The large eagle owl, despite its injury, was extremely fast.
Just in a short time, this large eagle owl left the range of Ding Huans' spiritual perception.
Ding Huan was not worried. He had made a spiritual mark on this mutated eagle owl.
No matter how far the large eagle owl escapes or how well it conceals itself, as long as Ding Huan can sense his spiritual imprint, the eagle owl won't be able to evade.
Ding Huan daren't claim that he can find it on Earth as long as his spiritual mark is there, but as long as it doesn't escape to the ocean, it won't be able to leave.
There are indeed many fierce beasts in the Kunlun Mountains, and both the large eagle owl and Ding Huan move quickly through the mountains.
The fierce beasts hadn't even had the chance to confront Ding Huan before he had already disappeared into the distance.
After following for a certain distance, Ding Huan knew that this large eagle owl was more cunning than he had initially imagined.
The large eagle owl moved at an extremely fast speed. It first followed a stream for about ten minutes and then suddenly plunged into the water. When it emerged again, it had reversed direction and fled into a forest.
The eagle owl was injured, and its blood was continuously sprayed out, so the blood trail along the path was extremely clear before it entered the stream.
After washing in the stream and entering the forest, at this moment the large eagle owl was flying above the forest. The bloodstains that fell were basically blocked by leaves, and there were no traces left.
If Ding Huan did not have the spiritual imprint, his first reaction would be that the large eagle owl had hidden in the stream.
However, such a trick is one that Ding Huan has frequently used himself, so even if he was deceived for a while, he would eventually react.
Moreover, since Ding Huan has made a spiritual mark on the large eagle owl, he doesn't have to follow the bloodstains to chase after it. He directly turned around and ran into the forest.
This mutated large eagle owl, thinking it was clever, only ended up wasting even more time.
After nearly three to four hours of tracking, Ding Huan's spiritual perception finally sensed that the large eagle owl had stopped moving and remained in one place.
Ding Huan slowed down his speed, and his spiritual perception remained externalized.
Finally, his spiritual perception found the large eagle owl in a cave.
The cave was not large, and outside the cave there was a huge ancient tree, with a circumference of perhaps over fifty meters.
It seems that this ancient tree was hit by lightning and broken, but inside it is still hollow.
It is not uncommon for the eagle owl to hide in an ancient tree.
Oddly enough, this eagle owl, for reasons unknown whether due to its injury or something else, did not hide among the branches of the ancient tree.
Ding Huan's spiritual perception discovered an iron pot inside the hollow tree cave.
This mutated large eagle owl actually wanted to turn into a human, even collecting pots?
After all, the large eagle owl is still an animal. No matter how cautious and cunning it is, it never thought that Ding Huan would find its lair. So once it got back to its lair, it started healing itself.
It doesn't know what kind of medicinal materials it has hidden in its cave, but Ding Huan's spiritual perception sees the large eagle owl swallow all of them, and then stuff some of them into the wounds on its wooden spear.
Ding Huan cast the Ouyongfeng technique, silently approaching the entrance of the large eagle owl's cave.
While the large eagle owl was still healing, his true essence gathered, transforming the long spear into an endless array of spear beams that attacked the large eagle owl.
Almost at the same moment when Ding Huan created the spear beam, the large eagle owl sensed it, and without considering it, it rushed out of the stone cave.
However, this is equivalent to sending its body to Ding Huan's long spear for the second time.
Even if Ding Huan's long spear broke, the full force of his stealth attack still shattered the large eagle owl's neck.
The long spear tore open the large eagle owl's neck and went through.
"Awe!" The large eagle owl gave a piercing screech, and its massive claws still tried to grasp Ding Huan.
Unfortunately, this creature was tricked twice by Ding Huan. Now, its strength was a mere fraction of what it once was, and before its claw could reach Ding Huan, it was struck with a punch and shattered.
"Crack!" The sound was clear and audible.
The large eagle owl, along with Ding Huan's long spear, flew out of the cave entrance and fell down after Ding Huan delivered a punch.
Blood clots continuously flowed from the large eagle owl's wounds. This eagle owl had sustained such severe injuries that despite its desire to get up and fight back against Ding Huan, it had no strength left at all.
As Ding Huan walked towards the eagle owl, a trace of unwillingness flashed across its eyes.
It was supposed to be the eagle owl that stealthily attacked the human, but instead of successfully attacking its target, it was stealthily attacked twice by the target in return.
It was the first time in its cultivation journey in the Kunlun Mountains that it had suffered such a great loss, and should also be the last.
Why can't it just establish its dominance in the Kunlun Mountains and not bother with the human's things?
The large eagle owl felt some regret, but if it happened again, it probably couldn't help itself from wanting to steal the blooming divine crystal stones.
"Have you already established your foundation?" Ding Huan stopped a few meters away from the large eagle owl and asked it.
The large eagle owl looked down on Ding Huan with disdain and didn't bother to answer.
Even if it dies, it wants to teach this human who doesn't play by the rules a lesson.
It truly couldn't come out and fight this human, but even as it was dying, it wanted to give this human a bloodthirsty lesson before its demise.
Ding Huan's experience was very rich, so he asked the large eagle owl from a distance of five meters.
Seeing that the eagle owl didn't respond to him, he also didn't bother to ask. Instead, he directly launched several wind blades towards it.
Sensing the danger, the large eagle owl cried out again, but a few wind blades choppily severed its head.
It dashed its plan to give Ding Huan a fatal blow before it died.
Ding Huan walked into the eagle owl's cave and found that it was empty. There were some medicinal materials that he didn't recognize, but there was nothing else.
He really couldn't understand why this eagle owl had established its cave in this location. Perhaps this wasn't even the old lair of the large eagle owl?
Now that the eagle owl has been killed, even if this isn't its old lair, there's no way for him to continue searching for the eagle owl's lair.
Ding Huan estimated that this large eagle owl was very likely the demon beast over the ninth-level fierce beast mentioned by Cang Beichun, as such demon beasts are extremely rare.
Even though the Kunlun Mountains are vast, it is unlikely to have two of these demon beasts.
After confirming that there was nothing in the large eagle owl's lair, Ding Huan walked over to the giant tree.
This large eagle owl had hidden a pot in the hollow of the giant tree, but the pot should not be an ordinary one, right?
Ding Huan's spiritual perception rolled up the pot with a thought, only to be surprised that he couldn't move it.
This intrigued Ding Huan greatly. He didn't destroy the tree hole but instead fell into it, grabbed the pot, and brought it out.
The pot isn't heavy, so why didn't his spiritual perception move it just now?
The pot doesn't look very big, with a diameter of maybe 40 to 50 centimeters. It doesn't have a handle, but it does have three ears.
Ding Huan carefully examined the pot, which appeared to be an ordinary one.
But when Ding Huan tried to permeate through the pot with his spiritual perception, he was stunned. His spiritual perception couldn't seem to penetrate it.
This reminded him of the star-shaped stone in his pocket. The spiritual perception was unable to penetrate it as well.
The pot in front of him is definitely not an ordinary pot, and Ding Huan came to the conclusion.
For an ordinary pot, his spiritual perception could permeate it with a hundred percent certainty.
Besides, a normal pot? Would this mutated large eagle owl hide it in this place?
This creature has a certain level of intelligence and has cultivated to the level of a demon beast, which is capable of distinguishing treasures.
The large eagle owl might have placed its lair here to guard this pot.
Ding Huan grabbed the pot and walked towards the large eagle owl. He slashed out a wind blade, splitting open its head, and then extracted a green demon core from inside.
Holding the green demon core in his hand, Ding Huan felt that this should be a genuine demon core, even if it was the lowest level of demon core, it was still a demon core.
Unlike the demon cores he obtained previously, this green demon core exudes a qi far surpassing that of a demon core.
Putting the demon core in his pocket, Ding Huan picked up the dead large eagle owl with his other hand and quickly returned.
Even though this large eagle owl is a low-level demon beast, its corpse is still valuable.
Moreover, the meat of this demon beast should contain extremely abundant qi and jing.
...
Seeing Ding Huan carrying the large eagle owl's corpse over, Lao Liuxing excitedly rushed out at the first sight.
Just now, the large eagle owl attacked Ding Huan too quickly, and Lao Liuxing didn't even have time to see clearly.
Such a powerful creature was also taken down by Master Huan. It seems that it's not too much of a loss for it to leave its soul imprint to Master Huan.
Qixin Yue was also very happy. She saw the large eagle owl in Ding Huan's hands and felt relieved in her heart.
She was well aware that a powerful demon beast like this would be a source of worry for Ding Huan if it remained in the Kunlun Mountains, preventing him from leaving.
"Xinyue, gather the claws and main feathers of this large eagle owl, and stew the meat. I still need to cultivate here for a few more days," said Ding Huan, dropping the body of the large eagle owl on the ground.
"Oh, by the way, use this pot," Ding Huan handed the pot to Qixin Yue again.
"Lao Liuxing, go help Xinyue gather some firewood and set up a stove. We're going to stay here for at least a few more days," Ding Huan decided to cultivate in the spaceship.
He doesn't intend to leave until he has cultivated to the perfection of the ninth level.
Lao Liuxing is full of energy now, and it also desires Ding Huan to leave as soon as possible.
Ding Huan had said that as soon as he leaves here, he will definitely return to Luohe City first. Back in Luohe City, he will find a way to help him cultivate his spiritual root.
Returning to the Blue Star, as soon as Ding Huan stepped inside, he felt the rich qi and jing of the heavens and earth.
Looking at the Blue Star, filled with full stacks of blooming divine crystal stones and that long energy vein several tens of meters long, Ding Huan was very satisfied in his heart.
Unfortunately, this energy vein was cut off by him before, so it's not perfect.
Regardless, with this energy vein and over a hundred thousand blooming divine crystal stones, at least after entering the universe, he wouldn't have to worry about not having enough qi to cultivate or starve.
After giving himself a Refining Body Technique, Ding Huan simply sat on the energy vein and began the circuit of the body.
To Ding Huan's shock, after just one circuit of the body, his cultivation level soared rapidly.
This...
Ding Huan stopped his cultivation, unable to believe that he touched the energy vein with his hand.
This thing for cultivation is actually many times better than the blooming divine crystal stones.
If he had been here to cultivate all along, he wouldn't have needed nearly a month to cross into a ninth-level gene cultivator.
What kind of energy vein is this? It's so powerful?
Also, if this energy vein had not been cut off in the past, would it have been even better to cultivate with it?
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