One was a strip of something several zhang long, shimmering with silver light—it turned out to be a portion of the giant turtle's tail.
The other was half of a ghost-head cane, still radiating a startling amount of spiritual energy.
It seemed that in that great battle, who had won and who had lost was truly hard to say.
Once the lightning tribulation ended, they might have chased each other away from the surrounding seas after all.
After all, at the Nascent Soul stage and for an eighth-level demon beast, whether it was a cultivator trying to kill the beast to extract its core, or a demon beast trying to swallow a cultivator's Nascent Soul, neither was an easy task.
The weaker side fleeing when they couldn't win would be much simpler.
He considered for a moment, then waved his hands and threw both items back into the sea.
Even if the likelihood was slim, Han Li was unwilling to risk being tracked down because of these two items and bringing trouble upon himself.
He carefully surveyed his surroundings again, confirming that no cultivators or demon beasts were concealed nearby, before flying without further hesitation towards the fog sea.
The restrictions outside his cave dwelling were intact, which eased Han Li's last bit of worry. He hurried inside.
Before the great battle began, Han Li had actually planned to relocate from this island.
But after witnessing that clash between the three cultivators and the demon beast, he had changed his mind.
Setting aside whether the giant turtle was alive or dead, it had definitely sustained severe injuries. Even if its lair really was in this area, after such a fright, it would certainly move elsewhere.
Moreover, finding another island as secluded as this was by no means easy. And even if he found one, who knew what other high-level demon beasts might be lurking nearby?
In that light, this place actually seemed safer now.
Still, Han Li didn't dare be careless! In one go, he set up several more illusion formations on the small island and also established two false cave dwellings in other parts of the mountain range, similarly covered by concealment restrictions.
That way, even if a powerful enemy invaded, he would still have a chance to escape.
Only after completing all this did Han Li feel somewhat at ease.
He didn't know that the battle between humans and demons he had witnessed that day was actually the important fuse that ignited the subsequent war between human cultivators and demon beasts in the Chaotic Star Sea.
The enraged dragon-type clan of the Chaotic Star Sea joined the ranks of high-level demon beasts slaughtering human cultivators.
Human cultivators suffered heavy losses because of this!
After seeing that his cave dwelling remained safe for some time, Han Li soon put the battle from that day out of his mind.
Now, he was focused on forging some trapping and formation-embedding tools for future hunting of demon beasts. He was currently dealing with sixth and seventh-level high-level demon beasts, and he couldn't afford the slightest carelessness.
During this period, the
When Han Li saw those insect eggs with a heart full of joy, his expression turned to one of astonishment.
They were still white eggs, but their surfaces now showed some black spots, very conspicuous.
"This is..."
Upon seeing this, Han Li's first thought was that these Gold Devouring Beetles had somehow advanced to their mature form. But then he immediately dismissed the idea.
According to his estimation, although the gold beetles had possessed considerable power before, they were clearly still far from the legendary mature form, which was practically immortal. It was impossible for them to have evolved so completely so quickly.
So, after pondering a bit, Han Li naturally thought of the tens of thousands of Iron Fire Ants they had devoured.
Could it be that because they had consumed so many Iron Fire Ants, they were undergoing some unexpected evolution?
Han Li's curiosity was greatly piqued.
However, according to past experience, it would still take about a year for these eggs to hatch.
He didn't hesitate much, forcibly suppressing the slight anticipation in his heart. He drew out the Spirit Binding Formation and moved all the eggs inside, dripping blood on them to establish ownership.
Then Han Li made his way next door to take a look at the Golden Thread Silkworm chamber as well.
The current Golden Thread Silkworms, except for the two that had consumed the five-colored pearls, were gradually dying off even with life-extending spiritual medicines.
Even these two, which had survived until now thanks to the miraculous effect of the pearls, showed no signs whatsoever of improvement.
At this point, Han Li had completely given up hope on them. He had specially prepared some Nishang Grass to give these two Golden Thread Silkworms, to see if, like the Gold Devouring Beetles, they might be induced to produce some silkworm eggs.
Now Han Li was also certain that even if those five-colored pearls weren't the Heaven-Replenishing Pill, they were at least beneficial and harmless to the body.
Half a month later, Han Li finished forging all the formation-related tools.
He then gave the Nishang Grass to the pair of Golden Thread Silkworms and entered the seclusion chamber himself to consume those five-colored pearls.
Excluding the small pearl he had used initially, Han Li still had six in his possession.
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