137: Development of traitors

Name: Frost-Covered Fruit

Type: Resource

Grade: Mid-Grade Resource

Description: A fruit with a frost-covering effect. After use, it can give a Blood Beast some ice-elemental power.

Remarks: Conflicts with fire-elemental power and cannot be compatible.

Xiao Shi looked at the fruit in his hand.

His eyes gleamed.

As expected!

After killing here, resources from this place would drop directly!

This way,

his acquisition of resources was not limited to just collecting them.

He could also obtain resources through killing.

And the Mid-Grade Resource in his hand now

was an elemental resource.

Judging from the remarks within it,

these elemental resources also conflicted with each other.

Ice and fire, for instance, were incompatible.

“In other words…”

“When raising Blood Beasts, not all resources can be used indiscriminately for their cultivation.”

“Resources will also conflict with each other, so it's necessary to make reasonable choices and combinations regarding resources.”

Xiao Shi pondered.

For example, with elemental resources,

one could only choose between ice and fire.

Xiao Shi had already used fire-elemental resources on the young Crimson Tiger earlier, causing it to form a fiery tail, so the current Frost-Covered Fruit could not be used.

After all, the two were completely incompatible.

“Or perhaps…”

“I could abandon the previous fiery tail and use this Frost-Covered Fruit to re-enhance the young Crimson Tiger.”

Xiao Shi thought about it.

He felt it wasn't necessary.

After all, they were both Mid-Grade Resources.

The enhancements they could provide were similar.

If the resource dropped this time was a High-Grade Resource, then he might consider switching.

But since they were both Mid-Grade Resources,

such a switch would be meaningless.

Although this Frost-Covered Fruit couldn't be used at the moment,

through this Mid-Grade Resource, Xiao Shi realized that some choices and combinations were needed between resources.

This required understanding the specific effects of many resources to plan the cultivation of Blood Beasts.

At least there had to be a general direction.

However, for many contestants,

this was undoubtedly a very difficult task.

After all, everyone collected resources one by one.

It was difficult to obtain many resources at once to understand the specific effects of each one.

They would find one and immediately use the resources at hand to cultivate their Blood Beasts.

And this method of cultivation often led to many resources becoming unusable as more resources were accumulated.

Now, Xiao Shi was beginning to face this situation.

“Although I've only obtained two elemental resources so far, the types of elemental resources should be far more than just ice and fire…”

“I wonder if other types of elemental resources conflict with each other?”

Xiao Shi couldn't help but wonder.

Considering it from the perspective of the Crimson Tiger Totem,

he felt that fire-elemental resources would undoubtedly be more suitable for the Crimson Tiger.

This Frost-Covered Fruit would be kept for now.

Perhaps it would have another use later.

Then,

Xiao Shi rummaged through the High Ponytail Woman's storage bag.

He wondered if he could find some good things in it.

However, her storage bag contained only strange bottles and jars.

Xiao Shi didn't know the specific uses or effects of these items.

He surmised that these should be methods from the Demonic Path forces.

After all, the entire cultivation system of the Demonic Path forces was completely different from that of the Orthodox Faction.

Xiao Shi felt great regret about this.

Afterward, he did not linger there.

He took the young Crimson Tiger and continued to gather resources and search for other contestants.

Now, after the young Crimson Tiger swallowed the High Ponytail Woman's Blood Beast, its entire body expanded again.

It had grown from the size of a Shiba Inu to the size of a Golden Retriever.

But even so,

it still hadn't entered the next growth stage.

This made Xiao Shi realize that the next growth stage might not only require reaching a certain size but also a certain level of ability.

This would require more Mid-Grade Resources.

Now, with the Game Arena shrinking,

more and more contestants were encountering each other.

Not all of these contestants would fight upon meeting, especially those from the same faction.

Some also chose to team up.

Not long after,

Xiao Shi encountered another contestant.

Unfortunately,

the contestant he met this time was not from the Demonic Path forces but from the Orthodox Faction.

Through the opponent's features and attire,

Xiao Shi realized that this person was a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect.

Although they both belonged to the Orthodox Faction,

they maintained strong vigilance towards each other.

After all, in this Game Arena… even those from the same Orthodox Faction would still fight each other.

The only difference from the Demonic Path was that there was some possibility of cooperation between them.

Unlike the Demonic Path… once they met, a fight to the death was inevitable.

This Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect was a burly man with a messy head of red hair.

Accompanying him was a blood-colored lion.

However, this lion had not yet developed the domineering and mighty presence of an adult lion; it was small and looked somewhat naive.

When this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect saw Xiao Shi and the Golden Retriever-sized Crimson Tiger beside him, his pupils immediately widened.

His eyes were filled with shock.

He was directly astonished by the size of Xiao Shi's Crimson Tiger.

One must know,

Xiao Shi was not the first contestant he had encountered.

Before meeting Xiao Shi, he had already encountered several other contestants.

However, none of the Blood Beasts of those contestants he met had reached the scale of Xiao Shi's.

They were all about the same size as his Blood Beast.

Even if some were slightly larger than his Blood Beast, they weren't significantly bigger.

Yet, Xiao Shi's Blood Beast had already reached such a scale!

This greatly shocked him.

“Could he be the one currently ranked first on the leaderboard!?”

The Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect couldn't help but think.

At the same time, he checked the current top of the leaderboard.

He found that… the person currently at the top of the leaderboard was from the Demonic Path forces.

Clearly not the fat man in front of him.

“If someone not ranked first has already cultivated their Blood Beast to this extent, then wouldn't the Blood Beast of the current number one be even more terrifying!?”

The Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect widened his eyes.

His breathing became somewhat rapid.

Only then did he realize that he had fallen too far behind others!

Xiao Shi, on the other hand, stared at him with an unfriendly expression.

Killing intent gradually emerged in his eyes.

Although the other party was not from the Demonic Path forces,

Xiao Shi was not only killing people from the Demonic Path forces this time.

Ultimately,

his biggest goal in coming here was primarily to kill these Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators.

Relatively speaking,

the cultivation of Blood Beasts was secondary.

After all, opportunities to kill Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators were inherently rare; if he missed this one, it would be difficult to have such an opportunity again in the future.

Xiao Shi certainly had to seize this opportunity well.

However, this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect seemed not to have noticed Xiao Shi's killing intent.

He was completely astonished by Xiao Shi's Blood Beast.

Just as Xiao Shi was about to make a move,

With a thud.

This Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect actually knelt directly towards Xiao Shi.

This unexpected action

directly stunned Xiao Shi.

Under Xiao Shi's surprised expression, this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect said with a serious face.

“Big shot, help me, help me upgrade my Blood Beast!!”

His tone was sincere, and his attitude was earnest.

After seeing the growth state of Xiao Shi's Blood Beast,

he had already realized that… relying solely on himself, it was already difficult to catch up with the Blood Beast cultivation progress of these people; he could only ask the other party for help.

Of course,

he wouldn't ask for help unconditionally.

Xiao Shi's expression was strange.

He didn't expect to encounter such a person… He instinctively wanted to refuse.

However, this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect continued, saying,

“As long as you can help me, big shot, I am willing to give you a 'Flames of True Knowledge,' which is a unique flame of our Extreme Fire Sect.”

As he spoke,

with a flick of his hand,

a ball of raging flames appeared directly in his palm.

“Hmm?”

Xiao Shi's gaze immediately focused on this ball of raging flames.

He sensed the extraordinary nature of this flame.

“The Flames of True Knowledge is a unique flame that can only be formed by our Extreme Fire Sect's special secret method.”

“Its function… is to unearth more potential!”

“It can even awaken some hidden powers and Blood Sources within the body that one doesn't even know about.”

Under the other party's words,

Xiao Shi also developed some interest in this 'Flames of True Knowledge.'

However, just this

was not enough to make him not kill him.

After all, if he killed him, he could also take the 'Flames of True Knowledge' from his hand.

Unless this person could bring him greater value!

For example… by acting as a mole for him!

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi pondered for a moment.

He said,

“I can help you, but besides this Flames of True Knowledge, I also need you to do other things for me.”

This Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from the Extreme Fire Sect agreed without even thinking.

For him,

nothing was more important than the cultivation of his Blood Beast.

“What's your name?”

Xiao Shi asked.

“Liang Su.”

He answered honestly.

Xiao Shi nodded.

He probed, asking,

“If I ask you to provide the locations of other Extreme Fire Sect members, would you be willing?”

“Of course, I'd be more than willing.”

Liang Su agreed without thinking.

“But what if… I intend to kill them?”

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

“Then I'm still willing!”

Liang Su still did not hesitate.

“Big shot, perhaps you don't know, but there's actually no camaraderie among our Extreme Fire Sect disciples. If killing me could bring them some benefit, I believe none of them would hesitate.”

“The same goes for me.”

Xiao Shi nodded.

Judging from the other party's expression, he didn't seem to be faking it.

And Xiao Shi also knew that in this chaotic world, sects indeed rarely had any camaraderie; it was all about self-interest.

And if he could have such a mole,

it would allow Xiao Shi to better find the whereabouts of other Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators here.

Although this Game Arena had shrunk considerably due to the shrinking circle,

it was still not easy to encounter other Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators.

This made such a mole, who could report positions, very necessary.

Immediately,

Xiao Shi reached an agreement with Liang Su.

He first used the Crimson Tiger Totem to enable Liang Su and him to communicate via sound transmission.

Although Liang Su was not from their Crimson Tiger Lineage,

now, after a period of nurturing, the Crimson Tiger Totem could already grant Liang Su the ability of sound transmission.

At the same time, Xiao Shi also left a mark on him with the Extreme Seal.

Through this mark, Xiao Shi could sense his location at any time.

Since the Dust Seal was upgraded to the Extreme Seal, the distance Xiao Shi could sense also increased significantly.

He could sense much farther.

This way, as long as Liang Su told him his location, he could immediately sense it.

At the same time,

Liang Su also gave the Flames of True Knowledge in his hand to Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi, in turn, gave him the Frost-Covered Fruit.

When Liang Su had the Blood Beast lion beside him eat this Frost-Covered Fruit, his Blood Beast lion immediately began to grow in size.

And as it grew, a layer of ice suddenly covered its back.

Like a solid ice armor!

This greatly excited Liang Su.

He became even more convinced that defecting to such a big shot was a wise move.

“As long as you provide me with locations later, I will give you resources.”

Xiao Shi made a promise.

Thus,

he successfully acquired a mole here who could keep him informed of the whereabouts of other Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators.

Upon learning that the other party wanted to know the whereabouts of others, Liang Su also showed immense enthusiasm.

After all, for every person's whereabouts he provided, he could obtain a resource from Xiao Shi.

This was much faster than him going to collect and search himself!

He immediately began searching for the whereabouts of other Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators.

After Liang Su left,

Xiao Shi looked at the Flames of True Knowledge in his hand.

A bright light shone in his eyes.

However, he did not plan to use this Flames of True Knowledge on himself.

On one hand, he understood his own situation quite well.

He knew that even if he used this Flames of True Knowledge, he wouldn't be able to unearth much potential.

After all, he had taken various elixirs throughout his journey.

There was basically no untapped potential left.

He felt that this Flames of True Knowledge would be more suitable for his Tree Shadow or this Crimson Tiger Blood Beast!

Their untapped potential would undoubtedly be far greater than his own.

However, Xiao Shi found it a bit difficult to choose between the two for a moment.

“Forget it, let's not rush to use it yet.”

He still decided to wait and see.

Mainly to observe the Crimson Tiger's growth in the future.

If the Crimson Tiger's growth was good,

then he would use this Flames of True Knowledge to tap into the Crimson Tiger's potential.

This should be more conducive to forming the Crimson Tiger Blood Source!

Immediately,

after putting the Flames of True Knowledge into his storage bag, Xiao Shi continued to take the young Crimson Tiger and began searching for resources and those Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators.

Now, for him, the most important thing was still to kill these Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators.