Chapter 0272: Spirit Lion King

Chapter 0272: Spirit Lion King

According to Mo Mo, the Beast King Aura Soul helps one better understand and master beast auras or totem marks.

She wasn’t sure how to use the Beast King Aura Soul within the Spirit Rhinoceros Pen.

Several hours went by.

Qin Yun was drenched in sweat. Carving totem marks into the Imperial Bone Steel was incredibly taxing, requiring a lot of Blood Soul Power to engrave them deep into the steel.

This time, the puppet beast he was refining was significantly different from the previous one.

After casting the entire body of the lion, he used special techniques to engrave the Heavenly Lion Totem Marks into the Imperial Bone Steel, perfectly fusing them together.

Although this technique made the puppet stronger, engraving the totem marks was extremely challenging.

"I shouldn’t have used Imperial Bone Steel. Using Supreme Bone Steel would have made it much easier," Qin Yun thought. He believed he could succeed, but it would take a long time.

Just as he was about to give up, he suddenly felt his consciousness merge with the Spirit Rhinoceros Pen, as if he could see what was beneath the pen tip through it.

At that moment, the Spirit Rhinoceros Pen merged seamlessly with his body and spirit!

To his surprise, a complete set of Heavenly Lion Totem Marks spontaneously formed in his mind. Unconsciously, his Heavenly Lion Arm, holding the Spirit Rhinoceros Pen, started moving rapidly.

The power he used was from the core in the Heavenly Lion Arm, releasing a unique energy that was not Blood Soul Power but far better!

"The power of the Heavenly Lion Bloodline!" Qin Yun was secretly surprised. The Aura Soul had finally taken effect.

Now, without any mental strain, he could effortlessly engrave the Heavenly Lion Totem Marks. It was as if a special power had been activated, allowing him to carve the totem marks quickly and with high precision.

Even more astonishingly, the Nine Sun Spirit Soul rapidly absorbed Nine Sun Spiritual Energy to replenish the core’s energy and nourish the Heavenly Lion Bloodline within his arm, keeping it energized.

"It's working!" Mo Mo, who was flying around excitedly, said, "Brother Yun, I can sense the Aura Soul is very active now, as if it's alive."

"Yes!" Qin Yun was also very happy. He had originally thought he wouldn’t be able to complete the totem marks.

With the help of the Aura Soul, Qin Yun carved the Heavenly Lion Totem Marks quickly and with high precision, which would allow the totem marks to unleash even greater power.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed.

Qin Yun's newly refined puppet was finally completed, taking a total of one month.

Now, the blue lion was walking around the room, with Mo Mo sitting on its head.

"The blue lion doesn't look very good. Can we change its color?" Mo Mo said, "It looks strange."

"Now that you mention it, you're right!" Qin Yun thought for a moment before injecting a type of golden flame into the translucent surface of the Imperial Bone Steel, turning the lion into a gold-red color, with flames surging all over it, resembling a Flame Heavenly Lion.

The primary purpose of a puppet beast is for combat. The better the materials used for refining, the stronger the defense and power.

The puppet Qin Yun had refined was made from Imperial Bone Steel, which, theoretically, even Supreme Spirit Artifacts might struggle to damage.

"Let's call it the Spirit Lion King!" Qin Yun patted the lion's head and grinned, "With this guy, hunting Demon Beasts will be much easier."

In truth, Qin Yun wanted a Supreme Spirit Cannon even more, as it could destroy a Demon Beast with just two shots.

Thinking of the Supreme Spirit Cannon, he suddenly looked at Mo Mo!

Mo Mo can see the hidden runes and memorize them quickly. This means that any spirit runes on the spirit weapons she has seen can be recorded by her!

As long as we can get the hidden runes of the Spirit King Cannon, we can replicate it!

"It seems I need to go to the center of First Town and borrow the Spirit King Cannon for research." Qin Yun felt an eagerness growing inside him. With a powerful spirit weapon and his immobilization runes, he could take down a demon beast horde on his own, even without a team.

The idea got him hyped up!

Qin Yun put away the Spirit Lion King and Mo Mo, then left the suite and headed to the main hall of the Runes Hall to ask the elder, Zhuochuan, if he had returned.

Zhuochuan had returned. As soon as he learned that a senior Runes Master wanted to see him, he immediately went to a secret meeting room. When he arrived and saw it was Qin Yun, he couldn’t help but smile.

"Qin Yun, you’ve indeed come to the Runes Hall headquarters. I was curious where you’d end up after getting kicked out of the Star Profound Martial Academy." Zhuochuan laughed while stroking his long beard.

"Elder, you know I was expelled from Star Profound Martial Academy?" Qin Yun was somewhat surprised. He had thought those senior members would keep it a secret.

Zhuochuan nodded and laughed. "Everyone knows! You spent over a billion Xuan points on what you thought was a defective spirit Demon Beast, but it turned out to be the High Priest of the spirit Demon Beasts. They went to ask for it back, but the spirit Demon Beast died of starvation in your hands, so they angrily expelled you from the Star Profound Martial Academy."

"This must have been told by my teacher." Qin Yun smiled. Only Du Gui and Pan Dawei knew the details of this matter.

Zhuochuan nodded with a smile. "Many people thought this would be a huge blow to you, but seeing how happy you are, it seems you weren’t affected? You have a duel with Xiao Yanglong in about a year. Aren’t you anxious?"

"Of course, I’m anxious!" Qin Yun said with a wry smile. "But there’s no help for it! Improving one’s strength is not something that can be forced. I have to be steady and not risk losing control!"

Zhuochuan’s expression turned serious, and he nodded. "You must be steady! By the way, what did you want to see me about?"

"Elder, I have two premium immobilization runes here. Please check their quality first!" Qin Yun took out two immobilization runes and handed them over. "I need to exchange them for something!"

Zhuochuan took them and frowned. "Didn’t you previously exchange a premium immobilization rune for two crystal cores of spirit Demon Beasts?"

"Yes! Now I want to exchange for a demon beast crystal egg." Qin Yun said.

"You refined these premium immobilization runes. The quality is excellent… The precision of your spirit rune engravings seems to have improved significantly!" Zhuochuan examined them closely, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Qin Yun asked eagerly, "By how much?"

"Previously, the precision of your engravings was between levels three and four, but now it’s level five! That’s a huge improvement!" Zhuochuan said as he took out a crystal mirror and shone it on the runes of the premium immobilization runes.

The crystal mirror flashed, emitting five threads of light.

"Level five precision!" Zhuochuan took a deep breath. "Even I can only achieve level six precision, and it took me years of practice to get there. You’re not even twenty years old, and you’ve reached level five precision. You’re truly a monster!"

"So… can I exchange these two premium immobilization runes for a demon beast crystal egg?" Qin Yun grinned. That was something Mo Mo had been longing for.

"Of course, no problem. I happen to have one! To be honest, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to obtain demon beast crystal eggs recently. Many demon beast hordes have successfully hatched their crystal eggs, making the demon beast hordes stronger."

Zhuochuan sighed and handed Qin Yun a purplish-red demon beast crystal egg.

The energy contained within the demon beast crystal egg was of great use to warriors at the Martial Dao stage. Warriors below the Martial Dao stage could only extract very weak energy from it.

"Qin Yun, what do you need the demon beast crystal egg for?" Zhuochuan asked curiously.

"I’m going to exchange it for something else." Qin Yun said.

Demon beast crystal eggs indeed had this use. Many Martial Dao stage warriors were very willing to collect them.

Zhuochuan nodded. "It’s too bad the High Priest of the spirit Demon Beasts died. Otherwise, you’d have a real treasure on your hands!"

"What makes the High Priest of the spirit Demon Beasts so special?" Qin Yun asked.

"It can make the totem runes evolve! There are many levels of totem runes, and the ones you currently possess are the most basic. It's extremely difficult to make totem runes evolve. However, with the help of a demon spirit high priest, it becomes much easier."

"Another thing is that a demon spirit high priest can repair totem runes and various damaged runes. For example, many ancient spiritual and profound artifacts have totem or rune marks engraved on them, but due to their age, the runes get damaged. If you don't understand the runes, it's hard to repair them. However, the demon spirit high priest can use their magical power to repair them without needing to understand the runes."

Zhuochuan said with a smile, "Of course, they can repair totem runes and other damaged runes, but they can also destroy them if they want to. Too bad it’s dead now!"

Qin Yun was secretly thrilled; he had indeed found a valuable asset in the form of the demon spirit high priest.

He cursed those senior members in his heart, thinking they deserved to lose Mo Mo, as they let Mo Mo suffer from a stomach ache for so long and made her go hungry.

Thinking of poor Mo Mo, who was so hungry she resorted to eating things that made her stomach hurt, his heart ached.

That poor, cute little sprite, enduring so much torment—it was truly heartbreaking to think about.

Qin Yun planned to stay at the Runes Hall headquarters for a while longer to obtain as many resources as possible.

He and Zhuochuan chatted and laughed, and after leaving the reception hall, they saw a group of heavily injured people outside the main hall.

"Senior Elder!" A disheveled senior member hurriedly approached Zhuochuan, "We were ambushed! A city we are responsible for protecting, located five hundred miles away from Runes Spirit Mountain, was suddenly attacked by a very powerful demon beast horde. When we arrived, we were no match for the demon beast horde, and we suffered heavy casualties."

Qin Yun carefully observed the injured individuals; they were all wearing Runes Hall armor, sent to protect cities that had partnerships with them.

Now, these guards were severely injured, and the wounds on their bodies were caused by sharp objects, indicating they were scratched by the sharp claws of demon beasts.

"You were too reckless! Knowing how powerful the demon beast horde was, you should have come back for reinforcements," Zhuochuan frowned and said.

"Senior Elder, you wouldn’t believe it! The demon beast horde was incredibly cunning—they set traps and used tactics we didn’t expect," the senior member said helplessly.

Zhuochuan was slightly startled and immediately shouted, "This time, I’ll go myself. Overseer, assemble an elite guard team to accompany me right away."

"Senior Elder, I’ll go too!" Qin Yun was curious to see just how cunning this demon beast horde really was.