Deep into the Monster Mountain Range

"All right! Then I'll teach you another Profound Rank Middle Level combat technique!" Yao Lao once again drew the Mystic Heavy Ruler from Xiao Yan's back into his hand, preparing to demonstrate it for Yun Shu.

After all, watching a combat technique in actual use was much easier to learn from than reading its written description on a scroll.

Not to mention that Yao Lao would be there to guide them...

"Watch closely. This move is called Mystic Iron Heavy Strike!!" Holding the Mystic Heavy Ruler, Yao Lao gradually wrapped it in white energy. Then he suddenly charged at the ground, fiercely smashing the ruler down upon it.

Boom!!!

An immensely powerful shockwave erupted from the Mystic Heavy Ruler, directly blasting Yun Shu and Xiao Yan, who had been watching nearby, into the air...

"Awesome!!" Xiao Yan hurriedly climbed back to his feet and said excitedly. His senior brother had learned another move, which meant he could learn it later too.

"Give it a try!! Little Yan, you can learn this move too!" After tossing the Mystic Heavy Ruler back to Xiao Yan, Yao Lao spoke to the two disciples before him.

"No problem!!" Yun Shu raised an eyebrow. This combat technique was even simpler than Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler. He was confident he could learn it within the day.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud...

Before long, dull booms rang out nearby. Anyone unaware of what was happening would have thought someone was digging up the ground here.

After practicing for most of the day, Yun Shu finally grasped some of the technique's tricks. It turned out this move was not limited to smashing the ground. Its effect was simply to wrap the Mystic Heavy Ruler in energy and deal greater damage.

Smashing the ground was merely one way to use the move. Smashing people with it worked just as well.

To put it plainly, this move should have been called Heavy Strike. It was simply a technique for controlling energy to strengthen the Mystic Heavy Ruler. Since the ruler had been forged from Flame Meteorite Mystic Iron, it was called Mystic Iron Heavy Strike.

"That's about it..." By the afternoon, Yun Shu had more or less comprehended the move. Compared to this, Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler was still harder, since it required controlling a far greater amount of energy.

"Teacher, I'm planning to leave!" After strapping the Mystic Heavy Ruler back onto his back, Yun Shu walked over to Yao Lao, who was floating nearby.

"Leaving so soon?" Yao Lao frowned.

"Can't be helped. Staying by your side would make me too comfortable, so I can only go adventuring alone!" Yun Shu said helplessly.

"Fine, take these!" Yao Lao took out a bag from his Ring of Holding and tossed it to Yun Shu.

"Pills? I still have quite a few on me, and I can refine them myself!" Yun Shu said in surprise.

"It doesn't matter. Xiao Yan has me here, but you're on your own out there, so it's better to keep more on hand," Yao Lao said calmly.

"All right, then thank you, Teacher." Yun Shu nodded and stored the entire bag of Qi Recovery Pills in his Storage Space.

Good lord, he had at least seventy Qi Recovery Pills on him now. He no longer had to worry about running out of Dou Qi.

When Yun Shu had first set out, he already had thirty Qi Recovery Pills on him. After entering the Monster Mountain Range, he refined some more himself. On top of that, whenever his Dou Qi was exhausted, Yun Shu generally did not take Qi Recovery Pills, instead allowing his body's natural recovery ability to restore it.

That was why he had managed to save up so many.

Taking too many Qi Recovery Pills would affect the efficiency of his body's Dou Qi recovery, so whenever he ran out of Dou Qi, Yun Shu would generally only recover through rest.

Only in battle would Yun Shu directly take Qi Recovery Pills to replenish it.

After saying goodbye to Xiao Yan, Yun Shu left and headed deeper into the Monster Mountain Range.

With what Yun Shu had done earlier, Xiao Yan probably would not have any further contact with Little Fairy Doctor. That way, he had claimed another one of Xiao Yan's confidantes. Pretty great...

Not bad at all.

A few days later.

"Fuck!! Critical hit!!" Yun Shu used the Mystic Heavy Ruler to block a Unicorn Charge, then swung the ruler down onto the Magical Beast before him.

Bang!!!

Yet the strike only knocked the Magical Beast back several dozen meters. Yun Shu had no idea whether it had actually been injured.

This was a Second-Order Magical Beast, and a high-level one at that, because Yun Shu was no match for it.

The Magical Beast resembled a tiger, but it had a single horn on its nose and an extremely hard body. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be earth-attributed. Magical Beasts of this attribute generally possessed extremely formidable defense and strength.

"Roar!!" The Magical Beast let out an angry roar, then charged toward Yun Shu. Though it was earth-attributed, it did not seem to possess any ranged attacks. It could only use its horn to charge or its sharp fangs to bite.

"You want to eat me!! Eat shit!!" Yun Shu leaped straight onto the creature's back.

The Magical Beast sensed Yun Shu on its back and began wildly twisting its body, trying to throw him off.

"Whoa!" Yun Shu hurriedly steadied himself, then once again wrapped crimson energy around the Mystic Heavy Ruler. Against a Magical Beast of this level, barehanded attacks no longer did much damage. He had to use energy attacks or weapon attacks for them to be effective.

"Take another one of my Big Sword!!" Yun Shu aimed at the Magical Beast's forehead and smashed down with the ruler.

Bang!!!

That strike was like striking the Magical Beast's pressure point. The instant it was hit, it stopped moving, and its body slowly went limp before collapsing.

"Phew~ Finally took care of it! A mere Second-Order Magical Beast was actually this hard to fight. I'm still way too weak!" Yun Shu wiped the sweat from his forehead, then took out a knife and cracked open the dead Magical Beast's skull.

Over the past few days, Yun Shu had collected twenty-three first-order Magic Cores and five second-order Magic Cores. Altogether, they were worth a few tens of thousands of Gold Coins. Once he accumulated around a hundred thousand Gold Coins' worth in a few more days, he planned to try his luck with a draw.

After all, fighting monsters every day without seeing any results would make anyone lose quite a bit of patience.

It had already been around half a month, yet Yun Shu still showed no signs of breaking through.

If anyone heard what Yun Shu was thinking, they would probably curse him out on the spot. Other people took months, or even years, to break through a minor level. You fucking jumped levels in your breakthrough only half a month ago, and you're already complaining that your breakthroughs are too slow...

"Come to think of it, Yun Yun should be arriving here soon, right? Should I head toward the interior of the Monster Mountain Range?" Yun Shu narrowed his eyes as he secretly pondered.

He was afraid of missing Yun Yun and causing the plot to change drastically. If he missed Yun Yun, she would die in the heart of the Monster Mountain Range, and Yun Lan Sect's Yun Shan would come out to take charge. After all, Nalan Yanran, the young sect mistress who only had the strength of a Dou Zhe or Dou Master, was clearly incapable of becoming sect master yet.

"Forget it. I'll head inward today!" Yun Shu narrowed his eyes, then hurried toward the depths of the Monster Mountain Range.