Chapter 37: Battle and Earnings—Both at Once

May 4th, the fourth day since Cang Luo was summoned to the Yuanwu Continent.

The sky was just beginning to brighten, and a hundred beasts roared in unison!

Cang Luo, who had dozed off briefly, was startled awake by the beasts' roars and instinctively connected to the satellite to observe his surroundings.

Through the satellite's surveillance, Cang Luo saw many demon beasts running past nearby, and beneath the giant cedar where he had spent the night, there was actually a black demon beast taking a dump.

Yes, taking a dump, and a bit constipated at that.

Cang Luo watched it struggling, finally squeezing out a few centimeters before contracting and holding it back in.

Damn it! Why the hell am I staring at its asshole?

Cang Luo shook his head and looked closely. It turned out to be a black-skinned wild boar over two meters long, differing from Earth's wild boars in more than just size.

This boar also had a pair of silver tusks a full meter long, their sharp tips radiating menace like two long spears gleaming with cold light.

Cang Luo took out the 《Ten Thousand Beasts Illustrated Codex》 that Cang Feng had given him from his bosom and began flipping through it, searching for information on the boar—knowing oneself and the enemy was the only way to win every battle.

Flipping to the frontispiece, there was an introductory passage. Only after reading it did Cang Luo realize this 《Ten Thousand Beasts Illustrated Codex》 was only the upper volume.

It only recorded the currently known first to third tier demon beasts. There were also middle and lower volumes, recording fourth to sixth tier and seventh to ninth tier demon beasts respectively.

The frontispiece also recorded a passage about the history of the 《Ten Thousand Beasts Illustrated Codex》.

The original author of the 《Ten Thousand Beasts Illustrated Codex》 was the Imperial-grade sect Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Manor of the Qin Kingdom. Unfortunately, Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Manor was jointly exterminated by several Imperial-grade factions of the Qin Kingdom over a thousand years ago.

The reason was to seize the sect's core secret art, the 'Beast-Taming Art.' However, it was never found—the Beast-Taming Art was lost along with the disappearance of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Manor's sect master.

The Beast-Taming Art was a secret art that allowed warriors to subdue demon beasts without sacrificing their organs. In those days, Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Manor dominated the world by virtue of the Beast-Taming Art.

Every sect disciple had at least three beast companions, and the sect master, who was at the Wu Di cultivation level, possessed ten ninth-tier demon beasts as companions.

Equivalent to ten Wu Di-level experts at his command, this strength was unmatched in its time, overawing the Qin Kingdom's imperial family, ultimately inviting the catastrophe of annihilation.

It is said that Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Manor's sect master escaped this calamity thanks to his ten ninth-tier beast companions......

"Tsk tsk tsk! The commoner is guiltless, but possessing jade brings disaster! Isn't that exactly my situation right now?

If it weren't for the phone, Earth would have no way of knowing I'm still alive after transmigrating, and there wouldn't be so much trouble."

Cang Luo sighed twice, turned past the frontispiece to search, and quickly found the information on the boar below.

It turned out this demon beast, still in the middle of defecating, was called a Spear Boar, an earth-attribute first-tier demon beast, with strength equivalent to a human cultivator at Warrior Stage 5.

Its characteristic was extremely strong defense, ranking at the top among demon beasts of the same tier, with no obvious weakness.

If one had to nitpick, its attack methods were singular—it could only charge with its tusks.

At the end, it also noted that Spear Boar meat was plump and delicious, greatly loved by warriors......

"Heh! Just worrying about what to have for breakfast, and here comes a free pork feast delivered right to my door."

Cang Luo's muttering attracted the attention of the Spear Boar beneath the tree. The Spear Boar was startled, its rear suddenly lifted, and the over twenty centimeters of black excrement it had already expelled was forcibly held back in.

The Spear Boar flew into a rage, its pig face flushed red, and it howled wildly.

Damn it all! This is bullying a pig too far!

Grandpa Pig's been constipated for days, finally managed to squeeze some out, and the guy up in the tree dares to disturb Grandpa Pig?

The Spear Boar roared furiously, glared viciously at Cang Luo in the tree, raised its two one-meter-long tusks, and without looking back charged headlong into the giant cedar's trunk.

The impact rang out with a series of heavy thuds!

In the tree, Cang Luo stared at the Spear Boar below with a bewildered expression and said amusedly, "Is its brain damaged? This giant cedar is two meters thick—do you really think you can knock it down?

Looks like first-tier demon beasts generally have low intelligence. I wonder how its strength compares to the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion?

Uh...... let's not worry about how to deal with it for now—how am I supposed to get down?"

Cang Luo looked around and spotted a branch on the giant cedar some ten-plus meters ahead that was about as thick as the one he was on.

So Cang Luo swung his grappling hook and threw it toward that side. After successfully catching hold, he smoothly swung across.

Seeing this, the Spear Boar immediately stopped its useless ramming and howled as it chased after Cang Luo.

"Hmph! Not only do I get pork to eat, but also a demon core for cultivation."

Cang Luo grabbed a vine and lowered himself to the ground, sword in his right hand, left hand still gripping the vine, his back against the giant cedar as he awaited the Spear Boar's attack.

In less than five seconds, the Spear Boar charged to his front, its silver tusks gleaming with cold light thrusting straight at Cang Luo without hesitation.

Facing the Spear Boar's lethal strike, Cang Luo remained unruffled. His left hand gripping the vine yanked hard, pulling himself off the ground and dodging the Spear Boar's charging attack.

The ferocious Spear Boar couldn't brake in time and stupidly slammed headfirst into the giant cedar with a tremendous crash, its two tusks piercing about three inches into the trunk.

However, thanks to the protection of its tusks, the Spear Boar wasn't harmed and was now struggling to pull them out.

Cang Luo naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip. He immediately adjusted his attacking stance and drove the broken iron sword in his hand viciously toward the Spear Boar's neck......

Cang Luo had expected to pierce clean through the neck in one thrust, but in reality, the broken sword stopped advancing after penetrating half a foot into the Spear Boar's neck, as if wedged against bone.

In his urgency, Cang Luo quickly released the sword hilt, channeled the Thunder Rush Palm, and struck the rear end of the hilt, intending to use tremendous force to drive the iron sword into the Spear Boar's body.

But with that palm strike, the iron sword snapped with a 'crack' into two pieces—one piece still embedded in the Spear Boar, the other flying off elsewhere.

Cang Luo was greatly shocked. He hurriedly climbed back up the vine and hung in midair, watching the Spear Boar below with a tightly furrowed brow.

"That palm strike just now had at least four hundred jin of force. Too bad this iron sword was already badly damaged after the great battle with the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion, otherwise it might have pierced through."

Although the iron sword hadn't pierced through, it had still inflicted considerable damage. Bright red blood seeped slowly from the Spear Boar's neck, dripping down its rough skin onto the ground.

The neck, with half the iron sword embedded in it, throbbed with intense pain. The Spear Boar's face twisted hideously as it howled furiously at Cang Luo above.

Grandpa Pig had been badly constipated, had his bowel movement interrupted by Cang Luo, and now was stabbed by Cang Luo as well.

The fury! He wished he could turn Cang Luo up in the tree into feces.

Cang Luo leisurely watched the howling Spear Boar below while contemplating his strategy, planning to let it bleed more before going down for direct combat.

Unfortunately, fate would not oblige. Through the satellite, Cang Luo suddenly noticed several demon beasts nearby rapidly converging toward this location.

"Was it the smell of blood, or were they drawn by the sounds of fighting?"

Cang Luo estimated those demon beasts would reach here in at most five minutes.

Facing the siege of four or five demon beasts by then, forget whether he could get the demon core—he might end up being devoured by them just like the Spear Boar.

While hesitating, those few demon beasts drew closer again.

"Damn it! Fortune favors the bold. For the demon cores, for strength, I'll go for it."

After making his decision, Cang Luo suddenly leapt behind the Spear Boar and quickly retreated toward a massive fir tree.

The Spear Boar discovered him and charged straight at Cang Luo without hesitation, but fortunately, due to its injuries, its speed had dropped considerably.

Cang Luo held his breath and focused his mind, running Gale Steps at full power to prepare for the clash, mobilizing his Yuan Sense to control four Yuan Wheels spinning frantically.

The rapidly spinning Yuan Wheels were like four engines driving the Yuan Power in his Lower Dantian to surge and boil throughout his body.

The Yuan Power surging everywhere put Cang Luo's body in a taut state, like an arrow about to leave the bowstring, on the verge of erupting.

In less than three seconds, the Spear Boar charged up to Cang Luo with its two silver tusks.

At this moment, Cang Luo was unusually calm.

Suddenly, Cang Luo discovered that in the satellite's view, the Spear Boar's movements became incredibly slow, like a turtle strolling.

This state was very strange; every object in Cang Luo's eyes had become extremely slow.

No, to be precise, it became slow in the footage captured by the satellite camera.

"This is the satellite camera's motion capture ability!"

Cang Luo instinctively knew of this new ability and gave it a name.

Motion Capture!

Through the Motion Capture ability, Cang Luo watched the Spear Boar slowly approach, gauged the timing, sidestepped, and slotted himself into the gap between the two tusks, his chest pressing against the boar's long snout.

"Ah!"

Cang Luo roared loudly, gripping the Spear Boar's two tusks tightly with both hands to steady himself.

The Spear Boar was immensely strong, carrying Cang Luo as it crashed into the massive fir tree again.

This collision not only failed to harm Cang Luo, but also reopened the wound on its neck; blood immediately gushed out, and the Spear Boar's eyes went blank, its head dizzy and muddled.

"Thunderbolt Palm!"

Cang Luo roared. Wedged between the tusks, he not only suffered no harm but had gained the positional advantage. Taking advantage of the Spear Boar not yet having recovered, he instantly threw dozens of palms.

Every palm of Thunderbolt Palm exploded with sound, each one smashing fiercely onto the Spear Boar's forehead.

Soon, the Spear Boar bled from all seven orifices, its skull split open, and it died!

Cang Luo pushed aside the Spear Boar's corpse, took the broken sword, dug out an earth-yellow demon core from the back of its head, and with great effort also cut off a Spear Boar leg, planning to take it away and roast it for food.

After finishing all this, Cang Luo hurriedly retracted his flying claw and, relying on the satellite for navigation, successfully escaped, easily dodging the demon beasts' encirclement.

Half a month later, May 19th, somewhere in the Demon Beast Mountain Forest.

"Bang!"

With the help of the satellite's infinite Yuan Power and Motion Capture ability, Cang Luo easily slapped a cat-type demon beast to death with one palm, and with practiced ease dug out a cyan demon core from the back of its head.

Including the Spear Boar, this was already the twenty-fifth first-tier demon beast Cang Luo had slain in half a month.

Actually, he could have killed more, but Cang Luo was visiting the Demon Beast Mountain Forest for the first time and didn't dare fight demon beasts too frequently; he also needed time to cultivate, so he only killed twenty-five.

During this period, he obtained a total of twenty-five demon cores, not counting the two demon cores from the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion at the very beginning.

Of these, twelve had already been eaten, and his cultivation had reached Warrior Stage 6 three days ago. Cang Luo didn't plan to eat the remaining thirteen, intending to keep them as Outer Sect mission items to hand over to Steward Liang.

Also, Cang Luo discovered that there were still undigested demon cores in his body; his body's reaction to the demon cores seemed to have dulled, and the absorption speed had dropped considerably.

"Could I have already developed a resistance to first-tier demon cores?"

Cang Luo muttered to himself. He remembered Seeing Xuan Qingqing say that, due to the Earthling physique, his cultivation speed would be more than ten times that of an ordinary martial artist on Yuan Wu Continent.

The prerequisite was having a sufficient source of Yuan Power; relying solely on absorbing Yuan Power from nature couldn't achieve such speed.

One had to rely on absorbing Yuan Stones, or take pills or spiritual medicines, or swallow demon cores raw.

Among these, absorbing Yuan Stones and taking pills cultivated the fastest, and combining the two was even better; next came spiritual medicines, and lastly swallowing demon cores raw.

However, if one took large amounts of the same type of pill or the same tier of demon core within a short period, the body would develop a resistance to that pill and demon core, causing the efficacy to drop greatly, or even be completely unabsorbable.

The same was true for absorbing Yuan Stones; continuously absorbing Yuan Stones over a long period would tire the body, and the Yuan Wheels would also reject them, requiring rest.

One must balance work and rest, using various methods to refine this Yuan Power, such as combat.

Only, Cang Luo didn't know exactly how long this resistance cycle was—half a month or one month?

"That means, before the demon cores in my body are completely digested, there's no need for me to keep taking first-tier demon cores..."

Cang Luo shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless.

It seemed that it was impossible to keep rapidly leveling up by hunting first-tier demon beasts and taking first-tier demon cores.

He had to change things up—Yuan Stones, pills, spiritual medicines, demon cores, taking turns......

After thinking for a long time, Cang Luo put away the demon core he had just dug out and used his flying claw to climb onto a massive fir tree branch not far away.

On the tree branch, Cang Luo's phone was set up on it, and the camera was even turned on recording video.

Cang Luo took back his phone and stopped recording, then opened the video. The video's content was exactly the footage of his battle with that cat-type demon beast just now.

After a cursory check that there were no problems, Cang Luo sent the video to the World Conference WeChat group, and representatives from various countries saved it locally upon seeing it.

This was requested by the bigwigs of various countries; they hoped Cang Luo would provide videos of battles with demon beasts to study the combat power of otherworldly martial artists and demon beasts, as well as various data.

Of course, the videos weren't provided for free; Cang Luo charged one hundred thousand Mei Yuan per battle, and it was one hundred thousand per person.

There were now over thirty members in the group, so that was over three million, and payment had to be prompt.

After the money arrived in his account, Cang Luo transferred it to his cousin Yang Yongshan, investing in him to set up factories, start companies, get into real estate, and so on.

While the video was still being sent, Cang Luo didn't waste any cultivation time; he sat cross-legged on the tree branch and began cultivating his heart technique, refining the demon cores in his body that hadn't been digested yet.

Only, what he was cultivating wasn't Thunder Qi Art, but Meiti Shengong.

Cang Luo originally didn't plan to cultivate this heart technique, because the cost of using Meiti Shengong was too great, and only the first layer could be cultivated.

However, after being injured in a battle once, while healing himself with infinite Yuan Power, a sudden inspiration struck him.

Wasn't the injury-healing infinite Yuan Power precisely the nemesis of Meiti Shengong's usage cost?

The Body-Destroying Divine Art causes damage to the body when used, leading to cracked skin, burns, and even internal bleeding.

And Infinite Origin Power can heal wounds, perfectly compensating for the flaw of the Body-Destroying Divine Art.

Not only that, Cang Luo also discovered that he could use Infinite Origin Power to heal himself while fighting.

As long as the healing speed could catch up with the rate of damage caused by the Body-Destroying Divine Art, it would be fine; even if it couldn't catch up, it was okay—at the very least, it could lessen the injuries.

Thinking of this, Cang Luo was overjoyed, and operated the Body-Destroying Divine Art with even greater effort, hoping to master it soon.

He had already completed forty-one cycles, and mastering the first layer of the Body-Destroying Divine Art required forty-nine cycles—almost there.

As for the parts of the Body-Destroying Divine Art that were stained by ink starting from the second layer, Cang Luo planned to take photos and find a chance to send them to Feng Lin Huo Shan, to see if they could restore them.

Cang Luo figured the chances were slim—after all, they were only photos, not the original, so the possibility of restoration was extremely small.

A few days ago, Cang Luo had sent the photos to his cousin Yang Yongshan, asking him to find an institution to restore them, but unfortunately the other party couldn't restore them, saying they needed the original.

Feng Lin Huo Shan should be able to restore them, right? That's a national institution!

The technology they possess is definitely not something ordinary social institutions can compare to......