46: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind?

Yang Kai suddenly looked up and immediately saw the person who ambushed him.

This person, dressed in brocade robes, struck ruthlessly, having waited by the side for an unknown period of time.

Even with Yang Kai looking utterly exhausted, he still attacked with full force, and the power contained within his sword light, Yang Kai roughly estimated, was likely not inferior to his own Star Burst.

"To die by my hand, Wang Tao, is not to diminish your cultivation.

Seeing as you killed this beast for me, I'll leave you a complete corpse!"

Wang Tao's words exuded a sense of certainty, but the sword light gushing from his hand was such that if Yang Kai had merely been an ordinary Late Stage Qi Refining Disciple, the situation would have been irreversible.

But Yang Kai was not ordinary.

Yang Kai met the man's gaze, his eyes full of mockery, and he slowly opened his mouth and said, "You rat, I finally waited for you to make up your mind and strike."

Wang Tao's expression changed upon hearing this; he knew things might be spiraling out of control, but it was already too late!

Yang Kai flicked his right hand, and the Azure Dragon spun frantically in his palm, then transformed into a Star Burst that shot straight out.

At the same time, a surge of energy also emerged from within the Azure Dragon Sword itself, bolstering the Star Burst of his sword move.

"Poof!!!"

Wang Tao's figure was cut down from the air by Yang Kai's attack.

He did not possess Yang Kai's formidable Physical Body; this Star Burst attack nearly severed half of his body.

At this moment, he desperately clutched the massive wound that was continuously gushing blood, while anxiously searching for something in his Storage Magic Treasure.

"No! I can't die! I won't die! Father, save me! Grandpa, Grandpa, save me!"

Wang Tao's face was pale at this moment, his fingers trembling, and he muttered to himself, his eyes already shrouded in the fear of death.

He only felt his eyelids growing heavier and his body becoming increasingly unresponsive.

At this moment, Yang Kai slowly walked to Wang Tao's side, snatched an ancient ring from Wang Tao's finger, and leaned down to stare at Wang Tao.

"Save me, save me.

After we get out, I will definitely repay you, and my father will also repay you.

My father is a Sect Elder, and I am a member of the Wang family; you cannot kill me, how dare you kill me..."

Wang Tao looked at Yang Kai with a mix of shock and anger, and as he lost a large amount of blood, his consciousness began to blur.

Yang Kai simply watched Wang Tao take his last breath, watching a life slowly fade before his eyes.

A strange sense of satisfaction inexplicably welled up in his heart, and he himself did not notice anything amiss.

After enjoying this scene, Yang Kai began to search Wang Tao's body.

"This is quite a big catch.

All kinds of Magic Treasures and Medicinal Pills are available.

Just the sheer size of the space within this Storage Ring is equivalent to ten Storage Pouches.

Perhaps the value of this ring itself surpasses all these other items."

Yang Kai put the ring on his hand and transferred the items from his Storage Pouch into it; there was still a large amount of free space inside.

"This kid is quite extraordinary.

He's only been in this space for half a day, yet he has already accumulated five points.

It seems that all the Outer Sect Disciples he encountered along the way have become ghosts under his sword.

Now, my points are also about to break a hundred."

Yang Kai touched the Outer Sect Disciple token at his waist.

Yang Kai had successively killed several members of the Wang family, and adding Wang Tao's points, Yang Kai was confident that his current points should already be far ahead.

"The Yao Beast guarding this place has been killed by me.

What kind of Heaven And Earth Treasure will be guarded by this Yao Beast?

I'm really looking forward to it."

Yang Kai stood up and began to explore the hidden areas within the valley.

With his previous experience, Yang Kai quickly found a familiar grotto in the valley, surrounded by giant trees, and walked inside.

Inside the grotto, a snow-white lotus root stood alone in a clear spring, and on a lotus platform beside it, there was a Jade Slip identical to the one in Yang Kai's hand.

In his conversation with Zi Ning, Yang Kai had already extracted the method for collecting these Heaven And Earth Treasures.

It turned out that most Heaven And Earth Treasures needed to be cut at the roots with jade tools, and then placed into jade containers to prevent the Spirit Medicine from being contaminated, reducing its medicinal properties, or even destroying it.

Only a small portion of Heaven And Earth Treasures could be directly touched by the human body.

The White Lotus Vermilion Fruit that Yang Kai had picked earlier was one of them.

It could only be said that Yang Kai was lucky; if it had been other Spirit Medicine, it might have withered and vanished the moment Yang Kai's finger touched it.

As one of the more outstanding Disciples of the Wang family in this generation, Wang Tao's Storage Pouch also contained a rich array of tools for collecting and storing treasures.

Yang Kai took out a pair of jade gloves and carefully removed the white lotus root, seemingly without damaging the medicinal properties of the Spirit Medicine.

Yang Kai stared at the lotus root, feeling a bit hesitant.

"Immortal Liuyun went to great lengths to leave this space and arranged for Yao Beasts to guard this place for generations.

He surely wouldn't be so bored as to leave behind a poisonous plant."

For Heaven And Earth Treasures with unknown medicinal properties, the best way to ascertain their specific effects was to find someone to test the medicine.

However, there was no one to test the medicine here and now, and Yang Kai also did not want to share this medicinal power with others.

"I'll take a gamble!

With my current Physical Body quality, ordinary poisons won't have much effect on me.

I'll just take a small taste first, so even if there's something wrong, it won't be life-threatening."

Yang Kai quickly made up his mind, broke off a section of the white lotus root, and then swallowed it.

Like the previous White Lotus Vermilion Fruit, this lotus root melted upon entering his mouth.

Zi Ning had once said that Heaven And Earth Treasures were formed by the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, and their external appearance was merely a manifestation of Spiritual Qi.

Upon consumption, they would naturally revert to their original form, transforming into pure medicinal power and entering the human body.

As the Spirit Medicine entered his body, Yang Kai felt a warmth on his tongue and in his mouth, and then this warm current surged straight towards his Sea of Consciousness!

The Sea of Consciousness, also known as the second Dantian, stores Divine Sense, whereas the Dantian stores magic power.

In the Late Stage of Qi Refining, a small amount of Divine Sense begins to emerge in the Sea of Consciousness.

This Divine Sense is still extremely weak and cannot break through the Sea of Consciousness.

Only after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage will Divine Sense experience a massive increase, allowing it to break through the Sea of Consciousness.

Wherever Divine Sense covers, it is as if one is seeing with their own eyes, and any disturbance can be captured by Divine Sense and fed back to the brain in an instant.

Yang Kai's Physical Body was formidable, and ordinary poisons had no effect on him, but his Divine Sense and Sea of Consciousness were not extraordinary.

If this warm energy were to invade his Sea of Consciousness and harm his Divine Sense, Yang Kai would at best suffer from a turbulent Sea of Consciousness and damaged Divine Sense, and at worst, he would lose his consciousness, much like modern brain death, which was extremely dangerous.

However, this energy was also unimpeded by Yang Kai's internal magic power, surging directly into his Sea of Consciousness.

Yang Kai quickly immersed his mind into his Sea of Consciousness, attempting to control the power of his Divine Sense for defense.

But to Yang Kai's surprise, this warm energy did not launch any attacks or cause any harm to his Sea of Consciousness and Divine Sense.

Instead, it continuously improved the space of Yang Kai's Sea of Consciousness.

The originally pitch-black Sea of Consciousness gradually began to show specks of light, and even Yang Kai's Divine Sense changed.