Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1480: Chapter 551 Chapter 1480: Chapter 551 “Is this a Ring-Headed Turtle?”

In a nondescript underground cave mansion, Luo Chen gazed in astonishment at the creature lying in front of him.

With the body of a turtle and the head of a snake, its neck was slender.

When he stimulated it with his Qi Power, the creature was forced to stretch out its neck, which was so long that it could wrap around itself from head to tail.

“Is it a turtle, or a giant snake?”

Luo Chen was surprised and even felt that this Ring-Headed Turtle bore some mysterious resemblance to the mythical creature “Xuanwu” from legends.

The difference was that Xuanwu in the legends had the appearance of Xuan Snake entwining a turtle, coexisting as one.

This Ring-Headed Turtle, however, had a turtle’s body with a snake head, somewhat inharmonious.

At this moment, the Black King, who had reduced his size, spoke, “Master, the low Order Ring-Headed Turtles are like this. It’s only at Third Order that they will be different.”

“Oh? There will be changes after reaching Third Order?” Luo Chen became interested.

The Ring-Headed Turtle he now had was a recently secretly captured First Order Ring-Headed Turtle, of very low rank with little Spirit Intelligence.

He thought the Demon Beast Clan might have a gap in their realms, but could there be further transformations?

Black King flicked his tongue and responded, “Unlike other Demon Beasts with mixed bloodlines, the Ring-Headed Turtle has a legitimate lineage to trace back to the Great Demon. According to elders from my Black Scaled Giant Python clan, the Ring-Headed Turtle possesses bloodlines from both Xuan Turtle and Cliff Serpent, albeit diluted, but still much more concentrated than our common Demon Clan.”

“As their realm increases, they refine their demonic power and bloodlines, gradually purifying one type of bloodline to the utmost, thereby slowly converging towards the ancestral form.”

“Third Order is a watershed. By then, the Ring-Headed Turtle will have firmly determined its cultivation path, preparing for the Transformation Period.”

After following Luo Chen for many years, and being immersed in human language, Black King now spoke it fluidly.

At this moment, his narrative was clear and structured.

Luo Chen quietly listened, nodding occasionally.

Purifying bloodlines to trace back to the ancestral mighty power indeed accorded with the cultivation methods of the Demon Beast lineage.

Xuan Turtle and Cliff Serpent, both were famous Ancient Demons in the legends of the Mountain Sea Realm.

With these two bloodlines as a direction, the cultivation path of the Ring-Headed Turtle Clan was indeed clearer compared to the mixed bloodlines like the Black Scaled Giant Python and Demon Crab.

Stroking his chin, Luo Chen thoughtfully said, “So it seems, when the Mysterious Rock Demonic Emperor transformed, his body must have already purified the bloodline to the utmost, possessing the body of Xuan Turtle.”

While he mused to himself, Luo Chen’s gaze fell on the shell of the Ring-Headed Turtle.

He wondered if such a shell could be used to refine Black Emperor Ointment and what the effects would be.

However, Luo Chen quickly dismissed this thought.

Using Demon Crab shells to refine Black Emperor Ointment required prior preparations and experimentation with many auxiliary materials to achieve Perfection.

If he were to change the main material, the auxiliary materials would need changing too.

That would be too troublesome.

His focus now was not on these trivial matters.

“Black King, Tian Xuan, what’s the situation outside now?”

“Master, the Five Great King Crab Clans have already assembled around Mysterious Rock Island, deploying millions of troops, seemingly intent on completely eradicating the Ring-Headed Turtle Clan,” Black King reported.

Hearing this number, Luo Chen’s face twitched.

He knew the Demon Crab Clan was vast in number!

After all, their reproduction capability was incredibly strong, even surpassing the famously prolific Human Clan.

This was one of the main reasons why he had come to the Mysterious Rock Sea Area to hunt Demon Crabs.

You breed so many crabs, I just take a few for alchemy, just a few! It shouldn’t attract too much attention!

But he hadn’t expected their numbers to be so vast.

Deployed millions!

Even if ninety-nine percent of them were negligible First Order Demon Crabs, with such numbers, even ants can overpower an elephant.

With the Five Great King Crab Clans united, the Ring-Headed Turtle Clan was in grave danger!

“Master!”

A crisp voice came from Tian Xuan, bringing some staggering news to Luo Chen.

“I’ve discovered something–the human cultivators seem to have allied with the Demon Crab side.”

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Above the vast sea, the sounds of battle roared and thundered.

Luo Chen, fully activating the Concealing Array, hid without leaking the slightest breath within the turbulent deep sea.

With his keen eyes radiating Spiritual Light Blossoming, he looked through the blood-red seawater in every direction.

Countless crab soldiers and generals, under the lead of numerous Third Order Demon Crab Kings, launched attacks on various islands, both big and small.

On the islands, the strong members of the Ring-Headed Turtle Clan stood their ground, determined to fight to the death.

Despite the disparity in numbers, because these islands had been under control for many years and had integrated into the Big Formation, the strong members of the Ring-Headed Turtle Clan could harness the power of the Array to draw Spirit Qi for offensive and defensive exchanges.

For the moment, the situation was somewhat balanced.

However, in Luo Chen’s view, as the manpower dwindled, the balance of victory was also gradually tipping.

After observing for a while, Luo Chen showed a look of pity.

“These three islands are likely to fall.”

He saw clearly that the Ring-Headed Turtle Clan had the Big Formation, but there seemed to be few strong individuals who could manipulate the Array skillfully.

Given the absolute difference in numbers, a fall was inevitable.

Unless, the clan land of Mysterious Rock Island could send support.

But support?

Luo Chen dared not release his Divine Consciousness lest he attract the attention of beings stronger than him in Divine Soul Endowment.

However, his excellent eyesight allowed him to see very far.

In the direction of Mysterious Rock Island, several large Demon Clouds were flying towards him.

Those capable of flying on Demon Clouds were at least Second Order Demon Beasts.