A Slash That Drew Upon Heaven and Earth

"Honestly, I think if he hadn't learned the Healing Spell so he could treat himself when injured in the Monster Mountain Range and better temper himself, Brother Yun probably wouldn't even have bothered learning it!"

Just as Lin Lei and Beibei were discussing Fengyun's changes over the past few days, the Raptor, which had first been beaten up by Beibei and then passed along to be beaten up by Fengyun, refused to accept this.

It could not defeat Beibei because of the gap in raw strength. But compared to Fengyun, even injured, the Raptor's offense and defense were both superior to Fengyun's.

After all, as a dragon-type magical beast, the Raptor was among the strongest species of Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts.

Its offense and defense were exceptionally formidable. Only its speed was somewhat limited by its size. Still, with its nimble tail, it could remain a step ahead of Fengyun.

But once Fengyun got into the mood, after passing the "warm-up phase," he began serving the Raptor the main course. Every now and then, his entire body turned into a giant one-way floodlight aimed straight at it.

The intense, blinding light made it impossible for the Raptor to open its eyes. With the Raptor blinded, Fengyun freely unleashed attack after attack.

Though there was a two-level gap between them, his Control Over Self realm allowed his incomparably condensed, explosively powerful strikes to break through the Raptor's scale armor.

Yet the thick-skinned Raptor endured Fengyun's attacks head-on. It did not believe Fengyun's stamina and battle qi could sustain such an offensive posture for long. It planned to wait until Fengyun could no longer hold on, then take him out in one burst and vent the frustration of being beaten for no reason when it had merely wanted a drink of water.

But who could have known that Fengyun would only grow more fired up as he fought? Later, when he realized that slashing at intact scales was of little use, he specifically targeted the places where Beibei had bitten it and where he himself had already wounded it.

The Raptor could no longer withstand that. Even controlling its muscles could not stop its wounds from worsening, and it could only flee in disarray.

But with Beibei at his side, the battle-crazed Fengyun was filled with heroic spirit. He decided to stop conserving battle qi and fight to his heart's content, shouting, "Hahaha! Do not flee! Fight me for another three hundred rounds!"

But once the Raptor had resolved to flee, how could he stop it? After only a few more slashes, its retreat became too fast for Fengyun to catch up with.

Feeling somewhat frustrated by his weak foundation, Fengyun simply gathered all the battle qi in his body onto his blade and, following the Light Shadow Slash technique that had become instinctive to him, unconsciously swung the strongest slash he could possibly unleash.

In truth, now that Fengyun had reached Level 5, once battle qi was applied to his blade, it naturally became blade aura. There was no need at all to circulate battle qi according to the route of a Battle Qi Slash.

Doing so after reaching Level 5 was merely a waste of time. However, it was a technique he had practiced from beginning to end, and Light Shadow Slash, Sun Slash, and Illusionary Slash were all important tactical methods for him, so he had yet to forget this habit.

Only, because the moment was so rushed, the blade aura had already been released before the circuit of energy circulation was even complete.

And after it flew out, the power of that strike exceeded not only Fengyun's imagination, but Lin Lei's and Beibei's as well!

Under the morning sun, a semi-transparent, crescent-shaped Light Attribute battle qi slash more than ten meters long appeared behind the fleeing Raptor. Like a cold, waning moon, it flashed toward the Raptor's nape.

The Raptor seemed to sense the approaching danger and turned its head as though it wanted to identify its source. But it had only tilted its head slightly when its enormous head shot into the sky under the force of its own powerful blood pressure.

The Raptor's headless body seemed not to have realized what had happened. It continued running several more steps before crashing to the ground.

By the time Lin Lei, Beibei, and Fengyun realized what had happened, Fengyun staggered and nearly fell. Beibei and Lin Lei hurried to his side to support and protect him.

"Brother Yun, what's wrong?"

Ignoring Lin Lei's anxious question, Fengyun examined himself internally and opened his mouth wide. Feeling that not a trace of battle qi or magical power remained in his body, and that his stamina was nearly exhausted, his lips moved as he weakly endured the hollow feeling in his body and said, "Meat..."

"I... need... food!"

Then he wanted to return to the lakeside to eat the grilled fish and beast meat they had prepared earlier. But when he turned around, he staggered again. If Lin Lei had not been beside him to support him, he might have fallen to the ground.

Watching Lin Lei and Beibei help Fengyun back to the lakeside to drink water and eat meat to replenish his body, Delin still had a trace of shock on his face.

As a Saint-level magus from five thousand years ago, even if he had never seen the real thing, he had seen enough to know what it looked like. Delin Kewote had Saint Warriors among his friends!

"I truly underestimated that child Fengyun's talent. Although he drew upon only a small amount of heaven-and-earth elemental essence, that slash clearly achieved Drawing Upon Heaven and Earth!"

"Comprehending a realm depends on fate. Only when one has accumulated enough and the opportunity arrives can comprehension become possible. Yet such opportunities usually require decades, even centuries, of life to build up enough foundation for a single moment of enlightenment!"

"The deeper the insight, the longer it takes. Yet that child Fengyun actually swung that slash which drew upon heaven and earth in his battle against the Raptor."

"With that slash, even if he cannot enter the Drawing Upon Heaven and Earth realm right now, once he reaches Level 9 Peak and the battle qi within him has accumulated to its limit, he has a chance of reaching the Saint level within thirty years!"

"Grandpa Delin..." Lin Lei, unable to make sense of the situation, sought Delin's help. From Delin, he learned what had just happened and how highly Delin regarded Fengyun.

Lin Lei was stunned by this!

When Fengyun had previously displayed the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy, Reno had said Fengyun had a chance of reaching the Saint level. But Delin had told him that a warrior's Drawing Upon Heaven and Earth realm depended on opportunity, and if Fengyun became too obsessed with breaking through to the third warrior realm of Drawing Upon Heaven and Earth, it might delay his cultivation instead.

But how long had it been since Fengyun last displayed the second warrior realm of Control Over Self and Lifting the Light as if Heavy? Had it even been two months?

Yet Grandpa Delin was now telling him that once Fengyun reached Level 9 Peak, he had a chance of reaching the Saint level within thirty years!

Though Grandpa Delin had merely said that Fengyun had a chance and had not guaranteed it, Lin Lei, who had been overshadowed by Fengyun since childhood and had watched him grow to this point, was filled with surging emotions. He thought, According to Brother Yun, if he cultivates using potions, he can reach Level 7 in less than a year.

Although I don't know how long it will take to go from Level 7 to Level 9, considering Brother Yun's speed—reaching Level 7 before even turning sixteen, before becoming an adult—at most, he should be able to break through to Level 9 in twenty or thirty years. Reaching Level 9 Peak probably won't take much longer either!

In other words, within fifty or sixty years, when most of my classmates from the same generation still have not graduated...

I, Lin Lei Baruch, will have a...

Saint-level friend!

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