Chapter 85: Blood Crystal

Ye Feng jumped around in the cave like a big boy, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the resources scattered everywhere. Most of the rare materials came from the storage ring of the young man in white, which contained fifty thousand True Spirit Pills and tens of thousands of spirit stones. As for the materials for forging magical artifacts, they were countless. It seemed he was preparing to forge a spirit artifact, but now they all fell into Ye Feng's hands.

To forge a spirit artifact, a large amount of resources was needed, such as the Golden Crow Stone, the Lingnan Tree... and various other materials for forging. This young man in white had almost gathered everything.

After quickly clearing everything up, Ye Feng also put over a thousand Blood Demon Pills into his storage ring. These people had hunted about a thousand human demons and over a dozen black demons in total.

After organizing everything, Ye Feng's gaze finally fell on a book made of animal skin, with the words "Quantum Divine Fist" written on it.

He picked it up and opened the first page, which recorded the essence of the fist technique. The Quantum Divine Fist was divided into three moves, each more powerful than the last. If all three moves were combined, the power would be overwhelming.

However, the young man in white was very unfortunate, having only mastered the first two moves, and their power seemed not great. The true power of the Quantum Divine Fist lay in the third move. The first move was called Quantum Shockwave, the second move Quantum Spiral Wave, and the third move, the most powerful, was called Chaos Wave Spike. According to the introduction, to perform this move, one needed the strength of at least two hundred flying dragons; otherwise, it would be impossible to control the fist technique.

As for combining all three moves, there was no information, so it seemed he would have to explore it himself in the future.

"I will cultivate you from now on!"

Ye Feng decided to cultivate the Quantum Fist technique first, combining it with the Xue Tian Axe and the Seven Styles of Slaying Heaven as his ultimate moves. This combination could almost instantly defeat any existence below the Earth Martial Realm.

For the rest of the night, Ye Feng spent most of his energy studying the Quantum Divine Fist. By dawn, he had mastered the first move to the beginner level, and with some practical application, he could break through to the minor accomplishment level.

"It's time to hunt Blood Demons and try to exchange for more True Spirit Pills."

After this breakthrough, Ye Feng became much more cautious. Although his nine dantians were powerful, the amount of spirit energy required for each breakthrough was enormous. Therefore, he needed to obtain a large amount of True Spirit Pills and spirit stones in the shortest time possible, and hunting Blood Demons was undoubtedly the best method.

After Ye Feng left the cave, a middle-aged man with a sullen face appeared within a hundred miles. His divine sense spread out, finally landing on a wasteland. This place had been a dense forest yesterday, but now it was a wasteland.

"Boy, even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will kill you." The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, his voice filled with hatred. He was the true form of the shadow that had fought Ye Feng before.

He searched the Blood Demon Battlefield for a whole night but found no trace of the young man in white. He had almost searched the entire hundred-mile radius. Fortunately, Ye Feng had already left the area when he killed the young man in white, or they would have met.

On a mountain peak, the ground was littered with Blood Demons. Most of them had been crushed by a single punch, their blood drained, leaving only empty husks without heads. At the peak, a blood-red youth stood, his half-foot-long nails retracted into his fingers.

Looking at the bodies, the youth let out a long howl. He had only just broken through to the initial stage of the Innate Realm, and in just a few days, he had reached the peak of the initial stage. Absorbing the blood of thousands of Blood Demons had rapidly increased his cultivation.

Calmly, Ye Feng's divine sense entered his body. The reason for his rapid improvement was due to the Nine Hell Demon Cauldron.

After the blood was absorbed by the Nine Hell Demon Cauldron, it was converted into new energy and entered the dantians, becoming even purer and free of any impurities.

In the past, although Ye Feng could absorb blood, he had to constantly refine the demon energy or evil energy to prevent backlash. If he absorbed too much demon energy, it would backfire on him, and the same applied to evil energy. Therefore, he never dared to absorb too much.

With the Nine Hell Demon Cauldron, this problem no longer existed. The blood was forged by the black demon flames inside, purifying it and expelling any impurities, transforming it into pure spirit energy, which was then absorbed by the dantians.

"What is this?"

Ye Feng's divine sense entered the Nine Hell Demon Cauldron and found several blood-red, diamond-shaped stones floating inside, emitting a blood-red light and a faint blood aura.

As his divine sense approached, he saw more clearly. With a thought, one of the blood-red diamond-shaped stones appeared in his hand.

Opening his eyes, Ye Feng looked at the blood-red diamond-shaped stone in his hand, his eyes flickering as if deep in thought.

"Could this be a Blood Crystal?" Ye Feng was unsure.

Blood Crystals were holy items of the Blood Demon race. Low-level Blood Demons hunted humans and absorbed their blood to evolve, but high-level Blood Demons considered human blood too dirty and instead fed on Blood Crystals.

Ye Feng had read about this in miscellaneous notes, but he was unsure. Blood Crystals were extremely precious and only produced in the central area of the Blood Demon Battlefield. They were similar to spirit stones, but forming a Blood Crystal was several times more difficult than forming a spirit stone.

Spirit stones grew underground, absorbing spirit energy over a long period, eventually evolving into a spirit vein, and then into a spirit stone. The value of a spirit vein was self-evident; the Heavenly Spirit Academy probably had only a few spirit veins to supply the disciples' cultivation.

Blood Crystals were similar, but their formation required not only spirit energy but also blood energy, the purest form of blood energy. High-level Blood Demons would even kill humans, sprinkling their blood on the veins, allowing the blood stones to absorb it and eventually form Blood Crystals.

"Since my mutated body can absorb blood, just like Blood Demons, can I also absorb Blood Crystals?" Ye Feng speculated.

Deciding to try, he used his true qi to draw in a strand of pure blood energy, which entered his body through his arm and transformed into true qi.

"So pure, much purer than absorbing Blood Demon blood!" Ye Feng said in amazement, surprised by the purity of the Blood Crystal. Absorbing one Blood Crystal was equivalent to absorbing the blood of ten human demons.

"Unfortunately, there are too few Blood Crystals. If there were more, I wouldn't need to hunt so many Blood Demons." Ye Feng sighed.

The benefits of Blood Crystals for Ye Feng were obvious, even comparable to True Spirit Pills. True Spirit Pills could break down into a large amount of spirit energy, while spirit stones absorbed more slowly and contained impurities. Ye Feng always placed spirit stones last in his cultivation.

The appearance of Blood Crystals opened a new path for Ye Feng. Since they were pure and free of impurities, he could absorb them without hesitation, but the only problem was the scarcity.

After killing thousands of Blood Demons, he only obtained a dozen Blood Crystals, which were not enough for a single breath of absorption. To obtain more Blood Crystals, the first method was to hunt a large number of Blood Demons, and the second method was to obtain them from Blood Demons.

"I need to delve deeper."

The first two moves of the Quantum Divine Fist were already at the major accomplishment level, but Ye Feng dared not easily cultivate the third move, as it required the strength of two hundred flying dragons. Although he could achieve it, he did not dare to take the risk lightly.

Hunting human demons was no longer a challenge for Ye Feng. His target was now black demons, and even spirit demons.

The realm of spirit demons was equivalent to the Earth Martial Realm of humans. Ye Feng had not yet fought an Earth Martial Realm expert, and this training was a good opportunity to hone his martial skills.

With a few leaps, Ye Feng left the mountain peak and headed deeper into the Blood Demon Battlefield. Along the way, he hunted any Blood Demons he encountered, extracting their blood. Instead of absorbing it, he refined it and formed Blood Crystals, storing them.

Ye Feng did not know where he was going, but he saw a small city ahead. The Blood Demon Battlefield was not much different from the human world, except for the different ways of life.

Blood Demons entered and exited the city, and human demons were rarely seen. Most were black demons. Ye Feng's body disappeared in a flash, approaching the edge of the city.

Ye Feng did not dare to enter the center of the small city, but he could still hunt on the outskirts. Each small city was guarded by a ground demon, whose strength was comparable to a Heaven Martial Realm expert. Ye Feng was not yet ready to face a Heaven Martial Realm expert.

A small group of Blood Demons appeared in Ye Feng's line of sight, about a dozen, all black demons, each holding a spear and wearing armor. They were well-trained, and the Blood Demon rule was stricter than that of humans.

Ye Feng hid in the grass, not revealing himself. This place was too close to the city, and if a fight broke out, more Blood Demons might come. He needed to find a place with fewer Blood Demons to act.

"Hurry up, we need to transport this batch of goods as soon as possible. If we delay, none of us will return alive," the leading Blood Demon roared, urging the others to move faster.

"Lord Spirit Demon, why is Lord Merck in such a hurry to send out the Blood Crystals? Didn't we usually submit them at the end of the month?" one black demon asked, confused about why they were submitting the Blood Crystals before the end of the month.

"Shut up, do as Lord Merck decides. Speed up, the sooner we deliver the goods, the better," the leader, a Spirit Demon, replied.

Ye Feng heard their conversation clearly. They were going to transport a batch of Blood Crystals. Ye Feng's eyes lit up. Blood Crystals were valuable, and if he could obtain a large amount, he could absorb them without hesitation during future breakthroughs, unlike now, where he had to be cautious about resource shortages.

The small group of Blood Demons moved faster, gradually moving several miles away from the city. This area was remote, and few humans entered, as it was a place where Blood Demons were active. Ye Feng planned to act here.

"Who's there!"

As soon as Ye Feng's body appeared, the Spirit Demon detected him immediately.