Chapter 289: Chapter 191 Spiritual Wine
The slowly flying sword, under the cover of the thunder and lightning sea, soon reached the front of the enraged Spirit Monkey King.
Upon discovering that one of his white monkeys had fallen, the Spirit Monkey King became even more crazed.
It didn’t even notice the suddenly appearing flying sword, which struck its ribs.
With a ‘boom’, amid flying blood and flesh, the Spirit Monkey King was sent reeling away.
The Spirit Monkey King let out a piercing scream, as a large hole appeared in its ribs, where broken bones could be faintly seen.
At this moment, the second white monkey was also struck down by ‘Thunder Strike Skill’.
If the battle continued like this, killing the Spirit Monkey King and the white monkeys was just a matter of time.
The screams of the Spirit Monkey King caused the two remaining live white monkeys to make responding calls, their voices filled with resolute intent.
Li Shiming was shocked in his heart, but it was already too late, as the two early-stage Foundation Establishment white monkeys simultaneously self-destructed.
Li Shiming’s Nine Palace Sword Formation usually had no problem trapping a mid-stage Foundation Establishment who didn’t understand formations, but it didn’t include those mid-stage Cultivators who were adept in formations and could find the Formation’s nodes.
Once a node was found, it could be attacked directly, thereby breaking the Formation.
And the power of the self-destruction of the two early-stage Foundation Establishment white monkeys was enough to affect the nodes of the Formation, their destructive power was even comparable to that of a mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
The Nine Palace Sword Formation, affected by the explosion, had two of its sword handles shake, and this slight trembling disrupted the originally stable Formation.
The Spirit Monkey King, severely injured, had prepared itself upon hearing the white monkeys’ calls, and once the Formation was broken, its figure turned into a streak of white light and fled towards the distance.
“We can’t let it escape, spirit beasts are very vengeful!” Xu Chuan urgently reminded.
He was still brewing his second secret technique, but it was too late to release it, otherwise this Spirit Monkey King would have been doomed.
Li Shiming didn’t hesitate for a moment, the nine spirit swords turned into sword light and flew toward him, merging into one, carrying his body as a streak of sword light in pursuit of the Spirit Monkey King.
Xu Chuan had to first dissipate his secret technique, otherwise with the terrifying Spiritual Power contained within his flying sword, he would not be able to use the Sword Escape technique.
Just like that, he and Li Shiming, as well as the Spirit Monkey King, created a significant gap between them.
The Spirit Monkey King was inherently agile, speed being its greatest advantage, and now it was fleeing for its life, its speed was top-notch amongst those at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
It was only because Li Shiming was using Sword Escape and was bolstered by Sword Bone and Sword Intent, that his speed far surpassed those of early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators, preventing the Spirit Monkey King from completely pulling away.
Still, after chasing for dozens of miles, the figure of the Spirit Monkey King disappeared after turning a bend.
Li Shiming’s sight and Spiritual Thought were fully activated, searching for the Spirit Monkey King’s tracks.
“There!” The sword light flew towards a spot that seemed to have no passageway whatsoever.
This was an anomaly discovered by IBMz15, where a breeze that shouldn’t have been there arose, stirring the grass between the mountains.
This breeze could only have come from within the mountain and was most likely caused by the airflow from the Spirit Monkey King’s swift movements, thus creating the wind.
Indeed, as he flew closer, he saw an entrance between two rocks.
This entrance was extremely well-concealed, visible only when approached directly; otherwise, from any angle, this entrance would be undetectable.
If a bit more camouflaging was added, like the nearby overturned rock, then it would leave almost no trace to be found.
The Spirit Monkey King, severely injured, had neglected to put the rock that covered the entrance back in its place.
Li Shiming glanced backward and saw no sign of Xu Chuan, decided not to wait, and with a flash of his figure, entered the cave.
The Spirit Monkey King was seriously injured, with not much left of its mid-stage strength. Moreover, a spirit beast is not like a Cultivator; it didn’t have the same life-saving means, so dealing with an injured spirit beast was easier than dealing with an injured Cultivator.
The cave was pitch-dark, his Spiritual Thought substituted for his eyes, allowing him to see in the darkness.
He followed the cave inward, and not far in, he smelled a fragrance of wine.
“Monkey Wine!” he thought of the books he had read, which mentioned the innate ability of spirit monkeys to brew wine.
This was similar to the process of Alchemy for Cultivators, except the quality of Monkey Wine varied greatly, the inferior ones being no better than mortal wines.
Considering the situation with this group of spirit monkeys, with one mid-stage Foundation Establishment and four early-stage Foundation Establishment monkeys, the quality of this Monkey Wine would at least be effective for those at mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
He quickened his pace, and a spacious cave appeared ahead, where the injured Spirit Monkey King was opening a rock and lifting Monkey Wine to its mouth with its paw.
Upon seeing Li Shiming, the Spirit Monkey King let out a warning roar.
Li Shiming sensed the fragrance of the Monkey Wine, and merely smelling it made his blood flow faster, and his eyes began to turn red.
He had practiced both ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’ and ‘Sword Demon Secret Manual’, two Body Refining Techniques, giving him an incredibly tough physique.
After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, even with the aid of the Angry-eyed Vajra true form and the Third Grade Sword Base, his Body Refinement speed remained extremely slow.
Upon smelling the Monkey Wine, he felt its importance for his Body Refinement was profound.
The effects of Monkey Wine had no standard measure; spirit monkeys possessed the skill to harmonize the energy within the wine, but the ingredients were not guaranteed, relying on whatever was available.
The main ingredient for brewing Monkey Wine was Spirit Fruit. Spirit monkeys could delve into various hidden environments and, using their familiarity with those environments, gather Spirit Fruits that Cultivators could not find.