Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

"This is a Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat! Be careful, Master Lin! It's said that the Feng Family has been raising it for decades. It's already at Mid-Tier Four and can easily control anyone below Fourth Grade Heart Thought. It's an extremely famous Exotic Spiritual Beast in Great Marsh Prefecture!"

When Han Feiyan saw the black cat fixated on Lin Xuankong, her square face filled with tension. After speaking, she looked at Zhao Yufei with a hint of hope. Han Feiyan had personally witnessed Zhao Yufei use her Celestial Eye to deal with the Tier Three Ghost Frog King. Now, facing an Exotic Spiritual Beast that could influence people's Heart Spirit, she naturally placed her hopes on Zhao Yufei. However, she wasn't sure if Zhao Yufei could actually do it. After all, Zhao Yufei had defeated a Tier Three Ghost Frog King, while this Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat was Mid-Tier Four...

"Don't look into its eyes! It has an Abnormal Technique that can control one's Heart Spirit!" Guo Xiu whispered, avoiding the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat's two green eyes.

San Gu and the others, along with the more than thirty Martial Cultivators all holding Exorcism Weapons, looked at the Spirit Cat with dread on their faces.

Anything that could affect a Martial Cultivator's Heart Thought—be it a Cultivation Technique, Treasure, Exotic Beast, or Demon—was a source of extreme dread. After all, it was extremely difficult for a Martial Cultivator to enhance their Heart Thought. They not only had to wait until the Late Stage of Third Grade, when their bodies were strong enough to take a Divine Protection Elixir, but they also needed to consume hundreds, even thousands, of these elixirs over time to slowly achieve improvement! Ordinary Martial Cultivators simply couldn't resist such Heart Thought attacks!

As everyone watched, Zhao Yufei fixed her gaze on the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat. A subtle change crossed her beautiful face as her Qi Blood suddenly surged, activating the Eight Gates Celestial Eye. Under the moonlight, her eyes flashed with an eerie red light, and the Blood Seal Double Pupils appeared. This spectacle instantly caught the attention of everyone present, as well as that of the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat!

Feng Zhulong sneered, "The Eight Gates Celestial Eye Technique relies heavily on Heart Thought. Zhao Yufei, how long has it been since you reached the Late Stage of Third Layer? Your Heart Thought is probably just at the First and Second Grades... How could such a weak Heart Thought possibly affect my Spirit Cat, which possesses a Fourth Grade Heart Thought? The gap is too vast!"

At this moment, almost no one noticed that black Double Pupils had appeared in Lin Xuankong's eyes. In the very next instant, the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat, which had been creeping towards Zhao Yufei, suddenly straightened its tail, all its black fur bristling.

"MEEEEOOOOW!" The Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat let out a terrified screech and frantically retreated.

Lin Xuankong's Fifth Grade Heart Thought, channeled through his Eight Gates Celestial Eye, was potent enough to instantly affect even masters, Demons, or Exotic Beasts with Fifth Grade Heart Thought, let alone an Exotic Beast with a Fourth Grade Heart Thought. If it weren't such an exceptional Exotic Spiritual Beast, with its Heart Thought already at Fourth Grade and sufficiently strong, it would likely have collapsed like Liy Ruofeng, pissing itself in terror!

Seeing this, the Martial Cultivators who had been watching Zhao Yufei's Blood Seal Double Pupils and the Spirit Cat suddenly turned pale. Feng Zhulong, who had just been brimming with confidence in his Spirit Cat, widened his eyes and frowned. "Impossible! How could Zhao Yufei's Eight Gates Celestial Eye affect my Spirit Cat!"

Just then, the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat's body suddenly stiffened. It was caught by a pair of black hands that abruptly emerged from the ground, grabbing its legs. From the earth, a shadow writhed and rose, its two arms seizing the cat's hind legs. It then swung the creature violently and smashed it onto the ground! The Shadow of the Black Soul, wielding Lin Xuankong's full Power, unleashed an incredibly fierce burst of strength!

BOOM! A large crater appeared in the ground. The Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat, panic-stricken and utterly defenseless in its terror, shrieked even more miserably!

The Shadow of the Black Soul lifted the cat by its tail and, with a powerful leap, landed beside Lin Xuankong. Lin Xuankong, already poised for action, suddenly manifested a torrent of Divine Thunder from his left arm. He seized the cat's head. BZZZZT! Countless bolts of Divine Thunder erupted, instantly draining the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat of its Qi Blood. In the next instant, deprived of its Qi Blood, the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat's flesh and blood were incinerated by the rampaging lightning, transforming it into a charred cat!

The meat of an old cat would be too tough, definitely not as tasty as frog meat! Lin Xuankong thought, withdrawing his hand and brushing off the cat-charcoal stuck to it.

Zhao Yufei looked wordlessly at her bitingly sarcastic husband, retracting her Blood Seal Heavy Pupils.

The jungle fell into silence. The assembled Martial Cultivators stared at the scene, their eyes filled with utter bewilderment. This battle had ended too swiftly. Who could have imagined that the majestic Spirit Cat, renowned for its soul-devouring ability, would turn into charcoal in the blink of an eye?

Feng Zhulong, snapping out of his profound shock the moment the Soul-Devouring Spirit Cat turned to charcoal, became entirely covered in Battle Armor scales and charged at Lin Xuankong. "AHHHH! My Spirit Cat!" Feng Zhulong's face contorted, all traces of his former refined and amiable smile vanishing completely.

To raise this Spirit Cat, he had expended countless resources and Demon Beast blood, painstakingly nurturing it to Mid-Tier Four. Yet, Lin Xuankong had turned it to charcoal in half a breath's time! How could he not be utterly consumed by fury!

Feng Zhulong, now clad in Battle Armor, activated the Feng Family's Seven-Seal Hand Martial Dao. He furiously attacked Lin Xuankong, determined to tear the old man to pieces instantly. However, the Shadow of the Black Soul beside Lin Xuankong flickered and, in a flash, intercepted Feng Zhulong, blocking him in his tracks! No matter how furiously or desperately Feng Zhulong attacked, the shadow remained like a steadfast boulder in a raging river, unmovable, completely nullifying his assault.