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After setting up the Spirit Wall Formation, Li Shen uncorked the bottle and poured the spirit milk into his mouth.

When the milk entered my throat, at first, there was nothing unusual.

It wasn't as cold or hot as I had imagined; it was just like taking an ordinary medicine.

But after three breaths.

boom!

As if a dormant volcano had suddenly erupted, an unimaginably powerful spiritual force surged forth from the depths of his dantian!

Li Shen's expression changed drastically, and he quickly activated the Evergreen Technique to guide the spiritual energy along his meridians.

But this spiritual power was too immense and too swift, like a flood bursting its banks and rampaging through his body.

This was the first time he had felt a throbbing pain in his meridians since taking the Cleansing Pulse Fruit, and even a faint tearing sensation.

"As expected of good intelligence!"

Li Shen's lips curled into a smile, and veins bulged on his forehead.

He remained completely calm.

He frantically activated the Evergreen Technique, his divine sense locking onto the trajectory of every flow of spiritual energy within his body, gradually refining this violent energy and filling his Qi Sea.

Time passed slowly.

Spiritual energy continuously flowed into Li Shen's body. Although his clothes were soaked with sweat, his expression remained calm.

It has the potential to break through the bottleneck and head straight for the final stage of Qi Refining.

Several days later, the effects of the Earth Vein Elixir in his body gradually wore off.

Li Shen let out a long breath and slowly finished his practice.

Looking inward, he saw his dantian churning with rich energy, and the quality of his spiritual power had doubled.

A hint of joy appeared in his eyes:

"It's done? It actually happened! Tenth level of Qi Refining, the peak of the Qi Refining stage, the final realm!"

Reaching the peak of Qi Refining at the age of thirty-five is considered to have one foot in the Foundation Establishment stage.

He quickly suppressed his joy and carefully examined his body.

Although the meridians are slightly damaged, it is not serious and can be restored with a little care.

During this period, a total of seven pieces of intelligence appeared. Although there was no key information, it still let Li Shen know that refining this spiritual milk had taken him seven days.

However, considering the results, even if the refining process takes seventy days, he can accept it.

Outside the cave, the battle between the Xuan Turtle Crocodile herd and the Pupil Serpent seemed to be coming to an end. For two days now, Li Shen had not felt the cave shake.

His eyes gleamed with a blue light as his divine sense quietly probed outwards.

The poolside was littered with pebbles, and the rock face was covered with countless holes, the marks left by the water jets shot by the black tortoise crocodile.

The pool water was stained red with blood, and four or five corpses of black tortoise crocodiles floated on the surface. Apart from the two baby crocodiles hiding at the bottom of the water, there were two others that survived.

The mid-stage second-tier Xuan Turtle Crocodile, with one of its hind legs bitten off, was barely standing and roared at the Pupil Serpent.

The serpent with the pupils was also in a sorry state.

Its once glossy black scales were now covered with scratches and bite marks, and three of the eye-shaped patterns on its back were blurred by blood.

But it still held its head high, hissing and spitting its tongue, confronting it.

"A lose-lose situation..."

Li Shen's eyes flashed; the result was both unexpected and within his expectations.

I never expected the black tortoise crocodile to be so tough. If I were to face it head-on, I probably wouldn't gain any advantage.

And now...

Li Shen's mind raced, and he began to plan to become that fisherman.

However, they were still two powerful second-tier demonic beasts; even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

Even if both sides are seriously injured, he will not easily make a move unless he is absolutely certain of victory.

Li Shen continued to observe quietly.

Before long, below, the two demonic beasts, locked in a stalemate, were at odds. The serpent could no longer contain itself and launched the first attack.

It suddenly leaped forward, as fast as black lightning, heading straight for the nearest Xuan Turtle Crocodile, which was in a more serious condition at the early stage of the second tier.

The black tortoise-crocodile roared and sprayed water arrows, but the pupil snake nimbly dodged them.

The next moment, the serpent's gaping maw had already bitten its head, its venomous fangs piercing in. The black tortoise-crocodile struggled violently for a few moments, then fell silent.

But at that moment, another black tortoise-crocodile pounced and bit down hard on the body of the pupil snake.

The serpent, in pain, writhed wildly, flinging the black tortoise-crocodile about, but it couldn't break free.

It bit right into one of the snake's wounds and tore it open with force!

The serpent let out a mournful hiss, its body convulsing violently as it finally shook off the snake.

However, his wound had been torn open and was bleeding continuously.

The black tortoise-crocodile crashed heavily against the rock wall, struggling to get up on its three legs and barely managing to stay upright.

The serpent did not attack again.

It stared warily at the two black tortoise-crocodiles, slowly retreating as if it wanted to withdraw.

But with the battle escalating to this point, the two black tortoise-crocodiles were clearly in a bloodthirsty frenzy, and they pounced on the enemy without regard for anything else.

Another round of fierce fighting ensued.

Finally, the serpent, dragging its mangled body, killed the two black tortoise crocodiles, but it too could not hold on any longer and its massive body crashed to the ground.

The area around the pool finally quieted down.

Corpses littered the ground, and blood flowed like rivers.

Li Shen got up, walked to the stone platform, and quietly watched this scene.

Take a breath.

Ten breaths.

Half an incense stick.

The serpent's body remained motionless.

Li Shen finally made a move.

Instead of rushing out rashly, he took out a stone and threw it downwards.

The stone landed with a soft sound.

The serpent remained motionless.

Li Shen waited a few more moments to confirm that the serpent was indeed dead before leaping down from the cave.

Landing amidst countless corpses, the thick stench of blood assaulted the senses.

Li Shen didn't rush to touch the Pupil Serpent. Instead, he released the Seven-Colored Python to dive into the water and search for the two baby crocodiles.

He then released his soul slaves to guard the vicinity before checking the two Xuan Turtle Crocodiles.

"Scales and claws are valuable materials."

Li Shen muttered to himself as he unceremoniously peeled off all the usable materials and put them into his storage bag.

Then, he walked toward the pupil snake.

This monster, which had shown signs of breaking through to the late stage of the second tier, had now lost all its vitality.

Li Shen squatted down, took out a dagger, and skillfully dissected its head.

Reaching inside, he pulled out a dark, gray demon core the size of an infant's fist after a moment.

"This is the demon core?!"

Li Shen examined it closely and sensed that it contained immense spiritual power.

When a demon beast grows to the second tier, it will condense a demon core within its body. If it cultivates a demon core, it can join the ranks of third-tier demon beasts.

He carefully put away the demon core and began to extract materials from the serpent's body.

Scales, fangs, venom glands, the special skin around the eyes... everything is valuable.

Then came the extraction of souls. The cores of the remaining second-tier demonic beasts were taken out, their souls extracted, and the remaining blood and qi, along with the two baby crocodiles hiding at the bottom of the water, were all fed to the seven-colored python.

He had no intention of raising the two baby crocodiles. They had lived with the group for a long time, and it would take a lot of time just to build trust with them. It would be better to feed them to the rainbow python to improve its strength.

Simple and straightforward.

Li Shen worked for almost half an hour.

Before leaving, he glanced at the deep pool, pondered for a moment, and made no intention of going down to investigate.

The air here is thick with the stench of blood; I'm worried it might attract other second-tier demonic beasts.

Just as he was about to set off, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a rock protruding from a corner below the rock wall that had withstood the fierce attacks of the two demonic beasts. The rock stood out out of place from the surrounding rubble.

Li Shen stepped forward and saw that there were some runes engraved on the stone, which was obviously not a naturally grown stone.

Only a corner of the stone was visible; the majority of it remained buried in the soil.

Li Shen frowned, took out five ink-black throwing knives, and tried to dig downwards in one go.

Following its direction, Li Shen naturally turned around, his gaze returning to the deep pool. Thinking of the teleportation array token, a bold guess suddenly popped into his mind.