Demonic Demoness Training Project

"It's actually a gold-devouring beast, and a mutated one at that."

As its name suggests, the Gold-Devouring Beast is a demonic beast that likes to devour spirit ore. The reason Lu Li was able to sense the ore just now was because the Gold-Devouring Beast had swallowed it.

Ordinary gold-devouring beasts have only one head, but this one, which has lived in uranium water for many years, is a special individual that has survived the erosion of countless eons. Its body has mutated, and thus it has grown a second head.

Judging from its size, it should be a second-stage Gold-devouring Beast. No wonder the people who came down earlier couldn't get up; they were probably eaten by this Gold-devouring Beast.

So, could it be that this Gold-Devouring Beast also has a uranium core hidden inside its body, just like that Azure Nether Fox?

After the collision, the gold-devouring beast temporarily retreated. Lu Li tugged at the chains, attempting to use the guiding copper within them to send a message to the outside of the mine.

But Lu Li did not receive a response. Instead, he heard a strange noise from above, and a rapid stream of water transformed into an arrow, heading straight for his head.

clang!

Lu Li dodged to the side, and the water arrow struck the spirit mine behind him, causing it to explode instantly, with mineral fragments mixed in with the arrow.

This technique is similar to the sandblasting rust removal technique in the art of clamping. It mixes water and gravel together and sprays it out at extremely high speed to impact the spirit ore, thereby removing the rust from its surface.

The difference is that the sandblasting technique unleashed by the Gold Devouring Beast is much more powerful than the sandblasting gun used in the stamping workshop, enough to instantly pierce through a cultivator's head.

At the same time, Lu Li tugged at the chain behind him and found it light and without any pull. He suddenly realized that the beast had actually bitten through his black iron chain, thereby cutting off his connection with the outside of the mine.

"This beast is quite intelligent, but you're not the only one who can manipulate spirit ore."

Lu Li cursed under his breath and activated the Qi-Harmony Cauldron. The spiritual ore at the bottom of the river quickly gathered and condensed, eventually transforming into a sharp, long blade.

【Stamping Techniques - Milling Cutters】!!!

The milling cutter shot out suddenly, creating a vortex that pointed directly in the direction from which the water arrow had come.

clang!

After a sharp clang of metal striking metal, the painful gasps of a wild beast echoed from ahead.

"what!"

hit!

Lu Li was overjoyed. Without saying a word, he took the opportunity to take off his mechanical armor, keeping only the Qi-storing box on his back. Since the black iron chains were broken, there was no point in continuing to wear the mechanical armor, as it would only hinder his movement.

Whoosh whoosh!

Two water arrows came in quick succession. Lu Li dodged one, but the other hit him in the chest, sending him flying backward and crashing heavily onto a rock, shattering it into pieces.

When Lu Li subconsciously rubbed his chest, he was surprised to find that apart from a slight tingling sensation, there wasn't a single wound there.

With the Azure Netherworld Skin and Ice Skin combined, his defensive power was indeed formidable. That water arrow just now was at least at the level of a second-tier puppet weapon, yet he easily blocked it.

Moreover, the water arrow hit his chest. Lu Li was very familiar with the structure of the ice muscle and knew the shape of each piece of ice muscle on his body. Apart from his buttocks, the ice muscle on his chest was the thickest.

Old Duan, of course, wouldn't miss this opportunity to boast. Pointing to Lu Li's chest, she said smugly:

"You see, I told you long ago that every inch of your skin has a story. When you refine the Ice Skin in the future, if you have leftover materials, remember to add another piece of flesh to your chest."

"Shut up, you old geezer! Can't you see I'm busy?"

Although the gold-devouring beast couldn't harm him, Lu Li was equally helpless against it, as both his divine sense and his internal energy had extremely limited range of perception.

Lu Li could only roughly determine the opponent's location by the direction from which the water arrows were shot after the opponent launched an attack, and then passively launch a counterattack.

The two sides continued their exchange, one slashing with a knife, the other shooting an arrow.

Lu Li was on the defensive the whole time, but his opponent seemed to be able to see him, spraying water arrows every time and accurately locking onto his position.

"That shouldn't be the case. I remember the jade slip said that the Devouring Gold Beast's eyesight isn't very good. My divine sense is already at the upper level of grade C. Logically speaking, if I can't sense it, it shouldn't sense me either. Could it be that this second-stage demon beast's divine sense has reached grade B?"

"It's the water flow. The Gold Devouring Beast is an excellent swimmer and has a very keen sense of water flow. Every movement you make and every breath you take will disturb the surrounding water flow, and that's how the Gold Devouring Beast senses your presence."

"I see! Oh!"

Lu Li suddenly cried out in pain as a water arrow hit him on the head. He took the hit to the head, staggered a couple of times, and then fell backward.

A moment later, a huge figure cautiously swam over. It circled around the spot where Lu Li had fallen a few times. Seeing that Lu Li did not move for a long time, it lowered its guard and slowly approached. Its two huge heads came close to Lu Li and sniffed.

In its view, the water arrow it had just fired seemed to have knocked the female human cub unconscious.

The Gold-Devouring Beast smelled the scent of spirit ore on Lu Li, and only then did it lower its guard and eagerly approach, raising its forelimbs to scoop Lu Li up, trying to flip him over.

However, at that moment, Lu Li suddenly opened his eyes, switched the Qi-Gathering Cauldron from its original state to its disintegration state, and grabbed the opponent's fin.

"I've finally caught him!"

"what!"

The gold-devouring beast realized it had been tricked. It breathed out air from both heads at the same time and struggled to escape by flailing its limbs.

Lu Li was not about to let such a good opportunity slip by. He hugged the gold-devouring beast's neck tightly, and at the same time, he kicked hard on the ground with his right foot, flipping himself onto the beast's back.

Although the girl's arms were fair and slender, they unleashed tremendous power when the ligaments and tendons were stretched taut. She used both hands, her left hand clamping down on the gold-devouring beast's neck like a hydraulic clamp, while her right arm was raised high and smashed down on the beast's head.

Chapter 103 Uranium Pill in Hand, Time to Become Spicy Again [3k]

boom! boom! boom!

Lu Li kept throwing punches, but the attacks from that little pink fist were as dense as raindrops, smashing the scales of the gold-devouring beast and sending blood and flesh flying everywhere.

Previously, the two were too far apart and underwater, so his ligament strength could not be fully utilized. Now that he was riding on the Gold Devouring Beast, he could finally unleash his full power.

The three key parts of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist exert force together, and the suspensory ligaments are like the bowstring of a crossbow, switching between tension and relaxation, driving the entire arm to move rapidly.

Bang bang bang!

Lu Li's little pink fists may seem delicate and weak, but each strike is actually powerful and heavy. Lu Li's punches became faster and faster, and eventually, they even created afterimages.

Under such a terrifying attack, it wasn't long before a dent was smashed into the back of the gold-devouring beast's neck, exposing its white bones. Lu Li grabbed a section of the spine with both hands and exerted a sudden force.

Boom~

The spine snapped, and one of the heads connected to it drooped down, lifeless, while the other head emitted an even more piercing roar.

Lu Li followed suit, pressing his advantage and using the same method to smash open the scales and break the other spine of the Gold-Eating Beast.

The gold-devouring beast finally stopped moving. Its massive body sank and crashed heavily onto the mud and sand at the bottom of the water, stirring up a cloud of dust. Its limbs twitched twice, and then it remained still.

……

Outside the mine at this moment.

Seeing that more than half an hour had passed since the Holy Maiden went into the water, everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for her. They could have communicated with Lu Li through the chain forged from black iron, but for some reason, the communication suddenly stopped.

When everyone pulled the chain up, they only saw the broken half and did not see Lu Li.

"It's over. Just like before, the chains broke. I knew there was something sinister down there. Now, Her Majesty the Holy Maiden is probably in grave danger. Sigh... If Her Majesty the Holy Maiden dies here, we shouldn't be held responsible, right?"

"Hmph, we advised her not to go down there, but she wouldn't listen. Who can we blame? Now look what's happened, she's lost her life."

"She was the champion of this competition, an inner disciple, and so beautiful. It's just a pity."

The passing of beautiful things is always heartbreaking, and the untimely death of a glorious saintess is even more regrettable. This has nothing to do with Lu Li's background, nor whether she was a Qingzhou person or a Hongjun person.

Everyone's hearts sank, and no one dared to go down and risk their lives, especially Yuan Yuheng, whose face was extremely grim.

A thousand spirit stones is not a small amount, even for someone like him who comes from a small family. He originally wanted to enter the Boundless Realm to seek opportunities, but before he could even explore the secret realm, he had already lost a thousand spirit stones.

Glug glug glug~

Suddenly, a ripple appeared on the surface of the water.

"Look, it looks like something is coming up?"

"Could there be a monster lurking in the water?"

"Get back quickly and prepare to meet the enemy!"

Everyone quickly made way, each pulling out their magical artifacts or mortal mechanisms and aiming them at the mine. As soon as the underwater monster surfaced, it would be met with an overwhelming attack.

However, the imagined underwater monster did not appear; instead, a small head was shown.

Lu Li grabbed the edge of the mine shaft, pushed himself up with both hands, and crawled out. He wiped the water off his face, shook his head, and took off his goggles before noticing the tense atmosphere around him.

"It's the living Saintess! She's not dead!"

"Where did her mechanical armor go?"

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

The crowd's expressions changed from fear to ecstasy, and they immediately surrounded him.

"Have you found any mining equipment? What exactly is underwater?"

"It's nothing. I saw the mine drill when I got to the bottom of the water, but I don't know why the chain broke."

As he spoke, Lu Li took out a huge mineral diamond from his storage bag, and a cheer erupted from the crowd. In particular, the disciples who were originally supposed to be held jointly liable for compensation were so excited that they cried tears of joy when they saw the mineral diamond.

"Wow, now I don't have to pay compensation, boohoo... Your Majesty, from now on I'm your dog!"

"Oh! How mighty is Your Majesty the Holy Maiden!"

"Junior Sister Lu, this is the 120 spirit stones that I promised you earlier. Consider this a favor I owe you. As for the 180 spirit stones from the sect, I should be able to give them to you in a couple of days."

"Well, it's alright, I'm not in a hurry. Serving the sect is what I should do."

Lu Li accepted the spirit stones quite naturally, exchanged a few pleasantries with everyone, and then hurriedly left the scene. He didn't mention a word about the Gold Devouring Beast, also because he was worried that it would attract the covetous eyes of others or sects.

He cut open the belly of the gold-devouring beast underwater, took out the mineral drill, and hoped to extract one or two uranium pills from the remaining corpse.

With the initial setup of the mining equipment completed, the mining work became much easier in the following days. Most of the mining machines could operate on their own, but cultivators needed to perform daily maintenance and inspections to collect the collected spirit ore.

In the second shift change, the disciples who had been exploring the front lines returned. This time, they encountered several groups of Qingyang Palace disciples, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, resulting in casualties on both sides. The most severely affected team suffered more than half of its members killed or wounded.

These disciples returned to their base to recuperate and took over some of the mining tasks. Meanwhile, ten other teams of disciples were dispatched, but it wasn't Lu Li's turn yet. Judging from the situation, he would have to wait another ten days.

However, this is also good, as Lu Li can take this opportunity to take stock of his gains and refine the Ice Skin at the same time.

Lu Li took out the lotus root juice he had prepared earlier and slowly roasted it in the Earth Fire Cauldron. He had already figured out the right heat, but he had added too much at once, which changed the heat and caused a lot of lotus root juice to be wasted.

Now that Lu Li has learned his lesson, he simply divides the lotus root juice into several small bowls and bakes them separately, following the previous cooking method.

The lotus root juice became sweeter and sweeter as it was roasted, and the aroma wafted everywhere, attracting the attention of some disciples. These guys actually thought he was eating it all by himself. Lu Li finally managed to get rid of these freeloaders and then continued refining the lotus root juice.

At this point, Lu Li couldn't help but think to himself, "No wonder I always smell so good; it turns out that lotus root starch is fragrant."

Afterwards, Lu Li ground the dried hardened block into powder, added appropriate seasonings, and sculpted Bingji from head to toe according to the shape of his own body.

Three more days passed, and the skin sculpting was completed, but the marks did not disappear.

"Huh, it failed?"

"You're cutting corners like this, don't you have any self-awareness? Where is your brother?"

Lu Li glanced at Bingji's unremarkable older brother, then at his own slightly fluctuating older brother, and felt a little guilty.

"But I don't have any extra lotus root starch."

"Are you really not able to see that big chicken, or are you pretending not to? I'm asking you, huh?"

Lu Li reluctantly cut off a small piece of chicken and handed it to his older brother. After the shaping was completed, Bingji still did not react.

"I don't want to scold you, you know what to do."

"Oh, isn't it big enough? I feel it's about right."

"Far from it, keep going!"

"Ugh……"

With a mournful face, Lu Li took off another piece of chicken and handed it to his elder brother. Both were equally dear to him. How could he raise his younger brother poorly while spoiling his elder brother?

After being cut repeatedly for about ten times, when the ancient beast regressed into a chick and when his brother's family could barely feed themselves, Bingji disappeared with a snap, leaving Lu Li alone in the cold wind, feeling as if his heart was being torn apart, heartbroken and dejected.

There was no time to mourn the fall of the ancient beasts. After refining the Ice Skin, Lu Li continued to take care of the Gold Devouring Beast.

The Gold-Devouring Beast had a huge stomach inside, from which Lu Li not only found mineral diamonds but also a pile of undigested spirit ore.

A variety of spirit ores were mixed together, many of which were rare spirit ores unique to the Boundless Realm. They weighed over a hundred pounds in total and were generally of good quality. Sure enough, the Gold-Devouring Beast didn't eat just any spirit ores. This guy knew how to be picky and only ate those high-quality second-grade spirit ores.

However, it's inconvenient to hand it over to the sect for recycling because its origin cannot be explained.

Lu Li activated the Qi-Mixing Cauldron to separate the spirit ores. He roughly estimated that they could be sold for about four hundred spirit stones. As for the rare spirit ores that were special products of the Boundless Realm, Lu Li planned to keep them for himself in case of need.

In addition, Lu Li also discovered a jade slip.

The surface of this jade slip was covered with a layer of mixed spiritual minerals resembling amber, which was not digested after being eaten by the Gold-Devouring Beast.

Lu Li expended considerable effort to break the amber, from which he retrieved a jade slip containing a map.