During early morning practice, the signal from Spirit Vein Monitoring Line made Li Yuan open his eyes.
The breath of Demon Beast in the northern section of the branch is a little more intense than yesterday.
Li Yuan suppressed his perception and scanned it carefully.
There are more than thirty of them just near the spiritual veins.
The vast majority of them are still First-Order, scattered near the rock formations where the branch veins ooze the most spiritual energy. Some are absorbing the spiritual energy, and some are wandering around looking for food. But among the auras of this piece of First-Order Demon Beast, there is an obviously heavier wave.
There is also a Second-Order.
Li Yuan has expanded the sensing range further.
In the area outside the northern section of the branch, there are a lot more scattered Demon Beast auras than half a month ago. In the distance in the direction of Ghost Mist Forest Deep Layer, a few further auras can be vaguely detected moving in the direction of the spiritual veins.
Li Yuan moved his perception towards the center of the spiritual vein.
Near Golden Core Formation Platform Ruins.
In the area outside Golden Core Formation Platform, Li Yuan sensed another layer of things.
Demonic energy.
There are more than one, distributed in a range from north to east of Ruins. The concentration is not high, but the coverage area is not small.
These demonic auras are not carried by the monks, but more like traces left on the ground and rock formations, like those left behind by someone who has been active in that area.
Li Yuan memorized the distribution of demonic energy in that area and took back his perception.
In the morning of that day, Outpost's clearing mission was sent to Management Office.
"The number of Demon Beast in the northern section of the branch has increased dramatically, which has affected Patrol Squad's normal patrol route." Chen Yi handed over the task document, "Outpost requires Fang City to organize a joint raid to suppress the number."
"How many people?"
"There are two or three Foundation Establishment monks from the city." Chen Yi said, "You lead the team as Market Master."
Li Yuan took the task document, looked at it, and nodded.
That afternoon, Li Yuan selected two Foundation Establishment monks from Fang City. They were both Yun Province Rogue Cultivator who had performed fairly well in Fang City recently and had experience in hunting Demon Beast.
After the Yun Province monks came over, there were a lot more Rogue Cultivator Foundation Establishment, and there were also a lot of Lineage Foundation Establishment, all of which were taken over by the Yuanyang Sect.
After the team assembled outside the north gate of Fangshi, Li Yuan briefly explained the situation.
After the team set off, they walked north along the small path outside Ghost Mist Forest.
After entering Middle Layer, the traces of Demon Beast began to become denser.
There were a lot of paw prints and traces of feces on the ground, several animal tracks had been trampled on the bushes, and a strong fishy smell filled the air.
The first wave of encounters occurred outside the northern section of the branch.
Five First-Order Mid-Grade Demon Beast are a group of Grey-Maned Wolf. They are larger than ordinary wild wolves, with gray fur and light green eyes.
When the wolves discovered the monk, they did not run away. Instead, they lowered their bodies and surrounded him in a fan shape.
Li Yuan did not take action.
Two Foundation Establishment monks took the lead to greet him. One of them cast the Fire Element spell, and the other used the Gold Blade Technique long-range shot.
Yun Province The monks who came here have no local property, so they are very keen on making Spirit Stone.
Five Grey-Maned Wolf were killed instantly.
In the next hour, we encountered three waves of Demon Beast.
It doesn't take any effort.
When the team rested briefly on a high ground, Li Yuan glanced towards the dense forest to the north.
Second-Order Monster Beast's aura is still in that area and has not moved due to the battle.
"You guys rest here, I'll go explore to the north." Li Yuan said to a few people, and then walked towards the dense forest alone.
After Li Yuan entered the dense forest, Breath Concealment and Trace Elimination pressed down as low as possible, stepped lightly, and leaned in the direction of Spirit Vein Perception's breath that had been locked in advance.
It took Li Yuan about a quarter of an hour to circle back to the downwind outlet of Second-Order Monster Beast.
It's a Black-Spined Leopard.
It is about one and a half feet long, with a row of black thorns standing on its back. It has thick limbs. It is lying on a boulder and taking a nap. It is breathing calmly and is not aware of the approach of Li Yuan.
Li Yuan stopped fifty feet away and observed for a few seconds.
Black-Spined Leopard's aura is wrapped in a thin layer of demonic energy.
Another Demon Beast with demonic energy attached to it.
Li Yuan didn't think much and took action directly.
Fire Python Technique condensed in the palm of his hand, and the red fire was extremely dazzling in the night. After Fire Python took shape, it went straight towards the head of Black-Spined Leopard.
Black-Spined Leopard roared, and an invisible sound wave passed through Fire Python. The power of Fire Python exploded on his head without any attenuation.
Then Black-Spined Leopard howled miserably, and half of his head was burned black. His body froze for a moment, and then he fell heavily to the ground. His limbs twitched a few times and stopped moving.
Li Yuan stepped forward, squatted down and began to handle Demon Beast's body.
Inner Core takes first.
A thumb-sized dark Inner Core was taken out from the abdominal cavity of Black-Spined Leopard, with a faint aura on the surface. Li Yuan swallowed it directly.
After Inner Core entered the abdomen, it melted away, and a heavy Demon Power poured into the meridians. Fiend Origin Unification took the lead in taking the initiative to remove the Fiend Qi doped in Demon Power. The component and the layer of foreign evil energy were peeled off and absorbed together. The remaining pure Demon Power was caught by the Qi-Blood Long River, dispersed throughout the body along the Dharma Gate channel, and slowly transformed into Qi and Blood and a trace amount of spiritual power.
The cultivation base increased slightly simultaneously with Qi and Blood.
The magnitude is not big, but a little adds up.
Then Li Yuan began to dismantle Monster Material.
Black-Spined Leopard's fur, thorns, and bones are all useful. Li Yuan peel them off one by one, and the action is very Proficiency.
When he reached the spine, he paused.
Black-Spined Leopard's spine is of excellent quality.
The entire spine is intact and unbroken, the bones are dense and hard, and traces of Essence Blood's nourishment during Demon Beast's lifetime remain inside. Holding it in your hand, you can feel that the bone itself contains a condensed strength, like an iron rod that has been repeatedly tempered.
Li Yuan Remove the entire spine and take it into your hands.
Panel pops up.
[Equipable item detected: Tier 2 Beast Spine (complete)]
[Equipment Affix preview: Bone Solidification (green)]
[Effect: Physical strength increased by 30%]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Practice two doors Second-Order Body Refining Cultivation Method, and both reach Proficiency]
Green Trait. Physical strength increased by 30%.
The effect is direct and practical, with no additional conditions and no incremental mechanism. It is a pure increase in physical hardness.
The condition for permanence is to practice two disciplines Second-Order Body Refining Cultivation Method and reach Proficiency in both.
I have two Second-Order Body Refining Cultivation Method in my hand. Nameless Body Refining Technique is now Major Accomplishment, which has surpassed Proficiency. Iron Wall Body Refining Manual Second-Order is just Entry Level, and is still some distance away from Proficiency.
When Iron Wall Body Refining Manual Second-Order reaches Proficiency, the conditions are met.
Li Yuan put the animal spine into the storage bag, and there was no equipment on the spot. Equipment Slot's position needs to be arranged appropriately, and we will look at it after we get back.
After collecting the materials, Li Yuan patrolled around the area where Black-Spined Leopard fell.
There were a lot of Demon Beast's feces and claw marks scattered on the ground, and the nearby bushes were trampled into a mess. Mixed in these marks were traces of faint traces of demonic energy.
There is more than one Black-Spined Leopard.
The bulls Demon Beast passing nearby all have varying degrees of weak demonic energy attached to them. Some are thicker, and some are almost imperceptible, but they are indeed there.
Dark Abyss Society's penetration of Demon Beast in this area is intensifying.
Li Yuan kept the distribution of demonic energy in this area in mind, turned around and walked back in the direction where the team was resting.
The team then went to the west to eliminate a group of First-Order Demon Beast, and returned to Fangshi before sunset.
That night, Li Yuan returned to the stone house and sat cross-legged on the futon.
Three Divine Sense Thread are started at the same time. The main line is running Iron Wall Body Refining Manual Second-Order. The spiritual power is split into small streams and injected into the bones and Skin Membrane along the meridians, permeating layer by layer. The second line is hung on the spiritual veins, and the third line covers daily perception.
The power of the inner elixir swallowed while hunting the black-ridged leopard during the day has not been fully digested, and the long river of qi and blood is still slowly flowing, converting the remaining demonic power into qi and blood. Li Yuan took advantage of this remaining power to circulate in his body, and used the Iron Wall Body Refining Technique to guide his spiritual power to wash away the bones and membranes more deeply.