CHAPTER 879: CHAPTER 879: CULTIVATION BREAKTHROUGH ONCE AGAIN

Within the Wuyin Forest, at the end of a stream, a mountain peak rises abruptly.

Moss grows on the mountain peak, making the entire mountain appear damp and cool, and the slippery moss makes it impossible to climb.

However, at the foot of the peak, there’s a cave, within which lives a two-tailed phantom leopard at Foundation Establishment level six, the dominant demon beast of this area.

The territory of this beast extends a hundred miles around.

Now inside the cave, the two-tailed phantom leopard’s corpse is discarded like garbage, while Chen Nan sits cross-legged, takes an elixir pill, and uses numerous spirit stones to recover his mana.

Though the Skinny Ghost and his gang are notorious, they pose no significant threat to Chen Nan, who remains virtually unscathed.

He craves stronger opponents!

The cave is filled with the stench of demon beasts and the smell of decay, with demon beast carcasses rotted to white bones at the cave’s edges, leftovers of the phantom leopard’s hunts.

Despite the unpleasant smell, the phantom leopard’s cave is the ideal place for Chen Nan now, able to fend off attacks from other demon beasts.

A whole day later, Chen Nan finally opened his eyes, the spirit stones in his hand had long turned to dust, and his mana was fully restored.

His cultivation had even shown slight improvement.

Glancing at the dead two-tailed phantom leopard, Chen Nan sighed and shook his head.

"Sigh, I need to delve deeper still."

He stepped forward and drew out a broken sword, efficiently cutting up the phantom leopard’s body, storing several portions of demon beast meat, and keeping the leopard’s tails.

The two tails are both resilient and strong, excellent materials for crafting, and Chen Nan certainly wouldn’t miss out on them.

The demon beast meat, after processing, can become food infused with spiritual energy, but untreated demon beast meat contains traces of demonic power.

Eating it directly risks an invasion by demonic power, even leading to deviation from one’s cultivation path.

However, Chen Nan had no such worries, as the demonic power within demon beasts is a great supplement for the King of Ten Thousand Gu.

Thus, he walked out of the cave directly, started a fire outside, and roasted the leopard meat.

The roast wasn’t merely to satisfy his appetite; it was also cultivation.

The spiritual power in the demon beast meat he can absorb, and the demonic power is absorbable by the King of Ten Thousand Gu, serving dual purposes.

The roasted meat had no seasoning, couldn’t be described as tasty, even had a unique fishy odor, yet Chen Nan stuffed it mouthful by mouthful into his stomach.

The hot food revived him, and the abundant spiritual power washed through his meridians, signaling a breakthrough in his cultivation.

"No wonder demon beast meat is so valuable, it really works!" Chen Nan was delighted and quickly roasted the remaining demon beast meat.

After eating the whole phantom leopard, Chen Nan felt an inflated sensation of mana within him, akin to being overly full.

Hastily, he sat down cross-legged, and with a wave of his hand brought out numerous spirit stones, though after intensive cultivation, there were only a bit over a hundred left.

Thankfully, he had taken Skinny Ghost and his group’s storage bags, which he hadn’t yet checked. Now eagerly opening them, he found the four men’s storage bags contained a significant number of spirit stones.

The low-grade spirit stones totaled tens of thousands, and mid-grade spirit stones numbered several hundred, a considerable fortune for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Indeed, killing and looting can rapidly accumulate wealth, now it’s all mine!"

Chen Nan rejoiced, taking out numerous spirit stones and placing them around his body to begin his breakthrough attempt.

The surrounding spiritual energy seemed guided, rushing towards Chen Nan, affecting an ever-widening area, from ten meters to a hundred, until finally, the spiritual energy within a kilometer radius surged.

This peculiar circumstance caused several demon beasts to look up in alarm towards where Chen Nan was, followed immediately by a powerful pressure that forced all demon beasts within the range to crouch, trembling.

Unaware of the impact he caused, Chen Nan saw the spirit stones around him visibly turn to dust.

Such absorption speed could shame even those at the peak of Foundation Establishment.

The Scripture of the Hidden Talisman operated swiftly, black and white colors seemed to rise from Chen Nan, yin and yang fused, his cultivation soaring to a certain critical point.

A massive reservoir of mana accumulated within him, began to assail the invisible barrier, like an unstoppable flood, breaking through the barrier in an instant.

At this moment, Chen Nan’s body seemed to transform into a giant black hole, unabatedly drawing in spiritual energy, converting it to mana, flooding into his Dantian.

Rich mana condensed into droplets, transforming his Dantian into a vast ocean.

This marked Foundation Establishment level six, the conversion of spiritual energy into liquid, letting his mana reserves vastly surpass low-level cultivators.

The absorption process lasted a whole hour, Chen Nan slowly opened his eyes, a gleam flickered in them, and his aura quickly restrained itself.

Only then did the lower-rank demon beasts, subdued by the pressure, regain their ability to move.

"Foundation Establishment level six!"

Chen Nan stood up, feeling the transformative mana in his Dantian, instantly overjoyed.

Faced with the Skinny Ghost and his four associates now, he felt he could handle them without using Heaven-Burning Transformation.

With his enhanced strength, Chen Nan then took out the storage bags of Skinny Ghost and his crew, eager to see his spoils.

"These four killed and looted treasures, by killing them, I avenged those they’d wronged, so these things should be my reward."

As he opened the four storage bags, besides the spirit stones Chen Nan had found earlier, indeed there were many valuable items: spirit stones, talismans, elixir pills, and over a dozen ninth-grade spiritual artifacts.

Chen Nan knew these were plundered by Skinny Ghost and the others, so he put them directly into his own storage bag; even if useless to him, selling them to the Myriad Phenomena Commerce could yield substantial profits.

Beyond these basic items, Chen Nan also found in Skinny Ghost’s storage bag a map of the Wuyin Forest and a black wooden block.

The wood was in the old crone’s storage bag, seemingly a miscellaneous item.

The map was made of demon beast skin, marking locations of powerful demon beasts and heavenly materials.

Though only covering the periphery, with a mapped area of about a thousand miles, it was sufficient for Chen Nan.

"Peak Foundation Establishment level Thunder Wing White Tiger, early Foundation Establishment level Ghost Head Golden Eagle... even a Golden Core stage level one demon beast? Great, these can be my cultivation targets!"

Seeing the powerful demon beasts marked on the map, Chen Nan was thrilled.

Such high-level demon beasts could not only stimulate Chen Nan’s potential, but their meat post-slaying could become nourishment for both Chen Nan and the King of Ten Thousand Gu!

Simultaneously, the map marked some precious heavenly materials, though guarded by powerful demon beasts, even Chen Nan found them highly desirable.

"Decided, the next targets are them!"