41: The power of the divine map

However, from its appearance, it doesn't quite look like it.

I quickly arrived at the North Dimensional Port, a mere twenty-minute drive away. Living nearby certainly has its conveniences.

Without the slightest hesitation, I headed straight to the Elementary copy area.

Ignoring the strange, mocking glances from passersby, I bought a ticket and entered the copy directly, emphasizing efficiency.

Space warped.

I appeared in the familiar Dead Mountain Town, only the Domain Scroll's Rank was a bit higher, and its overall scale was larger.

Dead Mountain Town was as eerie and terrifying as ever, but the adventurers in the Elementary copy area were noticeably calmer, long accustomed to the underworld scenery of Dead Mountain Town.

Exiting Dead Mountain Town, I summoned Brother Pillar and sped off.

Earlier in the Mechanical Wasteland, I might have needed to test the waters, but in the Mysterious Abyss, there was no need.

Just go for it.

Brother Pillar ran further and further, and the eerie, terrifying atmosphere around them grew heavier and heavier.

"Come on, more, more!"

The red and blue heavy truck raced ahead, with numerous wailing and howling grotesque creatures chasing behind—it was as thrilling as it gets.

Seeing that enough monsters had been pulled, I slammed on the brakes, stopping the truck, and began to reel them in.

Buzz!

Mental Energy surged, and the Ten Yama Generals divine scroll appeared above my head.

The divine scroll slowly unfurled, enveloped in a dense Yin Qi.

The pursuing Yin Souls and grotesque creatures were directly suppressed, trembling and unable to move.

"Is this the power of a divine scroll?"

It was Wu Xian's first time releasing a Soul divine scroll, and only then did he deeply realize the power of a Soul divine scroll.

With a slight thought, Black and White Impermanence flew out from the Ten Yama Generals scroll. Their Soul-Summoning Banner and Soul-Restraining Chains simultaneously activated, beginning to capture and transcend the surrounding grotesque creatures.

Dozens of Rank Two and Three grotesque creatures were almost powerless to resist, and in a blink of an eye, they were transcended by Black and White Impermanence.

Only some grotesque creatures in the form of birds, beasts, fish, and insects had a slight ability to resist, but it was merely a futile struggle.

When I create the four Yin Generals, Leopard Tail, Bird Beak, Fish Gills, and Wasp, I will definitely bring them to their knees.

"Hiss~ Under the amplification of the Soul divine scroll, the might and suppressive power of Black and White Impermanence have noticeably increased by quite a bit."

No wonder they say the Soul divine scroll is the foundation of a scroll.

If in the future, the Soul divine scroll and scroll hardware are maximized, it might truly be possible to reproduce the true power of Black and White Impermanence.

"If only the Ten Yama Generals could also automatically refine spiritual substances."

Putting away the divine scroll, I leisurely sat inside the carriage, absorbing and comprehending the spiritual substances within the grotesque creatures' Yin Souls. The Ten Yama Generals divine scroll in my Sea of Consciousness steadily improved, forming an energy framework woven from Law power.

"It's somewhat similar to the spiritual substance structure in the Materials."

In a trance, Wu Xian gradually realized something.

The Law energy framework condensed within the divine scroll might offer some reference for corresponding pigment formulations?

Continuing to lure and kill grotesque creatures along the way, I condensed the Ten Yama Generals divine scroll.

The Ten Yama Generals in the divine scroll gradually condensed a faint Law framework. The entire process was like a silkworm spinning silk to form a cocoon, thread by thread, layer by layer, constructing and perfecting it.

And after this shallow Law framework successfully condensed, the brightness and power of the divine scroll significantly increased.

Then, by looking through the Law framework in the divine scroll, I could deduce the spiritual substances and spiritual structures required for the corresponding Yin General and corresponding parts.

Subsequent pigment formulations instantly had a direction.

It's just that this spiritual structure is clearly much more complex, and some of the spiritual substances within it are quite rare.

Once the feeling came, I wanted to put it into action.

Thus, I began the process of collecting grotesque Materials while formulating pigments.

With Black and White Impermanence and the God of Wealth present, ordinary grotesque creatures posed no threat. Only the occasional elite monsters were slightly more troublesome.

But correspondingly, the rare spiritual substances contained in elite monster Materials would also be more abundant.

This is also the fundamental reason why elite Materials are more expensive.

"I'll make Wasp first. That way, it'll be easier to deal with insect-type monsters later."

...At the Dead Mountain Town outpost, in a dilapidated mansion.

Xue Lingling, the maintainer of Dead Mountain Town, was reviewing the applicants' information while watching their corresponding preliminary selection battle videos.

She would sometimes comment critically and sometimes sigh in disappointment.

The quality of Spirit Masters from her hometown, Yaoyang City, was indeed quite lacking. Only Zhou Qi, whom she had previously recruited, still satisfied her.

No wonder the Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters in the Dojo preferred to stay in big cities.

As she mused, the core of the Dead Mountain Town scroll emitted familiar tremors.

But this time, it wasn't from the novice area, but from the Elementary area.

"Such a large-scale refining yield, and in an Elementary copy, absolutely cannot be achieved by an ordinary Spirit Master team."

But even for a Spirit Master team, achieving such hunting efficiency is quite excellent.

"Is it really better to scout for candidates myself?"

Xue Lingling's eyes flickered. She immediately adjusted the core of the Dead Mountain Town scroll, and a circle of stable spatial ripples spread around her.

Then, stepping on a red wooden coffin lid, she rushed towards the direction of the abnormal fluctuations.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wu Xian was secretly surprised as he stared at a group of people ahead.

They looked like a sketching team centered around a Scroll Master, currently entangled with several Rank Three and Four grotesque creatures.

The key point was that the leading middle-aged Scroll Master seemed to be the teacher who handled the registration at Dengfeng Studio back then.

"Is he also a Scroll Master of the grotesque derivative series?"

At this moment, the teacher was controlling what looked like a half-humanoid demon, but its appearance wasn't so ferocious; instead, it gave off a sense of ugly cuteness.

The painting spirits controlled by the team members next to him were also similar demon painting spirits and some weapon and firearm scrolls, likely followers of this studio teacher.

The studio teacher's Rank Five spiritual power, combined with that bronze scroll four-star demon scroll, made for quite good combat power.

Moreover, judging from the aura emanating from that demon scroll, the scroll's spirituality was definitely not low.

"silver scroll four-star, plus such high spirituality—isn't its performance a bit too weak?"

Although I knew that similar scrolls in this world definitely couldn't compare to my Huaxia scrolls, the gap was perhaps too significant.

If Black and White Impermanence had reached silver scroll four-star, they wouldn't even need high spirituality; these Rank Three and Four grotesque creatures wouldn't be enough to even get Lord Wuchang started.

In contrast, the studio teacher's team still needed to maneuver for a while to deal with them.

After a moment of admiration, Wu Xian didn't meddle, turning instead to head in another direction.

After another round of "fishing" to lure a wave of grotesque creatures, Black and White Impermanence became slightly vigilant.

Before Wu Xian could look back, he heard an eerie, sharp cat's cry. The piercing sound made Wu Xian's heart pound and his hair stand on end.

Behind him, on the tombstone of a desolate grave, squatted a bizarre cat-shaped Soul. Its art style was extremely abstract; without a closer look, one might not even realize it was the ghost of a cat.

But that wasn't the point. The point was that this cat grotesque creature exuded an extremely fierce aura—a genuine Rank Three elite monster.

The moment his gaze met that of the cat grotesque creature, Wu Xian felt a chill down his spine.

In a trance, the ferocious and abstract cat had already squatted on his shoulder, baring its chilling fangs at him.

Fortunately, it was only a brief hallucination.

As his consciousness cleared, Black and White Impermanence had already begun to encircle and attack it.

Two shadowy figures, one black and one white, darted and flew, constantly trying to suppress the cat grotesque creature. However, the cat ghost's speed was astonishingly fast, and the Soul-Restraining Chains simply couldn't catch it.

"No, this cat seems to have the aura of a spirit-type monster!"

After a careful Mental Energy scan, Wu Xian finally discovered the anomaly.

There seemed to be power fluctuations from other dimensions within the cat monster's body.

It was actually a Rank Three elite monster, an alienation Fusion of spirit-type and grotesque-type, equivalent to having a double buff. No wonder it was so powerful.