The Heavenly Dragon's Beginning in the Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 142 Strength Enhancement: The Demonic Beast Overlord Taotie

Having identified his target, Ling Feng did not hesitate and immediately began to take action.

Facing these equally matched opponents, Ling Feng could easily defeat them without much effort.

After all, Ling Feng possesses a sword physique that is one in ten thousand, and he has already comprehended the highest level of swordsmanship known to date, so these demonic beasts are no match for him at all.

In order to quickly improve his strength, Ling Feng did not hold back this time and directly devoured their life essence as well.

Instantly, the mountain range descended into chaos, with the continuous howls of various monsters echoing through the air.

With Ling Feng's relentless cultivation, he actually broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation in just half a month.

Once you reach this level, you can reach the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm by making another breakthrough.

However, this breakthrough requires far too much true energy, and even Ling Feng would find it difficult to break through in a short period of time.

After all, although Ling Feng's cultivation of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique does not require breaking through realms like ordinary cultivation techniques, it is not without its limitations.

Normally, one can reach the next level by cultivating hundreds of thousands of particles.

However, he now needs to cultivate one or two million particles before he can break through to the next major realm.

This means that the difficulty of achieving a breakthrough has increased significantly.

However, Ling Feng was not discouraged by this.

In comparison, he felt he was already very lucky.

Compared to others, he does not need to face the troubles of various realm bottlenecks.

If others want to break through from the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation realm to the Spirit Refining and Void Return realm, it would take at least several years without special opportunities and luck.

Some people may never be able to break through this bottleneck in their entire lives and end up lingering at this level for the rest of their lives.

Ling Feng, on the other hand, did not have such a problem; he only needed to accumulate enough true energy.

Although the amount of true qi required has increased, this is normal.

After all, every breakthrough to a higher realm is a sublimation of one's own strength and vitality.

This sublimation is not only reflected in the enhancement of combat power, but also in the improvement of the essence of life and the extension of lifespan.

Since there is no bottleneck, Ling Feng only needs to work hard to accumulate true qi.

Next, the monsters in the mountains were in trouble again. Wherever Ling Feng went, nothing grew. No monster could escape Ling Feng's eyes alive.

With time running out, Ling Feng was cultivating day and night.

Fortunately, the Devouring Heaven Demon Art did not have the hidden dangers of the Northern Darkness Divine Art; otherwise, if Ling Feng had cultivated it like this, he would have exploded and died before he could even break through his cultivation level.

A month later, with Ling Feng devouring everything without restraint, he was only one step away from breaking through to the Refining Spirit Returning to Emptiness realm.

However, the commotion he has caused during this period has already alarmed the Taotie, the overlord of this mountain range.

When Taotie learned that someone was causing trouble in its territory, how could it, as the overlord of monsters, possibly swallow this insult?

Furthermore, according to the information it received, this person actually followed its example in cultivation and devoured all the demonic beasts within its territory.

You should know that this mountain range is its territory, and every blade of grass and every tree here belongs to it. No living creature can infringe upon it.

It rarely cultivates like this, and now someone dares to be so presumptuous on its territory. How can it tolerate this?

So it decided to take matters into its own hands and teach this arrogant human a lesson.

Moreover, in its view, although this person could cause trouble on this planet, he was nothing more than an ant, and it could easily deal with him.

After all, it was the one who defeated the arrogant patriarch of the Witch Clan, Wu Ying, right in front of everyone, and almost killed him!

With such a brilliant record, its confidence swelled to an extreme, and it felt that it was invincible.

So, without hesitation, it followed the direction of Ling Feng, searching all the way, determined to completely destroy this ant.

Meanwhile, Ling Feng was still focused on his cultivation, completely unaware of the impending crisis.

He was so engrossed in his cultivation that he was completely unaware that a powerful enemy was approaching him.

Just as Ling Feng finished devouring a demon beast that had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, he suddenly sensed a powerful aura approaching him at an astonishing speed.

Moreover, he could clearly sense that this aura was far more powerful than any he had ever encountered before.

Even Wu Ying, a powerful expert at the third level of the Refining Spirit Returning to Emptiness realm, appeared slightly inferior to this aura.

Upon realizing this, Ling Feng immediately understood that the identity of the newcomer was obvious—it was none other than the monstrous overlord, Taotie!

Although the powerful aura of the Taotie was rapidly approaching, Ling Feng had no intention of running away.

Although he has not yet broken through to the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm, he longs to compete with this overlord of demonic beasts.

After all, even if he couldn't defeat his opponent, Ling Feng still firmly believed that he could save his life.

Just as Ling Feng was waiting quietly, a huge creature arrived from the sky a moment later.

As it drew closer, Ling Feng finally got a clear look at the enormous creature.

It had the head of a goat and the body of a human, with eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, and human claws.

After witnessing the full appearance of this enormous creature, Ling Feng was certain that what was before him was one of the overlords of the demon beasts—the Taotie.

Because its appearance is exactly the same as the description of Taotie in mythology, or even completely identical.

Upon arriving, the Taotie discovered that Ling Feng was weaker than it had expected, and immediately spoke in human language, shouting at Ling Feng:

"You ignorant ant, how dare you act so presumptuously in my territory! Today is your death day!"

As Ling Feng listened to Taotie's voice, which sounded like that of a baby, a strange feeling welled up in his heart.

He never expected that the enormous monster in front of him would make such a childish voice.

When Taotie saw that Ling Feng ignored him and showed no fear, he immediately felt that his authority had been challenged.

It angrily opened its blood-red maw, revealing sharp fangs, its eyes revealing ferocity and provocation.

However, Ling Feng was not intimidated by the Taotie's imposing presence; instead, he stared at it warily.

He knew that in the face of such a powerful enemy, he had to remain calm in order to find a way to deal with it.

Just then, Taotie suddenly launched an attack on Ling Feng.

Instead of immediately unleashing its innate power of devouring, it chose to use its strong body to toy with Ling Feng.

In its eyes, Ling Feng was nothing more than an insignificant ant, which could be easily wiped out with a mere flick of its claws.

Upon seeing this, Ling Feng quickly retrieved his sword from his system space.

He gripped the sword hilt tightly. Although he knew there was a huge difference in strength between himself and Taotie, he would never admit defeat easily.

As the Taotie drew closer, Ling Feng felt unprecedented pressure.

But he gritted his teeth and secretly vowed to persevere to the end.

And only the sharpness of a sword can harm it.

Ling Feng immediately unleashed a sword aura at the gluttonous beast that was pouncing towards him.

"Whoosh!"

Then, a hazy gray sword aura shot towards the Taotie.

At first, Taotie didn't pay much attention to Ling Feng's actions.

After all, humans are like ants to it, and even if Ling Feng has a sword, he cannot pose a threat to it.

However, when he sensed the sword energy that Ling Feng unleashed, he actually detected a faint sense of danger in that sword energy, which greatly shocked Taotie.

It should be noted that, besides possessing powerful innate divine abilities, what these demonic beasts are most proud of is their robust physique.

It found it utterly absurd that it could sense danger in an ant.