Chapter 977: The Fifth Transformation (First update, requesting all)

Note: Each blood extraction is less than 1/5 of the total body blood, and heart Spirit Essence is not extracted, so as to ensure a long-term supply.

Note: At the protagonist's current purification rate, one Demon Pet with a Robust Bloodline can yield more than one jar of Spirit Essence, while a Concentrated Grade only yields one or two bowls, roughly equivalent to 1/4 of a jar.

These nearly ten types of Top-tier Divine Beast Spirit Essence are, respectively: Arm-Armed Ape, Taowu, Taotie, Fire Qilin, Ice Crystal Phoenix, Ancestral Power Dragon, Gonggong, and Xuanming.

"It's a pity they aren't the Six-Eared Macaque or the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey!"

Li Zhangsheng looked at the Jade Ceramic Jar containing the Arm-Armed Ape Spirit Essence and shook his head. Although the Arm-Armed Ape was best at assault, its function overlapped significantly with his Hundred-Armed Giant, and furthermore, the Hundred-Armed Giant could be considered second to none in terms of assault.

Of course, the Arm-Armed Ape also had its advantages, but its abilities were mainly concentrated on assault.

The Four World-Confusing Monkeys could be said to each have their own skills and supernatural powers, but Li Zhangsheng liked the abilities of the Six-Eared Macaque and the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey the most.

Among the four monkeys, the Arm-Armed Ape was the most adept at assault.

The Lingming Stone Monkey is capable of Mastering Transformations, discerning the timing of heaven, knowing the advantages of the terrain, and Moving Stars and Changing Dippers; unfortunately, it is truly of little use to Li Zhangsheng, who possesses many Strange Treasures, Secret Techniques, and the "Xuanji Nine Transformations."

The Six-Eared Macaque is good at listening to sounds, can discern principles, knows the past and future, and understands all things; if he possessed the Six-Eared Macaque's eavesdropping ability, the benefits to Li Zhangsheng would be self-evident.

The final one, the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey, is capable of Understanding Yin and Yang, knows human affairs, is good at coming and going, and avoids death to prolong life; this could be called a life-saving ability, and for Li Zhangsheng, who has always cherished his life, there is nothing better than this.

Unfortunately, Li Zhangsheng had not collected a complete set of either Six-Eared Macaque or Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey Spirit Essence; he was still some distance away from a full jar.

However, Li Zhangsheng still had a bold idea, which was to fuse the Spirit Essence of the Four World-Confusing Monkeys to recreate the demeanor of the Chaos Demon Ape.

As long as the Chaos Demon Ape Spirit Essence was fused, it would be equivalent to gathering the abilities of the Four World-Confusing Monkeys in one body, and the combat power would be extraordinarily strong; as for how strong it would be, Li Zhangsheng did not know.

There was no help for it; the Chaos Demon Ape only existed in Legendary tales, said to have lived in chaos, and eventually died for unknown reasons, after which its corpse transformed into the Four World-Confusing Monkeys, each inheriting a portion of its skills and supernatural powers.

Li Zhangsheng only knew a few fragments, which he had learned from the inheritance of the first Principal.

The Four World-Confusing Monkeys are all Top-tier Divine Beasts, so the strength of the Chaos Demon Ape, formed by the fusion of the four, can be imagined.

Taowu and Taotie are both members of the Four Great Fierce Beasts, and both are also primarily focused on assault.

The Fire Qilin is inferior to the Three-Legged Golden Crow, Phoenix, and Vermilion Bird among the Fire Element Top-tier Divine Beasts; it lacks the Golden Crow's Rainbow Transformation Technique and Sun True Fire, lacks the Phoenix's Rebirth from Fire and Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, and even more so lacks the Vermilion Bird's Southern Brightness Separation Fire, so it was also not within Li Zhangsheng's scope of consideration.

The Ice Crystal Phoenix belongs to a Phoenix variant; like the Phoenix, it possesses the abilities of Nirvana and Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, but instead of Rebirth from Fire, it has Frost Nirvana, and unlike the Fire Phoenix which is stronger in assault, the Ice Crystal Phoenix is more adept at crowd control, so Li Zhangsheng temporarily included it in his scope of consideration.

The Power Dragon is one of the three Legendary dragon species and falls into the category of ordinary Divine Beasts, but the Ancestral Power Dragon was the first Power Dragon born between heaven and earth, heavily favored by heaven, and superior to ordinary Power Dragons, ranking among the Top-tier Divine Beasts.

The awkward thing is that the Ancestral Power Dragon is still primarily focused on assault.

Gonggong is primarily focused on Water Attribute control, but Li Zhangsheng had already absorbed the Basalt Essence Blood, and his water control ability was on par with Gonggong's; the key was that the defense was high.

The final one, Xuanming, is a ferocious Giant covered in bone spurs, giving a hedgehog-like feeling, possessing the ability to Call Wind and Summon Rain and control ice; it is also adept at crowd control and was also included in Li Zhangsheng's scope of consideration.

This was interesting; both the Ice Crystal Phoenix and Xuanming were adept at crowd control and both had the Ice Attribute.

In his choice, Li Zhangsheng was more inclined toward the Ice Crystal Phoenix, mainly because the Ice Crystal Phoenix possessed two abilities that could be called bugs: Frost Nirvana and Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, and at critical moments, it could also perform a mutual destruction skill similar to the Burning Body Explosion.

The advantage of Xuanming was that it could Call Wind and Summon Rain, and its whole body was like a hedgehog, making it impossible to bite, but compared to the advantages of the Ice Crystal Phoenix, it inevitably paled in comparison.

Additionally, he had already collected two jars of Ice Crystal Phoenix Spirit Essence, which would allow him to gather the Spirit Essence needed for the next stage faster.

As for why he did not absorb all types of Bloodline, it was mainly because the "Xuanji Nine Transformations" had a quantity limit, and every choice had to be made with extreme caution.

"I just don't know if, after I perform mutual destruction in the Ice Crystal Phoenix state, I can still instantly transform into other forms? Or will I turn into a Phoenix Egg like the Crowned Separation Fire Luan and have to wait for a period of time to fully recover?"

Such a thought surfaced in Li Zhangsheng's mind; if it were the former, the cost-effectiveness of the Ice Crystal Phoenix would rise significantly.

Thinking of this possibility, Li Zhangsheng could not help but be full of anticipation. After putting away the remaining Divine Beast Spirit Essence, he couldn't wait to absorb the Ice Crystal Phoenix Spirit Essence.

During the absorption process, Li Zhangsheng only felt a breath of extreme yin and extreme cold enter his body, and his whole body shivered violently; frost began to permeate the surface of his body, as if he were in the middle of Ice and Snow.

However, his physical body was already extremely strong, so naturally, it would not cause harm to his physical body.

During the absorption process, Li Zhangsheng fell into a mysterious state, constantly absorbing the inheritance of the Ice Crystal Phoenix.

It was not until nightfall that Li Zhangsheng had completely absorbed these two jars of Ice Crystal Phoenix Spirit Essence. Only then did he open his eyes, feeling unsatisfied, and exhaled a breath of cold air, causing the temperature in the bedroom to become extremely low.

This absorption of Ice Crystal Phoenix Spirit Essence made Li Zhangsheng's physical strength even better, mainly concentrated on agility, and at the same time, his Ice Attribute resistance was greatly improved.

Li Zhangsheng went straight to the backyard. The Forbidden Array of this palace was already in an activated state, and the servants had been waved away by him and were not allowed to approach the backyard, so there was no need to avoid others.

However, if he wanted to test this hypothesis, he had to set it up separately. Although the power of the Ice Crystal Phoenix's mutual destruction skill was not as great as the Burning Body Explosion, the gap was truly not large. If he performed it without setting it up well, it would be a disaster for this palace.

Not long after, Li Zhangsheng set up several main defensive Forbidden Arrays and used the Hunyuan Golden Lamp and the Sun Moon Shuttle Heavy Light Wheel as the eyes of the array, making the entire backyard as solid as a rock.

As Li Zhangsheng's mind moved, white light appeared all over his body, and he suddenly transformed into a phoenix that seemed to be made of ice crystals.

The phoenix had a wingspan of several dozen meters, with long ice-blue tail feathers at the end; its whole body was crystal clear, its posture elegant, and it was extremely charming.

The next moment, a rich ice-blue Light Flame appeared on the surface of Li Zhangsheng's body, as if he had turned into a huge fireball. The temperature of the entire backyard dropped suddenly, and countless ice crystals and frost permeated the air, as if it had instantly entered the depths of winter.

(End of chapter)