Chapter 54

Ten days later.

Inside a large cave.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the one hundred exotic Blazing Fire Ants that had hatched and was quite happy.

Sure enough, when the environment had a suitable temperature, the ant eggs hatched quickly.

These ant eggs, catalyzed by Source Energy Points, were significantly stronger after hatching.

Each one was much larger than an ordinary Blazing Fire Ant.

Their strength probably reached the peak of the first-tier, and they were not far from the second-tier.

These past few days, he had not acted rashly.

Ants can kill an elephant; if the other party had several third-tier exotic beasts, combined with a large number of Fire-Armored Scorpions to besiege him, he could only temporarily avoid their edge.

Now that the exotic Blazing Fire Ants had hatched, he prepared to clear the edge area first.

Then, Lu Zhangsheng led a large number of the ant tribe and marched toward the central region.

Soon, Lu Zhangsheng arrived inside the volcano, and the surrounding air became increasingly scorching.

He led the ant tribe and slowly explored forward.

Before long, he made a discovery.

He saw a large piece of Fire Crystal Stone embedded in the rock wall in front.

These Fire Crystal Stones were significantly brighter than those outside.

Lu Zhangsheng immediately ordered the ant colony to dig them out and bring them to his side.

"Intermediate Fire Crystal Stone sensed, absorb?"

The panel prompt sounded again.

"Absorb."

Lu Zhangsheng thought to himself.

"Source Energy Points +5."

"Source Energy Points +5."

……

It wasn't until he absorbed six pieces that it stopped.

Just entering to explore and already having gains greatly increased his confidence.

As long as he scraped the resources in the volcano clean, it would be enough to increase his strength by another notch.

Thinking of this, he became full of energy.

Lu Zhangsheng led the ant colony and set off on the road again in a grand manner.

The movement caused by the ant colony was huge, and a large number of exotic beasts nearby were alarmed and fled one after another.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

When Lu Zhangsheng led the ant colony to a mountain wall, suddenly, a large group of Fire-Armored Scorpions appeared in front.

The leader was extremely huge, bright red all over, and filled with fire evil energy.

It was clearly a third-tier beast king.

The scorpion colony behind was connected in a grand manner, with no end in sight.

Seeing the scorpion king appear, Lu Zhangsheng no longer hesitated.

He immediately let the queen ant command the army and charged up.

"Chi chi chi..."

Before long, the two sides collided fiercely, like a tide.

All kinds of limbs flew, and corpses fell toward the bottom of the volcano one after another.

Just upon contact, the Blazing Fire Ants fell into an absolute disadvantage.

Second-tier exotic beasts were still much stronger.

However, with the ant colony resisting, Lu Zhangsheng was temporarily freed up.

That third-tier beast king also stared fixedly at Lu Zhangsheng, sensing a huge threat from him.

For a time, it actually didn't launch an attack.

At this moment, Lu Zhangsheng's body darted out and immediately killed him.

The speed was so fast that it formed an afterimage.

When he arrived in front of the scorpion king, he slapped forward with a claw.

Bursts of sonic booms came from the void.

The third-tier scorpion king also used a tail needle to stab at Lu Zhangsheng's claw.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two sides collided fiercely, and violent fluctuations spread out, with flying sand and rocks all around, and dust rolling.

Under one blow, the scorpion king retreated more than ten meters directly, roaring with fear in its eyes.

Lu Zhangsheng, however, stood firm, as stable as Mount Tai.

With his strength, he was much stronger than this third-tier scorpion king.

After testing the other party's strength, he no longer held back.

He directly activated the skill 【Soul Strike】.

A strange fluctuation was born from the void, turning into a fine needle, and stabbed fiercely toward the scorpion king's mind.

"Ao ao ao..."

The scorpion king suddenly held its head with both claws, wailing in pain.

After the talent skill was issued, Lu Zhangsheng felt his spirit somewhat exhausted; the consumption was indeed not small, but the effect was also extremely obvious.

He seized the opportunity and rushed up quickly.

Arriving in front of the other party, he extended his sharp claws and grabbed forward fiercely.

"Crack..."

Before the scorpion king could react from the pain, its head was directly sliced open with a huge gap.

Disgusting juice splashed all over the ground.

Before long, the scorpion king fell onto the stone platform, losing its breath.

Under one blow, a third-tier exotic beast was beheaded. The talent skill was indeed powerful.

After verifying the power for the first time, Lu Zhangsheng was quite satisfied.

However, with his mental power, he could only launch three attacks for the time being, which was enough as a trump card.

Then, Lu Zhangsheng quickly killed toward the scorpion colony.

"Pa pa pa..."

Every time he struck, a large number of Fire-Armored Scorpions died.

Soon the corpses piled up on the stone platform, and all kinds of body fluids flowed wantonly, the smell being extremely disgusting.

Seeing that the king had died, the scorpion colony retreated toward the rear one after another, like a tide.

Before long, only a ground of corpses remained on the scene.

Afterwards, Lu Zhangsheng took the ant colony on the road again.

Before long, they arrived at a nest, where there were still a large number of Fire-Armored Scorpion larvae.

Clearly, they all belonged to the scorpion colony just now.

After he commanded the ant colony to clean up these larvae, he entrenched himself here.

The temperature here was very suitable for the Blazing Fire Ants to multiply and live.

Lu Zhangsheng prepared to use this place as a bridgehead and then slowly flatten the entire volcano in the future.

Presumably, there were quite a few third-tier scorpion kings nearby; it was unrealistic to kill them all at once.

For the next few days.

Lu Zhangsheng kept dispatching the ant colony to explore nearby, bringing some Fire Crystal Stones back to the nest.

He absorbed them all.

Everything had slowly gotten on the right track.

………………

Changping County.

Late at night.

Lu Zhangsheng stood in the study, looking at the Source Energy Points on the panel, his eyes burning.

Source Energy Points: 150.

The resources in his hand became rich again.

He decided to add points to improve immediately and make up for the final defense shortcoming.

The plus sign behind 【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】 was still gray.

Showing a state of insufficient Source Energy Points, which made him quite puzzled.

"Could it be that the Source Energy Points required for Transcendent Mastery are several times more than the previous layer?"

But thinking about it, it was considered normal.

As long as it was raised to Transcendent Mastery, it was equivalent to breaking the Flesh Refining limit and reaching another stage.

It was reasonable to need several times the Source Energy Points.

A moment later, he put away his thoughts.

He clicked on the plus sign behind 【Golden Bell Shield】.

After clicking continuously several times, he directly maxed out this technique.

【Golden Bell Shield】 (Transcendent Mastery).

Maxing out a low-level technique didn't consume much.

After he maxed out several other body-tempering techniques like 【Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training】, he clicked the fusion button directly.

"Technique is being fused and upgraded..."

……

"New technique has been formed, rename it?"

In his mind, Lu Zhangsheng seemed to see a giant bell descending, with amazing power.

"Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield."

He named it directly.

Skill: 【Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield】 (Entry Level).

Note: An advanced technique fused and deduced from several body-tempering skills; when cultivated to perfection, Qi and Blood turn into a giant bell that firmly covers the body, with decent defensive power.

Technique Rating: Three Star.

"Add points, add points..."

Lu Zhangsheng clicked frantically.

A moment later.

Skill: 【Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield】 (Perfection).

Source Energy Points: 30.

After deducing 【Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield】 and adding it to perfection, it cost more than a hundred points in total.

However, the effect was also extremely amazing.

Lu Zhangsheng gently urged the Qi and Blood in his body.

"Hum..."

It seemed as if a tiger's roar sounded, and under the gathering of Qi and Blood, a giant bell was formed, surrounding him inside.

He took out the long blade from his waist and slashed rapidly toward the giant bell formed by Qi and Blood.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The sound of gold and iron rang out in the room, which was very harsh.

"Such strong defensive power."

At this moment, his final shortcoming had been made up.

Attack, defense, and speed had all reached the limit of Flesh Refining.

Throughout history, almost very few people had cultivated them to perfection at the same time.

(End of chapter)