Qingyan's Death
After a moment's thought, Song Wen decided to send the Sacred Beetle Gu in first to scout ahead.
Six Sacred Beetle Gu rushed into the Spirit-Hiding Mist from different directions.
As soon as the Sacred Beetle Gu entered the mist a few meters away, Song Wen lost contact with them and could no longer sense their presence.
A few breaths later, the six Sacred Beetle Gu flew out of the mist from the opposite direction of their respective entry points, but they did not find Du Tianhua.
Seeing this, Song Wen immediately decided not to waste time on Du Tianhua; devouring the Blood Serpent was the priority right now.
With the six armored warriors positioned at different points in the mist, Song Wen turned and sped towards the <Devouring Essence Array>.
No one activated the Devouring Essence Array, nor was it temporarily sealed. The Blood Serpent within the array began to slowly dissipate.
Song Wen walked to the front of the Blood Serpent and inserted his hands into it.
A surge of vital Essence Blood flowed into Song Wen's body, accompanied by a surge of spiritual energy.
The Longevity Art began to operate autonomously, frantically absorbing this foreign spiritual energy.
This spiritual energy is extremely pure and shares the same origin as the spiritual energy of the Longevity Art within Song Wen's body, making it exceptionally easy to refine, or even requiring no refinement at all.
The spiritual energy flowed into Song Wen's meridians, automatically merging with the original spiritual energy of the Longevity Art, flowing through his entire body's meridians, and finally returning to his Dantian.
Song Wen's cultivation level rose rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Song Wen's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise after devouring the Blood Serpent.
This may explain why Song Wen felt a strong urge to devour the Blood Serpent when he saw it.
Song Wen immediately sat cross-legged and fully activated the Longevity Art to refine the spiritual power within the Blood Serpent.
At the same time, he summoned the Silver Corpse and the Black-Armored Ghost King to guard him and protect him.
The scene of his Essence Blood and cultivation level rising simultaneously felt somewhat familiar to Song Wen.
Upon careful recollection, Song Wen realized that when he killed Shi Shou (Shi Wu renamed Shi Shou) and devoured his Essence Blood, a portion of spiritual energy was also absorbed into his body.
Afterwards, Song Wen speculated that it might be because he and Shi Shou practiced the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art together, which allowed him to absorb some of the spiritual power within Shi Shou's body.
At that time, Song Wen also devoured the Qi Refinement the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art, but he did not devour their spiritual power. This was likely related to the fact that the nine of them had too low a cultivation level.
Of course, this was just Song Wen's guess, and Song Wen didn't know if it was right or wrong. After that, he never encountered anyone who practiced the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> again, so he had no way of verifying it.
The Corpse King Blood Refinement Art and the Longevity Art are two completely different Cultivation Method; one is Evil Dao and Devil Cultivation Method, and the other is an orthodox Daoist Cultivation Method.
Yet, when Song Wen devoured the Essence Blood, he was able to absorb some of its spiritual power, which was truly peculiar and strange.
As Song Wen's thoughts drifted, he suddenly realized that the spiritual power of the <Longevity Art> had reached the limit of the early Foundation Establishment stage.
At this moment, the Blood Serpent, which was originally more than two zhang long, was reduced to one zhang.
Realizing he was about to break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Song Wen was overjoyed and continued to refine the spiritual power he had devoured from the Blood Serpent with all his might.
Within his Dantian, the white spiritual liquid vortex formed by the spiritual power of the Longevity Art suddenly expanded several times in size, and Song Wen's cultivation aura surged dramatically.
Things will fall into place naturally.
Song Wen successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage of the Longevity Art.
However, the Blood Serpent was still more than half a zhang long, and Song Wen's cultivation level continued to increase rapidly.
At the same time, Song Wen noticed a throbbing pain in his body, which was caused by absorbing too much Essence Blood.
Despite his physical discomfort, Song Wen continued to devour the Blood Serpent.
A little over fifteen minutes later, the Blood Serpent was completely devoured, and Song Wen opened his eyes, his eyes revealing undisguised joy.
The Longevity Art has only been at the Foundation Establishment for half a year, but unexpectedly, it has taken the lead over the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and is not far from the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
The throbbing pain in my body intensified, giving me a feeling that I was about to explode.
This place is not suitable for reversing Qi and Blood and forcing out excess Qi and Blood. Despite his physical discomfort, Song Wen used his Divine Sense to contact the Sacred Beetle Gu and learned that he had not seen Du Tianhua's figure.
The area covered by the Spirit-Hiding Mist was a relatively flat open space. Unless Du Tianhua could burrow underground, he would definitely not escape the sight of the six Beetle Gu.
Du Tianhua is still shrouded in mystery.
Continuing to have the Sacred Beetle Gu monitor the movements of the mist, Song Wen turned to look at Su Gan, Qingyan Daogu, and Su Wenshi's corpse.
Perhaps because Su Wenshi was at the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage and his soul was stable, his soul had not yet dissipated.
The Qingyan, who had been sculpted into a human pig, was in increasingly worse condition; her breath was weak and she could die at any moment.
While Song Wen and Du Tianhua were fighting, Su Gan secretly took a healing pill, and his condition improved considerably, no longer as critically injured as before. However, he was only barely clinging to life and still had little fighting power.
Song Wen rushed to Su Wenshi's corpse, plunged his right hand into his shattered skull. Time was of the essence, and Song Wen didn't bother to search his soul; he directly devoured his soul.
Then, using corpse Law Technique, Song Wen sealed Su Wenshi's corpse to prevent the body from decaying and the loss of his Essence Blood. At this moment, Song Wen dared not continue to devour Essence Blood.
Then, Song Wen, holding a short spear, approached Su Gan with an indifferent expression.
Su Gan looked terrified. "Fellow Daoist, we are complete strangers, with no grudges against each other. Please spare my life. I have hidden a large number of Spirit Stone and spirit medicine in this valley. If you spare my life, all the treasures that the Su Clan and I have collected over the past hundreds of years will be yours."
Song Wen seemed not to hear, and thrust his short spear directly at Su Gan's head.
"I know the secrets of the High Antiquity secret realm, the Longevity Hall..."
The short spear pierced through Su Gan's head, and a large amount of lightning power surged in, instantly blasting Su Gan's head to pieces.
Song Wen pressed one hand against the ruptured wound on the skull, preparing to begin Soul Devouring.
To his surprise, Su Gan's soul spontaneously broke free from his body and rushed into his Sea of Consciousness.
"Youngster, you dare to kill my physical body! I will possess your body. Although your cultivation is a bit low, your physical body is young."
Song Wen curled his lip; it was the same old routine again.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, the Black Hole flashed by in an instant, pulling Su Gan's soul into it.
Having dealt with Su Gan, Song Wen walked to Qingyan nun.
Upon seeing Song Wen appear in her line of sight, a glimmer of hope for survival flashed in Qingyan Daoist's eyes.
"Save me... save me! I am Qingyan, Golden Core cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect. If you save me, I will give you a large amount of Spirit Stone and treasures."
A sinister smile curled at the corner of Song Wen's mouth.
"I'm going to kill you."
His hand, hard as an iron claw, pierced into the chest of the Qingyan.
"Why..." Qingyan Daoist was incredulous. She couldn't understand why this cultivator she had never met was so determined to kill them all.
Song Wen said, "Do you still remember that Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator who practiced the Longevity Art, that you chased after outside East Birch Market?"