Chapter 1138: Materialization (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

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Duanmu Lian pursed her thin lips and exclaimed in awe, "What a terrifying power, is this the elixir that can enable one to break through a great realm?"

Now, she could only feel her body brimming with endless spiritual power, as if she could break through her current bottleneck at any moment!

By her side, Zhou Qingruo also nodded and said gravely, "The power is indeed immense, but if it isn't guided properly, it's very easy for things to go wrong."

After speaking, Zhou Qingruo's expression turned slightly colder, and she calmly sat down cross-legged, closing her beautiful eyes, trying her best to let the spiritual power inside her body flow through the correct meridians...

One could vaguely sense that the aura emanating from her was growing stronger continuously! Without any hint of pausing...

After giving Xu Sheng a deep look with her beautiful eyes, Duanmu Lian felt the spiritual power within her body starting to run wild, and couldn't help but sit down cross-legged beside Zhou Qingruo, focusing on controlling the spiritual power as it surged against her bottleneck!

Watching the scene before it, the Cloud Devouring Beast inwardly exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible? Did he really completely eliminate the side effects?"

It had thought that at most Xu Sheng could have only reduced the side effects, but looking at it now, it seemed he had completely eradicated them!

After all, there wasn't even a trace of pain on the faces of these two women...

Feeling the orderly state of the spiritual power in Duanmu Lian and the others' bodies, Xu Sheng knew that their breakthrough to the Saint Realm was only a matter of time!

Soon after, he turned his ink-colored eyes towards the Cloud Devouring Beast and started speaking with a smile, "Cloud Devouring Beast, your cultivation level must not be far from the Saint Realm as well, right?"

Hearing this seemingly harmless inquiry, especially with the harmless smile hanging on his face...

The Cloud Devouring Beast was first taken aback, then a look of fear appeared on its ugly cheeks, "What do you mean? Don't tell me you have designs on this lord..."

After speaking, it extended its hands protectively in front of its chest, vigilantly watching Xu Sheng...

This guy, he wouldn't take advantage of the two women being focused on their breakthrough to try something on it, would he?

This odd gaze made Xu Sheng feel that something was amiss, so he stretched out his hand and knocked hard on its head, saying without any good humor, "What are you thinking! I mean those guys should be coming!"

Even if he ever wanted a monster beast as a companion, he would certainly choose the type like a fox spirit first, definitely not the Cloud Devouring Beast, just looking at which was enough to make one lose their appetite, so he couldn't possibly have any thoughts about it!

The Cloud Devouring Beast could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, but then asked half-knowingly, "Those guys? Who are you referring to?"

Xu Sheng's eyes turned towards a certain direction and he said indifferently, "The Elder Demon Cultivators of the Saint Realm!"

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Elsewhere, two Elder Demon Cultivators of the Saint Realm level were following a disciple, searching all around continuously...

After almost an hour, they had still come up empty-handed...

One of the Elder Demon Cultivators' faces turned livid with rage, and he barked at the disciple, "You waste! How can it be that after searching for so long you still haven't found them, you aren't playing us for fools, are you?"

The other Elder Demon Cultivator was also quite angry, speaking in a hoarse voice, "Didn't you say you knew their approximate location? We've been following you round and round for so long!"

If they couldn't find them soon, they were not certain they could keep themselves from laying hands on this fellow!

The disciple's body trembled, and he stammered in explanation, "T...two Elders, I indeed spotted them here last time, but it has been so long since then, and I don't know in which direction they have gone!"

He should never have agreed to monitor in the first place; these Elder Demon Cultivators were known to be bad-tempered, and if luck was against him, they might even resort to laying their hands on him!

True to his fears, his explanation only made the tone of one of the Elder Demon Cultivators grow much colder, "So you mean to say? You are blaming us?"

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After speaking, he suddenly burst forth with a wave of pitch-black spiritual power filled with an air of despair, launching it directly at the disciple...

"Bang!"

As the black spiritual power slammed into the disciple's body, his eyes bulged with an incredulous expression...

Upon closer inspection, one would see that a bloody hole was violently opened in his chest...

With a "thud," he collapsed powerlessly into a pool of blood, devoid of all life...

The other Elder Demon Cultivator simply chose to watch coldly. After all, disciples of this level were dime a dozen!

Killing a few made no difference whatsoever, and besides, this guy didn't even have clear information on the surveillance target. What use was there in keeping him?

Just as the two Demon Cultivators were pondering how to proceed with their search, suddenly, the sky above erupted with anomalies, and huge ripples spread continuously outwards through the surrounding space...

This scene immediately caught their attention...

They narrowed their eyes and said, "This is... someone is making a breakthrough? And moreover, it's a breakthrough from the Immortal Monarch Realm to the Saint Realm!"

"Hmm, and from the spirit force fluctuation, we can't feel the aura that belongs to us Demon Cultivators. It's very likely one of those people mentioned by the Sect Master!"

Upon these words, the two exchanged glances, each able to feel the intense killing intent in the other's eyes!!

They then swooped down towards the direction of the spirit force fluctuation...

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In another place, the small Cloud Devouring Beast took a deep breath, and then a dense Black Mist spread out. Its figure gradually transformed into a monstrously huge Monster Beast, several hundred meters in size!

After opening its gaping maw, it let out a deafening roar...

If one didn't know the truth, even a powerhouse of the Saint Realm would surely avoid it at all costs seeing it in this form!

Immediately afterwards, the Cloud Devouring Beast's somewhat resentful gaze turned toward Xu Sheng, murmuring to itself, "This guy! He actually has such a wicked sense of humor, trying to use me to scare off two Demon Cultivators!"

Little did it know that Xu Sheng wasn't expecting it to deal with the approaching Demon Cultivators at all, but was simply curious to see how it would transform!

After getting the answer he wanted, Xu Sheng propped up his chin in contemplation and mused, "So it transforms like this?"

It didn't seem to be a big deal, but suddenly, it was as if he thought of something entertaining, the corners of his mouth lifting into a curve...

Wait a minute, isn't the Cloud Devouring Beast only capable of transforming without any aggressiveness? What if he added a little something to it?

Xu Sheng pursed his lips and immediately released a massive Divine Power that surged towards the Cloud Devouring Beast like a blanket engulfing the sky...

The Cloud Devouring Beast was terrified and exclaimed, "What on earth do you think you're doing??"

It had witnessed the power of this Divine Power firsthand! It was the kind of force that instantly wiped out an opponent of the Immortal Monarch Realm!

But as it was enveloped, instead of pain, it felt that the Monster Beast it had transformed into was beginning to solidify into a real entity!!!

Swallowing nervously, it blurted out subconsciously, "Fake... it's fake, right?? Does this man also possess such a heaven-defying ability?"

Mixed in the words was a sense of either shock or excitement...