Refining the True from the False: Becoming a God Starting with Devouring a True Dragon

Chapter 76 Change of Form! Activating [Killing Intent Perception] Whose Trap?! (4.9k)

Wang Qi had a dream.

I dreamt that I walked into the mountains and became king among all the demons. Then, amidst shouts of "Long live the king!", I was swallowed whole by a creature riding a black wind, which I could vaguely make out to be an upright tiger demon.

then,

He suddenly woke up and jumped up.

boom!

The bed boards in the town's residents' homes collapsed with a loud crash.

This startled the townspeople and the couple in the house awake.

"Why are you all causing so much trouble? If you're so capable, go fight demons! Why are you ruining my bed?"

"We didn't do it."

"If it wasn't you, then who else could it be but that lonely old man?"

The sound of arguing could be heard outside.

Wang Qi pushed open the door and went out.

The arrogance that had initially emanated from the townspeople vanished instantly.

"Oh, young master—I'm sorry to have disturbed you."

The old man bowed obsequiously.

Ever since Wang Qi dragged half a tiger demon's corpse back yesterday, the old couple knew that this young master was different from those who came to town to join in the fun.

Not only did their attitude change drastically, but they also insisted on returning the previous fifty coins.

They kept saying things like, "The tiger-fighting hero can't accept money," and so on.

"It was my bed frame that collapsed; it has nothing to do with either of them."

"Hey! Look at you!" The old man laughed, slapping his thigh. "No wonder they say you're a tiger-slaying hero; you're really strong!"

"It's really sturdy!"

"Good riddance! The bed collapsed, but at least we saved face!"

"Don't you think so, old woman?"

"Yes," the woman said, patting the old man's shoulder with a broad smile.

The young couple watching from the side were stunned.

"But hero, you are indeed a bit taller than yesterday."

The old man looked up at Wang Qi.

He's at least half a head taller.

"Is that so?"

Wang Qiyi thought that the couple looked short because they were hunched over.

Am I tall?

He looked at the young couple.

"high!"

"That's really high!"

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The two of them didn't waste any words.

Wang Qi shook his head helplessly, then took out five qian of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the old man.

"Consider it payment for the bed board."

After all,

He then headed towards the food stall.

Fangyu and the Jin siblings happened to be there as well.

"Brother Wang, you've grown taller!"

Fangyu's first words to Wang Qi confirmed his suspicions.

It seems that the Tiger Refining Pill had an immediate effect.

"Young Master Wang is still young, so it's only natural that he's grown taller. When he reaches the stages of refining skin and forging bones, his appearance and physique will also change."

"After Master broke through to the Skin Refinement Realm, didn't he become much younger?" Uncle explained to Fangyu.

"really."

Fangyu nodded and then invited Wang Qi to eat with her.

At the dinner table,

One gaze was particularly intense, making Wang Qi feel a little uncomfortable.

It was Jinxiu, whose attitude towards him had changed drastically ever since he killed the tiger.

Judging from appearance,

It was as if they wanted to devour themselves whole.

The strangest thing was that Jincheng was looking at him with the same gaze!

It's alright for women, but how can a man handle it?

Fortunately, Fangyu suddenly spoke up, drawing everyone's attention back to her.

"I plan to go back to the city first, and then follow the icy path along the Heihe River."

"It seems the road ahead to Mopan Town is impassable."

Uncle continued, "According to what that Young Master Lu said, that tiger demon isn't the leader of the demons in this area; it's merely refining demon cores for a greater demon. With our current strength, we can't go any further."

"This matter should be reported to the military government for a decision."

"We'll return today. What do you think, Your Highness?"

Wang Qi shook his head. "I'll explore further ahead, or head towards Huai Shu Village."

"Since there are still powerful demons here, there must be quite a few lesser demons nearby—I'll kill some more and make a good haul."

"Even if we can wait for the military government to send someone, I can still provide some intelligence, right?"

This statement came out.

The people present all cupped their hands in respect, exclaiming, "Young Master Wang is truly righteous!"

"Sigh~" Wang Qi quickly waved his hand, "It's just polite talk, don't take it seriously."

The group didn't linger and left immediately after finishing breakfast.

Wang Qi then escorted everyone to the town entrance.

Na Jincheng suddenly spoke up, "Young Master Wang, I have a request."

"Brother Jin, please speak."

"My Jin family cultivates by feeding on tigers, and we excel in domineering tactics and brute force. I observe that Young Master Wang's physique has become exceptionally robust overnight, which must indicate a significant increase in his strength. Therefore, I wish to have a contest."

"Brother Jin, you are truly powerful!" Wang Qi exclaimed in surprise.

Because the only two skills the Jin siblings displayed yesterday were the Tiger Aphrodisiac and the sliding tackle.

Jin Cheng blushed slightly, "That tiger demon was clearly no ordinary creature. Even my uncle didn't dare to fight it, so there's no need for us to say anything more."

"I misspoke."

Wang Qi apologized, "Then let's demonstrate."

The two then got into position.

Each person places their hands on the other's shoulders.

Jinxiu called out from the side.

Up!

Jin Cheng leaped into the air, spun around, and was completely powerless to resist.

When Jin Cheng fell to the ground, he still felt as if he had been through a lifetime. "I have never seen such strength in a martial artist at the Inner Strength Realm as Young Master Wang."

"I'll give it a try."

Seeing this, Uncle also felt itchy to do it.

"Uncle, how old are you?" Fangyu asked worriedly from the side.

"I'm only forty years old, the perfect age to explore and adventure!"

Uncle chuckled, "Alright, I'm also a Blood Realm martial artist."

The same pose, the same plot, even the same height.

It's just that it's a different person.

Uncle from the Blood-Moving Realm also took to the air.

However, Wang Qizun respected the elderly and cared for the young, so he made his uncle Fei lower his status a bit.

Uncle scrambled to his feet from the snow, his smile gone, and said seriously, "Its power is no less than that of that tiger demon!"

"Great Python King Qi, Great Python King Qi!"

He exclaimed in amazement.

"No wonder he was able to cut off the tiger demon's head with one stroke. If it were anyone else, even if they made the tiger demon offer its neck for slaughter, it would probably take a lot of effort."

Amidst gasps of surprise from the group, they parted ways.

Although Wang Qi's sword for punishing evil was broken, he still found two more in the forest yesterday.

Its condition is no worse than my own slaying knife.

I'll just make do with it.

That's what Wang Qi thought.

Since these great demons are all incredibly cunning.

With the winter hunting army leading the charge and drawing enemy fire, the pressure on me to flank them would be much less, and I might even be able to go deeper and find some exotic plants or things.

Time is tight, there's no need to waste time going back and forth.

He looked down at his palm.

They do seem to have become much more tolerant.

"If I had a few more of these Tiger Refining Elixirs, wouldn't I become a giant?"

East of Mopan Town, along the glacier.

Wang Qi walked on the ice, dragging a tiger demon meat weighing nearly a thousand pounds.

He had already removed the tiger demon's skin and bones, and on Fangyu's carriage, he sent it back to the city and delivered it to his master Zhang Yuan's residence.

A deep blue light flashed across the corner of his eye.

The tiger demon flesh on Wang Qi's back also underwent changes.

[Bloodthirsty Tiger Demon Flesh: A tiger born of slaughter, raised in bloodshed, possessing an extraordinary sensitivity to killing intent. Upon reaching adulthood, it can reach the third tier, awakening its ability to sense killing intent.]

(Killing Intent Perception: Able to sense the killing intent emanating from living beings within a 500-meter radius. Among them, those with strong killing intent, after the ability grows, can cause those with weak minds to lose their composure or those with weak strength to feel their legs go weak for a moment.)

Sensing killing intent.

nice one!

Immediately afterwards, Wang Qi flicked his wrist, and two more tiger eyes, each the size of a fist, landed in his hand.

This time, the light was a deep blue.

It's slightly weaker than the tiger demon's meat.

[Bloodthirsty Tiger Demon Eyes: The pupils of a naturally killing tiger. Consuming these guarantees the solidification of killing intent.]

(Concrete Killing Intent: Materializes killing intent, capable of causing minor damage within one meter. Can shake the minds of the weak.)

These are all good things.

Wang Qi smiled.

The tiger demon is indeed a treasure trove.

Compared to the snake demon's meat, which has properties like being able to swim and attract fish.

Once the tiger demon saw through it, all the things it could reveal were domineering items!

and·.-

It has a pair of third-tier tiger eyes and a thousand pounds of third-tier tiger demon meat.

He had also accumulated a considerable amount of cultivation resources for the second level of his Dragon Elephant Secret Martial Art: Great Demon Force and the Netherworld Divine Eye.

It's better to leave the city.

Treasures are everywhere.

After walking unsteadily for more than ten miles, Wang Qi saw more and more snake demon and rat demon corpses along the way.

These were all monsters that no longer caught his eye and were not worthy of entering his stomach.

So I was too lazy to pick them up.

The place looks about right.

Wang Qi sat down by the icy river and began to dig a smokeless stove. After all, he had already left Mopan Town. According to the map, he should be less than 30 miles from the border of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

Naturally, one should be more careful and cautious.

In such places, it is essential to dig smokeless stoves to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The selection of smokeless stoves is also quite particular.

First, dig a square pit large enough for one person to squat or sit down. Then, about two hand lengths away from this pit, dig a smaller pit, the size of which depends on the size of your pot, but at least large enough to support it.

Then, connect the two holes from the bottom, pile all the excavated soil around the first pit to block the wind, and dig three shallow ditches extending backward above the second hole to make a flue.

The flue should be higher than the large valve at the furnace opening, about the width of your hand, so that the smoke can escape easily.

Then place the pot at the entrance of the second tunnel and fill the edges with soil.

Finally, cover the top of the flue with branches, straw, or similar materials, and then cover it with soil.

Conceal the flue by making it denser and sparser around the edge of the pot; this completes the smokeless stove.

quickly,

Wang Qi then enjoyed the fresh flesh of the bloodthirsty tiger demon.

Tiger meat is crunchy and has the same protein content as beef.

He didn't know how many times that was.

While eating, he activated the Dragon Elephant Secret Martial Arts to begin refining the tiger demon meat.

Ever since swallowing the Tiger Refining Elixir.

Wang Qi noticed that his appetite had increased again!

It has increased from more than 20 jin to more than 30 jin!

This directly increased Wang Qi's daily mealtime.

An increased appetite was originally a good thing for these warriors, but the increasingly longer mealtimes were not a good thing either.

When you're eating hundreds of kilograms a day, will you be able to do nothing but eat all day?

Wang Qi felt a sense of doubt.

I wonder what someone like Master Huang eats every day.

Or is it that,

Are the monster meat of the third rank or higher small in size but high in quality?

This was not just his wild guess:

Rather, it was the tiger demon who said it himself: third-tier demons are similar to those in the Blood Transformation Realm who have renewed their blood, giving birth to the essence of their blood and condensing into a demon core.

I imagine there will be changes during this process.

In the following days, Wang Qi stopped rushing to advance towards the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

Instead, it lingers on this line, meandering laterally.

He encountered dozens of demonic creatures along the way.

Although there were second-tier demons among them, they were all low-level rabbit demons and snake demons.

After seeing through it,

What I got was not even as good as the monsters that Fatty Meat Market sold to me; it wasn't worth eating.

"That's strange."

"The blood-seed demon core refined by that tiger demon is so important, yet we're already more than ten miles away—and there's still no sign of the great demon."

"That great demon is hiding in the mountains, and there isn't even a single demon outside to receive its bloodline demon core?"

As Wang Qi ate the tiger meat, he sensed that something was amiss.

boom!

The azure light reappeared.

[Killing Intent Perception: You can sense the killing intent emanating from living beings within a 500-meter radius. As this ability matures, it can momentarily disorient those with weak minds or cause the legs of the weak to weaken.]

The killing intent has been sensed!

After Wang Qi devoured over a hundred kilograms of Bloodthirsty Tiger Demon flesh, he finally unlocked the Bloodthirsty Tiger Demon's special abilities.

Moreover, it has already passed the initial stage.

It jumped directly to the perception of killing intent.

At the moment of activation,

He suddenly looked towards the vast expanse of white snow beside the glacier.

Although it was a field of white snow, he could clearly sense a faint killing intent.

He stood up.

He drew his long sword and walked towards the source of the murderous intent.

One meter, two meters, three meters...

Wang Qi still couldn't figure out what was in the place where the killing intent was released.

Until Wang Qi walked closer.

He suddenly realized that the snow seemed to have patterns!

He swung his broadsword down with a sudden slash.

Just as the knife fell, the 'snowy ground' in front of them moved.

A white wolf bared its fangs and suddenly charged at Wang Qi.

Then--

Wang Qi raised his leg and kicked.

His body, strengthened by the Tiger Refining Elixir, allowed him to kick the white wolf in the neck, snapping it instantly.

And Wang Qi,

There was no joy after killing the demon.

Instead, I felt a chill down my back.

The white wolf was so close that the white wolf almost didn't notice it when it was more than three meters away.

This monster's ability to hide in the snow is just too amazing!

"Only the scent of wolf hooves and the sight of bones remain; no living creature is seen."

Wang Qi recalled the information Sun Li had previously provided him.

Isn't that the demon they're talking about?

and,

If he remembers correctly.

These wolf demons are social animals.

He looked around but didn't detect any signs of killing intent.

"Did this wolf demon stumble into my 'territory' by accident, or was it instigated by other wolf demons? Or was it sent by the powerful demon behind that tiger demon?"

Wang Qi leaned towards the last option.

He recalled that he had hardly encountered any threatening demons in the past few days.

Those second-tier demons were basically no match for him.

"Demons, oh demons, they are truly not to be underestimated."

Wang Qi murmured to himself.

It seems that I have already entered the monster's sights, and have even become its hunting target.

That's really fierce!

Back—

We might fall into their trap.

Why not keep killing our way in!

A fierce glint flashed in Wang Qi's eyes.

In a cave less than five miles from where Wang Qi was located.

A five-meter-long, gray-skinned giant python was writhing restlessly.

It flicked its tongue and hissed.

before,

A dozen or so snake demons and python demons also responded.

Further out in the corners, some rat demons huddled in the shadows.

Obviously,

This gray-skinned giant python is the leader of this group of snake demons and rat demons.

"You mean, all the snake warriors I sent out were killed by that human with a single blow?" the gray-skinned giant python replied in demonic language.

The black-skinned python demon leading the group shook its head. "There were also many whose necks were snapped and torn apart by him."

"I didn't ask you to nitpick over the wording!"

The gray-skinned giant python leader roared.

"I'm asking you to figure out how to deal with this troublesome human."

The black-skinned python demon said dejectedly, "I've already spent a lot of money to hire a snow wolf demon to keep an eye on him. It will report immediately if there's any sign of trouble."

"For the past two and a half days, the human race has been lingering on the outskirts, making very slow progress."

"I think they might also be wary of that powerful demon."

"good!"

The gray-skinned giant python then revealed an approving expression. "Truly worthy of being my strategist. So, what's your next plan?"

The black-skinned python wagged its tail smugly and said, "I propose that we all pledge allegiance to the one in power!"

"Seek His protection."

"It's a third-tier great demon; it can easily eliminate this human."

This statement came out.

Before any response could be received from below.

The gray-skinned giant python lashed out with its tail, striking the black-skinned python demon on the head.

"Could you learn some of the strengths of the human race?"

"Should we bring back the cunning, shrewdness, ruthlessness, and malice?"

"What's the point of learning to nitpick over words and surrender?!"

"My snake clan and that yellow-skinned tiger are sworn enemies!"

"If I wanted to surrender, I would have surrendered long ago. Why wait until now? Why be brought to a place like this?"

The gray-skinned giant python unleashed a barrage of attacks.

"So what should we do next?" the black-skinned python demon asked blankly.

"You're the strategist! I'm the one asking you this."

The gray-skinned giant python had another tail.

"Then why don't we—" the black-skinned python demon roared, "then let's gather all our forces and fight him to the death!"

"If he won't let us have an easy life, we won't let him have an easy life either."

"good!"

The gray-skinned giant python roared.

"That's the kind of spirit I want!"

"That's exactly the attitude we wanted."

"Where is that human now?!" the gray-skinned giant python shouted.

A moment later,

A snake demon sped towards the snake cave.

"Leader, leader—the snow wolf has been killed."

"And that great demon—that man—suddenly charged towards us."

"what?"

The gray-skinned python was silent for a moment. "Let's think of another way..."

"What did you just say?"

"We're going to pledge allegiance to the higher-ups," the black-skinned snake demon hurriedly said.

The gray-skinned python immediately gritted its teeth.

"No, I really can't stand it—even if I have to side with humans, I won't bow down to that guy."

Wang Qi then snapped the neck of a snake demon that was only two fingers thick.

"Why is this snake demon getting smaller and smaller?!"

Wang Qi frowned deeply.

This amount isn't even enough to make him breakfast.

"What tricks is that great demon up to?"