Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 99: I am the Mosquito Taoist (Seeking monthly votes!)

When people think of mosquitoes, their first impressions are pests, bloodsuckers, pathogens, and buzzing.

In fact, for a long time, mosquitoes topped the list of the deadliest animals to humans.

There are many types of mosquitoes, most of which carry pathogens.

Mosquitoes are an extremely ancient group. How ancient? They existed long before the Archean era, and even earlier than the earliest recorded human history.

In any world, wherever life exists, mosquitoes will inevitably appear.

According to the theory of demonic beast bloodlines in the Earthly Realm, the bloodline of mosquitoes may originate from something very ancient.

You might think mosquitoes feed solely on the blood of humans or other large mammals, but in reality, their diet has never changed. The blood of the dominant race in a particular world is their diet.

If born in a plant world ruled by plant spirits, mosquitoes would evolve the ability to feed on the sap of plant spirits.

If in the Realm of Ten Thousand Demons, it would drink the blood of powerful demons.

If they are in the Earthly Realm, they will drink the blood of humans.

Born in the desolate wasteland, they naturally feed on the blood of powerful wild beasts. The daily diet of the six-winged Aedes mosquito consists of the blood of wild beasts with thick skin, which can pierce even the skin of wild beasts, let alone the skin of an ordinary human martial artist.

Isn't that easy to get? All you need is a mouth!

They are not picky eaters; they only eat the best!

From this perspective, mosquitoes are also tough guys, always choosing to fight the most formidable prey.

In Li Chunfeng's view, compared to mosquitoes' more famous blood-sucking ability, evolution is their species' strongest ability.

Take mosquitoes from the Earthly Realm as an example.

Over the long course of evolution, mosquitoes have developed many unique adaptations to survive successfully.

These evolutionary adaptations include changes to human habitats, such as preferred environments, and changes in reproductive habits and behaviors to adapt to human lifestyles.

Mosquitoes prefer shade to sunlight and like to live near natural water sources.

However, with the expansion of human activities, they have also adapted to the urban environment. They live in sewers, basements, and other dark and damp places, and can even hunt on sunny days.

In urban environments, mosquitoes have also learned to reproduce multiple times a year and can hunt without gathering in swarms.

It has also evolved drug resistance, fire resistance, and electrical resistance to counter the earliest mosquito-killing tools used by humans, such as electric mosquito swatters, mosquito coils, and insecticides.

As the number of cultivators in the Earthly Realm increases, mosquitoes have even evolved to move at high speeds in order to counter the ability of their spiritual power to capture them. Some powerful demonic mosquitoes can even suck the spiritual power of cultivators.

In the past, mosquitoes could not fly high. As people built taller and taller houses in big cities, and many spiritual places were located on high mountains, mosquitoes evolved the ability to fly in order to reach higher places to suck human blood.

The size of the mosquito is not fixed.

If the animals it needs to prey on are large, then the mosquitoes themselves must also be relatively large.

For example, the mosquitoes in the desolate wasteland are relatively large. Some advanced demonic mosquitoes even have small, sharp teeth that can easily bite through the tough skin of wild beasts.

The mosquitoes in the Earthly Realm are only the size of a grain of rice, and their main purpose is to bite you unexpectedly.

In conclusion, the evolution of mosquitoes is a complex process; they survive and reproduce by adapting to the human living environment and changing their own physiological characteristics.

But Li Chunfeng was not sure either.

Do these mosquitoes have the potential to become demonic pets?

With a "what the heck" mentality, Li Chunfeng arrived at the swamp.

The other members of the group didn't want to come back here to feed the mosquitoes, so they waited at the inn.

The vast, boundless swamps are filled with stagnant, putrid water, which is a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes.

With a single scan using his mental perception, he could easily detect hundreds of buzzing, flying mosquitoes.

Keep one of the mosquitoes, which is about the size of a thumb, and examine it carefully.

[Six-winged Aedes mosquito: Human-level, a descendant of chaotic bloodlines, capable of devouring and evolving! Its nature is violent and untamable!]

New capabilities have emerged.

Evolution also aligns with Li Chunfeng's understanding of the demonic mosquito.

Li Chunfeng patiently continued his search for even more powerful demonic mosquitoes.

He ventured deep into the swamp and quickly found the legendary Nether Lotus plant that was popular in the market.

The Ghost Lotus is merely a first-tier spiritual plant, with a rather pleasing appearance, resembling a luminous plant in the night sky. When kept in a quiet room, its aura has a calming and soothing effect.

It can also be used in medicine. Pills made with the lotus can slightly enhance the growth of spiritual power.

With a sweep of his mental power, Li Chunfeng collected over a hundred ghostly lotuses.

He continued flying deeper into the swamp. Soon, a petal mosquito the size of a baby's fist spotted him, flapping its wings and revealing its ferocious mouthparts and two sickle-like legs as it attacked.

[Six-winged Aedes mosquito: Spirit rank, a descendant of chaotic bloodlines, capable of devouring, evolving, and possessing potent venomous divine sense! Its nature is violent and untamable!]

The six-winged black mosquito of the Spirit Rank was already the size of a baby's fist.

Besides its mouthparts and sharp teeth, its two forelegs are as sharp as sickles.

As Li Chunfeng felt the divine poisons attacking his mental energy shield, he hesitated for a moment, but then took the initiative to release the protection of his mental energy shield.

In an instant, my mind and thoughts began to feel sluggish and numb.

He was poisoned without anyone noticing.

At first, he didn't feel much, but as the Heart Lamp instinctively expelled the toxins, he felt an unbearable numbness and itching, followed by a stinging pain that hurt his soul.

"incredible."

Li Chunfeng crushed the spirit-rank mosquito to death, and a demon core appeared in his hand.

"Devour, evolve, use divine poison, but it's not enough."

He hopes to see more potential.

His divine senses spread to even more distant places, and his speed suddenly increased. Along the way, he caught any mosquitoes that looked strange and investigated them.

There was a slight surprise after a moment, but not much.

[Six-winged Aedes mosquito: A first-tier wild insect, a remnant of chaotic bloodline. It evolves through devouring and blood feasts, possesses potent divine poison, and hatches into a symbiotic relationship with the mind! Its spirit is violent and untamable!]

Hatching-Mind Symbiosis: The female demon mosquito hatches a swarm of mosquitoes and controls the swarm with her supernatural abilities. She can establish a mind link with the mosquito clan and command them to perform various tasks, from searching for information to attacking enemies.

Blood Feast Evolution: Each time you consume the blood of a new and powerful creature, you will gain a certain amount of bloodline evolution energy.

[Six-winged Aedes mosquito: A second-tier desolate insect, a remnant of chaotic bloodline. It can evolve through devouring and blood feasts, possesses potent divine poison, hatches into a symbiotic relationship with the mind, and is a Blood God's offspring weapon! Its nature is violent and untamable!]

Soul Weapon?

Another feature of the wilderness!

The fact that a mosquito can evolve into a second-tier wild insect demonstrates its immense potential.

Li Chunfeng released the suppression and tested it out briefly.

The six-winged mosquito, about the size of an adult's fist, immediately launched a frenzied attack on him.

The so-called Blood God's Soul Weapon is nothing more than a black flying needle transformed from its mouthparts.

Similar to the Blood-Patterned Flying Needle, but smaller and more agile. It cannot penetrate psychic shields, but it has some shield-breaking effect, which is obviously due to the high defense of Heaven-rank psychic shields. However, it can easily drill a hole in a first-tier divine weapon.

"Ok?"

Just when he thought he had fully investigated the Blood God's Soul Weapon, the second-tier mosquito immediately flicked its black flying needle, turning it into hundreds of tiny flying needles that stabbed at him.

The flying needles, as fine as cow hair, pierced the Heavenly Rank Psychic Shield, creating ripples on its surface.

Li Chunfeng was immediately moved.

His heart was gradually tipping in favor of this ugly, ferocious mosquito. But he suppressed his impulse; good things come to those who wait, and continued his investigation.

After a short while, third-tier Aedes mosquitoes appeared in the swamp.

Some special abilities were discovered on the third-tier Aedes mosquito.

Shadow Mosquito Armor: It can emit a dark aura from its entire body, absorbing surrounding light and converting it into its own power, making its defense increasingly stronger. This allows it to completely blend into the darkness and become undetectable.

Stealth: Conceal your presence, absorb light, and fly invisiblely to approach or escape any creature without being detected.

The third-tier Aedes mosquitoes are extremely fast and have an even stronger bloodthirsty and murderous intent.

If Li Chunfeng hadn't been so skilled, he might not have been able to escape from this mosquito.

Finally, this third-order mosquito was beaten to death by the moths.

Li Chunfeng obtained a third-tier demon core.

Are there any higher-level ones?
Li Chunfeng hesitated, wondering if he should continue to delve deeper.
The swamp is quite large. He can handle the third-tier mosquitoes, but the fourth-tier mosquitoes will definitely be much faster. Even if he can deal with them, it would be too dangerous.

Even if you can't win, you can still escape safely.

They then continued to delve deeper.

They carefully steered the flying boat until they were right in front of a huge, stagnant pool deep in the swamp before coming to a stop.

A rare fourth-order mosquito queen is laying eggs.

Using his Mind's Eye, he discovered a completely new special ability on the fourth-tier mosquito queen.

Upon seeing this ability, Li Chunfeng knew that their destiny was sealed.

Myriad Transformations: When faced with annihilation, one can transform into millions of mosquitoes to escape. As long as even one mosquito survives, it can be reborn with a drop of blood, endlessly multiplying.

He didn't engage the female mosquito because it was too fast.

Li Chunfeng had just approached and his divine sense had gleaned some basic information when he startled the queen mosquito, which was laying eggs. The mosquito was immediately frightened and flew away.

It seems that the fourth rank is the limit for the six-winged Aedes mosquito.

"That's enough."

It should be noted that the upper limit of the Lantern Ghost was much lower than that of the Mosquito Demon at that time.

"I've decided on you as my second destined pet, the Six-Winged Spotted Mosquito!"

However, adult Aedes hexawing mosquitoes are all violent and untamable.

In other words, their soul is in chaos and they cannot be bound by a contract.

But mosquitoes are aquatic, and their larvae, the wrigglings, have no intelligence.

Li Chunfeng easily found the densely packed mosquito eggs that the queen mosquito had just laid in this stagnant pool of hopeless water.

Mosquitoes have a very short lifespan, but the demonic mosquitoes born in the desolate wasteland have clearly altered this genetic defect. Otherwise, there could not have been second- or third-tier demonic mosquitoes, or even a fourth-tier mosquito queen.

He selected the egg with the strongest aura from among them.

The Soul Contract Formation is generated. Contract established!
After a soul contract of primordial essence was placed, there was no movement in the insect egg.

"Failed?"

Li Chunfeng patiently sensed it, and after a long time, a confused, chaotic, and bloodthirsty thought emerged from the insect egg.

Li Chunfeng's vision suddenly went black; the backlash was coming.

A surge of chaos, slaughter, and bloodlust welled up within me, a feeling completely different from when I first made a contract with the Lantern Demon.

He felt as if he had fallen into an endless ocean of blood and filth, turning into a pool of filth.

This pool of filthy blood, after countless years, finally gave birth to sentience.

He then broke through the filthy blood and was reborn.

At this moment, the inherited memories from the depths of the bloodline of the six-winged Aedes mosquito also appeared in Li Chunfeng's mind.

It was born before the primordial chaos, before the ancient times. Its original form was a blood-winged black mosquito. The secret method it cultivated was an ancient divine art, neither Buddhist, Taoist, divine, nor immortal.

It can split into billions of forms, sucking the blood and flesh of living beings, leaving nothing but barren land in its wake.

During his travels through the various realms, he fought against the Great Luo Immortals of the Heavens, suffered losses and gained advantages, and devoured many powerful innate beings.

Only after the primordial chaos shattered did the Bloodwing Black Mosquito disintegrate into the heavens and earth.

However, throughout the myriad realms, its descendants, the mosquito race, have long been passed down, never to be extinct.

Li Chunfeng's soul and thoughts suddenly became chaotic. With his cultivation at the Burning Lamp Realm Earth Soul level, he was almost affected by the backlash of a mosquito larva's chaotic consciousness, which shows how powerful this bloodline inheritance thought is.

Fortunately, the backlash came quickly and went quickly as well.

He shook his head and came to his senses.

The soul contract has been formed.

I thought choosing a second destined pet would be a difficult decision.

Unexpectedly, the entire process, from opening the soul aperture to identifying the demon pet and then forming a contract with the natal demon pet, was completed within a single day.

Perhaps that's really the case...

"Fate is predetermined!"

Looking at the newly hatched six-winged mosquitoes, Li Chunfeng couldn't help but sigh: the ancestors of mosquitoes were so amazing. Compared with the lantern ghost clan, they are simply beyond comparison.

Having such powerful ancestors proves that the bloodline potential of the six-winged Aedes mosquito is extremely high.

But everything depends on how well he develops the child later on.

"Buzz~"

A vague, hazy awareness entered my mind.

With such low intelligence, it seems I'll be busy in the future.

Li Chunfeng communicated with the newly born six-winged Aedes mosquito through his thoughts, extending his finger so that the mosquito landed on his fingertip.

"Buzz?"

"Eat up, your first taste of blood must be mine."

So, the clueless six-winged mosquito unceremoniously extended its proboscis and pierced Li Chunfeng's relaxed finger, swallowing the sweet-smelling blood. Its abdomen swelled up visibly, turning transparent into a blood sac.

The six-winged Aedes mosquito greedily sucked its owner's blood until it could drink no more, then flew up somewhat dizzily.

"Although you're not very bright right now, Daddy won't favor one over the other. Randeng is the eldest brother, and you're the second. Let's give you a name too. What should we call you? Hmm... how about... Mosquito Taoist!"

"Buzz?"

The Mosquito Taoist's seemingly unintelligible thoughts arrived, and Li Chunfeng sighed inwardly.

However, Randeng was also trained step by step from being an ignorant sixth lantern to being able to stand on his own now.

It's not that mosquitoes are weak, it's that their population is small.

With a thought, a suction force appeared in the void in front of him, sucking the six-winged mosquito into it.

The next moment, they appeared in the second soul aperture space.

The comfortable environment inside the Soul Aperture made the Mosquito Daoist excitedly fly around everywhere; it could be said that it had made the Soul Aperture its home.

At the same time, the detailed attributes of Mosquito Taoist were also fully revealed to Li Chunfeng.

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