Seeing that the giant snake was still alive, Ren Yuan shouted, "Lao Liang!"
Liang Ming understood what Ren Yuan wanted to do and raised his palm to the sky. In the next second, a few thunderbolts fell on the metal rods stabbed on the giant snake's body.
Crack! Boom! Crack! Boom!
The thunderbolts, which could not scratch the giant snake's skin before, can now use the metal rods as conductors to directly burn the flesh and blood of the giant snake. Soon, the air was filled with the smell of burnt meat. It didn't take long for the giant snake to stop moving and fell motionlessly on the ground.
Boom!
The ground shook slightly as the body of the giant snake fell down, raising dust and suffocating the three of them.
Ren Yuan covered his nose and coughed lightly. "Cough, cough!"
Standing not far from the giant snake, Wei Bai waved his hand in front of his face and said, "Cough, cough. Ugh, the smell of mutated animal meat is really pungent."
Ren Yuan glanced at him and said, "Get the crystal nucleus before the other mutated animals smell the blood."
Wei Bai nodded and walked towards the giant snake's body. He created a wind blade and used it to slowly cut open the giant snake's head. Five minutes later, he dug something out of the snake's head and walked back to the other two.
Showing the crystal nucleus to his teammates, he said, "This crystal nucleus is quite large. No wonder it is so difficult to kill this mutated beast."
Ren Yuan looked at the crystal nucleus and said, "Keep it. The mission only requires a second-grade crystal nucleus, but this is a third-grade crystal nucleus. We should be able to get more rewards when we report the mission later."
After he said that, the three of them left. Zhu Lin waited for a while before coming out from behind the tree. Because of the battle just now, Tu Tu has already woken up.
Standing in front of the charred corpse of the giant snake, Zhu Lin scanned the corpse of the giant snake with her divine sense for a while.
Tu Tu looked at its master and asked, "How is it, Master?"
Zhu Lin shook her head and said, "The spiritual energy has disappeared."
Hearing what she said, Tu Tu's eyes lit up, and it said, "So, the crystal they dug out just now is really the same as the spiritual beast core?"
Zhu Lin nodded and said, "Mhm. The three of them also have the same crystal in their upper dantian. It seems that it is not impossible to cultivate in this world. It is just... The source of the spiritual energy is from other living beings, instead of from heaven and earth."
Tu Tu looked at her frowning face and asked, "Master, why are you frowning?"
Zhu Lin sighed, and said, "If the only source of spiritual energy in this world is other living beings, then it will be very difficult for me to cultivate. I can't kill other living beings for my own selfish desires. It will cause unnecessary bad karmic retribution, and it will also increase the power of my tribulation lightning."
As a true god, her tribulation lightning is already very powerful. If she had created more evil karma, then even with her elder brother here supporting her, she would not be able to survive the tribulation lightning safely. She really can't do this kind of evil cultivation method.
Hearing her words, Tu Tu looked at the giant snake thoughtfully.
After a moment of silence, Zhu Lin said, "Since spiritual energy cannot come out from nowhere, there should be another source of spiritual energy that is not from living beings."
While she was deep in thought, Tu Tu jumped off her shoulder to take a closer look at the giant snake. As soon as the claw was raised, Tu Tu easily split the giant snake's body with one claw. The moment the giant snake's belly was cut open, warm blood flowed to the ground.
Zhu Lin recovered from her contemplation when she felt a strong spiritual energy suddenly appear in the air. She looked up and found that the source of the spiritual energy was the blood of the giant snake.
"Tu Tu, collect the blood." She said calmly.
"Yes, Master."
The rabbit took out a bunch of empty jade bottles from its spirit palace and filled them with the blood of the giant snake. Ten minutes later, the rabbit had gathered all the giant snake's blood and said, "Master, it's done."
Zhu Lin walked up to the giant snake and put her index and middle fingers on the charred corpse.
A second later, she said, "Although the spiritual energy has disappeared from its upper dantian, the spiritual energy contained in the flesh and blood is still there. It is even stronger than that of the spirit beasts in the Foundation Establishment Realm. It is a good nourishment and a good alternative source of spiritual energy for us."
Tu Tu looked at her and asked suspiciously: "Master, you don't drink blood, do you?"
Hearing what the rabbit said, Zhu Lin chuckled and said, "I won't drink it. The blood contains spiritual energy, which can be used to make talismans. With these blood, I no longer need to use my blood to make talismans. But it is a pity that the cultivation of this spirit beast is too low, and the talismans that can be refined with its blood are only low-level talismans."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Lin thought for a moment and said, "Let's dismantle this giant snake first."
Tu Tu nodded, and they got to work. An hour later, Zhu Lin looked at the materials spread on the ground and said, "Unexpectedly, the corpse of this giant snake turned out to be a treasure. Almost all parts of its body can be used. If more materials can be found, refining some pills or even some spiritual artifacts are not impossible."