Zhutian: Invincible from the Martial Spirit

Chapter 26: The First Soul Ring (Please read and vote)
Looking at the dark cave on the mountainside, Gu Yi pondered for a moment and did not go in immediately.

It goes without saying that the environment inside the cave must be extremely dark, with so much darkness that you can't even see your hand in front of you.

Because soul beasts like blood crystal bats like dark environments and are used to hiding during the day and coming out at night.

If Gu Yi went in, his vision would be restricted, which would suppress his strength and put him in great danger.

So Gu Yi chose to lurk outside the cave and wait for the blood crystal bats to fly out of the cave.

According to historical records, the Blood Crystal Soul Beast feeds on blood and flies outside to hunt every once in a while.

All Gu Yi needs to do is wait patiently in the dark.

Gu Yi followed the wild hunting techniques taught by Grandpa Mu Hu, hiding his body among the dense trees and sprinkling branch juice and some medicinal powder around him and on his body to cover up his own breath.

Gu Yi's eyes were fixed on the cave. If there was any movement, he would be the first to notice it.

Time passed little by little, and soon it was night.

The soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest not only did not become quiet, but became more active than during the day.

Because there are many predators that are good at hunting at night, the blood crystal bat that Gu Yi is waiting for is one of them.

During this period, many soul beasts passed by Gu Yi's hiding place, but none of them found any trace of Gu Yi.

Finally, after Gu Yi waited for nearly an hour, he heard whistling sounds from the dark cave on the mountainside.

After a while, several huge blood-red bats flew out and flew silently towards the surrounding forest.

Gu Yi was cheered up when he saw the soul beasts appear, and he quickly and carefully identified the years of these bat soul beasts.

"One blood crystal bat has been in cultivation for about 2,400 years, and the other five have been in cultivation for about 700 to 800 years..."

Gu Yi's eyes flashed, and he quickly determined the years of cultivation of the six bats based on their sizes.

According to records in books, the wingspan of a blood crystal bat increases by ten centimeters every hundred years.

The largest one had a wingspan of 2.4 meters, and its size was terrifying.

If that bloody mouth fell on a person, it would probably suck the person's blood dry in an instant.

"Two thousand four hundred years... just within the range that my physical fitness can absorb!" After some calculations, Gu Yi immediately decided to absorb the soul ring of the largest blood crystal bat.

Gu Yi learned from books that blood crystal bats feed on the blood of other soul beasts.

Even if their stomachs are full, they will still continue to suck blood and will not let go until the last drop of blood is sucked out of the target. They are extremely greedy.

The blood crystal bat will use a peculiar method to extract the essence of this extra blood, and then condense it into a round blood crystal in its body, which is somewhat similar to the beast core of the monsters in the Jiuxiao Continent.

This is why they are called 'blood crystal bats'.

This blood crystal is a kind of backup hidden energy for them.

As long as they have this blood crystal, they can survive even if they do not suck the blood of soul beasts or humans for a long time, until the blood crystal is exhausted.

——However, due to the greed of blood crystal bats, they cannot resist their blood-sucking instinct and often go hunting and sucking blood every few days.

Therefore, Blood Crystal Bats generally cannot use this ability.

This is also the reason why blood crystal bats flew out after Gu Yi had been squatting outside the cave for a long time.

The real use of this blood crystal is in combat.

Once the Blood Crystal Bat encounters a fierce battle and feels that it cannot defeat its opponent, the Blood Crystal Bat will frantically burn the blood crystal and activate its backup hidden energy, allowing itself to greatly increase its speed and strength in a short period of time, bursting out with strength far beyond its own cultivation.

What Gu Yi wanted to obtain was this kind of soul skill that could burn blood and soul power to achieve a short-term burst of amplification.

After all, what his blood martial soul lacks the least is blood.

This type of explosive soul skill can play a key role in battle.

If used well, challenging opponents of higher levels will not be a problem.

Even when Gu Yi becomes stronger, this soul skill will still be useful.

……

After determining the target, Gu Yi quietly took out the iron bow from behind him, and then waited quietly for the six blood crystal bats to return from hunting.

If they were to fight head-on, Gu Yi would not dare to say that he could keep them alive. After all, the blood crystal bats had wings, so they could fly away if they couldn't win.

So archery can be very effective at this time.

Hunters hunt in the wild by surprise, so they just need to severely injure the wings of the largest one to prevent it from flying.

Then this time the operation of hunting for soul rings is half successful!
Gu Yi waited for another quarter of an hour or two.

The blood crystal bats that went out hunting each held a soul beast in their claws and flew towards the dark cave.

"Here it comes!" Gu Yi's eyes lit up.

He held his breath and focused all his attention on the largest thousand-year-old blood crystal bat. He raised the iron bow in his hand, put an arrow on it, and slowly pulled the bowstring until it was full moon.

Whoosh! !

When the thousand-year-old blood crystal bat and the five hundred-year-old blood crystal bats flew within three hundred steps of Gu Yi, an arrow instantly flew out from the dense trees, and its speed was so fast that it left a trail of afterimages in the air.

In front of the arrow carrying a thousand-pound force, the flesh and blood body of the Millennium Blood Crystal Bat seemed as fragile as tofu. Its left wing was directly pierced, leaving a blood hole the size of a watermelon.

And behind this soul beast was a hundred-year-old bat soul beast, which was unfortunately on the flight path of the arrow. Its head and upper body exploded, leaving only the lower half of its body, claws and the prey it was holding on the ground.

A golden hundred-year soul ring floated out from its corpse.

squeak!
The thousand-year-old blood crystal bat screamed miserably, and invisible sound waves spread in all directions, stirring up a green wave, and its body fell uncontrollably.

However, before it fell to the ground, another arrow followed and pierced its other wing.

Yellow-level mid-grade martial arts, continuous meteor arrows! !
Gu Yi practiced this martial art for three months and used it for enlightenment two or three times. He has already mastered some of the mysteries of this archery martial art.

This is the first time it has been used in actual combat, and the effect seems to be excellent.

Seeing that both wings of the Millennium Blood Crystal Bat were severely damaged and it was impossible for it to fly again, Gu Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

It's safe now.

However, in order to prevent any further complications and avoid attracting other thousand-year-old soul beasts, Gu Yi quickly put away his iron bow, jumped off the tree with a spear in hand, and ran towards the direction where the thousand-year-old blood crystal bat fell.

The distance of three hundred steps passed in a flash, and Gu Yi saw through the dense leaves that the thousand-year-old blood crystal bat was struggling on the ground and trying to walk back to the cave.

As for the other four hundred-year-old soul beasts, they were circling above it, constantly making sharp sounds, as if they were communicating, or as if they were using the echoes to determine their movements.

That's why Gu Yi was discovered by them.

Facing the century-old bats flying towards him, Gu Yi's expression remained unchanged. He stabbed, danced, poked, and flicked with the spear in his hand, using various basic spear techniques to easily block the sharp claws and fangs of the blood crystal bats.

Seeing Gu Yi so ferocious, the seriously injured Millennium Blood Crystal Bat suddenly appeared a faint red light on its body surface. It spread its claws and joined the battlefield regardless of its injuries.

Gu Yi recognized it at a glance. It was the result of it burning the blood crystals in its body.

The third style of submachine gun technique, sweeping away thousands of enemies!

Gu Yi's eyes focused and he activated the Iron Blood Evil Spirit Technique. Suddenly, a trace of bloody evil spirit emanated from his body, even spreading to his spear.

——On the way here, Gu Yi killed some soul beasts. This was the first time that Gu Yi killed a living being with cultivation. He absorbed some blood evil energy from it, which gave him a deeper understanding of the iron-blood evil energy.

This martial art is a military martial art, which focuses on fighting on the battlefield, practicing through killing, and cultivating a strong bloody aura.

Gu Yi benefited a lot from this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Gu Yi continuously displayed his charge gun skills, charging to break through the enemy's formation, cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron, turning back to shoot the sun, and traveling across the world... one move after another of gun skills were displayed in his hands.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
After fighting for a few minutes, Gu Yi finally seized the opportunity. He danced his spear into five spear flowers and stabbed at the five soul beasts respectively. Each spear carried Gu Yi's two thousand kilograms of force.

Even though the four eight-hundred-year-old blood crystal bats burned their blood crystals, they could not block Gu Yi's shot at all. They were pierced through the head and died, leaving behind four golden hundred-year-old soul rings.

Only the thousand-year-old bat had time to react to the shot, moving its head an inch away and narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

But that was all. Gu Yi's spear paused for only a second before slashing down, pinning him to the ground.

As Gu Yi fired his last shot, the thousand-year-old blood crystal bat died with hatred, and a thousand-year-old soul ring with a purple color slowly emerged.

"Huh~ It's finally over..."

Gu Yi looked at the thousand-year soul ring and smiled brilliantly, "The next step is to absorb this soul ring."

(End of this chapter)