After killing the Mantis Blade Bug, Xia Pingan waved his hand and sent the Mantis Blade Bug into the Spatial Warehouse.
The Spatial Warehouse in the secret mandala had not received any new bugs for a long time.
Once the Mantis Blade Bug was sent in, a group of blacksmiths, Farmer, and Pharmacist in the secret mandala rushed over and started to get busy. They started to cut the Mantis Blade Bug into pieces. The blacksmiths were busy stripping the Mantis Blade Bug's carapace and limbs. The Pharmacist was busy collecting the Mantis Blade Bug's flesh and organs.
In just a short while, Xia Pingan was still immersed in the joy of killing the Mantis Blade Bug with zero Divine Power consumption. The blacksmiths and Pharmacist in the secret mandala found a Realm Pearl and a black Bug Crystal in the Mantis Blade Bug's body.
That Bug Crystal looked similar to the Bug Crystal that Xia Pingan had collected the first time. However, that Realm Pearl almost made Xia Pingan grin. It was a green Realm Pearl that kept changing colors like a chameleon. Sometimes, it even became completely transparent. If one did not look closely, it would be hard to notice. In that Realm Pearl, there were four Xiaozhuan characters — One Leaf Vision!
It was indeed a new and rare Realm Pearl.
Fusing with this New Realm Pearl was too easy. It should not take more than a few minutes.
Xia Pingan was just about to find a place nearby to quickly fuse with this Realm Pearl. Suddenly, his ears twitched. There was movement in the underground crevice beside him. Another Mantis Blade Bug was crawling up from below.
With the experience of the first battle, the second battle was even easier. Xia Pingan was more experienced in dealing with it.
The second Mantis Blade Bug crawled up from the underground crevice. When it saw Xia Pingan, it immediately rushed over. Xia Pingan dodged and once again rushed onto the Mantis Blade Bug's back. The huge sword in his hand was ruthlessly stabbed into the Mantis Blade Bug's neck. With one attack, he broke through the Mantis Blade Bug's defense and severely injured it.
As for the attack on its neck, the second Mantis Blade Bug's reaction was exactly the same as the first one. Without even thinking, it swept its two terrifying front limbs towards its back.
However, this time, with the experience of dealing with the first Mantis Blade Bug, it was easier for Xia Pingan to deal with this one. Moreover, he was already prepared. Just as the Mantis Blade Bug's forelimbs swept over, Xia Pingan waved his hand and summoned a simple net that instantly entangled the Mantis Blade Bug's two forelimbs. The Mantis Blade Bug's movements suddenly slowed down and stopped for a moment.
Of course, the Dragnet Technique could not trap the Mantis Blade Bug, but it only needed to trap it for a moment.
The moment the Mantis Blade Bug's two forelimbs were trapped, the huge sword in Xia Pingan's hand turned into a guillotine once again. He pressed down on the hilt of the sword with both hands and used all his strength to slash at the Mantis Blade Bug's neck.
With a crack, the Mantis Blade Bug's neck was almost cut in half by Xia Pingan's attack. The Mantis Blade Bug's green blood suddenly spurted out from its neck in a fan shape and scattered like rain. The entire Mantis Blade Bug let out a shrill cry.
At this moment, the Mantis Blade Bug's forelimbs tore through the Dragnet Technique's obstruction and continued to stab towards Xia Pingan. However, Xia Pingan had already flipped over and leaped away, easily dodging the Mantis Blade Bug's attack.
At this moment, only half of the Mantis Blade Bug's head was stuck to its neck. Its huge body staggered a few steps on the ground, swaying from side to side as if it was drunk. Its entire body was no longer as agile as before.
The Mantis Blade Bug let out a shrill cry. It probably did not expect the human Summoner in front of it to be so terrifying. The soul tool in his hand was so strong that it could severely injure it with just the weapon in his hand without the help of powerful spells.
Seeing Xia Pingan's figure dodge, the Mantis Blade Bug's two forelimbs stabbed into the ground. Instantly, black ice spread out from the ground like water ripples towards Xia Pingan, who had just landed on the ground.
Xia Pingan leaped up. A stalactite behind him that was taller than a person was covered by the black ice. In the blink of an eye, it shattered with a crack and fell to the ground.
The Mantis Blade Bug's move was too ferocious. It was almost on par with Xuanwu's breath.
After the attack, a cloud of black gas surged out from the Mantis Blade Bug's body, enveloping its staggered body and drooping neck. It retreated, trying to retreat back into the crevices in the ground.
The Mantis Blade Bug actually knew how to escape when it felt the aura of death? This raised Xia Pingan's judgment of the Mantis Blade Bug's intelligence. However, Xia Pingan was not going to let this Mantis Blade Bug go.
A complete Mantis Blade Bug was so fast that it was not even close to Xia Pingan's eyes. Moreover, this Mantis Blade Bug was already severely injured. Not only did it slow down, but its footsteps were also a little messy.
Xia Pingan dashed to the side of the Mantis Blade Bug in a flash. The huge sword in his hand slashed down once again.
The huge sword easily tore through the layer of black gas on the Mantis Blade Bug's neck and the carapace underneath it. In an instant, the muscles and bones on the Mantis Blade Bug's drooping neck were severed. The Mantis Blade Bug's head fell to the ground once again. After struggling for a while, it stopped moving.
This was the second Mantis Blade Bug that Xia Pingan had killed.
With a wave of his hand, Xia Pingan stored the corpse of this Mantis Blade Bug into the spatial warehouse.
This Mantis Blade Bug did not have a Realm Pearl in its body. It only had a black bug crystal.
After killing these two Mantis Blade Bugs, the surrounding valley suddenly quieted down. Xia Pingan waited for a while. No more Mantis Blade Bugs appeared from the crevices in the ground. He summoned Boy of Fortune and looked around. There were no other Summoners hiding in the surroundings.
With a move of his hand, Xia Pingan put away the huge sword. Then, his entire body rose into the air. He used an illusion to conceal his body and flew towards the sky above the canyon.
In the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon, there were all kinds of crevices and caves of various sizes. Some of these crevices and caves were natural, while others were left behind by Mantis Blade Bugs and former Summoners.
In a short while, Xia Pingan found a deep cave in the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon. He entered it in a flash.
The cave had many twists and turns. It was like a maze inside. Such a cave was too narrow. The Mantis Blade Bug could not enter. Only a person could enter.
After going a thousand meters into the cave, Xia Pingan summoned a Xuanwu the size of a table to guard the cave entrance. He entered the cave and found a dry place to sit cross-legged. He took out the One Leaf Vision Realm Pearl and prepared to fuse with it.
After a Summoner obtained a Realm Pearl from a battle in the wild, it was impossible to bring every Realm Pearl back to the city to fuse with it. Although the latter was safer, there were always some daring Summoners who would find a place in the wild to fuse with Realm Pearls when the conditions were right.
The biggest risk of fusing Realm Pearls in the wild, apart from the Zerg, was other Summoners with ulterior motives. For the former, they could use the terrain to restrict them. For example, the Mantis Blade Bug could not enter this cave. If it insisted on entering, it would cause a huge commotion. It would also take a long time to dig out the cave entrance and the mountain walls along the way. This would give the Summoner, who was fusing with Realm Pearls in the cave, time to react.
The latter, on the other hand, could use powerful summoned creatures to deter them.
If ordinary Summoners saw that these places were guarded by other Summoners' summoned creatures, they would be able to guess that the Summoner was resting in seclusion or fusing with a Realm Pearl. In order to avoid misunderstandings, they would avoid them and would not rashly enter again.
If they saw these summoned creatures guarding these places and still wanted to force their way in, they would be like robbers with evil intentions. They would have completely shed all pretense of cordiality. It would be a conflict of life and death.
The time it took to fuse with a Realm Pearl could be as short as a few minutes or as long as a few hours or even a few days. There was definitely a risk in fusing in the wild. It depended on whether one was willing to enjoy this convenience.
Xia Pingan was willing to do so!
This was because he knew that this One Leaf Vision Realm Pearl would not take long.
Xia Pingan did not waste any time. Once he sat down, he pricked his finger with a silver needle and dripped his blood onto the Realm Pearl. In a short while, Xia Pingan was wrapped in an illusory cocoon of light.
…
Xia Pingan opened his eyes and realized that he was wearing patched clothes. He was sitting cross-legged on a straw mat in a simple straw hut. He was holding a bamboo slip in his hand.
The bamboo slip was "Huainanzi". There was a sentence on the bamboo slip — The mantis waits for the cicada to blind itself. The leaf can become invisible …
There were no punctuation marks on the bamboo slips of this era. Xia Pingan was delighted when he saw that sentence.
This scholar from Chu, who left behind the One Leaf Vision Realm Pearl, was very knowledgeable and empirical. Later generations laughed at him for being silly, but this kind of empirical spirit was rare.
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