Chapter 978: Drawbacks and Gains (Second update, requesting everything)

During this process, the Ice Crystal Phoenix's body appeared semi-transparent, concentrating all its power.

In an instant, the Ice Crystal Phoenix slammed fiercely into the ground.

Ice-blue light flames erupted with a boom, sweeping and venting toward the surroundings; most of the backyard was invaded by the ice flames, and a large amount of ice crystals spread rapidly, turning into ice blocks at least several meters thick. At the center, a massive iceberg rose from the ground, and the hazy low temperature affected the entire backyard, as if one were in an Ice and Snow environment.

After a few breaths of time, the ice flames slowly extinguished, leaving behind a frozen land.

In the center of the hundred-meter-tall iceberg, there was a giant egg nearly ten meters high, which kept expanding and contracting like a heart, and one could vaguely hear the sound of a strong heartbeat.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng's perception was very strange; it was entirely from the perspective of the life within the egg.

Of course, accompanied by this was a feeling of weakness and powerlessness.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng began to attempt to activate the Five-Colored Peacock bloodline within his body according to the operation method of the Xuanji Nine Transformations.

In an instant, Li Zhangsheng inside the giant egg radiated white light all over, suddenly transforming into the Five-Colored Peacock form.

During the transformation process, the feeling of weakness faded away completely, accompanied by a body filled with power.

Rumble—

The massive iceberg was filled with cracks, and then it turned into countless ice blocks of varying sizes, scattering in all directions.

Due to the protection of the Forbidden Array, these ice blocks were easily neutralized after causing only faint ripples.

After transforming into the Five-Colored Peacock form, Li Zhangsheng closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, discovering that the feeling of weakness had vanished, and he could exert the combat power of the Five-Colored Peacock form at full strength.

Even so, it did not mean there were no aftereffects.

First, Li Zhangsheng discovered that the Ice Crystal Phoenix Spirit Essence in his mysterious apertures had gone dormant, like a pool of stagnant water, lacking its usual vitality; it was not that the Ice Crystal Phoenix Spirit Essence had lost its activity, but that it required a period of time to recover.

Before it recovered, Li Zhangsheng was temporarily unable to transform into the Ice Crystal Phoenix form.

Second, when transforming into the Five-Colored Peacock form, Li Zhangsheng consumed far more Mental Power than usual, accounting for about twenty percent of his total Mental Power.

It seemed the proportion was not high, but in battle, whether maintaining the transformation or executing Secret Techniques, it required the consumption of a large amount of Mental Power.

Overall, such a cost outweighed the benefits; it could achieve miraculous effects at critical moments, and in a sense, it was equivalent to having a second life, which also made Li Zhangsheng happy.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng transformed back into human form.

Looking at the backyard that resembled an Ice and Snow landscape, Li Zhangsheng summoned the Crown Li Fire Phoenix.

He did not use flames to cleanse the backyard, but merely had the Crown Li Fire Phoenix activate the Great Sun Projection characteristic, causing a sun projection to appear above the backyard, but due to the Forbidden Array, it could only affect the range of the backyard.

The next moment, countless light and heat poured down crazily, and the entire backyard began to present a state of Binghuo Liangchongtian; the ice blocks melted rapidly, forming countless water vapors, which were completely evaporated by the high temperature in the blink of an eye.

In less than two minutes, the ice blocks in the entire backyard had disappeared, but the backyard, which was originally covered with green plants, had also turned into a ruin, and there was an additional large pit in the center area with a radius of a hundred meters, and the deepest part of the pit also exceeded a hundred meters.

Although the Ice Crystal Phoenix that Li Zhangsheng transformed into was at the Demon King realm, it was, after all, a Top-tier Divine Beast, enough to compare to a Saint Grade Spirit Pet, and coupled with a mutual destruction skill similar to the Burning Body Explosion, the power exerted could be imagined.

According to Li Zhangsheng's estimation, even a Saint Grade Spirit Pet in its prime, if it took this blow head-on, would be severely injured if not killed, and due to the large amount of cold air entering the body, its movements would also become sluggish.

Not long after, with the help of the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, the large pit in the backyard had been refilled, and the rest could be left to the servants.

After returning to the bedroom, Li Zhangsheng moved his mind, and the entrance to the Secret Realm opened instantly; the Gate of Light and Darkness flew out from within, as Ning Bizhen had exhausted her Mental Power during this period, and it was now Li Zhangsheng's turn to continue the operation.

Li Zhangsheng began to continuously input Mental Power into the Gate of Light and Darkness, causing the Gate of Light and Darkness to purify the Abyss Consciousness with full force.

Time began to pass slowly, and unknowingly, a month had passed.

Following the three-month protection period, only the last month remained.

During this period, Li Zhangsheng's life became very regular.

Every day, he would spend a large amount of time taking turns with Ning Bizhen to purify the Abyss Consciousness, which allowed him and Ning Bizhen to harvest a certain amount of World Power and Merit Profound Yellow Qi every day.

These World Power and Merit Profound Yellow Qi were not used for the time being and were all saved up.

Besides this, Li Zhangsheng's main energy was concentrated on creating a Forbidden Array that could utilize the Time Dragon Scale, and he had made significant progress, even achieving preliminary results.

However, because it was a rough draft, the Forbidden Array was still very crude, the effective utilization rate was very low, and there were signs of serious waste, which required continuous improvement.

Of course, there was also cultivation, artifact refining, and training Demon Pets.

Among them, the cultivation effect was not very ideal; even with the assistance of the Eight-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, Soul Crystal, and Alchemical Pill, the progress was still not fast, and it required the effort of grinding to reach the critical point of breakthrough.

The progress in artifact refining was also not very ideal; after all, Li Zhangsheng had already reached the peak of a Refining Master, and one step further would be an Artifact Refining Grandmaster.

To become an Artifact Refining Grandmaster, talent, luck, and inheritance could be said to be crucial.

Li Zhangsheng did not lack inheritance; he not only possessed the Artifact Refining Canon of the Hundred Refinements King but also knowledge of artifact refining from various kings and the Treasure King.

Likewise, he did not lack talent; after all, he had refined several Semi-Artifacts and World Wonders, and even repaired the Zifu Qizhen-level Hunyuan Golden Lamp; without talent, such success would be impossible.

The only thing he lacked was luck; as long as he crossed that threshold, he could become an Artifact Refining Grandmaster.

It was just easy to say but difficult to do; if one was lucky, one might cross it in the next second, and if one was unlucky, one would be stuck outside the threshold for a lifetime, unable to become an Artifact Refining Grandmaster forever.

As for the Demon Pets, the progress of the Demon Pets was generally not large, and they were in a stage of slow improvement.

Among them, Aixi, Kailan, and the Crown Li Fire Phoenix had reached the Demon King 9th Rank level one after another in these few days, and Li Zhangsheng was preparing to let them attempt a breakthrough in the near future after they adjusted their states.

Bai Tian, Hei Ye, Adai, and Yuan Gungun were not far from the Demon King 9th Rank, and there was a good chance they would reach the critical point of breakthrough before the three-month period ended.

The other Demon Pets also had certain progress, and the greatest progress belonged to the Two-Headed Dragon, the Flood Dragon, and the Emerald Dragon.

The Two-Headed Dragon had already reached the Lord 9th Rank; Li Zhangsheng did not let it break through, preparing to let it attempt a breakthrough when it entered its next Bloodline Metamorphosis.

Because the Flood Dragon and the Emerald Dragon had lower realms, their progress speed was fast, but there was still a long way to go before reaching the Demon King level.

On this day, Li Zhangsheng ended his regular life, because someone unexpected yet reasonable was seeking to conduct a transaction with him.

(End of chapter)