Chapter 576: Opening the Second Profound Aperture (Second Update, requesting everything)

Twin Volcanoes!

Crack— crack—

Not far away, the astonishingly sized Adai was working hard to hack at the corpses, smashing the giant skeletons into fragments.

With Adai's current strength, even that half of a thirty-armed Giant skeleton was still easily hacked into fragments.

While Adai was working hard, Li Changsheng was processing the corpses of the Fire Spirit Rats. This time, he obtained a total of 26 Fire Spirit Rat corpses, enough to refine the Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence for the Xishu to evolve.

Li Changsheng stripped off the fur, claws, and teeth of the Fire Spirit Rats and placed the Fire Spirit Rat corpses, each only the size of a piglet, onto the smelting table.

Soon, the Fire Spirit Rat corpses dissolved rapidly, turning into a large amount of blood, which was stored in individual buckets.

As each step of the process was completed, the Fire Spirit Rat blood gradually became viscous.

"No high-level Bloodline, not bad!"

After seeing the Bloodline Imprint contained within the Fire Spirit Rat Spirit Essence, Li Changsheng revealed a smile and began the final step of the process.

By the time Li Changsheng finished all the steps, more than half an hour had passed.

The result was naturally gratifying; he had obtained a total of one and a half jars of Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence.

At this moment, Li Changsheng summoned the Xishu.

Squeak squeak—

As soon as it saw the Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence, the Xishu ran around Li Changsheng incessantly, unable to hide the excitement in its heart.

This time, it was its turn to evolve again!

"Xishu, open your mouth!"

Under Li Changsheng's command, the Xishu obediently opened its small mouth, and the Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence turned into a line of blood, accurately dropping into its small mouth.

The Xishu's throat moved rapidly as it swallowed the Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence in large gulps, without wasting a single drop.

Within a few breaths, the Xishu held its cheeks, revealing a satisfied expression.

Soon, the Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence began to merge into the Xishu's blood, increasing the proportion it occupied in the blood.

The Xishu hurriedly lay on the ground, feeling as if the blood in its body were boiling, with wisps of heat rising from its entire body.

Suddenly, a large amount of earthy-yellow energy emerged on the Xishu's body surface, completely wrapping it up and rapidly spreading to the surroundings.

Li Changsheng glanced at it a few times, no longer worried about the Xishu's changes, and after thinking for a moment, he summoned the Bright Double-Pupil Bird.

If there were no accidents, the Xishu would very likely become a Monarch-level Demon Pet during this evolution.

In that case, the Bright Double-Pupil Bird would be in an awkward position; it would become the only Demon Pet in Li Changsheng's possession that had not yet reached the Monarch level.

Among all of Li Changsheng's Demon Pets, the Bright Double-Pupil Bird was the fourth one he had subdued; its strength at the time was second only to Aixi, but now it had become the bottom-ranked one.

To look after the Bright Double-Pupil Bird's emotions, Li Changsheng took out a Jade Bottle containing four precious Yuanhua Treasure Pills.

A golden Yuanhua Treasure Pill traced a parabola and accurately landed in the Bright Double-Pupil Bird's Bird Beak.

The Bright Double-Pupil Bird hurriedly lay on the ground, working hard to circulate the Light-attribute energy within its body to digest the medicinal effect of the Yuanhua Treasure Pill.

Soon, the Bright Double-Pupil Bird felt strands of gentle Special Energy rising from its stomach, rapidly spreading throughout its limbs and bones.

Assisted by this energy, the Bright Double-Pupil Bird's spirit was jolted, and its body began to tremble crazily.

Within a few breaths, the Yuanhua Treasure Pill had been completely digested.

Assisted by the Yuanhua Treasure Pill, a strong milky-white radiance emerged on the Bright Double-Pupil Bird's body surface, and the light of advancement began from its head and slowly spread to its entire body.

However, the radiance only spread over half of its body; no matter how hard the Bright Double-Pupil Bird tried, it could not expand even a fraction further.

"As expected, I don't have the luck of Bizhen!"

Li Changsheng sighed helplessly and dropped another Yuanhua Treasure Pill into the Bright Double-Pupil Bird's beak.

Assisted by the second Yuanhua Treasure Pill, the white light on the Bright Double-Pupil Bird's body surface suddenly shone brightly, rapidly spreading toward the rest of its body, eventually completely enveloping it.

Within the light of advancement, the Bright Double-Pupil Bird's size began to surge, and its aura underwent a qualitative change, thereby reaching the Monarch level.

Not far away, the Xishu had also reached its final stage.

Compared to before, the Xishu's size had shrunk a bit more, its fur had turned white, and there were some black patterns; its appearance looked similar to a bamboo rat, yet it appeared even softer and cuter.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Spirit-Devouring Rat (Mature Stage, Top-tier Exotic Beast)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Monarch 1st Rank

【Spirit Beast Race】: Medium Monarch

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Top Grade

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Heaven-Devouring Rat (Rich)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Earth Element

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Wood

Spirit-Devouring Rat: Extremely rare, likes to gnaw on minerals containing energy, extremely fast, is the Spirit Beast most skilled at digging burrows.

Traits: Earth Power (enhances the power of Earth Element skills), Swift (significantly increases speed).

Spirit Devour: Bloodline Inheritance Skill, can devour surrounding energy, forming a Pseudo Forbidden Magic Area for a short time; the power of energy-based attacks is greatly reduced, with the range depending on the Spirit-Devouring Rat's realm.

In this evolution, the Xishu not only evolved into a Spirit-Devouring Rat but also successfully broke through to the Monarch level.

Besides this, the Spirit-Devouring Rat also gained a second trait—Swift, and comprehended the highly cost-effective Bloodline Inheritance Skill called Spirit Devour.

Compared to before the evolution, it could be said to have had a great improvement.

In this way, all of Li Changsheng's Demon Pets had reached the Monarch level.

Well, the only one dragging his feet was him.

After retracting the two Temporary Spirit Pets, Li Changsheng continued to focus on refining Spirit Essence, including the corpses of the four Ancestor Flame Birds.

After refining the four Ancestor Flame Birds, Li Changsheng obtained more than a jar of Phoenix Essence Blood, and adding his previous accumulations, he had a total of over two jars; perhaps the Crowned Flame Bird would become Li Changsheng's first Demon Pet with a Robust Bloodline.

At this time, Li Changsheng began to dissolve the skeletons smashed by Adai, gradually refining them into Spirit Essence.

With the efforts of Li Zhangsheng and Adai, the mountain of corpses began to decrease rapidly.

By the time it was nearly noon, these corpses were almost entirely gone, all having been converted into Spirit Essence by Li Zhangsheng.

Among them, the most important was naturally the Spirit Essence of the Hundred-Armed Giant.

This time, Li Zhangsheng once again refined half a jar of Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence, and after mixing it with the other half-jar, it was slightly more than a full jar.

The next moment, countless earthy-yellow rays of light emerged, forming a tangible phantom of a Hundred-Armed Giant above the Spirit Essence.

Its eyes were full of sentience, and one could see brutality, slaughter, and destruction within them.

Unfortunately, due to the unique nature of the Heavenly Dao of this world, the Hundred-Armed Giant was like someone looking at a mosaic; the images it saw were blurry, and it was even unable to lock onto Li Zhangsheng's aura.

In the plane of ruined walls and broken pillars, the Hundred-Armed Giant brothers, who were still healing, felt a sensation once again; upon realizing it was that Small Thousand World again, they immediately lost their nerve.

Last time, the Hundred-Armed Giant brothers were directly struck by the Heavenly Dao of that world and severely injured; their recovery was extremely slow, and to fully recover, it would likely take years. If they went to that world in their current state, it was highly likely they would never return.

Soon, the blood-colored phantom of the Hundred-Armed Giant burrowed back into the Jade Ceramic Jar and disappeared.

Li Zhangsheng decided to refine the Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence to open his Second Profound Aperture.

The Black Tortoise excels at defense, while the Hundred-Armed Giant excels at offense, especially in group brawls; the two can be said to have their own strengths and weaknesses, perfectly forming a complement to each other.

Besides this, Li Zhangsheng believed that refining the Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence would raise his physical strength by another level.

After restoring his state to the peak, Li Zhangsheng removed all the clothing from his body.

Under the control of his Mental Power, a thread of blood flew out from the Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence in the Jade Ceramic Jar and landed on the position of his left chest.

The moment the blood thread touched his chest, Li Zhangsheng formed seals with his hands, operating according to the unique method of the Xuanji Nine Transformations.

In the blink of an eye, a blurry pattern of a Hundred-Armed Giant appeared on Li Zhangsheng's chest; it had a total of thirty heads and one hundred arms, looking terrifyingly abnormal.

The moment the Hundred-Armed Giant pattern formed, the Spirit Essence of the Hundred-Armed Giant began to permeate his skin and slowly burrow into his body.

The instant the Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence entered his body, Li Zhangsheng's body trembled slightly, but his physical strength was no longer what it used to be, so such pain was still within a bearable range.

After entering his body, the Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence quickly permeated along his limbs and bones.

Li Zhangsheng remained expressionless; this bit of pain had little effect on him, and he continued to operate the "Xuanji Nine Transformations," guiding the Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence to open the Second Profound Aperture located on his left chest.

During this process, Li Zhangsheng could clearly feel his physical strength slowly increasing.

Time passed slowly, and a quarter of an hour soon went by.

Li Zhangsheng stood upon the Fifth-rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, with the Heart-Clearing and Spirit-Calming Bell above his head, holding the Seeking Dao Jade Pendant in his hand, while the Taiyin Token rested at his waist, diffusing cold Moonlight.

Hum—

It was also at this moment that Li Zhangsheng's body shook violently, a strong humming sound resonated within his body, and his mind instantly went blank.

In an instant, a point of light suddenly blossomed at his left chest.

Second Profound Aperture, open!

The moment he regained clarity, Li Zhangsheng immediately switched to the next set of Seal Techniques, and accompanied by a massive consumption of Mental Power, he condensed one rune after another, which slowly permeated into the Second Profound Aperture, causing the Profound Aperture to begin changing.

When the changes in the Profound Aperture vanished, a powerful suction force appeared, like a long whale drinking water, and completely Devoured the Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence that had been taken into his body.

Only then did Li Zhangsheng's muscles and bones faintly glow with an earthy-yellow light.

At the same time, a blurry phantom of a Hundred-Armed Giant appeared above Li Zhangsheng's head; as more Hundred-Armed Giant Spirit Essence was absorbed, this phantom became increasingly clear.

Time passed slowly, and the frequency of Li Zhangsheng's trembling became more frequent, with his complexion also tending toward a sallow blue; this was a sign that he was nearing his limit.

Without any hesitation, Li Zhangsheng hurriedly stopped his cultivation, and the Hundred-Armed Giant phantom above his head dove straight into the Second Profound Aperture and disappeared.

Happy Children's Day to everyone!

(End of this chapter)