Switching to walking, Zong Shou's movements became stiff. However, he could still walk like the wind, one step for hundreds of feet, not wasting any energy.
Today, he had changed to a new set of external bones. In the future, it was called the Lightning Walking Type 4.
Jiefu City and the beast tomb under the cloud ocean made him rich, earning a lot. Naturally, the equipment also jumped from the first generation of Thunderwalk to the fourth generation.
All the materials were taken from a grade 6 lightning cloud whale, a part of the spine close to the heart.
Not only was it extremely firm, comparable to same grade spiritual artifacts. It was also as light as a feather, soft and hard. When worn on the body, it was pretty much the same as a piece of clothing. Inside, one could gather the power of lightning.
After Zong Shou made it, he personally tested it, not needing to use true qi. Just using the strength of the external bone itself, it could suppress martial ancestors, making it hard for them to block.
Moreover, its current speed was only at its normal speed. Once electricity was used, it could increase its speed by 10 times! It was really amazing!
Actually, this lightning walking external bone had a total of 12 models and 79 types of branches.
When it reached the 5th form, one would need to use grade 7 materials.
It wasn't that Zong Shou didn't think about crafting stronger models, but unfortunately, he couldn't find a suitable blacksmith beside him.
This lightning walking external bone was good in every way except for one point, which made Zong Shou feel helpless.
It still wasn't nimble enough, and when it walked, it was still like a wooden puppet.
Walking forwards, they walked roughly 70 miles. Zong Shou's mouth would occasionally give out light whistles, sometimes thick and vigorous, sometimes clear and sharp, spreading out in all directions.
Speaking of which, it was weird. In this dense dragon veins, where strong beasts gathered. His journey was smooth, and he didn't face any danger at all.
This was a technique he learned in the future, simulating the roar of the dragon and the cry of the phoenix to scare the beasts.
Even if those beasts had their own intelligence, they wouldn't carelessly attack if they were suspicious. Most of them would even avoid them.
However, just as the mountain slope was getting steeper, Zong Shou heard a continuous rustling sound by his ear. His figure instantly stopped, and in the next moment, his expression changed greatly.
"Demon fire crystal ant, damn, why is there such a thing here?"
It was rare for him to curse out viciously. Zong Shou instantly activated the lightning bone to the extreme.
With 10 times the speed of before, he pulled Zong Yuan and crazily retreated.
Until they were 60 miles out, not far away, there were tens of giant rocks protruding out. Zong Shou used his spiritual sense to investigate, he was delighted. He stopped running, directly jumping onto the highest giant rock.
He first stepped on it with his feet. Sure enough, it was a type of hard stone called Snow Grain Rock. It was about one hundred and twenty feet above the ground, which was about enough height. A hundred feet of space was neither big nor small, just enough for the 2 of them to defend.
Following which he didn't stop, using an unprecedented speed and efficiency, he drew spiritual patterns and placed beast crystals on the giant rock.
A few minutes later, when the spiritual formation was completed, one could see that the snow pattern rock was hardening at a speed that was hard for the naked eye to follow. It became extremely cold, the outer shell was covered in a layer of frost.
Zong Shou still didn't feel at ease, taking out 36 small flying swords and placing them within the spiritual formation.
This was the set of bamboo leaf swords that he got from Wuye on the altar of Gantian Mountain. Some of them were broken, but Zong Shou didn't repair them. He only entrusted the remaining portion to a grade 6 blacksmith to refine.
He then added in some precious materials to change its appearance, turning it into a set of nondescript flying swords. It was still a bamboo leaf sword, but it had an additional ice element. Zong Shou called it the bamboo leaf ice sword.
He tried to use his mind to control this set of flying swords, but he was too focused on the east and couldn't control the west. The flying swords danced all around, not forming any order.
To judge this set of flying swords, although Power was really strong, his ability to split his attention was also perversely strong. Zong Shou was envious, but he didn't have time to train his ability to split his attention, so he could only give it up. However, along with this spiritual formation, Power wasn't weak at all.
After the spiritual formation was laid out, those 36 bamboo leaf ice swords suddenly disappeared, disappearing without a trace.
Zong Shou looked behind him, only to see that the ant swarm he expected didn't chase over. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief, but his heart was still really wary.
Zong Yuan had been looking on, looking on as Zong Shou laid out the formation on the rock. Although he found it weird, he didn't disturb him.
Only at this moment did he ask, "Ruler, what is that demon fire crystal ant to make you so afraid?"
Fleeing and laying out formations, he had never seen Zong Shou so panicky before.
With his ruler's strength, even if there were grade 7 beasts, the 2 of them should be able to escape unscathed.
"It's a grade 4 spiritual ant …"
Zong Yuan felt weirder and weirder, grade 4? If it was grade 4 why did he need to be so afraid? Following which he heard Zong Shou continue, "They like to form groups, one ant swarm is at least 3 thousand. If there are soldier ants, they are at least grade 6. They grow around the demon abyss and love to eat living beings. They are born with wings, although they can't fly, they can jump a thousand feet … "
Zong Yuan's head felt numb when he heard that. Thinking about 3 thousand xiantian experts, there were also many grade 6 ones. Instantly, his eyes were filled with fear as he looked behind him. If they were surrounded by the ant swarm, then even if they were really skilled, they would have to fight to the death.
He also felt worried. Although Zong Shou had laid out a spiritual formation to defend, they were still trapped here. However, being trapped here was also a worrying situation. If he couldn't escape, he would die sooner or later.
On the other side, Zong Shou had already used spirit master methods to summon some dry branches. He also used the lightning winged sword to slay tens of beasts and sucked them back. He openly raised a fire and started to barbecue.
However, he didn't have time to carefully cook it, casually peeling the skin and barbecuing it until it was half cooked. He passed some to Zong Yuan before he started to chomp down. While eating, he instructed, "Eat more and save up some energy. There will be a tough battle later. The demon fire crystal ants are really quick, the movement speed of those soldier ants is even faster than grade 7 beasts. Once they lock onto your aura, you won't be able to escape. However, you just need to defend till dawn and you can break free. Nothing in the world is perfect. No matter how strong a living being is, it has its weakness and there are ways to counter it. What these demon fire crystal ants are most afraid of is sunlight … "
Only then did Zong Yuan's doubts disappear. Looking at the sky, it wasn't midnight yet. He didn't hesitate and started to wolf down.
At the martial ancestor realm, one could actually not eat, absorbing spiritual energy from the outside world and turning it into vital energy for one's own use.
However, at this level, the consumption of daily cultivation and battle was even greater. Purely relying on heaven and earth spiritual energy couldn't achieve a balance. His appetite instead increased by 10 times.
Not long after the 2 of them settled down, a group of people rushed over from afar.
It was the group from Linhai College. It seemed like they were rushing to the dragon gate entrance at the waist of the mountain and didn't intend to rest at the foot of the mountain. It made Zong Shou really regretful. If he knew that this would happen, he would have been thick-skinned and spent more time below.
That group of people looked at Zong Shou and Zong Shou awkwardly. They acted like they didn't see anything and continued forwards.
Zong Shou frowned and decided to open his mouth to remind them, "There are demon fire crystal ants ahead. You all haven't come into contact with them, it's best if you return …"
The people from Linhai College acted like they didn't hear anything, their footsteps didn't stop.
Xi Yan, who was the leader, also let out a mocking laugh.
Faintly, some voices could be heard.
"Demon fire crystal ants, what are those things?"
"I have seen them before. They are a type of spiritual ant that grows in the fire veins of the demon abyss. However, I heard that during the cloud desolate era, they were pretty much wiped out. The remaining few are under the cloud ocean. "
"Is he trying to scare us? What a joke. Speaking of which, isn't this Zong Shou planning to go to the dragon gate? Why did he stop here? "
"This person has no spiritual cultivation and martial path, how can he go up Dragon Gathering Mountain? He is just dreaming, he really doesn't know his place! "
The corner of Zong Shou's lips instantly twitched. He thought to himself that since these people wanted to die, then let them. He was too lazy to care.
After eating and drinking his fill, Zong Shou adjusted his breathing. He turned the meat of the elite beasts into essence energy and spiritual energy. Absorbing it into his body.
Now, he could eat a Wild Tusk Boar in one meal. At this moment, he ate more to store energy, but he felt bloated.
Thinking about it, Zong Shou still shook his head. He tossed hundreds of grade 4 beasts towards the giant stone at the side. On the snow pattern stone, he laid out a spiritual formation.
It wasn't that he was so kind that he didn't care about the past and gave the people from Linhai College a safe place to stay.
It was just that one more person meant one more portion of strength. It was best if someone could split some of the strength of the ant swarm.
This spiritual formation was an extremely basic grade 4 spiritual formation that he had learned in Linhai College. It wouldn't be able to stop the demon fire crystal ants for long. However, thinking about it, the people from Linhai College could strengthen it and he didn't need to worry.
Smiling slightly, Zong Shou waited quietly. As expected, in just a moment, he saw a bunch of people crazily running back. Their faces were ashen white and filled with fear.
The one at the helm was Xi Yan. He was originally panicking and at a loss, but when he looked at the 2 giant rocks where Zong Shou and Xi Yan were. His eyes lit up as he rode on the spiritual artifact and flew over.
When Zong Shou saw that, he burst out laughing. This person was really shameless. He actually led the students of the Academy. Following which before he even opened his mouth, Zong Yuan already knew what he meant.
A spear stabbed out, a vast spear shadow directly pierced a thousand feet below. He scoffed coldly, "Scram to the side."
Xi Yan was helpless, he could only turn his body and dodge far away. His face was ashen white, but a moment later, joy appeared on his face.
He jumped onto the giant mountain at the side and looked around. His joy grew as he hurriedly took out some beast crystals to perfect the spiritual formation.
At this moment, there were more people from Linhai College who fled over. Xi Yan's eyes were filled with violence as he cast a spell in his sleeves. However, when he saw Zong Shou stab over from the side with a smile that wasn't a smile, he stopped and allowed the others to charge onto the giant stone. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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