Chapter 1314: Devouring Spirit Beasts
Little Shuai laughed, "These spiritual beasts are all ancient beasts, yet they've been resurrected by Xiao Hua's blood. They have already cultivated for a thousand years and can be considered as thousand-year-old spirits. Who knows how much nature's spiritual energy they have absorbed in these thousand years."
"These are thousand-year-old spiritual beasts; how could they be so easy to devour?" Lin Chen looked at the spiritual beasts below with some apprehension and said.
One must know that thousand-year-old spiritual beasts' strength is in the True God Realm. Lin Chen counted more than a dozen spiritual beasts below. If they attacked him together, he would probably be reduced to dust instantly.
Little Shuai nodded, "I have to admire Yuan Tiangang for being a genius. These dozen spiritual beasts, though powerful, have had their consciousness erased. Now, they are nothing but walking corpses. Their power is sealed within and poses no threat to you."
"I see. But why doesn't Yuan Tiangang devour them himself and instead keep them here?" Lin Chen asked in confusion.
"Maybe he's waiting for an opportunity. Beyond the True God Realm is the Immortal Realm that everyone longs for. Once a person transforms like a celestial, they can transcend life and death and achieve immortality," Xiao Shuai said.
"I see. In that case, I will not be polite." Lin Chen smiled, leaping into the beast pool.
The spiritual beasts saw someone rushing down and immediately bared their teeth and claws, wanting to devour this fallen food.
However, this time, they faced not ordinary prey but a Hunter.
As soon as Lin Chen landed, the Tianyuan Ancient Sword appeared in his hand.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The shadows of the blade flashed, and these dozen spiritual beasts were instantly slain by Lin Chen.
As the spiritual beasts were slain, a dozen demon cores floated in the air.
Lin Chen was delighted, and a force of suction emanated, absorbing all the demon cores.
Pure energy surged into his body instantly; Lin Chen felt like he was about to burst from this power.
"Such strong energy!" Lin Chen marveled in his heart, quickly harnessing the power of devouring to absorb all the energy.
Lin Chen felt his strength rapidly increasing, unexpectedly leaping to the peak of the True God Realm.
It is known that even geniuses could take hundreds of years to progress from the initial stage to the peak of the True God Realm. Even the masters such as Long San, Wu Tianshi, and Monk Wei are stuck at the intermediate level and can't make progress.
Feeling the changes within his body, Lin Chen was overjoyed.
He had not expected that this trip to Qin Family Village would yield such benefits.
Lin Chen quickly took out containers to collect the spiritual blood of the dozen spiritual beasts before leaving the beast prison and activated the explosive device.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, the entire base was engulfed in a sea of fire.
Long San and the others had already finished the battle and were waiting outside the base to meet Lin Chen.
Seeing the base suddenly explode, everyone tensed up.
But seeing Lin Chen emerge from the flames, Long San and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"How did it go? Did you extract the beast blood?" Long San asked.
Just now, everyone was assigned different tasks. Long San and the others were responsible for clearing out the mercenaries and martial artists in the base, while Lin Chen was in charge of extracting the beast blood and destroying the base.
After all, this was one of Yuan Tiangang's northwest bases, so the guards were strong.
In addition to two Void God Realm warriors from the Island Nation within the base, there were also seven or eight martial artists who were at the Void God Realm level.
However, Long San and the others had already reached the True God Realm. Despite a fierce battle, they managed to eliminate all these malevolent villains without any danger in the end.
The only survivor was the base leader, who had been knocked out and tied up like a dumpling, escorted by several soldiers.
The sound of explosions continued, finally wreaking havoc on this evil base.
As for the finishing work, the local troops would handle it, while Lin Chen and the others returned to the village.
Since the source of the poison had been eliminated, the poisons around the village gradually dispersed.
At this time, a military plane slowly descended from the sky, and several soldiers brought down all the medicines Lin Chen needed.
Lin Chen couldn't help but marvel at the nation's power. Many of these medicines were precious herbs, but they managed to gather them in such a short time.
Although these villagers were ordinary people, just as the superior leaders ordered for this mission, they would do their utmost to save every villager's life.
Lin Chen found a secluded spot in the valley and summoned the furnace to start alchemy.
This pill was only a Detoxification Pill, so its level wasn't high. Very soon, Lin Chen successfully refined a round Detoxification Pill.
Lin Chen handed the Detoxification Pill to Long San and said, "Soak this pill in eighty-degree Celsius warm water. Once the medicine dissolves, give the water to the villagers to drink, and it will detoxify."
After drinking the potion Lin Chen refined, the villagers and infected medical staff finally began returning to normal.
"We owe it to you this time," Long San took a deep breath.
At this time, Monk Wei chuckled and said, "Lin Chen, your pill is really effective. If you have time, make a few more for me. I'll supply the materials and pay a high price."
"Hey, Monk Wei, don't you have any shame? Lin Chen was brought here by me, we're even relatives. If he's going to make more pills, they should be for me first, not for you," Wu Tianshi said, shielding Lin Chen.
Just now, Wu Tianshi claimed to be his uncle, and Lin Chen was very curious.
But since the matter wasn't resolved, Lin Chen hadn't delved into it. This time, Wu Tianshi brought it up again, and Lin Chen finally asked in confusion, "Senior Wu, what kind of relatives are we?"
"Haha, Old Wu got embarrassed this time, didn't he? The man doesn't even know you; isn't that shameful?" Monk Wei laughed heartily.
Wu Tianshi looked excited, "You don't understand, Monk Wei. Lin Chen, is Qin Lan your girlfriend?"
Lin Chen blushed slightly when Wu Tianshi mentioned Qin Lan, "I guess so."
"Qin Lan is my adoptive niece, so naturally, you're my nephew," Wu Tianshi laughed.
Hearing Wu Tianshi say this, Lin Chen recalled that Qin Lan had indeed mentioned having a relative among the senior members of the Dragon Team.
"What are you thinking? Our martial arts world operates by strength. Even the chief calls Lin Chen his brother, and yet you want to act senior? Do you intend for the chief to call you uncle?" Monk Wei teased.
Upon hearing Monk Wei's words, Wu Tianshi was so frightened that he retracted his neck.
If the boss called him uncle, it'd be akin to courting death.
"I was just joking earlier; of course, we're brothers too. Anyway, I knew Lin Chen first, so our relationship is naturally closer than yours," Wu Tianshi argued.
At this point, Long San couldn't stand it anymore and glared at the two of them, "Enough, you two! How can you act like senior officials of the Dragon Team? Show some restraint and a bit of honor, will you?"
But after reprimanding them, Long San turned his gaze towards Lin Chen, looking at him as if he was a treasure, making Lin Chen feel uneasy.
"Xiao Chen, with your skills, are you interested in joining the Nine Dragon Team?" Long San rubbed his hands together and asked.
"Don't you already have nine members in the Nine Dragon Team?" Lin Chen said, exasperated.
"No problem, we can rename it to the Ten Dragon Team just for you!" Long San said excitedly.