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With his current strength already at Four-Star Dou Zong, it took Lin Feng less than a single day to complete the refinement of the two Earth Demon Puppets.
Gazing at the two motionless silver puppets before him—each exuding an aura comparable to a Five-Star Dou Zong—Lin Feng nodded in satisfaction.
Without pause, he continued refining the remaining corpses. Amid his tireless, day-and-night work, six days slipped by in the blink of an eye.
On the morning of the seventh day, Lin Feng finally completed the refinement of all thirteen corpses.
If not for the extra time spent crafting the connection parts for Granny Yin's puppet, he could have finished even sooner.
Before him now stood: one Seven-Star Dou Zong, one Six-Star Dou Zong, three Five-Star Dou Zong, one Four-Star Dou Zong, three Two-Star Dou Zong, and two One-Star Dou Zong puppets.
As for the remaining two One-Star Dou Zong-level corpses—because Lin Feng no longer had the powerful souls of Hall of Souls Protectors to raise the quality of the materials, the puppets refined from them only reached Half-Dou Zong level.
"Heh, with these thirteen Earth Demon Puppets, it's like I'm carrying around a branch hall–level force of the Wind Lightning Pavilion. If any blind fool at the Dou Zong level dares to rob me, hmph!"
Looking at the tall silver figures in front of him, Lin Feng chuckled lightly.
He and Xiao Yi Xian each still had one Six-Star Dou Zong-level Earth Demon Puppet. Counting the ones he had just refined, he now had a total of fifteen.
As long as he didn't provoke a Dou Zun, there was nothing for him to fear. However, the thought that, despite his large number of puppets, they could only fight individually and not combine their strength made him shake his head with slight disappointment.
"A pity I don't have any formation for combined attacks. Otherwise, if I could stack their power together, even an early-stage Dou Zun could be held off for a while."
He did have the Three Beasts Savage Technique from the Mu Lan Three Elders, which allowed three cultivators to channel their power into one person, greatly boosting their strength to fight across realms.
But… he couldn't exactly have these Earth Demon Puppets cultivate techniques.
That was simply impossible.
"Forget it, let's have them recognize me as their master first."
With a light sigh, Lin Feng used a fingernail to slice his finger and flicked out droplets of blood.
The blood split evenly into thirteen portions, each precisely falling on the brow of a puppet.
Shua~
The moment the blood seeped into their brows, the puppets dropped to one knee in perfect unison, showing submission.
Seeing this, Lin Feng ordered them to stand, then stored them all into his storage ring.
Afterward, he sank into thought.
After several intense battles, his strength had not only stabilized at Four-Star Dou Zong, but had also improved considerably.
He could now safely consume the Yuan Boosting Pill without worrying about destabilizing his realm.
However, if he took it now, he wouldn't be able to take another later.
The Yuan Boosting Pill, ranked as a high seventh-tier pill, allowed any Dou Zong below Six-Star to immediately advance by one star.
For Six-Star Dou Zong and above, there was only a chance to advance by one star—and the higher the star level, the lower the success rate.
"Should I take it now to guarantee a one-star increase, or wait until after absorbing the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame to gamble on the chance?"
Rubbing his chin, Lin Feng hesitated.
Taking it now would give him a stable star upgrade.
If he waited until after absorbing the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame, then took the pill, his strength would already be higher—and if luck was on his side, he could save himself even more cultivation time.
After all, for someone without a special physique like him, the difficulty of advancing one star at Four-Star Dou Zong was far less than the difficulty of advancing a star in the later stages of the Dou Zong realm.
Although a Heavenly Flame could help him advance faster, there was no guarantee when he might obtain another one.
From his experience since breaking through to the Dou Zong level, if his cultivation technique's grade remained unchanged, moving from Four-Star Dou Zong to Five-Star Dou Zong would take him about half a year.
By that calculation, in the last few stars of Dou Zong, each star increase could easily require more than a year of cultivation.
Given his original talent, if he cultivated normally, the peak of mid to high Dou Zun would be his limit—probably not much better than that Bone Transforming Gate's Sect Master.
Even now, after being tempered by countless heavenly treasures, his potential, if cultivated steadily, would at best allow him to grind his way to the Ban Sheng realm if luck favored him.
"Forget it. I'll just take the Yuan Boosting Pill first. As for future cultivation, I'll think of other ways."
With that decision, Lin Feng sent a wisp of soul sense into his storage ring.
A faint light flickered across a storage stone, and a fine jade bottle appeared in his hand.
Without hesitation, he popped the stopper.
A rich, colored medicinal fragrance instantly drifted out, spreading through the entire cultivation room in a breath's time.
Remaining calm, Lin Feng drew out the pill inside and swallowed it in one swift motion, then immediately sat down to cultivate.
The instant the pill entered his mouth, it dissolved into an enormous, pure energy that surged from his throat downward.
Sensing this, Lin Feng hurriedly began refining the massive energy within the high seventh-tier pill with his full strength.
His aura began to rise steadily.
Bang!
Under his relentless refinement, the vast energy was completely absorbed.
Following a faint, muffled sound, a wave of aura far stronger than before burst from Lin Feng's body, filling the entire cultivation chamber.
"Five-Star Dou Zong! With all my methods combined, I can now fight a Nine-Star Dou Zong one-on-one without question!"
Feeling the fullness of his Dou Qi, Lin Feng grinned with confidence.
Seeing that his affairs here were settled, he stood and walked out, heading straight for Xiao Yixian's room.
"You're here."
As soon as he opened the door, her gentle voice reached his ears.
Looking up, he saw her seated at the desk, a scroll of prescriptions in her hands. It was clear she had already finished her own matters and was waiting in the room especially for him.
"Oh? You advanced to Five-Star Dou Zong?"
Sensing the much stronger Dou Qi level in him, Xiao Yixian's eyes widened in surprise.
"Hehe, I took a Yuan Boosting Pill, so I gained a star."
Lin Feng scratched the back of his head with a small smile, then added, "Let's go. Those bastards already wasted too much of our time."
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