Chapter 307 - 306: Golden Core Advancement, Looting the Lair

Chapter 307: Chapter 306: Golden Core Advancement, Looting the Lair

But Zhang Chi had been a step slow, even using only a Vajra Talisman.

Though the Teleportation Talisman was in his hand, he hadn’t used it yet.

"Haha, I’ve struck it rich!"

Then, with a great wave of his hand, Zhang Chi collected the entire corpse of the Black Sand Profound Snake from the ground.

The reason was simple: the others didn’t have high-capacity storage equipment—not even the Hundred Flowers Palace Saintess. But he did.

And while the Black Sand Profound Snake was massive, it was also relatively long and slender. A Storage Bag wouldn’t do, but a Storage Ring could hold it perfectly.

Only after that did Zhang Chi finally use the Teleportation Talisman to leave.

In the next instant, he was far from the battlefield. After getting his bearings, he activated his Blood Escape Technique and Asura Blood Burning Technique, transforming into a streak of blood-red light and speeding even farther away from the scene.

More than an hour later, he finally stopped beneath a sand dune, set up a Tier Four Array he had long since refined, and took out the Black Sand Profound Snake’s corpse to quickly begin processing it.

The Black Sand Profound Snake’s hide and bones were incredibly tough. Even the trio from the Hundred Flowers Palace wouldn’t have been able to extract the horn and Spirit Marrow in a short time, nor did they even have the chance to sever its head and take it with them.

But all of this was to Zhang Chi’s benefit.

Zhang Chi took out his incomparably sharp Spirit Sword and quickly removed the horn. Before that, he had even managed to successfully extract the Profound Snake Spirit Marrow from inside the Black Sand Profound Snake’s head.

It was a black, paste-like substance that emitted a strange, fragrant aroma, making Zhang Chi gulp uncontrollably.

Just as expected, there wasn’t much of it. The horn was a full half-zhang long, but the Spirit Marrow was only a clump the size of a fingertip.

GULP!

Without hesitation, Zhang Chi opened his mouth and swallowed the Spirit Marrow.

After all, if he didn’t use this rare treasure now, it would soon lose its efficacy.

As for whether the Hundred Flowers Palace cultivators would discover him and hunt him down after he consumed it, he couldn’t be bothered to care.

WHOOSH!

The moment the Spirit Marrow entered his stomach, it instantly transformed into a strange energy that circled once through his body before entering his Dantian, where it was rapidly absorbed by his spinning Golden Core.

His Golden Core then suddenly became incredibly hot and began to violently absorb the Spiritual Power in his body and the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

Zhang Chi quickly took out and swallowed a drop of Tier Four Earth Milk Spirit Liquid, which satisfied the immense energy required for the Golden Core’s transformation and, at the same time, prevented the process from causing a major disturbance.

Combined with the concealment from the Tier Four Array, even a cultivator passing nearby wouldn’t have noticed anything unusual—not to mention there were no living creatures in the vicinity to begin with.

Afterward, Zhang Chi was stunned to find that the Golden Core inside him had become even more condensed and powerful.

Mysterious runes quickly appeared on its surface, rapidly combining to form a brand-new Dao Pattern.

In that instant, his Four Patterns Golden Core officially advanced to five patterns, becoming what was known in the legends of the Great Abyss as a Celestial Grade Golden Core.

Furthermore, Zhang Chi could feel that it wasn’t just the quality of his Golden Core that had improved; his Divine Soul and physical body had also undergone a quiet transformation and enhancement during the process.

Now, not only was his Spiritual Power purer and more abundant, but his Meridians and Dantian had also been widened and reinforced. His senses were sharper to the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and his innate aptitude had taken a qualitative leap forward.

Meanwhile, the drop of Tier Four Earth Milk Spirit Liquid had been completely consumed without a single bit going to waste.

"It’s done just like that? This is great!"

Zhang Chi was overjoyed after inspecting his condition.

After that, he returned to processing the Black Sand Profound Snake’s corpse.

He carved off all the materials, like the Snake Hide, Snake Bones, Snake Fangs, and Snake Gallbladder, and even collected all of the meat.

He also extracted and saved the Profound Snake’s Essence Blood, planning to use it for Body Refining later.

Its effects would far surpass the Demon Flood Dragon Essence Blood he had obtained in the past.

After all, while that Demon Flood Dragon Essence Blood was precious, it had ultimately come from a mere Tier Three Peak Demon Flood Dragon.

It was worth noting that materials like the Black Sand Profound Snake Hide were incredibly durable; an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator would be completely unable to cut through them.

However, with the Profound Snake dead and no longer protected by its Demonic Power, its defenses were lowered. Since Zhang Chi had his Spirit Sword as a tool and plenty of time, cutting it up wasn’t too difficult.

The most precious materials remaining on the Profound Snake were undoubtedly its horn and the Demon Pill.

The horn was exceptionally tough and sharp—a Tier Four Middle Grade material—and could even be used directly as a close-quarters weapon.

The Profound Snake’s Demon Pill was as large as a human head, its surface wreathed in furiously burning flames of Demonic Power.

Within the Demon Pill was the phantom of a small snake, causing the pill to struggle ceaselessly in Zhang Chi’s hand, trying to escape and even kill him.

Unfortunately for it, Zhang Chi had come prepared. He had previously placed a Sealing Spirit Talisman on the Demon Snake’s corpse, and now he slapped another one onto the Demon Pill.

After all, a Tier Four Demon Beast was comparable to a human Nascent Soul Cultivator, making its Tier Four Demon Pill equivalent to the Nascent Soul within a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Such treasures were incredibly precious but also extremely dangerous.

If the Demon Pill hadn’t expended a great deal of its Mighty Power during the earlier battle, and then been severely damaged by the Golden Armor Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Magical Treasure, it would have likely escaped its vessel and fled long ago, just like a human cultivator’s Nascent Soul.

Even now, given enough time, the Demon Pill could recover and commit Possession on another Demon Beast or even a cultivator.

But unfortunately for it, it had fallen into Zhang Chi’s hands, and he had no intention of giving it any such opportunity.

Zhang Chi was a firm believer in the principle of kicking an enemy while they’re down.

He gripped the Demon Pill tightly and immediately performed the Soul Searching Technique.

The Demon Soul inside was still conscious. It was stunned at first, then became ecstatic, believing Zhang Chi was overestimating his own abilities and courting death.

After all, it was a Tier Four Demon Soul. Even though it was weakened and captured, it was not something a mere Golden Core Cultivator could hope to Soul Search.