Aurora saw Ling Tian and immediately rushed over, hugging him tightly. Bis, standing beside them, was stunned. It was clear their actions were more than just those of ordinary friends.
"You're back, Ling Tian. It's so good that you're alright," Aurora's voice was almost choked with tears.
Ling Tian felt a bit helpless. He hugged Aurora and patted her shoulder.
"It's fine now. I've dealt with all those Japanese people."
"What was that monster just now?"
"I'm not too sure. That guy named Abe Hachinobu summoned it randomly. The Japanese are truly perverted..."
Ling Tian's words were met with agreement from Aurora and Bis. When it came to perversion, if the Japanese ranked second, no other country would dare to claim first.
"What do we do next?" Aurora asked.
"We rest for a few days, then we go settle the score with that imposter Mario Kuite!" Ling Tian said firmly.
"But I'm worried they might come looking for us. After all, the commotion was too big," Bis said, pointing to the large crater on the ground near the torii gate, her voice laced with concern.
"No matter. I promise you, they won't be able to get to us this time!"
The temperature on Hell Paradise Island was still quite high. Soon, the snow melted from the frost-covered trees. While the two women weren't paying attention, Ling Tian took out two brand-new tents.
Next, Ling Tian went to the volcanic area alone. He directly summoned all four Fire Spirits from his spiritual realm.
The four Fire Spirits had sustained quite a bit of damage during the battle with Ooyorimaru.
Fortunately, the Burning Heaven Cauldron was a treasure. The continuous heat kept the four Fire Spirits almost completely intact.
Ling Tian allowed the Fire Spirits to move freely in the forbidden zone and the volcanic area. If they discovered any intruders, they were to eliminate them directly!
Following that, Ling Tian took out the remaining Fire Spirit Essences and refined another Fire Spirit. Protected by this Fire Spirit, Ling Tian once again ventured into the lava cave beneath the volcano and found the massive Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul.
Ling Tian directly released the Ice Soul Giant Bear. During the battle with Ooyorimaru, the Ice Soul Giant Bear had continuously sprayed extreme cold air for several minutes, consuming a significant amount of energy.
The Ice Soul Giant Bear's massive body had visibly shrunk. If it were to rely solely on absorbing spiritual energy from the environment to recover, it would take ages. Therefore, Ling Tian decided to come here to replenish its strength.
As soon as the Ice Soul Giant Bear was released, it was immediately attracted to the enormous Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul.
For a spiritual beast like the Ice Soul Giant Bear, the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul was practically its life source.
The Ice Soul Giant Bear let out a joyous roar, like a hungry mouse stumbling upon a mountain of rice.
The Ice Soul Giant Bear pounced directly onto the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul. Ling Tian watched as the part of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul that came into contact with the bear's body visibly melted. More accurately, it was directly absorbed by the Ice Soul Giant Bear.
Ling Tian couldn't help but marvel at the speed at which the creature absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul. He recalled how difficult it had been for him to even slightly melt a portion of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul with all his might, yet the Ice Soul Giant Bear accomplished it with such ease. This was truly an innate ability!
Ling Tian gave the Ice Soul Giant Bear a command. The bear stood up, used its claws to make several marks on the massive Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul, and then, with a surge of strength, pried off a large chunk, nearly a cubic meter in volume.
Ling Tian directly stored this large piece of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul into his spiritual realm.
Thus, the man and the bear began their mining operation. They worked for most of the day, collecting nearly a hundred cubic meters of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul into the spiritual realm.
Next, Ling Tian instructed the white bear to absorb all the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul here while he entered his spiritual realm.
He needed to make preparations for facing Mario Kuite, his subordinates, and their accomplices.
First, he needed to draw some talismans. Ling Tian's talisman supplies had been depleted significantly during recent battles. His previous stock was almost gone, and he needed to replenish it.
Fortunately, time passed much slower in the spiritual realm, and he had plenty of materials. Ling Tian drew numerous talismans, especially the heavily used Vajra Talisman and Bursting Fire Talisman, of which he made over a hundred.
With Ling Tian's current cultivation level, drawing a low-level talisman like these only took a few minutes.
His speed in drawing talismans was akin to a printing press, and his success rate was nearly 100%.
He continued drawing until he was utterly exhausted and his internal energy was depleted, only then did he stop. He consumed some potions to slowly recover his true essence.
During this period, Ling Tian also visited the Myriad Law Pavilion, searching for something among the cultivation manuals.
Initially, Ling Tian believed himself to be very powerful, thinking that the knowledge he inherited was enough for him to dominate this world.
However, after encountering Abe Hachinobu and Ooyorimaru, Ling Tian realized the true meaning of "there's always someone better."
Facing a being like Ooyorimaru, Ling Tian found that his conventional offensive methods were completely ineffective.
He needed stronger techniques, ones that could deliver a fatal blow to extremely powerful enemies like Ooyorimaru.
Although the Lightning Summoning Talisman was immensely powerful, it also had significant limitations. It couldn't reliably summon heavenly lightning everywhere.
Furthermore, the preparation time required for the Lightning Summoning Talisman was too long. If he encountered a smarter enemy, they would never give him the chance to summon lightning, or they would simply escape before the lightning arrived!
There were beings in this world whose strength was comparable to, or even surpassed, Ooyorimaru!
Especially considering his enemies, who had millennia of accumulated power, they wouldn't be so easy to deal with.
Therefore, he had to become stronger, and the more trump cards he had, the better.
Soon, Ling Tian found his target in the Myriad Law Pavilion. This was arguably the strongest technique he could master at this stage.
Thus, Ling Tian became immersed in cultivation. Meanwhile, on Hell Paradise Island, chaos had erupted.
The two bolts of heavenly lightning were simply too bizarre. Natural lightning rarely occurred with such thickness!
Especially the celestial phenomena that occurred between heaven and earth before the lightning struck, which astonished everyone.
Most of the island's inhabitants were ability users, and they were highly sensitive to the changes in spiritual energy between heaven and earth. As a result, many felt a sense of foreboding and panicked.
People's desire to leave the island intensified, but unfortunately, all the ships on Hell Paradise Island had been ordered destroyed by Lange!