Chapter 335 - 327: Spirit Beast Breakthrough, 13 Years of Cultivation in Seclusion

Chapter 335: Chapter 327: Spirit Beast Breakthrough, 13 Years of Cultivation in Seclusion

"Excellent!"

Zhang Chi was overjoyed.

But he wasn’t surprised, as he had already anticipated it.

After Flying Dragon No.1 fused with the Black Sand Profound Snake bloodline, it became the equivalent of a genius Golden Core Cultivator.

Therefore, the Black Sand Profound Snake Demon Pill was far more effective for Flying Dragon No.1 than even a Nascent Soul Pill.

What’s more, Zhang Chi also had three other Spiritual Objects and the Cyan Scale Fruit. With all that, failure was nearly impossible.

You could say the preparations Zhang Chi made for his Spirit Beast were just as thorough as the ones he made for himself.

A little over a month passed. The vision in the heavens and earth finally dissipated, and Flying Dragon No.1 successfully broke through, officially becoming a Tier Four Spirit Beast.

"Thank you for your help, Master. I finally reached Tier Four! This is wonderful..."

Flying Dragon No.1 let out a boyish cheer.

After reaching Tier Four, its intelligence was comparable to that of a human Cultivator. Having followed Zhang Chi for many years, it had long since mastered the human tongue.

It had now refined the transverse bone in its throat and could even use its Divine Thought to generate sound, so speaking was no issue.

However, having obtained the Black Sand Profound Snake bloodline, it also inherited the snake’s long Lifespan.

Therefore, despite being over two hundred years old, it still had an extremely long life ahead. It was, relatively speaking, still a juvenile, which was why its voice sounded as childlike as a four- or five-year-old human.

Of course, while its voice was childlike, its power had already undergone a world-altering transformation.

When it grew large, its form became exceptionally majestic, even somewhat ferocious and terrifying.

When it shrank, however, it was still quite cute.

Right now, it had shrunk down and was zipping around Zhang Chi in cheerful circles, as fast as a bolt of lightning.

"Not bad, but don’t get complacent. Keep working hard and strive to reach Tier Five—the Divinity Transformation Realm—as soon as possible. Then you’ll be able to take on a human form through Transformation and practice some Cultivation Techniques."

Zhang Chi nodded slightly, offering encouragement.

"Yes, I’ll definitely work hard!"

The Spirit Beast landed on Zhang Chi’s shoulder and nodded earnestly.

Afterward, Zhang Chi had the Spirit Beast fight Corpse Puppet No. 1 and found that the Spirit Beast once again had the upper hand.

Even when he fought the Spirit Beast himself, they were evenly matched as long as he didn’t use any of his powerful trump cards.

After sparring with the Spirit Beast for a while, Zhang Chi returned to business. It was time to upgrade the Eye of the Spirit Spring.

This directly affected the speed of his Cultivation, so he had to press on.

CLATTER!

As he dumped a massive amount of Spirit Stones into the Eye of the Spirit Spring as if they were worthless, its quality began to improve at a visible rate.

BOOM!

The space around it trembled. A colossal beam of Spiritual Light shot into the sky as the Eye of the Spirit Spring boiled violently, finally undergoing a qualitative leap.

Its quality finally reached Tier Four Low Grade.

Zhang Chi could clearly feel that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi emanating from the Eye of the Spirit Spring had grown far more abundant.

But he still had a large number of Spirit Stones left over.

In fact, the upgrade had consumed less than half of his supply.

Clearly, he had reaped an enormous amount of Spirit Stones from his slaughter outside Beichen Immortal City.

Not to mention the many gifts he had received after his Nascent Soul Formation, which included a great deal of Spirit Stones.

At this, however, Zhang Chi paused to think.

’With the Spirit Stones I have left, I should be able to upgrade the Spiritual Spring to Tier Four Middle Grade.’

’But I have another option: upgrade Corpse Puppet No.1 to Tier Four Middle Stage.’

’If I do that, Corpse Puppet No.1’s Combat Power will be comparable to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. My own overall combat strength will undoubtedly become much greater.’

’Then I’ll have the confidence to face even a Nascent Soul Middle Stage opponent.’

’Upgrade the Corpse Puppet first!’

Zhang Chi quickly made his decision.

’I’ll need at least another one hundred fifty years to reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and the Eye of the Spirit Spring is already at the limit of what I can absorb.’

’As long as I upgrade the Eye of the Spirit Spring again sometime within the next century and a half, my Cultivation won’t be delayed.’

’But I could need the Corpse Puppet at any moment.’

He immediately took out the Black Coffin and began feeding it a sea of Spirit Stones. This time, he used up every last one. Only then did Corpse Puppet No.1 let out a roar, its body erupting with a powerful pressure and a black light that shot into the heavens.

With that, Corpse Puppet No.1 successfully broke through to the Tier Four Middle Stage, its Combat Power skyrocketing.

Because this wasn’t a major realm breakthrough, like from Tier Three to Tier Four, the commotion was relatively small.

Thanks to the Array and the remote location, it drew no outside attention.

"You two, go at it again!"

Zhang Chi immediately had the Corpse Puppet and the Spirit Beast spar once more.

This time, the Corpse Puppet finally had the upper hand, forcing the Spirit Beast into a steady retreat. The Spirit Beast had to resort to hit-and-run tactics using its speed, but it was still a perilous fight, leaving it looking rather battered.

Clearly, even though Corpse Puppet No.1’s fundamental potential was now lower than the Spirit Beast’s, its advantage in Realm was still obvious.

Zhang Chi sparred with the Corpse Puppet as well and found himself similarly suppressed; he had to use some of his powerful trump cards to turn the tables.

Still, the Corpse Puppet’s power wasn’t enough to truly trap him.

’Not bad. Compared to a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator, this Corpse Puppet is probably at the low-to-mid level. But against Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivators, it can definitely crush them, unless they’re a top-tier prodigy.’

’And once I return to the Great Abyss and reassemble the Black Coffin, this Corpse Puppet will become even stronger!’

Zhang Chi couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction. He recalled the Corpse Puppet, a wave of security washing over him.

The reason the Corpse Puppet was only at a low-to-mid level within its tier was that its own aptitude was only equivalent to that of a Three Patterns Golden Core.

A Cultivator with a Three Patterns Golden Core would find it incredibly difficult to succeed in Nascent Soul Formation, let alone reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.