UGB Chapter 76 Seduction
Chapter 76 Seduction
Duan Heisi raised his hand and wiped the half-dry medicinal mud from his face, muttering something under his breath.
Miao Wuniang didn't speak, but just pursed her lips and watched the direction in which the figure disappeared.
The night grew even darker.
The branches and leaves overhead rustled in the mountain wind, and the distant howls of monsters could be faintly heard.
Duan Heisi shouldered his knife and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go."
After the two had walked a distance, Chen Bai stopped behind a protruding rock.
He leaned against the rock wall, closed his eyes, and sank his spiritual consciousness into his sea of consciousness.
The Guiyuan Creation Cauldron is located in the center of the sea of consciousness.
With a thought, Chen Bai sent the spirit of the black-scaled python slowly drifting toward the mouth of the cauldron. At the same time, he took out a demon essence from his storage bag.
That was one of his few remaining reserves, entirely crimson, brimming with spiritual energy.
He placed both of these items into the cauldron.
Without the slightest hesitation, he activated the second profound principle of the small cauldron—"Creation"—with his mind.
The cauldron suddenly lit up.
Fifty drops of primordial essence flew out from the primordial essence pool at the bottom of the cauldron, transforming into countless tiny specks of light that merged into the cauldron.
Immediately afterwards, a soft, misty white light rose from the mouth of the cauldron, enveloping the condensed essence of the spirit and the demonic energy.
Within the white light, the two began to slowly approach and touch, and then began to merge.
The originally formless spirit twisted violently a few times, and was then enveloped by that white light, with every inch of its outline being filled, reinforced, and shaped from head to toe.
What was originally just a phantom of the black-scaled water python is now visibly coalescing into a semi-phantom form:
First the bones, then the muscles, and then the scales covering them...
Each scale shimmered with a jade-black luster, with faint dark gold patterns along its edges, just like the black-scaled anaconda in its previous life. One could also vaguely see a crimson crystal embedded in its head.
The white light gradually dissipated.
Above the mouth of the cauldron, a complete black-scaled water python quietly floated. Its body was slightly smaller than before it was alive, but the ferocious aura unique to mid-stage Nascent Soul demon beasts was not diminished at all, and was even slightly purer than before it was alive.
"hiss……"
It slowly turned its body, its emerald green vertical pupils flashing with a cold, eerie light, and its forked tongue protruded from its snout, silently swallowing and spitting out a tongue.
Its demon core was entirely composed of that demon essence. After combining with its soul, it actually gave this black-scaled water python a body that was half real and half illusory, and its strength was no less than when it was alive.
Chen Bai opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.
Even with his usual composure, a hint of barely suppressed surprise flashed in his eyes at this moment.
"It's done."
He muttered to himself, his voice rising slightly at the end, carrying a hint of excitement that even he himself was unaware of.
"Fifty drops of primordial essence and a single essence of demonic energy in exchange for a beast spirit at the mid-stage of the embryonic breathing stage... This deal is a win-win situation no matter how you look at it."
Unfortunately, although this method is profound, it also has considerable limitations.
First, the refining process is extremely energy-intensive; second, it requires the extraction of a complete essence.
He calmed himself down and then turned his gaze to the remaining 150 drops of primordial essence in the cauldron.
His reserves are sufficient to allow him to adapt to changing circumstances in the upcoming operations.
Chen Bai withdrew from his sea of consciousness, tidied up his equipment, and concealed his aura to the lowest possible level, becoming like a lifeless stone.
In the distance, from the direction of the Ironbacked Bear's cave, came a very faint sound—
The giant beast rolled over in its sleep, its snoring paused for a moment, then resumed its dull and heavy rhythm.
He took a deep breath and began to act.
Dark as ink.
About thirty feet away from the Ironbacked Bear Cave, on a rocky slope.
Chen Bai lowered his body, concealing his aura to almost nothing.
The moon is dim tonight, the clouds gather and disperse intermittently, and the fog in the mountains is gradually thickening, with visibility limited to only a dozen feet. This is the perfect time to take action.
With a thought, he summoned the newly refined Ink-Scaled Water Swamp from his sea of consciousness.
The jade-black snake's body slid silently through the cracks in the rocks in the night. The faint rustling sound of its scales rubbing against the rocks was carried away by the night wind and was almost inaudible.
The black-scaled water python slowly swam along the hillside towards the cave entrance. Wherever it passed, the grass and leaves bowed low, and a fishy breeze stirred. Its ferocious aura, belonging to a mid-stage Nascent Soul demon beast, was released without any concealment.
The snoring inside the cave stopped abruptly.
A dead silence.
Immediately, a deep and resonant roar erupted from the cave, causing rubble to fall from the cave entrance.
"roar--"
The roar was a mixture of fury at the invasion of territory and the manic frenzy of being awakened from a dream.
Immediately afterwards, a massive, mountain-like figure burst out of the cave, its four bear paws stomping on the ground with muffled thuds, each step causing the ground to tremble slightly.
The iron-backed bear stood at the cave entrance, its large, copper-bell-sized eyes gleaming with a dark red luster in the night. Its head swayed from side to side, its nostrils flared, and its exhaled breath condensed into two white mists in the cold night.
The black-scaled water python perched on a large rock a few feet from the cave entrance, raising its upper body and coldly staring at the giant bear with its emerald green vertical pupils.
Its body gleamed with a cold, jade-black light under the moonlight, and its forked tongue protruded from its snout, emitting a low and long hiss.
"hiss--"
The Ironbacked Bear responded with an even more ferocious roar.
It stood upright, waving its two front paws in the air, revealing five jet-black, shiny claws on the soles of its paws, and pounced fiercely towards the direction of the Ink-Scaled Water Swamp.
The pounce was incredibly fast, and its hind paws stomped two shallow craters into the ground.
That mountain-sized body suddenly unleashed an agility that seemed completely out of proportion.
The Ink-Scaled Water Anaconda did not engage in battle.
Just as the Ironbacked Bear was about to pounce, it sprang to its side, its entire body transforming into a jade-black afterimage, and slid several feet to the side.
The iron-backed bear missed its target, its two front paws slamming into the ground, smashing a millstone-sized bluestone into pieces, sending fragments flying several meters away.
It shook its head as it climbed out of the rubble, its eyes burning even redder, but it did not immediately give chase.
Its nose twitched a few times, and its head slowly turned in another direction.
Chen Bai saw this scene from afar and his heart stirred slightly.
As expected, the iron-backed bear is known for its ferocity and relatively low intelligence. It is instinctive to be provoked by the water anaconda, and its attention will be diverted when it smells another irresistible scent.
This is exactly what he's been waiting for.
While the Ink-Scaled Water Anaconda was attracting the Iron-Backed Bear's attention, Chen Bai had already quietly dripped a drop of spirit honey refined by the small cauldron onto the leaves of a shrub a dozen feet away.
The drop of sweet honey, rich in fragrance, emitted a faint golden glow in the night, drifting on the night breeze toward the Ironbacked Bear.
The iron-backed bear's nostrils twitched violently, and saliva involuntarily dripped from the corners of its mouth.
Its not-so-bright brain briefly wavered between the two thoughts of "chasing the intruder" and "finding a nectar source," but the latter ultimately prevailed.
It let out a low whimper, put its four paws on the ground, and walked toward the bushes.
This is what Chen Bai was waiting for.