nucmednet Chapter 519 Zhao Cai Advances to Nascent Soul Demon
Chapter 519 Zhao Cai Advances to Nascent Soul Demon
After Xiao Changkong left, Ye Xinghe and the other two returned to their caves to cultivate in seclusion.
Not only was Xiao Qiushui under immense pressure, but they were also spurred on by Shen Rugo to the point that they dared not slack off in the slightest.
When Qinghe Daoist saw from afar that Shen Rugo had survived her tribulation unscathed and was in incredibly high spirits, he immediately tugged at Xingchen Daoist's sleeve and said, "Stop looking! Let's go. Don't delay this child from consolidating her cultivation!"
In the blink of an eye, everyone had left.
Shen Rugo suddenly remembered something, her eyes lit up, and she muttered to herself, "Right, what about Zhao Cai? That guy will definitely say a few sour things when he sees me break through."
She scanned the area with her divine sense, but was stunned the next second.
Zhao Cai was seen comfortably dozing on a pile of spirit stones as tall as a person.
The pile of spirit stones were all high-grade fire-attribute spirit stones, radiating a rich and mellow spiritual energy.
But what shocked Shen Rugo was not the spirit stone, but the wealth-attracting thing itself.
The body, which was originally bare with only a few sparse downy hairs, now has grown more than a dozen feathers, and each feather is radiant with five colors of light: red, gold, cyan, blue, and purple.
Even more astonishing was the aura it emitted.
"Nascent Soul stage?!"
Shen Rugo gasped in shock.
Her shout woke Zhao Cai from his sleep.
It lazily opened one eye, glanced at Shen Rugo, and said in a flat tone, "Oh, you broke through? You made quite a commotion, didn't you?"
As it spoke, it slowly stood up, shook its magnificent feathers, and said with a smug look, "How about it? Aren't these newly grown feathers impressive enough?"
Shen Rugo circled it three times, making sure she wasn't seeing things, before asking incredulously, "You... how did you break through to the Nascent Soul stage? When did this happen? Why didn't I know anything about it, and you didn't even experience a Heavenly Tribulation?"
Unlike humans, demons face a much more difficult path to cultivation, and the power of heavenly tribulations is several times greater.
Especially when they reach the Golden Core or Nascent Soul realms, each tribulation is a matter of life and death, and the slightest carelessness can lead to the destruction of both body and soul.
Faced with Shen Rugo's three questions, Zhaocai remained calm and composed. It jumped onto the highest spirit stone, held its head high, and said arrogantly, "This divine beast is a supreme divine beast born of nature. To break through to a mere Nascent Soul stage, I need to undergo tribulation? That's a joke!"
"Come on this!"
Shen Rugo reached out to pluck its feathers, but Zhao Cai nimbly dodged her. "Tell me honestly, what exactly happened?"
Seeing that she didn't believe him, Zhao Cai could only purse his lips and say, "What else could it be? It's those fire-attribute treasures that we stole from Wanbaoge. You know that, don't you?"
What about millennia-old fire crystals, earth core fiery marrow, solar refined gold...?
I ate a little something and then broke through.
"Just a little bit? I think you swallowed it all."
Shen Rugo's eye twitched.
Each of those fire-attribute treasures is priceless.
Ten-thousand-year fire crystal is a top-grade material for refining fire-type magic weapons, earth core fire marrow can greatly temper a cultivator's fire spirit root, and solar essence gold is a divine object that only exists in legends.
The "just a little something" that Zhao Cai mentioned probably refers to a rare and precious treasure worth billions of top-grade spirit stones!
Zhao Cai seemed to see through her thoughts and chuckled, "What, feeling sorry for yourself? Don't forget, I'm the one who found all those good things for you. Without my extraordinary treasure-hunting talent, could you have found the core of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion so quickly?"
This is true.
Each branch of Wanbaoge has its treasure vault heavily fortified and disguised, but its nose for wealth is sharper than a dog's, always able to pinpoint the most valuable items.
Shen Rugo sighed: "I'm not heartbroken, I'm surprised. You ate so many fire-attribute treasures in one go, and you didn't burst?"
"Bloated?"
My belly is a bottomless pit, you know that!
"Don't even mention this little bit; even if you swallowed the entire Wanbao Pavilion, it would only be a small treat for me."
As he spoke, Zhao Cai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned close to Shen Rugo: "By the way, speaking of Wanbaoge, when are we going to rob another one?"
"I feel like if I eat a few more pieces of Sun Essence Gold, I'll be able to break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage!"
Shen Rugo rolled her eyes dramatically: "You really think Wanbaoge is your own canteen?"
"if not?"
Zhao Cai said confidently, "Those good things are a waste to keep in their warehouse. They'd be better off feeding me to increase my strength. If I'm stronger, I can protect you better, right?"
"Protect me?" Shen Rugo looked at it with a half-smile. "Zhaocai, have you forgotten that from childhood to adulthood, when have you ever won a fight against me?"
Zhao Cai choked on its words, then flew into a rage, flapping its wings violently: "That was before! Now this divine beast is a Nascent Soul expert, dealing with a little girl like you in the late Golden Core stage is a piece of cake!"
"Oh? Why don't you give it a try?" Shen Rugo raised an eyebrow, her tone tinged with provocation.
"Just try it!"
Zhao Cai shone with five-colored light, declaring, "Today I'll show you what the true power of a divine beast is!"
Before the words were even finished, it had already transformed into a streak of multicolored light, rushing straight towards Shen Rugo.
It moved so fast that it left afterimages in the air.
A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Rugo's eyes.
After Zhao Cai broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, her speed increased by at least three times! But she remained calm and raised her right hand slightly, her five fingers loosely clenched.
"The Five Elements Imprisonment".
Five-colored spiritual energy surged from her palm, transforming into a slowly rotating halo that precisely targeted Zhao Cai.
This is a new divine ability she comprehended when she broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm. It can draw upon the power of the five elements in the world to seal off space.
Zhao Cai was shocked and tried to dodge, but it was too late. The light circle tightened instantly, binding it firmly in mid-air.
"Impossible!" Zhao Cai struggled desperately, but couldn't move. "I'm already a Nascent Soul cultivator, how could you, a mere Golden Core cultivator, possibly trap me?"
Shen Rugo walked up to it with a smile and flicked its head: "Realm doesn't mean everything. My Five Elements Imprisonment is based on the Five Elements Laws of Heaven and Earth. Unless you can unleash power ten times greater than mine in an instant, don't even think about breaking free."
Zhao Cai struggled a few more times, but finding it truly unable to break free, it immediately deflated, drooping its head listlessly: "You monster, you can touch the laws even at the late Golden Core stage, are you trying to kill any beasts?"
Shen Rugo laughed and released the restraints, and Zhao Cai landed sullenly on her shoulder.
“Actually, you’re already very strong.” Shen Rugo stroked its feathers and said seriously, “The speed of that pounce just now would be something an ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator couldn’t dodge.”
Zhao Cai snorted and turned her head away arrogantly, but a hint of smugness flashed in her eyes.
It knew that Shen Rugo was telling the truth. It had only used 70% of its strength in that attack. If it had unleashed its full power, even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator might not have been able to withstand it.
"By the way," Shen Rugo suddenly remembered the important matter and asked, "When you broke through, were you really free from heavenly tribulation?"
"Well..."
Zhao Cai's voice became muffled, and his eyes darted around. "Divine beasts always have some privileges. Heavenly tribulations are useless against supreme divine beasts like us."