Having seen the durability of the Baleful Energy crystal, Lin Mu stored it away.

'I'll test it out a bit more in the Sleepscape. It is durable physically, but what about other methods?' Lin Mu wondered.

Little Shrubby appearance Lin Mu and he got into the beast's back.

"Let's continue." Lin Mu ordered.

~ROAR~

Little Shrubby let out a roar, and the pair turned into a speeding red blur within a second. Days continued to pass and Lin Mu came across a few more Blood Essence crystals. In just five days, Lin Mu had obtained four such Blood Essence crystals.

'Their numbers are increasing… which means this area hasn't been explored as well.' Lin Mu noted.

It was a good thing for him, as it meant there were higher chances of obtaining good resources. They also came across a few more beasts and they were quickly killed before being stored in Lin Mu's storage.

Lin Mu recognized all of them as some of them were said to have materials that could be used for making Immortal tools or Alchemical pills. If not that, Lin Mu still had a use for their blood as he could make some Formation Ink from them.

Beast blood was one of the most common ingredients to make formation ink and the blood of these beasts was even more special. Due to the unique characteristics of the Desolate Blood battlefield, these properties had also been transferred over to the many beasts that inhabited this area.

This included the baleful energies that had been adapted by the beasts. It was also reflected in their blood and Lin Mu reckoned it could be used for some offensive talismans.

'The traces of Baleful energies in the blood will enhance the lethality of the talismans.' Lin Mu reckoned.

Most of the beasts he came across were at the second or first tribulation stage of the immortal realm, with only a handful reaching the third Tribulation Stage of the immortal realm and only a single that had reached the Fourth Tribulation Stage of the Immortal realm.

But even that beast didn't seem to be a match for Lin Mu.

This had given him time to test out his capabilities and Lin Mu now knew that the combined strength of Qi cultivation and body cultivation made him equivalent to a Fourth Tribulation Stage Immortal.

And once he added his spatial skills and his sword intent on top of that, he could easily over come the Fourth Tribulation Stage Immortal realm beasts. Of course, this was a comparison with beasts and not humans, thus there was a difference in the intelligence and strategists.

Beasts in the Immortal realm usually had intelligence that was no less than that of humans, but due to being in the Desolate Blood Battlefield, their intelligence had been affected. While their raw strength had gone up, the intelligence had fallen.

Lin Mu reckoned it had to do with the bloody aura and the Baleful energies that contaminated everything as well.

Having low intelligence meant that using the right strategy could allow one to defeat a beast that might be stronger than them.

The more time Lin Mu spent in the Desolate Blood Battlefield, the more he improved. Both he, and Little Shrubby underwent fights every day, and came across many beasts. Their numbers also seemed to increase the close they got to the Blood Strewn Plains.

An entire month passed like this, during which Lin Mu's cultivation base stabilized and his proficiency with his skills improved.

Now, the master and beast were standing on top of a tall peak that was over seven thousand meters tall. They gazed at the vast plains that laid in front of them.

"So this is the Blood Strewn Plains…" Lin Mu muttered.

The plains extended all the way beyond the horizon, and several hills were spread among them. But that wasn't all, as for the first time, Lin Mu actually saw rivers and streams in the Desolate Blood Battlefield!

"They really look like rivers of blood… but it actually is water." Lin Mu said as he observed the winding rivers that came from afar.

But that wasn't all, as he also saw several beasts swimming within the rivers too.

"What do you think about some fish for dinner tonight, Little Shrubby?" Lin Mu asked.

"That sounds perfect!" Little Shrubby replied.

"Well then, let's go finish." Lin Mu said before jumping off the peak.

~WHOOSH~

Little Shrubby jumped after him, and the two of them dived straight towards the river below.

~SPLASH~

Lin Mu reached the water first and caused it to splash up nearly a hundred meters.

~SPLASH~

Little Shrubby reached next and created a splash that was even bigger than Lin Mu's.

The two of them quickly looked around and found themselves surrounded.

"Well, that makes it a bit easier. At least we don't have to go look for them." Lin Mu said though, his link.

~SHING~

He then withdrew a long sword from his storage. The sword only had a single edge, but it shone with fierceness.

As soon as the long sword appeared, it resonated with the water around it, making it retreat. It was as if the water was afraid of the blade!

"Ocean Raker!" Lin Mu swung the sword while calling upon its name.

~HUMM~

The sword let out a joyous hum and a long streak of sword light shot from it. The sword light parted the water and split the river in two. All the aquatic beasts that were surrounding Lin Mu and Little Shrubby were terrified in that moment.

But unfortunately for them, they wouldn't even have a chance to resist as Ocean Raker split them apart with the river!

The three hundred meter wide river had now become deeper due to Lin Mu's slash.

"Collect them Little Shrubby." Lin Mu spoke. "You can also consume their Nascent souls." He added.

"YAY!" Little Shrubby summoned his prosthetic hands, which quickly flew around and collected the parts of the river beasts.

In just a couple of minutes, Lin Mu had a small hill of meat ready to be cooked.Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.