Gray Winged Cloud Goose

The combined technique of Absorption Palm and Cloud Dispelling Palm could not be used in the Slaughter Shop, while Mountain Splitting Palm had hit a major bottleneck and become rather useless.

Things were much better out here in the wilderness. No one was there to restrain Feng Wu; he could fight however he wanted.

He would first train these two combat techniques to Major Completion.

Moreover, although the Fierce Beasts in the wild were much stronger— even the weakest could rival a domesticated bull— they also yielded generous experience and rewards.

The three Fierce Beasts he had hunted that morning alone had given him over 5 experience points in total, as well as nearly 3 proficiency experience points.

Though they were not as easy to kill as the livestock readily available at the Slaughter Shop, those three alone had already earned him more than a third of his usual daily gains.

Magical Beasts also appeared in the wilderness. But this was merely the outskirts of Wu Tan City, not the Magical Beast Mountain Range where they could be seen everywhere. They were hard to find.

Feng Wu wandered through the mountains and forests until nearly noon without catching sight of a single Magical Beast.

Left with no choice, he found an open area beside a stream and rested there.

He gathered stones and dry sticks scattered everywhere, piled them into a fire pit, then lit it with a firestarter. A campfire was complete.

He broke off several branches still rich with moisture to make a simple roasting rack, took out the Exploding Porcupine meat he had stored that morning, washed it clean, and skewered it on a stick. That was Feng Wu's lunch for the day.

The fire burned fiercely. In less than a quarter hour, the sizzling sound of dripping fat filled his ears. Every drop of grease that fell into the flames sent up a spray of sparks, while releasing a rich, mouthwatering aroma of meat!

"Perfect!" Even Feng Wu could not help praising it. He casually pinched up a tiny bit of crystal salt and flicked his hand, scattering it evenly over the surface of the roasted meat.

In an instant, the salt crystals quietly melted under the combined heat and juices, blending perfectly into the food!

This was the final step. Perfect ingredients often required only the simplest cooking methods!

"Now it's time for me to enjoy this feast alone. Life is great when I don't have to fight Xiao Yu for food!"

Feng Wu held up the roasting stick with both hands, about to dig in. But clearly, one guest did not agree!

"Caw!" A harsh, grating cry rang out overhead. Feng Wu looked up and saw a gray-black bird-like beast!

"Rank 1 Magical Beast, Gray Winged Cloud Goose!" He had searched the wilderness around Wu Tan City all morning without finding a true Magical Beast. Who would have thought one would deliver itself right to his door while he was roasting meat?

By the time Feng Wu spotted it, the Gray Winged Cloud Goose was already diving down. Not daring to take it head-on, Feng Wu leaped backward!

"Boom—crack!" The Gray Winged Cloud Goose's downward dive was incredibly powerful. The gale and claws it carried directly overturned the fire pit and shattered the roasting rack. Wrapped in clusters of flame, it shot upward again!

If Feng Wu had been caught off guard and stepped on by the Gray Winged Cloud Goose just now, he would likely have suffered serious injuries!

Magical Beasts truly could not be compared to ordinary wild beasts. This was a Wind Attribute Magical Beast, with powerful speed and attack strength!

And it was a flying Magical Beast, making it especially troublesome.

"Got your eye on my roast?" Feng Wu waved the rescued meat in his hand at the Gray Winged Cloud Goose overhead, trying to lure it down!

The Gray Winged Cloud Goose was not very intelligent and indeed took the bait! As it circled above Feng Wu's head, it dove down again!

"Good, just what I wanted. I was afraid you wouldn't come down!" Feng Wu wore a deeply confident expression.

Many people had suffered when fighting flying Magical Beasts like the Gray Winged Cloud Goose because they could not fly. But Feng Wu would not. He had ranged attacks.

"Twenty meters, fifteen meters... ten meters, eight meters, now!" Feng Wu calculated the distance as the Gray Winged Cloud Goose swooped down. When the airflow had begun battering the top of his head, Feng Wu made his move!

Absorption Palm surged forth, and the Gray Winged Cloud Goose's approach suddenly accelerated! There was even a trace of humanlike mockery in its eyes as it used the pull to abruptly speed up!

In an instant, it closed to within five meters of Feng Wu!

But then—Cloud Dispelling Palm!

When the Gray Winged Cloud Goose came within three meters of Feng Wu, he finally struck!

With a "crack!", blood sprayed from the Gray Winged Cloud Goose's right wing, which bent backward at an unnatural angle!

Accompanied by a harsh screech of agony, it spiraled out of control and crashed down at an angle. At the same time, Feng Wu hurriedly leaped aside to avoid being caught in its fall.

When he turned back, Feng Wu felt far more at ease as he watched the Gray Winged Cloud Goose struggle to its feet with a mournful cry. "Now you've only got one wing left. Let's see how you fly!"

With one wing broken, the Gray Winged Cloud Goose could only run on land. Those two legs had lost their speed, and its attacks had weakened greatly as well.

Feng Wu was no longer worried in the slightest. In this state, the Gray Winged Cloud Goose might not even be stronger than the weakest Rank 1 Magical Beast, the Green Wood Fox.

But!

"Whoosh—!" Just as Feng Wu calmly approached, wondering how to deal with the Gray Winged Cloud Goose,

the Gray Winged Cloud Goose used its one remaining wing to activate its battle qi, kicking up a cloud of gray wind and dust.

This was the Gray Winged Cloud Goose's innate skill!

"Cough, cough, cough—damn it!" Feng Wu emerged from the dust with a face full of dirt, then leaped onto the Gray Winged Cloud Goose as it tried to flee!

He rained blows down on it while cursing nonstop! As for the roasted meat in his hand, it had long been covered in dust and had been thrown away by Feng Wu!

"I'll teach you to dirty my food! I'll teach you to dirty my food!" Feng Wu viciously rode the struggling Gray Winged Cloud Goose and twisted off its other wing!

"If you won't let me eat meat today, then I'll eat you instead!"

In the end, amid the Gray Winged Cloud Goose's despairing final caw, Feng Wu crushed its head between the two palm techniques, finally killing it in a fit of rage!

At the same time, however, a bluish crystal fell out from the Gray Winged Cloud Goose's head.

"It dropped a Magic Crystal? That's not bad." Feng Wu's expression finally improved somewhat. The odds of a low-rank Soul Beast directly dropping a Magic Crystal were not very high.

"A wind-element Magic Crystal. It'll go perfectly with my Absorption Palm and Cloud Dispelling Palm." Feng Wu picked up the Magic Crystal and casually embedded it into his gloves.

His gloves had been made with reserved slots for embedded crystals. At the moment, they already held four Magic Crystals: red, green, gold, and earth.

They were respectively a fire-element Magic Crystal that enhanced his fire battle qi, a Wood Attribute Magic Crystal that improved endurance and recovery, a metal-element Magic Crystal that enhanced the equipment's durability and close-range punching power, and finally an earth-element Magic Crystal that strengthened defense and resistance to pressure.

Now, with this wind-element Magic Crystal—which he had failed to find no matter how much he searched the marketplace within Wu Tan City—to enhance the power of his Absorption Palm and Cloud Dispelling Palm, everything was complete!

"Hahaha, so flashy!" Feng Wu looked at the five-colored Magic Crystals on each knuckle and smugly snapped his fingers, striking a spark.

"Cool!" Only men could understand the charm of the Infinity Gloves!