34: Cultivating the Nine Netherworld Soul-Snatching Dark Light

Deep in the pit, black Nether Qi flickered, seeping out from the black cocoon.

Inside, Gu Changsheng was refining the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Evil like pulling silk from a cocoon, melting it into his heart space.

Visible to the naked eye, the Evil Qi in the black cocoon was becoming less and less.

A mysterious aura emanated from Gu Changsheng's body.

Clearly, the cultivation of the Divine Ability had reached a critical moment.

At this moment, many Netherworld Beasts were already wandering the perimeter, all attracted by the aura of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Evil.

Among them, there was no lack of existences close to the True Core Realm.

Finally, an airborne Netherworld Beast could no longer hold back; with a sweep of its figure, it led a crowd to pounce over.

Chi chi—

Thick Ethereal Wood Sword Qi slashed through the Void Realm, instantly cutting the leading Netherworld Beast in two, causing it to dissipate into a sky full of black Qi.

Immediately after, several more strands of Sword Qi were unleashed, each strand precisely piercing the skulls of the Netherworld Beasts.

Yet, the surrounding Netherworld Beasts continued to gradually approach.

The Nine Nether Yellow Springs Evil had a huge attraction for Netherworld Beasts.

Swallowing it into their bodies was equivalent to centuries of inhaling and exhaling Nether Qi.

It might even allow them to break through to the True Core Realm in one fell swoop.

"Trouble..."

"If Master doesn't make a move soon, I, Tong Er, won't be able to hold on much longer..."

Azure Dragon Child held the Dragon Chant Sword, panting heavily.

Frequently unleashing Ethereal Wood Sword Qi consumed a massive amount of energy.

Suddenly, a six-winged Netherworld Beast with an aura approaching the True Core Realm suddenly appeared beside the black cocoon, revealing its figure.

This beast actually possessed the innate Divine Ability of invisibility and concealment, deceiving even Azure Dragon Child.

Whoosh—

Two snow-white fangs stabbed toward the black cocoon like sharp swords.

"Oh no!"

Azure Dragon Child cried out secretly.

However, just as the sharp fangs were a finger's width away from the black cocoon, a large golden hand suddenly reached out from within, firmly gripping the fangs.

"Good beast, your invisibility talent almost fooled even me."

Gu Changsheng smiled slightly.

At this moment, a ball of pitch-black mysterious light rose within his heart space, transforming into a canopy floating above the head of the Demon Spirit.

It was precisely the Nine Nether Soul-Seizing Underworld Light.

At the most critical moment, he had finally refined this Divine Ability.

Squeak squeak—

The six-winged Netherworld Beast made strange noises in its mouth, suddenly exerting force in an attempt to break free, but those large golden hands were like iron pincers gripping a chick, remaining motionless.

"The sensation of flesh and blood; it seems this beast, like the underwater Nether Python from before, is about to break through to the True Core Realm."

"It's just that this strength..."

"Is unsatisfactory."

Gu Changsheng exerted force abruptly, his muscles bulging high, tens of thousands of catties of strength infused into his hands.

With a pop, the two snow-white fangs fell into his palms.

As if its backbone had been extracted, the six-winged Netherworld Beast's body trembled, and its aura plummeted.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh, a pair of long fists danced like shadows, airtight, and in a few moments, he smashed its head until it cracked open. Reaching in, a thumb-sized yin crystal stone appeared in his palm.

"This beast's concealment talent is mostly concentrated on the scales of its spine; it can be peeled off and refined into a cloak."

"It will be useful for concealing my aura in the future..."

Gu Changsheng looked at the cyan scale he had peeled off, lost in thought.

Suddenly, he frowned and turned to look at the rocks in the distance.

"Fellow Daoist, you've been hiding and watching for a long time, why not show yourself?"

After a few breaths, the rocks rolled like waves, transforming into a cold, grey-robed Daoist.

"Your Excellency's Buddhist Body Refining golden body is indeed sharp, but after killing so many Netherworld Beasts, how much strength do you have left?"

"Oh, what do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist?" Gu Changsheng said coldly.

"Simple. Treasures are for those with affinity; everyone who sees it gets a share."

"Your Excellency only needs to share half of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Evil in your hand with this poor Daoist, and I will turn around and leave immediately, never causing you any trouble."

Gu Changsheng laughed.

The next moment, the laughter stopped abruptly, and his gaze turned sharp and icy.

"So you were eyeing the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Evil in my hand... Truly... courting death..."

Whoosh—

A pitch-black silver-ringed snake suddenly darted out from the shadow behind Gu Changsheng.

Its sinister mouth opened to one hundred and eighty degrees, and a smear of venom sprayed out from its fangs, carving an arc in the air as it headed straight for Gu Changsheng.

It turned out that the conversation just now was merely to stall for time and mislead his Divided Soul.

Secretly, he had been driving the silver-ringed snake to approach for a sneak attack.

The venom sprayed extremely fast, and coupled with the close distance, Gu Changsheng's Asura Dharma Body phantom was immediately stained with a lot of venom, which dripped down the Dharma Body onto the ground, making a sizzling corrosive sound.

But until all the venom dripped off, the Asura Dharma Body did not even have a single scale damaged.

The Daoist's expression changed instantly.

"Fellow Daoist, you are truly calculating, using conversation to lure me into handing over the Evil Qi, while secretly controlling the snake for a sneak attack."

"Unfortunately, your spirit pet is too weak..."

Thump—

Gu Changsheng suddenly raised his foot and stomped heavily on the snake's head. With a splat, the snake's head was crushed, turning into a puddle of red and white meat paste.

"My spirit snake!"

"You're courting death!"

The old Daoist screamed, his eyes full of hatred. Under his wide Daoist robe, black Qi surged, as if countless strange objects were rolling.

Soon, flesh and blood burst through the robe, surging out countless strange flesh tentacles, intertwining with each other, turning into a weird monster with a white-scaled snake body and a tiger head.

"So you have cultivated the Animal Husbandry Method..."

"It's been a long time since I encountered a Cultivator who practices this method."

"Interesting."

Gu Changsheng recognized the old Daoist's origin at a glance.

This snake-bodied, tiger-headed monster was a unique exotic beast of the Great Shang world, named 'Kui'.

Its body was invulnerable to blades and spears, its mouth spat out tiger-roar sound waves, and in particular, its recovery ability was astonishing, capable of endlessly regenerating flesh and blood.

"In a sense, I've met a 'fellow disciple'."

"Just right to test my Python-Fox Spirit."

Whoosh—

Gu Changsheng pulled open his green robe, flesh and blood grew from his heart, and the rolling black Qi expanded rapidly, transforming into a ten-foot Python-Fox Spirit.

Fox body, leopard skin, bloody feet, tiger teeth, python tail, scorpion tail, turtle back...

The current Python-Fox Spirit looked strange to the extreme, and its aura was even more eerie and ominous.

"What kind of exotic beast is this?"

The old Daoist's confused voice came from the huge tiger head.

The Animal Husbandry Methods created by the Old Ancestor of Ten Thousand Beasts were numerous; the cultivation methods for observing wild beasts accounted for ninety-nine percent, while there were only over a hundred types of exotic beast cultivation methods.

It is rumored that above exotic beasts, there are eight types of True Beast cultivation methods.

But among these one hundred and eight cultivation methods, none looked like this.

"You don't need to know, because..."

"The dead are not qualified to know so much."

The python tail, scorpion tail, and fox tail, the three tails killed through the air like three huge pillars of flesh and blood crossing the Void Realm, pressing down with great momentum on the 'Kui'. Immediately, a crisp sound of bones breaking came from the snake body, followed by the tiger head's scream.

An imperceptible scorpion tail venom needle pierced into the snake body, and the flesh and blood visibly turned black rapidly, spreading from the seven-inch spot.

Roar—

A high-frequency sound wave was emitted from the tiger's mouth. The terrifying sound wave energy shook the Python-Fox Spirit's flesh and blood, scattering it into a sky full of black Qi.

"This sound wave, it's quite interesting."

"Unfortunately, it's still useless."

Gu Changsheng's eyes turned cold, more black Qi poured out from his heart space, the Python-Fox Spirit quickly restored its form, and two three-foot-long tiger teeth fell fiercely, instantly piercing the tiger head, spilling out foul-smelling brains.

No matter how strong the 'Kui's' vitality was, the head was still a vital part.

Visible to the naked eye, the snake body struggled for a while and then stopped moving.

"Without realizing it, have Cultivators of the same rank lost the qualification to even make me take them seriously?"

"They are too fragile."

Gu Changsheng sighed, looking at the faint glimmer on his fingertips.

It was precisely the Nine Nether Soul-Seizing Underworld Light he had just refined.

Unfortunately, before he could make a move and test its power, the old Daoist had been beaten to death in a few blows.

In fact, the old Daoist's strength was not weak, at the Peak of the Foundation Building Realm, only half a step away from the True Core Realm, plus the sneak attack of the spirit snake he kept in secret, few people of the same rank could easily block it.

Unfortunately, in front of Gu Changsheng, this was simply not enough.

"This time, the Animal Husbandry Method will add one more..."

Gu Changsheng looked at the old Daoist's corpse and skillfully took out his sketchbook.