Chapter 523: Birthing a Giant Meatball
Chapter 523: Birthing a Giant Meatball
In the courtyard of the underworld, Lu Chen focused his attention amidst the chilling gusts of wind, gazing at the dark red stone before him.
The stone pulsated, expanding and contracting as if it were breathing.
Lu Chen sensed its craving for flesh and blood, and immediately produced the corpse of a massive fourth-grade demonic beast.
The dark red stone, detecting the scent of the demonic beast's flesh, began to breathe more rapidly. Suddenly, countless tiny flesh buds appeared on its surface, forming a giant mouth. In an instant, a large chunk of demonic beast meat turned into a cloud of bloody mist and was devoured by the mouth.
The hard stone seemed to molt, crumbling and breaking apart to reveal a round meatball that bounced out.
The size of a basin, the meatball had a pale pink body with a fist-sized pinkish-white eyeball at the top that moved slowly, its eye rolling curiously.
The pale pink flesh that covered its body undulated like water plants, occasionally revealing tightly closed lips.
"A disaster-level evil spirit? Is that it?"
Lu Chen stared at the somewhat adorable giant meatball, a thought flashing through his mind.
Evil spirits were synonymous with terror, chaos, slaughter, and malevolence, and disaster-level evil spirits were no exception. Each one could bring great disasters and trials to the cultivation world, yet this newly born spirit god before him showed none of those characteristics.
The giant meatball, seemingly aware that Lu Chen had birthed it, hopped over to him, circling around with curiosity reflected in its pinkish-white eyes.
Lu Chen quickly established a contract with it, a form of restraint for this disaster-level evil spirit. Then, he focused his attention on the meatball.
Meat Spirit God, Disaster-level Evil Spirit. Nurtured by high-grade demonic beast flesh and blood, it can emit a strange flesh and blood aura, imperceptibly invading and corrupting the creatures within a certain range.
It loves to eat flesh and blood and will gradually gain insight into secret techniques related to flesh and blood during its growth. It can control the flesh and blood of all things within a certain range, and its fully matured strength is comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator.
It wants to eat lots of meat!!
"It's indeed a disaster-level evil spirit," Lu Chen sighed, his expression complex as he looked at the giant meatball rolling around at his feet.
"Disaster-level evil spirit... I wonder what bountiful rewards it will bring when it matures in the light sphere."
"Although its potential is extremely terrifying, it has just been born and its strength is still weak. Its talents will take time to manifest."
"I've been in the late Qi Refining stage for some time now, and with the many treasures I possess, my overall strength should be no less than that of a pseudo-Pill Formation cultivator, or even an ordinary one. I can also understand and control the evil spirit's state of mind at any time. Keeping it under control during the taming process shouldn't be a problem."
"Most importantly, even with your astonishing growth rate, disaster-level evil spirit, you're still weaker compared to my light sphere."
Although the idea of raising a disaster-level evil spirit sounded daunting, Lu Chen was confident that he could tame it completely.
"Let's find two low-grade demonic beasts to test the Meat Spirit God's current strength."
With that thought, Lu Chen settled the giant meatball in the courtyard of the underworld and trapped it with the Illusionary Five Elements Formation.
He then went to the square below the giant sword, where he bought two demonic beasts from a rogue cultivator's stall—a first-grade Crimson Flame Eagle and a second-grade Silver Wind Leopard.
Returning to the underworld courtyard, he released the two beasts.
The dense yin energy in the small courtyard was oppressive, filled with wandering vengeful spirits and burgeoning flesh. The two demonic beasts, upon landing on the ground, felt a strong sense of unease and began to growl incessantly.
The Meat Spirit God's body rippled with layers of flesh, revealing sinister fissures from which a powerful suction force emanated.
The suction force seemed to specifically target flesh and blood. Lu Chen, sensing the slight stirring of his qi and blood, looked around. The numerous spirit plants in the small courtyard showed no signs of abnormality, but the two demonic beasts acted as if they had encountered something terrifying, both struggling to break free from the array's restraints.
The swift Crimson Flame Eagle in the air was the first to exhibit noticeable abnormalities. The flesh and blood on its body and wings twitched as if trying to break free. After a few breaths, there was a loud bang, and the entire demonic beast transformed into a cloud of bloody mist, instantly condensing into a blood arrow that merged into one of the meatball's fissures.
The second-grade Silver Wind Leopard, upon witnessing this, became even more panicked. It let out a low growl that was half fear and half threat as its spiritual power surged, creating a thick wall of wind in front of it in an attempt to block the terrifying suction force emanating from the Meat Spirit God.
From behind the wind wall, over ten wind blades whistled and shot towards the giant meatball.
Unmoved, the meatball remained steadfast. Just as the wind blades were about to make contact, a cloud of blood mist surged from its body, and as the wind blades passed through the mist, they began to show signs of bloodstains before silently shattering and vanishing without a trace.
The second-grade Silver Wind Leopard demonic beast persisted several times longer than the Crimson Flame Eagle, but after several dozen breaths, the flesh and blood on its body quietly disintegrated, turning into blood mist and merging with the Meat Spirit God.
The bones of the two demonic beasts clattered as they fell to the courtyard, leaving not a single strand of meat behind.
"Impressive! Being able to easily take care of a second-grade demonic beast right after birth," Lu Chen praised. He observed that the Meat Spirit God had exerted quite a bit of effort in dealing with the Silver Wind Leopard, but to possess such strength right after birth was indeed remarkable.
"Its strength is roughly equivalent to a late Qi Refining cultivator, still quite a distance from the Foundation Establishment stage."
"However, with the growth rate of a disaster-level evil spirit, it won't take long to bridge that gap," he mused to himself.
"It's a pity that there aren't any sinister spirit plants like the Thornbone in the courtyard to completely dispose of the demonic beasts' remains along with their bones," Lu Chen sighed inwardly, deciding to look for an opportunity to obtain a similar yin spirit plant from the underworld.
"Additionally, the Meat Spirit God possesses a powerful corrupting ability, capable of invading and altering nearby creatures. Fortunately, the spirit plants in this courtyard are already abnormal, so there's no need to worry about them being affected," he thought.
"Furthermore, with the Meat Spirit God's current weak state, the process of altering the spirit plants will be a gradual one, so there's no need to be concerned about that for now," Lu Chen considered, leaving behind the corpse of a fourth-grade demonic beast as he instructed the Meat Spirit God, "I'll be away for a while. During this time, you must stay put in this courtyard and not think about wandering off."
"With your current appetite, this fourth-grade demonic beast's corpse should sustain you for quite some time. When I return, I'll bring you fresh demonic beast meat to eat."
"There are also two types of spirit plants in the courtyard that require demonic beast meat to nurture, but the meat near their roots is rotten and spoiled, so it's not tasty at all."
"Don't you dare sneakily eat that flesh and blood. If I find out, you won't like the consequences," Lu Chen warned the Meat Spirit God, pointing at the Yi Shou Pan Tao and Qian Qiu Shou in the courtyard.
(End of Chapter)
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