Chapter 347

Chapter 347 – Bait

Below the magma, the pale golden ancient hall was falling apart . Huge boulders collapsed one after another, and large pieces of debris plummeted, turning the place into ruins . Shi Hao soared up rapidly .

He had mastered the Kun Peng’s precious technique!

Shi Hao was excited and filled with joy . This divine ability was extremely complicated and profound, taking him quite a long time to comprehend it . It was something he found incredibly difficult to cultivate, and never would he have thought that he would be able to completely master it today .

He could sense a destructive power just by circulating its power a bit . The precious technique of one of the archaic vicious ten had been successfully brought back to this world!

As Shi Hao tried it out, a tremendous power rapidly swept across the withered land . Stretches of scarlet-red magma erupted in tidal waves and white smoke rose in succession . Even the land itself was even cracking apart .

His body was shaking violently, causing him to stop performing the precious technique in haste . This was not only because of its frighteningly destructive power, but also because the precious technique was using up too much energy and exhausting his body .

“It seems I need to hurry and improve my cultivation realm . The higher my cultivation level is, the better I will be in exerting the power of precious techniques; otherwise, the power of one of the divine abilities of the archaic vicious ten would be severely constrained . ”

It would become his deadliest weapon, a power he believed would allow him to roam this world freely in the future . As long as his cultivation was deep enough, he would be fearless of anyone no matter where he went .

Having mastered the technique, Shi Hao felt that it was time to promote his cultivation realm again . Only by doing that could he achieve an overall improvement in all aspects .

Fortunately, by cultivating in that pale golden hall, he was able to lose much less time . The opportunity was a godsend, for it would have taken him several months to accomplish what he had without it .

“Is this it?” Shi Hao walked the magma land as he murmured to himself, feeling as if everything felt somehow unreal . After thinking about it in his head, he felt that the praying mat must have played an important role in his success .

His forehead flickered with light, and a symbol with primitive simplicity emerged that was filled with the aura of heavenly dao . It demonstrated that he had mastered the Kun Peng’s precious technique and fully understood the real meaning of this primordial symbol .

“I have to earnestly cultivate and improve my strength . ”

Somewhere deeper in the ancestral grounds .

Flames were springing up within an expanse of hills . The temperature was even higher here, almost melting down the ground itself . Mighty creatures had occupied this area .

With a kacha sound, a white pangolin smashed open a giant rock and seized a crimson stone from within . It then swallowed the crimson stone at once .

Not far from it, there were a few mighty experts that emerged, their eyes burning with eagerness . They charged forward, moving into action almost simultaneously . Having summoned their respective weapons, they struck at that white pangolin .

Qiang

Sparks flew off in all directions as the pangolin shone brightly . Its skin was tougher than iron and stones . Rows upon rows of symbols lined its white scales, knocking away all the weapons .

Pu

Meanwhile, it opened its mouth and spat out a streak of white light . It pierced through two people and killed them on the spot .

“It’s so powerful!” Many people went pale with fear .

“Everyone, there is no need to be afraid . It had just devoured divine substance . Its movements will only become increasingly sluggish, so we need to use this opportunity to kill it . ” There was someone who tried to boost the team’s morale .

With the mention of the divine substance, the crowd felt their eyes burning with desire again, since it was extremely rare and precious . A divine substance as big as the one the pangolin swallowed was even harder to come by .

Generally speaking, divine substances were contained in magma, soil, or rocks, which were then consumed by creatures living in this area . By accumulating the divine substances in their bodies over many years, these creatures were able to reach an advanced cultivation level .

The divine substance it swallowed was quite large . If it was refined, then a fortune could be made by selling it .

A treasured artifact swept across the sky . However, the pangolin jumped up and immediately smashed it into pieces, making the party’s faces go pale . Its gaze even revealed ridicule .

Xiu!

In the split second that followed, the pangolin’s movement exceeded everyone’s expectations . It turned into a streak of white lightning, unleashing slaughter . Its speed was absolutely ridiculous as it moved in midair .

Pu, pu…

The pangolin was not even a big one, stretching only a bit more than a meter in length . One could even describe it as rather small . Once it turned into the white light, the remaining people were also impaled .

Not a single individual survived its attack, leaving corpses strewn across the ground .

Splatter

After everything quieted down, the pangolin spat out the strange red stone . It didn’t actually swallow the stone earlier! The previous act was only bait, and only now did it hold the stone between its paws, choosing to refine it instead of consuming it .

“That thing was pretty cunning . ” In the distance, the young lady with large eyes whispered . She and several teenage boys were accompanying Shi Hao in search of savage beasts in this fiery domain to use as bait for catching the Yang Fish .

“So that’s the White Armored King . It is indeed a savage animal,” Shi Hao nodded .

According to legends, this creature was incredibly evil and aggressive . Wherever it went, it would completely wipe out all living creatures without leaving a single one alive . Despite its small physique, its fighting prowess was extremely great .

Although they were known as White Armored Kings, this one could not be considered a king yet . Its cultivation time was only long enough to take it to the late stage of the Engravement Realm .

Of course, to people like the teenage girl with large eyes and her companions, this creature was definitely a huge threat . Had they ran into it on their own, there was no way they could make it out alive .

Shi Hao was not afraid of it at all . He stepped forward alone, making no attempt to hide his whereabouts . This attracted the savage beast’s attention immediately . It gave Shi Hao a malicious look as wisps of divine light surfaced from its eyes .

Sensing the approaching threat, it hunched down . Following that, it rushed towards Shi Hao rapidly like a white-staffed spear with a chi sound .

Dang

Shi Hao remained where he was and smacked down with his palm, smashing the pangolin to the ground . Its scaled skin cracked apart, and blood oozed out . The pangolin was now rolling around on the ground in great agony .

All of a sudden, light radiated from its entire body, spreading out like ripples . They turned out to be waves upon waves of radiating blades, and they were hacking towards Shi Hao murderously .

A ring of halo emerged, covering Shi Hao from head to toe . Although he was only in the middle stage of the Engravement Realm, making his cultivation level inferior to the pangolin, his fighting prowess exceeded that of the pangolin’s .

The rippling halo was like a protective divine ring that could block anything . All the blades of light were shattered and pushed outwards .

Peng

The pangolin shook violently, and numerous scales were shed from its body . With the sound of broken bones, it was blasted outwards .

Behind them, the big-eyed girl and her companions cried out in surprise . A White Armored King as powerful as this one did not even have a chance to strike back before it was severely injured .

“Hou…”

The pangolin roared and went completely mad . Its body ignited into flames as symbols surfaced one after another . A wave of malicious energy was emitted from its body, indicating that it was now going to fight to the death .

Following a hong sound, symbols began to spread out with astonishing divine might . The White Armored King brought with it with boundless fluctuations, turning itself into an incomparably sharp white blade .

Shi Hao took a step forward at its direction with a strange power emanating from his entire body . Golden symbols flickered, faintly revealing a screeching divine bird .

Activating part of the Kun Peng power in him, Shi Hao struck out with his palm . It shattered the White Armored King’s precious technique before striking down on its body . The pangolin screeched loudly as its bones continuously released cracking sounds .

Finally, it fell down motionless on the ground . All symbols disappeared with its defeat .

What kind of power was that? The big-eyed girl and the others were utterly shocked . With a flash of the golden symbols, all of the pangolin’s bones were shattered . The effect was too overbearing .

Shi Hao lifted it up by its tail . He had obtained another important prey .

He now had several powerful creatures in his heaven and earth pouch, such as the Crimson Mastiff and the Dark Rhino . All of these were essential prey .

The scripture he obtained had explained how to catch the Yang Fish . By following its instructions, one could create an incredibly effective bait by cooking and refining multiple powerful creatures together .

It would work much better than catching a few powerful creatures separately and collecting their bone marrow .

Shi Hao went through all kinds of hardships in the past two days and finally managed to capture a few . By now, he had more or less gathered the creatures he needed .

They arrived at a great valley and discovered a Flame Bear after some searching . Despite its incessant flames and vicious might, the bear was still ultimately killed .

They came to a mountainous region a day later and detected the smell of blood from far away . Body remains were scattered along the road, all of them belonging to human beings .

It was clear that this place was the territory of a powerful creature, and all those who trespassed here were killed .

Chi

A streak of light suddenly darted out of the mountains, cutting two mighty experts in half at their waists . The two shrieked miserably before dropping dead .

“What was that? Could such a creature really exist?” The teenage boys accompanying Shi Hao were all astonished .

They had asked around and paid a lot of money for this piece of information . They were told that a terrifying creature known as a Silver Winged Mantis was residing here .

She Hao told the rest of the team to stay where they were before marching forward alone . Just as he arrived at the bottom of a low hill, an incomparably sharp and dazzling light sliced over .

Dang

He raised his hand to fend off the blade . Upon turning his head, he discovered a creature on the rocky mountain . It was silver white in color with a body that was shiny and full of luster . At this moment, it was giving off a ferocious aura .

It was a mantis at least five zhang in length . Its body was translucent and sparkling with a splendid silver light . A frightening aura was being released from its body .

Its forelimbs looked like a pair of great knives, snow white and terrifying . Numerous symbols covered the forelimbs, indicating that they had been transformed into the Silver Winged Mantis’ precious artifacts .

Those silver wings were bright and clear . A metallic colliding sound was made as they knocked against each other .

“Once I defeat this mantis, I’ll be able to lure out a lot of Yang Fish . ” Shi Hao spoke to himself as he stared at that savage creature . He instinctively knew that this was not a creature to be trifled with!

Although he was still two to three prey short, Shi Hao didn’t think that those would be found easily . As long as he could catch this mantis, it would be enough for his purpose .

Chi!

A shiny silver blade swept across the air . It was enormous and seemed unstoppable .

Shi Hao moved swiftly, abruptly lifting up a gigantic boulder weighing hundreds of thousands of jin in weight before chucking it at that long silver blade .

Ka

The silver knife sliced the boulder in half with a single sweep . Its sharpness was unparalleled, with seemingly nothing that could withstand that blade .

She Hao was surprised . A black fish emerged from his palm and fingers, revolving with a lunar force . It brought with it surging black tidal waves as it struck into the heavens, trapping those blades .

Chi

With its blade being frozen, the Silver-winged Mantis flew over to Shi Hao itself . It released numerous symbols, blotting out the sky and covering the earth . The creature was indeed incredibly furious .

Shi Hao attacked continuously and fought fiercely against it without activating the Kun Peng’s divine ability . This Silver Winged Mantis had an extremely high cultivation level and was quite terrifying .

In the end, Shi Hao managed to suppress and kill it . He captured this bizarre creature .

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The magnificent magma lake was so vast that it almost seemed to stretch to infinity . The crimson color was boundless . As waves of heat roiled about, even the sky seemed to turn red .

“This is the place . Apart from that unique forbidden land in the deepest corner of the ancestral grounds, this magma lake is the largest . ”

The big-eyed girl and her companions led Shi Hao to this location . It was much more convenient to have someone familiar with the ancestral grounds lead the way . Of course, these people made their way here after following their predecessors, and so they knew much more than Shi Hao about this place .

Shi Hao was very cautious . He flew high up into the sky and sprinkled down a small amount of bait . He dared not throw it in all at once, fearing that he might waste it .

Leading the rest of the team, he then fell back and hid by the shore while keeping a close eye on the lake .

Before long, the lake surface rippled, and a dazzling golden light gleamed in the distance, giving the entire lake a resplendent look .

“There are too many of them!” Those teenage boys were dumbfounded .

Schools of golden Yang Fish swarmed towards the lake in dense numbers . The scene was somewhat frightening .

Shi Hao watched the fish with utter joy . If he could catch them all, how much divine liquid could he refine out of them? It might be enough for him to break into the late stage of the Engravement Realm!