300: Jingyuan

The Silver Dragon shot through the myriad heavenly thunders, its body continuously growing larger.

By the time the Silver Dragon caught up to the Purple Armor Bugs, they had already grown from ten meters to nearly twenty meters long.

With its power greatly increased, the Silver Dragon entwined the Purple Armor Bugs in the blink of an eye.

"Roar!"

As the Purple Armor Bug let out its final shriek, a gold treasure chest appeared beside it and quickly fell to the ground.

Qin Shilei quickly had the phantom disperse the Silver Dragon, lest the Purple Armor Bug's corpse be charred to cinders.

He collected the treasure chest, dug out the Purple Armor Bug's ability orb and crystals, then tossed the Purple Armor Bug's corpse to the Glutton pet.

Only then did Qin Shilei recall the Silver Dragon's strange transformation earlier.

The Silver Dragon had entered the Devouring Thunder area, and its power had greatly increased after being struck by those heavenly thunders.

It should be said that the Silver Dragon absorbed the Devouring Thunder to undergo the change.

So, could he actively control it to absorb more Devouring Thunder and become super powerful?

He acted on the thought immediately.

Qin Shilei had the phantom cast Devouring Thunder, while he himself released the Silver Dragon.

Two Silver Dragons rapidly flew around Qin Shilei, continuously devouring the Devouring Thunder falling from the sky.

The Silver Dragon grew visibly, transforming into a giant dragon nearly fifty meters long in less than three seconds.

The furious thunder cast by the phantom continued to strike down like a rain curtain, but the Silver Dragon had already stopped absorbing.

"Go!"

With a wave of Qin Shilei's hand, the Silver Dragon roared as it slammed into a small mountain not far ahead.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the small mountain was instantly flattened.

Not bad, not bad.

The Silver Dragon's power had increased by at least five times.

However, this move required the Silver Dragon to absorb heavenly thunder for nearly three seconds, which was too long; if he encountered a strong enemy, he likely wouldn't have that much time to cast this move.

Qin Shilei cooperated with the phantom several more times, but could only reduce the time from three seconds to two seconds, unable to make any further progress.

"Let's leave it at that for now; it's time to subdue that group of bugs."

Just then, a strong fluctuation came from behind him.

He turned his head and saw that the Glutton had finished eating the Purple Armor Bug and had advanced to Golden Eight-star, only one step away from Golden Nine-star.

Xiao Qiang said enviously, "What a lucky fellow, he can advance just by eating casually."

Qin Shilei smiled and said, "If you knew the price it paid for that, you probably wouldn't envy it."

He thought for a moment and then threw the first Platinum Realm Claw Beast he had killed to the Glutton.

The Glutton grabbed the Claw Beast and stuffed it into its mouth.

As the entire Claw Beast Emperor was swallowed, not long after, another strong fluctuation emanated from its body.

This Claw Beast was a Platinum Three-star mutated beast, and the energy contained within its body was beyond imagination.

The Glutton not only successfully advanced to Golden Nine-star, but also reached the peak of the Golden Realm, ready to advance to the Platinum Realm at any time.

"Glutton, do you have a bottleneck for advancing to the Platinum Realm?"

"I don't know."

"Then if I let you keep eating, how much longer until you can advance?"

"I don't know."

"...Then what do you know?"

"Master, I only know that I'm very hungry right now, and I really want to eat something."

"..."

Since his pet liked to eat so much, he would let it continue eating.

Anyway, it was eating bugs, and Qin Shilei didn't feel any heartache at all.

He casually put the Glutton back into his pet space, rode on Xiao Qiang, and returned to the Insect Valley.

"Glutton, go! If you can't even handle your little brothers, you'll be a bare commander."

"Roar."

The Glutton roared and charged towards the basin below.

Without the suppression of the Purple Armor Bugs, the Glutton successfully subdued the bugs inside this time, and its little brothers once again recovered to nearly three hundred thousand.

Qin Shilei sat on the Glutton's back and arrived at the spot where the Gold Beetle had died.

The Glutton eagerly picked up the Gold Beetle's corpse and began to gnaw on it.

Qin Shilei, meanwhile, collected the silver treasure chest nearby.

He turned his head and saw a deep cave appear behind a large rock.

"Let me see if the Purple Armor Bug's cave has any treasures."

Qin Shilei suddenly had a whim and stepped into the cave.

The cave wound downwards, and many places clearly showed signs of excavation.

He walked for twenty or thirty minutes, and not only did he not feel stuffy, but he felt refreshed.

It seemed the spiritual energy was becoming increasingly dense.

After walking for another ten minutes, he finally arrived at a spacious cave.

At the end of the cave was a large stone nearly two meters tall, emitting a seven-colored light.

In Qin Shilei's perception, pure spiritual energy was emanating from that large stone.

A purple light flashed in his eyes, and he focused intently.

Crystal Source: A source stone formed by the condensation of heaven and earth spiritual energy, containing a huge amount of spiritual energy itself. It can also absorb spiritual energy from the air and convert it into its own pure spiritual energy.

Good stuff!

Qin Shilei immediately went to the Crystal Source, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate using the Thunderous Nine Heavens method.

A pure spiritual energy immediately surged into his body from various places, and after being refined by his meridians, it quickly transformed into his own primordial energy.

In less than a minute, the spiritual energy he absorbed and refined was more than the primordial energy he obtained from absorbing crystals for an hour.

Qin Shilei immediately fell into a state of cultivation, as a large amount of spiritual energy emanated from the Crystal Source and was absorbed into his body to be refined into his own primordial energy.

The numbers representing his experience points on his personal panel were also rapidly jumping.

He didn't know how long had passed, but Qin Shilei slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of lightning passed through them.

Golden Three-star achieved!

He, who needed hundreds of thousands of experience to level up, had actually successfully advanced with just one cultivation session.

This Crystal Source was truly amazing.

Qin Shilei looked up and found that the Crystal Source had actually shrunk by a large amount, now less than one and a half meters tall.

It would probably be depleted after two or three more such cultivation sessions.

Now Qin Shilei had two choices before him.

The first was to disregard everything and completely absorb the spiritual energy in the Crystal Source to achieve rapid advancement.

The second was to let the Crystal Source slowly absorb spiritual energy from the air, and after it recovered, absorb the spiritual energy within it again.

"Even if I completely absorb this Crystal Source, I can only advance two to three levels, and my strength won't undergo a qualitative change."

Qin Shilei secretly pondered the pros and cons, and finally decided to see how long it would take for this crystal core to recover.

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Lightweight (Red): The Crystal Source will transform into a jade pendant size, allowing you to wear it on your person and receive its nourishment at any time.

Self-Concealment (Red): The Crystal Source will hide its seven-colored light, and the spiritual energy it emits will be contained within half a meter, allowing it to better conceal itself.

Efficiency Improvement (Red): The Crystal Source's efficiency in absorbing and converting external spiritual energy is increased by fifty percent.

Qin Shilei looked at the three entries and finally chose the Lightweight entry.

Actually, the third entry was quite good, but only quite good.

He would consider replacing this entry later when he refreshed to a more efficient one.