Traces of the Life-Devouring Pill

The medicinal effects of the Ice Dragon Scale Fruit are also powerful. Besides enhancing the physical constitution of the consumer, it can also boost the dragon bloodline within the consumer's body.

As a result, the Ice Dragon Scale Fruit holds a deadly attraction for magical beasts with dragon blood. Its value is no less than that of Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.

From the original anime's plot, Bond's glimpses into the future seem to last only a single day.

In other words, Xiao Feng is likely to discover the valley where the Ice Dragon Scale Fruit grows within the next day, meaning the valley must be near Daling City.

Xiao Feng immediately summoned the Black Wind Eagle Corpse Puppet and rode it, searching the nearby mountains around Daling City.

"Found you!"

After searching for over half an hour, Xiao Feng finally located the valley from his vision.

"Whoosh!"

Under Xiao Feng's command, the Black Wind Eagle Corpse Puppet flapped its massive black wings and dived toward the valley below.

"Zoom—"

As the Black Wind Eagle Corpse Puppet appeared above the valley, a giant water column, several meters thick, suddenly shot up from the icy pool, heading straight for its belly.

Already prepared, Xiao Feng quickly maneuvered the Black Wind Eagle Corpse Puppet to dodge the water attack.

Xiao Feng knew that places where rare treasures grew, were usually guarded by accompanying magical beasts, so he was ready for a sneak attack.

"Roar!!"

Seeing the Black Wind Eagle Corpse Puppet evade its attack, the magical beast hidden in the icy pool could no longer restrain itself. It burst forth, opening its massive maw and roaring furiously at the sky, warning the intruder to stay away from its territory.

As the beast emerged from the water, Xiao Feng finally saw its appearance clearly.

It was a giant crocodile, over five zhang (about 16 meters) long, covered in silver-white dragon scales.

"No wonder…"

Xiao Feng showed realisation and said, "So it's a fifth-tier Azure Water Dragon Crocodile."

The Azure Water Dragon Crocodile is a water-attribute magical beast with a trace of dragon blood in its body. Its blood can be used to water the Ice Dragon Scale Fruit tree, allowing it to grow normally.

If Xiao Feng guessed correctly, the reason this Azure Water Dragon Crocodile hadn't eaten the three Ice Dragon Scale Fruits was that it was waiting for its strength to reach the peak of the fifth tier. Then, it would use the power of the Ice Dragon Scale Fruit to break through to the sixth tier.

"Too bad for you; you're unlucky enough to run into me. Tough break."

Xiao Feng shook his head with a slight sigh, then called out loudly, "Transform!"

"Boom!!!"

A burst of dazzling golden light flashed, and a giant made of flames, towering 60 meters high, suddenly appeared in the valley.

Sensing the terrifying aura radiating from the Flame Giant, the Azure Water Dragon Crocodile showed a human-like expression of fear and instinctively tried to dive back into the water.

"Splash…"

Before the Azure Water Dragon Crocodile could submerge again, Xiao Feng commanded the Emperor Giant to extend its massive hand and grab it.

The enormous Azure Water Dragon Crocodile, in the grip of the Emperor Giant, was like a kitten, helplessly struggling but unable to break free.

Under Xiao Feng's control, the Emperor Giant grabbed the Azure Water Dragon Crocodile with its right hand. With its left hand, it bent its thumb and forefinger into a flicking gesture and aimed a snap at the beast's head.

"Bang!!!"

With a single flick, the Azure Water Dragon Crocodile's brain was shattered, leaving it utterly lifeless.

The Emperor Giant's strength had reached the level of a low-star Dou Ancestor. The Azure Water Dragon Crocodile, being only a fifth-tier magical beast, was no match at all. Even a sixth-tier beast would struggle to avoid being instantly killed.

After dispatching the Azure Water Dragon Crocodile, Xiao Feng quickly dismissed the Emperor Giant form.

Though Xiao Feng's cultivation had advanced to the level of a Dou Grandmaster, and his Dou Qi reserves had significantly increased, maintaining the Emperor Giant form was still like a drop in the bucket.

With his current cultivation level, Xiao Feng could only sustain two attacks from the Emperor Giant before his Dou Qi would be completely drained.

If not for wanting to turn the Azure Water Dragon Crocodile's corpse into a puppet, Xiao Feng wouldn't have gone to the trouble of transforming into the Emperor Giant just to leave it intact.

After storing the Azure Water Dragon Crocodile's corpse in his spatial ring, Xiao Feng used the Purple Cloud Wings to fly to the Ice Dragon Scale Fruit tree and plucked all three fruits.

Xiao Feng had no intention of consuming the Ice Dragon Scale Fruits right away, as their primary benefit was to enhance the dragon bloodline in the user's body. Thus, it would be far more effective for someone with dragon blood to consume them.

Coincidentally, Xiao Feng had yet to figure out how to establish a connection with Zi Yan. But with these Ice Dragon Scale Fruits, he didn't need to worry about luring that little gluttonous dragon.

...

Time passed swiftly, and more than half a month flew by in a blink.

Since gaining Bond's foresight ability, Xiao Feng has experienced seven future visions during this period.

Three of the visions led Xiao Feng to valuable herbs in the magical beast mountain range.

In three others, he managed to find minor treasures while strolling through nearby towns.

The final vision allowed him to avoid an unnecessary conflict.

As Xiao Feng, as usual, rode the Black Wind Eagle Corpse Puppet through the magical beast mountain range, searching for the Life-Devouring Pill's location, a new foresight image suddenly popped into his mind.

In the vision, a spacious, hidden cave appeared, and Xiao Feng stood in the stone chamber inside, holding two white jade pill bottles and laughing madly.

After seeing the content of the vision, Xiao Feng's breathing quickened, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He had a strong feeling that the foresight vision he had just seen was from when he discovered the Life-Devouring Pill. In other words, the cave where the pill was hidden should be nearby.

Calming his excitement, Xiao Feng began a meticulous search of the surrounding area.

By the time night fell, Xiao Feng had found a hidden cave on a lonely cliff that matched the one in the vision.

Due to the cave's age, its mechanisms had all failed, so the two corpse puppets Xiao Feng sent to scout the cave entered unharmed.

Following their path, Xiao Feng arrived in the spacious stone chamber from the foresight vision.

In the corner of the chamber, several wooden shelves resembling medicine cabinets were found. Most of the shelves had rotted and collapsed, with the various boxes and pill bottles scattered on them shattered. The herbs and pills inside had long turned to dust.

(End of the chapter)

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