Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 497: Sudden Increase in Cultivation

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Shi Bo was shocked to find that the water above him suddenly turned blood red, and Song Wen's figure appeared unexpectedly.

Song Wen once again unleashed Focused Spirit Stab.

The spiritual blade pierced Shi Bo's mind without any resistance. His spiritual consciousness was injured, causing his speed to decrease sharply, and his control over the copper mirror weakened significantly.

A cold light flashed!

The Void Breaking Blade took the opportunity to slash toward the copper mirror above Shi Bo's head.

The copper mirror was sent flying by the Breaking Void Blade.

Song Wen closed the distance, and with his zombie-like hand, he directly stabbed into Shi Bo's chest.

"You..."

Shi Bo's eyes widened as his body began to lose vitality.

Song Wen's other hand pressed against Shi Bo's head.

Soul Searching Technique!

To Song Wen's disappointment, the Soul Searching Technique failed.

Since his spiritual strength was on par with Shi Bo's, both being at the late Golden Core stage, it was understandable that the Soul Searching Technique didn't succeed.

Song Wen immediately devoured Shi Bo's soul and began absorbing his essence blood.

As the essence blood flowed into him, a surging amount of magical power poured into Song Wen's body.

Song Wen felt a surge of joy and quickly activated Corpse King Rebirth Technique to absorb the magical power.

The foreign magical power was quickly refined and gathered into his dantian, causing Song Wen's aura to rise.

Suddenly, the Golden Core in his dantian erupted with a brilliant golden light.

The bottleneck of the early stage of the Golden Core shattered, and Song Wen's cultivation broke through to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Shi Bo's magical power was quickly drained.

After sensing the situation with the Shadow Gu, Song Wen took Shi Zhong's body out.

Yu Jiao, severely wounded by the spiritual blades, had her soul injured. Surrounded by the Shadow Gu, there was no way for her to escape.

Song Wen was concerned that the magical power inside Shi Zhong's body might leak out, so he decided to hurry up and absorb his magical power before dealing with Yu Jiao.

To save time, Song Wen did not attempt to search Shi Zhong's soul but directly devoured his essence blood and soul.

As Shi Zhong's magical power flowed into him, Song Wen's cultivation advanced rapidly again.

Gradually, Song Wen felt a sharp pain in his meridians, as if they were about to explode. His rapid cultivation increase seemed to have surpassed the body's limits.

Clenching his teeth, Song Wen endured the pain and continued to absorb Shi Zhong's magical power.

Fortunately, after Shi Bo's magical power was completely absorbed, no signs of meridian damage appeared. At this point, Song Wen's cultivation was close to the late Golden Core stage.

Song Wen estimated that if he absorbed the cultivation of another late-stage Golden Core cultivator, he would be able to break through to the late stage of the Golden Core.

After storing Shi Bo and Shi Zhong's corpses, Song Wen moved to the depths of the sea.

Yu Jiao was already severely wounded. If Song Wen hadn't commanded the Shadow Gu to keep her alive, she would have already been dead.

Seeing Song Wen approach, she hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Ji Yin, spare my life, and I will serve you!"

Song Wen shook his head. "I can't take a Golden Core elder from Wu Ji Island as a servant. Answer me one question, and I will give you a quick death."

He stared at Yu Jiao, his voice cold as he asked, "Why did you three try to kill me?"

Yu Jiao's face turned ashen. "If you're going to kill me, don't expect me to answer your questions."

"You don't know what's good for you. Then I'll have to make you suffer."

The Gui Yuan Qi surged from Song Wen's body, like a ribbon, tightly binding Yu Jiao, rendering her immobile.

In her terrified eyes, a Shadow Gu crawled into her mouth.

"Ah..."

Yu Jiao let out a series of piercing screams.

The Shadow Gu was gnawing at her organs.

The excruciating pain, as though her heart was being devoured, made Yu Jiao wish for death.

"I'll tell you! Please make it stop. I want to obtain the Gui Yuan Qi from you."

"How do you know I have Gui Yuan Qi?" After making the Shadow Gu stop, Song Wen asked.

"I cultivated a pupil technique called 'Treasure Light Spiritual Eyes'. It allows me to see the unique spiritual energy fluctuations of any living being. Through this, I was able to detect the Gui Yuan Qi on you," Yu Jiao explained.

Song Wen looked surprised. "This 'Treasure Light Spiritual Eyes' really has such abilities? I hid the Gui Yuan Qi inside me, and you could still see it?"

Yu Jiao replied, "The Treasure Light Spiritual Eyes has some degree of x-ray ability, but it's not as miraculous as you think. I can see your Gui Yuan Qi mainly because its amount is vast and completely refined, causing its fluctuations to overflow, which the Treasure Light Spiritual Eyes can then detect."

After hearing this, Song Wen suddenly realized that the Treasure Light Spiritual Eyes might be highly effective in searching for rare treasures, like the Five Colored Gold at the bottom of the sea. His interest grew.

"Do you have the cultivation method for this pupil technique?"

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Yu Jiao answered, "Yes, it's in my storage ring."

"Thank you!"

Song Wen turned into a blur and dashed toward Yu Jiao, placing his right hand on her head to begin the Soul Searching Technique.

A moment later, the soul search was complete.

From her memories, Song Wen learned that Yu Jiao's words were true.

As per their earlier agreement, Song Wen granted her a quick death.

When Song Wen devoured Yu Jiao's essence blood, he found that he did not absorb any magical power.

Yu Jiao did not cultivate Corpse King Blood Refining Art.

After storing Yu Jiao's corpse, Song Wen moved to the place where the Ghost King and Silver Corpse were fighting.

Since Shi Bo and Shi Zhong had died one after the other, their corpse puppets, which were under their control, had stopped moving and were now captured by the Ghost King and Silver Corpse.

After collecting the four corpse puppets, Song Wen dived deep into the sea, traveling thousands of miles, before finally emerging from the water.

He set fire to the three bodies, turning them to ash and scattering them into the ocean. Only then did he head towards Ji Yin Island.

As he neared Ji Yin Island, Song Wen suddenly stopped.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to approach the island for now.

Song Wen was unsure whether Yu Jiao and the others had shared the details of their ambush against him with others. To be cautious, he decided to observe for a while before making his move.

Turning around, Song Wen traveled to a deserted island hundreds of miles away.

On the island, he carved out a small cave in the underwater rock and used it as a temporary hiding place.

Taking out the storage rings of Yu Jiao and the others, Song Wen began to check his spoils.

In Yu Jiao's storage ring, Song Wen found a blue jade slip, which contained the cultivation method for the Treasure Light Spiritual Eyes.

The key to cultivating this pupil technique was to refine the eye of a demonic beast called Abyss Sea Butterfly and merge it into one's own eyes.

In addition, the three storage rings contained over a hundred high-quality spirit stones, six Xuan Yin Stones, ten Yin Ming Stones, and ten Sand Crystals (crystal formed from the concentrated aura of corpse energy); as well as seven magical treasures: three low-grade flying swords, a medium-grade Soul Banner, a low-grade copper mirror, and two low-grade corpse-rearing coffins.

The Soul Banner belonged to Yu Jiao and was originally used to seal the third-level mid-stage Ghost King. It contained a large amount of Yin souls, which were perfect for helping the Ghost King increase his cultivation.

The two corpse-rearing coffins had been used by Shi Bo and Shi Zhong to raise corpses.

Song Wen, who was lacking magical treasure-grade corpse-rearing coffins, decided to keep these two for himself.

As for the other magical treasures, he placed them in an empty storage ring, intending to sell them after the heat from the recent events died down.

The two corpse puppets were reforged by Song Wen using the Nether Corpse Fire, altering their appearance and aura.

In addition to these treasures, Song Wen also obtained the alchemy notes in jade slips from the three of them, which were also valuable items.

After finishing his inspection of the three storage rings, Song Wen entered seclusion to stabilize his cultivation.

(End of the Chapter)

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