He still had two Demon Cores from Transformed Great Demons on hand: Dai Long's own Demon Core and the Silver-Armored Beast Demon Core Dai Long had obtained. The power of the two demonic beast realms, Demon Transformation and Form Transformation, differed enormously, and one key reason was the vast difference in the essence of their Demon Cores. Mu Bai reckoned that a single Transformed Great Demon's Demon Core could almost match the thirty-five Demon Transformation Demon Cores he had consumed before.
Did he dare use these Form Transformation Demon Cores to temper his body with searing heat now? Mu Bai hesitated. The slightest carelessness could allow the essence of these Demon Cores to burn his fleshly body, at peak Xiu Zun, into a handful of drifting ash.
After considering it, Mu Bai did not dare rashly use these two Demon Transformation Demon Cores. A tree thick enough to embrace grew from a tiny shoot; a nine-story terrace rose from heaped earth. Mu Bai understood that he must never rush for results in anything, coveting a moment's gain.
Mu Bai was actually already very satisfied with the gains from nearly a year of arduous cultivation. His fleshly body had been tempered with searing heat until it was infinitely close to peak Xiu Zun, and his refinement of his own three demons had also begun to bear fruit. He could condense Demonic Qi to coil around his body and protect him. Although it had yet to form tangible armor, its defense was considerable. With his formidable body and this protective Demonic Qi, Mu Bai believed he could face Tie Niu head-on in battle.
Next, Mu Bai did not plan to leave seclusion, but instead shifted his focus to cultivating Soul Power. After all, his Soul Power still had enormous room for growth