Fairy, I'm going to control you tightly!

Ji Nanbei felt his consciousness suddenly sink, and the scene before his eyes changed rapidly.

Once he regained his senses, he found himself back in his original body.

[The target's emotions are fluctuating violently, and you have been temporarily repelled. However, since the target has not shown any rejection, you can proceed with the soul transfer as normal tomorrow.]

Ji Nanbei: ?

This was the first time he had ever been "sponged out" by the object of his soul possession.

Overly emotional...

That makes sense, though.

Back in his own body, Ji Nanbei stretched his muscles and bones, and as usual, set off for the back mountain to "pour havoc" on those monsters.

Nowadays, all sorts of monsters inhabit the back mountain, but there are very few that can truly pose a threat to Ji Nanbei.

This is thanks to his initial mastery of the "Nine Heavens Myriad Tribulations Thunder Body".

As usual, after receiving the mission from the sect, Ji Nanbei quickly arrived at the designated location.

Soon, hidden among the mountains and forests, Ji Nanbei spotted a wild boar-like monster that was four or five meters tall.

What's unusual is that the wild boar's back is covered with a dense array of sharp, long thorns.

It doesn't have the evenly distributed short quills of a porcupine, but rather bony quills of varying sizes, layered and irregularly arranged, making it appear exceptionally large and sharp, so much so that its back looks like a ferocious maw full of fangs, ready to devour anyone it wants.

If someone familiar with demonic beasts were here, they would surely recognize that this is the "Spiked Earth Dragon," a demonic beast at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, known for its troublesome nature.

This Spiny Earth Dragon is arguably one of the most difficult types of monsters to deal with during the Foundation Establishment stage.

Its back is covered with hard bone spurs, and even its relatively soft abdomen is covered with a thick carapace, making its defense ridiculously strong.

Although it moves slowly normally, once it enters combat mode, it will curl up its body, use the array of spikes on its back that resembles a giant mouth to attack the enemy, and begin to roll and charge at high speed.

That speed...

It can only be said that this demonic beast is a nightmare for many Foundation Establishment cultivators. Even many Golden Core cultivators would rather not provoke it unless absolutely necessary.

Ji Nanbei just felt that this thing might be a bit sharp in a fight.

He moved slightly, leaving only a fleeting afterimage of purple lightning in his wake.

Ji Nanbei himself charged straight at the thorny earth dragon like a cannonball, completely ignoring the intimidating spikes, and threw a punch!

This punch even faintly produced the sound of wind and thunder.

The enormous monster, several times the size of Ji Nanbei, was actually sent flying backward by this punch!

It crashed into and broke more than a dozen thick, large trees before it could barely stop its retreat.

The area struck by Ji Nanbei's fist was now a deep, bloody crater, with the exposed skin charred black and even tiny purple arcs of electricity flickering and dancing on it.

Ji Nanbei shook his wrist.

"It's tough enough, but it seems its strength is still lacking."

If others heard him say this, they would probably accuse him of putting on airs and acting innocent after getting the benefit.

With only a Foundation Establishment stage cultivation level, a single punch from him was enough to pierce through the hardest part of the carapace of a peak Foundation Establishment stage demon beast known for its defense.

Is this power not enough?

If this punch were to land on a cultivator of the same level, it would probably blast them to pieces on the spot!

After briefly testing his own strength, Ji Nanbei lowered his body again.

This time, he unleashed his full power in his movement technique.

Ji Nanbei had not specifically studied any advanced footwork techniques. Although the "Nine Slashes of the Fox" included some movement steps to coordinate with the moves, they were mainly used for instantaneous bursts and move combos.

At this moment, Ji Nanbei, who had no orthodox movement technique foundation, moved so quickly that onlookers could only barely catch a swift purple lightning streak!

Ji Nanbei's speed at this moment is no less than that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

This was entirely due to the improvement in his basic physical attributes brought about by his powerful physique.

Even when the Spiny Earth Dragon entered a frenzied rolling attack state, its swift charge still couldn't touch even a single corner of Ji Nanbei's clothes.

After testing his combat abilities following his breakthrough, Ji Nanbei stopped "playing around."

"Fox Movement Nine Slashes", the third slash is unleashed with ferocity!

Ji Nanbei's human hand, however, swung with a trajectory that carried the sharpness and ferocity of a beast's claw.

A flash of cold light swept across, and the thick-skinned, incredibly defensive spiky earth dragon was cleanly and decisively sliced ​​in two from head to tail by Ji Nanbei's attack! The cut was as smooth as a mirror.

"It's also thanks to cultivating the Nine Heavens Myriad Tribulations Thunder Body, otherwise, if I had forcibly used a demonic technique like 'Fox Movement Nine Slashes' with a human body, my arm would probably have been ruined after just a few times."

Ji Nanbei sighed softly.

Afterwards, he collected the earth dragon's corpse, intending to take it back and make a pot of hot pork stew with vermicelli.

As expected, Lin Mengxi, the "scumbag" senior who always came to freeload, appeared right on time, following the aroma.

Lin Mengxi's eyes lit up as she watched the chunks of spiky lobster meat tumbling in the pot.

"Oh? What a treat to eat today! By the way, this big guy should have condensed its demon core by now, right? You didn't stew it along with the rest, did you?"

Ji Nanbei shook his head and took out two dimly colored, weakly spiritual cores from his storage ring.

He only realized while processing the ingredients that because his attack was too tricky and the force too strong, he had accidentally split the demon core in two.

However, Ji Nanbei didn't care much about this.

He can't take this demon core directly, so it's not very useful.

"Wow! What a waste! A complete demon core could be exchanged for a lot of spirit stones! Junior brother, if you're so extravagant, how will you ever save enough spirit stones to take your senior sister to that brothel for a good time?"

Ji Nanbei: ?

Putting aside the fact that the premise was that he, as the junior brother, was going to spend spirit stones to treat his senior sister to "having fun"...

"Senior sister, putting everything else aside, why do you, a woman, always think about going to... places like that?"

Lin Mengxi, however, was self-righteous and argued vehemently:

"Of course, I'd like to find some pretty young ladies to chat with and relieve my boredom! Junior brother, you don't know this, not all men in this world are as pleasing to the eye as you. Many of them are ugly as grotesques and unsightly."

Ji Nanbei: ...

He always felt that if he continued to have in-depth exchanges with this "despicable" senior sister, his understanding would inevitably be "contaminated" by some strange things.

Let's just pretend we didn't hear it.

With that in mind, Ji Nanbei focused on continuing to cook his traditional dishes.

The vermicelli in the pot was made by Ji Nanbei himself. He had specifically sought out a plant root rich in starch.

After all, he had been "plotting" against this spiny earth dragon for a long time, but his strength was not enough before, which delayed it until now.

(Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! May you all make a fortune, have all your wishes fulfilled, have all your dreams come true, enjoy good health, and have a happy and harmonious family reunion!)