Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 471 Zhou Mingde's Golden Core Formation Opportunity [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Chun hadn't used his fourth-tier puppet for a long time.

When he was being hunted down by the middle-aged man in the blood robe, he almost completely exhausted the spiritual power in the three spirit crystals that controlled the fourth-tier puppet, rendering this trump card temporarily useless.

Over the past three years, he has been placing two of the spirit crystals in his cave to absorb spiritual energy and slowly recover, while he has been exchanging the other one with Wei Yong for a spirit crystal with full spiritual power.

Before attacking Yinxuan Cave, Wei Yong gave Zhou Chun another spirit crystal.

Therefore, he currently possesses two spirit crystals fully imbued with spiritual power.

Two spirit crystals full of spiritual power are enough to support a fourth-tier low-grade puppet to fight at full strength for 25 minutes.

Therefore, in the face of Yin Shaotian's clamor, Zhou Chun did not hesitate to pull out this trump card that was already known to everyone!

He leaped into the air and landed on the back of the giant tiger puppet.

Then he let the Thunder Dragon fly up into the sky for nothing, stirring up the wind and clouds to prepare for the "Heavenly Thunder Guidance" supernatural power.

"Go! Kill him!"

Yin Shaotian knew the power of the thunder dragon stirring up the wind and clouds, so he immediately shouted and rushed towards Zhou Chun and the others.

The "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation," composed of eighteen array flags, was manipulated by Yin Shaotian and the other eighteen people. Like a dark behemoth, it rapidly devoured the location of Zhou Chun and the others.

Wherever they flew, the sky and earth were shrouded in dark, gray clouds and ghostly mist, from which the wails of countless vengeful ghosts could be heard incessantly.

However, compared to Zhou Chun's escape speed, the movement speed of this formation was indeed slow.

If Zhou Chun is determined to avoid it, this so-called "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortal Formation" will never be able to catch up with him.

But Zhou Chun cannot dodge!

If he were to evade, Yin Shaotian and the others would inevitably manipulate the great formation to break outwards. At that time, no one would be able to stop them, and many cultivators would be devoured by the vengeful spirits within the formation.

This consequence is something Zhou Chun cannot bear right now.

Therefore, he had no choice but to face the challenge head-on and confront this "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation" head-on!

With a slight hand gesture, lightning flashed across his body, and he instantly transformed into a dragon-man.

The lightning power and powerful physique he gained after using the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" prevented many evil spirits with possession abilities from getting close to his body, and also allowed him to better resist the erosion of Yin energy.

Then he raised his claw and waved it, and a crimson pearl suddenly burst into flames, embedding itself on the back of his head, blazing with fire to help him dispel the darkness and filth.

This crimson magic bead is called the "Evil-Repelling Fire Spirit Bead," which Zhou Chun obtained from the belongings of the "White-Haired Blood Demon" Ge Changsheng.

Although it is only a mid-grade third-tier magic weapon, the evil-repelling fire it releases is extraordinary and has a miraculous effect when dealing with demonic cultivators like those from the Yin Ghost Sect.

Therefore, Zhou Chun also regarded it as a supplementary defensive measure.

Once he was ready, he immediately ordered the giant puppet tiger beneath his feet to attack the engulfing black curtain that was swallowing him up.

The puppet tiger didn't have many attack methods. When it made its move, it opened its mouth and spat out a huge golden magic ball that blasted towards the black curtain, and then exploded with a bang.

As the golden orb exploded, a powerful golden storm tore a huge gap in the darkness, like a large pancake being bitten in the middle.

But soon as the golden light dissipated, countless ghostly figures danced and surged within the gap, quickly repairing and restoring it.

Clearly, a single attack at the Golden Core level is insufficient to truly break this "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortal Formation".

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun was not discouraged; instead, he felt relieved.

Since the giant tiger puppet was able to tear apart this battle formation, with his abilities, even if he were trapped inside, he would definitely be able to break through.

Without further hesitation, he shouted loudly, "Soldiers, follow me and charge into the enemy lines!"

Without saying that, he took the lead and rode the giant tiger puppet into the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation".

woohoo~~

Upon entering the formation, Zhou Chun felt as if he were in a ghostly realm, surrounded by the sounds of ghosts wailing and various ghostly figures.

Some ghostly figures tried to approach him, but they were only illuminated by the firelight of the "Evil-Repelling Fire Spirit Orb" on his body, and they screamed and turned into green smoke and disappeared.

Many evil spirits dared not approach him easily, but instead manipulated the yin energy from a distance to transform into various ghostly beasts and weapons to attack him.

However, very few attacks were actually able to break through the Evil-Repelling Flame and reach him.

At the same time, Yin Shaotian's sinister voice echoed from all directions.

"You actually dared to break into this formation, Zhou Zhengchun, you certainly have a lot of guts. Well then, enjoy the killing move I've prepared for you!"

As the words fell, three imposing evil spirits suddenly appeared in front of, behind, and above Zhou Chun.

These three evil spirits were the same three evil spirits that Zhou Chun had seen Yin Shaotian use when he was fighting on the battlefield.

However, under the blessing of the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation", these three evil ghosts, which were originally only comparable to the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivators, were now faintly showing the aura of Golden Core stage ghost kings!

As soon as they appeared, they launched an attack on Zhou Chun using various methods.

As soon as he saw the fire-breathing demon in front of him open its mouth, a stream of eerie green ghost fire instantly transformed into a fire python several dozen feet long and pounced on Zhou Chun.

The evil spirit behind Zhou Chun also opened its mouth and spat out a torrent of pitch-black poisonous water, which transformed into a black water dragon and rushed towards Zhou Chun as well.

At the same time, the evil spirit that appeared above Zhou Chun was covered in scales and horns, with a sinister smile on its face. It wielded a black steel fork and pounced down at Zhou Chun, as if it wanted to pierce him with the fork!

Faced with this three-pronged attack, Zhou Chun quickly responded.

But when the giant tiger puppet he sat on opened its mouth, a ball of golden light landed on the ghost fire python, instantly shattering it into countless sparks, rendering it powerless.

At the same time, Zhou Chun clasped his two claws together, and as the silver beast claws in his hands struck each other, silver lightning burst forth, striking the evil spirit above and forcing it to hurriedly swing its steel fork to block the lightning strike.

Immediately, a golden mirror appeared above Zhou Chun's head, and a sharp, demon-slaying golden light shot towards the poisonous water dragon behind him, scraping off a layer of flesh from its body.

Immediately afterwards, golden light blades and cyan wind blades swept out, all rushing towards the poisonous water dragon.

However, the Golden-Winged Tiger also activated its "Destruction Storm" divine power to help its master.

Thus, with Zhou Chun and his spirit pet puppet working together, they successfully blocked the first wave of attacks from the three-headed demon.

However, this offensive is just the most conventional method used by the three-headed demons. The true power of the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation" has not yet been unleashed.

Therefore, Zhou Chun showed no joy whatsoever; instead, he had already quietly revealed his other trump card.

Just then, Yin Shaotian's smug voice rang out again: "Hehehe, those were just appetizers, now let me show you the real feast!"

As if in response to his words, drops of pitch-black rain suddenly fell from the sky, bringing Zhou Chun and his spirit pet puppet into the attack range.

These seemingly insignificant raindrops contain an extremely cold and ghostly aura. Once they come into contact with a cultivator's magical artifacts or protective spells, they will immediately corrode and taint them.

This kind of attack, which is subtle and silent, may not seem as fierce as the three-headed demon, but it is even more unsolvable.

Because unless the entire formation is broken, there is no way to stop the rain from falling!

Moreover, this rainy weather was not the real "feast" that Yin Shaotian mentioned; at most, it was just a garnish!

As the dark, gloomy rain fell, ghostly figures suddenly appeared all around Zhou Chun.

These ghostly figures were originally just illusory shadows, but after being bathed in the pitch-black rain, they suddenly became solid and their aura surged.

Zhou Chun initially didn't pay much attention to these ghostly figures. After all, even if they were bathed in black rain and their strength soared, they would at most be equivalent to Qi Refining stage cultivators, with the strongest being only equivalent to a newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator.

But he soon realized he was wrong!

Because these seemingly insignificant ghostly figures only have one way of attacking: self-destruction!

Like moths drawn to a flame, they swarmed towards Master Zhou Chun and his servants, attacking them by self-destructing.

If it were just a simple self-destruction, that would be fine.

With the Golden Armor Mountain Tortoise Stone and Zhou Chun's own powerful defense, they weren't too afraid of this.

The problem is that when these ghostly figures self-destruct, they not only cause ordinary self-destruction impact damage, but also produce a howling sound that attacks the cultivator's soul, and the two can have a superimposed effect!

This is very scary!

Within just a dozen breaths, thousands of ghostly figures self-destructed around Zhou Chun, and the resulting explosive impact was no less than that of an attack from a Golden Core cultivator.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun noticed something was wrong and immediately activated the giant tiger puppet to release a golden light shield, protecting himself and the golden-winged tiger from harm.

However, the damage to his soul was beyond what this golden shield could protect him from.

Faced with this unprecedentedly powerful soul attack, the jade pendant magic artifact that Zhou Chun obtained from "Snake Demon" Xu Qinglin immediately activated automatically, releasing a cool aura to help him calm his mind and focus his spirit.

His soul was also working hard to activate the Lotus Heart Dharma, causing the lotus robe on his body to release layers of golden light to protect him.

After more than three years of diligent practice, Zhou Chun has mastered the second level of the "Heart Lotus True Method" and is expected to break through to the third level.

Therefore, his spiritual protection is now much stronger than before.

If a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage were to use the "God-Slaying Sword" on him now, he would definitely not lose his senses again.

Faced with the howling attack that was enough to tear apart the soul of an ordinary Purple Mansion stage cultivator, his soul remained as still as a lotus seedpod in a pond, no matter how fierce the storm, and he eventually survived the ordeal safely.

After surviving this ordeal, Zhou Chun, realizing the danger, was naturally unwilling to sit idly by and wait for his death.

At his command, the Golden-Winged Tiger immediately opened its mouth wide and spat out a huge golden ball of light.

Then the golden sphere exploded in mid-air, transforming into thousands of golden needles that shot towards the still-surging ghostly figures.

Any ghostly figure pierced by the golden needles instantly exploded.

Zhou Chun himself activated the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light," transforming it into countless golden needles that flew across the sky, stabbing at those ghostly figures.

But at that moment, the three evil spirits, driven by Yin Shaotian, pounced on him again and launched a combined attack.

This relentless barrage of attacks left Zhou Chun overwhelmed, and he was soon forced to reveal his trump card.

A streak of fire flew from his hand and quickly transformed into a blazing flying sword. The burning flames vaguely formed the shape of a fiery unicorn.

This was the reward Zhou Chun had previously received: the talisman "Fire Kirin Sword".

The "Fire Kirin Sword" is a powerful talisman, and as a fire-attribute talisman, it also has a certain restraining effect on ghosts.

At this moment, the sword was drawn, its first target being the evil spirit wielding a steel fork!

Seeing the flying sword coming, the demon hurriedly swung its steel fork to meet it.

However, its steel fork, which could withstand a third-grade high-quality magic weapon, was easily cut in half by the flying sword, and then its chest was also hit hard by the sword!

Fortunately, with the blessing of the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation", its strength is comparable to that of a Golden Core stage Ghost King. Therefore, it was not completely destroyed after being hit by a sword. Instead, it screamed and quickly transformed into a ghostly shadow and flew backward.

After Zhou Chun severely injured the evil spirit with his sword, he immediately turned his sword and attacked the fire-breathing evil spirit.

However, the fire-breathing demon received Yin Shaotian's warning at this moment and suddenly turned into a wisp of green smoke and fled from the spot, causing his flying sword to miss its target.

Within this "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation," the abilities of these powerful evil ghosts will be greatly enhanced in all aspects, whether it is attacking or escaping!

Regardless, Zhou Chun temporarily escaped danger after revealing the talisman.

While manipulating the "Fire Kirin Sword" in conjunction with the giant tiger puppet to resist the waves of attacks launched by Yin Shaotian, he also secretly muttered to himself.

Logically, with him holding off Yin Shaotian's forces, the other cultivators who followed him in breaking the formation should have made some progress.

But now he couldn't sense any signs of the array's power weakening!

This was quite different from what he had previously imagined.

But since he was already there, Zhou Chun could only try to stall for time and wait for Lei Jiao Bai Bai to make his move.

After being delayed in the formation for another quarter of an hour, Zhou Chun finally heard the sound of thunder.

Suddenly, a large patch of dark clouds gathered in the pitch-black night sky, with lightning bolts dancing wildly within them—a truly magnificent sight.

A four-clawed thunder dragon roamed and danced among the dark clouds, like a real dragon that brought rain and clouds, its body accompanied by silver lightning, majestic and awe-inspiring.

Suddenly, the silver dragon roared, and a thick bolt of silver-white lightning burst forth from the dark clouds, striking directly into the shadowy black curtain.

In an instant, ghostly figures wailed as they were struck by lightning, turning into wisps of smoke and dissipating, while the darkness was pierced by the silvery-white lightning.

Then came a deluge of lightning, one bolt after another shooting down from the dark clouds, striking the shadowy figure in the darkness like a divine tribulation.

This scene greatly boosted the morale of many cultivators in the Heavenly Spirit Legion, who then unleashed various fire and lightning spells to attack the black curtain formation.

"So, they're finally starting to weaken its power?"

Inside the formation, Zhou Chun listened to the thunder and soon noticed that the amount of black rain falling from the sky was decreasing, and the number of evil ghost shadows that were constantly gathering was also decreasing.

All of this demonstrates that Lei Jiao's attack was effective.

After discovering this, Zhou Chun stopped hiding his intentions and immediately unleashed the full power of his several spirit pets, as well as the giant tiger puppet, which frequently released attacks at the Golden Core level!

Under this pincer attack, Zhou Chun quickly tore a hole in the darkness above and saw the outside world.

However, he did not rush to escape, but continued to work inside the formation with Lei Jiao Bai Bai and other cultivators to destroy it.

After a while, nearly half of the black curtain formed by the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation" was destroyed, and the formation's power could no longer be maintained.

But it was at this moment that Zhou Chun frowned and realized that Yin Shaotian and those Yin Gui Sect cultivators had disappeared without a trace.

"What happened? You are outsiders, do you know how Yin Shaotian and the others left?"

Zhou Chun turned his gaze to the cultivators outside and asked them about the situation in a deep voice.

"Shortly after Fellow Daoist Zhou launched your Thunder Flood Dragon spirit pet's attack, those demonic cultivators had already left. With Yin Shaotian leading the way, none of us could stop them!"

A cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage answered Zhou Chun's question in a low voice.

Upon hearing this answer, Zhou Chun was taken aback, then frowned and asked, "And who is in charge of the formation?"

After saying that, he seemed to remember something and suddenly looked behind him.

At the original location of the formation, several desiccated corpses dressed in black robes stood like pillars, each holding a broken flagpole.

"Puppet clones? Replica battle flags?"

A glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and he understood the reason.

If that's the case, then everything makes sense.

He wondered why, given the immense power that the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Slaughtering Immortals Formation" initially displayed, it only had so few tricks up its sleeve later on.

It turned out to be nothing more than a deliberate tactic to buy him time.

Knowing that the Yin Xuan Cave stronghold was no longer defensible, Yin Shaotian had no intention of fighting him here; he only thought about how to break through and escape.

"Fine, you got lucky this time. Just hope I don't run into you again!"

Zhou Chun shook his head, no longer dwelling on the matter, and immediately led his spirit pets to search for other worthy targets.

The battle at Yinxuan Cave finally came to an end after dawn.

In this battle, the demonic cultivators stationed in Yinxuan Cave suffered heavy losses, with less than 20% of the tens of thousands of demonic cultivators escaping!

On the other hand, including the cultivators lost in the previous two days, the total number of casualties of the Heavenly Spirit Legion did not exceed five thousand, which is definitely a victory worth celebrating.

In this war, Zhou Chun once again displayed his divine power, single-handedly slaying six demonic cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage, including two at the late Purple Mansion stage.

Such an impressive record silenced all those who had criticized his lackluster performance in previous years.

However, what has ended so far is only the war between low- and mid-level cultivators. The Golden Core cultivators are still fighting fiercely in the sky, and it is unknown how long it will take to end.

Zhou Chun and the others did not dare to set foot on the battlefield of such beings. After destroying the Yin Xuan Cave stronghold, they retreated to a safe area to rest.

However, Zhou Chun did not rest with the main force. Instead, he quietly used the earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or technique) of the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle to take himself to a desolate mountain hundreds of miles away.

Inside a desolate mountain cave, Zhou Chun waved his hand and retrieved all the corpses of the Purple Mansion stage demonic cultivators who had died at his hands. He then cut off their heads and placed them in a wooden box.

After doing all this, he raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, and a blood-red jade box appeared in his hand.

He opened the jade box, and a blood-red light immediately flew out from it.

As soon as the crimson light flew out of the jade box, it joyfully landed on the neck of a corpse and entered the body through the severed opening.

It could be vaguely seen that the blood-red light was actually a strange leech-like insect.

What happened next was truly terrifying!

The corpse that had been burrowed into by the leech-like worms quickly lost its color and shrank, turning into a skeleton and dried-up body in just a few dozen breaths.

Soon, a crimson light emerged from the belly of the skeletal corpse and rushed towards another body.

In just a quarter of an hour, the corpses of the six cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage had all their life essence and vital energy drained.

At this moment, the leech-like worm seemed to have eaten its fill and flew back into the jade box in Zhou Chun's hand, curling up and remaining motionless.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the strange insect's body, which is as translucent as blood jade, is covered with faint golden spirit patterns.

When it curls up, it looks just like a round, plump pill.

"That should be enough! This time we fed it the essence and vital energy of six Purple Mansion stage cultivators, as well as the corpses of four Blood Bone Sect cultivators brimming with blood and energy. It should meet the conditions for it to mature by now!"

Zhou Chun stared intently at the strange insect in the box, muttering to himself in a low voice.

Then he raised his hand to close the lid of the jade box and put it back into his storage bag.

The strange insect inside the jade box is called the "Holy Spirit Blood Leech," an extremely rare and precious insect.

Its original owner was Ge Changsheng, the "White-Haired Blood Demon." Later, all of Ge Changsheng's belongings fell into Zhou Chun's hands, and it became Zhou Chun's spoils of war.

This item has no combat ability, but it is an incredible opportunity to form a Golden Core!

Ge Changsheng possesses a secret recipe that allows him to refine a "Holy Spirit Blood Leech" into a "Holy Spirit Blood Pill." Cultivators who consume this pill will not only have their physical condition restored to its peak, but will also have their blood essence continuously generated, providing great assistance during the formation of their core.

According to Ge Changsheng's own notes, if he were to take it, he could maximize the effect of the "Holy Spirit Blood Pill" by using the Blood Bone Sect's unique demonic arts, directly increasing the success rate of Core Formation by nearly 30%!

Even a cultivator in the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm could increase their chances of successfully forming their core by about 20% by taking this pill!

Therefore, ever since he obtained this item, Ge Changsheng has been frantically collecting the corpses of cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage to nourish the insect, hoping to make it mature as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, when he had cultivated the insect to be seven or eight tenths mature, he was defeated by Zhou Chun. The "Holy Spirit Blood Leech" that he had cultivated with countless efforts also became Zhou Chun's spoils of war!

After discovering the "Holy Spirit Blood Leech" among Ge Changsheng's belongings and understanding its purpose, Zhou Chun quickly decided to fulfill his last wish!

For the elderly Ge Changsheng, the "Holy Spirit Blood Pill" was his only hope for successfully forming his core.

But the same is true for Zhou Mingde, who is also quite old!

Zhou Mingde is already quite old and his health is declining, which will be a significant hindrance when he forms his core.

However, if one takes the "Holy Spirit Blood Pill," not only will their physical condition be restored to its peak, but their chances of successfully forming a Golden Core will also increase by 20%.

Such benefits are even greater than those of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit!

Therefore, after learning about the function of this "Holy Spirit Blood Leech", Zhou Chun made up his mind to cultivate it to maturity.

Ge Changsheng had already prepared the other auxiliary materials for refining the "Holy Spirit Blood Pill". As long as the "Holy Spirit Blood Leech" is successfully cultivated, and a master alchemist is invited to start the alchemy process, the "Holy Spirit Blood Pill" can be easily refined.

With this item as a help, and by using it together with other spiritual items, Zhou Mingde's success rate in forming his core will reach 30% to 40%, so he can give it a try with complete peace of mind!

Oh my god, it seems like my luck with love has really turned around? I've been chatting with a girl online and it's going pretty well, and the person my family introduced me to also seems interesting. Looks like I might actually be able to complete my mission this year!

(End of this chapter)