Chapter 442: 446. Chapter 445 City Building

451. Chapter 450: Kui Dragon Snake

Above the ruined city, cosmic energy was influenced by a great force and surged in.

Three former experts of the Three Flowers Realm were now breathing and exhaling, using the massive cosmic energy on Earth to restore their cultivation. It was not just them who needed spiritual energy; each Dao treasure also needed the nourishment of spiritual energy. The cosmic energy they consumed was also very vast, not inferior to the breathing of a Three Flowers Realm expert.

Besides this, Li Yi also took out a large pile of magic artifacts; these magic artifacts also needed to be nourished.

In this situation, the influx of nearby cosmic energy could hardly keep up with the consumption. Fortunately, as the strength of Cang Erzi, Xuan Yuezi, and Old Daoist Wu gradually recovered, the range of their breathing and exhaling of heaven and earth energy became larger and larger. Before, it was only a hundred miles, but now it had expanded to nearly three hundred miles.

The cosmic energy in the three-hundred-mile area was vast, but the three of them did not absorb just any spiritual energy. They picked and chose, and only the spiritual energy remaining after excluding the polluted spiritual energy was their own.

This inevitably caused a large amount of spiritual energy to be wasted.

However, such large-scale consumption of cosmic energy easily attracted the attention of some powerful creatures.

At the edge of this ruined city, the ground suddenly began to vibrate, and then something was bulging under the soil. Moreover, as time passed, the range of the bulge became larger and larger. Looking from afar, it was like a hill that had appeared abruptly. This hill stretched for nearly ten kilometers, winding and twisting, coiled in a corner of the city.

Suddenly.

Accompanied by the collapse of several abandoned skyscrapers in the city, an oppressive aura suddenly appeared in this ruined city. A huge creature raised its body and poked out its head, a pair of golden vertical pupils staring at Cang Erzi and Xuan Yuezi in the sky, and a cold killing intent permeated the air.

This creature looked like a giant snake, but it had reverse scales and two horns. The two horns emitted circles of light, and between its breaths, strands of wind and thunder were coiled around it. Just by moving its body, the surrounding sand and stones flew, and lightning flashed and thunder roared.

Moreover, wherever its massive body passed, this wind and thunder power accompanied it, and it easily destroyed the city; no one could restrain it.

With such a creature waking up, Li Yi, who was in the city, immediately sensed it. His expression changed, and a cloud of auspiciousness appeared under his feet, lifting him into the air. Beside him, Shanyi also became restless and uneasy, emitting bursts of uneasy cries.

When Li Yi arrived in the air and looked in the direction where he sensed the crisis, he happened to see a creature thicker and taller than a skyscraper poking its head out from a corner of the city, stirring up wind and thunder. A pair of golden vertical pupils were coldly spying on every move here, and its massive body was swaying nearby, seemingly ready to attack at any time.

"What is that? A mythological creature?" Li Yi's expression changed immediately.

"A great demon, very extraordinary, with a bit of the flavor of a dragon species. Wherever it passes, wind and thunder follow. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing on the first day of coming to this world. Taiyi, your world is indeed not peaceful. That's right, how could a world with such abundant spiritual energy not have powerful enemies?"

Old Daoist Cang Erzi also noticed this creature at this moment. He had also recovered some of his peak style, with crane hair and a youthful face, possessing the demeanor of an immortal.

"No wonder this city was built so grandly, yet there is not a single person. It turns out a great demon is entrenched here. Was it awakened by us when we were breathing and exhaling heaven and earth spiritual energy earlier?"

Xuan Yuezi also narrowed her eyes, staring at the giant snake with two horns on its head, their eyes meeting.

Although Xuan Yuezi seemed small in stature, her whole body emitted the aura of a dragon and tiger, and every move was accompanied by the roar of a dragon and the howl of a tiger, making that creature very wary.

Old Daoist Wu stepped on five-colored energy and rose into the air, saying: "Since the great demon is causing trouble, then let's slay it. The two horns will be left for this old Daoist to use to repair the Heaven and Earth Furnace, and its flesh and blood will be used to refine elixirs. It just so happens that Senior Cang Erzi can also try that Red Jade Bagua Furnace."

Old Daoist Wu, whose strength had recovered quite a bit, no longer had his previous timid appearance, showing the demeanor of an expert, and opened his mouth to slay this creature.

"My Heavenly Dao Sect's Heavenly Dao Map also needs to be repaired; those dragon scales and reverse scales are the best," Xuan Yuezi said. "Since that's the case, I will subdue it, so that Taiyi can see the Heavenly Dao Sect's art of subduing dragons and tigers."

After she finished speaking, the flower of magic power above her head bloomed crystal-clearly, and then an astonishing magic power soared into the sky, stirring up wind and clouds. The ten true dragons transformed from spiritual energy that had gathered earlier were all swallowed up by this magic power in an instant. Immediately after, accompanied by a deafening dragon roar, a more ferocious and fierce giant dragon manifested.

"Kill!"

Xuan Yuezi pointed her finger and gave a delicate shout.

The massive giant dragon instantly stepped on auspicious clouds, its speed incredibly fast, like a dragon-shaped treasure sword slashing down from the sky. The power of this strike was enough to easily destroy a city and shake the earth veins for a hundred miles. And this was just a single true dragon magic power; one must know that at her peak, Xuan Yuezi could condense the power of nine dragons and ten tigers.

Without such strength, how could she have become one of the Seven Immortal Maidens of the Heavenly Dao Sect?

The true dragon turned into a sword and slashed toward the great demon.

This creature with two horns on its head, where wind and thunder followed, was also extraordinary; it was a genuine mythological creature. The Golden Academy's database named it the Kui Dragon Snake. Its strength was extremely terrifying. As soon as it appeared on Earth, it destroyed a city, and so far, no evolver had the strength to crusade against it, only being able to force it to retreat and cede this territory to this mythological creature to settle down.

And this Kui Dragon Snake also occupied the mountain as king; all the large and small extraordinary creatures nearby were under its control, and any enemy passing by would be hunted by it.

The Kui Dragon Snake seemed to possess some of the habits of a snake and had the habit of hibernating. Li Yi's luck in crossing over this time was considered okay; it was just when the Kui Dragon Snake was hibernating. If it weren't for the strange phenomena of the three Three Flowers Realm experts breathing and exhaling, the Kui Dragon Snake might not have been awakened.

"Awoo."

The Kui Dragon Snake opened its mouth and let out a dragon roar, and then a terrifying aura of wind and thunder was spewed out, turning into a brilliant thunder light that met the strike without any fear.

Dragon and snake clashed, and the terrifying energy immediately swept the scene. Just the aftermath was enough to flatten the entire city with a force that destroyed everything. All the dilapidated buildings turned into dust at this moment, and this range of influence continued to spread, even rushing toward Li Yi.

Li Yi did not dare to be arrogant. A Xuanhuang Seal appeared on his palm, and then, with magic power infused, he raised his hand and sent it out. The Xuanhuang Seal hung above his head, dripping down strands of talisman light, covering the area of several miles around him, easily resisting the attack of this aftermath.

"Taiyi, the Dao treasure in your hand has no artifact spirit. Once snatched, it will be used by others immediately. This old Daoist will teach you the method of Primordial Spirit refining, which can control the Dao treasure and re-nurture the artifact spirit."

Seeing this, Old Daoist Wu pointed his finger, and a clear light flew out, landing directly on Li Yi.

Information immediately appeared in Li Yi's mind; it was a Dao technique called the Primordial Spirit Treasure Refining Technique.

"I'll try."

He had the Primordial Spirit Flower of Xiang Xiangzi and understood Dao techniques extremely quickly. After just a moment, he had some realization and immediately pinched a magic seal, sending out a light of the Primordial Spirit.

Although under normal circumstances, a cultivator at the first level of the Five Qi Realm does not have the light of the Primordial Spirit, Li Yi is different. He is an evolver and is now in the Spiritual Power Realm. His soul can interfere with reality and control cosmic energy, so he possesses the light of the Primordial Spirit, making it easy for him to perform this technique.

This is the advantage of dual cultivation.

Putting down the plaque of the Heaven Dao Sect is also a good thing. You can't always dwell on the past.

Moreover, his light of the Primordial Spirit permeated every part of the Xuanhuang Seal. Even if others snatched it, without the corresponding method, it would be very difficult to clear away his light of the Primordial Spirit, which meant that even if others snatched it, they couldn't use it.

This point is similar to the master-recognition of spiritual artifacts in the Xuanxian Continent.

But what is even more exquisite is that Li Yi's light of the Primordial Spirit also grows stronger as the Dao treasure absorbs heaven and earth spiritual energy to recover on its own, and they become more and more closely integrated. As time passes, this Primordial Spirit power combined with the Dao treasure power will be able to nurture a unique artifact spirit. By then, he won't even need to do it himself; the artifact spirit will be able to control the Dao treasure to fight enemies, and even perform some of Li Yi's Dao techniques.

After entering the spiritual energy-rich Earth, Li Yi felt more and more the profound foundation and exquisite magic of that Age of Dharma Decline cultivation world.

Afterward, he followed the same pattern, sending out strands of Primordial Spirit light to refine the Tianyi Hall, Tianyi Sword, Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron, Five Elements Bracelet, and Purple Gold Gourd one by one.

"Taiyi, Primordial Spirit refining of Dao treasures is very damaging to the foundation. Do not refine too many Dao treasures; it is best to take it slowly," Old Daoist Wu reminded him hurriedly upon seeing this.

Li Yi, however, said: "Senior, I can still hold on; it's nothing."

He felt that his soul was still strong and had not weakened.

This is probably the advantage of an evolver, or perhaps after his own divine blood awakened, his soul became different, stronger than ordinary cultivators.

"It's good that you're okay."

Old Daoist Wu was very surprised. Refining six Dao treasures in one breath without damaging himself—this foundation was truly extremely profound.

However, thinking that Li Yi had twelve strands of Heart Fire energy, he felt relieved.

And while he was refining the Dao treasures, the battle on Xuan Yuezi's side was still continuing.

The true dragon shook the vast earth, and the dragon claws fell, forcibly pinning the Kui Dragon Snake to the ground. Although its body was torn with a huge opening, this was condensed from magic power, so it didn't matter at all. Seeing spiritual energy gather around, this true dragon recovered as before.

As an overlord, the Kui Dragon Snake was furious at being humiliated. The two horns on its head instantly burst out with strands of terrifying thunder. These thunders poured down like a rainstorm, all striking this true dragon. In just a moment, the true dragon was covered in holes, and even its form could hardly be stabilized, showing a tendency to collapse.

"It has some ability, actually being able to fight with an Immortal Maiden's true dragon of magic power, and even gaining the upper hand. Its strength is already comparable to an ordinary cultivator of the One Flower Realm," Old Daoist Cang Erzi praised upon seeing this.

Xuan Yuezi's gaze was calm: "Since one true dragon cannot suppress it, then two, three. Let's see how much ability this great demon has."

Her magic power had not yet recovered to its peak, and her strength was still growing. It was not difficult at all to slay this great demon.

Just as she was preparing to perform the art of subduing dragons and tigers again, she was stopped by Cang Erzi: "Immortal Maiden, why not save some strength and let this old Daoist use this mid-grade Dao treasure to collect it? Such a big commotion will ultimately not be very good."

The Red Jade Bagua Furnace in front of him was emitting rosy light, steaming clouds, and dyeing the heaven and earth. The power of the Dao treasure began to be revealed at this moment. He was also itching to try it out and wanted to perform magic to fight with this great demon.

For so many years in the Age of Dharma Decline, Cang Erzi had never fought with anyone, and his magic power had been saved and saved again. Today, having been generous for once, he couldn't help himself.

Hearing this, Xuan Yuezi nodded and said: "That's fine. I will trouble Senior to collect this great demon."

"Thank you, Immortal Maiden, for yielding."

Cang Erzi smiled, then cast a magic formula. The Red Jade Bagua Furnace in front of him immediately hummed, and then strands of red-gold chains suddenly stretched out from within the Red Jade Bagua Furnace. These red-gold chains were not physical entities but were transformed from the power of the Dao treasure, with talisman light flickering on them, possessing extraordinary power.

Afterward, these red-gold chains entangled this Kui Dragon Snake, and no matter how it struggled, it was of no avail.

Even if the Kui Dragon Snake manipulated lightning to strike again, it didn't damage them in the slightest.

"Evil beast, why not enter the furnace obediently."

Cang Erzi pointed his finger, and a clear light transformed into a flying sword that suddenly flew out, arriving in the air in a flash. The treasure sword was not sharp but presented an illusory color, as if transformed from the power of the Primordial Spirit.

This Kui Dragon Snake didn't even know what was happening before it was pierced through the head by this illusory sword.

The next moment.

The Kui Dragon Snake let out a sad cry and wail, as if it had suffered a heavy blow. Its massive body, which had been struggling constantly, immediately felt as if its strength had been drained, becoming limp instantly, and then it was pulled by the red-gold chains, flying directly into mid-air.

The Red Jade Bagua Furnace at this moment emitted strands of red-rosy firelight, which fell on the Kui Dragon Snake along the red-gold chains, directly igniting it. Moreover, this cluster of red-rosy fire was very miraculous; while burning, this huge Kui Dragon Snake was actually shrinking rapidly.

In the end, its shrunken body was pulled directly into the Red Jade Bagua Furnace by the red-gold chains.