Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 985: Chapter 372: Divine Sense Breakthrough, Half-step Nascent Soul!

“If it can be used to upgrade the Spiritual Energy Cannon, then everything will be just right!”

With this thought, Ji Yuan couldn’t hold back his excitement, wishing he could upgrade this construction immediately.

“And if I truly obtain the Meteor Cannon, even if I enter Rashamon Sea, I’ll have more means of self-defense, at least possessing the ultimate method to kill enemies…”

The more he thought about it, the more Ji Yuan felt it necessary to create the Meteor Cannon.

“But before setting out, there’s still something I need to finish first.”

With this thought, Ji Yuan entered another stone chamber inside the Cave Mansion.

This stone chamber was called the Ant Nest. As soon as Ji Yuan stepped in, he saw the huge black ant sprawled in the center of the Ant Nest.

At this moment, all the Fiery Army Ants were crawling in front of this enormous black ant.

The ant king lying on the ground constantly exuded demonic energy, causing the entire Ant Nest to be filled with an extremely dense demonic Qi.

Since returning from Lindong City, Ji Yuan had fed this ant king a dose of demon-capturing powder.

Several months had passed now.

It was still breaking through, but Ji Yuan figured it shouldn’t take much longer.

Once the ant king breaks through, the Ant Nest can continue to upgrade.

When the Ant Nest upgrades to Level 3, he can obtain the Fire God Spear, along with the Devour Spirit Armor.

By then, along with his late-stage Muscle Forging Realm physique cultivation, even facing the peak of Core Formation, Ji Yuan would have the power to fight!

It would be safer to travel too.

After checking the Ant Nest and confirming there were no issues, Ji Yuan went to the Meditation Room, nurturing his divine sense while waiting silently.

As far as the outside world was concerned, specifically to the Fire Spirit Ghost Mother and Bone Nightmare Old Demon, he was in seclusion.

Thus, about another two months passed.

Ji Yuan had just finished crafting a Flowing Firefly Child Sword inside Celestial Craft Square and came out.

He felt carefree and unrestrained, optimistic about his future.

But at this moment, he suddenly sensed a surge of dense demon Qi sweeping over his Cave Mansion.

Immediately, this demonic Qi even penetrated the Cave Mansion, spreading to Great Dream Island.

Ji Yuan quickly activated the Inverted Dipper Array, and at the moment the array enveloped the island, a wave of clarity swept through, collecting all the demon Qi and converging it into the array.

The entire island instantly became clear, with no trace of demon Qi left.

…Demonic Qi that penetrates the Cave Mansion must be from a Tier Three Demon Beast!

Ant king?!

With a sweep of his divine sense, Ji Yuan stepped out, transforming into a streak of escape light, arriving at the entrance of the Ant Nest.

Looking again now, the ant king that was previously as tall as Ji Yuan’s thigh had grown several times larger, lying inside the Ant Nest like a jet-black stone mountain.

Its originally bright red mouthparts were now even larger and more vividly red, with drool dripping like magma.

Every drop on the ground corroded and burned into a deep pit.

The originally fiery red long strips on both sides of its body had now detached and hung down like long fiery red tentacles.

Seeing Ji Yuan approach, the ant king instinctively wanted to move closer affectionately.

Ji Yuan quickly raised his hand to stop it.

This size trying to get close reminded Ji Yuan of the big toad back then.

…Having the intention is enough; no need for this gesture.

Stopping the ant king’s impulsive behavior, Ji Yuan had it direct the other Fiery Army Ants back inside the underground Ant Nest.

Leaving only this ant king by his side.

Then Ji Yuan took out 900 mid-grade Spirit Stones, three Tier Three Demon Pills, and the Divine Fire Ant Corpse he acquired from the Core Formation Exchange Conference from his storage bag.

Especially these Tier Three Demon Pills, which were scarce in Cangluo Continent.

But once Ji Yuan arrived at the Jiyuan Continent, especially after becoming a Core Formation Cultivator, he realized these Tier Three Demon Pills weren’t so rare.

Because the most common resources at the Core Formation Exchange Conference were materials from Tier Three Demon Beasts, including their Demon Pills.

After confirming the items were correct, Ji Yuan glanced at the panel.

Then he chose the upgrade with a thought.

As his thought settled, all the immortal resources in front of him turned to flying ash and disappeared, replaced by the transformed Ant Nest.

First, it trembled slightly, with limestone “rustling” from the ceiling, followed by the sound of mandibles rubbing from the Fiery Army Ants inside the Ant Nest.

Ant-like patterns emerged on the surrounding stone walls.

As Ji Yuan stepped forward for a closer look, he found the patterns vanished.

A fleeting glimpse.

The underground disturbances grew more apparent, and the Fiery Army Ants seemed overexcited as if injected with a stimulant.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Ji Yuan discovered three Tier Two Fiery Army Ants emerged, having broken through during the building upgrade.

Four to five breaths later, the phenomena associated with the Ant Nest upgrade disappeared.

Ji Yuan didn’t even bother examining the state of the Level 4 Ant Nest.

Instead, he immediately activated the second spirit effect of the Level 3 Ant Nest—Fire God Spear!

With a thought, the Tier Three Ant King became a torrent of black and red, matching torrents emerging from the depths of the underground Ant Nest.