vstars #395 - Soul-Guiding Pill
#395 - Soul-Guiding Pill
Li Chengfeng's eyebrows twitched slightly. He knew the Soul-Guiding Pill was as crucial to advancing to the Core Formation stage as foundational items were to the Foundation Establishment stage.
With his sharp intellect, he grasped the situation without needing much explanation. He said, "Alright, since that's the case, I'll spare your life. Lead me there, and once I obtain the benefits, I'll let you live."
Black Iron kowtowed repeatedly, expressing his gratitude, "Thank you, Senior, for your mercy!"
Li Chengfeng waved his hand, a surge of energy pushing Black Iron aside. He turned his sharp gaze towards the others, "Do any of you have information that can buy your lives?"
The crowd erupted in a cacophony of voices, but Li Chengfeng wasn't interested.
He produced a portrait and asked, "Have you seen this Insect Demon, Kang Wei? Does he frequent the Hailian Islands?"
Upon seeing the portrait, one of them immediately replied respectfully, "Sir, we've all seen him. That's indeed the Insect Demon Kang Wei, rarely seen in full view.
Don't let his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation fool you; his strength allows him to contend with Core Formation stage experts.
It's said that he once fought a Core Formation Elder of the Enforcement Team and successfully escaped."
"Yes, that's him," they chimed in, resuming their clamorous discussion.
Li Chengfeng had a clear understanding in his mind. He confirmed that Kang Wei was active in the Hailian Islands, with the purpose of collecting rare insects.
Those rare insects were undoubtedly supreme treasures for him to cultivate special spirit pets.
As long as he obtained the Gold-Devouring Bug, he could cultivate a third-generation special spirit insect, and the boost to his strength would be unimaginable.
He nodded, saying, "Since none of you know his whereabouts, there's no use in keeping you around."
As he spoke, he waved his hand. With a buzzing sound, a swarm of Heaven-Devouring Insects emerged, swift and incredibly fast, devouring the dozen or so people completely in moments.
Afterward, he retrieved their storage pouches one by one, not even sparing the dying old man. His actions were ruthless.
Black Iron trembled in fear, finally realizing the true terror of Li Chengfeng—he didn't waste words; useless people were killed instantly, and only those with value were spared.
This was the ultimate embodiment of the law of the jungle. Black Iron secretly rejoiced that he was still useful; otherwise, his fate would have been miserable.
Li Chengfeng showed no mercy towards these people.
They engaged in arson, murder, and looting in this sea area, committing all sorts of evil deeds, yet they dared not go to the Gyro Continent to fight the Demon and Evil Dragon tribes, only harming their own people.
Li Chengfeng killed such demonic cultivators whenever he encountered them.
Although their resources weren't particularly abundant to him, he wasn't picky.
Having experienced hardship, he knew how to cherish every resource.
At the same time, this was also a form of training for the Heaven-Devouring Insects' ability to devour.
By devouring their spiritual power and divine sense, Li Chengfeng also directly used the 'Cauldron Bottom Source' method to extract their lifespans. Seventeen people, twenty years each, totaling three hundred years of lifespan collected.
Black Iron naturally didn't know that Li Chengfeng had additionally acquired many resources on this trip. He only knew that Li Chengfeng had killed the group and taken their storage pouches.
At this moment, Black Iron's heart was filled with jealousy. He said in a trembling voice, "Senior, I'll take you there now to destroy that lair.
That lair holds over three hundred pirates, all cultivators at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining, led by three leaders, headed by our boss, Chen Liang.
The boss is about to step into the late stage of Foundation Establishment and is preparing a major plan. If he succeeds, our Black Shark Pirate Gang will definitely rise to the next level, recruiting more troops.
As for the second and third leaders, they are both at the early to mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, with mediocre strength. Only the big boss has unfathomable strength."
Li Chengfeng smiled upon hearing this, "I see. I want to see how strong he really is. I'm very interested in that Soul-Guiding Pill."
Black Iron quickly echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, Senior, I'll take you there right away. But you're moving too slowly. Please tell me the coordinates."
With that, Li Chengfeng gently waved his palm, and a powerful suction instantly lifted Black Iron up. Then, he stepped onto his flying sword, his figure flashing away like a shooting star.
The flying sword he rode was specifically designed for high-speed flight, quite similar to the treasure used by the old man to escape, with astonishing speed.
Li Chengfeng deliberately concealed his renowned Whirlwind Teleportation and Life-Death Steps, which he had skillfully merged. One step covered a thousand miles, a truly ultimate escape technique.
After a period of rapid flight, the two arrived at a special sea area.
This place reeked of a heavy bloody scent, signifying the countless cultivators who had fallen here, their lingering souls wandering in the sea.
The sea beasts in this area were unusually ferocious. Although they possessed the strength of the third level, comparable in size to houses, fierce and terrifying, and their attacks were horrifying, they had not developed intelligence, acting solely on instinct.
This was vastly different from demon beasts, which often possessed extraordinary wisdom upon reaching the third level.
Li Chengfeng explored with his divine sense, feeling curious about this phenomenon, pondering the difference between sea beasts and demon beasts in his mind.
Black Iron, standing beside him, felt overwhelmed by the immense pressure emanating from the other party, despite being only a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Coupled with the other party's association with the Insect Demon, it made him suspect that Li Chengfeng might be another insect manipulator expert, calling him the second Insect Demon.
Black Iron gradually calmed his mind, thinking: Even you, if you're not at the Core Formation stage, stepping in there will definitely lead to death.
Even early-stage Core Formation cultivators would probably have difficulty retreating unscathed.
Their boss's strength was by no means as simple as he had described.
Although he had not stepped into the Core Formation stage, he possessed a unique skill that was extremely powerful, namely a magical treasure in his hand. Although slightly damaged, once activated, its power was enough to kill third-level sea beasts.
He patiently waited for an opportunity, planning to lure Li Chengfeng to the lair and then find a way to deal with him.
Their lair was arranged with many water formations. These formations were hidden underwater, difficult for outsiders to detect, and once triggered, escape would be impossible.
After discovering that Li Chengfeng was not at the Core Formation stage, Black Iron's courage grew, and his thoughts became more active.
However, he underestimated Li Chengfeng's divine sense power.
In his view, Li Chengfeng, as a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, would have a divine sense coverage of no more than a hundred miles, so he was confident that the lair would not be easily discovered.
Little did he know that Li Chengfeng's divine sense range far exceeded his imagination, reaching as far as eighteen hundred miles, instantly detecting the abnormality a thousand miles ahead.
It was an area composed of four islands, arranged in four directions, secretly conforming to the principles of the Eight Trigrams of Qian and Kun, suppressing the four directions.
Beneath the islands, four sets of killing formations were hidden. These formations were cleverly concealed in the water, and several seemingly harmless but actually imprisoned third-level sea beasts roamed within.
Once a cultivator mistakenly entered, these sea beasts would attack in droves.
Li Chengfeng's divine sense continued to explore deeper, his brow splitting open, and a vertical eye flashed, his Divine Sense Eye, capable of discerning falsehood.
Finally, he discovered a huge underground cave on one of the islands. The cave was interconnected and housed over three hundred pirates gathered around roaring bonfires.
Among them, a fat man and a thin man were busy, seemingly taming sea beasts, preparing to dispatch them to nearby waters to carry out missions.
And in the deepest part of the cave, Li Chengfeng's divine sense captured a secret room.
Inside the secret room, a middle-aged man with delicate features, about forty years old, was sitting cross-legged, with a pill furnace in front of him.
He carefully controlled the heat, refining pills.
Li Chengfeng noticed that the materials used for refining were mostly sea beast beast pills, beast bones, and some special spiritual herbs, and this pill was the Soul-Guiding Pill he had heard of earlier.
Even more peculiar was that the pill needed to have the souls of sea beasts added after it was refined, a pill-refining technique that Li Chengfeng was seeing for the first time.