Chapter 37

The Earth-Rending Bear was blasted backward, the flesh on its arms split open and turned outward. Lin Xuan's slash had sunk three inches into its flesh.

"Die!"

Lin Xuan drove his footwork and pressed forward, refusing to let even the slightest opportunity slip away.

His saber tore through the air as the Earth-Rending Bear retreated frantically, its wounds growing ever more severe.

It could not help letting out terrified roars and even tried to turn and flee.

But it knew that running would only make it die faster. It struggled to fend him off, as though hoping for a miracle.

Unfortunately, Lin Xuan disappointed it. With the Body Forging Peak combined with Blood Rage, Lin Xuan's combat power erupted to its utmost limit.

He could battle Blood Refinement cultivators!

Squelch!

At last, a minute later, Lin Xuan's saber plunged deep into the Earth-Rending Bear's chest. The sharpness of a finest mortal weapon was fully displayed.

Boom!

The Earth-Rending Bear's massive body collapsed, smashing a huge crater into the ground.

Buzz!

The Soul Suppressing Pagoda trembled within Lin Xuan's mind, stealing ten years of time and a large mass of blood qi.

At this moment, he had twenty-two years of cultivation time remaining, along with a large mass of blood qi.

At last, Lin Xuan's gaze relaxed, boundless joy flooding his heart. He abruptly turned around, ignoring the Earth-Rending Bear. Instead, he grabbed Ling Yan's body, found the Gale Wind Horse, and left at once.

A battle had just taken place here. There was no guarantee that demon beasts or people entering Yan Hui Mountain would not be drawn over.

Only after traveling for more than ten minutes did Lin Xuan stop and let out a long breath.

He pulled Ling Yan's corpse off the Gale Wind Horse's back, patted the horse on its rump, released the reins, and let the Gale Wind Horse gallop into the forest.

Only after watching it disappear did Lin Xuan crouch down and look at Ling Yan's corpse...

"Ten Qi Blood Pills, ten Healing Pills, ten Qi Recovery Pills, one Superior Mortal Weapon longsword, some miscellaneous medicinal ingredients, and a full three thousand Contribution Points."

"An outer sect disciple was actually this wealthy."

In the dense forest, Lin Xuan had already removed Ling Yan's Spatial Ring and Disciple Token, claiming every last one of her possessions for himself.

"They say murder and arson earn you a golden belt. That saying really isn't wrong at all."

Looking at Ling Yan, Lin Xuan felt not the slightest pity. He even sighed with emotion.

Having left the Holy Land for just one day this time, his gains had truly been enormous.

Not only had his cultivation broken through to the Body Forging Peak, but Concealed Breath Stride had also entered the Minor Success stage.

Within the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, he still had twenty-two years of cultivation time remaining, as well as a large mass of blood qi.

"I'll absorb the blood qi first and improve myself further."

Muttering to himself, Lin Xuan sank his consciousness into the Myriad Ages in an Instant Space.

The blood qi was thick as slurry. Even with Lin Xuan absorbing it at full force using the Divine Firmament Body Tempering Art, it took a full six years to drain it completely.

Cultivation Time Remaining: 16 years.

His consciousness returned to his body, and Lin Xuan could sense that his progress at the Body Forging Peak had advanced by a large margin.

"If I could get another three or four masses of blood qi like that, I should be able to break through Body Forging and enter Blood Refinement, the second minor realm of the Mortal Realm."

Unfortunately, such an opportunity would not come so easily.

Lin Xuan sighed inwardly, then looked at Ling Yan's corpse once more.

Ling Yan's corpse had to be dealt with. While no one might discover it in this desolate wilderness, it was better to be cautious, just in case.

Without another word, Lin Xuan tossed Ling Yan's corpse onto the Gale Wind Horse's back and led the horse through the dense forest.

Before long, Lin Xuan spotted three Dire Wolves in the forest.

Activating Concealed Breath Stride, Lin Xuan silently approached the Dire Wolves. His blood qi erupted, and Ling Yan's corpse was immediately flung into the air, landing before the three Dire Wolves.

"Awoo..."

The three Dire Wolves were startled. They instantly sprang up, their bodies taut as bowstrings, taking up fighting stances as their wary gazes swept the surroundings.

Yet several minutes passed, and they failed to discover Lin Xuan, who had concealed every trace of his aura and was watching them from within a thicket.

At last, the overpowering scent of blood washed away their reason. The three Dire Wolves almost simultaneously turned around, then tore into Ling Yan's corpse without the slightest restraint.