Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

”It’s huge, so much bigger than the White Tiger Continent.

The entire Mysterious World, the closer you get to the Heaven’s Chosen Gate, the larger the land area becomes.

Not to mention anything else, just the Western Region alone is probably as large as the White Tiger Continent.”

Shen Dian replied.

”No way, is it really that big?”

Ling Xiao’s understanding of the Xuanwu Continent was limited to the vicinity of Yuhua Town; he really didn’t know much.

Shen Dian answered, ”Those countries like the Chen Dynasty and the Volcano Kingdom you mentioned earlier are just two of the many small countries on the Xuanwu Continent. They are too small for me to even notice.”

”No way, the Chen Dynasty is composed of thirteen provinces, and under each province there are four counties.

Each county consists of dozens, even hundreds of towns.

This Yuhua Town is under the jurisdiction of ’Eight Immortals County’.”

Ling Xiao was indeed a bit surprised. A country like the Chen Dynasty, placed on the Divine Phoenix Continent, would definitely be considered a big country. Yet, Shen Dian called it small?

”That’s just because you don’t understand the Xuanwu Continent enough.”

Shen Dian shook his head and said, ”The Chen Dynasty and the Volcano Kingdom you mentioned should both be under the Xuanshe Territory.

The Xuanshe Territory is governed by the Xuan She Demon Sect, and beneath it are thousands of countries, with the Chen Dynasty and the Volcano Kingdom being just two insignificant ones.

The Western Region alone has five great forces, each with thousands of countries under their rule.

Understand now?”

Hearing Shen Dian’s words, Ling Xiao was dumbfounded.

He originally thought the five great forces of the Western Region represented the strongest forces on the Xuanwu Continent.

Unexpectedly, he was just a frog at the bottom of the well.

It seems that wanting to rule the Xuanwu Continent is much more difficult than ruling the White Tiger Continent.

He really couldn’t rush; he had to calm down and proceed slowly step by step.

Ling Xiao took a deep breath and set Shen Dian aside to rest.

He then began refining pills.

Cultivation Level is the most important. Without it, everything else is just an illusion.

The reason he had to be in this dangerous place now was because he was not as strong as Chen Kun and Ling Moyu. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be hiding here.

The pills Ling Xiao was refining for himself included the Heavenly Human Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Cave Heaven Spirit Pill, only with a few special medicinal materials added to enhance the efficacy and include some additional effects.

It could be said that the benefits were two to three times greater than ordinary pills.

His cultivation speed was already fast, and with the help of these pills, catching up or even surpassing Ling Moyu and Chen Kun was just a matter of time.

”Hey, Ling Xiao, do you have anything to eat?”

Before he could start refining pills, suddenly Ling Xiao heard Shen Dian speak.

”Didn’t you turn into a sword? How could you still eat?”

Ling Xiao asked in surprise.

”Spirit Stones, Demon Beast Crystal Cores, pills, and even the energy from Magical Treasures are my food.”

Shen Dian replied.

”Your taste is quite similar to our Butterfly Girl.”

Ling Xiao smiled wryly, knowing that there was no free lunch in the world.

Although this Secret Art Sword was incredibly powerful, maintaining it was something only an alchemist like him could afford.

This was truly a rich man’s toy.

As he spoke, Ling Xiao gave ten Heavenly Human Marrow Cleansing Pills to Shen Dian.

Fortunately, Shen Dian didn’t have a large appetite.

Ten pills of Heavenly Human Marrow Cleansing would be enough for ten days.

After ten days, he would find a way again.

After all, there were plenty of monster beasts in this mountain range; he could always get more Demon Beast Crystal Cores.

Once that was done, he focused on refining pills.

Although the pills he was refining this time were of higher grade, the quantity was not much, so it didn’t take long.

From the start of pill refining to its end, it took him only one night.

”Boom!”

As he finished refining, just when Ling Xiao was about to concentrate on his cultivation, suddenly the entire cave started shaking continuously.

Ling Xiao’s heart jumped in surprise.

Whatever was outside rocking the cave like this surely wasn’t weak.

He activated the Tai Chi Eye to look outside and felt his heart skip a beat.

Outside the cave was a giant bear.

This bear was glowing with an earthen-yellow light, and if Ling Xiao remembered correctly, the books mentioned the origin of this bear.

”Earth Bear! Skilled in using the Power of Post-Earth, thick skin, strong defense, and terrifying power!”

This Earth Bear outside the cave turned out to be a Cave Heaven Demonic Beast, and a third Cave Heaven Demonic Beast at that!”

With his current strength, Ling Xiao couldn’t do anything to it.

It was just like how Ling Xiao couldn’t defeat Ling Moyu and Chen Kun at this moment.

And once at the level of Transcendent Monster Beasts and above, their intelligence was comparable to human Martial Artists, adept in martial skills and secret techniques too.

Trying to outsmart it was just a fool’s dream.

”I can’t stay here.”

Although Ling Xiao didn’t know why this Earth Bear came to cause trouble, he knew very well that with the power of the Earth Bear, while it couldn’t destroy the array formation set at the cave’s entrance, it could definitely collapse the entire mountain.

He had to leave quickly.

”If you won’t let me have peace, I’ll kick you out of your nest!”

Ling Xiao felt quite displeased, tied up Shen Dian again, then used Shadow Step to leave quickly while the Earth Bear wasn’t paying attention.

His target was the Earth Bear’s lair.

Originally, he just wanted to quietly take the pills he had refined, cultivate well, and leave when his cultivation level improved.

But since this Earth Bear wanted to provoke him, it couldn’t be helped if his methods were harsh.

This time, not only did he plan to eliminate this Earth Bear to strengthen his Violent Bear Martial Spirit but also to seize all the valuables from its lair.

Upon arriving at the Earth Bear’s lair, Ling Xiao even turned back to check with the Tai Chi Eye.

The Earth Bear was still ramming against the cave he was just in, and now the cave was full of cracks, ready to collapse at any moment.

If he were still in there, it would have been disastrous.

With this thought, he headed straight into the Earth Bear’s lair.

The lair showed no signs of life, yet one could sense a faint scent of blood.

Upon reaching the lair’s deepest part, he was shocked.

There was a pile of Demon Beast Crystal Cores inside, like a small mountain, and since the cores were still tainted with flesh, it was quite gruesome.

Apart from the Demon Beast Crystal Cores, he also found many human bones, along with some Storage Rings tossed to the side.

The contents within were still untouched.

”Goodness, this Earth Bear is truly brutal, having killed so many people. However, this dumb creature probably doesn’t know how to extract items from Storage Rings, which benefits me.”

Ling Xiao smiled faintly.

He swept all those Demon Beast Crystal Cores into his Storage Ring.

Though his Storage Ring was small, he obtained five from the Earth Bear’s lair, enough to store all those Demon Beast Crystal Cores.

These Demon Beast Crystal Cores were not only enough for Shen Dian to consume.

But if he used them for cultivation, combined with the pills he had refined earlier, the effect would be even better.