Demonic Spirit

Looking at the fallen Ancient Dragon Ape, everyone wore expressions of shock.

No one had expected an Ancient Dragon Ape comparable to the Minor Accomplishment Creation Realm to fall at the hands of a human youth.

However, after their shock subsided, they seemed to think of something, and all the treasure hunters' eyes lit up with fervor.

As one of the rulers of the Ancient Ruined Ravine, the Ancient Dragon Ape was covered in treasures, and it was said that its cave held quite a few more.

If they could pick up even a little leftover loot, they would make a killing.

Under normal circumstances, they would never have dared to set their sights on the Ancient Dragon Ape.

But now, the Ancient Dragon Ape was dead, and after his fierce battle with it, Lin Langtian's aura had become extremely weak as well.

This stirred thoughts of reaping the fisherman's profit after the snipe and clam fought within them.

As though he had seen through their intentions, Lin Langtian narrowed his eyes slightly and snorted coldly. The remaining Yuan Power within the body gathered, and an enormous, terrifying demonic tablet nearly a hundred zhang in size appeared in his hand.

"Whoever harbors greedy thoughts can try and see whether they can take this move of mine!"

Holding the massive demonic tablet aloft, Lin Langtian resembled a war god. With the fallen Ancient Dragon Ape behind him, his imposing presence became even more soul-stirring.

At this sight, the fervor in the treasure hunters' eyes slowly faded. As reason returned, beads of cold sweat emerged on their foreheads.

The youth before them might not have been old, but he was a ruthless figure who had slaughtered the Ancient Dragon Ape. That terrifying demonic tablet could crush a whole group of them to death in one blow.

The Ancient Dragon Ape's treasures might have been valuable, but compared to their own lives, they were nothing.

Furthermore, this boy possessed such strength at such a young age. For all they knew, he might have been the heir of some super faction within the Great Yan Dynasty, someone they could not afford to provoke.

Their thoughts shifted again and again. The treasure hunters' expressions changed before finally turning into sighs as they retreated from the area one after another...

Seeing this, Lin Langtian still did not relax. He held the demonic tablet high and swept the area repeatedly with his Mental Energy. Only after confirming that there was no one within several miles did he finally let out a breath of relief.

His battle with the Ancient Dragon Ape had in fact completely exhausted the Yuan Power within the body.

Although he could barely condense the Shattering Heaven Demonic Tablet Palm, he was already nearly spent. He could perhaps kill some treasure hunters, but if they worked together, they might still be able to wear him to death.

Fortunately, Lin Langtian knew that these treasure hunters were all selfish and self-serving. They clearly would not do something as foolish as pulling chestnuts from the fire for others.

A little intimidation was enough to scare these treasure hunters away...

After finishing all this, Lin Langtian did not immediately collect his spoils. Instead, he went to a quiet, secluded place and took out a high-grade spiritual medicine from the Lin Clan, a Return Yuan Pill.

This Return Yuan Pill could restore Yuan Power. Even within the Lin Clan, it was quite valuable, with a single pill worth over ten thousand Pure Yuan Pills. It was perfectly suited to Lin Langtian's current situation.

An hour later, after Lin Langtian had taken the Return Yuan Pill and restored seventy to eighty percent of the Yuan Power within the body, he finally put his mind completely at ease.

"As expected of a Demonic Beast at the Minor Accomplishment Creation Realm. It really was difficult to deal with..."

Although his Yuan Power had recovered, Lin Langtian could not help shaking his head as he looked at the wounds covering his body.

This battle could be called the most dangerous one since his rebirth. His opponent had not only been the vicious Ancient Dragon Ape, but had also forced him to reveal every trump card he possessed.

Whether it was the Golden Spirit Wheel Realm, Creation Martial Arts, or Black Flame Power, only with the support of these three powerful Trump Cards had he managed to defeat the Ancient Dragon Ape. This showed just how immense the gap between the Creation Realm and the Qi Shaping Realm was.

Fortunately, the outcome had not exceeded Lin Langtian's expectations. Though the process had been arduous, he had ultimately slain the Ancient Dragon Ape!

Walking over to the Ancient Dragon Ape's corpse, Lin Langtian looked at its massive body, and a smile of harvest appeared on his face. He then began extracting its essence blood.

His gaze fell on the savage wound on the Ancient Dragon Ape's shoulder. He formed a hand seal with both hands, and a faint black glow formed into a halo about the size of a human head before him.

The halo then floated out and hovered near the wound. As it slowly rotated, a suction force spread forth.

Under that suction force, the flesh and blood around the Ancient Dragon Ape's wound visibly squirmed. Strands of Blood Lines carrying a violent aura seeped out quietly before being sucked in by the halo.

"The essence blood is mine!"

After the last strand of blood line entered the halo, Lin Langtian spread his hand and stored it within his Cosmic Bag.

The Ancient Dragon Ape's essence blood was what he needed to cultivate the Demon Ape Transformation, and it counted as quite a valuable gain.

After completing this, Lin Langtian clapped his hands, swept his gaze around, and headed deeper into the valley.

He had not forgotten the most important objective of this trip: the Demonic Spirit of the adult Ancient Dragon Ape.

With a flicker of his body, Lin Langtian quickly arrived at the interior of the valley. At that moment, the two Myriad Beast Fruits still hung intact above the center of the small pool.

During the fierce battle just now, both Lin Langtian and the Ancient Dragon Ape had clearly made a point of preventing the aftershocks of their fight from reaching this place.

However, Lin Langtian had emerged victorious in the end, and the two Myriad Beast Fruits had become his spoils.

Looking at the two Myriad Beast Fruits that had yet to fully mature, Lin Langtian rubbed his chin. Then an idea struck him, and he took out a portion of the Ancient Dragon Ape's essence blood from his Cosmic Bag and tossed it into the Blood Pool.

Since the Ancient Dragon Ape was already dead, Lin Langtian had not held back when extracting its essence blood. The amount in his possession was more than enough for cultivating the Demon Ape Transformation.

The Myriad Beast Fruit was nurtured by the essence blood of Demonic Beasts, and as a Demonic Beast carrying a faint dragon bloodline, the Ancient Dragon Ape's essence blood was exceptionally powerful.

If he added the Ancient Dragon Ape's essence blood, the Myriad Beast Fruits would surely grow much faster.

Just as Lin Langtian had expected, the moment the Ancient Dragon Ape's essence blood entered the Blood Pool, the pool began bubbling with hissing sounds, like boiling water, and released a blood-colored mist.

Tinted by the blood mist, the two Myriad Beast Fruits became increasingly vivid in color, resembling lifelike Demonic Beasts.

"It really works..."

At the sight, Lin Langtian raised his brows and smiled faintly.

The Ancient Dragon Ape itself likely had never imagined that the Myriad Beast Fruits it had nurtured by slaughtering countless Demonic Beasts would one day mature through its own essence blood.

Shaking his head, Lin Langtian knew there was still some time before the Myriad Beast Fruits truly matured. After setting up a warning array nearby, he continued deeper into the valley.

The depths of the valley were not as open and clear as Lin Langtian had imagined. Instead, they were exceptionally winding, with numerous branching paths.

Lin Langtian looked at the pitch-black fork in front of him with caution. Yuan Power gathered around his body as he carefully entered.

Fortunately, there was no real danger. A moment later, the somewhat dark passage suddenly began to glow faintly, and the view before him abruptly widened.

Bang!

A faint sound rang out, and Lin Langtian suddenly discovered that he had entered a rather hidden cave.

The cave was enormous. Inside lay the bones of various Demonic Beasts whose species could not be identified. The aura within the cave was very similar to that of the Ancient Dragon Ape; this was likely its lair.

Lin Langtian's expression grew slightly solemn. He briefly inspected the cave before focusing his gaze on the center.

There, a dark Black Light Cluster as large as a small mountain floated quietly in the air. Vaguely, he seemed able to see a giant ape sleeping within it.

Looking at the dark Black Light Cluster, Lin Langtian's expression became grave. He could sense an extremely powerful energy contained within it.

"An adult Ancient Dragon Ape... a Nirvana-grade Demonic Spirit..."