337: Demon-luring grass

He was still in first place.

And he successfully pulled the second-place score to sixty thousand points.

Besides that.

Many new faces entered the top ten.

Compared to what Mu Feng had seen before, almost half of them were newcomers entering the top ten for the first time.

It was clear that many people were already putting in effort.

In the comment section, there were also many discussions about those new faces.

“Li Xuan Goddess is finally on the list! I knew Li Xuan Goddess was so strong, she shouldn’t have been out of the top ten.”

“The same goes for Zhang Cheng and Yan Hui. I thought they would only start putting in effort tomorrow or the day after, but I didn’t expect them to catch up so quickly.”

“Looking at the top ten scores, besides that Mu Feng who I don’t know, the rest are all well-known big shot from before.”

“You don’t know Mu Feng? He’s been number one on the list for half a day today, and now he’s even suppressing Wen Ze to take first place.”

“This… I really didn’t know. I’ve been exploring all day and haven’t had time to check this list. Is there something special about him?”

“Actually, I’m not very clear either, but looking at some people’s comments, they say he’s a Dan Formation Cultivator, and a newcomer who just arrived in the new map.”

“A newcomer? Are newcomers nowadays all this amazing?”

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Mu Feng glanced a few times.

He still got some information.

For example, many of the new faces who later entered the list were experts whose strength was not weaker than the second place.

They all had records of fighting with Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Mu Feng silently noted down some of his competitors.

If he encountered them later in the Mystic Heaven Tower, he would try to avoid conflicts with them.

Mu Feng had just finished fighting a Nascent Soul Old Monster.

He knew how troublesome they were.

Since these people had the strength to fight Nascent Soul Cultivators, it meant their own combat power would not be bad.

Therefore, it was best to avoid conflicts if possible.

Of course, if the other party provoked him, that would be another matter.

After checking the list, Mu Feng opened his private messages.

He returned the High-Grade Spirit Stones he had borrowed from Fan Tian today.

He had just killed five Middle and Late Stage Dan Formation Cultivators, so he had plenty of Spirit Stones.

He quickly returned them to others.

As the saying goes, “If you borrow and return, borrowing again is not difficult.”

Who knew if he would need to borrow something from the other party again in the future.

After some pleasantries, Mu Feng returned all the owed High-Grade Spirit Stones to Fan Tian.

After everything was done, Mu Feng sat cross-legged and began to Cultivate.

The Spiritual Qi here was quite good, so he shouldn’t waste it.

The night passed without incident.

Early the next morning, Mu Feng awoke from his meditation.

At his current Realm, the improvement from meditation alone was already negligible.

However, Mu Feng was not aiming to Breakthrough his Bottleneck through Cultivation.

He was merely meditating to recover the Divine Sense and Magic Power he had lost in yesterday’s battle.

Indeed.

After a night of rest, most of the Divine Sense consumed during the battle with the Shaped Bamboo Demon had recovered.

For the rest, Mu Feng could slowly nourish it with soul nourishing wood.

“Swish, swish.”

After a night of rest, Little Lizard’s super berserk after-effects had also returned to normal.

Seeing Mu Feng wake up, it couldn’t help but come over to play affectionately with him.

As for the Little Fox, it had been silent ever since it was put into the spirit beast bag yesterday after encountering the Shaped Bamboo Demon.

Initially, Mu Feng thought it had been affected by the previous battle and was very worried, wanting to release it to check its condition.

However, he didn’t expect to receive a refusal from the Little Fox.

Upon further inquiry, he learned that stimulated by the Shaped Bamboo Demon yesterday, the sixth tail on the Little Fox’s body had actually begun to grow.

Mu Feng was stunned for a moment upon hearing this news.

“This is possible?”

He had heard of various reasons for evolution, but such a peculiar one was his first encounter.

However, evolution was a good thing.

Regardless of the reason, as long as it could make the Little Fox stronger, it was a good thing.

When it had five tails, the Little Fox’s strength was around the Middle Stage of Cultivation.

Now that it had grown another one, it should be close to the Late Stage or even directly at Core Formation.

Every three additional tails for a Silver Moon Fox represented a qualitative change.

Therefore, Mu Feng guessed that this evolution of the Little Fox was very likely to reach the Core Formation Rank.

If successful, coupled with the still-sleeping Flying Purple Patterned Scorpion, he would have three Core Formation Spirit Beasts.

Speaking of the Flying Purple Patterned Scorpion, Mu Feng just remembered that he hadn’t checked its situation today.

He immediately opened the spirit beast bag and injected his Divine Sense to check its condition.

Just like yesterday, the Flying Purple Patterned Scorpion was still inside the cocoon it had spun.

Judging from the wiggling, it still wouldn’t be able to break out of the cocoon today.

Fortunately, Mu Feng was not particularly lacking in combat power right now.

With Little Lizard, it was basically enough for him.

Exiting the spirit beast bag, Mu Feng immediately surveyed his surroundings with his Divine Sense.

His goal today was to kill Yao Beasts in the core area of the Purple Bamboo Forest to consolidate his points and allow the Soul-Devouring Bee Cloud Sword to absorb as many Primordial Spirits of equivalent Yao Beasts as possible.

Lest if he left this Trial Tournament and his Realm ascended to Nascent Soul, then to upgrade his Lifebound Treasure to a High Grade Magic Treasure, he would have to kill hundreds of Shaped Yao Beasts.

The difficulty then would simply not be on the same Rank as now.

“Oh, there’s actually a Yao Beast group ahead. Good, just in time to sacrifice the sword!”

With his Divine Sense released, Mu Feng scanned a spot not far from him and found a large group of Advanced Yao Beasts active there.

This surprised Mu Feng greatly.

He immediately brought Little Lizard and rushed over.

One person and one Spirit Beast traveled at a very fast speed.

In a short while, they arrived at the area where those Advanced Yao Beasts were active.

“Oh, they seem to be fighting over something?”

Before coming, Mu Feng thought these Yao Beasts were gathered together.

After arriving, he found that they were not from the same faction at all.

Their purpose in gathering together seemed to be to snatch something.

Because Mu Feng was afraid of being discovered, he kept a distance.

He didn’t clearly see what they were gathered around and fighting over.

But judging from the frantic appearance of those Yao Beasts, it was probably some extraordinary treasure again.

This made Mu Feng very excited.

He immediately brought Little Lizard closer.

As he got closer, Mu Feng finally saw what these Advanced Yao Beasts were fighting over.

It was a five-leaf Spiritual Plant emitting a faint fishy smell.

Those Advanced Yao Beasts seemed to greatly enjoy the scent emitted by the Spiritual Plant.

Each of them eagerly crowded closer, just to smell more of it.

Such a peculiar sight made Mu Feng very curious about the information of this Spiritual Plant.

After taking a few more steps closer, the Spiritual Plant finally entered the range of his Spiritual Eye Divine Power.

Mu Feng immediately released his Spiritual Eye to investigate its information.

【Name: indigo robe grass】

【Age: Two thousand years】

【Description: indigo robe grass, also known as Demon-Attracting Grass, blooms one leaf every four hundred years. Each time the Demon-Attracting Grass blooms a leaf, it emits an aphrodisiac scent, which, when smelled by Yao Beasts, triggers hormones within their bodies, thereby promoting Yao Beast reproduction.】

【Effect: Can be used to refine some special Medicinal Pills or to attract Yao Beasts.】

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“Attract Yao Beasts, promote Yao Beast reproduction?”

“No wonder these Yao Beasts are so frantic; it turns out this Spiritual Plant has an aphrodisiac effect.”

After reading the information about this Spiritual Plant, Mu Feng suddenly understood.

He finally knew why these Advanced Yao Beasts were so crazy.

Because the more Advanced a Yao Beast was, the more difficult it was to reproduce offspring.

This was also one of the reasons why Spirit Beast eggs were so rare.

If they wanted to reproduce offspring, they had to rely on some external force, such as this indigo robe grass.

“This thing seems pretty good.”

“If I can get my hands on it, I can use it to lure Advanced Yao Beasts in the future and kill them to upgrade my Lifebound Treasure!”

After reading the information about the indigo robe grass, Mu Feng had the idea of taking it for himself.

He had the wood heart on him.

It wouldn’t be difficult to grow this indigo robe grass.

With this, the hundreds of Primordial Spirits needed to upgrade his Lifebound Treasure didn’t seem so difficult anymore.

However, the current problem was how to snatch it from so many frantic Yao Beasts.

These Yao Beasts had all been attracted by the scent of the indigo robe grass.

Each of them was as excited and frenzied as if they had gone mad.

It would be unwise for him to just go and take it directly.

He had to find a way to separate these Advanced Yao Beasts and then defeat them one by one.

There were at least forty to fifty Rank six and seven Yao Beasts here.

This time was not like being in the cave, where Little Lizard blocking the front meant no one could pass.

This place was very open, and the Yao Beasts surrounding the indigo robe grass were from land, sea, and air.

The attacks were very scattered.

If he wanted to use the same method as when he dealt with the Bat in Shenshou Valley, it clearly wouldn’t work.

He had the strength to kill these Yao Beasts.

The important thing was how to ensure his own safety while dealing with them.

“It seems I can only use Thunder Beads.”

After thinking it over, Mu Feng felt that besides the instant explosive attack of the Yang Lightning Bead, there was also the Mystic Bird Transformation.

However, the Mystic Bird Transformation consumed too much Magic Power.

In a dangerous place like the Purple Bamboo Forest, he couldn’t consume too much Magic Power. Who knew when a Shaped Yao Beast would suddenly appear like yesterday?

That would not be fun.

Excluding the Mystic Bird Transformation, only the Yang Lightning Bead remained.

His combat power had already increased.

These Yang Lightning Beads didn’t necessarily have to be used against Nascent Soul Cultivators.

They could also be used to acquire treasures.

However, if he used Thunder Beads for the attack, there was still another problem: how to preserve the indigo robe grass within the Thunder Beads’ explosion range.

If the indigo robe grass was destroyed by the explosion, then all his efforts would be in vain.

【You fool, you can first set up the Yin Yang Trapping Formation in front of the indigo robe grass and then detonate it.】

As if sensing Mu Feng’s distress, a red prompt appeared before his eyes.

“Oh, that seems feasible!”

Seeing the prompt appear, Mu Feng’s eyes lit up immediately.

With a reach, the Yin-Yang Entrapment Formation Flag, which had been damaged by the Shaped Bamboo Demon last time, appeared in his hand.

The Formation Flag of this trapping Formation was already somewhat damaged; this was left over from the Shaped Bamboo Demon last time.

If used again this time, it would probably be completely scrapped.

This Formation, combined with the sword Formation, was still very useful.

However, as the old saying goes, “You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing a cub.”

To obtain this indigo robe grass, which drove all Advanced Yao Beasts crazy, necessary losses were acceptable.

Besides, this Formation was already damaged, making it impossible to trap Nascent Soul Cultivators.

This made it somewhat useless.

It couldn’t trap Nascent Soul Cultivators, so there was no point in keeping it.

It was better to use it while it was still useful to exchange for something he needed.

No sooner said than done.

Mu Feng flicked his palm, and four Formation Flags instantly appeared in front of the indigo robe grass, firmly protecting it.

“Roar!”

The sudden disappearance of the indigo robe grass made the frenzied Yao Beasts pause for a moment.

The next second, they incessantly attacked the light barrier in front of them with their bodies or various Spells, attempting to make their indigo robe grass reappear.

“Boom!”

Under the attacks of numerous Yao Beasts, the Yin Yang Trapping Formation immediately became precarious.

Mu Feng knew that if he didn’t act soon, the Formation would break.

Then all his efforts would be wasted.

He immediately reached out and dozens of purple Thunder Beads appeared in Mu Feng’s hand.

“Come on, come on, taste the big guy!”

Mu Feng said, then detonated all the purple Thunder Beads.

“Boom!”

The Thunder Beads detonated, and a massive mushroom cloud instantly appeared in the middle of the battlefield.

“Bang!”

The impact force of multiple Thunder Beads exploding was extremely strong.

Even though Mu Feng was far away, he was still thrown back by the shockwave generated at the center.

And the unfortunate Yao Beasts at the center of the explosion were in trouble.

They were all blown head over heels.

Some unlucky Yao Beasts closer to the explosion center even died on the spot.

“What powerful force!”

Mu Feng watched all this with wide eyes.

The explosive power of these Thunder Beads was even stronger than he had imagined.

The explosion was successful.

While many Yao Beasts had not yet recovered, Mu Feng released a large number of Soul-Devouring Bee Cloud Swords, sending them to kill the injured Yao Beasts.

The Yao Beasts, already startled by the sudden explosion, offered no resistance whatsoever and were pierced through by the Soul-Devouring Bee Cloud Swords.

In a short while, a large number of Advanced Yao Beasts fell in front of the indigo robe grass.

The slaughter continued.

As Mu Feng acted, Little Lizard wasn’t idle either.

It opened its mouth, and large patches of Golden Flame roared out, continuously scorching the surviving Yao Beasts.

With Little Lizard’s help, Mu Feng’s killing became even more convenient.

Almost with every swing of his hand, several Advanced Yao Beasts were taken down by him.

Under the tacit cooperation of one person and one Spirit Beast, two-thirds of the original forty to fifty Advanced Yao Beasts surrounding the Demon-Attracting Grass were instantly gone.

Of the remaining one-third, a small portion had already fled.

The remaining small portion charged towards Mu Feng, the instigator, attempting to kill him.

What a pity.

If all the Yao Beasts had charged at him earlier, Mu Feng might have been a little scared.

But with only this small amount, wasn’t that just serving him up as food?

Mu Feng didn’t even blink, directly raising his hand to release the remaining Soul-Devouring Bee Cloud Swords, harvesting the incoming Yao Beasts.

In a short while, all the Yao Beasts on the field were killed by Mu Feng and Little Lizard.

After checking once to confirm they were all killed, Mu Feng quickly walked to the center of the explosion.

He quickly checked if the Demon-Attracting Grass was still inside the Yin Yang Trapping Formation.

Under the impact of a large number of Thunder Beads exploding, the Yin Yang Trapping Formation was already on the verge of collapse.

However, the Demon-Attracting Grass inside was completely unharmed.

Seeing this result, Mu Feng couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he squatted down and pulled it out.