145: Human skin scroll

“In this place, I must first congratulate Fellow Daoist Shen; you’ve gained two more fierce generals!”

Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, Yang Dingtian looked at the three Extreme Martial Warriors below with a sense of dread, feeling quite sour.

He was at Refining Qi, equivalent to a Grandmaster Martial Artist.

One Extreme Martial Warrior could instantly crush him in close combat, let alone so many!

Without using his trump cards, he wouldn’t last more than five breaths; in five breaths, he would return to the amniotic fluid, waiting for Rebirth.

There was no other way, just like the difference between a Cultivator’s Dao Foundation Realm and Qi Refining Realm, the gap between the Extreme Martial Warrior Realm and the ordinary Grandmaster Realm… was equally vast!

The most terrifying thing was that after Extreme Martial Warriors became Extreme Martial Warriors, they would utilize their Martial Dao Will, and this Martial Dao Will didn't just refer to the willpower of these commoners.

They could also use their Martial Dao Will to connect with Spiritual Qi… using their will as a medium to achieve a ‘pseudo-Spiritual Root’ effect.

And after borrowing Spiritual Qi, the power of the Cultivation Technique they mastered would undergo a qualitative leap!

Punching open a mountain was not a dream!

Some high-level Extreme Martial Warriors could even temper their Martial Dao Will to nourish their Physical Body, then proceed with both… In Yang Dingtian’s memory, such an existence truly existed.

A high-level Extreme Martial Warrior chased a Great Demon of the Dao Foundation Realm, engaging in close-quarters combat and thoroughly beating him!

Please note the adjectives.

【Close-quarters combat】

【A thorough beating】

Of course, cultivating to this step was naturally extremely difficult, but as the saying goes, the journey is long, but one arrives if one travels.

At the very least, the three Extreme Martial Warriors before them were enough to encircle and kill a Half-Step Dao Foundation!

The danger of this Half-Step Dao Foundation was resolved!

Yang Dingtian spoke excitedly, “Fellow Daoist Shen, we will entangle that Half-Step Dao Foundation to buy time for the three Extreme Martial Warriors!”

Shen Li waved his hand, saying calmly, “That’s a good idea, but this Yin Nether Sect Half-Step Dao Foundation isn’t a fool; who knows what profound magical arts he has on him. To achieve a single fatal blow, we still need a plan!”

Seeing this, Yang Dingtian fell silent, then, after a moment of calm, he spoke, “Yes, the Yin Nether Sect is of the Demonic Path, with many methods.”

“Then what are you thinking, Fellow Daoist Shen?”

“What am I thinking…”

Before he finished speaking, the City Lord’s Mansion beneath their feet began to shake violently!

It was as if a peerless ferocious beast was constantly circling, circling, circling beneath them!

Everyone looked at each other and quickly went outside the city walls.

And the moment they reached the city wall, the immortal Opportunity intelligence within Shen Li’s mind quietly surfaced.

【Currently, encountered an eighth-grade Earth Silkworm in its transformation period. At this time, the Earth Silkworm is weak. Killing it will yield: Earth Vein Core. Consuming it can transform one into a ‘Child of Earth Veins’ physique, connecting with the terrain, making one perfectly round and heavy! If used as a Dao Foundation strange item, breaking through above an Earth Vein can increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment by thirty percent, and awaken the High Grade Divine Ability ‘Quake Mountain and Defend Earth’. Killing it will yield thirteen strands of Profound Yellow Qi and one strand of mysterious yellow mother Qi, ranking at the peak of eighth-grade.】

As everyone looked towards the source of the commotion, gasps of cold air were heard one after another!

Shen Li looked out… his eyes similarly filled with shock.

Under the scorching sun of the Yellow Sand Plains, that Earth Silkworm lay across the Gobi like a dormant mountain of profound earth.

Its worm body coiled for nearly a hundred zhang, covered entirely in layers of earthy yellow carapace, each segment of which resembled a profound earth wall compacted for a thousand years!

Its surface was crisscrossed with ravines, embedded with countless glittering yellow Xuanwu Ore, as if the Earth’spulse (Earth’s Veins) pulsed beneath its carapace.

Thirteen pairs of amber compound eyes bulged like small mountains, with turbid earthy yellow halos swirling in their pupils.

Its gaze, however, was directed towards Black Ridge City… without any visible movement.

An invisible, profound earth-attributed Spiritual Qi suddenly spread out, and the solid earth beneath the entire Black Ridge City seemed to turn into rippling water.

Pebbles continuously fell from the sky, and the ripples never ceased!

Shen Li’s eyelids twitched as he looked at the Earth Silkworm, which resembled a small mountain.

Then he looked at the Earth Silkworm exuviae in his Storage Pouch, which was only about the size of his thumb.

He asked the most incomprehensible question of his life.

“This… this is an Earth Silkworm?”

“You’re telling me this is an Earth Silkworm? Then what’s in my Storage Pouch? That exuviae isn’t even as big as one piece of basalt Ore on its body!”

“How could it… shed its skin from such a small exuviae?”

“The world of cultivation… truly full of surprises!”

Just then, a rampant laugh swept over.

The Half-Step Dao Foundation, resembling a malevolent ghost, hovered in the air and laughed, “Boy, taking what you shouldn’t have leads to this outcome!”

“How does it feel to be targeted by a quasi-seventh-grade Spirit Beast? Hahahaha?”

Shen Li’s gaze swept over, and the Immortal Master’s Dharma Sword, like a sword from the heavens, erupted with Killing Intent.

The Half-Step Dao Foundation suddenly retreated, but rolling demonic sounds drifted from afar!

“A quasi-seventh-grade Spirit Beast is already a Half-Step Dao Foundation level creature. Even though it’s currently in its transformation period and at its weakest, its power is still at the Half-Step Dao Foundation Realm!”

“The Earth Silkworm possesses a supreme Divine Ability… Hahahaha, boy, do you know what a supreme Divine Ability is?”

“That exuviae was originally prepared for that Fellow Daoist of my Yanmo Mountain who was supposed to achieve Dao Foundation. It took countless efforts to obtain… using the Soul-Snatching method to seize the Earth Silkworm Core when the Earth Silkworm was weak from consuming the exuviae, plotting for the Divine Ability ‘Quake Mountain and Defend Earth’.”

“I didn’t expect to repeatedly fail in your Qingchi Mountain’s hands.”

“You seized the Opportunity, but you, a mere junior of the Qi Refining Realm, didn’t consider if you could bear this Karma?”

“Always thinking you have the belly of a prime minister that can hold a boat? A python swallowing an elephant?”

“Now look… you’ve burst your own belly, haven’t you!”

“Hahahaha! Good death! A good death indeed!”

“If you have the ability, keep controlling the Immortal Master’s Dharma Sword. Once you retract it, this Earth Silkworm will attack again! It is a Child of Earth Veins, naturally able to borrow the power of the Earth Veins!”

“Boy, you’re in luck!”

Seeing everyone’s gaze upon him, Shen Li did not hide anything.

He held the thumb-sized Earth Silkworm exuviae in his hand.

Seeing this, everyone asked in confusion, “Just because of this?”

“This item… perhaps it’s a divine object that hides its brilliance; we couldn’t see anything extraordinary about it.”

Yang Dingtian, seeing this, asked, “Fellow Daoist Shen… do you intend to hand this over?”

Shen Li, however, flipped his hand, returning it to his Storage Pouch, and said in a deep voice, “It cannot be handed over.”

“Don’t forget, between us and the Earth Silkworm, there’s still this Half-Step Dao Foundation. We fear the Earth Silkworm, but this person doesn’t. Do you think this thing will fall into the Earth Silkworm’s hands?”

“If this item is obtained by that Half-Step Dao Foundation… the Earth Silkworm is in its weak period. If he kills the Earth Silkworm… or even takes this Opportunity… refines it into his own Dao Foundation object.”

“What do you think will happen?”

“He says one thing on the surface, but inwardly, he’s truly leading us on. If we really release it… wouldn’t that be hitting the bullseye?”

Upon hearing Shen Li’s explanation, everyone felt a chill and looked at each other.

Yes, why hadn’t they thought of that?

But right now, there were two Half-Step Dao Foundations attacking…

Such a grand scene was indeed stimulating.

But how were they to survive this encirclement by Half-Step Dao Foundations?

At this moment… Shen Li’s expression changed, and he peered into his Storage Pouch.

Beneath that Earth Silkworm exuviae… demonic light flickered.

“Is it… that human skin scroll?”