Killing God - Chapter 68

Chapter 68 Harvest
Shen Shi squatted on the ground and carefully examined the corpse of the Armored Armadillo. Soon, he noticed that there was an obvious protrusion on the hard bone armor behind the neck of the Armored Armadillo. Looking at this position, it should be the mark left by the impact of the water archery spell into the demonic beast’s mouth.

Looking at this protrusion, the bone armor did not show any signs of damage, Shen Shi’s pupils couldn’t help but shrink slightly. The armoured armadillo’s bone armor was incomparably tough, In other words, if this armadillo didn’t underestimate Shen Shi and instead concentrated on curling up into a ball of defense, Shen Shi wouldn’t be able to do anything to this demonic beast with just a water archery technique.

A mere First Grade demonic beast, It was also a weak type of demonic beast, All of them had such powerful life-saving abilities, not to mention those fierce and even more ferocious demonic beasts of the Tiger Leopard and Jackal species. Shen Shi paid more attention to the dangers on the demonic island and warned himself not to carelessly go deep into the depths of the demonic island. Afterwards, he began to come to the most important thing on the demonic island and peel spirit materials.

The Armored Armadillo was a First Grade demonic beast. It was impossible for it to condense a precious demonic core. Therefore, the spirit materials that demonic beasts could use throughout its entire body were bone armor that was so tough that it could even withstand the attacks of the Five Elements Spell Technique.

In the past, when he was still on the first floor of Xilu City in Yin Province, Shen Shi had seen the armor armadillo bone armor sold in the shop. He also remembered that most of the spirit materials were used to make low-grade defensive magic tools. Some rogue cultivators even directly made leather armor and wore it on their bodies, which could be considered as adding a bit of insurance to the dangerous march in Jianghu. And this armoured armadillo in front of him allowed him to know exactly how this leather armor came about.

He looked at it silently for a while, then took out a sharp dagger from his bosom and began to peel off the bone armor. Before arriving at Demon Island, he would naturally have some understanding of the situation on Demon Island. He was also well aware of the demonic beasts he might face, so it was within his expectations to do anything. This armadillo bone armor covered the entire body of the demonic beast, but not all of it was useful. For example, the bone armor on the legs, feet, and tail was very weak, and was not suitable for use as spirit materials. One had to know that when the armadillo was defending, these places were actually curled up inside, so Lingxiao Sect did not collect these useless items.

The most useful bone armor that could be used as a spirit material was the one attached to his back and neck. Shen Shi patiently peeled off a cup of tea for about a while before finally removing the bone armor spirit material. After putting it away, he took one last glance at the armadillo corpse on the ground and continued walking forward.

There were many demonic beasts on the demonic island, and there were also many vicious creatures that ate meat and decay. At night, there would naturally be demonic beasts that would drag this corpse away and eat it.

He didn’t know if the place where he encountered the armoured armadillo just now was at the edge of the demonic beast’s range of motion. Not long after Shen Shi continued walking forward, he soon encountered another armoured armadillo. It didn’t look much different from the previous one, and its body seemed to be a little smaller.

After a confrontation between a human and a beast, the battle quickly erupted. The second armored armadillo also seemed to look down on Shen Shi, a weak human, and pounced towards him. Relying on the power of the Heart Cleansing Curse, Shen Shi cast the Water Arrow extremely quickly. In just three breaths of time, he once again unscrewed the water arrow and struck the armored armadillo.

However, what was troublesome was that although this armadillo also attacked, it did not open its mouth in the middle …

Shen Shi had no choice but to shoot the water arrow at the armoured armadillo’s abdomen. Without the protection of the hard bone armor, the water archery instantly pierced into the abdomen of the demonic beast, blasting open a large hole and heavily injuring it. However, the demonic beast’s tenacious vitality was revealed at this moment. As long as it did not instantly inflict fatal damage, the armoured armadillo would still stumble over after heavily injuring it, wanting to die together with Shen Shi.

Shen Shi was forced to retreat continuously, simultaneously activating his last water archery.

His cultivation was only at the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm. The spiritual energy he had cultivated for a long time, especially the portion of the spiritual energy condensed in the acupoint of the Eyebrow Heart Aperture, was only enough for him to cast the Water Arrow Technique three times. From this, it could be seen that the Five Elements Technique was indeed a technique that consumed a great deal of energy, but its power was difficult to match for this loss.

The two attacks of the Water Arrow Technique had finally killed this armoured armadillo. However, the result of exhausting all of his Spiritual Energy made Shen Shi feel dizzy and almost lose his footing.

He half bent over, his hands on his knees, panting heavily. His face looked a little pale, and he even had signs of nausea and vomiting. This was clearly a sign that his Spiritual Energy had been exhausted too much. At this moment, the Spiritual Energy that had once been condensed in his acupoints had been completely exhausted, and there was practically no remaining Spiritual Energy left.

Although the Spiritual Energy absorbed into one’s body would stabilize after cultivation, and after consuming all sorts of spells and divine abilities, one would recover after a period of time, but during this period of time, a cultivator basically had no defensive power. Shen Shi stared at the corpse of the armoured armadillo lying on the ground in front of him. Suddenly, he thought of something.

He had already used the water archery three times. If another demonic beast suddenly appeared at this time, what should he do?

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This sudden thought shocked Shen Shi greatly. He subconsciously turned around and saw that the nearby beach was still empty. However, in the dense forest ahead, there were plenty of shadows behind the luxuriant branches and leaves. He didn’t know if it was the wind blowing or if there were demonic beasts hiding in it. It was really a bit strange.

For a moment, he didn’t even dare to breathe, and his heart was filled with regret.

However, after a while, the surroundings were still the same as before. It seemed that his luck wasn’t bad and he hadn’t encountered the worst kind of situation. Shen Shi stared at the forest for a long time before slowly relaxing. With the help of the mysterious Spiritual Energy in Mei Xin Qiao acupoint, His water archery was practiced very quickly, But aside from that, Purely like ordinary people, using the scattered Spiritual Energy scattered in their Qi Veins to activate the Water Arrow Technique, His progress was no different from that of ordinary people. He was still very difficult to cultivate. Every time he activated the water archery technique, it would take at least ten breaths of time or even longer. Furthermore, he could only cast it once at most. Obviously, unless someone blocked the demonic beast in front and allowed him to slowly cast his spell, he would not be able to fight against the demonic beast at all.

Without waiting for him to cast a spell, he would have been bitten off by a demonic beast long ago.

Since there were no demonic beasts approaching for the time being, Even if it was safe, after a short period of dizziness, Shen Shi gradually regained his breath. Although his body still felt a little weak, his body, which he had cultivated for three years, was still somewhat effective. He took out his dagger again and carefully removed the armadillo’s bone armor. Then, he brought along two sets of bone armor and turned around to return.

Along the way, he kept looking towards the woods, afraid that a demonic beast would suddenly jump out. His heart beat faster and faster because of the predicament of having no backhand. He also warned himself in his heart that if he were to continue to do such a dangerous task as hunting demons in the future, he definitely couldn’t use all his means to return. He had to leave behind a backhand.

Cultivators used Spiritual Energy to cast all sorts of divine passage techniques, The Spiritual Energy consumed would recover on its own, but the speed of recovery would vary according to the cultivation realm. Generally speaking, the higher the cultivation realm, the faster the Spiritual Energy would recover. For a low-end Qi Refining Realm cultivator like Shen Shi, it would take at least six hours, or half a day, to recover the Spiritual Energy completely consumed.

However, in addition to this stupid method of waiting for a bitter rest, there would naturally be some auxiliary methods in the cultivation world to speed up the recovery of spiritual energy. For example, some special cultivation techniques and secrets would greatly benefit the recovery of spiritual energy and replenish one’s spirit energy. Or, one could also consume some miraculous pills in this area, which would also allow cultivators to speed up the recovery of spiritual energy.

Thinking of this, Shen Shi couldn’t help but think of Zhong Qinglu. A few days ago, it was said that she was the first rookie disciple to refine a batch of Qi Nourishing Pills. Although this kind of pill wasn’t of high grade, it was very suitable for Qi Refining Realm cultivators. When consuming one while cultivating, it was said that she could absorb a little more spiritual energy. Apart from that, the pill’s name, Qi Nourishing, also implied the ability to replenish qi and nourish primordial energy. After consuming spiritual energy, cultivators consumed the Qi Nourishing Pill, which could also speed up the recovery of some spiritual energy.

Shen Shi thought to himself, “Why don’t we go find Zhong Qinglu after we return?” At the same time, when he raised his head to look, the long seawall and the large ship docked at the seaside finally appeared in his line of sight.

This large demon island was filled with dangers. The only safe place was probably this big ship. Shen Shi dragged his somewhat exhausted body with two sets of armadillo bone armor in his hands. When he crossed the seawall and returned to the ship, he truly relaxed.

However, looking at the sky, it seemed that only two hours had passed since the Qi Refining Realm disciples left the island. At this moment, the deck was empty, and apart from Shen Shi, there was no one else on the deck. Shen Shi mocked himself. Holding two sets of armadillo bone armor, he sat down on the deck. He leaned against the ship’s side and faced the demon island. Hearing the sound of the waves, he felt the ship’s hull sway gently. The distant mountains were picturesque. If it weren’t for the occasional howls of the desolate beasts, one would have mistaken it for a beautiful paradise and a pleasant island.

He took a deep breath, then slowly closed his eyes and waited quietly on the deck. At the same time, he lightly touched the armadillo bone armor beside him with his palm, and the corner of his mouth revealed a faint smile.

The armadillo bone armor was considered low-end among the 55 spirit materials listed on the White Crane Hall’s note, but one bone armor could still be exchanged for two spirit crystals. Although it didn’t seem like much, and the risk of coming to Demon Island to hunt demons was also very high, Shen Shi was still satisfied with the rewards.

One day of hard work and a little risk, and you can get the reward of four spirit crystals. How many days do you have to peel shrimp in Red Clam Village? At this moment, Shen Shi was certain that he would never go to Red Clam Village to peel shrimps again.

The World Cup is too stressful. Let’s make a change today

(Also: Gerald, you big eyebrows traitor …)