Ling Xiao noticed that the Golden Feathered Eagle was ignoring him, so he continued to fly forward.
Finally, he landed on the trunk of a giant tree and looked down at the situation below like the Golden Feathered Eagle.
At this time, he saw that there were more than a hundred different spirit beasts in front of him, and his heart was in turmoil.
Two third rank intermediate golden-haired apes, three third rank intermediate Scarlet Flame Tigers, six third rank intermediate Spotted Lizards … and fifteen third rank intermediate Coyote Wolves.
These were the lowest level spirit beasts that Ling Xiao saw in front of him!
In addition, there was a third rank advanced Three-Tailed Lion, a third rank advanced Red Phosphor Rat, and a third rank advanced Purple Lightning Marten …
There were more than twenty third rank spirit beasts in total.
What surprised Ling Xiao the most was not just these.
The four spirit beasts in front of all the other spirit beasts were the ones that gave Ling Xiao a headache.
One was a Black Shadow Leopard, a fourth rank low level dark attribute spirit beast. Its whole body was black and shiny, and its huge body was more than four meters long. Its whip-like tail was constantly sweeping, as if it was impatient.
One was a Steel Armored Dragon, a fourth rank low level earth attribute spirit beast. Its spikes were like armor, and it looked ferocious. Its big eyes were emitting a fierce light.
One of them was a One-eyed Evil Beast, a Rank Four Middle Stage Poisonous Spirit Beast. It had a strange beast body that looked like an air sac. It opened its big mouth and spat out waves of gray fog. Wherever the fog went, the weeds would immediately wither. It had a big eye on top of its head.
One of them was a Flame Patterned Python, a mid-rank fourth rank spirit beast of the fire attribute. It had a red and yellow snake-like body and was as big as two people hugging together. Half of its body was straight up, and its triangular head was constantly flicking its forked tongue, emitting a hissing sound.
In front of these spirit beasts, there was a spirit tree that was as tall as half a person. Hanging on the tree were five spirit fruits that were shaped like gourds. Each of the five spirit fruits had a different color: red, yellow, blue, green, and purple. They were like stars in the night sky, and they were extremely beautiful.
This was the Five Color Calabash Holy Fruit!
The Holy Gourd Fruit was a high-grade spirit fruit. It could bear fruits of nine different colors at most, and it was known as the Nine-Colored Holy Gourd Fruit.
Every fruit had an extraordinary effect. In addition to increasing a warrior's pure attributes by 30%, it also contained pure spiritual power. It could help a King Stage warrior advance by one level, or a Spiritual Master advance by two levels. It could also increase the range of spiritual power a Spiritual Master could sense, and increase the chances of a King Stage warrior entering the Emperor Stage. Moreover, it wouldn't shake a warrior's foundation.
Apart from that, it could also be used to refine high grade five medicinal pills.
These effects could make any martial artist go crazy.
Furthermore, apart from its great effect on human cultivators, the Holy Gourd Fruit also had an extraordinary effect on spirit beasts.
If any Spirit Beast were to consume a Holy Gourd Fruit, not only would it be able to raise its grade, it could also stimulate the Spirit Beast's primordial bloodline and increase the Spirit Beast's grade.
In other words, it could allow low-ranked spirit beasts to mutate into high-ranked spirit beasts, which would have a greater chance of advancing in the future.
This was also the reason why so many spirit beasts were lured here.
Ling Xiao was completely shocked by this Holy Gourd Fruit.
He really didn't expect to encounter such a precious Holy Gourd Fruit here.
An unprecedented sense of urgency welled up in his heart.
"I must get it!" Ling Xiao licked his lips and made up his mind.
As long as he waited for these five Holy Gourd Fruits, Ling Xiao would be able to speed up his breakthrough to the King Stage, or he would be able to quickly advance another level after breaking through to the King Stage.
How could he not be tempted by such a great temptation?
However, there were so many spirit beasts in front of him, and he felt his scalp go numb.
Snatching food from the tiger's mouth was undoubtedly courting death!
Fortunately, this Holy Gourd Fruit was not ripe yet, and all the spirit beasts were waiting patiently, giving him a buffer time to think.
Ling Xiao recalled the records about the Holy Gourd Fruit in the Catalogue of Magic Herbs. Generally, wherever the Holy Gourd Fruit grew, there would be a guardian spirit beast, the Colorful Toad.
The Colorful Toad was a kind of high-level spirit beast, and as soon as it was born, it possessed the strength of a second-rank spirit beast. The highest-ranked Colorful Toad could reach a ninth-rank existence, and it was already infinitely close to the category of a Divine Beast.
Ling Xiao closed his eyes, and his mental power gradually spread out toward the Holy Gourd Fruit.
Nothing within a hundred meters of the Holy Gourd Fruit could escape Ling Xiao's eyes and ears.
After checking twice, he actually did not find the Colorful Toad, and this made Ling Xiao very surprised. Logically speaking, this should not be the case.
Ling Xiao slowly checked again, and this time, he was more careful, and did not let go of any abnormalities in his surroundings.
Suddenly, Ling Xiao's mental power stopped on a strange "rock".
This brown "rock" was in a messy pile of rocks, and at first glance, it did not seem special, but if one looked carefully, one would find that the "rock" had colorful stripes, and there were round "pustules" protruding on the "rock", which looked extremely disgusting and strange.
"It really hid well!
I was almost fooled. "Ling Xiao secretly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
He could already confirm that the brown "rock" was the Colorful Toad.
Looking at the patterns on it, Ling Xiao was sure that this Colorful Toad had at least the terrifying strength of a fifth-rank spirit beast.
A fifth-rank spirit beast was equivalent to a human martial artist's Earth Emperor Stage existence, even if all the spirit beasts here joined forces, they may not be a match for this Colorful Toad ah!
For no reason, Ling Xiao was a little nervous.
If this Colorful Toad were to go crazy, he would be completely unable to stop it ah!
"What should I do, do I still want it?" Ling Xiao secretly calculated in his heart.
On one hand, there was the great temptation of the five-colored Holy Gourd Fruit, on the other hand, there was the danger of losing his life at any time, it was really too difficult to make a decision.
Although riches were found in danger, the danger this time was more frightening than before, Ling Xiao really did not have the slightest confidence!
Looking at the Colorful Toad and the five-colored Holy Gourd, Ling Xiao's expression constantly changed.
"Forget it, I'll stay here and see what happens first, maybe I can pick up a ready-made Ping Yi ah!" Ling Xiao glanced at the Golden Feathered Eagle, in his heart wondering if there was a chance to take advantage of the situation.
After all, there was only one Colorful Toad, and there were so many third and fourth-rank spirit beasts here, even if he could not kill the Colorful Toad, at least he could injure it severely, then his chance had come.
Making up his mind, Ling Xiao began to conceal his breath on the tree, quietly waiting for the five-colored Holy Gourd to ripen.
Soon, a day had passed.
The five-colored Holy Gourd Tree in front of him shone brightly, and more and more spirit beasts gathered here, among which there was no lack of a few fourth-rank spirit beasts.
The strongest spirit beasts were the Earth-splitting Violent Tiger and the Tempest Greedy Wolf, which were of the same rank as the Golden Feathered Eagle.
Bursts of fragrant fruit aroused the greed of all the spirit beasts, and their saliva dripped all over the ground.
Ling Xiao also began to stare at the colorful fruit tree, his mood abnormally excited.
Whoosh!
A five-colored light bloomed into the sky.
The people of the other sects not far from here all sensed the changes here.
No one hesitated, and all rushed over.
"Oh no, there are so many auras sweeping over here!" Ling Xiao cried inwardly.
He had already sensed many powerful auras flying over at full speed.
Roar!
For a moment, all the spirit beasts began to roar, fighting over the fruit.
The beast roars soared into the sky, causing the surrounding forest to emit a desolate killing intent.
The King Stage powerhouses who rushed over looked down at the five-colored Holy Gourd Tree with greedy expressions.
More than a dozen King Stage powerhouses were the elders of the various sects, and the Purple Sky Sect's leader was Lie Ming Qiang.
"Heavens, it's … it's the five-colored Holy Gourd Fruit!" One of the King Stage powerhouses who rushed over couldn't help but exclaim.
"No wonder so many spirit beasts were attracted here. It looks like it won't be easy to seize it," another King Stage powerhouse said.
"I heard that places with Holy Gourd Fruit would have Colorful Toads. Why don't I see them?"
"Look, the spirit beasts below are fighting."
… …
Three hundred meters away from the Holy Gourd Fruit, the third-rank spirit beasts began to tear each other apart.
The fourth-rank Shadow Leopard, Armored Dragon, One-eyed Evil Beast … These spirit beasts didn't participate in the battle. Instead, they slowly walked towards the Holy Gourd Fruit.
When they were fifty meters away from the Holy Gourd Fruit, they all stopped and drooled non-stop, their eyes filled with greed.
Screech!
The third-rank Violet Electric Marten was the fastest. It pierced through the crowd of spirit beasts and shot towards the Holy Gourd Fruit like a bolt of lightning.
Roar!
The black shadow leopard was the closest to it. It roared and pounced forward, tearing the swift Violet Lightning Marten into pieces.
It bit the Violet Electric Marten's neck and fiercely shook it a few times before throwing it away. In the end, the marten crashed heavily into a tree and died.
Just like that, the third-rank Violet Electric Marten became a corpse.
The spirit beasts fighting nearby all felt the high-rank aura of the Shadow Leopard, and for a moment, all of them were intimidated.
Third-rank spirit beasts already had basic intelligence and knew what fear was.
However, there were also some spirit beasts who weren't afraid of death.
A dozen Coyote Wolves shot dozens of Earth Blades at the Armored Dragon at the same time, trying to blast open a path on the other side.
Rumble!
The Armored Dragon didn't dodge, allowing the Earth Blades to hit its body.
It kicked up a cloud of dust around it.
When the dust settled, the Armored Dragon was unharmed and even turned around to charge at the dozen Coyote Wolves.
Slap!
The Armored Dragon's giant tail was like an iron pillar as it swept towards the three Coyote Wolves at the front.
Woo woo!
In an instant, the three Coyote Wolves were swept far away, and they even let out miserable cries.
The Armored Dragon didn't stop there. Instead, it charged into the retreating Coyote Wolves and kept swinging its giant tail.
A moment later, the dozen Coyote Wolves were scattered all over the place. None of them survived.
The third-rank spirit beasts were all scared!
They gradually retreated far away and didn't dare to get close to the Holy Gourd Fruit.
They already realized that it was no longer something they could touch.