Eternal Life from Talisman Painting-Chapter 325 - 193: Beast Tide Attacks (Part 3)

The other Foundation Establishment Cultivators on the island also used arrays to hunt demon beasts.

The difference was, after hunting for a while, they would cautiously restore their mana, adjusting themselves to their optimal state before continuing the hunt.

After all, any danger could be encountered in a beast tide.

Some cheered, while others screamed in agony.

Unexpected incidents always occurred in the hunt for demon beasts.

Cultivators of the Human Race could also be easily torn to pieces and swallowed by demon beasts.

...

In the sea region, the rabbit runs while the crow flies, sometimes facing half a month of violent storms, or skies cleared with not a cloud in sight.

The weather was unpredictable.

"Old Lin, I finally encountered a Tier Two Middle Stage sea beast..."

Within the Blood Slaughter Red Sun Array, hearing Old Hu’s voice from the Sound Transmission Talisman, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but show a speechless look, but there was still a hint of envy in his eyes.

"This Old Hu is really lucky, even able to encounter a Tier Two Middle Stage demon beast."

This past month, he hadn’t encountered many Tier Two Initial Stage demon beasts, let alone Tier Two Middle Stage ones.

But to this point, he was mentally prepared.

"As demon beasts grow deeper in cultivation, their intelligence also increases. With a nature to seek fortune and avoid calamity, highly intelligent demon beasts will avoid islands inhabited by human cultivators."

Especially, the demon beasts’ instinctual sense of danger was a considerable advantage.

However, the strongest point of the beast tide was its sheer numbers.

With the Phoenix Cry Bird chirping excitedly, carrying a demon core over, Lin Chang’an smiled with satisfaction.

"Another Tier Two Initial Stage demon beast, well done."

In this past month or so, this makes it a total of twenty-seven Tier Two sea beasts, all of them Tier Two Initial Stage.

A pile of Tier One sea beasts didn’t bother counting; they would all be handed over to the tri-clan merchants for processing later.

"Although the quality doesn’t quite match up, the quantity is not lacking."

Lin Chang’an was already quite content; if he aimed to hunt high-level demon beasts, he would have to risk venturing into the Outer Sea.

Especially on the desolate Spirit Island, once exposed, a quasi-Tier Three demon beast smelling your lone presence would not escape.

It might even draw in a mass attack from high-tier demon beasts.

In the eyes of demon beasts, human cultivators are as much a potent resource for cultivation as demon beasts are in the eyes of human cultivators.

"There’s no need to take that risk; right now, I need steady growth."

Seeing the twenty-seven Tier Two Initial Stage demon cores in his beast bag, Lin Chang’an nodded in satisfaction.

The earnings from just the demon cores amounted to nearly two thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.

The price of a Foundation Establishment Pill in the Demon Beast Abyss was about seven thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones, while a Tier Two Initial Stage demon core was seventy Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.

The cost of refining a Foundation Establishment Pill, including all materials, was around ninety Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, with a success rate of usually two to three pills, but misfortune could result in a furnace explosion.

That doesn’t even consider the value of leather armor, teeth, demon beast meat, etc. For ordinary cultivators, a good two months could earn a decade’s income amid the beast tide frenzy.

More cautious cultivators could also earn a few years’ worths of income.

However, the beast tide also turned countless cultivators into food for demon beasts.

"But this self-healing body is really absurd."

After over a month of high-intensity combat, Lin Chang’an could clearly sense that his body and Divine Sense felt no fatigue at all.

"Once caught in a prolonged battle of attrition, even without using talisman treasures, facing a Fake Pill Cultivator, I could exhaust them to death."

Not to mention ordinary cultivators, even Core Formation Cultivators, gradually weaken in mana restoration after prolonged intense battle.

But he, merely a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, could maintain this peak state long-term.

"This time the gains were plentiful."

’Sword Shadow Following Heart’ divine technique, the sword aura condensed by it wielded the power comparable to a top-grade spiritual artifact attack type, and if self-destructed, its power was akin to a small talisman treasure.

At the same time, as the array absorbed massive amounts of evil energy from slaughter, the previously pure fiery red array flags were now tinged with trails of evil energy.

"Although the array consumed quite a number of spirit stones over the past month, it also increased the array’s power, plus so many sea beasts were slain."

Looking at the sea beast corpses scattered behind him, Lin Chang’an was helpless too, as a cultivator’s storage bag barely fit one’s usual belongings.

These massive demon beasts, each the size of several zhang, barely fit even one.

"Once these gains are processed, then I can accumulate enough to support a secluded cultivation breakthrough."

Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but nod inwardly.

The beast tide was terrifying at first, but as time passed and more sea beasts returned to the sea, fewer and fewer were drawn in, making it the prime time for many low-tier loose cultivators to gather for hunting.

...

As the beast tide was about to end, on a desolate, uninhabited island, the Lu Family and the Tribulation Cultivator Wang Family all boarded merchant ships, braving the waves towards Jade Spirit Island.