Chapter 312: Earth Travel Technique vs. Earth Escape Technique

Having advanced to the second stage this time, they have truly become big fellows, especially their four claws, which are even stronger and more powerful than before.

He specifically went over to measure them; previously, they could scrape marks over a foot deep into the mine wall, but now he estimates that a casual scrape would be enough.

At the very least, there should be marks two or three feet long. These claws reminded him of the bear paws of the Red-Armored Gale Lion he encountered last time.

That also gave Lin Zhangqing a feeling of strength and power, but he believes the attack power of the Earth-Armored Beast's claws is definitely superior to that of the Gale Lion.

Moreover, the current appearance of Jin Yi and Jin Er gives him a rather fierce feeling, and the scales on their bodies look thicker and harder than before.

Lin Zhangqing couldn't help but touch them, and it felt almost like touching metal; their body surfaces, limbs, and tails were all covered in these hard, metal-like scales.

However, they also have some weaknesses: their mouths and abdomens are covered in a layer of finer, thinner yellow scales.

They don't look as strongly defended as the metal-like scales on the rest of their bodies. When Lin Zhangqing encountered them in the past,

he also utilized the Purple Crystal Scorpion's invisibility talent, stinging them through the abdomen with a Purple Light Needle to finally subdue them successfully.

Fortunately, they have a master now; Lin Zhangqing will definitely keep an eye on them in the future to ensure they aren't easily dealt with by someone finding their weaknesses.

After carefully studying the bodies of Jin Yi and Jin Er, although they have weaknesses in their mouths and abdomens,

and they still cannot fly—a weakness that will likely only be resolved when they reach the third stage at the earliest—

after all, at the third stage, they can fly directly through the air. Now that they have just advanced to the second stage, at most, their Earth Escape Technique is relatively formidable.

By the way, since Jin Yi and Jin Er are already at the second stage, they must have triggered new innate spells. Lin Zhangqing wondered what spells they were and asked through the contract.

To his surprise, Jin Yi told him that they hadn't awakened new innate spells; their original Earth Travel Technique had simply evolved into a true Earth Escape Technique.

The previous Earth Travel Technique could only allow them to go about three or four zhang underground and travel about three to five miles, and that was only because of their powerful racial talent.

But now that they have advanced to the second stage, the Earth Travel Technique has become a true Earth Escape Technique. It feels like they can go at least a hundred zhang underground, and if they exert their full power, they can definitely travel a hundred miles underground.

Upon understanding the meaning conveyed by Jin Yi through the contract, Lin Zhangqing was greatly shocked. Isn't this exactly what was mentioned in that jade slip of the Great Divine Ability of the Five Elements Escape Technique? It starts with the prerequisite spell, Earth Travel Technique, and only after cultivating it to Great Perfection can one further cultivate the true Earth Escape secret art, which is the Earth Escape Technique.

It's just that Lin Zhangqing's Five Elements Technique was cultivated bit by bit through his own daily practice, while the Earth Escape Technique of the Earth-Armored Beasts Jin Yi and Jin Er was obtained naturally through their advancement.

It counts as a racial talent! This is truly something Lin Zhangqing cannot envy enough!

He hurriedly asked Jin Yi through the contract again, asking if it could carry others along when performing the Earth Escape Technique.

This question is what Lin Zhangqing truly cares about. After all, his own Earth Travel Technique only goes two or three zhang deep, and he can't run very far underground, making it impossible to compare with Jin Yi and the others.

If Jin Yi's Earth Escape Technique could carry Lin Zhangqing, that would be wonderful; he would have gained another trump card.

Moreover, he could go to many places he couldn't reach before, and his safety would be better guaranteed. If you go two or three zhang underground, you might still be discovered by others and forcibly interrupted and blasted out. But if you go dozens or a hundred zhang underground, others might not even discover you, let alone forcibly interrupt you.

Jin Yi nodded and shook its head, then conveyed its meaning to Lin Zhangqing: it feels that it should be possible to carry others, but since the advancement, it hasn't tried escaping underground itself.

So it cannot answer Lin Zhangqing for now, but it plans to try carrying Lin Zhangqing after a period of time, once it has fully mastered the Earth Escape Technique and feels confident.

After receiving Jin Yi's answer, Lin Zhangqing was both happy and a little worried.

He decided that when Jin Yi is confident enough to carry him, he should first let a captive or a first-stage demon beast try it out!

Otherwise, if something goes wrong a hundred zhang underground, that would be fatal!

After understanding the changes in the Earth-Armored Beasts Jin Yi and Jin Er after their advancement, Lin Zhangqing had a concept in his mind and knew their approximate range of capabilities.

So he continued to communicate with Jin Yi, asking about their plans for the future. Although the first-stage mid-grade yellow earth crystal mine cave they are currently in looks quite large,

its grade is clearly too low and can no longer satisfy the needs of Jin Yi and Jin Er, so Lin Zhangqing had to ask clearly.

At this time, Jin Yi and Jin Er began to lean against each other and communicate. After a while,

they told Lin Zhangqing that they had already discussed it: after they adapt for a period of time, they will separate from the children.

They will leave the three little ones here for now; the yellow earth crystal mine in this place can still satisfy the children's needs for a long time.

They themselves will first go to the outer reaches of the Qingyun Mountain Range to look for new mine veins that can satisfy their needs. If they really can't find any, they will consider going deep into the interior of the Qingyun Mountain Range.

Lin Zhangqing nodded, still very much in agreement. It's better for the first and second-stage Earth-Armored Beasts to separate first. Although Jin Yi and Jin Er are both at the second stage,

if they were to carry these three burdens and encounter other more powerful demon beasts or human Foundation Establishment cultivators, that would be troublesome.

With these three little ones dragging them down, Jin Yi and Jin Er might not even be able to run if they wanted to!

So it's better to separate. At the very least, with these three little ones staying here in the mine cave, their safety is definitely guaranteed.

Moreover, other demon beasts in the Qingyun Mountain Range also separate from their parents once they grow to a certain degree; in fact, they are driven away by their parents

to other places to multiply. This is also the reason why the demon beasts in the Qingyun Mountain Range are always endless.

Furthermore, Lin Zhangqing was very much in favor of Jin Yi and Jin Er going out to search for new mine veins, because it was quite obvious that the Earth Armored Beasts were experts at finding them.

With them going out to find mine veins, he will definitely be able to obtain a higher-quality spirit mine, at the very least first-stage upper-grade, or even a precious second-stage spirit mine.

If that happens, he will have struck it rich. No matter which second-stage spirit mine they find, even if it's the cheapest kind of second-stage spirit mine, Lin Zhangqing will be flying with joy.

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