Chu Chen held a fragrant piece of roasted meat in his left hand, while his right hand clutched a glass bottle filled with bright red blood.

Looking at the blood inside the bottle, Chu Chen couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

This bottle of blood is the Cyan Dragon Essence Blood, and it can help awaken the Bloodline Power—its effect similar to the Blood Ancestor Essence Blood, rather lacking in quality and quantity.

After all, this Essence Blood was extracted from Star Beasts with Cyan Dragon Bloodline, and then refined to achieve this.

Currently, Cage's Realm is at First Rank Commander Level, so using this Essence Blood is appropriate.

After swallowing the last bite of meat, Chu Chen waved his hand at Cage, "Drink it."

Cage gazed at the crystalline blood in the glass bottle, a strange yearning rising from deep within.

With a flick of its snake tongue, it directly swallowed the entire glass bottle.

Seeing this, Chu Chen found himself speechless. Cage, relying on its strong digestion ability, actually swallowed the entire bottle.

But this doesn't matter much; it would only waste some time.

After Chu Chen retrieved Lei Yao into his Soul Sea, he immediately began cultivation.

The pure Soul Power in the Soul Sea was refined effortlessly by him, quickly enabling him to break through to Sixth Rank Great Soul Master Level.

Just as Chu Chen was preparing to further consolidate his Realm, a somewhat painful hiss came from not far away.

Chu Chen quickly exited his meditation and looked toward the source of the sound.

He saw Cage rubbing its body against the rocks, emitting painful hisses.

"Shedding skin, huh? Seems Cage's Bloodline Power is related to its body," Chu Chen murmured.

About half an hour later, Cage finally finished shedding its skin.

This process consumed it greatly; now it lay on the ground, looking like a dead snake, limp.

If not for the heavy breathing proving it alive, Chu Chen would have thought it dead.

Chu Chen carefully examined Cage's condition and found its transformation was significant.

Its body length increased from seven zhang to eight zhang, its waist became more substantial, and two small bumps appeared on its head. Its scale armor grew tougher and broader, most noticeably the color of the scales, the cyan-green scales faded slightly, giving an ancient rustic look.

Chu Chen didn't rush to test Cage's Bloodline Power but instead took out some food and fed it.

After shedding, Cage was extremely weak, to test its Bloodline Power will probably have to wait until tomorrow.

A night passed without words, and it was already the next morning.

After a simple breakfast, Chu Chen led his four Guardian Beasts towards the second mountain peak.

This time, Chu Chen didn't hold back his strength—the battle lasted only half an hour before he commanded Nirvana to summon the Undead Army.

After the Realm breakthrough, Nirvana could summon six thousand Undead, up from five thousand.

With the aid of the Undead Army, Chu Chen quickly pushed to the peak of the mountain.

In the process, Chu Chen chose suitable opponents for Cage and Feng Shuang, helping them gain battle experience.

Chu Chen finally witnessed Cage's Bloodline Power.

With a roar, Cage's body rapidly expanded at an astonishing pace.

Within just a few breaths, Cage's size surged past ten zhang, its power doubled, boosting its combat power by at least thirty percent.

However, the Bloodline Power consumes much stamina; given Cage's current condition, it could barely maintain it for two minutes.

This is still under the blessing of Wind of Recovery; otherwise, it could only last about one minute.

After a brief respite, Nirvana commanded the Undead Army to charge up the peak.

The ruler of the second peak was a twin-headed rock python, already at Monarch Level Fifth Rank, with terrifying defense power—Shadow Kill couldn't easily instant-kill it.

Helplessly, Chu Chen could only use the Undead Army to exhaust it to death.

In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

Gazing at the towering mountain in front, Chu Chen felt a touch of awe, though it quickly faded.

His four Guardian Beasts had significantly improved their combat power over the week.

Both Lei Yao and Nirvana's Realm advanced dramatically from Lord Level Sixth Rank to Peak of Ninth Rank Lord Level.

Cage and Feng Shuang also advanced one rank, gaining substantial battle experience and improving their strength.

Lastly, Chu Chen himself, bolstered by Lei Yao and Nirvana, reached Ninth Rank Great Soul Master Level, close to breaking through to Soul Master Level.

Chu Chen opened his eyes and fixed his gaze on the highest mountain peak, full of expectation. Clearing the tenth mountain might enable him to have two Monarch Level Guardian Beasts, providing some self-defense.

Reaching King Level would allow Lei Yao to appear openly before the public's eyes.

Chu Chen shook his head, setting aside distracting thoughts and quickly got up to head towards the tenth mountain peak.

This peak gave the Celestial Wolf Mountain Range its name; the ruler of the peak was a pack of Iron Waist Celestial Wolves, with numbers yet unknown to Chu Chen.

Thus, when clearing this mountain, Chu Chen didn't deploy the Undead Army immediately but had the four Guardian Beasts advance slowly.

Soon it was nightfall, and Chu Chen and the four beasts had just reached the mountainside.

Watching the sky darken, Chu Chen could only lead the four beasts back, waiting for the next day to confront the wolf pack.

Meeting the wolf pack at night would certainly put them at a disadvantage, and after a day of battle, Nirvana and the other beasts were already weary—he had two days, so he wasn't too pressed.

After a night's rest, Chu Chen returned to the mountainside with the four Guardian Beasts.

Seeing the empty ground ahead, he couldn't help but frown. Yesterday, there lay hundreds of Star Beasts' corpses, but today, all were gone—clearly the work of the wolf pack.

Though he lost hundreds of Star Beasts' corpses, Chu Chen wasn't entirely without gain.

Judging how much meat the wolf pack consumed, he could estimate their number.

This Iron Waist Celestial Wolf pack likely numbers around three thousand.

Such a frightening number, even with the Undead Army's help, the odds of annihilating the pack wouldn't exceed thirty percent.

After all, the Undead Army can't use Star Power—relying solely on physical strength, ten Undead would struggle against one Iron Waist Celestial Wolf.

Thinking this, Chu Chen sighed, realizing annihilating the pack would require some strategy.

He already had plans in mind: the best way to deal with a group is to scatter and devour them.

Chu Chen surveyed the area, seeking a suitable ambush location.

Moments later, he found a relatively open plain in the mountainside, surrounded by dense forest.

This was the most suitable point for an ambush—luring a portion of the wolf pack in would allow for easy elimination.

Nonetheless, luring the wolf pack requires skill; neither too many nor too few can be attracted, for Star Beasts are not foolish—this ambush opportunity is once-only; otherwise, another method must be sought.

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