After wandering through the primeval forest for a while, Xiao Shuang casually carved out a small cave.
With battle qi to aid him, excavating the small cave was not difficult.
Once he cleared out the broken stones, his simple shelter was taken care of.
He also set a few traps at the entrance to prevent magical beasts from wandering in.
With his shelter settled, Xiao Shuang began cultivating. It was currently noon outside, and even beneath the cover of the trees, the heat was still palpable.
Walking out of the cave, Xiao Shuang first struck a nearby tree. Once its leaves fell, ice-blue battle qi spread over them, and frost condensed once more.
It was still the Frosty Snow Step. An hour of training each day was enough; being too eager for quick success would only backfire.
He still had several Profound-tier combat skills, which could only be trained through battles with magical beasts.
With sparring partners, combat skill training would yield twice the results with half the effort, and his proficiency would make a qualitative leap.
Sitting beneath the shade of a tree, Xiao Shuang looked around. Sure enough, some magical beasts had already emerged impatiently to hunt.
A first-tier Magic Flame Tiger could no longer hold itself back. It leaped onto the tree in a few bounds, its tiger claws gripping the trunk firmly.
With a tiger's roar, the Magic Flame Tiger pounced down from above, biting directly for Xiao Shuang's neck.
Xiao Shuang did not look up. His storage ring flashed, and a long spear stood beside him, ice-blue battle qi coiling around its tip.
Combat skill training was tedious, requiring one to repeat the same movement over and over in search of the most suitable point of exertion.
The Magic Flame Tiger could not dodge in