In the depths of the mountain range, on a mountain peak!
"Thaling, give me the fastest and safest route. Let's take a risk!"
Yu Haoran gritted his teeth and said after hearing Thaling's request. He had to get close to the Vajra Monkey's corpse in order to extract its blood essence.
"Alright!"
Since he had already promised Yu Haoran to help him steal the three drops of blood essence from the Vajra Monkey, Thaling wasn't the type to drag things out. He used his divine sense to sweep through most of the mountain range and finally came up with a route that could barely be considered safe.
"Yu Haoran, the closer we get to the depths of the mountain range, the stronger the strange beasts. Even if the route I came up with is the safest, we will have to pass through the territory of at least three rank six strange beasts, nine rank seven strange beasts, and twenty-three peak rank eight strange beasts," Thaling warned with a serious expression.
"Alright!" Thirty-five dangerous strange beasts. Compared to the tens of thousands of strange beasts in the depths of the mountain range, it was already quite sufficient.
Using Gale Steps, Yu Haoran quickly found Wu Zhengjun under Thaling's guidance.
Perhaps it was because the Secret Devouring Technique was originally prepared for Wu Zhengjun, but after five days and five nights of devouring and refining, Wu Zhengjun, who was originally a first-grade Martial Warrior, had now reached the peak of fourth-grade Martial Warrior. This was equivalent to breaking through a small realm every day.
Moreover, his foundation was very solid. The Yuan Li in his dantian wasn't weak at all. It was enough to show that he hadn't been devouring strange beasts because of his greed for power.
As for the grade of his physical body, unless one's cultivation was much higher than his, or if one truly fought him, it would be very difficult to tell.
However, with the Secret Devouring Technique's effect on Wu Zhengjun's cultivation, the grade of his physical body shouldn't be too low.
Yu Haoran was happy and gratified with Wu Zhengjun's achievements in such a short period of time. After reminding Wu Zhengjun to be careful and wait for his return, he left the mountain peak and quickly advanced according to the route Thaling had given him.
In order to ensure that he could steal the Vajra Monkey's blood essence in time, Yu Haoran didn't waste too much time during the dangerous journey. He let go of the rank nine strange beasts he killed or repelled.
When he entered the territory of a peak rank eight rank seven strange beast, he slowed down his speed and tried his best to restrain his aura. He also controlled his heartbeat, and finally passed through the territory of the beast.
For the rest of the journey, he used the same method to pass through the territory of six rank seven strange beasts and fifteen rank eight strange beasts.
"Yu Haoran, I'm afraid that I've made a mistake!"
When he entered the territory of the most dangerous and easily attacked rank six rank nine Wolverine Rats, not only did Yu Haoran restrain his aura to the limit, he didn't dare to use the slightest bit of Yuan Li, afraid that he would attract the Wolverine Rats' attention.
At this moment, however, Thaling suddenly spoke up in his sea of consciousness.
"Thaling, don't disturb my concentration!"
Although using his will to speak wouldn't produce any energy waves, it would affect his concentration, making it impossible for him to restrain his aura perfectly.
"Yu Haoran, there's no need to be nervous. As long as you don't take the initiative to attack that peak rank six rank nine strange beast, it won't pay any attention to you even if it discovers you."
Seeing Yu Haoran's careful actions, Thaling knew that Yu Haoran had also forgotten about that important matter.
"Why?" Yu Haoran asked, puzzled.
"Now that the Vajra Monkey's physical body has successfully advanced to rank four Saint Tier, the beast might it emits doesn't have much of an effect on humans, but to exotic beasts, it's undoubtedly a hundred times the pressure.
"Only those peak rank five emperor realm exotic beasts won't be affected by the beast might. Ordinary rank six and below exotic beasts won't dare to move recklessly."
Yu Haoran immediately thought of this reason after hearing Thaling mention the beast might.
At the same time, he also knew that he didn't think of this reason at first. It was all because Thaling pointed out that the Vajra Monkey's advancement would definitely fail, causing him to forget such an important matter.
Since the Vajra Monkey was still forcefully comprehending the power of laws, the beast might emitted by its physical body after advancing to rank four Saint Tier was still effective.
As such, Yu Haoran didn't have to be careful anymore.
He mobilized ninety percent of the Yuan Li in his dantian and executed Gale Steps at full force, turning into a gust of wind and directly disappearing into the territory of the rank six rank one Wolverine Rat.
… …!
Could aptitude and bloodline really decide everything?!
The seventy-meter-tall Vajra Monkey stood at the peak of the mountain. It looked up at the sky, a trace of helplessness and unwillingness in its tyrannical eyes.
As an exotic beast known for its strength and defense, the Vajra Monkey's use and comprehension of strength had reached the pinnacle. It felt that the success rate of forcefully comprehending the power of laws with its own accumulation was very high.
That was why it took the risk of advancing to rank four Saint Tier.
However, when it truly began to forcefully comprehend the power of laws, it finally understood the importance of aptitude and bloodline.
That was because its innate aptitude and bloodline determined that the highest it could achieve in its life was peak rank five. Unless its aptitude and bloodline improved further, it would be difficult for it to advance to rank four according to the heavenly laws.
Now that it felt the backlash from comprehending the power of laws, it knew that it had overestimated itself.
It still had close to a thousand years of lifespan left. If it didn't try to break through to rank four Saint Tier, and instead chose to travel the world in search of opportunities to improve its aptitude and bloodline, it wouldn't suffer the backlash from comprehending the power of laws when it advanced to rank four Saint Tier.
Unfortunately, it was only an 'if'. It was impossible to change what was happening in reality.
As such, it could only bear the consequences of recklessly breaking through, and that was having its soul devoured by the power of laws, dispersing in the end.
Looking down at the rank five peak exotic beasts hiding in the surroundings, a hint of disgust and disdain flashed across the Vajra Monkey's eyes.
It knew what those of its kind, who were usually so respectful to it, wanted to do.
However, as its physical body had already broken through to rank four Saint Tier, it could see through everything. How could it possibly tolerate its own kind using its body and blood to increase their strength?
As such, while its soul could still withstand the backlash from the power of laws, the Vajra Monkey directly detonated its remaining soul. Using the power of its soul and its rank four physical body's strength, it formed a defense that only rank four Saint Tier exotic beasts or Martial Saints could break through.
After doing all this, the Vajra Monkey closed its eyes completely.
The high-tier exotic beasts that didn't dare to move recklessly due to the Vajra Monkey's beast might left their territories and ran towards the mountain peak where the Vajra Monkey was sitting.
… …!
Just as the Vajra Monkey formed the strongest defense with its soul and physical body, Yu Haoran arrived at the mountain peak where the Vajra Monkey was breaking through.
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