Chapter 120: The Crimson Scaled Beast

  "Ordinary disciples, even those top twenty masters on the Divine List who have achieved sword mastery, would avoid confronting a Lord-level ferocious beast at all costs. And yet... I'm actually going to go look for one..."

  Qin Tianyi, who was swiftly shuttling through the jungle, couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.

  All this is due to the reason of too fast cultivation and loss of balance between essence, energy and spirit.

  "The Divine Void Holy Mountain opens once a year, and although the ferocious beasts, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures within it change slightly each year, they are generally similar... According to the intelligence provided by Liang Zhong for me... 160 kilometers deep into the Divine Void Holy Mountain, there is a mountain valley that stretches 20 kilometers in length. That valley is where the Lord-level ferocious beasts gather, with at least ten Lord-level ferocious beasts lurking within... This information was brought out at the cost of his life by a student who had cultivated to the peak of the second stage of Sword Master thirteen years ago..."

  As he pondered, Qin Tianyi's figure had already drawn closer and closer to the mountain valley that was his destination.

  It's not just this mountain valley, but also the surrounding areas, where many powerful ferocious beasts are lurking, to the point that this region has almost become a forbidden place in the minds of the students of the Divine Void Academy, except for those who rank among the top twenty on the Divine List and have a team led by a Sword Master, no swordsman dares to venture deep into this area.

  "Whoosh!"

  In the midst of a frantic dash, Qin Tianyi's sword suddenly shot out from his hand, with true yuan pouring in, and a thousand-year-old sword emitted a sharp sword energy. A hidden eighth-level fierce beast, the Purple Electric Mongoose, pounced down from among the leaves, only to be pierced by one sword, letting out a mournful cry as it fell to the ground.

  "An eighth-level ferocious beast... The power of Qi and blood contained within its body is too weak."

  With one sword strike, the purple electric weasel was killed. Qin Tianyi's body didn't stop for a moment and quickly rushed towards the mountain valley direction. His 2.7 spiritual degree was suppressed by external forces, unable to extend outwards and form a spiritual domain covering his surroundings. However, it also allowed Qin Tianyi's sensitivity to the outside world to greatly increase.

  Even when some ferocious beasts rapidly approached and stimulated the power of Qi and blood, he could still have a sense of it in his mind. This kind of spiritual connection was actually not much inferior to that of the spiritual realm.

  "At least a tenth-level fierce beast..."

  In the midst of his muttering, Qin Tianyi had already burst out of the forest and into a vast mountain valley. A moment later, a wide river came into view, stretching deep into the mountains, its length unknown. From time to time, ferocious beasts could be seen drinking from the river or fighting with other beasts nearby.

  "It's here... Because the trees in the valley are relatively sparse, this place is not conducive to hiding. Once discovered by a fierce beast, we must be prepared to face the pursuit of most fierce beasts..."

  Qin Tianyi stood outside the jungle, looking down at the many ferocious beasts in his field of vision. After a moment, he locked onto a beast with a body like that of a tiger or leopard, but full of explosive power.

  "There was actually a tenth-level Crimson Scale Beast, and the Crimson Scale Beast had the bloodline of the Dragon Beast. Although it had been diluted through countless generations and lost its hope of advancing to become a Dragon Beast, the existence of those thin Dragon Beast bloodlines on its body was a fact. Being able to devour such a tenth-level ferocious beast would have an effect on supplementing my internal energy almost equivalent to one-third of a leader-level ferocious beast."

  Taking a glance around, there wasn't any powerful Lord-level ferocious beast present. Qin Tianyi didn't hide his figure and accelerated to the extreme, charging straight at the Red Scaled Beast that was nearly a thousand meters away from him.

  Qin Tianji ran out of the forest, and was immediately detected by a nearby fierce beast. The closest seventh-level fierce beast roared in anger, ready to charge forward and tear apart this human who had invaded its territory.

  However, before it could get close to Qin Tianyi's body, a sword energy had already shot out, killing the seventh-level fierce beast in mid-air with one sword. After that, his figure didn't stop at all, and he sprinted at full speed. After striking down another eighth-level fierce beast, he quickly crossed the distance between himself and the Red Scale Beast.

  "Roar!"

  Realizing it had been made a target, the Red Scale Beast let out a low growl from its mouth.

  However, Qin Tianyi's instant killing of the two ferocious beasts made it feel the horror of the human in front of it, and after letting out a terrifying roar, it quickly turned around and fled.

  "Want to go?"

  Qin Tianyi let out a light laugh. A tenth-level ferocious beast, to his half-year-ago self, was an invincible existence. Even if he were to escape from one in front of him, it would be a life-or-death situation.

  But at present...

  The situation has been completely reversed.

  With the force under his feet, Qin Tianyi seemed to burst out like a flash of light, instantly catching up to the Red Scale Beast ten meters away. The whirlwind in his body rotated frantically, and a large amount of true yuan was continuously activated from within his body, pouring into the Thousand Year Sword, causing the sharp aura on the sword body to reach its limit.

  "Fūun Shōjin! De arimasu!" -> "The Stormy Weather Seal is released!"

  Sword energy bursts into the air!

  A visible sword aura burst out from the Thousand Ancient Sword, traversing through the void and instantly striking the body of the Crimson Scaled Beast, piercing this tenth-level ferocious beast with a single sword.

  "Roar!"

  The Crimson Scaled Beast let out a pained roar from its mouth, the ferocious beast's powerful vitality allowed it to not die even with its body pierced through, instead its ferocity increased, twisting its body and pouncing towards Qin Tianyu.

  It was just that, in the twist of its body, the flesh exerted force, and the muscles surged. Qin Tianyi's strong spirit had already detected the abnormality on its body. This sudden turn of its head and pounce downwards happened to deliver its own skull right into Qin Tianyi's face.

  With a sharp sword that had been tempered to the extreme, blood splattered everywhere. This tenth-level ferocious beast was beheaded by him in this brief moment of confrontation.

  "A tenth-grade fierce beast... and it also has the dragon beast bloodline... if this corpse is taken outside, it can be sold for tens of thousands of taels with ease. Those first- or second-grade swordsmen who are in the Body Refining stage only need to drink a few mouthfuls of its fresh blood to possibly break through and enter the third-grade swordsman ranks immediately."

  Qin Tianji's hand grasped the ancient sword, and with one swift motion, he directly plucked out the inner dan of this tenth-level ferocious beast.

  Really made Qin Tianyi swallow several heads of giant Lord-level ferocious beasts, and he himself was also somewhat unbearable, so he could only seek secondary, taking the ferocious beast's inner dan.

  The inner elixir of the ferocious beast is actually the essence of the ferocious beast's life, condensed and formed. The energy contained within it is mostly composed of the power of qi and blood. If taken, it may not be as effective in supplementing qi and blood as swallowing a ferocious beast, but it won't be much different either.

  "Roar!"

  Just as Qin Tianyi was extracting the inner elixir from the Red Scaled Beast, a series of seven or eight angry roars suddenly came from a small forest three kilometers away. Two of the roars were particularly loud and clear, like a tiger's roar echoing through the mountains, causing even Qin Tianyi, who was three kilometers away, to feel his eardrums vibrating.

  "Lord-level ferocious beast!? Listening to the roar, it's a Lord-level Crimson Scaled Beast. The Crimson Scaled Beast has dragon-beast bloodline and has a certain probability of advancing to the Lord-level ferocious beast level! Unexpectedly, there is actually a small group of Crimson Scaled Beasts here."

  Noticing the several Scarlet Scaled Beasts rushing towards him, Qin Tianyi's face wore a hint of a smile. After swallowing the inner core of this tenth-level Scarlet Scaled Beast in one breath, his figure had already welcomed the leader-level Scarlet Scaled Beast head-on.

  Tenth-grade fierce beast inner elixir, for the previous Qin Tianyi, perhaps need to concentrate his mind, in order to slowly refine it. One careless move, and there is a risk of being blown up by the power of the inner elixir. But now...

  With the powerful spiritual force surging into his body, the true yuan vortex covering his entire dantian began to rotate at a terrifying speed. The majestic energy and blood of the tenth-grade ferocious beast's inner dan was instantly dissolved, crushed, and refined by the whirlwind. Later, under Qin Tianji's conscious guidance, it permeated into every cell of his body.

  Soon, Qin Tianyi, who was running wildly, could feel a surge of heat all over his body, and with every move he made, he felt an abundance of energy and strength that seemed boundless, rushing up to his head.

  "The power of Qi and Blood has increased by at least 20%, and after fully refining this inner elixir, it should be able to increase to 25% or even 30%..."

  The growth of his Qi and blood did not stop Qin Tianyi's footsteps, and soon he had rushed into the small forest, rushing in the direction where those few Red Scaled Beasts were.

  However, when he rushed into this not-so-dense small forest, what he saw first was not the Red Scale Beast, but three rather disheveled students who were quickly fleeing out of the forest, seemingly wanting to leave this mountain valley.

  These three students, Qin Tianyi is no exception, all know each other.

  It turned out to be several proud disciples of the top-notch instructor Han Yue, Wang Si, who was seventh on the Divine Communication List, and Liu Yuan and Hua Niang, who were also famous on the list.

  At this moment, the three people's gaze towards Qin Tianyi was filled with resentment, especially Wang Si. If it weren't for considering his relationship with their teacher, they probably wouldn't be able to hold back from speaking out in rebuke.

  "Uh..."

  Without thinking, Qin Tianyi could guess that they were hiding in the forest with ulterior motives. However, because he had killed the Red Scale Beast, its dying roar had startled all the nearby Red Scale Beasts, making it impossible for them to hide in the small woods any longer. They had no choice but to come out ahead of time and try to escape.

  At this, Qin Tianyi could only helplessly shake his head, but his figure was not slow, and he quickly passed by Wang Si and others, rushing towards the red-scaled beast that had already charged out of the forest.

  Upon witnessing this scene, Wang Si was shocked and hastily shouted: "Qin Tianyi, you're crazy! Among those seven Red Scale Beasts, two have reached the Lord level, while the other five are all at least tenth-level. Fierce beasts are already stronger than us humans to begin with. One Lord-level fierce beast with dragon beast bloodline is not something even I would dare confront, let alone you who only reached Sword Master realm through the power of elixirs. And now there's two...

  "Two heads..."

  Qin Tianyi didn't pay attention to Wang Si, his eyes locked onto the seven scarlet-scaled beasts that rushed out.

  To be precise, they are two-headed leader-level Crimson Scaled Beasts.

  "It's indeed a bit of trouble."

  Even if Qin Tianji's current cultivation has reached the peak of the second stage, if he is surrounded by two Red Scale Beasts, there is still some danger...

  Especially if he wasn't mistaken, one of these two Crimson Scaled Beasts had already reached the middle-rank Lord level...

  "It must be eliminated first with lightning-fast means!"

  At this point, Qin Tianyi's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness.

  "Number two, overload mode activated... X-01 bio-mech suit, normal mode activated..."