Chapter 1074

These Five Children United Heart Devils each have early Nascent Soul cultivation, and having been tempered by demonic arts, the five devils can resonate with each other and are skilled in joint-body demonic arts; even against a late Nascent Soul great cultivator, they would not necessarily be at a disadvantage. If this net could be subdued for one's own use, it would certainly be a great help. But I fear these five devils have a vicious nature hard to tame, and having once backlashed against their master, subduing them would likely entail some risk. Han Li sighed, muttered a few words under his breath, then slapped his waist storage pouch; a black jade slip flew out and landed in his hand.

He actually ignored the five devils in the Vajra Cover, and instead immersed his mind into the jade slip.

Fortunately, although the devils' bodies no longer bore the Divine Thunder of Warding Evil, having been long enveloped by the Buddha-light of the Vajra Cover, and additionally covered all over with numerous restriction talismans, they appeared utterly weak and listless, as if their ferocity had been utterly exhausted.

After an unknown time, Han Li's expression stirred as he withdrew his spiritual sense from the jade slip, lifted his head, and fixed his gaze on the five Children Devils before him, his eyes flickering uncertainly.

This black jade slip is a nameless demonic scripture he obtained from the storage pouch of the Gan Old Devil; this demonic scripture seems somewhat incomplete, but it genuinely records several demonic arts secret techniques that are indeed formidable, among them the cultivation method for these Five Children United Heart Devils.

According to this demonic scripture, to successfully cultivate the Five Children United Heart Devils, one must first find five corpses of Nascent Soul cultivators who died a miserable death not long ago; their Nascent Souls must have shattered and vanished, leaving only a lingering resentment still entwined above the corpses.

With them, one can then use these five corpses and various rare materials to refine and cultivate them, then place them in a location where yin energy accumulates and bury them underground; each month, one must slay a cultivator who practices yin-attribute arts, using their blood, flesh, and essence to nourish the five corpses.

After over a hundred years have passed in this manner, the Five Children Devils can spontaneously become psychic and develop spiritual intelligence; then, using a special secret technique to simultaneously temper the five corpses, after several decades, the Five Children Devils can initially achieve cultivation. But upon initially forming the Five Children United Heart Devils, their cultivation is only at the late Core Formation stage; thereafter, the extent of their supernatural powers and cultivation depends on the painstaking effort and energy expended by the one who tempers them.

However, generally speaking, once the five devils' cultivation reaches late Core Formation, it is nearly impossible to make any further progress. But Gan Old Devil is a heaven-sent genius; somehow, by tempering these five devils, he actually pushed them further, simultaneously advancing them to early Nascent Soul.

Perhaps precisely for this reason, the five devils ultimately lost control and backlashed against their master. If they were merely Core Formation devil heads, Gan Old Devil's supernatural powers could surely suppress them.

According to the method of tempering the Five Children United Heart Devils, Han Li naturally could not 'control' these five devils, for he had not begun using demonic arts to temper them from their weakness. However, another demon-controlling secret technique mentioned in this scripture indeed made Han Li realize that 'controlling' the five devils might also be possible.

That is, to forcibly implant several special restrictions onto the five devils, then, by frequently nourishing them with one's own essence blood, one can, under a special formula, barely control the five devils.

But this method certainly cannot compare to Gan Old Devil's ability to drive the five devils as if they were his own avatars, nor can it allow one to let one's Nascent Soul hide within the five devils' bodies at any time.

Moreover, the degree of backlash suffered is far greater than that experienced by Gan Old Devil—several times over; almost as soon as one's cultivation weakens slightly, making it impossible to suppress the five devils, or once one can no longer provide essence blood for nourishment, these five devils will mercilessly and immediately backlash.

However, this method also has one advantage: it does not require merging the five devils' master soul with one's own Nascent Soul for tempering. Even if backlash occurs, Han Li can still escape and avoid it, and will not suddenly fall victim to the five devils' poisonous hands.

Although this method carries some danger, the benefit of subduing the five devils is so great that Han Li cannot resist it.

Therefore, after a moment's consideration, he gritted his teeth, bit his tongue tip, and spat out a mass of essence blood.

Several formula strikes hit it in succession, flashing and sinking into it without a trace.

The blood mass actually emitted a golden 'color' luster.

Han Li's complexion turned somewhat ashen, as if this mass of essence blood was extraordinary, greatly consuming his vital energy. But he did not immediately adjust his breathing; instead, he waved one hand.

After a flash of green light, this mass of essence blood actually transformed into five thumb-sized blood beads.

Then Han Li flicked his sleeve, and the blood beads rose without wind, flying toward the five Children Devils.

As Han Li's spiritual sense stirred, the blood beads flashed and, as if entering nothing, sank into the golden bubbles and slowly drifted toward the five skeletons.

The black skull heads, formed from the master souls of the originally near-dead Five Children Devils, upon the blood beads flying near, instantly turned their eyes toward the blood beads; green light flickered incessantly, and then, as if stimulated by something, they began to collide nonstop within the skeletal chests, each becoming abnormally excited.

But when these skull heads touched the dense, various 'color' talismans pasted on the skeletons, they were naturally rebounded by the emanating spiritual light, making them even more violent and ferocious.

With mouths full of fangs chewing, they continuously emitted strange 'ge ge' sounds!

Han Li's eyes flashed with cold light; he raised his hand, and five golden 'color' small swords shot out from his sleeves, instantly appearing before the five black skull heads; after a flash, they actually nailed them firmly in the void, rendering them completely immobile.

The skull heads' mouths roared incessantly, their eyes' green light waxing and waning, appearing extraordinarily strange.

Han Li, however, remained expressionless as he pinched a formula; a thunderclap sounded, and the remaining trace of Warding Evil Divine Thunder on the five small swords exploded outward.

As fine golden arcs flickered, the five skull heads were struck and trembled; their voices changed into wailing sounds.

Ferocity greatly diminished!

Seeing this, Han Li's face showed satisfaction; the five blood beads flashed and each shot into the mouths of the skull heads.

After swallowing the blood beads, the skull heads' eyes' green light surged greatly, appearing to have somewhat recovered their vital energy.

Han Li then closed his eyes, pinched both hands into a strange formula, and slowly released his spiritual sense, communicating with the five devils' spiritual sense aided by the power of the essence blood just used.

Somewhat unexpectedly, after only a moment, the five devils' eyes suddenly became gentle, and their violent aura also diminished considerably.

After exhaling, Han Li reached into his storage pouch with one hand; five slender needles, silver light flashing, appeared in his hand; he raised his hand, and five threads of silver silk sank into the black 'color' skull heads and vanished without a trace.

He then murmured words under his breath, opened his mouth, and spat out five masses of green qi.

These green qi continuously transformed and changed under his incantation voice, finally becoming five pale green 'color' small figures; aside from their faces, their hands and feet were all complete.

Upon seeing the green 'color' small figures take form, Han Li stopped his incantation voice, let out a low shout, and with one hand grasped empty air toward the ground; he actually seized five strands of pale yellow 'color' earth qi from the stone floor of the secret chamber, which rolled and merged into the small figures' bodies, as agile as five yellow snakes.

Han Li uttered the word "Ji"; the five green 'color' small figures instantly flashed and rushed straight toward the five devils, likewise sinking into the skull heads and vanishing without a trace.

After doing all this, Han Li did not stop; he actually took out another stack of silver 'color' rings from his storage pouch.

These magical tools were refined by him on the way here, following a secret technique from the demonic scripture for binding devils; the material is made from the remaining gang silver, refined into something extraordinarily solid.

With a wave of his hand, over twenty rings emitted strange cries as they were sacrificed into midair; after a flash and disappearance, they respectively appeared on the necks and limbs of the five humanoid skeletons, then strangely vanished without trace, as if they had never appeared at all.

Having done all this, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief.

With a wave of his hand, the golden 'color' bubble flashed, shrank rapidly, and flew back on its own, landing in his hand.

But the five skeletons and black skull heads strangely remained in place; a flash of gray light, and the talismans pasted on the skeletons were one by one turned to nothing by the nameless demonic flame; simultaneously, the five golden 'color' flying swords also flew 'shot' back.

The five black skull heads, upon gaining freedom, instantly turned into five strands of gray-white qi that plunged into the skeletons and vanished without trace.

Seeing this, Han Li immediately recalled the devil-controlling formula recorded in the demonic scripture; his spiritual sense stirred, and the five humanoid skeletons immediately staggered to their feet, then slowly flew toward Han Li, light and airy, as if insubstantial.

After his mind stirred again, the five skeletons stopped once more, but their eyes' green light flickered faintly, as if they still somewhat wished to approach Han Li.

Han Li's complexion darkened; suddenly, he uttered an incantation.

Five silver rings instantly appeared simultaneously on the five skeletons; above them, green flames blazed fiercely, a scorched smell spread, causing the five devils' forms to retreat simultaneously, their mouths emitting squeaking sounds, appearing extraordinarily panicked.

Upon hearing the incantation, the green flames instantly vanished, but knowing the danger, the five devils stood motionless in place, becoming extraordinarily obedient.

Han Li secretly nodded; originally, he had not hoped to drive these five Children Devils to the point of obeying thought as instinct; as long as they could follow his commands and be used against enemies, that would suffice.

Thinking thus, Han Li reactivated the devil-controlling formula; the skeletons formed from the Five Children Devils instantly shrank, ultimately becoming five strands of gray-white qi appearing in midair.

Turning his palm, a black small bottle flew out from his hand; the five strands of gray-white qi, after a slight circling, obediently flew one by one into it.

Han Li waited until the last strand of gray-white qi also flew in, then immediately capped the bottle; afterward, a flash of spiritual light, and several restriction talismans were pasted onto the bottle.

Then he carefully stored the black bottle into his storage pouch.

Thereafter, as long as one feeds it one's own essence blood at intervals, one can remain safe and sound.

But this is also because Han Li himself has an ample supply of replenishing essence blood pills; otherwise, even a cultivator of profound cultivation would not dare to plan such a prolonged release of essence blood to feed devil heads.

After all, human essence blood is the foundation of vital energy and cannot sustain prolonged loss.

It was the high master of the demonic path who established the Demon Controlling Technique back then, and because he himself was a master of alchemy, he could often replenish his qi and blood with elixirs, which is why he was able to research this demon-controlling secret art.

After subduing the Five Children Demons, Han Li was in high spirits, yet he still had an important matter to attend to.

That was to roughly refine the Yin True Fire obtained from the fire-attribute giant cauldron, so as to be able to command it against enemies. As for merging it with the Violet Extreme Fire, that could not be accomplished in a short time, and Han Li had no intention of considering it at present.

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