Cultivation Simulator: Shocking the Academy

Ghost Howl let out a cold laugh, suddenly flicking a black shadow from his fingertip!

Upon seeing the black shadow, Su Chen's pupils shrank instantly! Because that ball of shadow suddenly scattered, transforming into hundreds of thousands of tiny dark red ants, all adhering to his body!

Covered in Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants, Su Chen felt as if he was struck by lightning, his entire body shivering violently. That sensation of thousands of claws scratching at his heart quickly turned into a tide of pain, forcing him to let out a harrowing scream!

"Ah..."

He fell to the ground, desperately slapping at the dense Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants on his body, rolling and struggling violently on the ground, his appearance utterly agonizing.

Ghost Howl looked at him with a cold expression, showing not a shred of sympathy or pity. In his view, the righteous ones preached benevolence and morality yet had blood more sinful than those of the evil sects flowing through their veins. Watching a righteous person beg for mercy at his feet was his greatest satisfaction.

"Practice or not?"

His gaze was entirely icy.

"Won't practice! I'd rather die! You despicable scoundrel!"

Su Chen yelled angrily, pain closing his eyes, his body feeling as if it was burning with fire, almost losing consciousness.

"Stubborn. Then you can continue to enjoy the torment of the Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants!"

Ghost Howl raised an eyebrow, indifferent. In his eyes, a teenage boy, even if he could withstand the initial brief bites, would eventually cry out in agony and beg for mercy.

He suddenly turned and leisurely walked out of the cave.

Su Chen's cries of agony and howls lingered behind him for a long time...

Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants are individually first-level blood-type Spirit Beasts, but once attacking in swarms, their power swells tens of hundreds of times. It's said that nothing below fourth-level Spirit Beasts can withstand their frenzied bites and gnawing. Additionally, due to their small size, they can easily penetrate soil and wood layers, so only fire-type and water-type skills can effectively counter them.

Su Chen curled up on the ground, his body covered in bite marks from the Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants, some places were oozing crimson blood, and some had even turned ulcerated, with bone visible.

"Ah..."

He screamed fiercely, his forehead drenched in cold sweat countless times, his body convulsing, shivering, and his throat burning painfully and hoarse.

I cannot yield, cannot submit to the tyranny of the Blood Sect. Once I learn the God-Slaying Swordsmanship, I will have betrayed the Carefree Sect and embarked on a path of heresy!

Su Chen, you must hold on, even if it kills you, never surrender, your soul belongs to justice!

Thinking this way, even though Su Chen let out heart-wrenching screams, he still never begged Ghost Howl outside the cave for mercy. Ghost Howl's brow finally started to furrow.

Su Chen had already endured through sheer will for over ten minutes. This duration should have been the limit for resisting the bites of the Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants, yet he did not pass out, nor did he beg mercy from him.

This boy, could he truly withstand such inhuman pain?

What was sustaining his will?

He gradually re-entered the cave, under the dimly flickering Beast Oil Lamp, Su Chen's pitiful worm-like body was still trembling, yet its intensity was no longer as violent as before, and the screams had gradually ceased.

His clothes were riddled with holes, every inch of skin oozing dripping blood, the horrific wounds as if burned by fierce fire, shocking to behold.

"Not surrendering yet, do you want to be bitten to death before you bow down?"

Ghost Howl's voice was cold, but looking at Su Chen, an unusual light flickered in his gaze. Yes, this level of torment failed to break Su Chen's defenses, he had begun to feel astonished.

"I... won't submit to the evil sect... give up..."

Su Chen, utterly spent, glanced at Ghost Howl for the last time before finally succumbing to the exhaustion and fainting dead away.

The Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants on his body had already died off in large patches. Although this swarm-attacking Spirit Beast was indeed terrifying, it had a fatal weakness; after a single gnawing attack, they would exhaust their strength and perish.

"Truly a fearless little devil."

Ghost Howl frowned, somewhat unwilling to accept this outcome. He walked over, crouched down in front of Su Chen, and took a bottle of potion from his bosom. Then he uncapped it, slowly pouring the liquid over Su Chen's scarred body.

Almost instantaneously, the potion seeped into his injured flesh, releasing a putrid mist from Su Chen's surface. The ghastly wounds began to heal at a visible rate, forming into patches of black scars.

Since the Blood Sect raised a large number of Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants, they naturally had a special healing potion to accompany them. This liquid "Ant Power God" was the miraculous concoction Mo Yue specifically prepared for these ants.

"I don't know how to explain this to the Sect Leader when we get back."

Ghost Howl picked up Su Chen, sighed helplessly, and then walked out of the cave...

In the warmth, something seemed to be pulsating inside. In a hazy state, Su Chen felt the Beast's Qi Sea surging and tumulting at an accelerated pace. The wounds gnawed by the Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants were enveloped in warmth. The Beast's Qi Energy flowed like water throughout his entire body, through his meridians, acupuncture points, bones, and organs, covering every part, producing an exceptionally comfortable sensation. As the wounds continuously healed and regenerated, Su Chen's tightly knit brows gradually relaxed, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

From deep within his soul, a buzzing sound seemed to emerge, and under Su Chen's gradually awakening consciousness, the Beast's Qi Sea began to undergo noticeable changes!

First, the liquid qi energy sped up its surging, then formed into long dragon-shaped liquid columns. These liquid columns intertwined and overlapped in the lower Dantian. As they danced, the narrow space occupied by the Qi Sea within suddenly expanded by a few degrees! Indeed, the location of the Beast's Qi Sea was enlarging, and the liquid column-like Beast's Qi Energy naturally grew thicker as well. They fiercely writhed, surged, and finally calmed down all at once, transforming back into a liquid ocean!

But this time, the Beast's Qi Sea had already expanded significantly, and the previously more reserved energy ocean was now deeper by several degrees.

With a trembling spirit, Su Chen couldn't believe that in such a situation, he had actually advanced.

Typically, a Beast Cultivator cannot perceive their own beast cultivation level. But once reaching a bottleneck, at the peak of a certain level, they can sense a strange transformation. Su Chen, to his alarm, discovered that after enduring the torment of the Bone-Devouring Heart-Eating Ants, he had somehow evolved from a Three-star Beast Warrior to a Five-star Peak Beast Warrior!

This astonishing progress would undoubtedly frighten a great number of people if spoken about. He restrained his overwhelming joy, guiding his spirit to the Beast's Qi Sea, quietly feeling the vast waves that had become much more expansive than before.

Pure, introverted, and immense; this was everything Su Chen felt. Compared to a Three-star Beast Warrior, a Five-star Peak was indeed another giant leap.

However, his joy had yet to end when tragedy struck once more.

Almost the moment the Beast's Qi Sea calmed down, a weak dark red light unexpectedly shot from the middle Dantian! The light traveled with incredible speed, and Su Chen, even without time to command his spirit to command the Beast's Qi Sea's defenses, could only watch it surging with majestic force within!

The Beast's Qi Sea violently roiled, like a beast under attack, lashing out wildly and roaring. In just a few minutes, due to the weak light, the once purer and grander Qi Sea shrunk by several degrees!

Su Chen stood dumbstruck. He had completely lost the understanding of the Five-star Peak Beast Warrior and felt utterly drained and powerless. This change, even with his lack of intelligence, was crystal clear to him: he had been reduced back to his original state!

He opened his dazed eyes and under the bright beast oil lamp, saw two equally astonished faces.

"Is it you?"

Mo Yue and Ghost Howl stared blankly at him, more precisely at the strange and unusual dark red glow on his body surface.

The glow enveloped Su Chen like a gaseous barrier, drawing the bloody aura in the air to swarm towards him. Mo Yue and Ghost Howl, both supreme experts in the cultivation techniques of the Blood Sect, could certainly discern such a bizarre sign, realizing that within this boy lay an evil and bloody mysterious power!

The glow enveloped Su Chen like a gaseous barrier, drawing the bloody aura in the air to swarm towards him. Mo Yue and Ghost Howl, both supreme experts in the cultivation techniques of the Blood Sect, could certainly discern such a bizarre sign, realizing that within this boy lay an evil and bloody mysterious power!

However, what shocked them was only just beginning.

They heard a deep, resonant lament, followed by the cries of dark bone dragons, echoing throughout the entire Luoji Mountain!

"What's going on? How can the bone dragons emit such terrifying cries?"

Mo Yue was greatly alarmed.