138: Advanced Resources

Whoosh!

When Xiao Shi encountered another Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection and killed him, he quickly picked up the items on the ground to inspect them.

"Name: Energy Condensing Shield"

"Type: Armor"

"Grade: Qi Warrior Grade"

"Description: Upon use, a shield will form around the body, absorbing surrounding attacks and converting the absorbed attacks into the user's required strength."

"Note: There is a certain upper limit to the power that can be absorbed. Once this limit is exceeded, the shield will shatter. Please be extremely careful when absorbing power in this manner."

...It was clearly a high-quality item.

When Xiao Shi killed enemies here, not only did he get resources, but also high-quality items.

And this high-quality item was a formidable piece of armor.

It could absorb numerous surrounding attacks and even convert the absorbed attacks into strength.

Such an ability was undoubtedly very powerful.

However, there was an upper limit.

And that upper limit was undoubtedly power exceeding the Qi Martial Realm level.

If the attacks received were from the Blood Martial Realm, or even above the Blood Martial Realm, it clearly wouldn't be able to absorb them.

Although this item was impressive, for Xiao Shi, it wasn't particularly useful... After all, with his current strength, an average Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection was no longer his opponent.

He had no need for such armor.

He might as well use it to expand his Qi Vortex.

Whoosh!

As Xiao Shi activated the Devouring Expansion Vortex Technique, and devoured this high-quality item, the remaining Qi Vortexes within him immediately began to expand.

In an instant, all ninety-nine of Xiao Shi's Qi Vortexes, except for the last main vortex, successfully expanded to their limit.

The last remaining main vortex would clearly require more items, and its expansion wouldn't be completed in a short time.

Xiao Shi wasn't in a hurry about this.

There were many Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections here that he could kill.

It would definitely be enough for him to complete the expansion of his main vortex.

Furthermore, the little Crimson Tiger by Xiao Shi's side, after devouring another Blood Beast, grew in size once more.

However, by now, its growth rate had also slowed down, far from as fast as it was initially.

Just like that, through continuous searching and killing, Xiao Shi's gains grew more and more.

When he killed three more Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections, he also gained three more resources.

"Name: Ironhide Beast"

"Type: Creature"

"Grade: Medium Resource"

"Description: A type of beast with iron skin."

"Note: After a Blood Beast devours it, it may inherit the characteristics of its iron skin."

..."Name: Sky-Patterned Leaf"

"Type: Plant"

"Grade: Medium Resource"

"Description: A special kind of leaf."

"Note: After a Blood Beast consumes it, it can grow unique sky patterns."

..."Name: Ice Mouse Egg"

"Type: Beast Egg"

"Grade: Medium Resource"

"Description: An Ice Mouse egg."

"Note: After a Blood Beast consumes it, it can inherit a portion of ice-elemental power. It conflicts with fire-elemental power and cannot be compatible."

...Xiao Shi looked at the three resources in his hand.

Overall, his luck this time was not bad.

Among the three resources, only the Ice Mouse Egg had a conflict and couldn't be used; the other two resources could bring good improvements to the little Crimson Tiger.

Immediately, Xiao Shi fed these two resources to the little Crimson Tiger one by one.

In an instant, after continuously consuming these two resources, a layer of iron skin immediately grew on the little Crimson Tiger's body, making its entire body more robust and its defense stronger.

Subsequently, a layer of exquisite patterns appeared on the little Crimson Tiger's iron skin.

This layer of patterns was crimson, precisely the sky patterns brought by the Sky-Patterned Leaf.

Once the little Crimson Tiger possessed the sky patterns, its entire body received an all-around improvement.

What made Xiao Shi even more delighted was that after devouring these two resources, the little Crimson Tiger directly advanced from its nascent stage to its juvenile stage!

Xiao Shi glanced at the current ranking list.

Even the top-ranked individual on the current list still only had a Blood Beast in its nascent stage.

Xiao Shi was the first participant to raise a Blood Beast to its juvenile stage.

However, because he had kept himself hidden, he wasn't displayed on the ranking list.

Now that the little Crimson Tiger had grown to its juvenile stage, Xiao Shi immediately clearly felt that the entire little Crimson Tiger had undergone tremendous changes compared to before.

This change was not reflected in its appearance, but rather within its body.

Numerous tangled threads appeared within its entire body. These threads seemed chaotic, but in reality, they followed a certain pattern.

They seemed capable of forming a unique operational route.

Xiao Shi realized that these threads within its body were clearly the key to forming a Blood Source!

During the nascent stage of raising a Blood Beast, it wouldn't yet contribute to the formation of a Blood Source.

It mostly brought about physical growth.

But upon entering the juvenile stage, the improvements brought by numerous resources would not only be physical but would also begin to form a Blood Source.

And the Blood Source was the most important thing for a Blood Beast!

Therefore, the resources that came next would be even more crucial!

However, up until now, Xiao Shi still hadn't obtained any high-grade resources.

What he obtained by killing these Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections were all just medium-grade resources.

This made him fall into contemplation, wondering how he could obtain high-grade resources.

Judging from previous drop patterns, the stronger the martial artist killed, the more likely good items would drop.

But currently, all the participants in this Game Arena were Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections, so there was no difference in strength.

Although there would be differences in combat power among these Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections, their cultivation level was consistent.

This meant that all the Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections Xiao Shi had killed so far only dropped medium-grade resources.

"If strength cannot be distinguished by cultivation level..."

"Then can it be distinguished by the ranking list?"

A thought suddenly flashed through Xiao Shi's mind.

He felt that perhaps killing ordinary Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections only dropped medium-grade resources, but killing someone on the ranking list would drop high-grade resources!

As this thought arose, Xiao Shi's heart suddenly pounded wildly.

He urgently wanted to find someone on the ranking list to verify his conjecture.

Originally, he wasn't very concerned about this ranking list.

But now that he had this conjecture, he immediately began to check the list.

This list recorded a total of fifty people, including both Demonic Path forces and Orthodox Faction members.

For example, the person currently ranked first on the list was from the Demonic Path forces.

However, Xiao Shi also knew that finding these people on the ranking list was clearly not an easy task.

He immediately sent a message to Liang Su, the traitor, via voice transmission.

"Focus on finding the locations of those on the ranking list. If you find them, there will be a generous reward!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Su became even more excited and intensified his search.

Xiao Shi was not idle either.

He urgently needed high-grade resources now and was eager to see what effects high-grade resources would have!

Under normal circumstances, to acquire high-grade resources, they would need to raise their Blood Beasts to a certain strength before they would be capable of obtaining them.

If he could obtain high-grade resources earlier than them, it would be a huge advantage for Xiao Shi.

Soon, after a search by Xiao Shi, he didn't find anyone on the ranking list, but he did encounter a group of people in a certain area.

There were ten people in this group, all from the Orthodox Faction.

Among them, Sky Trace Pavilion had the most members, with five Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections from Sky Trace Pavilion.

There were two Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections from Extreme Fire Sect and three Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections from Rapid Shadow Palace.

However, the Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections from Rapid Shadow Palace were not from Tree Shadow City, but from several other cities.

When these people saw Xiao Shi, their eyes all flashed with vigilance and caution.

Even if Xiao Shi was not from the Demonic Path forces, they still had to be wary.

Just as the leading Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from Sky Trace Pavilion was about to speak, telling Xiao Shi to stay away from them, he suddenly caught sight of the Blood Beast by Xiao Shi's side.

His pupils immediately contracted.

Xiao Shi's Blood Beast was simply too much larger than theirs!

This was even without him being able to see the threads within Xiao Shi's Blood Beast, unaware that Xiao Shi's current Blood Beast had already reached the juvenile stage.

Otherwise, his shock would have been even more intense.

This made the words he was about to say stick in his throat.

The others also stared blankly at the Blood Beast by Xiao Shi's side, their minds all churning with immense waves.

The leading Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from Sky Trace Pavilion was a tall, slender young man.

After the initial shock, his eyes suddenly gleamed with fervor.

He spoke to Xiao Shi very courteously, "Friend, are you interested in joining our team?"

Xiao Shi silently watched the group of people.

I just want to kill all of you... he thought to himself.

The moment he saw this group of people, Xiao Shi was already contemplating whether he could eliminate them all.

Although with his current strength, killing these Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections was easy, facing so many Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections at once... Xiao Shi felt somewhat uncertain.

The leading Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from Sky Trace Pavilion saw that Xiao Shi didn't speak, so he quickly continued, "To be honest with you, I previously discovered a special area where high-grade resources can be obtained. However, I alone am not enough to acquire the high-grade resources there. If you are willing to join our team... I believe our chances of success will greatly increase!"

"High-grade resources?" Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

"That's right," the leading Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from Sky Trace Pavilion continued.

"I believe you already know that high-grade resources in this Game Arena are extremely rare and incredibly difficult to obtain."

"If it's a living high-grade resource, it's definitely impossible to obtain."

"However, the high-grade resource I discovered is a bit special..."

"I understand it as... a domain-type high-grade resource."

"If you're interested, why not join us?"

Originally, in his plan, he only intended to recruit nine people.

However, after seeing Xiao Shi's Blood Beast, he couldn't resist inviting Xiao Shi, feeling that with Xiao Shi present, their success rate would definitely be higher.

Xiao Shi pondered for a moment.

Currently, what he lacked most in terms of resources were high-grade resources.

Although according to his guess, obtaining high-grade resources required killing people on the ranking list, finding these people on the ranking list was not an easy task.

Since there was now an opportunity to obtain high-grade resources, he naturally couldn't miss it.

Even if he were to kill these people, there was no rush.

He would first cooperate with them and see how it went.

Xiao Shi was also very curious about the domain-type high-grade resource mentioned by the other party.

After all, based on his search during this period, he had never seen this type of resource, especially a high-grade one.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi nodded, agreeing to join their team.

The other members of the team not only didn't object but were all delighted, thinking that with such a formidable person joining, it would definitely be very beneficial to them.

And so, after Xiao Shi joined their team, the group set off under the leadership of the leading Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from Sky Trace Pavilion, heading towards the location of the domain-type high-grade resource.

Along the way, they also briefly got to know each other, learning each other's names.

Several Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections from Rapid Shadow Palace expressed surprise upon learning that Xiao Shi was also from Rapid Shadow Palace.

Before this, they had never heard of a person named Nie Jie in Rapid Shadow Palace.

Then, when they learned that Xiao Shi was Cheng Tianhao's bodyguard, they all suddenly understood.

They knew about Cheng Tianhao, but they never expected that the person who was far ahead of them in Blood Beast rearing would be Cheng Tianhao's bodyguard.

This made their hearts very conflicted.

Although they were not of the same sequence as Cheng Tianhao, they, like Meng Que and others, held a certain status in Rapid Shadow Palace.

However, here, they were outshone by a bodyguard, which made their hearts very unbalanced.

Xiao Shi didn't pay attention to the thoughts of these Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfections from Rapid Shadow Palace.

He was only curious about this domain-type high-grade resource.

After some travel, they arrived at a secluded canyon.

It had to be said that this place was indeed not easy to find.

If it weren't for the leadership of this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection from Sky Trace Pavilion named Lin Xiaocheng, they really wouldn't have been able to find this place.

And upon entering the canyon, an open expanse suddenly appeared before them.

This open expanse was very vast, and at the same time, numerous mists filled and enveloped this area.

"This is the domain-type high-grade resource I spoke of!" Lin Xiaocheng gazed at the mist ahead, his eyes burning with fervor.

Everyone was somewhat curious about this.

From these mists alone, they couldn't temporarily discern any difference here.

However, when they tried to enter the open expanse ahead, whoosh!

As soon as they stepped in, their bodies trembled.

"Here..." Everyone's eyes simultaneously showed both shock and ecstasy.

Xiao Shi also stepped into this open expanse, and a different scene suddenly appeared before his eyes!