Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 64 - 50: First Close Encounter with Blade Beast

Chapter 64: Chapter 50: First Close Encounter with Blade Beast

Fellow cultivators familiar with cultivation know that there are mainly two types of Spirit Gathering Arrays.

Gathering Spirit and Spirit Releasing.

What Wang Jixuan needed now was the Spirit Releasing Array, to release and refine the spiritual energy inside the spirit stones for Qi Refiners to absorb and enhance their own powers or restore their mana.

He first took out three Bone Penetration Nails, disassembled them piece by piece, and carefully erased the prohibitions inscribed within, replacing them with Array Patterns.

Before long, discontinuous black circles were arranged in front of Wang Jixuan; from his pocket, he fetched three diamond-shaped ’Crystal Cores’ and wrapped them in his Qi to make them hover above the circles, then gently pressed down.

Accompanied by a barely audible "click" sound.

The array patterns on the sixteen segments of the Blade Beast Outer Bone lit up simultaneously, and strands of Spiritual Power were released from the patterns, forming a misty, colorless Qi.

Usable!

Wang Jixuan clenched his fists tightly, almost roaring to the sky.

Unfortunately, he had to restrain himself.

This was his own dormitory, and since it was off working hours, it was quite bustling outside, with passers-by from time to time.

Wang Jixuan immediately performed Bao Yuan Shou Yi, actively circulating the Qi within his body as strands of colorless spiritual energy swiftly converged toward his palm.

At last, he briefly reclaimed the delight and pleasure of his past life’s cultivation!

During this time, ninety-two or three percent of the spiritual energy was directly absorbed by him, with inevitable losses due to the array’s consumption and air dispersion.

He dared not enter meditation, focusing solely on absorbing the Spiritual Energy to enhance his cultivation, trying to empty his mind as much as possible.

He was rapidly nearing the state of Qi saturation.

Although he was recultivating and lacked no insight, this Dao Body’s foundation was not particularly robust, nor had he started cultivating from a young age; he had to find a way to solidify, thicken his Tao Foundation during the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The matter of the Black Fire Gang had temporarily come to a conclusion.

However, the issues brought about by the Black Fire Gang were more troublesome and uncontrollable, such as the Spiritual Energy City, the combat zone command front line... and so on.

Wang Jixuan, currently eager to absorb the spiritual energy within the Crystal Core, was also considering the issue of ’making a clean getaway’.

If Captain Zhou could not handle it, then he could only leave the fortress and try to survive in the cracks between human technological civilization and the Blade Beasts.

’It would be best to have another stable period of cultivation.’

Gradually, Wang Jixuan felt a swelling sensation in his limbs and body.

His Dao Heart was joyous, his senses heightened.

He could clearly feel a faint spirit light emerging within his Purple Mansion, and a simple Qi Vortex appearing at his Dantian.

Qi saturated!

Spirit Light emerged!

The first small step in cultivation had finally been taken!

He was now finally! No, he should still be reacting as a Level E Spiritual Energy User...

Qi Refining Realm emphasizes Qi training, using Spiritual Energy to nourish the body with mana, and nurturing the soul with the essence of the body, thus stepping into the Gathering Spirit Realm.

The sign of Qi Refining Perfection is a sea of Qi like clouds.

The mark of entering the Gathering Spirit Realm is the emergence of the first strand of Spiritual Sense.

Master Wang was still slightly lacking now.

Once he entered the Gathering Spirit Realm, there would be a relatively long period of cultivation ahead; cultivators needed to temper their bodies and cast their souls in Qi, gradually undergoing a metamorphosis, and once their Dao Body was initially pure, they could step into the Returning to Truth Realm.

The Returning to Truth Realm emphasized soaking the Dao bones and resonating with heaven and earth to consolidate one’s divine essence.

Qi training, gathering spirit, returning to truth, returning void, these four realms achieved would complete the Foundation Establishment, starting preparations for condensing the Golden Core.

’My Tao Foundation from my previous life, though perfect, was not thick enough.’

Wang Jixuan thought to himself.

If the environment allowed, he actually wanted to spend more years establishing his foundation.

Unfortunately, the cultivation environment in this world was incredibly poor, and he had yet to find a safe cave dwelling.

About three hours later.

Wang Jixuan felt the amount of Spiritual Energy he could absorb start to rapidly decrease; he was just about to open his eyes when one of the three Crystal Cores emitted a pop sound, and cracks appeared on it.

It shattered directly?

Truly befitting the lowest-grade Blade Beast’s Crystal Core; the Spiritual Power in the other two was still lingering a bit...

—The infusion device inside the Fortress’s Spiritual Ability House is equivalent to the smallest set of device components, each time only one person can enter, and can only use the lowest-grade Blade Beast’s Crystal Cores.

Hm?

Wang Jixuan opened a slit in his eyes, staring intently at the shattered Crystal Core, his expression extremely serious.

A shallow black gas was rapidly withdrawing from the Crystal Core and gathering quickly.

Within the black gas seemed to loom a pair of barely discernible eyes.

Blade Beast Residual Soul?

Wang Jixuan did not dare to be careless; this was his first time utilizing a Blade Beast Crystal Core. He had already learned that the process of infusing Spiritual Energy Users with Blade Beast Crystal Cores had a very high mortality rate...

"Hiss—"

A sound, reminiscent of a lizard’s hissing, suddenly emitted from within the black Qi!

Wang Jixuan pursed his lips and narrowed his eyes, golden-black patterns emerging on his forehead.

He felt a threat from the unknown and was ready to deploy Devil Skill to protect himself at any moment!

Suddenly!

A shadow darted out of the black Qi!

This shadow, only two fingers long but complete with tail, was now rushing towards Wang Jixuan’s forehead at an extremely fast speed!

"Stay back!"

Wang Jixuan’s tongue thundered out!

He quickly brought his hands together, golden beams shooting out from his eyes, his palms holding two masses of Qi, and barely managed to catch the shadow in a dangerous clutch.

A sharp scream penetrated Wang Jixuan’s heart!

The thing held between Wang Jixuan’s palms struggled violently!

For a moment, Wang Jixuan could not pull it away from his face, so he stared directly at it.

What kind of demon was this!

This creature’s head lacked the facial features of any beings Wang Jixuan knew—human, beast, bird; it had only a massive mouthpiece with concentric circles of sharp teeth, its center a tongue lashing out!

Behind its mouthpiece was a thick neck, its body resembling a fierce tiger but covered with a layer of external armor, below were six claws with blade-like fingers, six knee joints each also bearing sharp ’blade limbs’, and its back also had a protruding sharp blade.