348: The Devil Appears

Cold Essence is a huge boost for Cultivators like Han Yuyan who Cultivate Ice-element Cultivation Technique, similar to the Sword Formation that Mu Feng, the Sword Cultivator, used.

They are both extremely significant.

Earlier, Mu Feng said that the jade box contained something he picked out for her.

Han Yuyan thought he was joking.

She was half-convinced.

Now, she completely believed him.

The first jade box revealed Cold Essence, which filled her with anticipation for the second jade box.

She carefully put away the Cold Essence.

Han Yuyan nervously and tremblingly opened the second jade box.

As the jade box slowly opened,

a Blue Light Shield appeared before her.

"Is this a defensive Magic Treasure?"

Upon seeing the shield, Han Yuyan was overjoyed.

She currently lacked a life-saving Magic Treasure.

When she first entered, she had wanted to get a Low Grade defensive Magic Treasure.

Unfortunately, with the Trial Tournament underway, these types of life-saving Magic Treasures or Magical Artifacts were either unavailable or outrageously expensive.

To this day, she was still using a top-tier defensive Magical Artifact.

Therefore, when facing the Silver-Winged Yaksha's attack earlier, she had no resistance whatsoever.

Even the residual energy from their attacks had left her in a miserable state.

This Magic Treasure might be less valuable than the Cold Essence.

However, it was something she desperately needed right now.

So, seeing a defensive Magic Treasure in the jade box made her incredibly happy.

"It's a defensive Magic Treasure, but it's also not a defensive Magic Treasure. You should check its attributes first."

Mu Feng said with a smile.

This Blue Light Shield was no ordinary defensive Magic Treasure.

It was an ancient treasure specializing in a certain aspect of defense.

Compared to ordinary defensive Magic Treasures, its strength was more than just one level higher.

"Oh?"

Hearing Mu Feng say this,

Han Yuyan immediately became interested.

She directly began to inspect the Blue Light Shield's attributes.

"Blue Light Shield, so this treasure is called the Blue Light Shield."

"ancient treasure, defensive ancient treasure!!!"

Although Han Yuyan was mentally prepared when Mu Feng said this Magic Treasure was unusual,

when she saw that the Blue Light Shield was actually a legendary defensive ancient treasure, her eyes widened again.

Her mouth was agape in surprise.

"How about it? Are you satisfied with these two treasures I picked out for you?"

Seeing Han Yuyan's reaction,

Mu Feng asked knowingly.

"Satisfied, satisfied, extremely satisfied!"

Han Yuyan nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice.

These two treasures were what she most desired and most urgently needed.

Both the Cold Essence and the Blue Light Shield would provide her with a huge boost.

This made her even more grateful and joyful towards Mu Feng.

"By the way, what's in your jade box?"

"Open it and see. If it's too bad, I, I can give you the Blue Light Shield."

Han Yuyan said.

She felt that Mu Feng had done all the work in this underground palace.

Now he had taken all the benefits.

Not only had he successfully advanced to the Dan Formation by absorbing the Yaksha's essence,

but he had also obtained two such powerful treasures.

So, although she was very reluctant to part with the Blue Light Shield,

she felt that if Mu Feng's two jade boxes contained nothing good,

she could give the Blue Light Shield from these two treasures to Mu Feng.

During the recent battle, she had also noticed that Mu Feng, like her, did not have a defensive Magic Treasure on him.

"Hehe, don't worry, I wouldn't let myself suffer a loss!"

Mu Feng said proudly.

Obtaining two precious treasures made him feel very good.

"Then I'm relieved."

Hearing Mu Feng say this, Han Yuyan's thoughts immediately cleared.

Since the other party also had good treasures, she wouldn't have to give up her beloved treasure.

"Although this Blue Light Shield is an ancient treasure and can be used without refining, you should still refine it slightly and inject your Divine Thought into it. This way, it will be more convenient to use during battle."

Seeing Han Yuyan directly hang the Blue Light Shield on her waist,

Mu Feng spoke up to remind her.

He had already possessed three or four ancient treasures.

He knew how to maximize the effectiveness of an ancient treasure in hand.

"Is that so? Alright!"

Han Yuyan nodded.

She took out the ancient treasure she had just hung on her waist and began to refine it.

Mu Feng was powerful and knowledgeable.

Doing as he said would surely be correct.

While reminding Han Yuyan to refine the ancient treasure, Mu Feng also took out the Numinous Light Treasure Mirror from his jade box and refined it.

His Divine Sense was powerful now.

In less than a few seconds, all the Cultivation Techniques for using the Numinous Light Treasure Mirror were imprinted in his Sea of Consciousness.

Like most ancient treasures,

this Numinous Light Treasure Mirror also had only one set of attack incantations.

As long as the mirror was activated, it could release incredibly powerful five-colored divine light.

Mu Feng had originally wanted to try it out.

But unfortunately, the palace here was too small.

Acting rashly might accidentally injure himself or others, so he decided against it.

After playing with the Numinous Light Treasure Mirror in his hand for a while,

Mu Feng hung it on his waist.

"I wonder how many points I have now?"

"Let's see!"

Having obtained several treasures in a row,

Mu Feng was very curious about his point increase.

[Name: Mu Feng]

[Current World: 108]

[Points: 1802876]

[Ranking: First]

"It increased by another three to four hundred thousand, not bad, not bad. It seems these treasures I obtained today are quite valuable."

When he left the Purple Bamboo Forest earlier, his points were almost 1.5 million.

Now it was over 1.8 million.

In other words, the total points for the treasures he obtained in this underground palace were around three to four hundred thousand.

After checking his points,

Mu Feng curiously opened the points leaderboard again.

He wanted to see how the top ten people's scores were.

[Tenth Place: Li Xuan, Points: 1008167, Current World: 102]

[Ninth Place: Huangfu Zhengyi, Points: 1015643, Current World: 105]

[Eighth Place: Zhang Ridong, Points: 1040176, Current World: 99]

[Seventh Place: Cong Lin, Points: 1091182, Current World: 103]

[Sixth Place: Zhang Heng, Points: 1202185, Current World: 98]

[Fifth Place: Zhuge Zhantian, Points: 1233195, Current World: 101]

[Fourth Place: Ouyang Lin, Points: 1245201, Current World: 107]

[Third Place: Fifth Zhaotong, Points: 1266206, Current World: 101]

[Second Place: Wen Ze, Points: 1400209, Current World: 96]

[First Place: Mu Feng, Points: 1802876, Current World: 108]

"I've pulled ahead of the second place by over four hundred thousand again."

"Not bad!"

When he came today, the point difference between him and Wen Ze, who was in second place, was only about 200,000.

After coming to the underground palace,

his points increased by three to four hundred thousand.

The other side only increased by over 100,000.

So the point difference instantly widened to over 400,000.

Judging from these points,

his first place should be temporarily secure.

After checking the points leaderboard, Mu Feng scrolled down to see other people's comments on the ranking.

"Looking at the leaderboard, Mu Feng seems to have stabilized his position."

"Holy crap, is Wen Ze going to always be second place?"

"This Mu Feng seems to have something going for him. His points growth has always been far ahead, already pulling ahead of the tenth place by almost eight hundred thousand points."

"He really is awesome, I, Long Aotian, concede!"

"He already has over 1.8 million points? I really don't know how he did it. I only have over 30,000 points so far."

In the comment section, everyone was praising Mu Feng.

After all,

everyone could clearly see his points situation.

Occasionally ranking in the top ten or first, people might say you're lucky.

But to be consistently at the top, and always leading the second place by hundreds of thousands of points,

this would be impossible without a certain level of strength.

Now, many people were already guessing whether Mu Feng's strength was almost at the Nascent Soul stage.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have such an exaggerated collection speed.

He closed the comment section.

Mu Feng glanced at Han Yuyan beside him.

He found that she was still refining the ancient treasure in her hand.

It looked like it would take some more time to completely refine it.

Seeing this, Mu Feng opened the world channel

to see if there was any useful information on it.

As soon as he opened it,

he really did see a shocking piece of news.

That was, the Devil Head who had been silent earlier had come out to slaughter Cultivators again.

And its location seemed to be not very far from him.

"Brothers, this is bad! That Devil Head from before seems to have reappeared near the Demon Abyss Sea. It seems many Fellow Daoists have already been slaughtered by him."

"It's not 'seems like,' he really came out again! I personally saw him instantly kill a team of hundreds of Core Formation Cultivators. Luckily, I was far away, and I had a teleportation jade token in my hand, otherwise, I would have probably been buried in the Devil's belly."

"Hiss, instantly killing a large Core Formation team of hundreds of people, his strength seems to have grown quite a bit! I remember two days ago, he struggled a bit when facing dozens of Core Formation Cultivators besieging him."

"Holy crap, are you sure he's near the Demon Abyss Sea? Then I need to get out of here quickly. I originally wanted to go inside to find some Spiritual Plants."

"Report! Latest news! A Nascent Soul Old Monster has already rushed towards the Demon Abyss Sea. Barring any accidents, that Devil Head should fall there."

....

"Near the Demon Abyss Sea?"

"Isn't that right over here?"

"I wonder if it's in this direction."

Mu Feng quickly read the messages in the world channel, his face fluctuating between clear and overcast.

He had originally thought of entering the nearby Demon Abyss Sea after leaving this underground palace to see if he could fully absorb the Primordial Spirit needed for his life-saving Magic Treasure.

Now it seemed.

Let alone entering, he might encounter that Devil Head's attack as soon as he left this underground palace.

He had just fought with the Silver-Winged Yaksha.

He did not want to fight another Devil Head of that level.

"Alas, I originally wanted to find a place to recover, then repair the Vajra Shield in my hand, and absorb the Silver-Winged Yaksha's essence in my hand..."

"Now it seems, I can only complete my Cultivation here."

"That's fine, this place should be temporarily safe."

The Silver-Winged Yaksha in the underground palace had already been dealt with by him.

Presumably, this underground palace should be temporarily safe.

"What happened?"

Han Yuyan, who was beside him, had already finished refining the Blue Light Shield.

After opening her eyes, she saw Mu Feng's grim expression.

She couldn't help but curiously ask about the situation.

"The world channel says that the Devil Head from before seems to be near our area."

Mu Feng told her truthfully.

"Devil Head? Is it the Devil Head they were talking about on the world channel earlier, the one who often hunts down us player Cultivators?"

"Then aren't we in danger of encountering him?"

Upon hearing this news,

Han Yuyan's joyful mood, which had come from refining the ancient treasure, instantly cooled down.

Although she had never seen that Devil Head,

from everyone's scattered words,

the other party was not only bloodthirsty but also incredibly powerful.

He was probably not at all weaker than the Silver-Winged Yaksha they had just encountered.

He might even be stronger.

If they encountered him in their current state, they would likely be in grave danger.

"Then what should we do? Should we hide in this underground palace?"

Han Yuyan suggested.

She had just refined the Blue Light Shield.

The Cold Essence in her hand had not yet begun to be refined.

She could refine it here, and at the same time, avoid the Devil Head's edge.

"It seems that's the only way."

Mu Feng said.

His current state had not fully recovered, and the several treasures he had just obtained had not yet been refined.

Staying in this underground palace should be the best choice.

When he closed the chat channel just now, he saw someone say that a Nascent Soul Old Monster was already rushing here.

Presumably, a big battle should be unavoidable.

Therefore, hiding in this underground palace to refine the Yaksha's essence and repair the Vajra Shield should be the best choice.

Having made up his mind,

Mu Feng didn't waste any time.

He took out several Formation Plates from his Storage Ring and set them up at the entrance of the underground palace where they had just entered.

After also having the Puppet Lizard help as a Protector,

Mu Feng reached into his palm.

The Yaksha's essence he had collected from the Silver-Winged Yaksha earlier appeared in his hand.

Without another word,

he put it into his mouth.

He began to absorb and refine it.

Seeing this, Han Yuyan beside him,

also took out the Cold Essence she had put into her Storage Ring earlier.

Following Mu Feng's example,

she began to absorb and refine it.

Knowing there was danger outside,

she was also eager to improve her strength.

This way, even if she was truly unlucky later and encountered that Devil Head, she wouldn't be completely helpless.

As the Cold Essence entered her body,

Han Yuyan focused all her attention on guiding and refining it.

Mu Feng was also absorbing the Yaksha's essence he had just ingested.

The spiritual energy contained in this Silver-Winged Yaksha's essence was extremely pure and vast in quantity.

Just one swallowed,

Mu Feng found that his cultivation, which had not moved for a long time, had increased significantly.

The magical power in his body, which had been depleted from fighting the Silver-Winged Yaksha, also slowly recovered after the Yaksha's essence entered his stomach.

"As expected of a treasure from a transformed Yao Beast."

"The spiritual energy is indeed pure enough."

"I think if I absorb all of it, it shouldn't be difficult to enter the Nascent Soul Late Stage!"

Mu Feng sighed.

At the same time, he did not forget to put the second Silver-Winged Yaksha's essence into his mouth.

He began a new round of Cultivation.

Feeling the pure spiritual energy generated within his body again,

Mu Feng quickly circulated the Azure Origin Sword Art, rapidly absorbing this energy.

"What a pity, just a little bit more."

Mu Feng opened his eyes.

Continuously absorbing two Silver-Winged Yaksha's essence had brought his internal magical power and true essence close to a full state.

However, when he tried to Breakthrough just now, he failed.

This made Mu Feng a little depressed.

Fortunately, he still had two more in his hand.

He thought that advancing to the Nascent Soul Late Stage should be a sure thing.