Chapter 64: Desperate Bamboo Absorption

Puff, puff, puff!

Dozens of bamboo leaves, glowing with a dark light, shot out, most of them hitting the two men.

Although these two men had bodies tempered by rigorous training and muscular physiques, the bamboo leaves were as sharp as flying swords, incredibly sharp!

After the bamboo leaves pierced their bodies, they exploded with a loud bang. Ding Hao clearly saw more than ten holes explode on their bodies, and they fell to the ground, dead.

"Truly formidable, these demonic bamboos!" Ding Hao was shocked.

These demonic bamboos were likely even more powerful than the flying swords of ordinary Qi Cultivation Immortal Masters. The three Ninth Stage Innate experts didn't even have a chance to fight back before they were dead!

However, although the demonic bamboo was fierce, after throwing out a bunch of bamboo leaves, no new leaves grew. At this moment, it resembled a black snake, wriggling in and out of the leader's corpse, using human blood to cleanse its body.

"Should I go or not?" Ding Hao hesitated.

The ferocity of the demonic bamboo shocked him, but he made up his mind in just a second.

"Go! Take advantage of the demonic bamboo's depletion of its leaves; otherwise, once they grow back, there will be no chance!"

Ding Hao quickly emerged from the Star Absorption Stone, then grabbed one end of the demonic vine and shouted, "Go!"

The demonic vine, now well-trained, immediately extended and swam over.

What Ding Hao didn't expect was that the demonic vine, upon encountering human blood, became excited and did not attack the demonic bamboo but instead burrowed into the giant man's corpse!

"Truly a demonic vine!" Ding Hao's eyes widened in surprise.

Although he knew his vine was a demonic creature, he hadn't felt much about it. But now, seeing the vine burrowing through the corpse, he clearly understood that this thing was definitely an ominous object!

As he was thinking, the demonic vine and the demonic bamboo started to fight!

The demonic bamboo had just killed the giant man and was beginning to enjoy it when it didn't expect someone to come and compete with it. It was unwilling, so the demonic vine and the demonic bamboo entangled each other, like a green snake and a black snake.

Undoubtedly, the demonic bamboo was much thicker!

Ding Hao's demonic vine was only as thick as a finger, while the demonic bamboo was four to five times thicker!

Whoosh!

The demonic vine, fighting fiercely, suddenly pulled its tail out of Ding Hao's hand and tightly bound the black demonic bamboo!

However, Ding Hao soon realized that the situation was not optimistic.

Although the demonic vine attacked fiercely at first, it was still young and was quickly overpowered, falling into a disadvantage. However, the demonic vine remained fierce, and its head opened a mouth, biting the tip of the demonic bamboo tightly!

Ding Hao thought to himself that if he didn't act now, he would even lose the demonic vine! That would be a huge loss!

"Better to die fighting than to give up!" Ding Hao, not knowing where his courage came from, leaped forward, firmly grabbing the black body of the demonic bamboo, his pupils contracting to a pinpoint, and shouted, "Star Absorption Magic Formula, Absorb!"

The second level of the Star Absorption Magic Formula, with its full absorption power, immediately drew a surge of wood-elemental spiritual energy into his meridians, then into his dantian!

The absorption power of the Star Absorption Magic Formula was already very strong. In just a few breaths, Ding Hao's dantian was filled with thick wood-elemental spiritual energy.

The black demonic bamboo also noticed the problem and began to struggle wildly, its body twisting like a giant python.

Its head tried to retract, attempting to pull out from the demonic vine's mouth.

Ding Hao's heart tightened, and he quickly grabbed the Star Absorption Stone and put it on, "Star Absorption Stone, you're in luck!"

His dantian was full and could no longer absorb, but the Star Absorption Stone was a bottomless pit!

Moreover, once the Star Absorption Stone was activated, the absorption power became even more intense, and spiritual energy gushed out of the demonic bamboo's body. The spiritual energy contained in this demonic bamboo definitely exceeded that of the fire-red flower demon wood he had absorbed last time.

As the spiritual energy in its body rapidly depleted, the demonic bamboo began to weaken. When the spiritual energy was completely drained, its body turned black, rotted, and turned into a withered piece of wood.

Looking at the demonic vine, it was happily burrowing through the corpses. Ding Hao found it disgusting and swept it up, storing it in the Star Absorption Stone space.

Then, Ding Hao quickly removed the storage pouches from the three dead men and fled in a mad dash.

His dantian was full of spiritual energy, so he couldn't waste it. After running a few hundred meters, he immediately threw down the Star Absorption Stone and dove into it.

Sitting cross-legged, he began to refine the original dan.

Hundreds of miles away, in a forest, a black-cloaked man sitting cross-legged in a ground crack suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining brightly!

"Jade Green Silk! I sense you again! It seems that after so many years of slumber, you are unwilling to remain silent!"

As he spoke, he threw out a flying sword, stepped on it, and transformed into a beam of light, speeding away.

The night passed quickly.

In the early morning, the forest was filled with the clear chirping of birds.

Amidst the chirping, a black-cloaked man was running quickly. He was a subordinate of the Bamboo Demon Tribe, currently at the third level of Qi Cultivation. His task today was to come here before dawn and retrieve the arrow bamboo demon left by Elder Miao yesterday.

After all, they were demonic Immortal Masters, and their activities were secretive.

If the arrow bamboo remained here for a long time, it could be discovered by righteous Immortal Masters, causing trouble.

However, as he quickly approached the area near the rock, he was startled.

The few corpses on the ground didn't concern him; what shocked him was the black-cloaked man standing on the cracked rock.

This black-cloaked man was wearing the same black cloak as him and was currently looking down at the rolling grass butterflies.

After a heavy rain, the stems of insect-eating plants would develop fine cracks, oozing a purple-red liquid that attracted the black rolling grass butterflies to crawl up. When the butterflies reached the top of the stem, they would be swallowed by the insect-eating plant.

The black-cloaked man standing there watched quietly, as if entranced, seemingly unaware of the black-cloaked man from the Bamboo Demon Tribe.

"Kill him!" The black-cloaked man from the Bamboo Demon Tribe's eyes flashed with a cruel look, and he reached for his storage pouch.

However, at that moment, the black-cloaked man on the rock suddenly turned his head, his eyes fixed on him. He was so startled that his hand couldn't move!

"Spiritual sense suppression!" The black-cloaked man from the Bamboo Demon Tribe was terrified, unsure of the other black-cloaked man's cultivation level.

Releasing spiritual sense was a characteristic of the Qi Cultivation stage, but using it to attack was unheard of!

At this moment, he had a strange thought, "Could it be a Foundation Establishment True Person?"

However, he also thought it was impossible. In the Nine Provinces world, Foundation Establishment True Persons couldn't exist; they would be expelled from the Nine Provinces after reaching that stage.

"Senior, spare my life!" The black-cloaked man from the Bamboo Demon Tribe fell to his knees, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

The black-cloaked man on the rock finally spoke, "Which tribe are you from?"

It was clear that he was well-informed about the demonic and evil forces outside the realm.

"The Bamboo Demon Tribe." The black-cloaked man, knowing the other was very powerful, didn't dare to hide anything and quickly explained, "Our Elder Miao responded to the request of the young prince of the Tang Imperial Family, Tang Yingyu, to come here and kill a genius from Wuzhou. Yesterday, Elder Miao left the arrow bamboo demon here to ambush the target. I came today to retrieve the arrow bamboo demon, Senior, please spare my life."

"Arrow bamboo demon, how did it end up like this?" The black-cloaked man on the rock reached out and grabbed a piece of withered black wood from the ground, then threw it in front of the kneeling black-cloaked man.

"How could this be!" The black-cloaked man from the Bamboo Demon Tribe was also shocked and quickly said, "I don't know why the arrow bamboo demon turned like this, Senior, I've never heard of such a thing!"

Clearly, the mysterious black-cloaked man wasn't here to investigate this. He asked again, "What do you know about the ancient vicious vine, Jade Green Silk?"

The kneeling black-cloaked man looked bewildered, "Senior, what is Jade Green Silk? I've never heard of it."

"Really?" The mysterious black-cloaked man coldly shouted.

The kneeling black-cloaked man trembled all over, "Senior, please spare my life! I really haven't heard of it!"

However, the mysterious black-cloaked man didn't want to hear his answer. He used his mental power to suppress the other and slapped his storage pouch, saying, "Go!"

A dazzling light shot out from the storage pouch, instantly reaching the black-cloaked man, exploding his body, and then returning to the storage pouch. The thing was so fast that no one could see what it was.

"Senior, our Elder Miao is at the fifth level of Qi Cultivation..." The black-cloaked man's eyes widened, but he didn't finish his sentence before he fell to the ground.

The black-cloaked man on the rock then walked down, slapped his storage pouch again, and took out a small black flag.

As soon as the flag was taken out, a cold wind rose, and blood energy surged. He swept the flag over the corpse, and a human face appeared on the flag. This face was the soul of the dead Bamboo Demon Tribe Immortal Master, who cried out in terror, "Senior, please let me reincarnate! Senior, spare me!"

The black-cloaked man ignored him and asked, "Tell me again, what do you know about Jade Green Silk?"

The soul wailed, "Senior, I really haven't heard of it."

At this moment, the black-cloaked man believed him, shook the flag, and absorbed the soul into it, then put the flag away.

"Jade Green Silk, where are you? Why can't I sense you at all?"

A few hundred meters away, in a pile of rubble, a small stone lay.

In the Star Absorption Stone, Ding Hao exhaled, opened his eyes, and a faint smile appeared.

"The spiritual energy of the demonic bamboo is indeed very powerful. I have now refined another layer of the original dan and am at the Eighth Stage Innate!"

To break through to the Eighth Stage Innate in such a short time would shock anyone to the point of bleeding. However, Ding Hao was somewhat frustrated, "If the spiritual energy of the demonic bamboo hadn't been completely absorbed by the Star Absorption Stone, the remaining part would have allowed me to break through another level! Once I reach the Ninth Stage Innate, I won't fear Prince Chai and his ilk!"

Ding Hao's gaze shifted, and he looked at the golden-silk demonic vine curled in a corner. He was suddenly shocked to see that the golden threads of the vine now had a faint blood color!

"This demonic vine is truly ominous!" Ding Hao thought to himself.

The scene of the demonic vine burrowing through the corpse like a snake kept flashing in his mind. Although he disapproved of some righteous Immortal Masters, he was unwilling to become a cruel and ruthless demonic or evil Immortal Master.

Killing people to refine demons was something he felt he couldn't do, "Well, I should use this demonic vine less in the future."

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End of the chapter.