Inside the cave dwelling.
Aaron sat cross-legged, quietly contemplating the demonic secret record, Bloodthirsty Tome.
The demonic sects of this world possessed nine great Heavenly Demon inheritances, seventy-two outer paths, and three hundred lesser transmissions... Bloodthirsty Tome was merely one cultivation method from the Hundred Birds Temple, one of those three hundred lesser transmissions. It truly could not be considered first-rate.
Even among demonic arts, it ranked only in the third tier!
To cultivate this method, one had to use a secret Heavenly Demon incantation to refine forty-nine mutant bats, then feed them with one's own flesh and blood until their hearts and minds were in perfect accord.
Once the time was ripe, the practitioner had to devour all those bats, then bury himself in a pitch-black cave for seven days and seven nights, during which he must not hear the sound of thunder.
After seven days and seven nights, he could transform into a demonic bat and burst out of the cave, innately gaining the ability to transform into a bat as well as spew poisonous smoke and toxic mist.
It's quite a shortcut, but it has plenty of weaknesses too... no wonder it can only be considered inferior.
This doesn't quite match my previous deduction that my opportunity lay in the demonic path, does it?
Aaron thought for a moment, then continued contemplating this demonic art.
In the unseen depths, who knew how much time passed.
Suddenly, he grasped its hidden mysteries and instantly understood several bottlenecks. The road ahead immediately opened up in brilliant clarity.
"Even if one cultivates the art of transforming into a bat, Crimson Blood Bats come in many varieties... Their bodies contain a trace of ancient bloodline that can be traced back to the Ancient Reverse-Blood Dragon Bat... The required formula is very