Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 161 - Advancement to Second-Tier Dragon/Greater Dragon
Lin Le looked into the secret realm and saw that the three Golden Cores were still rotating at a speed of two to two revolutions per breath, at the mid-stage of the third revolution.

(One breath in and one exhale is one breath, which lasts 4-5 seconds; four beats in one breath, each beat lasting one second.)
He then practiced dual cultivation with Qingli for two more days, and his cultivation naturally improved.

However, his progress was not as fast as Qingli's.

Thinking of this, Lin Le couldn't help but glance at Qing Li beside him. The benefits of dual cultivation were completely unequal. He had only advanced half a turn, while Qing Li had already advanced another turn, reaching the fourth turn of the Golden Core stage.

Oh no, he really has become a furnace.

Turning his gaze back, Lin Le picked up the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Spear again and examined it. After absorbing numerous low-grade spiritual weapons, it had successfully become a perfect low-grade spiritual weapon.

He then summoned the Hun Tian Ling again, and under the nourishment of his powerful body, it successfully advanced to a low-grade spiritual artifact, possessing seven major magical restrictions.

Only the Universe Ring and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords remain.

Lin Le internally examined his supernatural power and saw nearly seven thousand merits from the earthly path. He decided to upgrade the Qiankun Ring to a spiritual artifact first.

Flying out of the cave, Lin Le arrived at the mountaintop. Unexpectedly, the timing was perfect, as a red sun was rising through the mountains in the distance.

Without hesitation, Lin Le began to consume his earthly merits to help the Qiankun Ring advance to a spiritual artifact.

The consumption was lower than expected. After spending nearly a thousand merits, the Qiankun Ring created its first major restriction, becoming a low-grade spiritual artifact.

Next came the Yin-Yang Twin Swords.

The stars in the sky rotated, actively absorbing the power of the stars in the sky.

The consumption was also lower than expected; a single high-grade spirit stone was enough to give the Yin-Yang Twin Swords their first major magical restriction, transforming them into low-grade spiritual weapons.

'Is it because I've become a Golden Core cultivator?'

Lin Le fiddled with the gold ring in his hand. He was prepared to bleed, but the price was less than one-fifth of what he had expected.

After much thought, the only explanation is that he became a Golden Core Realm True Person.

The grade of a cultivator's natal magic weapon is closely related to their cultivation level. Even if Lin Le doesn't actively try to improve it, the Qiankun Ring and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords will probably gradually become low-grade spiritual weapons over the years.

However, it has been less than half a year since Lin Le began his cultivation, so naturally he was unwilling to wait for several years or even decades to allow them to improve slowly.

Lin Le checked the spirit stone inventory and found that he had 123 high-grade spirit stones and more than 40,000 mid-grade spirit stones left. He didn't have many low-grade spirit stones and silver, since he was no longer needed at the Golden Core stage.

'Let's go and take down Suicune from Lake Dongbo first.'

Lin Le waved his hand, and the starry sky transformed into two small swords, which flew into his mouth.

Through divine communication, Qingli appeared beside Lin Le in a flowing fairy dress the next moment.

"Why do we have to target Dongbo Lake first?" Qingli asked, puzzled.

She thought Lin Le would target Prince Yi's Mansion or Xuanling Temple first.

“They have the weakest foundation,” Lin Le said. “The Liu family and Prince Yi are protected by imperial aura, making them difficult to kill. Xuanling Temple has a mountain-protecting formation, making it even more difficult to attack.”

"On the contrary, the Water Lord has neither imperial aura nor a mountain-protecting formation. Without water resources, he is actually unable to stand alongside the other three parties."

"If we work together, killing it shouldn't be too difficult."

Qingli nodded thoughtfully: "That's true. It's the dead of winter now, and that old mudfish only managed to get a little bit of dragon blood on him, so his strength should be somewhat diminished."

"Let's go," Lin Le said, as fiery wheels rose beneath his feet.

"Okay." Qingli nodded, and a white cloud rose from beneath her feet, carrying her into the air.

Whoosh—, a sharp sound of wind rang out, and the two disappeared from their spot in the blink of an eye.

As Lin Le flew upstream along the river, he scanned the riverbed with his divine sense.

At the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, his divine sense could extend outward by a thousand feet. After entering the Golden Core Realm, it increased rapidly, and he could extend it outward by two thousand feet when he first entered the Golden Core Realm.

Now, it can extend outwards by 4,500 zhang.

With Lin Le's current astonishing flight speed, he quickly located his target.

Within a long river, Guo Erlong, the second son of the Dongbo Lake Water Lord, suddenly awoke from a patch of silt, sensing that someone was scanning it with divine sense.

Who is it?
Guo Erlong scanned his surroundings with his divine sense but found no suspicious creatures.

Just when it thought it was being too sensitive, it suddenly sensed two people breaking in.

Guo Erlong suddenly let out a startling roar after just glancing at them.

Its consciousness was attacked!
It was the pain, like its soul being torn apart, that made it roar.

Looking at the churning river, Lin Le produced a fire-tipped spear and a red silk ribbon in his hand.

The red silk ribbon, following its master's wishes, tied a knot in itself on the fire-tipped spear.

With his divine sense locking onto the target, Lin Le twisted his waist and threw it.

Boom! A sonic boom resounded, creating a ring of clouds in front of Lin Le.

A red line connects the river and the forest.

"Ow!"

Another roar erupted from beneath the river's surface, sounding extremely painful.

Lin Le gripped the red ribbon tightly, exerted force with both arms, and channeled all the strength he had gained to the thirty-sixth elephant into the red ribbon, then pulled it out.

Even a water monster like Guo Erlong couldn't withstand this terrifying power.

Moreover, it has only undergone one transformation of the Golden Core stage.

Splash! The water surface exploded, and a twenty-foot-long mudfish was pulled out of the river and rose into the air.

Lin Le examined the two Suicune creatures. They were similar to ordinary loaches, except that their skin was not sticky but covered with scales.

"Who are you? Aren't you afraid of offending my father, the Water Lord of Dongbo Lake!" Guo Erlong roared at Lin Le and Qing Li.

Lin Le turned to look at Qing Li: "Do you want to say something?"

"No, just kill them directly," Qingli said. She didn't have Lin Le's twisted sense of humor.

"Alright." Lin Le turned around and looked at Guo Erlong.

Just as Guo Erlong was about to question him again, his eyes suddenly went dull; Lin Le had invaded his mind with his divine sense.

After the soul search was completed, the thousands of soul strings were plucked, and Guo Erlong's soul immediately dissipated.

Lin Le reached out and pulled, and Guo Erlong's body automatically shrank and fell into the leopard-skin pouch at Lin Le's waist.

That wasn't all. Lin Le scanned the river channel with his divine sense, and countless water demon corpses began to emerge, then were sent into the leopard skin pouch one by one.

Because there were too many corpses, Lin Le had to urgently expand the space in the leopard skin pouch.

After clearing this section of the river, Lin Le and Qing Li changed course to another tributary.

Tongdao Lake, the second largest lake in Yizhou after Dongbo Lake, was originally occupied by a fish demon who had reached the fifth level of the Golden Core stage, but now it is occupied by Guo Dalong.

On a mudflat of a small island in the lake, Guo Dalong looked at the crab spirit in front of him and said, "You're saying that snake demon was the murderer who killed my third brother?"

The crab spirit swayed up and down: "It should be her. Among the blue and white snakes, she is the most famous."

Greed gleamed in Guo Dalong's dark eyes. He had clearly seen that day that the snake demon had not only grown dragon horns, but had also developed dragon fins and a pair of dragon claws.

However, in her previous portraits, she looked much like an ordinary large snake.

In other words, the concentration of dragon blood in her body has increased dramatically. Regardless of the secret behind her or her own personality, it is a great opportunity for her, no less than defying fate.

We must find her!
"Pass on my order: thoroughly investigate the waterways of Yizhou, don't let even a small ditch escape!" Guo Dalong roared. "Once you find any trace of the murderer, report to me immediately. I want to personally kill her to avenge my third brother!"

"Yes!" The crab spirit retreated into the lake.

“Actually, you could add another younger brother.” Just then, a teasing voice rang out from the side.

Without hesitation, Guo Dalong spun around and veered to the side.

"Oh, you've got quite a temper." A teasing voice came from above Guo Dalong again.

Guo Dalong looked up and saw a man and a woman standing in the air looking down at him.

"Who are you people!" Guo Dalong hissed.

"Your brother's killer." Lin Le crossed his arms. "I killed your second brother, and this guy next to me killed your third brother."

Second brother, third brother? Guo Dalong looked at Qingli, and just by looking at her, he could feel a suppression emanating from his very bones.

That dragon-snake!

Guo Dalong's pupils dilated, and he suddenly leaped up, opening his mouth to bite Qingli.

Just as Lin Le was about to make a move, a delicate hand reached out from the side: "Leave this one to me."

Lin Le didn't have time to reply; Guo Dalong was still very fast.

As soon as Qingli finished speaking, Guo Dalong opened his mouth and bit her.

A delicate hand pointed: "Freeze."

Guo Dalong's massive body remained frozen in mid-air.

Guo Dalong channeled his magic power, trying to break free from the immobilization spell, only to find that it was very different from the immobilization spells he had used before.

Ordinary immobilization spells merely use magic to impact acupoints, temporarily numbing the target. More difficult spells involve using magic to create special structures inside and outside the enemy's body, rendering them unable to move.

But this one was different. Guo Dalong couldn't find any trace of foreign magic power inside or outside his body, as if the entire space had been fixed.

space?!
Guo Dalong immediately realized what was happening and looked at Qingli in horror.

Qingli ignored Guo Dalong's gaze, focusing instead on sensing the changes in the immobilization spell.

With a quick flick of his index and middle fingers, Guo Dalong broke off one of his fish fins, separating it from his body.

Strangely, the cut surfaces of both were as smooth as mirrors, with no blood seeping out, and the muscles and blood vessels were wriggling on the same plane.

A ruthless glint appeared in Guo Dalong's eyes as he charged towards Qingli with all his might, channeling his divine sense into her.

boom!
A faint sound rang out, and Guo Dalong felt dizzy. His consciousness felt as if a mortal had crashed into a steel wall, knocking him unconscious.

Qingli didn't speak, but instead manipulated the spell with even greater precision.

Pieces of flesh and blood were ripped off Guo Dalong's body.

The intense physical pain jolted Guo Dalong back to consciousness.

Seeing that he was powerless against Qingli, Guo Dalong's blood and qi surged, as if he wanted to break free again by brute force.

Its body began to sway.

Feeling his body sway, Guo Dalong exerted even more force.

It eventually managed to break free from the immobilization spell.

But it failed.

Seeing Guo Dalong break free, Qingli pointed again: "Freeze!"

Guo Dalong, who was about to escape, was frozen in mid-air again.

Despair was evident in Guo Dalong's eyes.

Qingli's bloodline was far more noble than it had imagined; otherwise, the little snake, which had only reached the Qi Refining stage a few years ago, would now be far more powerful than it.

After testing her spell, Qingli nodded slightly to Lin Le and said, "All done."

Searching for souls, destroying souls, and cleaning—Lin Le began to cleanse this body of water.

(End of this chapter)