Beast Tamer Ascension
Book 4: Chapter 84: Heaven-Defying Bonus

Vol 4 Chapter 84: Heaven-Defying Bonus

"Dragon Carp, there's something good—try it first."

Lin Jing shook the Dragon Carp awake again. The Dragon Carp blinked blearily at the Blood Bodhi in front of it.

"The more severe your injuries, the closer you are to death, the greater the Comprehension Boost."

"Sounds powerful. If I half-kill myself, the effect might rival the Golden Bodhi Tree! Even if it doesn't, it should at least compare to the Silver Bodhi Tree, right?"

"You’ve used the Pain Pill a lot before and have experience cultivating in extreme injury states. You’re probably the best one to stay conscious while training in that condition. This is a rare opportunity—let’s see if you can push the Divine Dragon Transformation to a new level."

Lin Jing’s devilish words drilled into its ears, and the Dragon Carp sobered up. Its big, copper bell eyes stared at the Blood Bodhi… What the h*ll is this!

"Pop!!!!" The Dragon Carp wailed. How could that be the same?!

The Pain Pill just hurts; it doesn't actually injure!

Besides, it wasn't scared of getting hurt—it was worried the Pine Leaf Mouse's synthesized object might be unreliable.

Getting injured would make it extremely fragile and helpless. If the Pine Leaf Mouse’s creation had any issue, it would be the fish on the chopping block.

"Ay!!" The Pine Leaf Mouse jumped out, pointing at the cowardly Dragon Carp, declaring that its creation was absolutely reliable.

This kind of golden opportunity—other carp wouldn’t even dream of it.

"Pop pop!!" The Dragon Carp spun around and made a suggestion.

Since Senior Mo Pine had put so much effort into cultivating all these Bodhi Trees, why not give this great chance to him?

Anyway, in a moment, Senior Mo Pine would have to dig out his tree heart to provide External Incarnation materials.

If he didn’t use Celestial Pill Dust to treat the wounds during that process, wouldn’t that count as a life-threatening injury?

That would perfectly activate the Blood Bodhi.

They might even be able to save the Celestial Pill Dust that was about to be used.

“Hmm.” Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse froze, staring at the incredibly filial Dragon Carp, lost in thought.

“You little carp… your brain’s getting sharper by the day.” Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse pointed at it, commenting.

…

“Senior? Senior?”

God Pine had just taken root into the Earth Vein, intending to rest, when Lin Jing came over again and noisily woke it.

“If you’ve got something, spit it out…” It glanced at Lin Jing carrying the Blood Bodhi and paused, surprised.

“When you cut your own origin and dig out your tree heart later, maybe give this a try,” Lin Jing explained.

God Pine’s face turned dark.

This good, green Bodhi Tree—what kind of mess had they synthesized from it?

“The owner of this Glazed Immortal Eyes spell definitely wasn’t some proper celestial,” God Pine grumbled.

“Heh… heh…” Lin Jing flashed an awkward but polite smile. He thought the same thing.

Compared to the divine ability Glazed Immortal Eyes, the Dragon Carp’s Flame Emperor’s Divine Ability seemed way more dependable.

“Look at this.” God Pine gazed at the Blood Bodhi, his face suspicious. Compared to the Leaf Mouse, he was even more timid—mainly because his cultivation level was lower and he was worried that big tree might affect him too much.

“You want to use me as a guinea pig, huh.”

As expected of an old devil, Senior God Pine saw through Lin Jing and the others’ intentions at a glance. Despite their vigorous head-shaking, it snorted.

“I get it. Get lost already. I’ll let you know the results afterward.”

“Alrighty.” Lin Jing immediately dragged the Pine Leaf Mouse and Dragon Carp away to give God Pine space.

While waiting, Lin Jing took out a batch of Cultivation Core Pills refined by the Dragon Carp.

Besides that, he also pulled out a spiritual fruit.

“A specialty of the Cloud Sea Mountains, a Tier-5 spiritual fruit—the Celestial Surge Fruit.”

“If nothing goes wrong on Senior Mo Pine’s side, I might try cultivating and breaking through beneath the Blood Bodhi myself.”

“The Celestial Surge Fruit is a spiritual fruit used to break through cultivation bottlenecks quickly. Normally, for a cultivator to break into a new major realm, they would have to undergo closed-door cultivation for decades or even centuries to stabilize their foundation and solidify their realm. Once in seclusion, time becomes unknowable.”

“I’m about to break through to Nascent Soul, and I can’t afford to do it slowly anymore. There’s not much time left—I need alternatives. I originally planned to use other means to save time, but now, maybe I should give this Celestial Surge Fruit a shot.”

“After consuming the Celestial Surge Fruit, the fruit transforms into a gentle yet forceful spiritual energy, forcibly pushing the cultivator past their bottleneck. It can speed up a breakthrough dozens of times or more, often allowing a breakthrough in a very short span.”

“But the price is high—it damages a cultivator’s meridians and foundation, making the breakthrough extremely risky. Typically, only those in dire straits and desperate for power are willing to risk it.”

“After all, one slight misstep and they could perish during the breakthrough.”

“Even if they succeed, the damage to their meridians and foundation isn’t something the average person can handle.”

“But for me right now, time is more important. First, I’ve got a solid foundation from cultivating all the way to the Thirteenth Layer of Qi Refinement, so even if I take damage, it won’t be devastating. Second, the Dragon Carp can not only form Celestial Annihilation with healing properties to repair that damage, but I also have plenty of healing divine medicines from previous spoils.”

“Of course, most importantly, while my meridians and foundation are injured, I’ll also be able to fully experience the Blood Bodhi’s effects.”

Compared to my earlier plan to mimic the Hourglass of Time by using a time-accelerating formation based on Dragon Vein flow, this current method suits the situation better.

As Lin Jing prepared his resources for charging into Nascent Soul, over on God Pine’s side—after absorbing a wave of Earth Vein energy—he had already begun cutting away his origin to provide materials for the Pine Leaf Mouse’s External Incarnation.

“No loss, no loss.”

While hacking away at himself, God Pine kept muttering, comforting himself. After all, the Pine Leaf Mouse’s external incarnation would remain in the Demon Court of the Tianyuan Realm to synthesize Transformation Grass.

In other words, the Pine Leaf Mouse’s incarnation would always stay by God Pine’s side!

“This Glazed Immortal Eyes is truly an unbelievable divine ability. The stronger the incarnation, the more powerful the ability becomes. Later on, when I have this little Pine Mouse’s clone synthesize resources, it’ll be much more convenient.”

God Pine stabbed a branch into his own body. From inside, a golden-green tree heart—like a Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and True Spirit all in one—was forced out.

He dug out two-thirds of his essence. With a scream of agony, his aura plummeted.

At the same time, what had once been a sacred body rapidly split open with cracks and wounds.

“F***! This is the first time in my life I’ve ever dug out my own tree heart... hurts like h*ll.”

“Hm? Wait a second?”

The intense pain and dizziness made God Pine want to immediately use Celestial Pill Dust to heal his Nascent Soul injuries.

But right then, a ripple from the nearby Blood Bodhi made his expression freeze in disbelief.

“I haven’t even started cultivating—why is my spell realm rising on its own? Aren’t only spells at the Spell Spirit Origin level capable of self-cultivation?”

He stared at the Blood Bodhi in astonishment.

This thing… is it really that powerful???