret Realms descended, the Spiritual Qi within them couldn't be fully refined.
"Or... distribute it to others?" The thought flashed by.
He took out a Pill Furnace and began refining blood essence pills.
As for shortening the interval between the Fourth and Fifth Life-Deaths of the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex - Qi Sea Chapter, he wasn't without clues.
The one-week interval between Life-Deaths was to stabilize the newly born cells. If this stabilization process could be accelerated, the interval could naturally be shortened.
The next day.
Several hundred more blood essence pills were added to Zhang Sheng's storage ring, bringing the total, including stock, to over a thousand.
A Blue-level Secret Realm, under his control, descended upon Huaxia.
Alone, he was the first to charge in!
A golden spear, neither metal nor wood, was suddenly in his hand!
Mountain-Shattering Three Extremes Spear Technique!
This was precisely the solution he had thought of—consuming blood and Qi through intense combat to accelerate the stabilization process of cells throughout his body.
Zhang Sheng suppressed his aura to the level of an ordinary Divine Breath Realm and then suddenly released it!
This aura was like the most enticing flesh-and-blood medicine, instantly stimulating the nerves of the Yao Beasts in the Secret Realm!
Several Divine Breath Realm Beasts roared as they surrounded and attacked!
The leader was a giant serpent, thirty meters long!
Deep purple, nearly black scales covered its entire body, with a faint light flowing along the edges.
Its triangular head signaled its lethal venom, and its sickly green pupils flickered like ghost fires in the darkness.
The star ring on his finger flashed with a faint light, transmitting information:
"Shadow Viper"!
The turbid spiritual power within it surged like green fireworks, its power far exceeding that of an ordinary Divine Breath Realm.
Since June 26th, although all the descending Realms were Blue-level Secret Realms, the strength of the Divine Breath Realm Beasts within them had grown stronger day by day!
"Extreme of Power, Mountain Collapse!"
Zhang Sheng growled like a muffled clap of thunder.
He lowered his stance, coordinating his waist and legs; the blood and Qi in his body boiled violently, all of it channeled into his arms and poured into the golden spear!
Buzz!
The spear vibrated and hummed!
The air around the spear was instantly displaced by the violent force, forming a visible distorted force field!
No fancy tricks, only a pure, violent downward strike!
The spear fell like a falling star striking the earth!
Boom—!
The Shadow Viper's head exploded into pieces!
Skull fragments and brain matter splattered everywhere!
Before the massive serpent's body could even hit the ground, it was already collected into Zhang Sheng's storage ring.
A blue Jade Slip fell into his hand.
The star ring's light swept over it, and the four characters for "Green Vine Entangling Kill" slowly appeared—it was a second-tier wood-element Spell.
He put away the Jade Slip, and a blood essence pill flew into his mouth.
Cultivating the Mountain-Shattering Three Extremes Spear Technique allowed him to stabilize his Physical Body and raise his Realm simultaneously without delay!
This powerful spear technique was steadily advancing toward the Perfected State.
After killing all the Divine Breath Realm Beasts, Zhang Sheng suppressed his aura again and turned to use Qi Sea Realm beasts as targets to hone his spear technique.
Several hours later.
Even amidst the continuous fierce battle, the circulation of the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Art never stopped.
The concentration of Spiritual Qi within the Secret Realm had plummeted by ninety percent.
After leaving the Secret Realm, Huaxia's second Secret Realm of the day immediately descended.
He repeated the process.
Zhang Sheng clearly felt that the time required to trigger the cultivation of the Fifth Life-Death had been shortened by one day!
Using battle instead of passive defense to stabilize the Physical Body was the correct path!
Night fell.
Zhang Sheng stood alone on the summit of an unnamed mountain.
Spiritual power circulated, and hand seals were activated.
With a wave of his hand, a blast of biting frost air gushed out!
Wherever the airflow passed, all plants and thorns were frozen.
A light breeze blew past, and ice shards scattered like dust.
"Spell: Breath of Frost · Second Tier (Beginner: 7/100)"
Cultivation of a new second-tier Spell began.
Not just this one; before the Red-level Secret Realm descended,
he needed to master every type of first and second-tier Spell!
And with the help of the talent panel, he would Cultivate them to the Perfected State!
Only in this way,
could he forge a supreme Foundation, perfect his Ability Map, and become truly flawless!
This was also to... lay the cornerstone for cultivating the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex - Divine Breath Chapter!