CHAPTER 1011: CHAPTER 552: FOOD

Xiong Long was unwilling to give up the ’Three Gold Earth Beetles,’ as he had poured too much of his heart and soul into them.

He was still thinking of ways, as long as he could get within a certain range of the ’Three Gold Earth Beetles,’ he could activate the Secret Technique to wake the ’Three Gold Earth Beetles’ from their illusion.

Little Feng was very happy, devouring the ’Three Gold Earth Beetles’ one by one.

For the childhood phase Little Feng, the third-grade ’Three Gold Earth Beetles’ were extremely nourishing Spiritual Objects.

The ’Three Gold Earth Beetles’ had devoured countless Spiritual Objects to grow, and spiritual insects were the favorite food of the Red Gold Phoenix. Even when the spiritual insects entered the body of the Red Gold Phoenix, they could be quickly digested and converted into energy for the phoenix’s growth.

Little Feng’s body doubled in size after consuming more than a hundred third-grade ’Three Gold Earth Beetles.’

Its level also improved, rapidly advancing through the childhood phase.

One by one was no longer enough for Little Feng; during its growth, it mastered a new ability.

Little Feng spat out a mouthful of flames, special to the Red Gold Phoenix, capable of burning souls.

The flames fell on dozens of third-grade ’Three Gold Earth Beetles,’ and in an instant, the souls of these ’Three Gold Earth Beetles’ were incinerated.

Little Feng opened its mouth and inhaled, drawing the dozens of dead ’Three Gold Earth Beetles’ into its mouth.

It let out a proud cry and followed with another mouthful of flames.

This new ability greatly increased its speed of devouring ’Three Gold Earth Beetles.’ Each mouthful of flames killed a group of ’Three Gold Earth Beetles,’ which Little Feng then swallowed.

Little Feng’s body continued to grow larger, and finally, after devouring more than two thousand third-grade ’Three Gold Earth Beetles,’ its body began to shimmer with light.

Li Shiming sensed the energy within Little Feng rapidly compressing and collapsing, and at the center of this collapse, a small Demon Core was forming.

Little Feng had passed its childhood phase, directly advancing to Third Grade.

Li Shiming frowned, for Little Feng’s advancement to a Third Grade Great Demon at this time would affect the current battle.

Because Little Feng was about to face the Heavenly Tribulation soon, he couldn’t allow Xiong Long to interfere with Little Feng overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation.

He glanced at Brother Song, who he had previously asked to leave. However, Brother Song was worried and did not leave, instead watching from a distance.

It was precisely because of Brother Song’s presence that Li Shiming felt constrained in battle, unable to use many of his techniques.

"Kill him!" Li Shiming thought for a moment and ordered the two Golden Corpses.

Exposing the uniqueness of the Golden Corpses did not concern him much, as their bizarre speed could be explained by the peculiarities of their original bodies.

Besides, being a Disciple of a Great Cultivator, unless Grandmaster Hu questioned him, who else among the cultivators would dare seek him out over the secrets of the Golden Corpses?

The two Golden Corpses moved even faster than Li Shiming’s voice. By the time the command was issued, the two Golden Corpses had already arrived at Xiong Long’s side.

Both Golden Corpses resembled normal cultivators and appeared insignificant before the towering Nascent Soul Dharma Form.

However, the more the Golden Corpses resembled regular human cultivators, the more formidable their power.

The Golden Corpse Black Shield punched towards Xiong Long, bypassing the defense of the Thick Earth Hammer artifact and aiming at the Nascent Soul Dharma Form hiding behind it.

Xiong Long was cowed by Li Shiming’s Thunder and Lightning Magic and could only hide behind the Thick Earth Hammer artifact. He also noticed the Golden Corpse Black Shield and Golden Corpse Nanming.

Yet, he did not expect the Golden Corpse Black Shield and Golden Corpse Nanming to be so fast. By the time he saw the two Golden Corpses appear, they had already vanished from his perception, and by the time he sensed them again, they were next to his Nascent Soul Dharma Form.

The only thing he could do was to augment his Nascent Soul Dharma Form with Earth Element Spiritual Power defense.

The Golden Corpse Black Shield’s punch landed on the leg of the Nascent Soul Dharma Form. What appeared to be an ordinary punch actually released a black fist shadow from its fist just as it was about to hit.

Xiong Long’s Nascent Soul Dharma Form’s leg shimmered with Earth Element Spiritual Power, and this blow had the power comparable to an attack empowering the Nascent Soul Dharma Form. Even though his earth-element defensive power was exceedingly strong, the blow knocked off nearly half of his leg’s Earth Element Spiritual Power defense.

Xiong Long, although slower to react than the Golden Corpse Black Shield’s movement, still managed to send out a golden hammer shadow towards the Golden Corpse Black Shield after being struck.

Such close-range attacks are usually hard to dodge, but the Golden Corpse Black Shield’s speed was simply too fast. By the time the golden hammer shadow fell, the Golden Corpse Black Shield had already moved to the other side.

Meanwhile, the Golden Corpse Nanming’s attack had struck, its hand transforming into claws at the spot where the Golden Corpse Black Shield had just hit, leaving a trail of ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ burning the Earth Element Spiritual Power defense at that point.

Xiong Long roared in anger; he was helpless against Li Shiming due to Li Shiming’s longer attack range, coupled with continuous Thunder and Lightning artifacts preventing him from getting close to him.

But as a core cultivator of the Sun Concealing Sect, he couldn’t let himself be bullied by two Golden Corpses. If word of this spread, he’d lose face completely.

He sent out another golden hammer shadow, but Earth Magic attacks are not known for their speed, and against the Golden Corpse Black Shield and Golden Corpse Nanming, his Earth Magic attacks couldn’t keep up with their movement speed.

As he attacked the Golden Corpse Nanming, the Golden Corpse Black Shield struck again, hitting the other leg of the Nascent Soul Dharma Form.