Mu Yuan's Arduous Training

Chapter 37: Mu Yuan's Grueling Training (Seeking Recommendations and Collections)

The bloodstains on his white robes were from the low-level spirit beasts Mu Yuan had slain.

Several kilometers away, a few Blood Pig Tigers lay in pools of blood. Most shocking of all, they had all been killed with a single sword strike to the throat.

Recalling the scene of killing the Blood Pig Tiger with one sword earlier, Mu Yuan was somewhat dissatisfied.

They said the Blood Pig Tiger possessed the strength of the mid-Spiritual Movement Realm, but its hide was thick and tough, enough to withstand the full force of a late-Spiritual Movement Realm cultivator. Unfortunately, it couldn't withstand his single sword strike.

"Although my current cultivation is in the mid-Spiritual Movement Realm, I no longer fear peak-Spiritual Movement Realm experts. Only Spirit Wheel Realm cultivators would be able to put a little pressure on me," Mu Yuan muttered to himself.

Suddenly.

Sensing a gust of wind from behind him, Mu Yuan turned his head sharply. Hundreds of meters away, he saw a giant white ape, its maw wide open, lunging towards him.

"Mid-level spirit beast, White Spirit Ape King!"

Mu Yuan flickered his body, leaping onto another large tree, dodging the attempted bite.

But the ape's massive mouth bit into the tree he had just been standing on.

The tree immediately exploded into wood chips, its soft wood easily torn apart by the beast's jaws.

Judging by its momentum, if it had bitten him, he would have been reduced to dust.

"Is this the strength of a mid-level spirit beast comparable to the Spirit Wheel Realm? It's truly formidable!"

Mu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, while also inwardly lamenting: How could a mid-level spirit beast appear in the outer regions of the Northern Spiritual Plains?

Mid-level spirit beasts were far superior to low-level spirit beasts in both speed and strength.

With Mu Yuan's current cultivation, he could only attack effectively up to three hundred paces away.

The White Spirit Ape King, however, at a distance of five hundred paces, unleashed its spiritual energy and attacked directly. It was terrifyingly powerful.

"Hmm?"

The White Spirit Ape King stared at Mu Yuan, appearing somewhat surprised that he had dodged its attack. Soon, a cruel smile appeared on its face, its massive fangs bared.

The next moment, its spiritual energy surged like a flood. Its ape-like arms swung out, and it leaped into the air like a roc, its enormous body taking flight.

"How is that possible?"

This completely overturned Mu Yuan's understanding. By the time he reacted, the white ape descended upon him, its giant palm carrying a furious gust of wind, clawing towards him.

Instantly, the air around him turned into a ferocious vortex. He was bound by an unseen force, like a small boat in a storm, unable to break free.

Doom was about to befall him.

With his spiritual energy, he was unable to move against the ape's attack, demonstrating just how ferocious the White Ape was.

"Kill!"

Faced with such pressure, Mu Yuan had no choice but to fight.

He unleashed the power of three Dragon Elephant phantoms and the spiritual energy of his Divine Veins.

All of his golden spiritual energy was channeled into the hand holding the sword sheath.

"Sword Drawing Art!"

"Steel Sever!"

Whoosh!

A golden sword shadow flashed like lightning, as if tearing through the sky.

The next second, with a kacha sound, the sword hilt met the sheath. The White Spirit Ape King's massive body suddenly collapsed, scattering a large amount of dead branches and leaves!

Blood flowed out, clearly indicating its life had been extinguished.

Killed in one strike!

Even Mu Yuan was stunned, then seemed to understand something and chuckled:

"I didn't expect you to become the first test subject for Sword Drawing Art: Steel Sever. It's an honor for you."

That's right, the sword strike had triggered the defense-ignoring effect of Steel Sever.

Mu Yuan's Sword Drawing Art already possessed the power of the Spirit Wheel Realm, ignoring the White Spirit Ape King's spiritual energy. Killing it was within reason.

After narrowly escaping death, Mu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. That was truly a close call.

Fortunately, he had activated the effect of Steel Sever.

Then, Mu Yuan leaped down and used his sword to cut open the White Spirit Ape King's head. At this moment, a white light emanated, and a fist-sized ball of light slowly rose.

Within the light, a miniature White Spirit Ape King could be vaguely seen, emitting faint, wild spiritual energy fluctuations.

This was the Spirit Beast Essence.

Mu Yuan collected this Spirit Beast Essence, scurried up the tree, and leaped deeper into the forest, his hearing and sight fully engaged.

Various sounds entered his mind, almost forming a three-dimensional picture.

"Hmm? What a strong smell of blood? There are dozens of spirit beasts not far away!"

Mu Yuan leaped from the large tree, charging forward with fierce momentum.

He finally reached a clearing in the forest.

He saw over a dozen fiery red giant wolves gnawing on several corpses.

The corpses were clearly those of human powerhouses, with weapons scattered nearby.

It was evident they were an adventuring party who had ventured into the Northern Spiritual Plains.

Unfortunately, they had fallen prey to the Fire Spirit Wolves.

Although not as formidable as the White Spirit Ape King, Fire Spirit Wolves were renowned among late-stage low-level spirit beasts.

Unlike the White Spirit Ape King, which acted alone, they preferred to move in groups, organized and disciplined, moving like the wind through the forest. Adult Fire Spirit Wolves could possess strength at the peak of the Spiritual Movement Realm.

For adventurers, encountering Fire Spirit Wolves was even more troublesome than facing the White Spirit Ape King.

If one encountered a pack of Fire Spirit Wolves in the forest, it was the beginning of a tragedy.

Sensing Mu Yuan's gaze, the ears of the dozen or so Fire Spirit Wolves feeding on the corpses twitched, and they all turned their heads.

Upon seeing Mu Yuan, the pack of Fire Spirit Wolves showed no panic. Instead, one particularly stout male wolf humanely extended its forepaw and waved it at Mu Yuan, as if beckoning him closer.

Its beastly eyes also revealed a deep contempt.

The situation was extremely bizarre.

Just think about it: a wolf waving its paw at you, inviting you closer, with a human-like expression of disdain on its face. What did that even mean?

Spirit beasts had long possessed the complete thought processes of adults; they simply couldn't speak human languages.

Mu Yuan was already accustomed to this.

"Zheng!"

In response to the Fire Spirit Wolves' contempt, Mu Yuan gave the most direct reply. The thumb of his hand gripping the long sword pushed open the sword guard, and a cold glint shot out from the scabbard.

With a "bang," accompanied by the scattering of dead leaves behind him, Mu Yuan shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.

"Overestimating yourself!"

The exceptionally stout male wolf's pair of erect crimson eyes revealed utter disdain and mockery.

In its opinion, how powerful could a mere human youth possibly be?

But it was wrong.

"Sword Drawing Art!"

Mu Yuan's sword was already fully drawn, but due to his incredible speed, it hadn't noticed.

"Ah!"

At that moment, a piercing, bone-chilling pain struck its heart, and the Fire Spirit Wolf let out a shrill scream.

But it couldn't scream again.

Because it was shocked to see fear appear on the ugly beastly faces of the other Fire Spirit Wolves, showing signs of retreating, clearly intending to flee.

It was only then that it reacted, its beastly eyes widening as it looked at its own severed body.

In just five breaths, all the Fire Spirit Wolves were decapitated, leaving a ground covered in corpses.

And a full seventeen late-stage low-level Spirit Beast Essences fell into Mu Yuan's hands.

"Spirit beasts of this strength lack a sufficient challenge; I need to venture deeper."

Of course, the White Spirit Ape King earlier had been an unexpected encounter.

With that thought, Mu Yuan took another step forward.

Just then.

Three figures appeared.

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