A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 469 The Wind Fox Beast's Tribulation (Adding yesterday's chapter!)

While trying to suppress his injuries, he also vigilantly scanned the area behind him with his divine sense.

To his slight surprise, after launching that nearly fatal sneak attack, the Golden Flood Dragon King did not immediately give chase. Instead, it turned around and flew towards the enormous dragon race's chariot.

"Hmm? He's not pursuing me anymore? Has he given up?" The thought flashed through Luo Ming's mind, but he immediately dismissed it.

Given the Golden Flood Dragon King's previous display of unwavering determination and overwhelming rage, there's no way he'd let him go easily. More likely, the opponent is preparing even more powerful pursuit methods or gathering reinforcements.

Not feeling the approaching, terrifying aura, Luo Ming felt a slight sense of relief, but his tense nerves remained. The image of the beautiful yet indifferent face of the girl in blue armor, which he had glimpsed briefly just moments before, involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

"In the end, humans and demons are destined to be different." Luo Ming sighed silently in his heart, a complex and incomprehensible emotion welling up within him.

Back then, the Azure Dragon was still a spirit beast, ignorant and dependent. Now, upon seeing her again, she has not only successfully transformed into human form, but judging from the thoroughness of her transformation and the purity of her aura, she clearly holds a revered position within the dragon clan and possesses immense potential in her bloodline.

Judging from the way she stood side by side with that blood dragon, holding a replica of a magical artifact, she's probably already a core member of the dragon clan. If they meet again, they'll likely be enemies with clearly defined positions.

"What a pity—" Luo Ming shook his head inwardly, suppressing that inexplicable emotion deep in his heart. With life and death hanging in the balance, he couldn't afford to think too much.

"Golden Flood Dragon King! If I, Luo, advance to the late Nascent Soul stage one day, I will settle this score with you!" His eyes...

A flash of cold light, and he muttered to himself.

However, the moment those harsh words crossed his mind, his expression suddenly changed drastically!

At the edge of his divine sense, in the distant sky behind him, a "chariot" only a few feet in size, with golden light flowing all over its body and a magnificent and exquisite design, was breaking through the air at an unbelievable speed!

Its speed far exceeded the limit of his ability to control the Wind-Escape Shuttle, and was even several levels faster than the Golden Flood Dragon King's solo flight!

The difference between the two is like the difference between the escape light of a Foundation Establishment cultivator and the escape light of a Core Formation cultivator – vastly different!

"What is that thing?! How can it be so fast?" Luo Ming's pupils contracted, and a look of solemnity and anxiety appeared on his face.

He instantly understood that the Golden Flood Dragon King had not given up, but had gone to retrieve this incredibly fast "beast"! This was definitely a flying treasure crafted with all the efforts of the Flood Dragon Clan, similar to the "Wind Chariot" of the Tiannan Mulan people, but its power was probably even greater!

Given the Jiaolong clan's millennia-long dominance in the outer seas, it's not surprising that they possess such a treasure.

"At this speed, we'll definitely be caught before we even reach Silver Shark Island!" Luo Ming was frantic, his mind racing as he considered every possible escape route. "A direct confrontation is certain death, and escape is impossible—are there any dangerous spots nearby that we can use?"

He quickly recalled the topographical map of this sea area. The so-called "monster's lair," "stormy sea eye," and "black wind sea area" were probably no different from his own backyard to the Golden Flood Dragon King, who was at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, and posed no threat.

"Dangerous place—dangerous place—" Luo Ming muttered to himself, his eyes flashing rapidly. Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he remembered...

When searching for a suitable yin place for the Ghost King to cultivate in seclusion, he saw on a sea chart that there was a strange sea area marked "Burial Soul Yin Sea" tens of thousands of miles away from this place.

It is said that the place is perpetually shrouded in yin energy, haunted by ghosts, and occasionally even has spatial rifts. The environment is extremely harsh, and even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators dare not venture deep into it.

"The Sea of ​​Soul Burial—the Yin energy is extremely heavy, ghosts roam freely, and the space is unstable—" Luo Ming's eyes gradually sharpened, and a bold and adventurous plan instantly took shape in his mind.

"The Golden Flood Dragon King is currently at the peak of level ten, only one step away from the Nascent Soul stage. What he has been hesitant to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage is nothing more than the Nascent Soul tribulation, which is a matter of life and death! Any late-stage Nascent Soul demon cultivator fears the heavenly tribulation like a tiger, for fear of prematurely triggering the tribulation lightning and dying."

"The spirit beasts in my possession have devoured and refined the essence of many high-level demon cultivators, including Feng Xi. In particular, the Wind Fox Beast has already reached the peak of the seventh level and can trigger the Transformation Lightning Tribulation at any time! However, I have always kept it suppressing its realm to avoid undergoing the tribulation in dangerous places."

"If I let the Wind Fox Beast forcibly trigger the Transformation Lightning Tribulation at the critical moment when it is about to be caught up, the laws of heaven and earth will lock it within the range of the lightning tribulation. The Golden Flood Dragon King will not dare to approach it, and will even have to stay far away, for fear of being sensed by the tribulation clouds and triggering his own Nascent Soul Great Heavenly Tribulation in advance!"

"And I—can take this opportunity to use earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape into the depths of the sea, conceal my aura, and perhaps escape the range of his divine sense by taking advantage of the chaos of the lightning tribulation and the Golden Flood Dragon King's apprehension!"

"But—" Luo Ming felt a pang of pain in his heart, a bitter and helpless feeling welling up inside him. "Last time, when we were being chased by the Blue Flood Dragon, we had no choice but to abandon the Azure Flood Dragon. This time, being chased by the Golden Flood Dragon King, we'll have to rely on the Wind Fox Beast to escape danger again!"

He raised spirit beasts out of affection, but primarily as a means of protection and assistance. Now, at this critical juncture of life and death, they are required to sacrifice themselves. Though reluctant, he has no other choice. The path of cultivation is inherently cruel.

Luo Ming no longer hesitated. He immediately used his mental connection to give a command to the Wind Fox Beast in the spirit beast pouch, instructing it to prepare to trigger the Transformation Lightning Tribulation at any time!

At the same time, while maneuvering the Wind-Trapping Shuttle toward the general direction of the "Burial Soul Yin Sea" in his memory, he quickly took out a black jade bottle with several talismans attached to it from his storage bag.

The seal on the bottle was broken, and a weak but resentful and unwilling demonic soul aura emanated from it. It was the demonic soul of the Riftwind Beast (Feng hope) that he had captured and sealed away to this day!

"Soul Fusion Technique—" A fierce glint flashed in Luo Ming's eyes as he formed hand seals, sending several spells into the black jade bottle.

A mournful and indistinct roar from Feng hope's remnant soul immediately emanated from within the bottle, but it was quickly suppressed by a magical incantation. Immediately afterward, Luo Ming opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the struggling cyan demonic soul phantom along with the soul essence sealed within the jade bottle!

"Gurgle—"

As the demonic soul entered his stomach, Luo Ming's face instantly contorted in pain, but he forcefully suppressed it. His hand seals shifted, and he chanted obscure incantations—the very "Soul Fusion Secret Technique" he had acquired from the Spirit Control Sect years ago!

"Buzz!"

A surge of violent, pure, and wind-attribute-filled demonic power was generated by burning Luo Ming's primordial spirit, originating from his dantian.

It erupted suddenly, surging and rushing along the meridians!

Refining essence into qi, and refining qi into spirit, this soul fusion technique requires burning the cultivator's soul to generate a portion of primordial demonic power. It is through this portion of primordial power that Luo Ming was able to transform into a half-human, half-demon state.

His body began to undergo strange changes: fine, metallic blue scales appeared under his skin on his cheeks, neck, arms, and other areas.

On its back, near the shoulder blades, the flesh writhed violently, and with two "rip" sounds, a pair of wings, several meters wide and covered in blue feathers, emerged.

Huge demonic wings, their edges gleaming with a cold, wind-blade-like light, suddenly burst forth from his body!

Unlike the crimson wings he formed from his previous transformation into the Burning Wind Beast, these wings were more solid, with each feather distinct, radiating a rich wind-attribute spiritual power and demonic aura!

At the same time, the Wind-Escape Shuttle shone with a brilliant blue light, and its speed increased dramatically once again! The newly grown blue wings and the Wind-Escape Shuttle's own light complemented each other, creating a strange resonance that propelled the shuttle to tear through the air at an even faster speed than before, hurtling forward!

However, at that moment, a shrill bird cry filled with resentment and unwillingness suddenly came from Luo Ming's stomach! It was Feng hope's remnant soul enduring the extreme pain of burning its divine soul under the urging of the Soul Fusion Technique, while also making its last stand!

After all, Luo Ming, with his early Nascent Soul cultivation, forcibly fused with the complete demon soul of a level nine demon cultivator. Even though this demon soul had been sealed for many years and was extremely weak, its original soul power was still powerful, and the risk of backlash was extremely high!

"Hmph! Just a remnant soul, yet it dares to cause trouble!" Luo Ming's face turned pale, and he groaned, but his eyes were icy cold.

His immense divine power, like an invisible giant hammer, fiercely suppressed the demonic soul within his abdomen that was attempting to retaliate.

Feng hope's remnant soul's resistance was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, utterly futile against Luo Ming's far superior divine sense, and was quickly suppressed again.

Refining transforms it into pure soul power and wind spirit power, supporting the operation of the Soul Fusion Technique and providing astonishing thrust for the Wind-Escape Shuttle.

But Luo Ming knew this was merely a short-sighted solution. Burning a demon's soul to gain power in this way could only sustain him for half a day at most before Feng Xi's remnant soul was completely consumed and scattered. Moreover, this method placed an immense burden on the caster; if not for his strong physique, he would likely have been weak for some time afterward.

He is now racing against time to reach the vicinity of the "Burial Soul Yin Sea" before the effects of the Soul Fusion Technique wear off and to carry out his "Escape from Lightning Tribulation" plan!

More than a hundred miles behind, on that golden dragon-shaped chariot moving at an astonishing speed.

The Golden Flood Dragon King sat upright in the center, his eyes slightly closed, seemingly resting his mind, but in reality, his divine sense was firmly locked onto the escaping light in front of him, which was azure and gold with a strange azure glow.

Suddenly, his tightly closed eyes snapped open, his golden vertical pupils flashing with cold light as he stared intently at the sudden surge of energy within Luo Ming's escape light, which was now mixed with a dense demonic aura.

"Hmm? This is—a secret technique for burning demonic souls? And the aura of this demonic soul—"

The Golden Flood Dragon King twitched its nostrils slightly, carefully discerning the faint, yet still detectable, scent emanating from the air.

As Yu Fengxi's original soul power burned, his face turned ashen. The terrifying demonic aura that had been contained within him surged out uncontrollably, forming a tangible pressure that seemed to freeze the entire interior of the dragon carriage!

"Good! Good! Good!" The Golden Dragon King said "good" three times in a row, his voice deep but containing a killing intent that could freeze the soul.

"First, they enslaved my demon race's talented juniors, then they killed my renowned demon cultivator from the outer seas, extracting and refining his soul. Now, they've even used this vicious secret technique before me, burning his remnant soul as provisions for their escape!"

The killing intent emanating from him was like a tangible chill, causing Xue Xiao and the blue-armored girl beside him to catch their breath and their expressions to change slightly.

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