Chapter 274 Return and Preparation

An hour later.

Under the surprised gazes of the three people, the originally bright green color of the Eight Spider Spears gradually turned towards gold, then slowly darkened, and finally turned into a dark golden color with a metallic luster and looked extremely solid.

"It's been a hundred thousand years. As expected of a soul beast from the same origin, it can actually make the Eight Spider Spears evolve so quickly."

Lin Manshan sighed secretly in his heart and couldn't suppress the joy on his face.

However, changes continue.

When every inch of the spider spear's surface turned into dark gold, a flash of green light suddenly rose. The next moment, there was a click and a crack appeared. Then came the second, third, and successive clicks.

Lin Manshan raised his eyes and took a closer look. Under the cracks, there was actually an emerald-like texture.

Looking at it as a whole, it looks like eight thick shaped gold bars with a whole emerald gem embedded inside.

"It's a bit like my martial soul. Could it be that the soul power in the body is also working?" Lin Manshan couldn't help but think to himself, and at the same time, thoughts came to his mind, "What would it be like if the Eight Spider Spear's life weapon entered the soul?"

In my thoughts, time passed little by little.

Another hour later, the surface of the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor's corpse had turned completely gray-white. Lin Manshan then pulled out the Eight Spider Spear, stretched out his hand to touch it, and felt it carefully.

After a while, I couldn't help but look up and glance at the gray-white corpse in front of me, and I was shocked inside.

"It's so powerful! This Soul-eating Spider Emperor actually increased the lifespan of my Eight Spider Spears by a full 40,000 years!"

"It's estimated to be close to 110,000 years ago, right?"

"The efficiency of devouring is also stronger! However, because it is a soul beast of the same origin, the energy essence seems to be used to improve the eight spider spears attached to the external soul bones. The improvement of other parts of the soul bones is not high, only about 5,000 years."

"This is already a lot." Several of his soul bones are more than 100,000 years old. With such a foundation, it can be improved to 5,000 years, which is extremely impressive.

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly, retracted the Eight Spider Spear, turned around and walked towards Dugu Bo.

Seeing Lin Manshan approaching, Dugubo raised his eyebrows and said, "Man'er, seeing how happy you are, this promotion must be quite big, right?"

Lin Manshan nodded, "It is indeed not small. Perhaps because of the same origin, the physical essence of this Soul-eating Spider Emperor has greatly improved my Eight Spider Spears. I am sure that it has now exceeded the 100,000-year level."

"One hundred thousand years!" Both of them were surprised.

"Yes." Lin Manshan smiled, "Not only that, the devouring ability has also been greatly enhanced."

"You can see this." Dugu Bo glanced at the gray-white corpse not far away, and Tang San's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and continued: "It's a pity that you have never used this devouring ability to assist your cultivation, otherwise you might have broken through now. Titled Douluo."

Lin Manshan shook his head, "After witnessing with my own eyes the devouring effect of the eight spider spears after being strengthened several times, I am even more grateful for my original decision."

"Since the swallowing ability can be further enhanced, it means that the previous one still has flaws."

"This also means that the soul power transformed through the Eight Spider Spears is not perfect."

"I at least still have soul bones and beads as carriers for the life energy I have devoured. It is not directly stored in the physical body and has little impact. However, the energy transformed into soul power and cultivation must always run in the meridians. There may be subtle effects that even I can't perceive. There may not be any problems in a short period of time, but over time, who can say for sure?"

Of course, it's okay to swallow life energy. You should have eaten fairy grass with me, and the reason why there is soul power in your body. Every burning of soul power is actually a tempering of the body, just like the principle of underworld alchemy.

However, pie will not fall from the sky for no reason, so it is better to be cautious.

Besides, with my cultivation speed, I don’t need to take the risky shortcut of swallowing. Lin Manshan thought in his heart.

"That's true." Dugu Bo nodded, "For example, Tang San, I feel that he should have been affected. In the image you showed me last time, his Eight Spider Spears turned blood red, and even his soul power was gone. The trace of blood is probably the effect of imperfect devouring and transformation. As the saying goes, too much is not enough, that kid devoured so frequently, I don’t think it’s possible that nothing happened.”

"Haha, that's your own fault." Yang Wudi sneered from the side.

But even so, God Shura still chose to save him. The so-called gods are nothing more than that. Lin Manshan's eyes were filled with coldness.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go, let's go find the Giant Ant King." Dugu Bo raised his hand.

"Yes." The two nodded and followed Dugu Bo out of the cave.

Two days later, we finally arrived at the area where the three brothers of the Qianjun Ant Emperor were discovered.

"It seems that the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor has migrated." After carefully feeling the surroundings, no fluctuations in the Soul of the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor were found. However, the soul connection with the remaining insect bird is still there, but it is extremely weak, and it should be very far away.

"And judging from the situation, it seems that it is not in the core area, but has gone further away."

"Could it be that he went around to the Star Luo Empire?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but said: "Since the Qianjun Ant Emperor was driven out of the core area, he must have known about the existence of the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python. In the last battle, it must have seen Man'er's true cultivation level. So, is it worried that if you hang out with the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python, we will come to your door, so it deliberately avoids it?"

"It's not impossible." Yang Wudi pondered briefly, "The intelligence of high-level soul beasts is no lower than that of humans. When we used elixirs to improve the cultivation of its other two brothers, the purpose was to obtain a hundred thousand year soul ring and soul bones. . Regarding this point, it is very clear after having experienced this process personally. Therefore, it is normal to guess that we may find trouble with the Titan ape and the Azure Bull Python in the future. It chooses to stay away, and maybe even takes the Titan. The idea of ​​giant apes and azure bull pythons acting as shields.”

"Of course, it may also be because we can't find it due to the long journey, so we will look for other high-level soul beasts."

"It makes sense." Dugu Bo nodded, and then sighed, "If it weren't for the Thunder Tribulation that restrained the growth of soul beasts, maybe this continent would have been ruled by the soul beast clan long ago. A long lifespan, coupled with good wisdom , some soul beasts are particularly capable of giving birth, such as rabbits and snakes."

"There is an endless supply of vanguard troops, and there is no shortage of high-end combat power. How can humans be our opponents?"

Lin Manshan shook his head, "Perhaps there is some kind of law of heaven and earth balancing everything."

"Who knows." Dugu Bo shrugged, then raised his hand, "Let's go, stay as far away as possible, just treat it as a picnic."

"Yes." Lin Manshan nodded, facing in one direction and taking steps, "If you go this way, you will be closer."

So, with Lin Manshan leading the way, the three of them continued to set off.

The core area of ​​the Star Forest is an area unknown to humans, so Lin Manshan would not be foolish enough to risk crossing it.

Detouring along the edge of the core area, exploring high-end soul beasts and collecting medicinal materials along the way has undoubtedly become the main theme of the journey.

Time passed by just like that.

With the help of rare herbs collected from time to time on the road, Lin Manshan also took advantage of the opportunity to discuss pharmacology with Yang Wudi, successfully attracting the attention of this alchemy master who is obsessed with medicine and loves collecting medicinal herbs, making him temporarily forget about cultivation. .

Then, after six days, Yang Wudi woke up and had a breakthrough.

"It seems that sometimes being too obsessed with one thing is not a good thing." Yang Wudi also sighed on the spot.

"That's right! The most important thing for people is to have a happy life." Dugu Bo commented, "If it is too tight, it will make people lose their fun and their brains will become dull. If it is too loose, it will make people slack off. A combination of work and rest is the best.”

"It makes sense." Yang Wudi and Lin Manshan both nodded in agreement.

So, the three of them continued to set off.

Finally, two days later, traces of the Giant Ant Emperor were discovered in an extremely dangerous valley.

Following Lin Manshan and jumping down the valley, the three of them quickly came to a stone wall. Looking at the fresh earth bags piled at the bottom, Dugu Bo couldn't help but complain, "This guy is really good at finding places, and he dug in such a hidden valley. A nest."

No, I think it's pretty miserable. Even though they were hiding here, we found him. Lin Manshan mourned for him from the bottom of his heart.

The next second, he smiled and said, "Luckily, its cultivation has exceeded one hundred thousand years."

"That really saves medicine." Dugu Bo grinned, strode forward, raised his hand, and shot a cloud of poisonous mist into the entrance of the cave.

Lin Manshan followed closely, waving his hand and raising a gust of wind, blowing the poisonous mist directly into the cave.

Not long after, the ground and stone walls began to tremble violently. After just a few breaths, a huge dark golden ant popped out of the ground with a "Poof!" sound.

The next moment, everything around him was still, and then a half-moon-shaped sword flashed across, cutting straight into the neck joint, a white mark suddenly appeared, and the body collapsed. Then came the second and third attacks, directly hitting the leg joints on both sides.

"Crack. Click." The limbs were twisted and broken.

The next second, "Bang!" A black light fell from the sky, piercing the cracked neck, and the spear was deeply embedded.

"Humans, don't even think about getting my soul ring!"

The Qianjun Ant King suddenly uttered human words, and his whole body began to glow with golden light, and terrifying power continued to emanate from his body.

"It's not that easy to self-destruct." Lin Manshan's eyes flashed, and in an instant he spit out two streams of light, directly hitting the Qianjun Ant Emperor's forehead.

"Ah!" The latter suddenly screamed, and the golden light emitting from his body suddenly stopped.

At this time, Dugu Bo also arrived and punched the forehead, directly knocking the struggling Qianjun Ant King into the ground.

The soul-breaking gun in his hand was deeply inserted into the neck of the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor. Yang Wudi, who was thrown around by it, immediately seized the opportunity, landed his feet on the carapace, and twisted his hand violently, and the gun body suddenly entered a few times more. point. The next second, his calves bowed and he quickly jumped back.

"Explode!" A soft shout fell from the air.

"Bang!" The tip of the spear inserted into the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor's neck suddenly exploded violently.

The juice fragments splashed, and the body of the Qianjun Ant Emperor fell to the ground. Looking further, a huge bloody hole was exposed above the thick neck joint, the carapace on both sides was also exploded, the head drooped silently, and only the legs were still shaking.

In just a moment, a blood-red soul ring floated out.

"Damn, this guy is much more powerful than his two brothers who just broke through." Dugu Bo couldn't help but sigh.

"This is natural! It was promoted by devouring the corpses of two other Fifteen Ant Emperors. Counting the time, it has been several months. The body has already adapted, and the strength it can exert is naturally much stronger." Lin Manshan said slightly. nod.

With that said, he turned to look at Yang Wudi, "Uncle Yang, without further ado, sit down and absorb it."

"Okay." Yang Wudi nodded, walked quickly and picked up a right arm soul bone from the right side of the body.

"Uncle Yang, you also have a soul guide, keep it yourself, and just absorb it after absorbing the soul ring." Lin Manshan's voice came again.

"Yes." Yang Wudi nodded, sat down and began to absorb the soul ring.

After waiting quietly for a while, Lin Manshan walked closer, jumped on the head, stretched out the Eight Spider Spear and inserted it into the bloody hole in the neck.

After a few hours, he slowly pulled out the Eight Spider Spear.

After feeling it carefully, I couldn't help but feel happy.

I didn’t expect that after the Eight Spider Spears evolved again, they would be able to distribute the soul beast essence according to my physical condition.

Those whose quality exceeds 100,000 years have only improved by about a thousand years, but others have improved by about 10,000 years. In particular, the dark gold Terrorclaw Bear with the lowest age has soul bones attached to its left and right palms. Both of them have been increased by 15,000 years, and their age has exceeded 50,000 years!

Lin Manshan was undoubtedly delighted with this improvement. The physical essence from a hundred thousand year old soul beast, under the condition of equal distribution, the improvement for the quality of the soul bone that exceeds the quality of one hundred thousand year old is undoubtedly limited. But for those who do not exceed it, it is a great supplement.

It feels like cheating, I thought happily, and walked towards Dugu Bo.

He sat cross-legged on the carpet, ate something, and began to practice with his eyes closed while getting familiar with the latest improvement.

Half a month later, Yang Wudi opened his eyes and stood up slowly.

After questioning, it was revealed that just like Niu Gao, his soul power had been increased by 3 levels, reaching level 93.

At this point, the outing was successfully concluded. The three of them packed up and set off to return.

I have to say that they did go a bit far this time, and they couldn't walk across the Star Forest in a straight line. Therefore, the three of them chose to bypass the core area first, wait until they were close to the edge of the core area on the side of the Tiandou Empire, and then rely on their flying abilities to quickly travel.

It took 14 days to finally return to the academy.

After nearly two and a half months of living in the open air, Lin Manshan also expressed that he really couldn't bear it. Therefore, the first thing I did when I came back was to say hello to the girls, rush into the bedroom, take a comfortable hot bath, and then prepare a delicious meal for myself.

At night, I happily spent time with my wife to get addicted to playing cards, and then played a decisive battle until dawn.

The next day, I didn't get up until the sun was shining brightly. I dressed quietly and walked out of the house and walked into the practice room.

He came to the table, took out the letter, and began to write a letter to Bibi Dong.

After finishing writing, go out and find Shui Ziliu, and ask him to go to the Wuhun Temple to hand it over to Salas at night.

After doing all this, go back to the room and start making lunch.

Afterwards, he took the girls to visit Old Jack's family. After returning home, he continued his simple and boring cultivation life.

He had to reorganize what he had gained, further adapt to the Contra realm that he had just promoted, and adjust his condition for the next attack on Haotian Sect.

"After that, it's just a matter of trying that thing."