Chapter 515: The First Temporary Top-tier Demon Pet (Second Update, requesting all)

Among this pile of corpses, the most precious is the half-corpse of a Hundred-Armed Giant, though Li Zhangsheng intends to leave it for last to purify.

Although Li Zhangsheng's purification technique is becoming increasingly proficient, his 20% purification rate has yet to stabilize; he believes that once he finishes purifying the remaining bloodlines, his purification rate will surely stabilize further.

Among these corpses, there is no shortage of powerful existences such as Behemoths, Red Dragons, Hydras, Li Fire Crimson Flame Cats, and Spirit-Devouring Rats.

Among them, the most "inexpensive" are the Xi Rat corpses; Li Zhangsheng had purified one before, but he had not yet gathered enough Spirit Essence for the Treasure-Seeking Rat to complete its final evolution.

He believes that after purifying this Xi Rat corpse, he will be able to let the Treasure-Seeking Rat complete its evolution.

This time, Li Zhangsheng has decided to let the Treasure-Seeking Rat complete its evolution; otherwise, if the Treasure-Seeking Rat's strength remains too weak, it will ultimately not be very safe, and he does not know if the Treasure-Seeking Rat will still retain its treasure-seeking ability after this evolution.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng activated the Breath Concealment Restriction, preparing to purify the Xi Rat corpse.

This Xi Rat has no other bloodlines, so the purification process appears much simpler, and the purification rate far exceeds that of other bloodlines, as he is, after all, purifying the Xi Rat's own Spirit Essence.

Li Zhangsheng peeled off a complete Xi Rat hide, which could be used later to make another Xi Rat Drum, or to expand the size of the existing Xi Rat Drum to produce greater sound waves, allowing the drumbeat to be heard from further away.

After pulling out the Xi Rat's teeth and claws, Li Zhangsheng quickly dissolved it, turning it into a pile of blood.

Not long after, the blood turned into Spirit Essence.

After taking out another portion of Xi Rat Spirit Essence he had been carrying, two buckets of Xi Rat Spirit Essence appeared before Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng flicked his Monster Pet Bag, releasing the Treasure-Seeking Rat.

The Treasure-Seeking Rat sniffed, and upon smelling the scent of its own bloodline source, its eyes lit up; after all, who wouldn't wish to become more powerful, especially since it has always been at the bottom among Li Zhangsheng's many Demon Pets.

Under Li Zhangsheng's instruction, the Treasure-Seeking Rat lay on the edge of the bucket, stuck its head into the bucket, and drank the Xi Rat Spirit Essence with a gurgling sound.

In less than a minute, both buckets of Xi Rat Spirit Essence were bottomed out, and the Treasure-Seeking Rat turned to be filled with rich Jianhua Bai Guang.

Li Zhangsheng did not wait and continued to purify the other types of Spirit Essence.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng was multitasking, purifying three different types of Spirit Essence in one go.

During this process, no errors occurred, and Li Zhangsheng completed the purification.

He checked the time, and it had only taken him a little over half an hour.

At this very moment, the Treasure-Seeking Rat had already evolved into a Xi Rat; its body size was much larger than before, and its strength naturally had a significant increase.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng placed a bowl of Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence he had just purified in front of the Xi Rat.

This time, he had purified two bowls of Heaven-Devouring Rat bloodline; he would save the other bowl for now, planning to wait until he had gathered a full jar before doing anything else.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat, as its name suggests, is a type of Divine Beast of the rat family skilled at Devour; legend has it that a Heaven-Devouring Rat once devoured an entire plane, which is perhaps the origin of the Heaven-Devouring Rat's name.

"Xi Rat, drink it!"

As Li Zhangsheng's voice fell, the Xi Rat did not hesitate to stick its head into the bowl.

Clang—clang—

Almost in the blink of an eye, the Xi Rat devoured all the Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence in the bowl, even licking the bloodstains on the Jade Bowl clean, without wasting a single bit.

The next moment, the Xi Rat's expression changed slightly, feeling as if its stomach were Turning Rivers and Seas; it subconsciously clutched its stomach tightly with both claws, rolling on the ground in pain.

The Xi Rat's eyes revealed an extremely painful look; clearly, accommodating a new bloodline was very painful for it.

Soon, the Xi Rat temporarily calmed down; its body surface emerged with rich earth-yellow energy, and as time passed, it became even richer, rapidly spreading to the surroundings.

Unlike the previous evolution, this time accommodating a new bloodline carried a certain degree of danger, so Li Zhangsheng was naturally on high alert.

His gaze was fixed on the Xi Rat wrapped in earth-yellow energy; if the Xi Rat were to have an accident, he would intervene by force at the fastest speed.

This process did not last long; the attributes of the Heaven-Devouring Rat and the Xi Rat were already very compatible, and since both were of the rat family, their natures were harmonious, so the fusion speed was naturally very fast.

When the earth-yellow energy disappeared, revealing the figure of the Xi Rat, which had become small again—less than a meter in size—it had a pair of watery big eyes, a barely visible crack above the bridge of its nose, light yellow fur, and a chubby appearance that looked just like a bamboo rat.

Following his usual practice, Li Zhangsheng subconsciously checked the Xi Rat's data.

【Spirit Name】: Xi Rat (Mature Stage, Intermediate Exotic Beast)

【Spirit Realm】: Leader 3rd Rank

【Spirit Race】: High-level Commander

【Spirit Quality】: Top-tier

【Spirit Bloodline】: Heaven-Devouring Rat (Pure)

【Spirit Attribute】: Earth Element

【Spirit Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Weakness】: Wood

Xi Rat: Rare, not known for attacking, extremely fast, likes to roar and shout, skills are known for being auxiliary.

Upon seeing this, Li Zhangsheng was clearly taken aback, and then he revealed a smile.

He never expected that the Xi Rat's quality would complete a leap; this was simply beyond Li Zhangsheng's expectations.

In this way, the Xi Rat became the first Temporary Spirit Pet of Top-tier quality in Li Zhangsheng's hands.

What Li Zhangsheng found helpless was that his Formal Contract slots had already been completely used up, so it was naturally impossible to convert the Xi Rat's contract.

Even Li Zhangsheng felt that he was truly too extravagant, actually using a Top-tier Spirit as a Temporary Spirit Pet.

A Top-tier Spirit Pet that ordinary Monster Tamers search for their whole lives in vain was actually just Li Zhangsheng's Temporary Spirit Pet; if others knew this, they would likely have the urge to beat him to death on the spot.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng summoned Kailan, who was communicating with Xiaoguai not far away.

Because it was not a Formal Contract, the communication between Li Zhangsheng and his Temporary Spirit Pet mainly used Kailan as a communication relay station.

"Xi Rat, do you still possess the ability to seek treasure?"

Squeak, squeak—

The Xi Rat tested it a few times and let out a soft, cute cry; Li Zhangsheng did not feel too surprised, as this was, after all, an ability it originally possessed.

"Then, did you obtain the inheritance of the Heaven-Devouring Rat?"

The Xi Rat nodded and began to communicate with Kailan in its own way.

Soon, Kailan translated it.

After receiving the bloodline of the Heaven-Devouring Rat this time, the Xi Rat did indeed obtain some of the Heaven-Devouring Rat's inheritance.

The characteristics of the Xi Rat did not change, except that it gained a Bloodline Inheritance Skill—Earth Resistance Aura.

Earth Resistance Aura: A Bloodline Inheritance Skill of the Heaven-Devouring Rat, a passive aura-type skill that can enhance the Earth Element resistance of friendly Demon Pets within a certain range and reduce damage taken from Earth Element skills; the range of the aura depends on the Spirit Beast's realm.

In this way, Li Zhangsheng gained another resistance aura, which, combined with the Flame Resistance Aura of the Crowned Blazing Bird and the Lightning Resistance Aura of the Ancestral Leopard-Lin Beast, once again increased his effectiveness in group battles.

If one were to gather ten different types of resistance auras, it would be equivalent to applying a massive collective debuff to the energy damage of all the opponent's Demon Pets; the effect can be imagined.

Li Zhangsheng retracted the Xi Rat and continued to convert the remaining Demon Pet corpses into Spirit Essence.

By the time the moon fell behind the willow branches, Li Zhangsheng finally let out a long sigh; except for the half-corpse of the Thirty-Armed Giant, all other Demon Pet corpses had been completely converted.

Among them, there was nearly a jar of Golden Behemoth Essence Blood, a little over half a jar of Pale Cat Spirit Essence, a small half-jar of Ancestral Red Dragon Essence Blood, and several others.

"The Golden Behemoth Essence Blood is still a little short, I won't wait anymore!"

As Li Zhangsheng thought this to himself, his gaze fell upon the Behemoth in the cage.

This Behemoth, which had already entered its old age, possessed Concentrated Grade Golden Behemoth Bloodline, though it had already had quite a bit of blood drawn by Cai Yangqian previously.

Due to having entered its old age, its recovery speed was far inferior to that of a prime-aged Behemoth, and even though Li Zhangsheng had fed it many Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures, it still had not escaped its state of weakness, frailty, and total lack of reason.

However, compared to before, the Behemoth's complexion was much better; clearly, these Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures had played a significant role.

Li Zhangsheng floated over to the front of the cage, and the token in his hand shot out a ray of light, instantly opening the cage.

Roar—

The Behemoth looked at Li Zhangsheng, its eyes devoid of any emotional color, and let out a roar that was clearly lacking in vigor.

There was only savage bestiality in its eyes, without any of the spirit unique to intelligent creatures, no different from those Demonic Spirit Beasts that had no reason to speak of.

Creak—

The Behemoth took a huge step, wanting to attack the human in front of it.

Li Zhangsheng did not dodge, just watching as the Behemoth raised its giant claws.

Crack—

In an instant, a green light slashed across the Behemoth's neck, and countless amounts of fresh blood sprayed out, which was immediately collected by Li Zhangsheng.

Kailan gripped a huge Leaf Blade, staring aggressively at the Behemoth.

Boom—

The Behemoth clutched its bleeding neck in pain and collapsed heavily to the ground; its limbs twitched a few times, and it moved no more.

The combat power of an aged Behemoth is far inferior to that of one in its Mature Stage, and coupled with the fact that it was in a state of weakness and frailty, as well as being hit in the vital point of the neck, these were all factors in the Behemoth being instantly killed by Kailan.

Li Zhangsheng did not rest; his eyes remained bright as he quickly processed this aged Behemoth to refine the Spirit Essence.

Judging by a 20% refinement rate, if it were a prime-aged Behemoth in a normal state, one could probably refine two bowls of Golden Behemoth Essence Blood.

This aged Behemoth already had declining vitality, and combined with the blood previously drawn that had not yet fully recovered, it was halved, resulting in only one bowl of Golden Behemoth Essence Blood being extracted.

However, with this bowl of Golden Behemoth Essence Blood, Li Zhangsheng successfully gathered a full jar, enough for Adai to complete its evolution.

Li Zhangsheng summoned Adai and opened the Jade Ceramic Jar containing the Golden Behemoth Essence Blood; countless amounts of blood energy condensed, forming the figure of a miniature Golden Behemoth.

Even though it was only condensed blood energy, Li Zhangsheng could still feel intense Pressure and a domineering aura that could push aside all enemies.

"Adai, finish this jar, and you will become even stronger!"

(End of chapter)