Count Draxler heard A Li's words and fell into despair.
"No, you can't do this to me, you're cheating!"
He had originally thought Ling Tian had decided to let him go, but he realized how foolish and naive he was.
The old bat now regretted everything, wondering why he had provoked this pair of demons. Losing two blood slaves was one thing, but now he had dragged himself into this mess.
However, his consciousness ended there. A ball of flame drifted from Ling Tian's body and landed directly on him.
This flame was not some spell or talisman; it was a Fire Spirit!
The Fire Spirit's flames reached temperatures exceeding 6,000 degrees Celsius, almost the surface temperature of the sun. In an instant, the powerful Count Draxler, who possessed near-immortal abilities, was reduced to ashes.
"Alright, A Li, it's time to go back. It's getting late," Ling Tian said with a smile.
"No, I just came out and haven't had enough fun. Besides, why should I go back now? To be a third wheel?
Why don't you go back and cultivate with Sister Aurora yourself?"
A Li began to act spoiled, and Ling Tian could even detect a hint of jealousy.
"You little rascal, I can't do anything about you," Ling Tian let out a helpless wry smile. Such a cute little girl, but too mischievous and disobedient. Hitting her was useless. Who could bear to lay a hand on such an adorable little kitten?
"How about this, I have something to do, and you can help me."
"Okay, okay! Master's business is A Li's business!"
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A Li's attention was quickly captured by Ling Tian. A cat's curiosity is boundless.
"We're going into the swamp now. Go find me the largest and oldest crocodiles and pythons!"
"Why do you want those disgusting things? They're ugly and weird! Do you want the crystal cores from the bodies of those mutated monsters?" A Li asked with disgust.
"No, A Li. The Spirit Realm space now has over twenty more areas in the Beast Taming Garden. I want to get some crocodiles and pythons to establish a Python Legion and a Crocodile Legion.
Just imagine, when facing a powerful enemy, suddenly ten or more pythons over ten meters long and crocodiles over five meters long appear. These creatures are incredibly strong and impervious to blades and spears. How frustrated would our opponents be?"
"Hehe, interesting! Alright, A Li will go find them now!"
In an instant, A Li vanished from Ling Tian's side. Along with A Li, the Shadow Leopard, Hai Dongqing, and the owls from the Spirit Realm space also disappeared, scattering in all directions to search for the monsters in the swamp.
This idea was not a sudden whim for Ling Tian. He discovered that as his cultivation gradually improved, more and more buildings were unlocked in the Spirit Realm space.
By chance, he found that the Beast Taming Garden had unlocked many spaces, allowing it to accommodate a large number of animals for cultivation and enhancement.
However, Ling Tian was not interested in ordinary animals anymore. It wasn't until he arrived in Florida and saw the pythons and crocodiles there that he suddenly had this idea.
Firstly, these pythons and crocodiles were very dangerous and were already strong combatants.
Moreover, these reptiles were different from mammals like the Shadow Leopard and Hai Dongqing. After a period of nurturing, those animals would develop sentience. After so much contact, Ling Tian had also developed feelings for those animals.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, Ling Tian would not let those animals become cannon fodder.
But these reptiles were different. They were inherently difficult to develop sentience and could only mechanically follow orders. Ling Tian had no psychological burden in using animals with limited intelligence as cannon fodder.
Furthermore, by bringing these pythons and crocodiles into the Spirit Realm space, they could be nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the space, increasing their size, strength, and physical resilience. This would allow for a significant improvement with minimal cost!
The spiritual energy required to enhance the intelligence of one mammal would be enough to enhance the physical strength of about five reptiles.
Suddenly, A Li's notification came into Ling Tian's mind. Ling Tian quickly rushed in a certain direction and soon arrived at the riverbank. At this moment, Ling Tian witnessed a shocking scene: A Li was dragging a giant crocodile, six to seven meters long, by its tail, pulling it out of the water.
The crocodile's head was bloody and mangled. Ling Tian immediately understood that this must have been the work of the Horned Hammer Little Demon.
"A Li, I don't want dead ones. Dead crocodiles and pythons are useless!"
A Li smiled, revealing her small fangs.
"Don't worry, it's not dead, just knocked out..."
Upon hearing this, Ling Tian's mind was filled with black lines. This was truly the demonic style of this cat demon.
Ling Tian stepped forward to inspect. The massive crocodile, resembling a prehistoric behemoth, was indeed unconscious and barely clinging to life, likely to breathe its last breath any minute.
Ling Tian formed a hand seal, chanted incantations, and released a golden light from his hand. He then placed his hand on the crocodile's head. Instantly, the golden light enveloped the crocodile, and in almost no time, it vanished.
Ling Tian knew that at that moment, the crocodile had appeared in a pool within the Beast Taming Garden of the Spirit Realm space.
After the crocodile entered the pool, a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth gathered, which was then absorbed by the crocodile's body. This spiritual energy began to repair the crocodile's injuries and strengthen it.
Ling Tian was very satisfied. Just then, Ling Tian received another message from the Shadow Leopard, and he immediately rushed towards the Shadow Leopard's location.
Under a large tree several hundred meters away, a snake about 10 meters long and as thick as a water bucket was hissing at the Shadow Leopard, which was a few meters in front of it.
Ling Tian recognized it as a Burmese python, one of the six largest snake species in the world.
It was native to Southeast Asia and primarily inhabited tropical rainforests. They were more easily found in areas close to water sources and sometimes appeared in trees.
Compared to other snakes, this snake had two unique characteristics. Firstly, its head was very large, meaning it could swallow very large prey.
In contrast, common pythons like the reticulated python had very small heads, which affected their offensive capabilities.