Earth Core Tempering Body Milk

A powerful sense of danger swept through its body. The Ice Flood Dragon let out an angry roar, and terrifying cold air gushed from its jaws.

Freezing everything around it into ancient ice. Yet when faced with the biting chill rushing toward it, the red streak merely paused slightly before continuing to shoot toward the Ice Flood Dragon.

Just as the Snow Demon Ape's giant claw crashed down upon the Ice Flood Dragon's head, the silver horn on its forehead was smashed apart. Blood carrying a frigid aura spurted from its head and splashed across the surrounding ground.

The terrifying force sent the Ice Flood Dragon crashing into the earth, and a mournful cry echoed throughout the valley.

The Ice Flood Dragon was covered in blood, its cold vertical pupils fixed tightly on the blood-eyed, violent Snow Demon Ape before it.

Feeling its own injuries, the Ice Flood Dragon knew that it could no longer defeat the white ape before it.

This was clearly its territory. It had tolerated the white ape sneaking in, unwilling to fuss over it, yet now it actually wanted to seize the place for itself!

A savage glint flashed through the Ice Flood Dragon's vertical pupils. Since that was the case, it would not be getting away unscathed either!

The Snow Demon Ape slowly approached. Just as it was about to abandon the Ice Flood Dragon and enter the depths of the valley—

The heavily injured Ice Flood Dragon suddenly transformed into an icy-blue streak of light and shot toward the Snow Demon Ape.

Before the Snow Demon Ape could react, the dragon's head viciously bit down on its neck.

"Roar!"

Feeling the intense pain at its neck, the Snow Demon Ape roared toward the heavens and stretched out a giant claw to grab the Ice Flood Dragon.

However, before the Snow Demon Ape could tear it away, the Ice Flood Dragon's aura erupted violently, and madness filled its vertical pupils.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

The next instant, a deafening explosion from self-destruction rang out in the valley below.

Rolling clouds of dust swept toward the surrounding cliff walls as tiny fragments of stone scattered through the air.

Above the valley, Xiao Qing stared intently at the scene, ready at any moment to slip down and strike the fallen beast.

As the dust gradually dispersed, the Ice Flood Dragon had vanished from its original spot.

Only the Snow Demon Ape's enormous body remained, collapsed on the ground and bleeding profusely. It had clearly suffered grievous injuries.

Just as a trace of relief flashed through the Snow Demon Ape's bell-sized eyes—

Two crystalline emerald-green palm prints suddenly flew in from afar and smashed down at its head.

The Snow Demon Ape looked over in terror and saw a human slowly approaching behind the two palm prints, their body wreathed in emerald-green flames.

Sensing the weak aura emanating from Xiao Qing, the Snow Demon Ape let out an unwilling low growl.

Yet it was already at the end of its strength and completely unable to withstand the two blazing palm prints.

Boom!!!

As the two palm prints fell, the Snow Demon Ape gradually lost all signs of life. Its blood-red eyes remained wide open, clearly unwilling to die.

After releasing the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, Xiao Qing slowly stepped forward. He searched through the Snow Demon Ape's enormous body for a while before pulling out an icy-blue Tier-Five Magic Core.

"What a pity. That Ice Flood Dragon didn't leave anything behind."

Looking at the icy-blue Magic Core in his hand, Xiao Qing spoke regretfully.

If that Ice Flood Dragon had not self-destructed, he might have gained another Tier-Five Magic Core.

Xiao Qing shook his head and cast aside the greed in his heart.

He had already gained enough from this trip. Obtaining the Earth Core Tempering Milk was fortunate enough.

After placing the Magic Core in his hand inside a jade box, Xiao Qing stored it in his Storage Ring and headed toward the cave in the depths of the valley.

Inside the pitch-black cave, Xiao Qing surveyed everything around him while releasing soul power from between his brows to search for the Earth Core Tempering Milk.

Before long, a dark underground pit entered Xiao Qing's sight. Without hesitation, he immediately leaped down.

Below the pit was a winding underground passage. As Xiao Qing walked through it, he could clearly feel himself descending deeper into the earth.

After following the winding passage for nearly ten minutes, a faint white speck of light suddenly appeared at the far end.

As Xiao Qing slowly approached, a glowing white cave entrance came into view.

Xiao Qing entered it. As far as his eyes could see, milky-white stalactites stretched endlessly into the distance.

Ignoring the ordinary stalactites around him, Xiao Qing followed his senses straight toward the place where the power of earth was most densely concentrated.

After moving through this world of stalactites for around ten minutes, Xiao Qing abruptly halted.

Before him stood a stalactite rooted into the rocky ceiling at one end and hanging straight down at the other. Its enormous body was over a hundred meters long and as wide as two people embracing it. A pale white glow curled around it, making it appear like crystal.

Directly beneath this stalactite sat an enormous bluestone.

At the top of the bluestone was a shallow groove less than half a foot deep, positioned precisely beneath the stalactite's pointed tip.

The groove contained milky-white liquid three inches deep, with faint white mist drifting above it.

Xiao Qing stared in amazement at the hundred-meter-long stalactite before him and could not help sighing at nature's wonders.

However, he had not yet reached the Dou Wang realm and could not form wings from Dou Qi, so he could only use these inferior remnants below for now.

After returning to the Inner Academy, perhaps he could bring Zi Yan here with him.

Thinking this, Xiao Qing slowly walked to the groove, took out several jade bottles, and collected the diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk that had accumulated within.

After collecting the Earth Core Tempering Milk from the groove, Xiao Qing did not leave immediately. Instead, he took out a wooden basin and numerous medicinal ingredients from his Storage Ring.

After pouring clean water into the basin, Xiao Qing flicked his fingers, and the Green Spirit Flame immediately rose around them as he began refining the medicinal ingredients one by one.

As drops of pure medicinal liquid with complementary properties entered the basin, the clear water gradually turned brilliantly multicolored.

Once all the medicinal ingredients had been refined, Xiao Qing poured all the inferior Earth Core Tempering Milk he had collected into the basin.

The multicolored medicinal liquid gradually turned milky white, and a faint exotic fragrance spread through the air.

Feeling the immense energy contained within the wooden basin, Xiao Qing removed all his clothes and sat cross-legged inside the basin.

At once, wave after wave of majestic energy surged into his body like a tide. Xiao Qing immediately closed his eyes, formed a cultivation seal with his hands, circulated his technique, and rapidly refined the energy within him.

As the energy was continuously refined, the aura emanating from Xiao Qing slowly rose as well.

After an unknown amount of time, as the energy within the medicinal liquid in the wooden basin was continuously absorbed, the milky-white liquid gradually became clear.

When the last trace of milky whiteness faded from the liquid, Xiao Qing's body trembled slightly, and an aura several times stronger than before burst forth.

Terrifying ripples of energy instantly shattered the wooden basin into fragments, causing the surrounding stalactites to hum.

Xiao Qing slowly opened his eyes, withdrew his aura, swiftly took out a set of clothes from his Storage Ring and put them on, then began assessing the gains from this cultivation.

"Three-Star Dou Ling. Not bad!"

Xiao Qing nodded in satisfaction.

Using the diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk from the groove together with the medicinal liquid to raise his cultivation by two stars was enough to satisfy him.

After all, he had not even used the true Earth Core Tempering Milk, yet the improvement had already been so great. Its effects were easy to imagine.