This was a desolate mountain forest that was rarely visited by humans. A desolate aura pervaded the air, and ancient trees that reached into the sky could be seen everywhere. The old trees' roots were intertwined, and they were vigorous like dragons. Branches and leaves drooped down.
"Roar!"
A muffled roar came from the depths of the forest, shaking the earth and causing the leaves to fall. Occasionally, a shadow would flash through the forest. This was a fierce beast unique to the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forest, the Scarlet Tail Snake. It loved darkness and was extremely venomous. Even a Blood Refining cultivator's life would be in danger if they came into contact with it.
Next to a pond, Xiao Chen had already been lying cross-legged on a rock for several hours. The heavenly horse's golden eyes were extremely solemn as it guarded Xiao Chen.
And around Xiao Chen, a dense lightning Qi filled the air, as well as the smell of scorched earth. In a radius of several miles, countless trees and boulders had been turned to dust.
In the depths of the ancient forest that had been silent for who knew how many years, the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi was unbearably chaotic, interweaving with each other. Occasionally, there would even be the sound of silver lightning exploding in the air.
The Battle Qi within Xiao Chen's body had been compressed to the limit, and he could no longer suppress it. He had no choice but to summon the heavenly tribulation. At this moment, he had already passed the third heavenly tribulation and was currently stabilizing the somewhat chaotic Battle Qi within his body.
The surroundings were silent; the ancient forest for dozens of kilometers around was silent. The Lightning Tribulation had frightened the ferocious beasts into fleeing. The Lightning Tribulation was the Heavenly Might. Right now, Xiao Chen was still safe in the depths of this desolate land. After all, the aura of the Lightning Tribulation had not completely dissipated yet. Some ferocious beasts did not dare to enter this area.
Half a day later, Battle Qi rumbled within Xiao Chen's body. His entire body shone with an azure light, forming a layer of Astral Qi around his body. Suddenly, the Astral Qi exploded, turning into drops of azure rain that once again merged into his body.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, a dense Battle Qi once again overflowed, turning into azure rain that splashed onto his skin and seeped into his limbs and bones, nourishing his body.
Buzz!
A thick stream of Blood Qi rose from Xiao Chen's back. Sometimes, it would turn into a coiling flood dragon, and sometimes it would turn into smoke. This was a phenomenon that could only appear when one's body had been condensed to a certain degree.
"Has he reached his limit?"
After a long time, Xiao Chen opened his slightly closed eyes and muttered to himself. Originally, he thought that the degree of condensation of his physical body was enough for his cultivation to directly reach the fourth level of the Heavy Building Realm without any hindrance.
But at this moment, he realized that his estimation was wrong. The foundation of his physical body that he had laid in the Blood Refinement Realm was almost exhausted when he reached the third level of the Heavenly Building Realm. In the future, when he advanced, he would need to strengthen all aspects to improve his cultivation base.
Then Xiao Chen swept this consciousness out of his mind, feeling that he was too greedy. The promotion of the Heavenly Building Realm was the promotion of the body's bones, flesh, and spirit at the same time. He had already taken advantage of the previous convenience. In just a few months, he had broken through several heavenly tribulations and promoted to the third level of the Heavenly Building Realm.
Even the patriarch of the Iron Hoof Tribe, who had been promoted to the Storm Building Realm for several years, was only at the 2nd layer of the Storm Building Realm. This was still under the accumulation of the sufficient foundation of the Iron Hoof Tribe. In just a few months, he had reached this level with the previous foundation. What was there to be dissatisfied with?
Thousands of miles of desolate ancient mountain.
"Roar!"
A Golden Horned Saber-toothed Tiger with a body of ten feet let out a wail, and then was hit heavily and flew out. The ancient trees were broken, and it hit a boulder, and its bones were all broken.
The ferocious pale golden antlers on its forehead showed that this Golden Horned Saber-toothed Tiger had an extraordinary origin. It was a dragon beast with the bloodline of the dragon race. As a dragon-type fierce beast, this Saber-toothed Tiger was more than twice as powerful as other fierce beasts of the same level.
However, it was only at the peak of the two-star level. For Xiao Chen, it was vulnerable. Not to mention breaking through to the third level of the Heavenly Building Realm, and his strength had soared more than ten times. Even the original second level was far from being its opponent.
The pegasus was already at the peak of the two-star level, but if it wanted to advance to the next level, it needed more than just energy. The bloodline of the ancient dragon flowed in its body, and this was the most ancient bloodline inheritance of the Great Wilderness. Therefore, Xiao Chen thought of the most shortcut method.
Although the pegasus was separated from the fierce beasts and formed its own race, it naturally absorbed the true fire of the sun to temper its beast body, and derived its power source. Since it was difficult to stimulate this power source by relying on itself, then it would kill some fierce beasts with the bloodline of the dragon race, and let the pegasus refine it. It would refine the remnant dragon blood in the depths of these fierce beasts' bloodlines, and this would strengthen its bloodline source, thus stimulating the power in the depths of its bloodline, and speeding up its advancement.
Weng!
The pegasus spat out a flame of extreme yang, which was its fire source. The raging flame turned into a small fire dragon that was one foot long, sparkling and translucent like colored glass. It spiraled in the air and landed on the body of the dying Saber-toothed Tiger.
Suddenly, the little dragon within the flames roared, and suddenly surrounded the entire body of the Saber-toothed Tiger. In the blink of an eye, it turned into ashes, and a strand of precious golden blood was swallowed by the little dragon, returning to the pegasus' mouth.
This strand of golden blood that was even smaller than a strand of hair was the meager dragon bloodline extracted from the Saber-toothed Tiger's body. Not only that, this bloodline was also impure, and it needed the pegasus to refine it again.
Fifteen days later, in the depths of the ancient forest.
Rumble!
The earth trembled, and a fierce aura spread out from the desolate ancient forest. The roars of beasts rang out again and again. A one-horned golden python that was more than a hundred feet long, and its body was covered in golden scales. Its thick tail was like a heavenly whip that swept out, smashing apart the short ancient mountains one after another.
Below its body, there were four irregular protrusions, which were the claws that were about to grow out. It had two sharp fangs that were as malevolent as golden hooks, and every roar it let out emitted an aura that could topple mountains and destroy tsunamis.
As a mid-stage Three-star dragon-type beast, its origin energy was tyrannical, and its body was as tough as metal. Its battle prowess was something that even peak Three-star ferocious beasts wouldn't dare to provoke. This fifty thousand kilometer wide desolate forest was its territory.
But this hateful human in front of it had actually intruded into its territory, and the pegasus beside this human was emitting a bloodline aura that caused it to revere and desire. As a Three-star ferocious beast, it already had a high level of intelligence. It could sense that if it could devour this pegasus, it would be able to become a Four-star ferocious beast, and it might even have a chance to become a Five-star ferocious beast.
Boom!
The Single-horned Golden Serpent emitted a mournful cry. Its golden body was covered with bloody holes, and golden blood splashed all over the desolate land. What made it even crazier was that each of these bloody holes was filled with a thick killing intent that prevented the flesh and blood from fusing together, causing the blood to constantly flow out.
The spear in Xiao Chen's hand was like a dragon, constantly piercing through the void and stabbing into the Golden Horned Python's body. One had to admit that this Golden Horned Python's origin bloodline was extremely rich, and its blood vitality was incomparably strong. Although it was only at the mid-stage Three-star ferocious beast, its battle prowess was no less than that of the Purple Phoenix Condor that had chased after Xiao Chen for 100,000 kilometers. It was definitely the overlord of this land.
Boom!
Xiao Chen used the spear as a staff, and the spear in his hand grew to a length of ten meters, and was as thick as a water bucket. He soared into the sky and smashed down on the Golden Horned Python with the force of Mount Tai. After a mournful cry, the Golden Horned Python was sent flying hundreds of meters away.
Boom boom boom!
Xiao Chen didn't show any mercy. The spear in his hand continuously smashed down on the Golden Horned Python. Finally, after a mournful cry, the Golden Horned Python collapsed on the ground, dying.
Immediately after, the pegasus appeared in front of the Golden Horned Python. The Pure Yang Fire appeared, turning into a fire dragon that wrapped around its body. Its golden scales were sizzling, and under the burning of the Pure Yang Fire, it turned into nothingness.
During these days, the pegasus had already absorbed the essence of dozens of ferocious beasts with dragon bloodlines. There were even more than ten Three-star ferocious beasts. It was already on the verge of breaking through. Not long after, the Golden Horned Python's origin bloodline, which was as thick as a thumb, was absorbed into the pegasus' body.
Buzz buzz buzz!
After the pegasus had absorbed the origin bloodline, its entire body was covered with a faint golden glow that shot up into the sky.
Its body was gradually ignited with the Pure Yang Fire. At this moment, Xiao Chen could even feel traces of pure dragon power coming from the pegasus.
The golden flames surrounded the pegasus' body, turning it into a golden fireball. At this moment, Xiao Chen couldn't see the pegasus anymore, only a giant golden cocoon surrounded by golden flames.
Seeing that the pegasus was in the process of breaking through, Xiao Chen didn't start cultivating. Even though this was the Golden Horned Python's territory, the dragon aura that the pegasus was emitting was too strong. This was a fatal temptation for ferocious beasts in the Desolate Forest.
The Pure Yang Fire was burning fiercely. Within the fire, there was a faint image of a pegasus. Its wings were several meters long, and it looked very young.
The bloodline fusion between ferocious beasts far surpassed that of the human race. Moreover, the pegasus had absorbed the origin bloodline of the dragon-type ferocious beasts. Even though it had been many generations and the bloodline was extremely thin, after being refined by the Pure Yang Fire, it might still have a chance to soar into the sky.
It seemed that the dead Golden Horned Python had left a deterrent effect. Three days had passed, and Xiao Chen was guarding the pegasus. In front of him, there were only a few dozen ferocious beasts' corpses. These ferocious beasts were only at the two-star realm, and there was only one three-star flaming tiger. They were all attracted by the dragon aura.
However, Xiao Chen knew that this was just the beginning. This area was the Golden Horned Python's territory. The other ferocious beasts were too far away, and they might be on their way.
The sun was setting.
The flames on the golden cocoon were finally extinguished. A beam of golden light shot into the sky like an aurora, piercing through the void. The cocoon actually began to slowly fade away.
A divine silhouette appeared. It was only five meters tall, and its entire body was made of gold. Every feather was like a golden divine sword, shining with golden light. In between its eyebrows, three ancient golden stars were slowly rotating!
Roar!
In the next moment, the golden pegasus roared. Even though it was only five meters tall, its voice was like the roar of a dragon, rolling like thunder. A dense dragon aura filled the entire Desolate Forest.
After venting its excitement, the pegasus landed on the ground, and its golden shadow flickered. With such a short distance between them, Xiao Chen couldn't even see its trajectory.
When he came back to his senses, the pegasus' golden head was already tightly pressed against his body, expressing its excitement for breaking through.
At this moment, the pegasus had truly become a three-star Cloud Galloping Colt!