CHAPTER 1012: CHAPTER 552: FOOD 2

Xiong Long continually unleashed golden hammer shadows, these were attacks transformed from his life-bound magic treasure, the Thick Earth Hammer, with absolute power and strength, but hitting the enemy was another matter; if it couldn’t hit, then what’s the use?

The two Golden Corpses were like eels, no matter how Xiong Long attacked, he couldn’t land a hit, and they seized any opening his attacks created to strike at his legs.

In just a few breaths’ time, most of the defense on the Nascent Soul Dharma Form’s legs was breached, ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ burned on his legs, continuing to damage his defense.

If this continued, his defense would be completely broken, and his body would be directly hit by the two Golden Corpses.

His Thick Earth Hammer was contending against Li Shiming’s Thunder and Lightning Magic, allowing at best only an attack transformed by his life-bound magic treasure, preventing the use of the actual Thick Earth Hammer body.

His Nascent Soul Dharma Form suddenly shortened by one meter, then emitted a wave of golden energy from its body.

This golden energy wave surged out, centered on the Nascent Soul Dharma Form, indiscriminately rushing in all directions.

Unless they retreated, there was no way for the Golden Corpse Black Shield and the Golden Corpse Nanming to avoid such an attack.

The moment the golden energy wave appeared, the Golden Corpse Black Shield stood in front of the Golden Corpse Nanming, its surface covered by a layer of black material, transforming its body into a black shield.

"That’s the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’!" Xiong Long’s eyes flashed with horror as he recognized the secret technique displayed by the Golden Corpse Black Shield.

’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’ was a forbidden technique of the Sun Concealing Sect. To be called a forbidden technique, and even the Demon Sect considered it so, one could imagine how evil the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’ was.

This secret technique, which transforms oneself into a vile demon, when practiced to the ultimate level, influences the cultivator’s mind with demonic force, changing them into a demon conscious only of slaughter without other awareness.

Thus, even within the Sun Concealing Sect, practicing ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’ was subjected to severe restrictions.

Xiong Long’s costly area attack was blocked by the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’ of the Golden Corpse Black Shield.

The Golden Corpse Nanming behind the Golden Corpse Black Shield was not affected in the slightest, and its defensive power was actually much weaker than Golden Corpse Black Shield’s.

The Golden Corpse Nanming became a refined corpse by accident, originally meant to serve as a spare body for a Nascent Soul Cultivator, intended for body seizing.

When Li Shiming refined the Golden Corpse Nanming, compared to the ’Sun Concealing Corpse Refining Technique’, his corpse refining cultivation technique was incredibly inferior.

But Golden Corpse Black Shield was different; its body was cultivated by a Sun Concealing Sect cultivator who saw their own body as a refined corpse.

By further applying the ’Sun Concealing Corpse Refining Technique’, the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’, and other secret techniques, the strong refined corpse known as the Golden Corpse Black Shield was created.

In a sense, Golden Corpse Black Shield is the top-tier refined corpse produced by such a demonic sect as Sun Concealing Sect, while Golden Corpse Nanming, had it not consumed the Cave Heaven Golden Corpse’s corpse core and mastered the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’, would have remained an ordinary refined corpse.

Precisely due to the research on Golden Corpse Black Shield, Li Shiming gave up the idea of cultivating more Golden Corpses; the twelve Silver Corpses he possessed were only meant to be used as research subjects.

In truth, to refine another Golden Corpse, certain conditions specified by the ’Sun Concealing Corpse Refining Technique’ needed to be met, only then could the ultimate refined corpse be crafted.

Li Shiming heard Xiong Long’s exclamation and noted down the name of the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’.

Once he went back, he’d investigate to see if he could find this cultivation technique so that Golden Corpse Black Shield could continue cultivating.

Don’t be fooled by Golden Corpse Black Shield’s current formidable strength in attack and defense, equivalent to the extreme early stage Nascent Soul’s prowess, but without the follow-up cultivation methods for the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’, as Golden Corpse Black Shield advanced to the middle stage of Golden Corpse, its attack and defense capabilities from the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’ wouldn’t keep pace with its realm’s elevation.

This was different from Golden Corpse Nanming; with its complete grasp of the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ Divine Skills, it could continue cultivating, and as its realm rose, the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ would also constantly strengthen.

Xiong Long’s area attack had no effect, the two Golden Corpses resumed their assault on the Nascent Soul Dharma Form’s legs.

"Crack," a crisp sound resonated as the earth element spiritual power defense on the Nascent Soul Dharma Form finally broke.

Xiong Long didn’t have time to reinforce his defense when Golden Corpse Black Shield’s ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’ and Golden Corpse Nanming’s ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ successively struck the Nascent Soul Dharma Form’s legs.

How could the legs of the Nascent Soul Dharma Form endure continuous attacks, the ’False Resentment Netherworld Technique’ and ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ were both extremely powerful offensives.

As the legs of the Nascent Soul Dharma Form crumbled, Xiong Long could no longer maintain the Nascent Soul Dharma Form.

He pulled out a Jade Talisman, which shattered in his hands, a terrifying aura flooded from it, the aura of a Great Cultivator.

His body got enveloped by energy belonging to a Great Cultivator, and he fled into the distance.

The two Golden Corpses found themselves suppressed and unable to move swiftly as the aura of the Great Cultivator appeared.

Against supreme power, a Golden Corpse’s hyper-speed mobility seemed utterly ineffective.

Xiong Long fled rapidly, causing Li Shiming’s hopes of capturing him to fall flat.

Li Shiming helplessly shook his head, realizing again that on the Dongqi Continent, Loose Cultivators were easier to handle, while cultivators from major powers possessed greater defensive capabilities the stronger their backgrounds were.

Of course, if Brother Song wasn’t present, Li Shiming would have more methods to employ, and the likelihood of detaining Xiong Long remained significant.

"Consider yourself lucky!" thought Li Shiming.

He turned his attention to Little Feng, who appeared to have stabilized its aura; the aura of a Third Grade Demon was nothing to a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

However, this young phoenix had just broken through its juvenile phase and already became a Third Grade Demon.

The Red Gold Phoenix truly lived up to its name, its immense potential exceeding his expectations.

Little Feng flew aside, distancing itself from the ’Three Gold Earth Beetles,’ seemingly not wanting to destroy its own food.

Li Shiming was about to cast an anti-lightning skill from ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ on Little Feng, but was stopped; the proud Little Feng did not want to rely on its owner to pass this minor tribulation.

In the sky, thunderclouds were gathering.

Li Shiming was indeed an expert in heavenly tribulations, few in the cultivation world had researched heavenly tribulations as much as he did.

Truly, few cultivators had personally experienced around two hundred heavenly tribulations; the limited energy of a cultivator made such feats rare.

In the sky, the intensity of the thunderclouds was not strong; after all, this was just a Third Grade Heavenly Tribulation, equivalent to a Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation by human cultivator standards.

He gauged Little Feng’s state again; the newly grown Little Feng, compared to other Third Grade Demons, equaled the late stage of a Third Grade Demon.

This reassured him further that this tribulation was unlikely to pose any threat to Little Feng.

Just as he thought this, the brewing thunderclouds ceased, and a bolt of heavenly thunder descended from the sky towards Little Feng.

Little Feng emitted a clear chirp and headed toward the heavenly thunder.

The heavenly thunder struck Little Feng; its feathers instantly turned to ashes, leaving it looking extremely disheveled, its formerly mature Third Grade Demon form shattered.

Little Feng’s call was filled with excitement; apparently, the heavenly thunder caused it no harm, and the loss of its feathers didn’t make it feel sorrowful.

This was indeed true; such Golden Core Stage thunder striking the late-stage Golden Core-level Little Feng, combined with the fact that spirit beasts have much tougher defenses than human cultivators, the heavenly thunder only destroyed its feathers, exerting no other effects.

After a moment, the electric arcs on Little Feng’s body vanished, leaving it entirely bare.

However, already being a Third Grade Demon, it no longer needed feathers to fly, or even wings to hover in the air.

The thunderclouds in the sky also dispersed along with the disappearance of the heavenly thunder’s might, restoring the sky to its original blue.