Chapter Eighty-Five: Black Tiger Mountain Range

  The sky was filled with strong winds, and Queen Camilla, the Bloodsucking Queen, grabbed Lin Xi and flew through the air at an incredible speed.

  Area of volcanoes and rock pools, flew over quickly.

  "Master, look!"

  Camila suddenly pointed forward and said.

  Lin Xi lowered his head and looked ahead, only to see a massive black mountain range in front of him, with fierce flames raging and stretching across the horizon. The mountainside was ablaze with black flames. From afar, he could sense a surge of ominous energy, like a tidal wave, surging and rising into the sky.

  "Black Tiger Mountain Range!"

  Lin Xi's eyes flickered for a moment. The simple map provided for this mission had marked this place. This was where the Flame Black Tiger was active.

  When Lin Xi looked carefully, he indeed saw several huge Flame Black Tigers, with black flames rising high, scattered on the mountain peaks, roaming everywhere. A few of the Flame Black Tigers had caught wind of the two people from afar and let out a thunderous roar that shook the mountains.

  Lin Xi and Camilla were far apart, but they also felt a strong wave of air fluctuations transmitted here. It was as if they had been whipped, and their hearts involuntarily changed color slightly.

  "Get out!"

  Lin Xidao.

  "Master?!"

  Camilla let out a low cry of surprise:

  "These fierce black tigers are very powerful and too numerous. We can completely ignore them and fly over from the sky. They pose no threat to us."

  The advantage of the flying Vampire Queen was evident at this time. In areas like these, they could be ignored and flown over directly.

  The sky is a natural prison for humans, and even the strongest cultivators in the Refining Qi stage cannot possess the ability to fly or soar through the air until they reach the fourth level of Qi Immortal. At most, they can only have powerful jumping abilities.

  At this point, the strong in the Refining Qi stage don't have too much of an advantage.

  "You forgot, in the task description, for every kill of a Lingqi Realm fierce beast, 30 merit points are rewarded. And the total merit points rewarded by the entire task is 200, I just need to kill seven fierce beasts, which is equivalent to a complete task reward. Where can you find such a good thing?"

  Lin Xidao's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

  The reward for meritorious deeds in the sect is very low. A single Qi-refining realm fierce beast rewards 30 points of meritorious value, and this reward is already quite generous. At the very least, it's more generous than other tasks.

  Lin Xixin guessed that all the ferocious beasts in the entire Black Dragon Space possessed powerful fire element properties, which were exactly what Dan Ding Lao needed to refine his pills.

  After all, when you submit the task, it's impossible to be empty-handed and say that I killed a hundred fierce beasts in the refining air boundary. It's just talk, no proof, must submit sufficient evidence of killing to get 30 points of merit value. General things like claws, fur, etc., may not be convincing enough, but rather need powerful things like beast hearts, beast dan, and skulls.

  These things are obviously used for alchemy by the sects.

  "Thick rewards for collecting Dragon's Blood Grass and Dragon's Blood Fruit, plus additional kill rewards. This task is not ordinary!"

  Lin Xi thought to herself.

  If he misses such a good opportunity, he won't be Lin Xi anymore.

  "But... there are hundreds of them up here, and not all of them are at the first level of Qi Refining. There are quite a few who have reached the second and third levels, and we can't handle that."

  Vampire Queen Camilla felt a series of ferocious auras rising from the mountains, making her heart tremble with fear.

  "Don't worry. As the saying goes, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers. These fierce black tigers aren't pack animals and don't understand human tactics of mutual assistance. As long as we lure them out one by one, it's not a problem at all."

  Lin Xi waved his hand and said.

  "But who's going to lead?"

  Camilla Road

  Lin Xi didn't say anything, he just looked at the noble vampire queen.

  “……”

  Camila.

  As Lin Xi said, although the Blazing Black Tigers are numerous, they will not gather in groups like the Blood Vampires. They demarcate their territories with scent markings and do not interfere with each other. In this regard, the Blazing Black Tigers still maintain the habits of ordinary tigers.

  Soon, Vampire Queen Camilla lured a Flame Black Tiger over.

  Boom! ——

  When the fierce flame black tiger runs, the ground shakes and the momentum is unmatched. Especially when its whole body is rolling with black flames, it's clear that the temperature is extremely high, and there's also fire poison, which can't be resisted by ordinary flesh and blood.

  "Hurry up, master! The flames on this Lava Black Tiger's body are too overwhelming for me!"

  Camilla was right, the Vampire Queen relied on her powerful physique. Her body could even break through true energy with its brute force, but when it came to flames of such high temperatures, she was extremely fearful.

  If it weren't for the Blood Queen slowly recovering her powerful healing abilities, this Flame Black Tiger wouldn't even dare to touch him.

  "Alright, move aside. Just dodge its attacks from the side. I'll take care of it!"

  Lin Xi said through his mind.

  A martial artist of the tenth rank, even the fierce flames outside the body of the Black Tiger cannot penetrate. This is also why this task is not recommended for named disciples to receive.

  Only the true energy of a strong Refining Qi Realm cultivator is not afraid of being burned by the black flames of the fierce flame black tiger.

  "Roar! ——"

  Lin Xi hadn't even rushed forward yet, but the fierce flame black tiger had already sensed a threat. Its big mouth opened wide, and a sheet of black flames that seemed like a vast ocean surged out, rushing over in a torrent.

  "Will it spit fire again?"

  Lin Xi was startled. This habit is somewhat similar to Hei Long's.

  It is said that most of the ferocious beasts in the Black Dragon Space are related to the Black Dragon by blood and are its descendants. Now it seems that this is not entirely a rumor.

  "Welcome!"

  Lin Xixin's mind stirred, and a mighty true energy burst out of her body, instantly transforming into a thick wall of air that protected her figure.

  "Air Wall", this is the most basic application of true energy. With true energy wrapped around, transformed into a thick wall, surrounding the body tightly, water can't penetrate.

  In the Refining Qi stage, this technique is called "Iron Wall". It means that it is cast in iron and will never be broken.

  The first level of the Refining Qi Realm is called "Iron Wall".

  Although it's a very simple technique, it's quite practical. However, the cost of using it is not low, and you must have extremely strong true energy.

  "Ah!"

  Flames raged, burning Lin Xi's true energy with a sizzling sound. However, just like that, Lin Xi's true energy was constantly replenished, and these scorching black flames couldn't break through the thick wall of air outside Lin Xi's body.

  Lin Xi was surrounded by a sea of black flames, like hell itself, but he stood at the center of the inferno, calm and composed, not a hint of panic on his face. In fact, the air wall isolated him, and he couldn't even feel a hint of heat.

  "Roar! ——"

  A loud whistle, the flames parted, a black tiger with fierce and violent aura, more than one person tall, burst out like lightning.

  The fierce flames of the black tiger are boundless, and with this pounce, even a mountain peak can be shattered.

  "Welcome!"

  Lin Xi's eyes lit up, and the thick aura surrounding his body suddenly rotated, transforming into a straight aura wall, like a heavy steel gate, rumbling loudly as it heavily smashed towards Lie Yan Hei Hu.

  Rumble!

  Blazing flames shot out in all directions, Lin Xi's move pushed the Golden Mountain and overturned the Jade Pillar, heavily smashing onto the body of the Blazing Flame Black Tiger. With a loud crash, this Blazing Flame Black Tiger at the Refining Qi realm let out a sorrowful roar, was smashed to rebound, like a dog, heavily thrown to the ground, smashed half to death!

  "The initial cultivation of refining one's Qi!"

  Lin Xi's eyes lit up, and he quickly evaluated the strength of this Blazing Black Tiger.

  This is the most basic cultivation of the Refining Qi Realm, and Lin Xi is enough to deal with it.

  "Roar!"

  Not far away, the fierce black tiger flipped over and got up. Although its body was covered in blood, it was not dead yet. A pair of tiger eyes stared fiercely at Lin Xi, as if seeing an enemy.

  Lin Xi didn't mind either.

  "Camilla, help me out with this one. I'll use this black tiger to hone my skills!"

  Lin Xi suddenly rushed out.

  His body was covered in a layer of Qi that resembled armor, protecting him from the flames on Lava Tiger's body.

  "Great Sage Explodes!"

  "Splitting Mount Hua with one's bare hands!"

  "Forward Collapse Fist!"

  "Upside-down weeping willow!"

  …………

  Lin Xi had the intention to try out his own strength after taking the "Lei Gong Dan", so he used the ultimate technique of martial arts. Whether it was the power of Lie Yan Hei Hu or Lin Xi's power, they were both at the level of uprooting mountains and overturning rivers.

  This battle was a fierce and intense fight. After Lin Xi used the "Big Cannon Punch" from his national art, the Blazing Black Tiger's brain burst open, its limbs went limp, and it unwillingly fell to the ground.

  "Hmm, Master, I reckon this Blazing Black Tiger died quite unwillingly. You're probably the strongest human it's ever met, and I think it was exhausted in the end."

  Vampire Queen Camilla floated in mid-air, hugging her arms and cackling with glee.

  "Don't laugh over there. Cut out the heart and beast dan of this fierce flame black tiger for me, and then quickly bring two more over for me."

  Lin Xi said calmly.

  Although this war took a bit longer, it was worth it.

  Lin Xi already knew that with his physical strength alone, he could already contend with an ordinary first-rank cultivator. To know that a first-rank cultivator relied on the true energy throughout their body, and Lin Xi's physique already possessed such great power, not to mention the majestic true energy within his body.

  Lin Xi now also felt the benefits of having a strong physical body. In battle, with the same level of strength, Lin Xi would definitely have more endurance than his opponent and could last longer.

  And what's more, the same attack, when it landed on Lin Xi's body, caused much lighter injuries compared to others.

  "Two heads?"

  Camilla glared at him. Her eyes rounded and her smile was gone.

  "Hmm. Both heads, my strength, where is the bottom line? This way, in the future when encountering enemies, I'll also have a plan in mind and be able to grasp the degree of war. Not blindly underestimating the enemy, nor blindly belittling myself."

  Lin Xi said lightly.

  Know yourself and know your enemy, you can win every battle!

  This sentence is not only suitable for military warfare, but also applies to the world of martial arts and the world of immortal Taoism.

  Those who act blindly and impulsively, and misjudge the situation, basically all die halfway.