"Roar..." The Skywing Snow Lion roared, its wings flapping fiercely as it dove from the sky, instantly dispersing the bloody fog with a majestic air current.
"Whoosh..." The little dragon's body spun, entangling the bloodthirsty mantis trying to flee, in a flash, on the ground. Its six long legs, like scythes, instantly wrapped around the little dragon's massive body. The crimson sharp barbs on the legs, however, had no effect on the little dragon's scales. Instead, the body, trying to retreat due to the golden flames emanating from the little dragon's surface, was tightly entwined, completely immobilized.
"Blood Soul Mark."
At this moment, Li Lin let out a low shout, then stimulated the Blood Soul Mark in his mind, rapidly transforming it into an energy that entered his meridians, burst out from all over his body, and finally converged on the palm mark of his right hand.
"Aow..."
A vague roar of dragons, phoenixes, lions, and tigers emanated from his palm. A strange mark appeared on Li Lin's right palm, resembling but not quite a dragon or a tiger, blood-red all over, appearing extremely mysterious. A tremendous oppressive force spread from it.
Feeling this immense pressure, the bloodthirsty mantis entangled by the little dragon began to tremble, its body completely suppressed invisibly.
With a flick of the Blood Soul Mark in his hand, it brought up a roar of dragons, phoenixes, lions, and tigers, smashing fiercely into the bloodthirsty mantis's triangular head, then dissipated into a blood-colored light and vanished.
At the same time, under the little dragon's entanglement, the bloodthirsty mantis stopped struggling instantly, standing still in a daze, its gaze becoming vacant.
With the hand seal formed in an instant, Li Lin sat cross-legged, continuously casting palm seals, changing them non-stop, and the strange lights directly fell into the bloodthirsty mantis's brow.
As the Blood Soul Mark entered the bloodthirsty mantis's body, Li Lin could instantly feel everything in the bloodthirsty mantis's mind. Deep in its soul, it was struggling hard against the control of the Blood Soul Mark.
However, the bloodthirsty mantis's lineage was not as high as that of the Skywing Snow Lion, and its soul in the mind was not yet condensed into form, much weaker than the Skywing Snow Lion's when it reached the late second-order.
"Beast Control Technique, Suppress." Li Lin uttered lightly, casting a complex and mysterious hand seal, a dazzling light struck into the bloodthirsty mantis's brow.
"Aow..."
In the mind of the bloodthirsty mantis, roaring sounds of dragons, tigers, lions, and phoenixes echoed out, a tremendous oppressive force spread out.
At this moment, in the outside world, a blood-colored light instantly enveloped the bloodthirsty mantis, then merged into the depths of its mind.
"Phew..."
Li Lin exhaled a long breath as if after a great battle, his face slightly pale with many beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Squeak squeak..."
The bloodthirsty mantis suddenly opened its eyes, looking at Li Lin, now completely devoid of its bloodthirsty and ferocious aura, becoming very docile.
"From now on, you'll be called Mantid, stay by my side, I won't mistreat you." Li Lin looked over the bloodthirsty mantis, with the help of the little dragon and the Skywing Snow Lion, he was able to control it with the Blood Soul Mark. Without their help, his chances of subduing the bloodthirsty mantis would have been less than one in ten.
"Squeak squeak..."
The bloodthirsty mantis responded with a low squeak, its demeanor much more docile, but looking at the little dragon and the Skywing Snow Lion beside it, there was still a sense of respect in its eyes, it would be strange if the bloodthirsty mantis wasn't afraid under the suppression of their bloodlines.
Li Lin then took a drop of blood from the bloodthirsty mantis, took out a spatial beast pouch, cast a hand seal, and the bloodthirsty mantis's blood dropped onto the spatial beast pouch, starting to diffuse light.
"Mantid, you'll stay inside this for now. Having you by my side isn't very convenient." Li Lin said, as he formed a hand seal, the light on the spatial beast pouch shone brightly, and under a dazzling flow of light, the body of the bloodthirsty mantis entered the pouch.
After tidying up, Li Lin quickly left the place. There were many mercenary groups and beasts nearby, and the commotion was enough to attract many beasts and mercenary groups.
"Ah..."
At nightfall, a miserable howl echoed under the night sky, in a secluded valley, a withered corpse appeared in front of Li Lin, which was then consumed by the Skywing Snow Lion.
Li Lin then sat cross-legged, having just consumed another second-tier martial artist, he began to refine the Qi absorbed from the body.
The next morning, the trio set off again. After a night of cultivation, refining the absorbed Qi, Li Lin's cultivation had improved again, now not far from the mid-stage of the third-tier martial artist. As a third-tier martial artist, consuming a second-tier martial artist and refining it, the gained Qi could not make a significant breakthrough.
In recent times, Li Lin also aimed to break through more levels among martial artists, so when he goes to the Ghost Martial Sect, he would have more to rely on. As for reaching the spiritualist level, he decided to take it slow for now, having the Soul Spirit Essence with him, breaking through later wouldn't be a difficult task.
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Thus, Li Lin spent his days searching for suitable beasts within the Misty Mountain Range to control with his Beast Control Technique, and at night, he would consume martial artists to refine.
The Misty Mountain Range was home to many beasts, but even after controlling the bloodthirsty mantis, Li Lin had not found a second suitable beast for control.
He was not interested in controlling beasts of the second or first tiers, as they were of little help to him, preferring not to waste his strength. Li Lin's targets were only set on beasts at the initial stage of the third tier, knowing well that he did not possess the ability to control those with much stronger powers.
Five days after subduing the bloodthirsty mantis, as the night deepened, the entire mountain range was immersed in silence, with only the occasional roar of beasts from afar.
In a gorge, Li Lin was cultivating, having consumed another martial artist during the day, his cultivation strength was slowly but steadily increasing.
The night wind brought a slight chill, but those who were cultivating had long since become indifferent to the natural cold and heat.
Deep into the night, it was pitch black, with only a waning moon spreading its faint moonlight in the sky.
"Swoosh swoosh..." Outside the gorge, there were rustling sounds.
Among the dry leaves, though something was moving, soon at the shallow part of the leaves, a huge green python appeared outside the gorge. Its massive body was at least one hundred and eighty to ninety meters long, making it more than twice as big as the little dragon.
The green python's red eyes vigilantly scanned its surroundings, its body moving silently across the ground, its long tongue flicking in and out, reflecting a red light amidst the dark clouds.
Li Lin, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes and looked directly outside the gorge.
"Hisss hisss..." The little dragon quickly leaped onto Li Lin's shoulder, and the Skywing Snow Lion also let out a low roar.
"There's a beast approaching, don't let it escape." Li Lin revealed a hint of a smile, and the trio rushed towards the outside of the gorge.
"Swoosh swoosh..." Outside the gorge, the green python abruptly stopped its advance, its huge eyes vigilantly watching ahead, then seemed to sense danger, its body instantly retreating.
"Roar roar..." But it was already too late, a white light figure instantly landed in the space in front, blocking the python's path of retreat, and then a yellow snake, enveloped in golden flames, also appeared in front of the green python.
"It's a Green Demon Python, with such a large size, it should also be at the initial stage of the third tier." Li Lin sized up the huge python in front of him. The Green Demon Python is a wood-element beast, a rarity among snake species, and this Green Demon Python is one of them. It's very fast and its wood-element attacks are tricky, making the Green Demon Python even more difficult to deal with.
The Heavenly Spirit Record has an introduction of the Green Demon Python, its lineage is barely acceptable, usually capable of breaking through to the sixth calamity level, with average defense, mainly its attack is extremely fast.
"It's you, initial stage of the third tier, just right." Li Lin smiled slightly, his mind already instructing the little dragon and the Skywing Snow Lion to start attacking.
"Mountain Opening Palm." Li Lin also shouted lowly, a palm print instantly shot out, a dozens of meters large earthy yellow palm print swept out.
"Boom!"... A low booming sound rose, in the dark night, the palm print directly lifted several one-meter-high layers of the earth's surface, glowing with an earthy yellow light, instantly sweeping towards the Green Demon Python.
The Green Demon Python had already noticed Li Lin's presence, but under the pressure from the little dragon and the Skywing Snow Lion, it was deterred from moving recklessly, immediately starting to dodge at high speed.
"Bang bang..." Low impact sounds rose, with a series of sonic booms constantly erupting, the Green Demon Python hurriedly fled, its massive body twisting, directly sweeping away the approaching earth layers, its long tail smashing onto a giant rock at the mouth of the gorge, instantly turning it into rubble.
"Roar roar..." In that instant, the Skywing Snow Lion roared, its wings flapping, diving down from above, the flapping of its wings sending a series of wind blades sweeping down.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"... A series of wind blades appeared out of nowhere, slashing towards the Green Demon Python, which changed its expression drastically, its massive body instantly turning around, but it spat out several sharp wooden spikes, booming towards the Skywing Snow Lion in the air.
"Hiss hiss." The little dragon, at this moment, was even faster than the Skywing Snow Lion, its massive body like lightning piercing through the air resistance, its tail whipping fiercely onto the body of the Green Demon Python.