Demonization, Future Directions
Upon hearing Sect Leader Zhang Bin's agreement, Li Ding's face immediately broke into a smile, and he stepped forward to activate the beast cage.
In an instant, the intricate Great Dao Runes engraved on the surface of the beast cage suddenly lit up, and layers of dazzling divine light rippled out, flowing endlessly as if they were alive.
Immediately afterwards, the Innate Spiritual Qi in the world seemed to be drawn in by an extremely strong force, frantically converging towards the area around the beast cage.
In an instant, it condensed into a surging stream of Innate Spiritual Qi, swirling within the beast cage.
Li Ding's expression hardened. He focused his mind and manipulated the rich Innate Spiritual Qi energy, slowly enveloping the pig spirit beast in the cage.
Innate Spiritual Qi flowed into the spirit beast's body through its pores and nostrils.
"Howl!"
A shrill, painful roar suddenly erupted from the pig spirit beast's mouth.
Its body, infused with a massive amount of Spiritual Qi, emitted a dazzling light, and its physical form expanded rapidly at a visible speed.
Blood droplets and veins kept gushing from every pore on his body, which swelled to its limit, as if it would explode at any moment.
Upon seeing this, Li Ding's expression changed slightly. Not daring to delay for the slightest, he immediately activated his mind and controlled the beast cage to reduce the intensity and flow rate of Spiritual Qi infusion.
As the influx of Spiritual Qi subsided, the bleeding from the pig spirit beast gradually subsided.
Its wildly expanding body slowed its growth, and the critical state of being on the verge of exploding completely dissipated.
The members of the Beast Breeding Sect witnessed this change firsthand, their eyes lighting up with undisguised delight.
"Excellent! Judging from the current situation, this Spiritual Qi Empowerment Technology really works. However, we still need to conduct several more experiments and verify it repeatedly."
"If this technology can be successfully verified, we will be able to imbue the flesh of spirit beasts with Innate energy. At that time, the spirit beasts cultivated will surely fetch astronomical prices."
"Hahaha! With this Spiritual Qi Empowerment Technology, the spirit beasts bred by my Beast Breeding Sect will surely become the most powerful beings among all forces."
Moreover, with our sect's current strength, we are more than capable of protecting this unique technology, and we don't need to worry about others coveting it."
Unexpected changes occurred!
The pig spirit beast, which had been stabilizing, suddenly expanded wildly again, growing from its original 12 meters to 18 meters, its enormous body almost filling the entire beast cage.
Its body bristles grew wildly, thick and stiff like steel needles, each bristling upright, and sharp, ferocious fangs sprouted from its mouth, gleaming with a cold, menacing light;
One after another, uneven, twisted, and bizarre lumps appeared on the body's surface.
In a short while, the pig spirit beast completely transformed into a hideous, deformed monster.
Immediately afterwards, thick, inky demonic energy surged wildly from its body, instantly engulfing the entire beast cage.
The beast's originally cloudy eyes were now completely filled with crimson, brimming with a ferocious and man-eating demonic aura.
"Howl!"
A deafening roar echoed throughout the scene as it violently twisted its massive body and charged wildly towards the cage.
It clearly intended to break through the beast cage and tear all the members of the Beast Breeding Sect present to shreds.
Li Ding's expression changed drastically. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately cut off the flow of Spiritual Qi and activated the sealing restrictions on the beast cage.
In an instant, the beast cage unleashed its sealing power, and a tremendous pressure crashed down, enveloping the demonized pig spirit beast and completely suppressing it, imprisoning it firmly in the cage, unable to move.
Everyone present was astonished, staring dumbfounded at the monster churning with demonic energy in the cage.
"Everything was perfectly normal just now, how did this pig spirit beast turn into a demon in such a short time?"
"When we experimented with ferocious beasts before, there was never any demonic transformation. Why is it happening when we use a mindless pig spirit beast?"
"It seems that even after purification, some demonic energy still remains in the Innate Spiritual Qi."
This pig-like spirit beast, devoid of any intelligence, was unable to regulate its internal Spiritual Qi. The sudden influx of massive amounts of Spiritual Qi, coupled with the inability to expel demonic energy in time, caused it to accumulate within its body, thus triggering its demonic transformation.
"Alas, regardless, this experiment has ultimately failed. We must find out the root cause of the demonization as soon as possible and improve the Spiritual Qi Empowerment Technology; otherwise, this technique will be completely unusable."
Ignoring the clamor of the crowd, Li Ding unleashed his boundless Divine Sense like a tidal wave, instantly enveloping the demonized boar spirit beast.
Wherever his Divine Sense passed, the surging demonic energy on the pig spirit beast's body and every inch of its muscles were clearly visible.
At this moment, the trajectory of Spiritual Qi circulation around the pig spirit beast was completely disordered, and every inch of its flesh and blood was distorted under the erosion of demonic energy, with the original Spiritual Qi channels turning into black demonic patterns.
Immediately, Li Ding swung his longsword at the demonized pig spirit beast.
With a loud "ripping" sound, the thick hide of the demonized boar spirit beast was instantly ripped open, leaving a deep wound that exposed bone.
The pitch-black demonic blood, mixed with a foul-smelling mist, gushed out and sizzled as it hit the ground.
His Divine Sense delved into the wound, examining every inch to uncover the root cause of the flesh and blood mutation.
It took Li Ding a full half hour to withdraw his Divine Sense. A lingering solemnity remained between his brows, and his fingertips unconsciously tapped lightly, clearly trying to sort out the chaotic clues.
Although Zhang Bin discovered that demonic energy was causing the pig spirit beast to become demonic, he was unable to figure out any further reasons.
Seeing that Li Ding seemed to have discovered something, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Elder Li, have you found out the reason for the pig spirit beast's demonization?"
Li Ding nodded slowly, and began to explain with a solemn expression:
"Sect Master, I have investigated the reason for the Pig Spirit Beast's demonic transformation."
Firstly, the demonic energy remaining in the Innate Spiritual Qi is poured into the spirit beast's body along with a large amount of Spiritual Qi, accumulating continuously and unable to be excreted, eventually inducing demonization;
Secondly, this pig spirit beast is not a native creature of the Land of Exile, unlike the ferocious beasts here, which are born with antibodies against demonic energy and can automatically expel it.
Once the demonic energy of the pig spirit beast accumulates to a critical value, it is extremely easy for it to be corrupted and mutated by the demonic energy.
Therefore, the current solutions are, firstly, to further purify the Innate Spiritual Qi, completely eliminate the demonic energy within it, and even develop a technology to transform demonic energy into Innate Spiritual Qi;
Secondly, it reduces the flow rate and intensity of Spiritual Qi infusion, thereby reducing the amount of demonic energy that surges in at once.
Even so, the risk of demonization cannot be completely eliminated.
In my opinion, the most fundamental solution is to cultivate spirit beasts that, like ferocious beasts, possess inherent immunity to demonic energy; only then can the problem be solved at its root.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Bin frowned deeply and said in a deep voice, "Cultivating a spirit beast with demonic energy antibodies is extremely difficult, but it is indeed worth a try."
Besides, could we use the old method of planting spiritual herbs containing Innate Spiritual Qi to feed the spirit beasts, thereby allowing the spirit beasts' flesh to contain Innate energy?
Li Ding immediately responded, "Using Innate spiritual herbs for breeding is feasible, but this method is too inefficient, and the meat of spiritual beasts may not be able to successfully retain Innate energy, so the effect may be minimal."
The best strategy at present is still to overcome the challenge of breeding new species of spirit beasts, and then combine it with the Spiritual Qi Empowerment Technology.
Only in this way can we achieve large-scale breeding of Innate spirit beasts and accomplish our original goal.
Of course, if a technology could be developed to transform demonic energy into Innate Spiritual Qi, this effect could also be achieved.
However, this technology is too difficult, and we lack the necessary technical expertise, making it unlikely that we will achieve any results.
I just think it's worth a try.
After a moment's thought, Zhang Bin immediately made a decision. "We can try all of the paths you just mentioned."
By conducting parallel experiments along multiple paths, we can collect more comprehensive data and discover more problems.
Ultimately, we will use whichever method is the most reliable and efficient.
Upon hearing this, everyone present nodded in agreement, unanimously approving of Zhang Bin's decision.