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Eastern Warcraft Mountains.
A waterfall cascaded down from a high cliff, like a pure white silk ribbon hanging in the mountains. The water shimmered brilliantly under the sunlight, like countless diamonds scattered within.
Below the waterfall, the mountain wall jutted out with rocks, and the water crashed against them, merging into the pool in front. The deafening roar was overwhelming.
In a cave beside the waterfall, a strange black aura permeated the air. Faintly, one could hear dense, maddened, and layered whispers.
The aura swirled, emanating from semi-transparent worms, each adorned with twelve rings radiating starlight, ultimately converging into a central worm, identical to the others except for its more intense energy fluctuations.
All twelve rings on the worm's body were lit, its starlight growing ever more brilliant.
This was Amon's true form. After creating his own cultivation system, he had further developed and refined it.
He allowed the lowest-level First Stage Dou Qi Worms of Spirit to cultivate autonomously, then converged their energy into the stronger Worms of Spirit. After initial refinement, the energy was converged to the next level...
And so on, until it finally converged into his true form. By then, the energy had been refined multiple times by Worms of Spirit of different ranks. He only needed to perform a final simple refinement and purification before absorbing it into his body.
This greatly reduced the time he spent drawing and converging the energy of heaven and earth, and purifying it. After nearly nine years of development, his level had risen from the original First Stage to Fourth Stage, Twelve Stars. He was only a hair's breadth away from entering the Fifth Stage.
As the black aura continued to pour in, faint, glass-like cracks appeared on the surface of the central Worm of Spirit.
The cracks grew denser and larger, eventually shattering the worm.
The central Worm of Spirit also suddenly expanded in size, absorbing the black aura at an even faster rate.
However, the supply of black aura seemed insufficient, and it was quickly swept away. The Third Stage Worms of Spirit around it, which provided energy, all appeared somewhat listless.
They lay there limply, without a sound, as if dead.
"Fifth Stage..." Amon's voice echoed in the cave, hollow and ethereal, as if coming from the depths of the Nine Hells.
He had not spoken for too long. Before the Fifth Stage, his true form could not speak.
"It's also time to move our base." The one speaking was a white ape, guarding the cave entrance, wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat.
This was a Fusion Ape, and compared to ordinary Fusion Apes, it looked more like a human. Its face wasn't as ugly, and some might even find it handsome.
A Fourth Stage Worm of Spirit was parasitizing its body.
The Worm of Spirit's form was not suitable for combat. Even if its level was Fourth Stage, it could not unleash the combat power of an average Fourth Stage magical beast. Therefore, Amon needed a suitable body to exert his power.
Ape-like magical beasts, similar to humans, were a good choice. As for why not humans, it was because most magical beasts seemed to have an abnormal hostility towards humans, and would prioritize attacking them. Human bodies were not suitable for prolonged activity in the Warcraft Mountains.
"The development speed has slowed down a lot recently. The surrounding resources are gradually unable to keep up with our growth," the Fusion Ape said in a hoarse voice.
Amon's development came at the cost of consuming a large amount of resources. His growth to this point had resulted in a sharp decline in the number of magical beasts in the surrounding area.
Although eating these magical beasts did not immediately increase his cultivation, the magic cores and flesh of the beasts also contained a large amount of energy. Using them as food could further shorten the time it took for the Worms of Spirit to converge energy.
"Moreover, the Amethyst Winged Lion King has also noticed the anomalies in this area and is searching everywhere for the cause of the changes."
"The Amethyst Winged Lion King... a Sixth Stage magical beast, that's a bit troublesome. And scaring that guy away doesn't seem like a good option either. Then you stay here, I'll go to the west to take a look."
One after another, bright or dim, large or small, stardust-like lights merged into his body.
Amon's back revealed a pair of crystalline, thin wings, like cicada wings. This was the mark of reaching the Dou King level...
Dou Qi Transformation Wings!
He flapped his wings, flew out of the cave, and moved towards the west.
After a while, a red-eyed crow with a wingspan of a zhang flew over. It had a white circle around its right eye.
The Worm of Spirit, with its condensed crystalline wings, gradually descended and landed on the crow's back, then slowly burrowed into its body.
Amon's true form did not initiate "parasitism", it simply burrowed in, like taking a plane.
As he moved, a large number of magical beasts in the forest began to move, mostly small, fast-moving beasts.
They all ran towards the western mountains.
The movement of a large number of magical beasts attracted the attention of a Fifth Stage magical beast in the mountains. This was a giant mountain cat, six meters long. It walked with elegant steps, casually crushing a Wind Fox running towards the west, a hint of doubt flashing in its eyes.
It tore the corpse apart, but found nothing. After Worms of Spirit parasitize, they are completely integrated with the host's flesh and blood. If both die, they will not separate.
Picking up the corpse with its claws, and deliberately hunting another red lizard that was also heading west, it took to the air and hurried towards the place where the Amethyst Winged Lion King lived.
...
Inside a spacious cave, the light was bright, and occasionally some purple crystal blocks were embedded in the surrounding mountain walls. These crystal blocks were natural products, and could be sold for a good price as decorations in the human world.
The deep cave was decorated with these amethyst blocks, and the purple light scattered, appearing magnificent and unusual. These magical beasts, whose intelligence was no less than that of humans, also knew how to enjoy themselves.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King liked to collect such amethyst blocks to decorate its cave.
The Fifth Stage Mountain Cat let out a huge roar at the cave entrance, and the two Third Stage magical beasts guarding the Lion King's cave entrance trembled.
A more majestic and louder roar came from the cave.
The Mountain Cat walked in, carrying two corpses.
Passing through a long passage, it came to an open area. A large hole was opened on the side of the mountain wall, and light shone down from the hole, reflecting the larger amethyst crystals on the mountain wall, making it even more beautiful.
In the center of the cave stood a huge magical beast, its body, seven or eight meters long, covered with a layer of purple crystals. The light in the cave was not too bright, but the light refracted by that layer of purple crystals was quite dazzling.
The magical beast's head was like a lion's, its pupils were blood-red with a strange purple light, and above its head, clusters of purple flames swirled around the fiery red spiral horn. On the side of the lion's body, there was a pair of purple wings, and its limbs were thick, covered with a layer of purple crystals like its body, but these crystals appeared more profound.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King, the overlord of the eastern region of the Warcraft Mountains, a Sixth Stage magical beast.
"Stone Crushing Cat, what are you doing here?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King spoke in human language.
The Stone Crushing Cat could not yet speak human language, it let out a roar.
As a fellow magical beast, the Amethyst Winged Lion King understood what it meant to express:
"I discovered that the magical beasts are acting abnormally. Many magical beasts suddenly went to the west, and these magical beasts will not listen to my orders, and seem unable to communicate..."
The Amethyst Winged Lion King flashed a hint of doubt: "Could it be that some natural treasure is attracting them?"
The Stone Crushing Cat replied: "No, I don't feel that kind of energy fluctuation... I suspect their behavior is related to the phenomenon of the sharp decline in the number of magical beasts around you that the Lion King mentioned."
"What races of magical beasts are going to the west?"
"There are various races, Wind Foxes, Crimson Ice Snakes, Snow Wolves..."
"There is no connection at all? Then it is not a bloodline call..." The doubt in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's eyes deepened, "I'll go take a look, you stay here for a few days and take care of my son."
The purple flames on the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body rose sharply. It stepped on the void, its wings vibrated, and it soared into the sky, drilling out of the hollow on the side of the mountain wall.
The Stone Crushing Cat slowly walked to a smaller cave behind the open area and lay on the ground to rest.
This cave entrance was the entrance to the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's residence.
A little fellow sneakily poked its head out. It tiptoed, making no sound, bypassed the Stone Crushing Cat, and walked towards the outside of the cave.
As it walked, its tail tensed, as if something was pulling it. Looking back, the Stone Crushing Cat was pressing its tail with a paw.
It turned around and made a low "Wahhh" sound.
The Stone Crushing Cat was unmoved, and gently picked it up by the neck and took it back.
Before they had noticed, a semi-transparent worm with twelve rings and starlight colors crawled out of the Stone Crushing Cat's red lizard corpse and slowly crawled into the small cave where the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King lived.
It slowly drilled into the gap between the mountain walls, restrained its breath, and hid.
The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, who wanted to go outside but was not allowed, chased and bit the Stone Crushing Cat's tail, treating it as a toy. The Stone Crushing Cat kept shaking its tail. All felines have roughly the same experience on how to tease kittens.
The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King played for a while, lost interest, returned to its cave, and lay down on the floor made of amethyst crystals to rest.
"Tsk... Since you've delivered yourself to my door, it wouldn't be right for me not to seize this opportunity." The Worm of Spirit drilled out of the gap and slowly crawled towards the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.
Originally, Amon didn't plan to stroke the Amethyst Winged Lion King's whiskers at this time, but the Stone Crushing Cat actually killed the red lizard and brought its corpse to the other party's cave, and in this corpse, there happened to be a Third Stage Worm of Spirit hidden.
The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, also a Third Stage, happened to be within its parasitizable range.
The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King vaguely felt uneasy, woke up from its sleep, opened its eyes, and saw a stream of light rushing towards its eyes.
It was too late to dodge, and the stream of light fiercely shot into its eyes, pierced its eyeballs, and drilled into its head.
A large amount of blood flowed from the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's pupils, and it let out a painful roar.
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