Path to Omnipotence
Chapter 50

Map, Beast Taming Remnant Scroll

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"What, do you still want to fight me?" the one-eyed cultivator glared with his single eye, as if he had just realized something. "Oh, you want to hold out, hoping Tie Ce's people will hear the commotion and come? But don't be delusional. Not only is it impossible for Tie Ce's people to come anytime soon, but I won't make too much noise when I kill you."

Wei Suo glanced at the one-eyed cultivator and didn't reply. Instead, he took something out and said, "No, I want to show you this."

"What is this... Ah!" The one-eyed cultivator curiously widened his single eye. But as soon as he did, a blazing sun seemed to rise before him. His eye felt as if it had been pricked by a needle, and he couldn't open it at all.

"Damn it! What is this thing? Birds of a feather? Damn it, aren't you afraid your snake will swallow your rat!"

After using the Sun Scorching Treasure Talisman to blind the one-eyed cultivator, Wei Suo was about to attack with the Five Elements Copper Ring and the Yin Charm Blade. But as the guy screamed, a green light shot out from a bag in his hand, instantly bypassing the Mystic Tortoise Shield guarding Wei Suo.

This incredibly fast green light turned out to be a strangely shaped little snake, entirely green with a pair of fleshy wings.

After bypassing the Mystic Tortoise Shield, the little snake lunged directly for Wei Suo's throat.

Wei Suo didn't dare to be bitten by such a snake. With a strange cry, he immediately abandoned controlling the Five Elements Copper Ring and the Yin Charm Blade, pouring True Essence into his drab magic robe. Just as Wei Suo could clearly see if the little snake had any cavities, a layer of dark green gang wind and a phoenix simultaneously appeared, repelling the little snake.

"He actually tamed such a demonic beast. No wonder he's only at the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm, yet he treated me like a dead man," Wei Suo thought, his heart chilling as he looked at the repelled green snake.

A cultivator with a tamed demonic beast was like having an extra helper in a fight, making them much more formidable than ordinary cultivators at the Divine Ability Realm Fifth Level.

"Did you ruin my good eye?" On the other side, the one-eyed cultivator, who had desperately forced his eye open, also changed his expression drastically, frantically rubbing his single eye.

How could a drab, coarse cloth magic robe suddenly manifest a layer of gang wind and a phoenix, blocking his Green Bamboo Winged Snake, which he had nurtured to Fourth-Order?

In that instant, a copper ring flew from Wei Suo's hand, instantly enlarging and encircling the one-eyed cultivator entirely.

Terror appeared on the one-eyed cultivator's face. The green snake also sensed its master's danger and desperately circled behind Wei Suo, biting fiercely at the back of his neck.

"Don't worry, this Green Bamboo Winged Snake is only Fourth-Order Low-Grade, it can't break through the defense of your modified magic robe."

Wei Suo, whose heart was pounding, was about to instinctively defend against the snake when he heard the Green Robe Old Man's voice in his ear. He gritted his teeth, ignoring the snake behind him, and with a piercing whistle, activated the Yin Charm Blade fragment.

"Ah!"

The iron shield in front of the one-eyed cultivator and his head were simultaneously sliced in two like paper by the Yin Charm Blade.

"Still want to fight? Can't you be as smart as that rat?"

Wei Suo directly swallowed a Qi Replenishing Pill. As the one-eyed cultivator was killed, the silver-black rat that had exposed Wei Suo's position had already escaped. But the emerald green snake behind him was stubbornly charging at the phoenix hovering around Wei Suo. In just a moment, the phoenix manifested by the Fire Phoenix Belly-Cover dimmed considerably, its power about to be completely worn down by the Green Bamboo Winged Snake.

Seizing the moment when the Green Bamboo Winged Snake was once again repelled by the phoenix, a burst of white ice mist exploded. Wei Suo first unleashed a Second-Order Ice Talisman, which he had become quite adept at using, freezing the Green Bamboo Winged Snake mid-air. Immediately after, a golden lightning ball flew from his hand and struck the Green Bamboo Winged Snake, causing it to tremble uncontrollably.

Wei Suo then took out the six golden Glimmering Flying Blades he had obtained from the Purple Robe Old Daoist's Treasure Pouch and unleashed them towards the Green Bamboo Winged Snake, which could no longer resist.

The six golden lights converged, and the Green Bamboo Winged Snake was directly chopped into pieces and fell to the ground.

Wei Suo quickly stripped the one-eyed cultivator's clothes, rolled them up, and didn't waste the Green Bamboo Winged Snake, which had been cut into many pieces. He put everything into his black Treasure Pouch, tossed the one-eyed cultivator's corpse into the bottomless gorge beneath the bridge, and floated towards the stone bridge ahead.

After crossing the stone bridge and passing through a tunnel resembling a city gate, he found himself in another vast expanse of collapsed city ruins.

Because the deeper they went, the harder it was for fresh air to penetrate, a foul smell of moldy earth accumulated, making Wei Suo feel it was difficult to breathe.

What troubled Wei Suo even more was that both he and the Green Robe Old Man had completely lost their bearings, unable to determine which direction the previous sound had come from. After walking through the ruins for a while, they encountered not a single cultivator.

Helplessly, Wei Suo hid in a half-collapsed small palace, waiting for his True Essence to recover while he inventoried the items from the one-eyed cultivator he had just killed.

Cultivators at the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm typically possessed at least a few thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.

The black-robed cultivator he had distracted with the Illusionary Light Talisman and then sneak-attacked had over two thousand low-grade Spirit Stones. His pair of magic artifacts, refined from the claws of some demonic beast, also possessed the power of a pseudo-Spirit Artifact. However, their speed was not comparable to the Purple Robe Old Daoist's Glimmering Flying Blades, so they were of no use to Wei Suo at the moment. Still, these claws, along with other miscellaneous items, were worth at least two to three thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.

"These two are Beast Taming Bags."

From the one-eyed cultivator's clothes, Wei Suo first found two green leather bags with magic formations distinctly different from his Treasure Pouch. A quick glance was all it took; without the Green Robe Old Man's explanation, Wei Suo recognized them as Beast Taming Bags specifically for storing tamed demonic beasts. These bags also had a certain internal space, allowing even large demonic beasts to be carried. However, judging by the simpler patterns on these two bags, they were likely low-grade goods with limited internal space, probably unable to hold particularly large demonic beasts.

"Magic Treasure Fragment?" What immediately caught Wei Suo's attention was a broken magic artifact resembling a green bamboo gourd, made of some unknown wood and heavier than iron. The outside was covered in spiral-like strange runes, with faint green light flashing intermittently.

"Green Emperor Gourd!" The Green Robe Old Man seemed somewhat shocked. A wisp of green light coiled around the green bamboo gourd, which had several holes. After a moment, the green light retracted into the Ghost Nurturing Jar, and the Green Robe Old Man sighed, "Originally, this Green Emperor Gourd was a Dao Tier Wood Element Magic Treasure. It could be used for both offense and defense, and the wood energy within could nourish spiritual fields, accelerating the growth of some spiritual herbs. But now, several important magic formations on this Green Emperor Gourd are damaged. Its offensive power when you smash it is now less than a pseudo-Spirit Artifact. At most, it can release a ball of green wood energy to envelop you, making many demonic beasts that rely on scent and touch rather than sight believe you are just a piece of wood, thus preventing them from detecting you."

"Damn it! A Dao Tier Wood Element Magic Treasure! If this treasure were intact, I wouldn't even fear that cultivator at the Circulation Realm Second Level!" Wei Suo's mouth fell open, and he couldn't help but wail.

"Intact, your head! If it were intact, could you even break through the defense of the Green Wood Forest created by the Green Emperor Gourd? At that time, an opponent could casually smash you with the Green Emperor Yi Wood produced by this Green Emperor Gourd, and you'd be dead."

"Green Wind Underground Mausoleum Map? Beast Taming Remnant Scroll?"

Aside from the Spirit Stone bag containing nearly two hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones and some low-value Qi Replenishing Pills, two items from the one-eyed cultivator sent Wei Suo into a frenzy of joy.

The one-eyed cultivator actually had a map of the underground mausoleum drawn on a small sheepskin scroll!

Although this map only depicted a portion of the underground mausoleum, many crucial locations and exits were clearly marked. Furthermore, several places were clearly labeled with "Heart Devouring Worm," indicating the most likely locations where they might appear.

No wonder the Yellow Robe Cultivator's side dared to boldly enter here and prepare to ambush Tie Ce's people. Clearly, they were very familiar with many areas of the underground mausoleum, giving them a significant geographical advantage.

The other item that sent Wei Suo into a frenzy of joy was a small booklet with a black cover. It recorded methods for commanding and cultivating demonic beasts, as well as methods for their advancement.

Having a demonic beast subordinate when fighting against others was incredibly useful. Just like the one-eyed cultivator earlier, when he couldn't react in time, his tamed demonic beast could force Wei Suo to defend, almost causing Wei Suo to completely lose the initiative.

Because the number of demonic beasts was not as large one to two thousand years ago, the Green Robe Old Man was unaware of this experience in taming demonic beasts.

More importantly, this booklet was clearly something left behind by a major sect or a powerful rogue cultivator. Even the Golden Vulture Palace in Lingyue City, famous for raising demonic beasts, only had methods for cultivating and accelerating the growth of demonic beasts, but not methods for feeding them or advancing them through any specific means.

Obtaining a cub of a high-level demonic beast was also extremely difficult. However, this remnant scroll detailed the advancement methods for many low-level demonic beasts. This meant that even if one tamed some low-level demonic beasts, they could be gradually cultivated to advance. Moreover, after advancing, low-level demonic beasts often gained one or two unique innate abilities, making them even more powerful than demonic beasts of the same level.

(Endurance is the most important thing. I will continue to endure and update three times a day. I hope all brothers continue to support me with red tickets. Sisters and brothers, it's only been a few days since the book was released, but it's already 170,000 words. No new book during its initial period has worked this hard, right? But I won't be satisfied. As for bursting with four or five updates, that's definitely going to happen, after all, I still owe so many debts, and I still want to aim for the higher goal of 8,000 red tickets!)

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