In Ancient Times, Humans Hunted Demons for Their Cores. Today, I, Shi Jian, Slaughter Humans to Prove My Dao!

The first meal was eaten half a day later.

Three cultivators from the Liang Kingdom walked together through a thicket, cautiously picking spirit medicine herbs and remedies. Their cultivation levels were average; otherwise, they wouldn't have been so slow to enter the inner circle...

All three were at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Although their strength wasn't particularly impressive, they seemed to work well together, clearly indicating they were old partners.

But they didn't notice.

From deep within the bushes not far away, a pair of vertical pupils were staring intently at them!

"Kill the one on the left. That kid has a lightning-attribute spiritual item in his arms, you idiot! Kill him, and we'll split the profits!"

Purple Firmament fanned the air from the side, and Shi Jian twitched his nose, confirming the scent.

The next instant, the dark figure sprang up!

There were no roars, no demonic aura, and not even the sound of lightning.

Shi Jian sprang out of the bushes in the most primitive way, his bear paw lashing out fiercely before the last person could even turn around...

Then I heard the clear sound of skull shattering!

Before the body even fell to the ground, Shi Jian had already pounced on the second person.

This person reacted quickly, turning around and summoning a bronze mirror Law Artifact. It immediately shone brightly, as if attempting to counterattack and aid his companions...

Unfortunately, Shi Jian was faster!

Shi Jian rushed forward and shattered the bronze mirror with a single slap, then swiftly pierced the man's chest with his entire arm.

"Damn it, a bear demon at the Peak Foundation Establishment!"

The third person turned pale and ran away without hesitation.

Shi Jian didn't even bother to chase after him. He opened his mouth and spat out a solid stream of Yao Qi, crackling with electricity, which instantly pierced through the man's back!

The person collapsed to the ground, convulsed twice, and then stopped moving...

Shi Jian walked over and crushed the head with a single claw, delivering the final blow.

Then Shi Jian tore open the Storage Bag and threw all sorts of spiritual items inside into his mouth, except for metal...

Shi Jian can refine and absorb most things.

Afterwards, he took the three corpses, along with the spiritual items in the Storage Bag. It's true what they say, the flesh and blood of Foundation Establishment cultivators are fragrant. The three streams of essence from the Qi and Blood of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage entered his stomach, warm and lingering.

That's it?

Are all Foundation Establishment Realm this poor?

Purple Firmament sounded somewhat disappointed. The lightning-attribute spiritual creatures he had just devoured weren't even enough to fill his teeth; it was as if he hadn't eaten anything at all.

"An appetizer? What's the rush?"

Shi Jian licked the blood off his claws and continued on his way.

For the next three days, Shi Jian completely transformed into the most efficient predator in the secret realm.

Purple Firmament's perception range far exceeds that of Shi Jian; no fluctuation of lightning-attribute Spiritual Qi within a ten-mile radius can escape his detection.

On the first day, in a forest of dead trees struck by lightning, Shi Jian found three "Lightning Pith Lotus," mid-grade second-tier lightning- Spirit Plant that contain the essence of Lightning Spirit and have a miraculous effect on refining Demon Core.

The guardian of the Spirit Plant was a level three Lightning Eagle with a wingspan of four zhang (approximately 10 meters) and extremely fast speed.

However, under the no-fly rule, this eagle couldn't take off; it was just a large thunder chicken. Shi Jian slapped it to death with two palms and swallowed it whole, flesh and core.

The next day, he intercepted and killed a group of four Wei Kingdom cultivators.

These four individuals came from a Golden Core affiliated force. One Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and three were in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. More than twenty kinds of spiritual herbs and minerals were found in their Storage Bag, including two portions of lightning-attribute spiritual sand.

Shi Jian ate everything up, leaving not even a scrap.

Purple Firmament then used his body to get a share of the benefits, absorbing the essence of the thunder-attribute spiritual creature while beginning her first lesson.

"Attracting lightning doesn't mean drawing lightning onto yourself; it means making your body a place where lightning is willing to go, only then can you forge a lightning body."

"The meridians are the river channels, the Demon Essence is the water, and the thunder is the fish."

"You need to improve the river channel so that fish want to swim in, instead of forcibly catching them with nets. You need to make them a part of you."

As Shi Jian traveled, he adjusted the flow of Demon Essence within his body, following Purple Firmament's guidance.

It sounds simple, but it's incredibly difficult to do.

He practiced for three hours before he could barely get a wisp of Lightning Origin to complete one cycle along the route specified by Purple Firmament.

But in just one cycle, the effect was immediate.

The rotation speed of the electric arc on the Demon Core increased by a full 30%!

"He has good comprehension."

"Your talent is a bit lacking. Your comprehension is top-notch, but your bloodline is too poor. If you were Human Race cultivator, you'd be destined to have only Three Spirit Roots..."

"But don't worry, bear, with me here, this problem is easy to solve."

On the third day, Shi Jian encountered a lone Devil Cultivator from the Jin Kingdom in a valley.

Peak Foundation Establishment Late Stage, cultivating the Blood Sha Cultivation Method. His aura was gloomy and eerie, and his methods were extremely ruthless, using blood to refine his soul!

But Shi Jian was even more ruthless.

He deliberately revealed his presence, luring the Devil Cultivator cultivator into giving chase.

The Devil Cultivator glanced at it and saw that it was a lone, injured Demon Beast. He was overjoyed, for a level 4 Demon Core was extremely valuable!

And then, that was it.

The moment the opponent unleashed his Law Treasure, Shi Jian's inner Lightning Origin suddenly erupted. Following the method of the Purple Firmament Sect, he condensed the lightning power in his palm, forming a lightning ball the size of a fist.

It wasn't the previous kind, with a rough, sticky electric arc.

Rather, it is a truly, gradually taking shape, thunderous technique!

The lightning ball pierced through the Devil Cultivator's protective spiritual shield, shattering his chest and instantly reducing his physical body to fragments.

"Silly bear, you've made great progress."

A hint of satisfaction crept into Purple Firmament's voice...

In the Devil Cultivator cultivator's Storage Bag, a "Lightning Heart Stone" of excellent quality was found, a second-grade high-quality thunder elemental ore!

Purple Firmament Xiao immediately absorbed all the Spiritual Qi from the Lightning Heart Stone, and then guided Shi Jian to carry out the first bloodline transformation.

"Infuse the Demon Essence into the bone marrow of the third vertebra of the spine, and use lightning power to flush out impurities from the bloodline."

"We need to gradually change the foundation first; the process will be painful, so please bear with it."

This kind of pain.

It hurts more than being struck by lightning!

Shi Jian lay on the ground, the entire bear convulsing for almost half an hour, a layer of thick black blood seeping from its back.

His blood contained extremely fine gray crystals, his original essence, which he had now personally extracted...

It's like giving yourself a complete overhaul!

Even the slightest bit of it made Shi Jian clearly feel as if his body had been completely drained...

At the same time, the true origin is gradually replaced and changed by the Lightning Origin.

This isn't about becoming stronger, it's about becoming "purer".

Within his bloodline, the barrier that had been preventing him from advancing to the Golden Core stage seemed to have its first crack appear, even though the process was very painful.

But it also gave Shi Jian a glimmer of hope!

Shi Jian lay on the ground, breathing heavily, his eyes burning with a greedy flame.

"Not enough."

"Not nearly enough!"

Stop dreaming, that's definitely not enough.

Purple Firmament sneered, "With your limited accumulation of Dao of Lightning power, you'd need at least ten times more lightning-attribute spiritual materials to thoroughly refine your bloodline."

"Then I'll use my old-fashioned method to slowly extract the bone marrow and break down the marrow..."

"The process is very painful. Only in High Antiquity times would some powerful demons use this method to enhance their own Root Bone."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian sneered, "So what if we need ten times more lightning-attribute spiritual items? This secret realm still has nearly two months to go."

"The ground is littered with walking medicinal herbs. If killing ten cultivators isn't enough to gather enough spiritual materials, then kill a hundred! A thousand!"

"Kill until you have enough!"

"In ancient times Human Race hunted demons for their elixir; now I, Shi Jian, will destroy humans to prove my Dao!"