In a dark, damp cave, sword light flashed while enraged beasts roared!
"Beast, you still dare to bark arrogantly!"
With a streak of sword light, Lin Bai cut a scarlet lizard down beneath his blade.
Nearby, another scarlet lizard was already covered in wounds. Seeing its companion die, it was furious, but it knew all too well that it was no match for Lin Bai.
The surviving lizard smashed a huge hole through the cave and vanished into the forest at top speed.
"After searching for half a month with such difficulty, I finally found two Martial Dao Sixth Level Crimson Spotted Lizards, and one of them actually got away!"
Watching the lizard leap out through the cave entrance, Lin Bai spoke with unwillingness.
After Lin Bai found the Spirit-Bearing Fruit that day, he swallowed three of them, raising his Martial Dao cultivation to Martial Dao Sixth Level.
Lin Bai hoisted the lizard he had killed onto his shoulder and quickly walked out of the cave.
Ten minutes later, Lin Bai arrived at a valley.
This valley was the temporary residence Lin Bai had built in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range.
"With this Martial Dao Sixth Level Crimson Spotted Lizard added in, I wonder if it will be enough." Lin Bai returned to the valley and entered a cave, where the corpses of demonic beasts were piled as high as a mountain.
These demonic beasts were all ones Lin Bai had slain over the past half month.
Demonic beasts loved eating humans. If the human race had not flourished and established cities to resist them, these demonic beasts would probably have devoured the entire human race long ago.
Thus, demonic beasts and humans were natural enemies.
Lin Bai felt little guilt when he killed demonic beasts.
Over the past half month, Lin Bai had slain more than a hundred demonic beasts. All of them were below Martial Dao Fifth Level. He had not hurried to extract their blood essence, instead preserving them all.
Throwing the Crimson Spotted Lizard onto the ground, Lin Bai said solemnly, "This should be enough to cultivate the 'Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm,' right?"
"Let's give it a try."
Lin Bai sat cross-legged and calmed his mind and breathing.
Lin Bai had carefully read the secret manual Lin Yue had given him. To cultivate the "Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm," he indeed needed a massive amount of demonic beast blood to activate the blood essence within his body.
Most crucially, this secret manual was actually a ninth-grade Earth-rank martial skill!
The blood within the mountain of demonic beast corpses before him rapidly evaporated. The refined blood essence was extracted and fused into Lin Bai's body.
The blood essence was like flames that could burn the heavens. The instant it entered Lin Bai's body, it scorched every inch of his skin.
"It hurts—"
The intense pain twisted Lin Bai's features.
"Hold on!"
Boom—
When the blood essence of more than a hundred demonic beasts surged into his body, a vast red glow rose from Lin Bai.
At that moment, Lin Bai's skin, flesh, bones, and meridians all underwent a thousand hammerings and a hundred refinements!
The "crack, crack" sounds coming from within his body echoed constantly beside Lin Bai's ears.
Half an hour passed.
Lin Bai swore that this was the most painful half hour of his life.
The blood essence raged through Lin Bai's body like flames burning him from within, churning the seas and overturning the rivers, before finally gathering in both his arms. A high-pitched dragon cry rang out from within them!
"It worked!"
"I wonder how powerful a ninth-grade Earth-rank martial skill is!"
Lin Bai was drenched in sweat, his face pale and his body seemingly weak, but even that could not suppress the excitement blazing in his eyes.
"Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm!"
"It was derived from the ultimate art of the Flood Dragon branch of the True Dragon Clan. After comprehending the Flood Dragon Clan's methods of battle and bitterly meditating for ten years, its creator finally mastered a divine technique. This is the Divine Dragon Arm!"
This was the introduction contained within the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! The red glow that appeared just now came from here. There should be a priceless treasure about to emerge!"
"Boss, there's a cave here!"
"Let's go in and take a look. The red glow came from inside the cave."
When Lin Bai had broken through just now, the red glow had shot into the sky, attracting many experts to this place.
The first group to arrive was a group of martial artists from the Soaring Heavens Alliance.
Their leader was a hall master of the Soaring Heavens Alliance, a man surnamed Zhang, whose cultivation was at Martial Dao Sixth Level.
Hall Master Zhang led more than a dozen martial artists into the cave with excitement. Based on his years of adventuring in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, such a heavenly phenomenon was certain to herald the emergence of a priceless treasure.
"This is—"
"How can there be so many demonic beast corpses piled up here?"
"We're rich! These demonic beast corpses are all at Martial Dao Fifth Level, and the weakest are at Martial Dao Fourth Level. If we sell them, they'll be worth at least ten thousand taels of silver!"
"Hahaha, we're rich! We're rich!"
The Soaring Heavens Alliance disciples entered the cave and immediately saw the mountain of demonic beast corpses piled up inside.
"Where's the treasure?"
"Where's the treasure?"
Hall Master Zhang was not like those useless disciples, who were satisfied after obtaining a few demonic beast corpses.
He firmly believed that a priceless treasure had to emerge here.
"Everyone, you barged into my abode without permission. I'm afraid that's somewhat inappropriate."
At that moment, Lin Bai walked out from the corner, speaking with faint displeasure on his face.
"There really is a martial artist here—and he's at Martial Dao Sixth Level!"
"Hall Master Zhang, what should we do?"
The Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists saw that Lin Bai was at Martial Dao Sixth Level and grew somewhat frightened. They all looked toward Hall Master Zhang.
"I don't care whether this is your abode or not. Brat, hand over the treasure here, and I can leave your corpse intact!" Hall Master Zhang glared at Lin Bai and spoke viciously.
"I'm in a good mood today and don't want to kill anyone. Scram!" Lin Bai impatiently said to Hall Master Zhang.
"Good brat. Since you insist on seeking death, brothers, cut him down!" Hall Master Zhang flew into a rage upon hearing this.
"Hall Master, he's at Martial Dao Sixth Level." One of the martial artists spoke with fear.
Hall Master Zhang shouted angrily, "Bastard, there are more than twenty of us here. Even if he's at Martial Dao Sixth Level, so what? If every one of us spat at him, we could drown him. What are you afraid of?"
"The hall master is right. Let's go!"
"Kill!"
The martial artists of the Soaring Heavens Alliance drew their weapons one after another and charged at Lin Bai.
Hall Master Zhang led the charge. He drew a great saber from his back and brought it down toward Lin Bai's head with the force of Mount Hua splitting apart.
"Die, brat!"
Hall Master Zhang sneered.
"Since you refuse to see reason, that's perfect. Let me test the power of the Divine Dragon Arm!" Lin Bai sneered and moved with the fluidity of a swimming fish.
A vast force of blood essence condensed within his right arm.
"Divine Dragon Arm!"
Lin Bai's expression hardened. He punched out, and the surging blood essence and true qi within his right arm intertwined, transforming into a golden, radiant phantom of a True Dragon. Carrying power capable of destroying heaven and earth, it struck toward Hall Master Zhang.
Roar!
A dragon's roar that shook heaven and earth sent Hall Master Zhang's blood and qi surging violently. He spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.
"No, don't—spare my life..."
Ah!
Before Hall Master Zhang could beg for mercy, Lin Bai's punch had already smashed him into a cloud of blood mist that scattered through the air.
After killing Hall Master Zhang, the punch's might did not end. It continued forward, killing every martial artist behind him and slamming them into the stone walls, shaking the mountains.
Looking at the scene before him, Lin Bai was stunned himself. "The Divine Dragon Arm is this powerful! As expected of a ninth-grade Earth-rank martial skill. A Martial Dao Sixth Level martial artist can't put up the slightest resistance!"
"Hahaha, heaven is helping me! With the Divine Dragon Arm, Lin Zier, I will definitely defeat you in a month!" Lin Bai clenched his fists and spoke resolutely.
"Next, I need to raise my cultivation. Reaching Martial Dao Ninth Level within a month will still be somewhat difficult." Lin Bai muttered to himself thoughtfully.
In the Martial Dao Realm, every level was like a natural chasm. Countless young heroes had been stuck at a single level for decades, unable to break through.
Breaking through three levels in one month, from Martial Dao Sixth Level to Martial Dao Ninth Level, seemed utterly impossible to outsiders.
But for Lin Bai, it was something he could accomplish.
As long as he had enough powerful demonic beast blood, Lin Bai's cultivation could rise continuously.
"If I want to find powerful demonic beasts in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, I've already searched everywhere these past two weeks and only found two Crimson Spotted Lizards. If I keep searching like this, I probably won't find many powerful demonic beasts even in a month."
"I heard that the Soaring Heavens Alliance and the Demon Slayer Alliance have detailed maps of the Azure Spirit Mountain Range. But my relationship with the Soaring Heavens Alliance now... I killed their illegitimate son, and now I've killed a hall master as well..."
"I can't go to the Soaring Heavens Alliance. I can only go to the Demon Slayer Alliance."
Lin Bai tidied up the abode, sealed the cave, and planned to return for the demonic beast corpses when he left the Azure Spirit Mountain Range. Once he returned to Spirit Rhino City, he could still sell them for a good price.