Chapter 384

Chapter 384: Extreme Spirit Pills

Back to the Great Flame Empire.

Yi Chen’s divine consciousness quickly located the swamp crocodile deep within a mountain, which dared not continue its training.

"Your Majesty!"

When the swamp crocodile saw Yi Chen appear, its anxious heart relaxed a little.

It could faintly sense that if it continued to train, it would soon face the divine trials of the principles of heaven and earth.

If it weren’t for Yi Chen planning to offer it a great opportunity to become the first Demon Race member to overcome tribulations, it would surely have chosen to stop training and slowly wait until its lifespan was nearly exhausted before making a final effort.

"Continue your training, and only stop when the Tribulation is about to appear."

Yi Chen indicated.

The swamp crocodile, although greedy for life and afraid of death, understood when it should be decisive.

Without hesitation, it immediately expelled its crystal core.

Demon power surged.

The rich spirit energy swirled like a vortex, continuously rotating and permeating around its crystal core.

Yi Chen’s divine consciousness sensed that the power of the laws in the principles of heaven and earth was being pulled by the energy flow, constantly fluctuating.

As the swamp crocodile continued to train, the fluctuations grew larger.

Finally, when these fluctuations reached their peak, on the brink of explosion, the swamp crocodile paused its training.

"It doesn’t seem that impressive…"

Yi Chen said, somewhat surprised.

Having successfully overcome tribulations himself as the first human to do so, he expected that, as the first Demon Race member to overcome tribulations, the swamp crocodile’s strength should be comparable to his own at the time.

However, judging from the fluctuations of the power of the laws caused by the swamp crocodile, it seemed significantly weaker than what he experienced during his own tribulation.

It appeared that even among the first members of their respective races to overcome tribulations, there were differences in strength.

Perhaps due to the large human population, Yi Chen’s status as the first to overcome tribulations meant that the divine trials he faced were stronger than those of ordinary first tribulation members.

As for whether this assumption was correct, Yi Chen could not know for sure.

He did not focus his energy on that matter.

The swamp crocodile’s strength when overcoming tribulations was much lower than he had anticipated, which was a good thing.

According to his original plan, if the swamp crocodile’s strength was the same as his, he would have to incorporate various defensive abilities of the Demon Race to help it develop powerful defensive capabilities.

However, it seemed that didn’t need to be so complicated; he only needed to refine a few spirit pills he had already conceived.

Although the difficulty for the first Demon Race member to overcome tribulations was equally terrifying, with a success rate that could make one’s hair stand on end,

This was due to having no support and relying solely on its own capabilities.

With Yi Chen’s refined spirit pills, the situation would be entirely different.

"Alright, wait here!"

Yi Chen instructed and returned to the flying treasure.

He took out one type of spirit mine after another from his storage ring.

In just over ten hours, he successfully crafted a potion furnace of Immortal quality.

This potion furnace had powerful functions that could enhance the quality and stability of the pills.

The only thing missing was that Yi Chen didn’t have time to study the formations that could improve the furnace’s various effects; he only set up the Amplification Formation within the furnace.

Having sorted the furnace, Yi Chen began to refine the spirit pills.

He cast the potion making technique, enveloping the entire potion furnace in crimson flames.

Various low-grade immortal materials were placed into the furnace.

Then, they melted continuously in the crimson flames.

Negative characteristics were extracted and stripped away, while the materials gradually fused and improved.

After just three types of materials were added, he encountered a situation where the characteristics could not merge, causing an internal energy disturbance.

Yi Chen immediately halted the refining process and re-evaluated the pill formula based on the fusion process.

Following the new formula he devised, he continued the refining.

This cycle repeated itself.

After five or six days, he finally succeeded in refining a batch of low-grade spirit pills.

He named them Extreme Spirit Pills.

These Extreme Spirit Pills were crafted specially for the physiology of the Demon Race, making them a defensive-type spirit pill.

Once consumed, they could significantly enhance the physical defense of the Demon Race, allowing their defense strength to reach an incredibly terrifying level for a short term.

These Extreme Spirit Pills were the greatest support for the swamp crocodile to overcome tribulations.

Having successfully deduced the formula for the Extreme Spirit Pills and refined a batch, Yi Chen did not stop; he instead took out the necessary materials and continued refining more Extreme Spirit Pills.

Not only did the swamp crocodile need to overcome tribulations, but those full-level fierce beasts also needed to do the same.

A single low-grade spirit pill level Extreme Spirit Pill was enough to allow a full-level fierce beast to successfully overcome its tribulations with ease.

In the Great Flame Empire, given the urgent need to cultivate a powerful group of Demon Race members, Yi Chen naturally didn’t mind spending a bit of time refining more Extreme Spirit Pills.

As for later, those from the Demon Race who wanted to obtain Extreme Spirit Pills to overcome tribulations would have to make contributions.

The Extreme Spirit Pills would also be one of Yi Chen’s means of controlling the number of strong members within the Demon Race; he would only teach the formula to a small number of top potion makers.

After spending over ten days, producing more than ten thousand Extreme Spirit Pills, Yi Chen finally stopped.

It wasn’t because he had enough Extreme Spirit Pills; it was simply that he had run out of materials to make more.

Next, he needed to create a powerful Immortal-level Artifact for the swamp crocodile’s protection.

The Extreme Spirit Pills could ensure that any member of the Demon Race could successfully overcome tribulations.

However, as the first Demon Race member to do so, the swamp crocodile’s strength, based on the fluctuations of the power of the laws, while not reaching the intensity of the Tribulation that Yi Chen faced, was still far beyond that of an ordinary member of the Demon Race overcoming tribulations.

Even though the Extreme Spirit Pills were low-grade spirit pills made by Yi Chen himself, they still fell a bit short.

With a powerful Immortal-level Artifact for defense, along with spirit materials obtained from the Shadow Clan that could quickly restore energy, it was almost enough.

Yi Chen took out the materials for crafting a defensive treasure and immediately began the refining process.

The physiology of humanity and the Demon Race differs, as does their energy and cultivation methods; therefore, when crafting an Immortal-level Artifact, he naturally had to customize it based on the characteristics of the Demon Race.

However, Yi Chen didn’t find this challenging at all.

As long as he had sufficient materials and was only refining a low-grade Immortal-level Artifact, customizing it to fit the Demon Race’s characteristics posed no difficulty for him.

In less than a day, he crafted a suit of armor that was as black as ink, equipped with an Amplification Formation and a defensive formation inside.

In total, he completed everything in under half a month.

With a thought, Yi Chen left the flying treasure and stood before the swamp crocodile.

With a wave of his hand, the armor flew towards the swamp crocodile.

“This artifact is tailored for you based on your Demon Power; try the Blood Pledge of Dominance.”

Yi Chen indicated.

“Thank you for your gracious gift, Master!”

The swamp crocodile exclaimed in delight.

It quickly bit its tongue, letting a drop of blood infused with its Perception Ability fall onto the armor.

The next second, it immediately sensed a faint connection between the armor and itself.

The armor seemed alive, actively flying toward it, expanding and changing according to its shape.

It enveloped the swamp crocodile, covering it completely in armor.

A special message surged from the armor into its mind, instantly helping it understand the uses and methods of the armor.

The terrifying defense strength brought a look of ecstatic joy to its face.

Being cautious by nature, what it desired most was this type of defensive treasure.

For this, it had previously spent a significant amount of materials and connections to ask a top genius skilled in the weapon refining technique to craft a defensive treasure for it.

However, that top genius was unable to create a treasure suited for the unique characteristics of the Demon Race, leaving the armor with only the inherent defense strength of the materials.

That level of defense was negligible compared to the Immortal-level Artifact crafted by Yi Chen.