Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

After the battle with the Wind-Splitting Beast, Liu Xing reflected on the shortcomings of his own magical equipment. His top-grade magical equipment was invincible against Foundation Establishment cultivators, and could barely handle the magical equipment of Core Formation cultivators. However, it was completely vulnerable against the sharp teeth of a Level 5 demon beast.

This battle also exhausted Liu Xing's physical strength. He was now sitting cross-legged in the cave, holding a medium-grade spirit stone in each hand, recovering quickly.

After a day and a night, Liu Xing, having recovered, prepared to forge a new batch of equipment. His storage bracelet contained a large amount of refining materials, so he first took inventory of the rare materials and considered how to use them.

Considering his melee prowess, his most essential offensive weapon was a pair of boxing gloves. Carefully designed, the gloves were lined with silk woven from silkworms, ensuring a comfortable fit and excellent force transmission. The fists were constructed from the skin of a wind-splitting beast's neck, a soft and resilient leather. A row of rivets, forged from rare silver, was installed along the metacarpal bones. The fingertips were forged from the claws of a wind-splitting beast. Spreading the five fingers, the scratching edge surpassed even the sharpest of top-grade magical weapons.

After a day and night of refining, a pair of imposing, tan boxing gloves appeared before him. Liu Xing draped the gloves in both hands and threw a powerful punch, the air threatening to explode. Even before his fist reached the ground, a gust of wind followed, capable of tearing through a Level 4 demon beast. A typical early-stage Jindan-level magical weapon would be sent flying by a punch. If he were to clash with the Wind-Splitting Beast's claws again, he shouldn't be at a disadvantage, Liu Xing thought silently, feeling immensely satisfied. He'd call them the Wind-Splitting Boxing Gloves. After refining them, they automatically appeared in his hands at the mere thought of a thought, making them incredibly convenient to use.

Close combat requires tremendous agility and maneuverability, and the close proximity of the enemy heightens the danger factor. Considering his own agility, Liu Xing needed shoes that would enhance his speed. He used the remaining skin of a Wind-Splitting Beast as the upper, weaving the lining with Heavenly Silkworm silk. Thus, he crafted a pair of Zong-brown Cloud-Stepping Boots. Wearing the Cloud-Stepping Boots and Wind-Splitting Fist Gauntlets, Liu Xing performed a set of Tiger-Subduing Fists in the cave. His punches erupted with gusts of wind, unparalleled in power, as swift as lightning and like ghostly afterimages.

His loggerhead turtle shield and shark skin armor were completely destroyed by the wind-splitting beast, and he still needed to refine some defensive magic tools. His physical strength was already comparable to that of a top-grade magic tool, so ordinary soft armor was of no use to him. He looked through the materials he had, but found nothing that could be used to refine a weapon that could withstand attacks, so he gave up on refining soft armor.

He also used the silver stone in his storage bag and other rare minerals to refine a silver shield, which was as hard as the loggerhead turtle shield and could be used as a main defensive weapon.

As for other attacking magic weapons such as flying swords and flying knives, he would just use the top-grade magic weapons already in his storage bag. In his opinion, these were worthless and could be used at any time and discarded by self-destruction at any time.

Having achieved his purpose in coming to the Shiwan Mountains, and with plenty of time to spare, Liu Xing planned to seize the opportunity to improve his cultivation. He had previously been unsure whether the Blood Evil Pills would be useful for improving his cultivation, so he decided to try refining a furnace of Blood Evil Pills first.

He first took out two Haoyue Grasses and used them with Yinming Stone Milk to refine two furnaces of Haoyin Pills as a warm-up. He now had six bottles of Haoyin Pills in his hand, which could help him greatly increase his magic power.

This was Liu Xing's first attempt at refining the Blood Evil Pills, but they were still within the Foundation Establishment stage. With his mastery of alchemy, he felt confident he had a high chance of success. However, the raw materials were extremely rare and hard to come by, and nothing could be wasted. Therefore, he approached the entire alchemy process with meticulous care and dedication. Finally, after a day and a night of meticulous refining, a furnace of Blood Evil Pills was successfully brewed. Looking at the blood-red pill in his palm, Liu Xing was filled with anticipation.

He sat cross-legged, tossed the Blood Evil Pill into his mouth, closed his eyes, and slowly channeled his Wind and Cloud Energy. The pill melted in his mouth, sending a surge of medicinal power surging through his body. The experienced Liu Xing remained calm, circulating his energy cycle one day at a time, refining the medicinal power bit by bit.

After five days, the effect of the Blood Evil Pill had been consumed, and Liu Xing was pleasantly surprised to find that his mana had increased significantly. It seemed that the effect was even greater than that of the Hao Yin Pill. He also made another surprising discovery. Perhaps because his accumulation of energy was deep enough, the time it took to refine a pill was now several times faster than before.

So he worked hard and refined all the essence and blood of other level five monsters into Blood Evil Pills, and obtained a total of six bottles of Blood Evil Pills.

After refining the elixir, Liu Xing closed his eyes and meditated, tossing the Haoyin Pill and the Xuesha Pill into his mouth one by one. If outsiders knew of Liu Xing's extravagance, swallowing these extremely precious elixirs, often used to break through bottlenecks, one by one like snacks, they would probably be envious and vomit blood.

A year passed quickly. Six bottles of Blood Evil Pills and six bottles of Hao Yin Pills finally pushed his magic power to the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage. He clenched his hands and felt an even stronger burst of power.

His magic power and spiritual awareness have made great progress. Now, if he faces a level 5 Wind-Splitting Beast again, he can probably take it down in a quarter of an hour.

"The pills are gone again." Liu Xing sighed.

With about ten months left, he decided to try his luck in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, hoping to encounter a Level Five demon beast and obtain more blood essence. He still had a lot of Yin Sha mushrooms in his pocket, so he still needed a lot of Blood Sha Pills.

Liu Xing slowly stood up, finally feeling in the mood to explore the Wind-Splitting Beast's cave. The Wind-Splitting Beast had killed numerous human cultivators, and the cave was indeed filled with a large number of their relics. While the magical instruments and elixirs had been destroyed, there were still many spirit stones, materials, and some jade slips and secret manuals. Liu Xing collected them all, intending to examine them later.

After packing up all these, Liu Xing put away the defensive formation, left here, and continued to walk deeper into the Shiwan Mountains.

In order to obtain information about the fifth-level monster faster, he decided to take some risks, no longer being cautious, no longer hiding his whereabouts, and even released Jiao Jiao. Jiao Jiao's dragon bloodline power is the most delicious tonic for monsters, easily attracting high-level monsters to investigate.

Liu Xing considered carefully and decided to limit his activities to an area of ​​approximately 30,000 li, not going any further. This way, the chances of encountering a Level 7 demon beast or a Level 8 demon king would be minimal, greatly reducing the risk. As for the possibility of encountering a human expert, there was even less to worry about. There were only a handful of late-stage Jindan masters in both the righteous and demonic realms, and they were all tightly restrained by both sides. Any other human cultivator who dared to target him would only face certain death.