NOVEL WEB Chapter 181 Dragon Lizard
The cave on Nameless Mountain was extremely spacious, and the Golden Winged Mantis once again laid on the stone wall.
Its golden triangular head was leisurely opening and closing its sharp mouth, making it appear exceedingly at ease.
Paired with its golden insect wings lazily stacked together, it gave the illusion of dozing off.
The entire cave was very quiet; aside from the breeze that blew through the entrance and rustled the stone wall, there were no other sounds.
Just then, from deeper beneath the ground, a yellow-brown spirit light quietly approached.
The spirit light was very large, yet its movements were extremely careful, and it was evidently very familiar with navigating underground, as it obviously hadn't come here infrequently during this period.
After seeing that the Golden Winged Mantis hadn't made any movement, the yellow-brown spirit light cautiously moved several times beneath the ground, and only after quite some shifting did it slowly climb up.
Strangely, when the yellow-brown spirit light touched the stone wall, it once again transformed into a gray-white spirit light, blending with the stone wall into one color.
"A color-changing lizard?" Not far from the Golden Winged Mantis, beneath a green Taoist robe, an invisible figure was lost in thought.
That figure was none other than Lin Shiming, who was concealed behind the scene, except this time the bait was the Golden Winged Mantis, so he simply wore his Qinglian Taoist Robe.
Feeling the escape light from beneath the ground, Lin Shiming also found it extremely peculiar.
After all, the Qinglian Taoist Robe he wore was made from the skin of a color-changing lizard.
Under Lin Shiming's gaze, the grey-white escape light continued to ascend, clearly heading towards the Golden Winged Mantis.
Since the Golden Winged Mantis hadn't noticed it, Lin Shiming had no choice but to use the Spirit Contract to remind it.
Almost concurrently with the reminder, the grey-white escape light burst out from the stone wall, then transformed into a massive fleshly maw, and violently swallowed towards the Golden Winged Mantis.
The Golden Winged Mantis, being alerted, was also very vigilant, and the infuriated creature immediately fluttered its six wings, leaving behind an afterimage.
Then, its two enormous golden sickle-like legs fiercely slashed at the lizard.
However, against Lin Shiming's expectations, layers of sand shields appeared around the lizard, bearing some similarity to the spells cast by Lin Houwei.
But this lizard's were unmistakably more terrifying.
The Quicksand Shield rumbled loudly, successfully blocking the golden sickle legs.
Yet the next moment, as the sand dispersed, a ball of yellow-brown spirit light appeared in the gaping maw.
"Breath!" Lin Shiming also gasped in surprise from the side.
Such breath attacks were exclusive to dragon-lineage Demonic Beasts.
This lizard was not just any color-changing lizard, but a Dragon Lizard!
Lin Shiming felt a surge of excitement in his heart. The Demonic Beasts in this world, regardless of their species, as long as they carried a dragon lineage, were certainly extraordinary creatures, and dragon-lineage Demonic Beasts had one major characteristic: they were extremely effective in body refinement.
Among them, the effects of the Flood Dragon were the best, with just the blood of a Flood Dragon being extremely precious.
As Lin Shiming pondered, the breath had already fiercely sprayed onto the Golden Winged Mantis, but the golden legs tore it apart violently.
Yet the remaining force enraged the Golden Winged Mantis even more, causing it to continuously screech.
The Dragon Lizard didn't stop there. It stretched out its long tongue, attempting to coil around the mantis and reel it in.
However, at that moment, Lin Shiming made his move. He fiercely struck the Shocking God Drum, and as spirit patterns surged forth, another Split Spirit Blade landed on the Dragon Lizard's forehead.
The Dragon Lizard let out a piercing shriek and its whole body's sand shields began to automatically condense.
His body began to submerge automatically towards the depths below.
However, Lin Shiming, who had come well-prepared, wouldn't make any mistakes. He threw out a flag, and a Spirit Formation rose up, directly breaking the Flood Dragon's Earth Escape Technique.
Then, numerous Purple Gold Vines spread out and wrapped the Dragon Lizard into a purple bundle. In the next moment, a fiery red Red-haired Demon Monkey appeared, lifting the Profound Spirit Mountain and smashed it down on the Dragon Lizard.
Landing a direct hit like a mountain, it collapsed the Quicksand Shield, and immediately after, a purple golden spear pierced through the Dragon Lizard's neck.
Sand scattered and fell, while the Purple Gold Vines retracted under the command of Lin Shiming's Spirit Art.
As the Spirit Light faded, it revealed a huge lizard that was three meters tall, covered with earth-yellow Spirit Patterns, and adorned with unsightly bulges of flesh.
Most peculiarly, on its forehead, there was a small bulge.
Both the Golden Winged Mantis and the Red-haired Demon Monkey howled and rushed toward the corpse, obviously wanting to feast on the Dragon Lizard.
The Dragon Lizard wanted to eat them, but they equally coveted the flesh of this Dragon Beast.
Lin Shiming also stepped forward, chopped off the two legs of the Dragon Lizard, giving one to each beast. The rest of the body was then stored in his Cave Heaven World.
The flesh and blood of the Dragon Lizard was top-notch material for Body Refinement, and its claws and tail were high-grade materials for crafting; naturally, Lin Shiming wouldn't let these two beasts ruin them. Continue your adventure with empire
It was just a pity that the Dragon Lizard was clearly a juvenile Demonic Beast; otherwise, once that bulge grew into a horn, its value would have increased by hundreds of times.
Of course, by then, it might not be something he could kill.
The two beasts were clearly dissatisfied with only getting such a small leg each, but after Lin Shiming tapped their foreheads twice, they obediently nibbled on the legs in their hands.
The Golden Winged Mantis and the Red-haired Demon Monkey quickly devoured the small legs of the lizard. Both Spirit Beasts ate until their faces glowed red and they were full of vigor, one howling and the other squeaking non-stop, jumping up and down excitably.
This scene made Lin Shiming feel rather amazed, and he became greatly interested in the flesh of the Dragon Lizard.
Whether his Mountain Ape Body Refining Technique could advance to the level of a Foundation Establishment Body Refining Cultivator depended on this opportunity.
After circling around a few times, the Red-haired Demon Monkey eagerly pointed towards Lin Shiming's waist, clearly wanting to return to the Spirit Beast Bag to sleep.
What surprised Lin Shiming was that the Golden Winged Mantis showed no intention of returning at all. Its golden head tinged with red vibrated as it communicated with Lin Shiming, then turned its head to investigate in another direction, right towards where the Dragon Lizard had come from.
Seeing this, Lin Shiming's interest grew. The Golden Winged Mantis's behavior was clearly suggesting that he search for the Dragon Lizard's cave.
Lin Shiming released his Divine Sense and took out an Earth Escape Talisman, beginning to pursue through Earth Escape.
The Golden Winged Mantis took the lead underground, constantly guiding Lin Shiming to the right location.
After maneuvering left and right, passing numerous mountain peaks, they finally stopped above a fissure.
As he emerged from the ground, Lin Shiming felt the surrounding Spiritual Energy was exceptionally abundant, clearly coming from a natural Spirit Vein.
The level of the Spirit Vein reached the Inferior Grade of the Third Rank, albeit leaning towards the Earth Attribute.
At this moment, Lin Shiming's excitement and elation were beyond words. His Divine Sense probed out and discovered that this fissure, like the Yellow Grade Secret Realm he once stumbled upon, formed a natural Spirit Concealing Formation, which contained and concentrated the Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Vein.
As a result, the Spiritual Energy of the Spirit Vein grew denser and denser.
Lin Shiming was fine, but for an average Cultivator who practiced Earth Attribute techniques, their Cultivation speed here would certainly be much faster.
There weren't many plants in the fissure, and Lin Shiming's Divine Sense soon located the Dragon Lizard's den.
With a single flap of its wings, the Golden Winged Mantis transformed into a streak of golden light and headed straight for the den, evidently there were Spiritual Objects inside that enticed it.
Realizing there were no dangerous Spirit Beasts around, Lin Shiming also quickly followed suit.