Chapter 98: Cauldron? Divine Beast?

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  Li Yuzi and others were shocked, the mysterious state disappeared. The next moment, they all returned to reality. Subconsciously, they followed Xia Xingxiao's pointing direction and flanked over. However, in front of them, there was no sandworm larva at all. What was presented before them was a rugged sandy ground, with hard rocks underneath.

  However, Xia Xingxiao did indeed feel the presence of the sandworm larvae. It was a very strange feeling. He didn't know how to describe this feeling. Anyway, it was as if there was something that could be grasped in his hand. He even "saw" the existence of the sandworm larvae. It was a grayish-white big guy.

  "Boom!"

  Suddenly, the ground shook violently.

  "It's flying! It's coming out!"

  Li Yuzhi and others immediately rose into the air, avoiding the shockwave on the ground.

  At the same time, their weapons all came out and surrounded the cracked rocks.

  By this time, no one needs to remind them that they all know that it is the sandworm larvae lurking under the rocks, which was forced out by Xia Xingxiao. The sandworm larvae were originally hidden well, but due to the influence of the Dao Xinzhong Magic, they had to drill out.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a moment later, the rocky ground suddenly sank and then suddenly burst, with sand and gravel splashing everywhere, like a huge explosion. A grayish-white giant emerged from below with a loud crash. It was indeed a sandworm larva. After it emerged, it found that something was wrong and immediately crawled on the ground, desperately fleeing to the side.

  The underage sandworm larvae have no flying ability. It only has the ability to crawl or burrow. Under the influence of the Da Xinzhong Magic, it temporarily cannot burrow and can only desperately crawl. Its crawling speed is not slow either. All the rocks that have passed through are crushed by it, as if pressed on tofu.

  "Up! Stop him!"

  Li Yuzhi waved his hand and everyone rushed up together to take action.

  The larvae of the sandworm had relatively weak combat power and almost no effective means of attack. Under the siege of everyone, it was quickly intercepted. Zhang Bo and Lin Fei blocked its way forward. Xia Xingxiao used his Frost Palm to slow down its speed. In the end, what stopped it was a huge alloy net. This was thrown out from Li Yuzhi's hand. He had long been prepared with the corresponding tools.

  The sandworm larvae were tied up in a net, with extremely strong alloy ropes all around it, all of which were pulled by humans. Even if it struggled constantly, it was to no avail. The strength of one sandworm larva was naturally no match for more than a dozen human cultivators. Zhang Bo and Lin Fei were both middle-ranking officers, and the two of them alone had a strength of over 20 tons. After struggling for half an hour, the sandworm felt that resisting was useless and finally calmed down obediently.

  However, judging from its appearance, it is still unwilling to surrender. The sandworm larva has already possessed a certain degree of wisdom. It should have realized the danger it was in and was quietly waiting for an opportunity. An opportunity to escape. Unfortunately, human cultivators are also very clever and will definitely not give it a chance to escape.

  Now, the human cultivators finally had time to carefully examine this newly hatched sandworm larva. Everyone present was actually seeing a real sandworm larva for the first time, so curiosity was inevitable.

  "Is this also called a larva?" someone whispered aloud.

  In fact, when Xia Xingxiao saw the sandworm larvae for the first time, she was also shocked.

  It's paralyzed, and this can be called a larva! No wonder adult sandworms are so fierce.

  The sandworm that appeared before them was twenty meters long and two meters in diameter. The ratio of length to width was about ten to one. If such a huge creature is still just a larva, I don't know how big the final adult will be. It's said that sandworms are one of the largest species in the universe by volume, and it's not an exaggeration.

  Li Yuzi excitedly said: "That's right, it's this big guy!"

  Xia Xingxiao arrived in front of Sha Chong and said excitedly: "Take it?"

  Li Yuzi hastily waved his hand and said, "No! Wait! I have something to say to you."

  He called Xia Xingxiao to one side, indicating that he had something to say to him alone. Xia Xingxiao looked at him in confusion, waiting for what came next. Li Yuzi's expression turned serious as he said, "The Daomind Cultivation Method has a success rate limit when it comes to capturing spiritual beasts..."

  Xia Xingxiao had never heard such a statement before and subconsciously rolled her eyes.

  He suddenly felt that he really needed to find a mentor to guide him. Otherwise, it would be like a child holding a gold mountain running in the street, and something would go wrong sooner or later. Li Yuzhi's personal knowledge could still satisfy his doubts for the time being. However, as time went on, Li Yuzhi was probably unable to meet his needs. Those higher-level knowledge were definitely not what Li Yuzhi could grasp. He needed a more advanced mentor.

  Li Yuzi explained in detail: "I'm sure you also know that the original purpose of the Daomeng Great Method was not to capture and tame demonic beasts..."

  He said that the Daomeng Great Law was originally intended to exchange one's life for a new one, using the life of the furnace and cauldron to obtain rebirth. After humans altered its function, there were also aftereffects. This aftereffect is the success rate of capturing spiritual beasts. Simply put, those spiritual beasts are actually individual furnaces and cauldrons as well. Not every furnace and cauldron will ultimately succeed.

  The cultivator, after a long period of experimentation and summarization, came to the basic conclusion that: The first time using it, the success rate is only around 20%. The second time using it, there's only around 10%. The third time using it, the success rate is only around 5%. And so on, constantly halving. It can be seen that the success rate is actually very low. By the fifth time and onwards, the success rate is basically zero.

  And a spiritual beast can only accept a certain cultivator's unique Heart Demon Great Technique once. If it fails, the spiritual beast will be forever lost to you. In other words, this furnace tripod is no longer yours, and no matter how hard you try, it's useless.

  This is also the reason why the Da Mo Xin Fa has never been popular. Its attack and defense capabilities are not strong, and it has no speed advantage either. All hope is pinned on the furnace tripod. If a spiritual beast cannot be obtained as a furnace tripod, this martial art will basically be abandoned. Who would want to learn a martial art with no future?

  In fact, even if a successful collection of a spiritual beast as a furnace is obtained, the combat power may not necessarily soar. There are so many types of spiritual beasts, and their abilities are also strong and weak. Some spiritual beasts have very strong abilities, while others have very weak abilities. Even for the same type of spiritual beast, the ability is also vastly different. And if there are mixed variant spiritual beasts inside, it becomes even more complicated.

  If you can capture a very powerful spiritual beast, there is naturally hope to stand out from the crowd. However, this probability is generally not high. Because, the stronger the ability of the spiritual beast, the more difficult it is to capture. On the contrary, it is easier to capture those with weak abilities. But the problem is, even if you successfully capture a weak spiritual beast, what's the use? Weakness combined only makes it weaker.

  Li Yuji said slowly: "Currently, there are two methods to increase the success rate of capturing. The first method is to open up more dantians. If you have five dantians, you can definitely capture the first spiritual beast successfully. The second method is to increase the number of spiritual beasts as much as possible. The Dao Xin Zhong Mo Great Technique takes effect within a certain range, and the more dantians there are, the higher the concentration of true energy, the greater the effect of the Dao Xin Zhong Mo Great Technique."

  Regarding Xia Xingxiao's secret, Li Yuzi was not entirely aware. However, he definitely knew about the thirty-three Qi Seas of Xia Xingxiao. Many people at the Mian Luo military base were also aware of this matter, not just Li Yuzi. Logically speaking, the thirty-three Qi Seas should have been able to increase the success rate significantly. Nevertheless, in order to further increase the success rate and ensure a successful collection, he suggested releasing more spiritual beasts together and casting the spell all at once.

  Xia Xingxiao understood and said: "We want to catch more sandworm larvae?"

  Li Yuzi said: "Right! That's it! We'd better catch five sandworm larvae. This way, you can at least guarantee that one of them will be successfully collected."

  Xia Xingxiao looked at the sandworm larva and asked in confusion: "That... what's going to happen to it?"

  "Take it away!"

  He said it was simple, but in reality, it wasn't an easy thing to do. Something so big, you had to carry it with you, and it's hard to imagine how difficult it would be. Nobody knew its weight, just how heavy it was. Anyway, three or five people were definitely not enough to lift it up. Even if they dragged it along, it was still a great effort. Unless the sandworm was willing to cooperate and crawl on its own.

  Fortunately, this twenty-meter-long and two-meter-diameter giant, after being curled up, is not particularly bloated. It turns out that it has a large compression space. Most of its body structure is supported by pure energy. As long as it releases most of its energy, its volume will shrink by more than 90%.

  More crucially, under the threat of Xia Xingxiao's icy palm, it had no choice but to obey human orders and crawl in the direction that humans advanced. For the Shāzú creatures, the spiral-powered icy palm was simply too terrifying. The feeling of being unable to survive or die made them have a huge sense of fear towards Xia Xingxiao's abnormality.

  As a result, under Xia Xingxiao's threat, this sandworm larva had no choice but to follow the humans obediently. Its crawling movements were actually not slow at all. Its innate advantage was that it was not affected by the five-fold gravity of Ailao Star. Therefore, although Xia Xingxiao and the others were flying, it was only crawling, yet it could still keep up with their pace.

  "This is still okay." Xia Xing said thoughtfully.