Those spiritual insects that were originally only first-order shadow beetles, as they digested the essence and blood in their hearts, began to grow golden spots one after another, turning from first-order spiritual insects into quasi-second-order spiritual insects.

As Meng Zhou established a closer connection with them, Meng Zhou was not only able to control them according to his will, just like casting a spell, allowing them to fly flexibly in the air and form troops.

He could also vaguely feel their thirst for blood.

Meng Zhou looked at these hundreds of quasi-second-order spirit insects and had an idea in his mind.

He once again took out a large ball of heart essence blood and divided it into four hundred and eighty parts.

Three hundred and twenty of the servings are the same size, and each serving is only half the size of the other 160 servings.

Then, he stretched out his hand to receive the power of the courtyard formation, and divided the 480 heart essence and blood into upper and lower layers.

Each portion is divided into a separate small array space.

Then, he threw all the hundreds of quasi-second-order spirit insects into the 320 formation small spaces on the lower level.

Among them, there are two quasi-second-order spiritual insects that are basically evenly matched in most small spaces.

However, there are three quasi-second-order spiritual insects in some small spaces. There is no doubt that the competitive environment they face is much harsher.

"Luck is also a part of strength, come on, warriors."

When these quasi-second-order spiritual insects are put into the small spaces of the formations, the heart essence and blood located in the center, protected by a thin shield, but not completely protected, and emitting a unique fragrance, are...

They exert a fatal attraction.

They all followed the instinctive guidance and rushed toward the essence and blood in their hearts.

They wanted to lie directly on the heart and suck the essence and blood, but they were blocked by the thin formation shield.

If there is no other interference, they can quickly break through this layer of defense and eat the delicious food.

But unfortunately, they almost immediately came into contact with another insect competing for food.

Then what else is there to say.

Go ahead.

Only by killing the other party can you enjoy this delicious food all to yourself.

With their limited brain capacity, there is no room for the birth of intelligence. They act completely according to instinct and will never make a second choice.

So, evenly matched, they started a bloody and cruel battle.

In real battles, there are many factors that determine the outcome of a battle.

Even if the two sides are evenly matched, in reality, unless both sides deliberately let go, it is difficult to find a situation where they are still indistinguishable after thousands of moves.

"Evenly matched" just makes the battle more intense, more bloody, and more enjoyable to watch.

For example, in the three hundred and twenty small battlefields created by Meng Zhou, it didn't take long for the spirit insects to win one after another, defeating the opponent, killing the opponent, and devouring the opponent.

Then, they enjoyed the sweet blood reserved for the victor.

A true winner takes all.

And as they finished enjoying the blood, a channel appeared above them, and a richer aroma came from there.

There, there is a greater amount of heart essence and blood waiting for them.

But when they flew over in a hurry, another spirit insect must appear in this space at the same time as them.

If you want to enjoy that blood meal, the old rule is to kill the competitor in front of you first.

Meng Zhou focused his attention on the arena created by the void, watching the bloody and cruel life-and-death battles that squeezed the potential to the limit.

Of course he is not a murderer.

This is a method of cultivating spiritual insects.

After having a relatively comprehensive understanding of this type of spiritual insects, Meng Zhou decided to raise them.

This kind of spiritual insect has a great advantage for Meng Zhou, that is, it is not picky about food.

As long as they absorb enough blood essence, they can survive and even grow.

Perhaps, for other practitioners, this "enough blood essence" itself is an extremely harsh condition.

But for Meng Zhou, the situation was exactly the opposite.

Possessing majestic vitality, his heart essence and blood can be extracted in large quantities and restored quickly.

Left unused, it is simply a waste.

He originally wanted to find a suitable place for them, but wouldn't it be nice to give them pillows when they feel sleepy?

And the method he is using now on these spiritual insects is a very mature method of breeding insects.

The jade slip of the third-level spirit master's inheritance he obtained from the unknown fake elixir master, was very complete and detailed.

The mainstream branch of Yu Ling Dao, Yu Chong Dao, is also included.

Meng Zhou also knew the difference between spirit insects and spirit beasts.

Compared with spirit beasts, spirit insects have many shortcomings. The strength of a single insect is generally low and it is difficult to advance. If they are a group, the cultivation cost is too high.

And he has no intelligence, any operation must be completed by the spirit master, and he cannot actively cooperate with the spirit master.

But there are many advantages.

As long as the financial resources can support it, the disadvantage of being too expensive becomes an advantage.

And as long as resources can support it, a small group of spiritual insects can easily explode into a large group in a short period of time.

Compared with spirit beasts, it is more difficult for spirit insects to advance. This is because spirit insects do not have the same stable bloodline inheritance as spirit beasts.

Just like human monks, the advancement of spiritual insects is not an inevitable event and requires a combination of probabilities.

But as long as the spirit insect swarm is large enough, this won't be a problem.

In the end, some spirit insects will successfully complete the advancement.

In order to increase the probability of spiritual insects advancing and to maximize the potential of each spiritual insect, the spirit controllers also racked their brains.

The method of raising gu is one of the most classic operations.

Not only can the potential of each spiritual insect be squeezed out to the maximum in the extreme life and death situations, but everything about those dead spiritual insects will become a ladder of nourishment for the companions to continue climbing.

They just keep stepping on the steps that generations of companions have built with their lives, climbing higher step by step.

These spiritual insects may be climbers today, but they will become nutrients tomorrow.

In this system, only the insect swarm is eternal, and each specific spiritual insect is like a cell, making the group continuously stronger through constant metabolism.

In the arena of life that Meng Zhou created for them, the number of spirit insects shrank from nearly 700 to 320, and then from 320 to 160.

As they continue to devour their companions and more blood essence, their bodies were originally just specks of gold, and the areas they cover become more and larger.

Until they swallowed the second portion of the heart essence and blood, they fell into a deep sleep.

Meng Zhou collected these one hundred and sixty spiritual insects into the insect nest ring.

He knows that when they wake up again, it will be the time when they collectively complete the first-level to second-level transformation.

Looking at these sleeping spiritual insects, Meng Zhou's heart moved and he took out an idle Na Kong gourd and completed the sacrifice.

Then, he took a large amount of his heart essence and blood and deposited it into it.

In the past, there was no need for this, but this time, it further strengthened his understanding that the heart essence and blood are also a precious resource.

It is also a rapidly renewable resource.

For other practitioners, because of their weak foundation, this "renewability" is not very obvious.

But for Meng Zhou, it was very exaggerated.

His advantage in this aspect is, without exaggeration, greater than the gap in combat power between him and ordinary foundation builders.

In the past, it was okay if there was no urgent need in this regard. Now that he has decided to raise this kind of spiritual insect, he decided to continue to collect the surplus part like the white lotus spiritual marrow.

After dealing with these, Meng Zhou put away the insect nest ring and looked at the other empty gourd.

In order to facilitate the storage of various items, Meng Zhou now sacrifices a large number of Nakong gourds.

One of the empty gourds imitates the pendant space and contains some spiritual water rich in spiritual energy and air rich in spiritual energy. It is paved with smooth pebbles. On a stone in the center of the water, there is a piece of Tai Sui flesh and blood.

This piece of Tai Sui flesh and blood is half submerged in water and half exposed in the air.

Basically a complete restoration was achieved.

At first, Meng Zhou thought about taking out these Tai Sui flesh and blood and raising them in a pond.

No matter how you think about it, it is more suitable than keeping it in a closed space.

But this idea will only be extinguished in one lifetime - extinguished by himself.

It's hard to cut this matter off from the beginning to the end, and it's better not to add extraneous ramifications.

At this moment, Meng Zhou turned his attention to this piece of Tai Sui flesh and blood, but he was not paying attention to its growth, but wanted to conduct an experiment.

Previously, through some simple experiments, Meng Zhou had a more personal experience with Tai Sui's flesh and blood.

For example, they have terrifying vitality.

Divide them into two parts, and if you continue to put them together, it will not take long for them to heal into one part.

Even if you grind them into finer pieces, as long as you put them together, they will eventually become a complete piece again.

It's just that it took a little longer.
To be continued...