"Sigh..."
Li Lin exhaled a breath of turbid air from the sea within his dantian, opened his bright eyes, and estimated in his heart. If he kept devouring for more than a month, he probably could reach the level of a nine-layered martial artist. However, it would be somewhat difficult to attract a spirit master in the Misty Mountain Range. On the aspect of spiritual power, there might be some delays.
The Sky-winged Snow Lion flew straight ahead. Some flying monsters nearby, sensing the aura of the Sky-winged Snow Lion, had long since retreated far away.
After several hours, Li Lin let the Sky-winged Snow Lion rest for a while, then devoured another fourth-layered martial artist.
Seven days later, in the middle of a continuous mountain range, Li Lin exhaled a breath of turbid air, his face slightly changed. He had already reached the dangerous area of the Misty Mountain Range. This dangerous area was not small; even the Sky-winged Snow Lion would need three days to cross it.
Upon reaching this area, Li Lin couldn't help but become nervous. In this dangerous area, he had personally witnessed the strength of several fourth and fifth-tier monsters.
By the time it comes to fourth and fifth-tier monsters, they are considered mid-level monsters. Mid-level monsters can speak human language and are incredibly powerful.
Li Lin was confident he could escape from an ordinary fourth-tier monster, but if he encountered a fifth-tier flying monster, the speed of the Sky-winged Snow Lion might not be fast enough. Therefore, Li Lin dared not be careless. Although he wanted to capture a fourth-tier monster, his current strength seemed not enough. Together with the little dragon, perhaps they could make a fight of it, but the little dragon was preparing for a breakthrough, so it was better not to take the risk.
Flying along, Li Lin did not want to stay in this dangerous area. Once past this dangerous area, it would be much safer.
During these seven days, three days ago, Li Lin devoured another fourth-layered martial artist, totaling one fifth-layered and two fourth-layered martial artists. At this time, his cultivation strength had already reached the peak state of a seven-layered martial artist, and his strength had increased quite a bit.
"Is it time for a breakthrough?" On the second day after entering the dangerous area, Li Lin's eyebrows suddenly furrowed while cultivating on the back of the Sky-winged Snow Lion. The little dragon in his arms began to move, and its aura started to spread.
"Snow Lion, let's go down." Li Lin said. The little dragon seemed to be on the verge of breakthrough, and it must go down, as it was not possible for the little dragon to breakthrough mid-air.
"Sigh..."
The Sky-winged Snow Lion swiftly flapped its wings and then dived into the mountain range, landing in a gorge.
"Whoosh..."
A yellow light shot out from Li Lin's arms and landed on some weeds in the gorge. A majestic aura began to slowly rise, signaling the little dragon was ready to begin its breakthrough.
During this time, the little dragon's body was already enveloped in a dazzling light, and a strange oppressive aura began to rise. This aura, trembling as it climbed, carried terror and violence, as if it could directly penetrate one's soul. The nearby Sky-winged Snow Lion started to feel uneasy, but having been with the little dragon for a long time, it didn't feel too terrified.
"Not good, monsters are coming." Just then, Li Lin's eyebrows instantly raised. In the most dangerous area of the Misty Mountain Range, powerful monsters lurked everywhere. The aura of the little dragon could likely attract other monsters, and Li Lin's spiritual sense already detected a powerful monster rushing over instantly.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Outside the gorge, in the forest, a red streak of light flashed several times, instantly landing on a boulder outside the gorge.
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"It's that Blood Lizard." Li Lin watched the monster on the boulder above the gorge, his face suddenly changed. What he feared had come to pass; it was the Blood Lizard, an early fourth-tier earth-element monster.
Li Lin had seen the Blood Lizard on his way here. It was two meters tall with a tail hundreds of meters long, a huge flat mouth with a long tongue, its entire body blood-red, covered in thick scales, and its eyes as big as copper bells.
When the Blood Lizard arrived outside the gorge and glanced at Li Lin, it then turned its gaze to the little dragon undergoing a breakthrough, looking quite surprised. Its gaze fell on the Sky-winged Snow Lion, also puzzled.
"Human, you dare to control our kind. I will tear you apart." The Blood Lizard's tongue flickered as it spoke human language.
Li Lin wasn't surprised by the Blood Lizard's ability to speak human language. He already knew that monsters have a much stronger innate genetic talent than humans. After reaching the fourth-tier, monsters form a demon core inside their bodies, fully unlocking their intelligence and thus able to speak human language, but they cannot transform into humans.
To transform into a human form, a monster must reach the seventh-tier level.
"Blood Lizard, you'd better back off, or you will regret it." Li Lin's expression darkened as he stared at the Blood Lizard, his true qi beginning to tremble.
"You are only at the martial artist level. You are no match for me," the Blood Lizard stared at Li Lin and said.
"Roar roar..."
The Sky-winged Snow Lion roared, its huge body already staring angrily at the Blood Lizard. Although it was only at the mid-third-tier level, its body was a bit larger than the Blood Lizard at the early fourth-tier level.
"Mid-third tier, poor Sky-winged Snow Lion, to have fallen to become a mount for humans, hmph." The Blood Lizard's tongue flickered, speaking with a hint of coldness.
"Blood Lizard, I'll give you a fourth-grade pill. How about you leave?" Li Lin said, his face twitching. Monsters also benefit greatly from pills, especially fourth-tier monsters like the Blood Lizard, which are fully intelligent and well aware of the benefits of pills.
"Hmph, I'll kill you and take your pills anyway." The Blood Lizard's tongue flickered, its tail lifted, and its body charged at Li Lin, the sharp sound of tearing air resounding as its scales stood erect, emitting a terrifying blood-red cold light, and a violent aura surged tumultuously.
"Roar roar..."
The Sky-winged Snow Lion roared, its huge body instantly in front of its master, its forelimbs leaping out, bringing forth a barrage of wind blades howling, and a violent might sweeping out.
"Sky-winged Snow Lion, you dare to attack me." The Blood Lizard shouted, its tail whipping out, wrapped in a yellow light on its blood-red tail, fiercely smashing towards the Sky-winged Snow Lion.
The Sky-winged Snow Lion twisted its huge body, its forelimbs carrying wind blades, and the two forces collided fiercely.
"Bang bang..."
the Blood Lizard's tail was also fiercely shaken off, sweeping directly onto a boulder, which instantly turned into powder.
"Whoosh..." In that instant, the Blood Lizard leaped up like lightning, charging at Li Lin again.
"Blood Lizard, you think I'm really afraid of you?" Li Lin coldly shouted, his body rapidly retreating, his hand seals changing.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
As Li Lin's body rapidly retreated, the Blood Lizard's huge forelimb, like a sharp claw, pierced through the void and air, pushing aside the space around it as if to tear through space, and instantly rushed towards Li Lin.
"Thousand Hands Rift Seal."
Li Lin shouted lowly, casting the seal, and instantly, a massive amount of earth attribute energy surged like a flood from heaven, emitting waves of violent force like a tide, converging in the palm seal in an instant. He had already decided that he must deal with this Blood Lizard as soon as possible.
The palm seal soared into the sky, instantly turning into several vague palm seals, fiercely meeting the Blood Lizard head-on. In terms of strength, Li Lin had estimated that the Blood Lizard was only at the early fourth-tier level, equivalent to the third to fourth Martial Spirit. He was not necessarily afraid of it. With his current cultivation level at the peak of the seventh Spirit Master, if he fought, he would not be without the power to fight back, especially since he had Kuai Yi with him. He had not wanted to take action just now, only because he did not want to attract other monsters.
The two massive forces instantly collided, followed by a series of earth-shattering explosions, booming through the space, and a violent energy spread wildly in the air...
"Boom boom boom..."
The huge explosion echoed in the gorge, the violent force scattered, and Li Lin's body was instantly hit by a huge force. At the same time, he quickly set up his Qing Ling armor, and a stream of light was already shot from his storage ring.
The Blood Lizard's strength was truly formidable, its blood energy surging ceaselessly. Li Lin quickly regulated his breathing.
At this moment, the Blood Lizard's huge body was also directly shaken back, its giant eyes somewhat surprised, instantly showing a fierce light, roaring, and all its blood-red scales stood up.
"Roar roar..."
Just then, outside the gorge, dozens of huge beast shadows approached. Li Lin took a closer look, his heart instantly becoming very heavy. There were as many as thirty huge monsters, with five or six of them being third-tier monsters, and the rest were second-tier. With so many, they were definitely difficult to deal with.
"Snow Lion, you deal with those monsters." Li Lin immediately instructed, and with a thought, a dark green figure instantly appeared in front of the Blood Lizard, it was Kuai Yi.