44: Break through the middle stage of the second stage!

“How come I feel like this Golden Eagle is also being controlled by the Golden Tiger King?”

A wave of sadness swept through the crowd, and it was a long while before the Chief recovered, still terrified by the scene he had just witnessed. “Could it be that all the fierce beasts in the Yunxia Mountain Range have been controlled by him?”

At this moment, no one could answer that question.

Almost everyone’s minds were still replaying the terrifying scene—

When the Golden Tiger King glanced at the drone, the Golden Eagle descended like a god, instantly tearing these technological products to shreds!

...Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

In the Seven-Colored Canyon, the spiritual energy surged, wave after wave, almost gathering all the spiritual energy from the entire Yunxia Mountain Range.

As a result, around the seven-colored lotus, the extremely dense spiritual energy burst forth with brilliant colors, and the lotus itself swayed with the spiritual energy storm, as if it had come alive.

Gradually, as time passed, the seven-colored lotus fully matured. Each petal was suffused with seven-colored light, and the spiritual energy storm, which had been churning for a long time, finally ceased at this moment.

“Tiger Brother, it’s quiet over there.”

The Magic Cat keenly noticed this and urgently reminded him.

Xia Fan nodded slightly, looking up at the sky.

He could clearly sense that, due to the presence of the seven-colored lotus, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Yunxia Mountain Range was becoming increasingly dense, especially in the valley where they were located, where waves of white mist drifted and surged.

At this moment, Xia Fan looked towards the mouth of the valley and found that the battle there had already ended. Besides the members of his fierce beast army, there were only scattered corpses and blood that had gathered into small streams.

“The seven-colored lotus is truly extraordinary.”

As a second-tier fierce beast, his senses were sharper. He now discovered that, under the nourishment of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the natural treasures in this valley were also becoming more lustrous, occasionally bursting forth with dazzling spiritual light.

Especially the bloody vines at the mouth of the valley, having participated in the battle, absorbed a lot of fierce beast blood, and then nourished by spiritual energy, now emitted waves of bloody light, like breathing.

It was developing sentience at an extremely fast rate.

“Clear the battlefield!”

After a moment, Xia Fan came up with a countermeasure, roaring at Yuan Dali, Xiong Da, and the other fierce beasts, “Extract the crystals from all the fierce beast corpses and collect them, awaiting processing.”

“As for the corpses of those fierce beasts... you can divide them among yourselves.”

“Those most severely injured in this battle, or who contributed the most, may choose first.”

Although he didn’t know which fierce beasts in his fierce beast army could grow stronger by devouring bloodlines, the necessary rewards were indispensable.

“Roar, roar—”

“Hiss!”

Indeed, upon hearing this, the fierce beasts of Yunxia Mountain all roared excitedly, beginning to eagerly divide the spoils of war.

However, fierce beasts such as Yuan Dali, Jinyu, and Xiong Da focused more attention on the collected natural treasures.

They yearned to become stronger, but now being disciplined by Xia Fan, they could only suppress their instincts.

“Everyone, I will not be stingy with rewards for every meritorious subordinate.”

“However... the matter here is not yet over, you still need to work hard.”

Xia Fan understood the thoughts of these fierce beasts, but with the seven-colored lotus fully matured and more fierce beasts still arriving, they couldn't relax at this moment. “Without my permission, no outsiders are allowed into Yunxia Mountain, especially humans!”

“Anyone who trespasses into Yunxia Mountain will be killed without mercy!”

“Caw—!”

“Roar, roar, roar!”

“Awoo—”

The fierce beasts all roared in response, then dispersed around the valley, standing guard according to his command.

Xia Fan gazed silently for a moment, and seeing no more fierce beasts making any unusual moves, he growled at the Magic Cat, who had already disengaged from their fusion state, “Let’s go, let’s go see the seven-colored lotus!”

“Meow, meow!”

One tiger and one cat walked leisurely towards the pond.

Xia Fan bathed in the dense spiritual energy, feeling refreshed all over, as if he had been cleansed.

The Magic Cat showed an expression of extreme enjoyment, luxuriating in the misty spiritual energy.

In a short while, it let out several meows to Xia Fan, expressing its inner feelings, “Tiger Brother, it’s so comfortable here, I like this place.”

“Will we always live here?”

“Yes, this will be our home from now on.”

Xia Fan smiled inwardly, leading it forward, but not forgetting to remind him, “You also saw the situation of the fierce beasts attacking earlier.”

“In the future, even more powerful fierce beasts will certainly be born, and they will covet the natural treasures here.”

“Without powerful strength, we absolutely cannot protect our home.”

“So, next, let’s use all conditions to improve our strength well.”

“Meow, meow—”

The Magic Cat meowed loudly, responding seriously.

It was not foolish and knew that only strength could defend everything around him.

Amidst this back-and-forth communication, Xia Fan and the Magic Cat arrived at the edge of the pond where the seven-colored lotus was located.

At this point, he realized that the spiritual energy here was the most concentrated, and it seemed to have been purified, becoming colorless and odorless, yet it was omnipresent.

“Roar—”

Xia Fan squinted slightly, letting out an extremely comfortable low growl, causing ripples in the surroundings.

He lowered his head and looked at the water at his feet, and after a moment of silence, he took a sip. “It’s still too early, but there’s no hurry, I’ve already occupied this valley, and I have time to wait.”

Through his memories from his previous life, Xia Fan knew that as the seven-colored lotus gathered more and more spiritual energy of heaven and earth, this pond would eventually directly transform into a spiritual pool. Even just soaking in the spiritual pool would allow for steady cultivation improvement.

Currently, this pond was still very ordinary.

But he believed that the pond would one day become a spiritual pool.

“Little fellow, stop playing.”

After a moment of emotion, Xia Fan growled at the happily jumping Magic Cat beside him, “This is the most suitable place for cultivation.”

“Absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here.”

“I believe the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is enough for us to break through to the mid-second tier, and thus become stronger!”

“Meow!”

The Magic Cat suddenly understood, then quickly landed and lay down on the edge of the pond.

With each breath it took, a large amount of spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged into its body, forming a small spiritual energy vortex above its head.

Seeing this, Xia Fan finally relaxed, showing a look of relief, “Not bad, the previous efforts were not in vain after all.”

“Next, we just wait for the breakthrough.”

With this thought, Xia Fan paced to the opposite side of the Magic Cat, and after lying down, also began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, his speed was faster than the Magic Cat’s, and the spiritual energy vortex above his head was even larger, like a whale swallowing.

Time passed bit by bit, and the entire Seven-Colored Valley slowly became silent.

Boom—

Three days later, a powerful beastly aura suddenly erupted from the valley, followed by a powerful tiger roar.

“Roar!”

At this moment, Xia Fan broke through!