There are many ways to improve one's spiritual root aptitude.
However, if you want to upgrade a mixed spiritual root to a top-grade single spiritual root without any side effects, you will need to consume a large amount of rare and precious materials.
Every rare and precious material is hard-won. Rather than wasting these materials on improving a mediocre cultivator, it would be better to concentrate the resources on a prodigy with a single spiritual root.
Especially before one enters the ranks of cultivators, when one is still a potential cultivator, that is the best time to change one's spiritual root aptitude.
If one wants to improve one's spiritual root after completing the Qi Refining stage, it will be even more difficult.
In theory, the inner core of a second-tier magma tiger can be used to refine one's spiritual root and remove any attributes unrelated to fire by extracting all the fire-elemental spiritual power from it.
but....
At this moment, Shang Gongji was filled with hatred for the second-tier evil creature that had suddenly appeared above.
If it weren't for the sudden attack by this evil creature that looked like an iron man, Shang Gongji wouldn't have needed to interrupt the process of absorbing pure fire-elemental spiritual power.
There's no need to force a breakthrough to the next level or mobilize spiritual energy for defense...
In other words, he had lost the opportunity to refine his spiritual roots.
Even if another second-tier fire-evil artifact's inner core were used, it wouldn't achieve the same effect as before.
Damn it!
What made Shanggong Ji even more distressed was that the fire elemental energy he had previously extracted from the magma tiger's inner core had been almost entirely depleted in order to withstand the attack from the iron-man evil creature.
And the iron-man-like evil creature had already landed.
The aura emanating from it was very similar to that of the black earth statue, but with slight differences.
After appearing, the Iron Man Evil did not attack the Black Earth Statue, which had turned into a cage, but instead walked towards Shang Gongji!
Clearly, this guy is mostly an ally of the Black Earth Statue, completely different from the previous Magma Tiger...
"Heh, so impatient! Are you really that afraid of me, who possesses a top-grade spiritual root?"
Shanggong Ji snorted coldly, and then pulled out a crimson greatsword from his storage ring!
"Before I had entered the realm of cultivators, I couldn't use this magic weapon given to me by the old man, but now... I can finally use it myself!"
Shanggong Family Forged Item - Tier 1 Fire Magic Artifact!
Fire-charging blade!
This item is different from the Fire Shield, which can store spiritual energy in advance and can be used even by mortals.
However, this Rolling Fire Blade requires one's own fire-based spiritual power to activate it.
Once spiritual energy is infused...
Flames will ignite on the blade; the raging fire formed from spiritual energy is incomparable to ordinary fire!
"Go to hell!"
Shanggong Ji roared and charged towards the iron-man evil creature, his fire-charging blade also imbued with spiritual flames!
The Iron Man evil creature seemed somewhat clumsy; after landing, its movements were slow and cumbersome.
Shang Gongji rushed to the Iron Man Evil and slashed down fiercely with his Fire-Burning Blade.
However, although the Iron Man Demon was slow in its movements, its body was incredibly hard. When the blade struck it, it only sent up a few sparks. The Iron Man Demon swung its arm back, and Shang Gongji quickly dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack.
He thought to himself, "This kind of brute force won't work; I need to find their weaknesses."
So Shang Gongji quickly circled around the iron-man evil creature, while constantly stabbing its joints with his fire-storing blade.
After several attempts, it was discovered that the area behind the Iron Man's knees was relatively vulnerable.
Shang Gongji's eyes sharpened, and he concentrated all his spiritual power on the Fire-Storing Blade, causing the flames on the blade to surge.
He leaped high into the air and attacked the Iron Man's vital spot behind his knee.
The Iron Man Demon tried to turn around to block, but was a step too slow, and the Fire-Charged Blade successfully pierced through.
The iron-man monster let out a painful hiss, and black liquid seeped from its wounds.
Taking this opportunity, Shang Gongji exerted his strength again and slashed the Fire-Storing Blade. However, the expected scene of the Iron Man Demon losing its balance did not occur. Instead, his Fire-Storing Blade was grabbed by the Iron Man Demon!
"Oh no!"
Shang Gongji thought to himself that something was wrong, and was immediately sent flying by the powerful blow from the Iron Man Evil.
With a loud bang, Shang Gongji was slammed against the wall, vomiting blood, while the Fire-Storing Blade was dented from being squeezed so tightly.
Ultimately, this item is merely a first-tier magic weapon; how could it possibly contend head-on with a second-tier evil artifact...?
hateful....
Shang Gongji's eyes were bloodshot. He never imagined that he would end up like this.
However, Shanggong Ji has no intention of giving in. Even if he has to die, he will make sure that he hurts you as much as he did when he injured the lava tiger!
In this way, it can be considered as paving the way for other cultivators to enter the death row in the future!
"Come on, you beast!"
Shang Gongji forced himself to sit up, and just as he was about to face his death, a figure caught his attention.
That is...
Gu Yuan?
At first, Uemura Ji thought he was hallucinating before he died.
But when Shanggong Ji learned that Gu Yuan was standing in the cage formed by the black earth statue and had taken out a handful of powder radiating golden light from his storage ring, he realized that he hadn't gone mad, but that Gu Yuan was not dead!
The golden powder flew into the black soil, which resembled a cage.
Before long, something seemed to be faintly shining through the airtight cage.
Gu Yuan sneered, "That's clever. You lean to one side, use the fire shield to block the edge, and then focus all your defense on the front?"
"That is indeed one way of life, but you are really unlucky."
When the Fire Shield was handed to the two people in the cage, it had very little spiritual power left.
After such a long period of depletion, the lamp has now run out of fuel and cannot withstand any further damage...
Gu Yuan's actions were naturally aimed at snatching the Fire Shield from inside!
The black soil resembles a cage that appears airtight and unbreakable.
But Gu Yuan knew very well that only by advancing to the third rank or higher would this "Black Prison" technique become truly unfathomable.
It was so tight that not even a wisp of air could penetrate it. If the prey trapped inside couldn't break free in a short time, it would be at risk of suffocating at any moment.
However, cultivators who can survive to the third level are not ordinary people; how could they not even have the means to survive?
Therefore, the Black Soil Statue is unlikely to pose a threat to cultivators of the same level.
But for low-level cultivators, this guy is a rare nightmare...
After Gu Yuan confirmed the exact locations of the two people inside and the Fire Shield, he gave a wicked smile.
Meanwhile, Shanggong Ji, who was still being chased by the Iron Man monster, asked with resentment and a hint of anger, "Gu Yuan! Were you pretending to be dead earlier?!"
"Are you completely indifferent to the deaths of everyone here?!"
"Heh, what do I care if you live or die?"
Gu Yuan said dismissively, "By the way, I didn't fall down on purpose."
But Gu Yuan knew very well that the attack from the black earth statue came suddenly, but it was defended by Gu Yuan's backup plan, namely the "wolf skin" he had stuffed in his body.
Without these wolf pelts, Gu Yuan would have been in grave danger.
There was also the "pseudo-thunder blade" that Gu Yuan had tricked from Lin Tian earlier. He couldn't use it well before, but after breaking through to the first level...
Gu Yuan could then use it freely. By attaching earth-elemental spiritual power to the wolf pelt, he narrowly escaped the initial barrage of black sand...
Now, Gu Yuan is planning to go all out!
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