Chapter 1062 - 1070: Breakthrough, Early Stage of Spirit Wheel (2)

Chen Mo didn't scrutinize it further. After putting it away, he dared to approach to observe the "ox demon."

The "ox demon" was so colossal that his Qiankun Bracelet couldn't contain it; he could only take a part of it.

"Books have mentioned that the spine and hide of demon beasts are materials for artifact refining, and these golden horns must be too."

Chen Mo severed the ox demon's head and put it into the Qiankun Bracelet, followed by the ox demon's spine.

However, the ox demon's spine was too long, stretching across its body, and wasn't easy to extract.

Chen Mo exerted considerable effort and finally managed to strip it away when suddenly he heard the sharp sound of wind breaking in the distance.

Chen Mo hurriedly put away the spine, didn't have time to retrieve the rest of the "ox demon," and turned to leave.

Very soon, the young master of the White Jade Tiger Clan was the first to arrive. Seeing the Golden-Horned Flame Bull that had been dead for a while, noticing its missing inner core and spine, his expression turned extremely grim, with killing intent surging in his eyes.

He looked in the direction where Chen Mo fled and was about to pursue him.

Well, when Chen Mo fled earlier, his spiritual power fluctuation was noticed by the young master of the White Jade Tiger Clan. But upon seeing the Golden-Horned Flame Bull, he didn't pursue immediately.

Now realizing something was amiss, the young master of the White Jade Tiger Clan immediately suspected that the person who fled had taken the inner core and spine.

However, at this moment, the people from Yunxiao Sect and Ten Thousand Laws Sect also chased up and surrounded the young master of the White Jade Tiger Clan.

The leading disciple of Yunxiao Sect glanced at the body of the Golden-Horned Flame Bull, missing its inner core and spine, and with chilly eyes looked at the young master of the White Jade Tiger Clan, saying, "Bai Po, getting the inner core and spine and wanting to leave, it won't be that easy."

Previously, he had politely addressed as fellow Dao brother, now calling the young master of the White Jade Tiger Clan by his real name can say he's genuinely angry.

"Brother Zhou, enough with the nonsense, blood debts demand repayment, give back the lives of my junior brothers and sisters." The leading disciple of Ten Thousand Laws Sect wielded a long halberd magical treasure, attacking Bai Po.

The other disciples quickly followed and charged forward.

"Protect the young master."

The remaining disciples of Immortal Pavilion also arrived.

"A bunch of fools." Repelling the leading disciple of Ten Thousand Laws Sect, Bai Po deftly avoided the siege of Ten Thousand Laws Sect disciples, looking angrily at the direction where the spiritual power fluctuation had vanished, his tiger body trembling with rage. After a long time, he suppressed the fury in his heart and said gloomily, "Open your dog eyes wide, take a good look, the spiritual power marks on the Golden-Horned Flame Bull's neck wound, were they left by me?"

The leading disciple of Ten Thousand Laws Sect, despite Bai Po's angry scolding, examined the body of the Golden-Horned Flame Bull carefully and indeed found a type of spiritual power aura that did not belong to any of the three forces: Immortal Pavilion, Ten Thousand Laws Sect, or Yunxiao Sect.

"What's going on?" The leading disciple of Ten Thousand Laws Sect looked at Bai Po coldly.

"What's going on?" Bai Po sneered, "Someone snatched it away first, fools!"

...

Deep beneath the stone mountain.

Chen Mo didn't run far but hid underground through a tunnel dug by the "python demon" that had fled earlier.

This tunnel is deep, making it a good hiding spot.

After descending approximately thirty miles underground, Chen Mo finally stopped, opened a rock chamber to the left, took out an oil lamp, lit it, and sat down cross-legged.

He took out the ox demon's inner core; this golden orb was no longer as scalding as it initially was, and the faint red glow had dimmed, obviously leaving the demon's body, without being nourished its energy had dissipated quite a lot.

Yet even so, Chen Mo could still feel a surging and volatile power from the inner core, faintly mixed with a deep and ancient roar.

Chen Mo took a slight breath, split the inner core in half, and swallowed the first half.

After all, it was the inner core of a Four Realms demon beast; Chen Mo had never swallowed one before, better to be cautious.

The inner core, the essence of the demon beast's energy, turned into a surging hot stream as soon as it entered, colliding within Chen Mo's body.

Chen Mo felt his meridians burning as the silhouette of an "ox demon" invaded his consciousness sea.

This being the first time encountering such a scenario, Chen Mo quickly circulated the Nine Heavens Divine Forging Skill to refine and simultaneously enacted the Gluttonous Technique and Golden Crow Heaven Burning Skill.

After Chen Mo unleashed numerous methods, the violent energy was finally suppressed.

As the refined energy flowed into his dantian, the nine-layered spirit platform hovering above his dantian absorbed this energy.

The Golden Crow standing on the nine-layered spirit platform suddenly opened its eyes. The energy absorbed by the nine-layered spirit platform flowed along and into the Golden Crow.

As more "ox demon" energy flowed into the Golden Crow, its feathers became a bit more brilliant.

"What's going on?!"

Chen Mo's expression shifted slightly. This refined energy was supposed to transmogrify his spirit platform to achieve a breakthrough, how was it absorbed by the Golden Crow?

"Spit it out, you better spit it out..."

Chen Mo chanted and cursed through gritted teeth.

As a result, the Golden Crow actually spat out a portion of the energy.

"That's more like it..."

Although Chen Mo had no idea what was going on, he understood that the most crucial thing now was to achieve the breakthrough.

From half of the "ox demon" demon core, Chen Mo's spirit platform absorbed a small portion, while the Golden Crow absorbed most of it.

With a slightly darkened expression, Chen Mo swallowed the other half of the inner core, vowing viciously in his heart that if he couldn't break through this time, he wouldn't let it go.

Perhaps intimidated by Chen Mo.

This half of the demon core was not absorbed by the Golden Crow at all.

Who knows how long passed.

"About to break through..."

A look of joy appeared on Chen Mo's face. He could feel his aura continuously becoming more robust. Not only that, his spirit platform transformed into a ring formed by golden flames.

"It's going to succeed!"

Chen Mo murmured.

But just then, an unexpected situation occurred.

The Golden Crow, which hadn't moved, suddenly opened its beak and swallowed the Golden Flame Wheel into its stomach.

"Coo!"

The Golden Crow crowed to the sky, spreading its wings, almost covering Chen Mo's entire dantian, and its whole body burned with scorching golden flames.

A moment later, a massive golden halo emerged behind the Golden Crow's head, holy and brilliant.

Simultaneously, a powerful aura emanated from Chen Mo's body.

Then, the cave collapsed.

Chen Mo was also buried in the soil.

When Chen Mo emerged from the ground, the sun was leaning west.

Glancing at the system panel, Chen Mo's mouth couldn't help but curve upwards.

[Name: Chen Mo.]

[Age: 35.]

[Cultivation Technique: Golden Crow Heaven Burning Skill (Perfected, upgradeable at Nirvana Realm.)]

[Realm: Early Stage of Spirit Wheel Realm.]

[Power: 519999.]

[Skills: Great Sun Qi Slash (Intermediate 4332930/6000000), Sun-Shooting Arrow (Intermediate 125539/3000000), Divine Burning Technique (Advanced 330/250000), Gluttonous Technique (Perfected 242/50000), Esoteric Dual Refining Technique (Perfected 129/20000), Wandering Dragon Step (Advanced 7489/10000), Vajra Longevity Skill (Perfected 48156/50000), Circulation Sword Array (Great Success 3079/49999.)]

"With nearly 520,000 power, I, at the early stage of the Spirit Wheel, am stronger than those at the mid-stage Spirit Wheel." Chen Mo clenched his fist, thinking he should be able to snatch the phoenix skeleton, "Moreover, I have a new trump card."

Chen Mo introspected his dantian.

"I can explore farther places."

The enhancement in strength also emboldened Chen Mo a bit.

...

Two days later.

"Have you heard? Someone has stolen the Four Realms Demon Beast Golden-Horned Flame Bull's inner core and spine, right under the noses of Immortal Pavilion, Yunxiao Sect, and Ten Thousand Laws Sect!"

"Impossible, these three are the top forces in the Celestial Star Realm, who would have the audacity to snatch food from their mouths."

"It's said that the Golden-Horned Flame Bull was severely injured and fled, someone picked up the spoils, and now the three forces have issued a bounty, anyone who provides clues will be rewarded with a thousand Primordial Vein Pills."

"..."

Chen Mo was momentarily stunned upon hearing the news.

He had guessed he might have picked up a windfall, but he never imagined it was from the spoils of these three forces.

"Fortunately, they don't know specifically who it was, but I still need to be cautious." Chen Mo resolved silently in his heart.

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