Xue Kong stared at the two monsters from top to bottom. The two monsters were working together at this moment and had become a considerable force. However, this did not make Xue Kong retreat.
With a thought in his mind, the countless branches, with the power of annihilation, whipped the two monsters again, not only causing damage, but also invisibly sucking away the vitality of the two monsters.
The lifespan of monsters is generally longer than that of cultivators. At this moment, the two monsters did not care about the little vitality that was sucked away. They stared at Xue Kong with cold eyes, and felt a sense of crisis from Xue Kong.
"The Heavenly Sword kills the monsters." Xue Kong slapped his storage bag, took out the Heavenly Sword, and went straight towards the two monsters.
This battle was not fierce. The two monsters were already injured, and their cultivation was suppressed by Xue Kong. The three parties only fought for about an incense stick of time before the two monsters were captured by Xue Kong.
As the vitality of the two monsters was completely devoured by the tree, their souls were extracted by Xue Kong, and their life essence was all concentrated in Xue Kong's palm.
There was a drop of deep red blood and a drop of ink-black blood, both emitting a strong breath of life.
Holding the two drops of life essence, Xue Kong smiled faintly: "I have only cultivated to the first level of the Demon Blood Treasure Record. If I want to reach the second level, I will need a lot of life essence. This is a longer process than internal cultivation."
Refining the body has always been more difficult than improving one's cultivation, and the body refining in the Demon Blood Treasure Record requires absorbing the life essence or precious blood of demon beasts, which is even more difficult.
Xue Kong did not hesitate and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground. He swallowed two drops of the monster's life blood into his mouth, and activated the Monster Blood Treasure Record to absorb the two drops of life blood.
Almost at the same time as he absorbed the life essence, Xue Kong's calm face frowned slightly, and a sharp pain surged from all over his body.
The process of absorbing life essence and blood is simple, but to use this essence and blood to refine the body and make it as strong as that of a monster beast requires enduring pain that ordinary people can hardly imagine.
The severe pain caused Xue Kong's body to tremble slightly, and he could only grit his teeth and persevere.
Not long after, heat began to rise from Xue Kong's head, and his skin all over turned a strange red, with the red color being more noticeable between his pores.
This time, no blood oozed out of his pores like last time, but the pain was even more intense, causing Xue Kong to let out a low roar from his throat.
The strength of his physical body gave Xue Kong greater endurance. This time when he absorbed the essence of life to refine his body, he did not lose consciousness and always endured it with a clear mind.
His body was getting stronger both inside and out.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
On this day, Xue Kong's body no longer trembled. His skin was red as if it had been steamed, but his expression was calm. The strength of his body was far greater than before.
The two drops of life essence in his body have been completely integrated into his body.
"Hu." Xue Kong opened his mouth and gently exhaled a breath of foul air. The red color on the surface of his body faded away and gradually returned to normal skin color.
Then, his eyes slowly opened, a gleam of light flashed in them, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's finally over."
"My body..." Xue Kong clenched his fists, and his joints rubbed against each other, making crackling sounds. Even so, he did not feel any pain at all.
This also made Xue Kong happy.
"My current body is almost capable of withstanding magical weapons. It's probably too early to call it a true demon beast's body, but if I use my demonic body, I can definitely contend with the bodies of demon beasts in the Jindan stage."
Such strange power is already quite terrifying.
Xue Kong slowly stood up and brushed off the dust from behind his buttocks. He turned around and saw that the place where he had been sitting cross-legged had sunk deeply.
When increasing the strength of the physical body, a trace of power leaked out invisibly, which pressed the ground into a dent, which was enough to show its extraordinary strength.
"Haste makes waste. I need to rest for a while before continuing to practice the Demon Blood Treasure Record." Xue Kong pondered, "As I continue to practice, I can feel that the effect of ordinary demon beast life essence blood is beginning to weaken."
"It seems the annotations in the Demon Blood Treasure Record are correct. The lifeblood of ordinary demon beasts can only last until the third level of practicing the Demon Blood Treasure Record. After that, it will be completely ineffective."
Just as he was pondering over this matter, suddenly four long rainbows appeared in the sky from afar, piercing through the sky, and then rushed away without stopping.
A long rainbow streaked across the sky, its whistling sound breaking through the air.
Xue Kong raised his head: "Traces of monks."
He moved, flew into the sky, and chased after the four long rainbows that were flying away.
"Three of you, there is an unidentified cultivator following us." A young woman among the four long rainbows reminded everyone very vigilantly.
"Hmm? Don't panic. Since this person dares to approach so blatantly, I think he has no ill intentions. Let's listen to what he wants to say." One of them spoke, and the four of them stopped at the same time.
They turned and looked behind, waiting for Xue Kong to arrive.
"May I ask you all, do you know where the Taotie Beast City is?" Xue Kong clasped his hands together, smiling and clasping his fists towards the four people in a calm manner.
Seeing that Xue Kong really had no ill intentions, one of the four men, a man wearing a golden mask, hesitantly asked, "Don't you know where Taotie Beast City is?"
"I really don't know. I accidentally entered this place and lost my way for a while. I heard that there is a city here called Taotie Beast City. I searched for many days but still couldn't find any trace of the city." Xue Kong's expression did not change as he lied.
The young woman looked Xue Kong up and down, and seeing that he was only at the middle stage of the Jindan realm, she relaxed a lot of her guard.
A smile appeared on his face: "The four of us are about to return to Taotie Beast City. If you are not worried that we will harm you, you can come with us."
"Thank you." Xue Kong nodded in agreement.
These four people are all Jindan cultivators. The young woman is in the middle Jindan stage, the man with the golden mask is in the late Jindan stage, and the other two are in the early Jindan stage and the middle Jindan stage respectively.
Such a small group naturally has nothing to worry about.
When the four people saw that Xue Kong was only in the middle stage of the Jindan realm, they were not afraid of him and invited him to join them. Along the way, they chatted and got to know each other.
However, you need to figure out for yourself how much truth and how much lies there are in a conversation. What Xue Kong said was naturally three parts lies and one part truth.
He didn't believe a single word of what the four people said, except for the location of the Taotie Beast City.
After the conversation, Xue Kong learned that these four people came from different sects. They came out of Taotie Beast City and formed a team to hunt monsters to obtain the precious treasures from the monsters, and then returned to Taotie Beast City to exchange for resources for cultivation.
"I'm Che Xinyu, a disciple of Qingxia Cave." The young woman said politely with a fist salute.
The man with the golden mask nodded to Xue Kong: "Skull Villa, Jiang Wenshan."
The other man had a gentle face, holding a paper fan and gently waving it: "Suzaku Tower, what is so expensive?"
The last person was an expressionless middle-aged man, at the middle stage of the Jindan stage. He crossed his arms over his chest and said, "I am the elder of the Chiyan Sect, Taoist Yanhuo."
Xue Kong smiled slightly: "I have no sect or school, I am just a casual cultivator, Xue Kong."
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