The golden-green praying mantis was a rare demonic beast of metal and wood attributes. The strength of its two forearms was astonishing, and it could actually withstand his Earth Splitting Blade. Its explosive power was also very strong. However, as a sixth-order Physique Cultivator, he did not lack explosive power. Coupled with his cultivation in spells, unless it was a sixth-order demonic beast like the Black Abyss Elephant or the Giant Mountain Beast, his strength would be exaggerated. It would not be easy for most sixth-order demonic beasts to suppress him.
The golden-green praying mantis wanted to escape, but Lu Xiaotian's Soul Capturing Technique had already reached a certain level. The gray lines between his fingers quickly condensed into a fine net, trapping it.
It was not easy to completely refine a demonic beast's soul essence. Even if it failed in the end, it would still take a long time.
Lu Xiaotian's ten fingers moved so fast that they looked like phantoms, constantly forming different hand seals. Four hours later, a huge and mysterious rune enshrouded the golden green praying mantis's Yuan Shen and soul.
The golden-green praying mantis's soul essence trembled and struggled violently. However, the original hatred in its eyes quickly turned into confusion. The method Lu Xiaotian was using now was somewhat similar to the Soul-Losing Seal that he refined when he subdued Di Kun. However, the Soul-Losing Seal would not cause any side effects to Di Kun's soul. It would only make Di Kun lose his memory, but it would take a long time. On the other hand, once one was proficient in the Soul Devouring Technique, the time needed to erase the memories of the demonic beast's soul essence would be much shorter. However, the Primordial Spirit Essence that had been refined by the Soul Devouring Grand Art had completely lost its ability to control itself. Both methods had their own advantages, and were completely different techniques.
After preliminarily refining the golden-green praying mantis's soul essence, Lu Xiaotian opened his mouth. The soul essence that had its consciousness erased was swallowed into Lu Xiaotian's stomach.
At the same time, the magic power in his body revolved. According to the Soul Devouring Technique's secret technique, the second step of refining was to erase its consciousness. The second step was to let the caster's consciousness and aura enter the soul essence and refine it. This process was slightly longer and depended on one's cultivation level and the strength of the golden green praying mantis's primordial spirit. He waited until his aura had completely merged with the golden green praying mantis's soul essence. Then, he could seal it into the Soul War Elemental Pearl and turn it into a Mantis Soul War Elemental Pearl.
However, when he was refining the soul essence of the mantis, a grey shadow in the shape of a mantis seemed to have fused with Lu Xiaotian's main soul essence.
Lu Xiaotian was shocked. He hadn't expected that cultivating the Great Soul Devouring Art would cause such a phenomenon. The Great Soul Devouring Technique did not mention this.
Lu Xiaotian hurriedly checked his main Primordial Spirit to see if there was anything strange, but after a careful examination, he didn't find anything different. His Primordial Spirit was neither strengthened nor weakened. Lu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel suspicious. Could it be that it was just his imagination? Lu Xiaotian quickly rejected this idea. With the strength of his Primordial Spirit, there was no way he would be hallucinating for no reason.
Lu Xiaotian didn't know if cultivating the Great Soul Devouring Art would result in any kind of hallucination. He hesitated for a while and decided to give up for the time being. After all, he was about to condense a Jin Dan and didn't want to cause any trouble for a cultivation technique. The original intention of cultivating the Great Soul Devouring Art was to refine the seventh grade fire flood dragon's soul essence into a Flood Dragon Soul War Elemental Pearl. That way, even if he faced an early Jin Dan cultivator before he reached Core Formation, he would still have the ability to escape. However, if cultivating this cultivation technique would affect his Core Formation, it wouldn't be worth it. If he really did condense a Jin Dan, his need for the Flood Dragon Soul War Elemental Pearl wouldn't be that great.
The Soul Devouring Technique that he had studied for so long turned out to be useless. Lu Xiaotian smiled bitterly and spat out the Golden-green Praying Mantis's Soul Essence that was almost refined. After sealing it with the Soul Battle Pearl, he put it away.
Lu Xiaotian quickly recovered from his disappointment. The Flood Dragon Soul War Pearl had originally been a means of self-preservation. In truth, he hadn't used many of his preparations in order to preserve his life. That included the Thousand Kilometer Divine Travel Talisman that he'd obtained with great difficulty. It was just that cultivating the Great Soul Devouring Art took a bit longer than the others. It wasn't a big deal to give up now. However, the Great Soul Devouring Art was quite impressive. There were a few methods to deal with demon beasts' Primordial Spirits that were worth learning from. His time here hadn't been completely wasted.
After putting away the Beast Soul War Pearl, Lu Xiaotian took out the grey stone that he still hadn't figured out anything about and gave it to his third Primordial Spirit to study.
He cultivated, concocted pills, deduced formations, practiced the Five Elements Formation, and studied the grey stone that was impervious to diamonds. As for the injuries on his legs, the ice-blue flame had already completely enveloped the two pieces of Silent Star Stone. At this moment, his divine sense couldn't penetrate the flames to control the Silent Star Stone. However, every once in a while, a wisp of the ice-blue flame enveloping the Silent Star Stone would disappear. This made Lu Xiaotian feel more at ease. At this rate, it would probably only take two years for his leg injuries to be completely healed.
Time flew by. Three and a half years passed in the blink of an eye. On a stormy night after three and a half years, Lu Xiaotian let out a soft sigh. His aura became even more restrained. With a whoosh, the room's windows opened. Lightning flashed and thunder roared outside, but not a single drop of rain drifted in.
The next day, at dawn, the rain stopped. After being moistened by the rain, his hair exuded a new vitality. Lu Xiaotian's body shot out from the wheelchair. His body flashed a few times in the air, disappearing from the sky above Maple Leaf Valley and flying straight to the edge of the Full Moon Mountain Range.
A moment later, Lu Xiaotian arrived at a place with abundant Spirit Qi. He patted the Spirit Beast Pouch and said a few words to Di Kun. Di Kun roared excitedly. With a flap of its wings, it circled a few times above Lu Xiaotian's head and landed on a high mountain top. Looking around, Di Kun didn't conceal the powerful aura of a peak Sixth Rank Monster Beast, declaring its ownership of this area.
Di Kun's powerful aura scared the weak Monster Beasts into running away. Even Sixth Rank Monster Beasts were frightened by this aura and didn't dare to approach, lest they invite a fatal disaster. The Monster Beasts' instinct to drive benefits and avoid harm was sometimes even stronger than that of human cultivators.
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