It would be too much of a waste to kill this group of Goldbiter Rats. He would find the Rat King and beat it up, forcing it to recognize him as its master.
Using the Rat King to command the entire group of rats to help him dig a hole and speed up his advance was the most cost-effective.
When the Dust Returning Flame reached the cave where the rats were, Wang Daoyuan immediately withdrew the Dust Returning Flame for fear of harming the rats.
The rats were very alert. When they saw that the Dust Returning Flame could burn through solid rock, they were so scared that they didn't dare move.
After Wang Daoyuan withdrew the Dust Returning Flame, the rats looked at him eagerly. They wanted to surround and attack him, but they were also afraid that he would release that terrifying flame again.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, a foot-long rat crawled over.
This rat looked similar to the other Goldbiter Rats, but its front teeth were golden and it was three times longer than the other Goldbiter Rats.
The spirit energy fluctuations on its body showed that it was a low grade Rank Two Demon Beast, and not far from mid Rank Two. Its cultivation was similar to Wang Daoyuan's.
It squeaked at the group of rats, and the rats began to stir.
After a while, over a hundred high grade Rank One Goldbiter Rats charged at Wang Daoyuan.
Wang Daoyuan wanted to lure the Rat King out, so he didn't directly subdue them. Instead, he used earth attribute spirit energy to create a protective barrier.
The Goldbiter Rats surrounded the barrier and gnawed at it, but the earth attribute spirit energy within the barrier had the corrosive effect of the Dust Returning Flame. When the rats gnawed at it, their front teeth would also be corroded.
Wang Daoyuan could use his spirit energy to constantly replenish the barrier. If he ran out of spirit energy, he could drink Scarlet Blood Wine to recover.
After fifteen minutes, the Goldbiter Rats that had pounced first had their front teeth mostly corroded and were unable to continue gnawing at the barrier.
The Rat King was flustered and exasperated as it hopped around in place.
Another hundred or so Goldbiter Rats charged forward and continued gnawing at the barrier.
The result was no different. They had only gnawed for fifteen minutes before their front teeth were too short.
The other Goldbiter Rats in the group didn't dare to advance. After a few squeaks, the Rat King personally charged forward.
He was just waiting for it to come out. This fellow had been hiding in the rat hole this entire time. Wang Daoyuan was afraid that if he used his true strength, the Rat King would escape through the rat hole.
At that time, he would no longer have the chance to capture the Rat King.
The speed at which the Dust Returning Flame burned the stone wall was far slower than the speed at which the Rat King escaped through the rat hole.
Now that the Rat King had come out to seek death, things would be much easier.
When Wang Daoyuan summoned the Soul Extinguishing Bell, he only unleashed ten percent of its power.
All the Rank One Goldbiter Rats had fainted.
The Rat King was also in a daze. It couldn't even stand properly.
Wang Daoyuan used the Quagmire Technique to trap the Rat King.
The Rat King sank into the swamp, unable to move.
The swamp was created by earth attribute spiritual energy and was corrosive. The Rat King had no choice but to circulate its spiritual energy to resist the corrosion.
Wang Daoyuan transmitted his voice to it, "Either you submit to me, or you die."
It wasn't difficult for a Rank Two Demonic Beast to understand these words. However, the Rat King was still the king of its race. It had its own pride and was unwilling to submit so easily.
Wang Daoyuan summoned the Returning Dust Flame, and with the Rat King as the center, it formed a circle of fire with a diameter of three feet.
Following that, the circle of fire slowly shrank. As the flames burned, there was already a one-inch deep hole in the ground.
Seeing that the fire was about to reach its tail, the Rat King let out a whine, expressing its submission.
Wang Daoyuan didn't withdraw the Returning Dust Flame or the Quagmire Technique, but the circle of fire stopped shrinking.
He sent his voice to the Rat King, "Don't resist. After I complete the Master Recognition, I'll let you go.
If you dare to resist, I'll burn you with fire "
The Rat King obediently nodded, expressing that it didn't dare to resist.
Wang Daoyuan began to use the Master Recognition Technique from the Spirit Controlling Secret Scripture. After a quarter of an hour, the Master Recognition was completed.
With a single thought, the Rat King immediately rolled on the ground in pain.
The Master Recognition was indeed a success. Wang Daoyuan withdrew the Returning Dust Flame and the Quagmire Technique.
Since its life was saved, the Rat King happily jumped around.
A day later, all the unconscious Goldbiter Rats woke up.
Through the Rat King, Wang Daoyuan ordered the rats to dig holes in the rocks.
It was better to dig a few holes in one place at the same time.
When he released the Returning Dust Flame, the flames surged into the holes and burned at the same time, doubling the speed.
He originally wanted the Goldbiter Rats to dig holes in the front while he burned the rocks in the back.
However, these Goldbiter Rats were too cowardly. When they saw the Returning Dust Flame, they fled in all directions, not daring to dig holes at all.
With no other choice, he could only have them dig holes first. After they dug a mile forward, he would release the Returning Dust Flame when the Goldbiter Rats retreated.
The speed of burning the rocks was much faster. They could advance a mile in two days, but they couldn't keep burning.
After advancing a mile, he would stop burning and release the Goldbiter Rats to dig holes.
It would take the Goldbiter Rats three days to dig a mile long hole in the hard rock.
Overall, they were advancing a mile every five days on average.
However, Wang Daoyuan had three days to cultivate every five days.
He had to give the Goldbiter Rats some benefits in order to make them work. Otherwise, they would slack off.
Fortunately, the Goldbiter Rats weren't picky eaters. They could eat watermelon rinds, bones, and rotten wood.
He felt a little guilty for letting the Goldbiter Rats dig holes with their lives just for some leftover materials from the spatial dimension.
With enough time to cultivate, Wang Daoyuan's cultivation also improved.
A month after subduing the Goldbiter Rats, his cultivation finally broke through to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment.
There were also changes in the spatial dimension. The density of spirit qi increased by a lot, reaching the level of a high-grade Tier 2 spirit vein.
However, the size of the spatial dimension didn't change. After testing it with incense, he found that the flow of time didn't change either. It was still forty times faster.
Wang Daoyuan used his clone to observe the boundaries of the spatial dimension and found something unusual.
When he first discovered the spatial dimension, he looked out from the inside and saw a hazy gray fog everywhere. There was a trace of purple in the gray.
Now, the purple was clearly less and the gray fog was thinner.
In places where the gray fog was extremely thin, he could vaguely see a large patch of pitch-black space through the fog.
After carefully observing for a long time, his clone also found that there seemed to be a slight crack at the edge of the spatial dimension. The gray fog was leaking out from the crack.
However, the speed of the leakage was very slow and the spatial dimension wasn't affected.
It seemed that this spiritual pearl had been seriously damaged before. This advancement only increased the density of spirit qi, but the spatial dimension didn't increase and the flow of time didn't accelerate. It might be related to this damage.
If this damage couldn't be repaired, the spatial dimension and the flow of time probably wouldn't change in the future.
The current spatial dimension and flow of time were enough. As long as the density of spirit qi increased and he could grow Tier 3 spirit plants, it would be fine.
In the future, when his cultivation was higher and he found a high-grade spirit item, he might be able to repair the crack on the spiritual pearl.
It was useless to think about it now. It was better to set fire to the rocks and reach the location of the Gui Water Nether Spring as soon as possible to obtain the water-attribute spirit fire.
Improving his own strength was the most important. It was fine as long as the spatial dimension of the spiritual pearl was enough.
After consolidating his cultivation at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, he continued to release the Dust Returning Flame to burn the rock walls.
The density of spirit qi in the spatial dimension increased and the Dust Returning Flame burned more vigorously.
The speed of burning the rocks also increased slightly. However, the speed of advancement didn't increase.
The closer he got to the Gui Water Nether Spring, the more underground water veins there were. In order to save his life, Wang Daoyuan could only bypass these water veins.
He couldn't advance in a straight line, so the distance he needed to dig was longer.
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