CHAPTER 2055: CHAPTER 2054: CULTIVATING THE DEMON SHADOW

Lin Dong spent half a day familiarizing himself with the use of the Dragon Blood Sacred Body.

However, he did not leave immediately.

"Strike while the iron is hot, I will cultivate the Tianmo Phantom here!" Lin Dong thought to himself.

It’s better to cultivate in this place than outside.

Once he leaves, Lin Dong might still need to stay hidden for a while longer.

So cultivating the Tianmo Phantom now is particularly important.

The Tianmo Phantom can help him accomplish many things.

At this moment, Lin Dong sat cross-legged under the dragon bone and began cultivating the Tianmo Phantom.

"The Tianmo Phantom is the second large light group Lin Dong captured in the Technique Hall. That light group is second only to the Wordless Sword Art."

"This also shows its importance."

"Hidden Dragon Superior clearly regarded it as the second greatest martial arts mastery of his life. If one can learn it, it will be endlessly beneficial in the future!"

In Lin Dong’s mind, the method to cultivate the Tianmo Phantom emerged.

To cultivate the Tianmo Phantom, one needs to separate their own shadow.

This task is nearly impossible for other martial artists, but for Lin Dong, it’s not so difficult.

Because Lin Dong is different from other martial artists, apart from cultivating in the Martial Way, he also trains in mental power and is a Mental Power Monk.

And for a Mental Power Monk, separating one’s shadow is much easier than for a pure martial artist.

Lin Dong released his powerful mental power from his Qi Sea, allowing it to envelop his surroundings.

Then he tried to separate the shadow from his true body.

The first time, the shadow did not separate!

The second time, the shadow also failed to separate!

"It seems that cultivating this Tianmo Phantom is indeed quite difficult." Lin Dong realized after several attempts that he still failed. He couldn’t help but sigh.

If Hidden Dragon Superior were still alive and knew about Lin Dong’s sigh, who knows what he would think.

Because back then, Hidden Dragon Superior spent several years trying to separate his shadow and failed countless times.

Yet now, Lin Dong had only failed twice and was already saying the Tianmo Phantom was somewhat difficult to cultivate.

Lin Dong continued trying.

On his ninety-eighth attempt, he finally managed to separate the shadow.

However, as soon as the shadow was separated.

"Swish!" the shadow uncontrollably returned to his body.

"Still a failure! Although I managed to separate the shadow, the time it stayed out was too short, sigh, it seems my talent is lacking. I’ve cultivated for so long and still failed." Lin Dong lamented once again.

This lament, if the Sovereign Witch knew about it.

The Sovereign Witch couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

"You brat, though I’ve never cultivated the Tianmo Phantom, I’ve heard of it. In ancient times, even some Great Abilities took decades to master it. You’ve only cultivated for a short while and already found a path."

"At this rate, I estimate you’ll only need a few more days to fully cultivate the Tianmo Phantom... and yet you’re still not content?"

These were the thoughts of the Sovereign Witch, not directly spoken to Lin Dong, so Lin Dong wasn’t aware of the Sovereign Witch’s thoughts.

He was still focused on cultivating.

After failing hundreds of more times, Lin Dong not only managed to separate the shadow but also kept it sustained outside.

To separate the shadow and maintain it outside is the basis for cultivating the Tianmo Phantom.

The current shadow was merely separated with no abilities yet.

Nor did it have consciousness; such a shadow couldn’t compare to the Tianmo Phantom.

"Next, it’s time to imbue the shadow with my abilities!"

At this point, Lin Dong activated the Tianmo Phantom cultivation method, allowing the shadow to bear his battle power.

At the beginning of cultivating the Tianmo Phantom, the shadow could only bear ten percent of his strength.

Lin Dong needed a special method to imbue his own power into the shadow.

This step in the Tianmo Phantom cultivation process was known as ’Demon Shadow Transmission’!

This too, was not easy to succeed in.

Lin Dong attempted thousands of times, spending half a day, and finally found a method.

"Boom!"

As a powerful force emanated from the shadow, Lin Dong’s eyes lit up, filled with joy.

"Success, the Tianmo Phantom has been cultivated!"

Although now it didn’t have its own consciousness and couldn’t act like a clone to help him do anything.

But after all, it was just recently cultivated.

Lin Dong used a secret method to control the Tianmo Phantom, making it unleash a series of attacks.

"Nine Flying Sword Point Technique!" Lin Dong commanded the Tianmo Phantom to perform the Nine Flying Sword Point Technique.

Nine flying swords shot towards the Divine Dragon White Bone.

"Clang Clang Clang~~~"

The nine flying swords produced a resounding sound on the Divine Dragon White Bone.

Of course, no marks were left on it.

But the power was already satisfactory to Lin Dong.

"Even with just ten percent of my true body’s power, I can still slaughter a typical Ninth Stage Grandmaster!" Lin Dong murmured to himself.

This demonstrated Lin Dong’s formidable strength.

Now, being the peak of the Ninth Stage Grandmaster, even at ten percent power, he could rival an ordinary Ninth Stage Grandmaster martial artist.

Although he still couldn’t kill someone as powerful as the Brahmin’s Gate Master.

However, killing that Ninth Stage Grandmaster of the Werewolf Clan was no problem.

A single ’Tianmo Phantom’ was enough. Who else in this world could do this?

Lin Dong planned to spend another day or two here to continue familiarizing himself with the ’Tianmo Phantom.’

"The Tianmo Phantom can do whatever my true body can, except its power is only one-tenth of mine!"

"Next, let the Tianmo Phantom practice sword techniques!"

Currently, Lin Dong’s most relied-upon method was his sword technique.

It was also his most powerful attack!

"Boom!!!"

Lin Dong temporarily handed the Yangxin Sword to the ’Tianmo Phantom’ to wield and then had the shadow practice Sword Intent.

"The Second Layer Wind Sword Intent!"

"The Second Layer Fire Sword Intent!"

"The Second Layer Thunder Sword Intent!"

"The Second Layer Sword Intent Fusion of Fire and Wind Sword Intents!"

"..."

Lin Dong continually controlled the Tianmo Phantom to release one Sword Intent after another.

The terrifying Sword Intent flattened the surrounding boulders.

Lin Dong was pleased with the power exerted by the ’Tianmo Phantom.’

"The Tianmo Phantom can directly slay entities like the Blood Earl with a single sword! Even against Ksitigarbha, the Tianmo Phantom wouldn’t be at a disadvantage!"

Lin Dong once again assessed the strength of the Tianmo Phantom.

It’s a pity neither the Blood Earl nor Ksitigarbha were present; otherwise, he really wanted to test the Tianmo Phantom’s power.

After practicing for a day, Lin Dong then withdrew the ’Tianmo Phantom’ back into his body.

"I’ve been here for quite a while, and the opportunities I needed to seize have been seized. It’s time to leave." Lin Dong whispered, heading toward the outside.