Upon seeing the eighth-rank eagle appear, Jiang Liu pushed off the ground and launched himself into the air. He activated his flying technique and continued to ascend, surpassing the eagle's height. He then Eight Steps of Trampling to take two steps, instantly stopping the eighth-rank eagle in its tracks.
Jiang Liu stomped his foot, and the eagle was struck as if by a heavy blow, screaming as it plummeted to the ground. Just before it hit the ground, the eagle flapped its wings and took flight again.
Jiang Liu saw the eagle take flight again, its body plummeting downwards. He swung his sword at the eagle, which cried out and flapped its wings, trying to escape the range of the sword's light.
There was no chance this time. The blade struck the eagle directly, splitting it in two. An eighth-grade beast core, glowing with a yellow aura, fell to the ground along with the eagle. Jiang Liu stretched out his hand, transforming his Yuan Qi, and scooped up the beast core.
Then, Jiang Liu launched a series of attacks, wielding his Ice Blade repeatedly. The remaining sixth-grade Iron Beak Eagles scattered and fled. Jiang Liu couldn't catch up, leaving only nine behind, with less than half escaping.
At this point, the Iron Beak Eagles clan could no longer establish itself in this canyon. However, this Iron Beak Eagles clan, consisting of an eighth-rank eagle and a group of sixth-rank eagles, had been hunted to extinction!
Jiang Liu collected the ten beast cores and then flew upwards along the canyon, hoping to find some treasures in the lair of an eighth-grade Exotic Beast.
Flying to the top of the cliff, a huge eagle's nest appeared before him. Jiang Liu went inside and found it surprisingly clean, with no unpleasant odor.
Jiang Liu went inside and searched for a long time, but didn't find any treasures. Could I have been wrong? They must be quite poor, otherwise the lineage wouldn't be so severe.
Jiang Liu simply gave up the idea of treasure hunting and left Eagle Cliff.
Let's continue today's hunting training.
The next day, early morning,
Jiang Liu woke up from his meditation, ate breakfast, and continued his journey deeper into the mountains.
Now, unless absolutely necessary, Jiang Liu doesn't even want to touch a sixth-grade Exotic Beast. After all, the spiritual energy extracted from a sixth-grade Exotic Beast isn't much more than what he gets from meditation. Just like last night, refining the core of a sixth-grade Iron Beak Eagles didn't yield much more spiritual energy than meditation.
Not far from the forest, as they entered the grass, Jiang Liu initially didn't notice that the air around him was getting lower and lower. It wasn't until he saw the water on the grass next to him starting to freeze that Jiang Liu sensed something was wrong.
Jiang Liu quickly released his consciousness to investigate.
Even with all my awareness, I couldn't detect anything unusual; the temperature was just getting lower and lower.
Jiang Liu had no choice but to continue cautiously forward. Now, as long as the Beast King didn't come, Jiang Liu had nothing to fear. Exotic Beast like the Bloodthirsty Ants were rarely seen.
The Jiang Liu flowed on for several more miles, and the surrounding weeds were already showing signs of withering, with small chunks of ice hanging on them.
Jiang Liu continued to probe with his consciousness, and this time he detected something unusual. He immediately moved forward.
Upon reaching the front, a small valley came into view. All the trees and weeds around were frozen into ice. If it weren't for a gust of wind blowing out of the valley entrance, even the entrance would probably have frozen solid.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Liu was overjoyed; a treasure had arrived!
Jiang Liu used the Wind Walk, and in a flash, he darted out, advancing at great speed.
Jiang Liu arrived at the Frostwind Valley and immediately felt a gust of cold wind mixed with small ice fragments hitting his entire body. He quickly activated his Yuan Qi shield to withstand it.
With the strong winds blowing, even using the Wind Walk slowed down the pace of movement considerably.
After dawdling for a while, Jiang Liu finally entered the valley and felt the wind had lessened a bit.
Upon entering the valley, it was a vast expanse of white. Everything looked like ice sculptures of various sizes. This valley must have been an ordinary valley before, but special circumstances occurred later, which is why it has changed like this. The valley is not large, but it is very long and narrow.
Jiang Liu searched for the source of the wind in the valley, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find any trace of it. It must be deep in the valley. Looking into the depths of the valley, Jiang Liu quickly spread his body and walked against the wind.
They continued deeper into the valley for over ten miles, but still couldn't see the end. However, a few colorful lights appeared in the distance. As they went further in, the light shone on the ice, creating a beautiful display of colors.
Suddenly, a wolf howl echoed through the whistling wind. Before long, a dozen Seventh Grade Exotic Beast appeared before Jiang Liu, their fur entirely white except for a few black hairs on their foreheads— the Ice Wind Wolves. Once the Ice Wind Wolves appeared, they simply stared at Jiang Liu, standing still without making a move.
Immediately afterwards, another wolf howl rang out, and the Ice Wind Wolves spontaneously split into two rows, as if welcoming their king.
Before long, a giant wolf, its entire body pure white with not a single blemish and nearly five meters long, galloped over. Reaching the center of the pack, it stood majestically, surveyed its surroundings, then reared up and let out a long howl. Instantly, as if receiving a command, the wolves launched a simultaneous attack on Jiang Liu.
Upon seeing the Ice Wind Wolves appear, Jiang Liu slowly drew his Ninth Rank Greatsword, leaped forward, and slashed at the Ice Wind Wolves. "Damn it, trying to show off in front of me? I'll chop you to pieces!" A beam of light shot straight towards the Ice Wind Wolves.
The Ice Wind Wolves was startled and quickly dodged to the side. It managed to avoid the attack, but the other ordinary Ice Wind Wolves fared much worse. Three ordinary Ice Wind Wolves were unable to dodge in time and were cleaved in two by Jiang Liu's blade.
Jiang Liu looked at the knife marks on the ground and felt fairly satisfied. Although the power was slightly less than outside, dealing with this pack of Ice Wind Wolves was still a piece of cake.
Riding the turbulent wind, Jiang Liu unleashed his Wind Walk, swaying precariously in the gale, his broadsword repeatedly reaping the lives of ordinary Ice Wind Wolves.
Before long, only two ordinary Ice Wind Wolves and the Ice Wind Wolves remained on the field, far away from Jiang Liu. The Ice Wind Wolves let out a mournful cry, turned around and ran away, and the other two Ice Wind Wolves hurriedly followed.
Jiang Liu didn't give chase; he first collected the Ice Wind Wolves's beast core. Then, he continued against the wind towards the distant point of light.