Spirit Grade Martial Skill

Corpses were piled up in the cave, their Essence completely gone.

Under the effect of Shi Yan's mysterious Martial Soul, not only were the bodies shriveled, but even the blood within them had solidified in a very short time.

With the blood solidified, the smell of blood in the cave was no longer as pungent.

But Shi Yan was still uneasy.

After some thought, he hurriedly took out a bag of powder from his backpack and sprinkled it into the cave without hesitation.

The powder was called "Purification Powder" and had strong adsorption properties. It could absorb impurities in the air, including toxins, thick bloody smells, poisonous smoke, and so on.

As the packet of "Purification Powder" dispersed, the smell of blood in the cave miraculously disappeared.

The "Purification Powder" floated in the air, absorbing the blood mist and turning into tiny, bright red particles, like miniature drops of blood.

"I'll find some camouflage."

Seeing that the smell of blood in the cave was under control, Shi Yan still didn't dare to relax. He quietly went to the cave entrance and slowly pulled the bushes and branches on both sides of the entrance to cover it.

Although the six people had forcibly occupied the cave before, they knew that the entrance needed camouflage, so they hadn't destroyed the bushes and branches outside.

However, under the splash of "Star Thunder," the bushes at the entrance were shattered, but the ones on the sides were not affected.

What Shi Yan needed to do was to cover the center of the entrance with the bushes from both sides.

Breathing evenly, Shi Yan held his breath and concentrated, carefully pulling the bushes inch by inch towards the entrance, for fear that the Yao Beasts outside would discover the abnormality.

The roars of Yao Beasts grew more frequent. It was unclear how many Yao Beasts had gathered in the valley outside.

Shi Yan's face was grim, his expression solemn, and faint sweat beaded on his forehead. His back was soaked.

When he pulled the last large bush into the entrance, his arm trembled slightly, as if it took immense effort.

"What's wrong?" Di Ya Lan whispered.

"It's nothing, just a bit tired."

Shi Yan shook his head, his face pale. After a moment of thought, he said, "Be careful later. If we're discovered by the Yao Beasts, you have to guard the entrance!"

Di Ya Lan nodded, her voice full of concern, "I understand... What's wrong with you? I saw you take a direct hit from that Human Position realm expert just now, why are you like this now..."

"It's precisely because I took a direct hit from him that I'm so weak." Shi Yan sat down cross-legged on the spot, but he didn't explain further.

At this critical moment, he actually closed his eyes to rest.

This was the side effect of "Berserk" kicking in...

Every time he used "Berserk," his body would endure immense pressure.

The "Berserk" Martial Skill required stimulating various negative forces within the acupoints. That power was a double-edged sword, allowing him to possess strength beyond his current realm for a short period, but leaving him utterly exhausted afterward.

After all, those negative forces were too evil and strange...

As those forces flowed out of his acupoints, they also damaged his body. When the "Berserk" state ended, the fatigue would surge like a tide, rapidly weakening him.

Sitting there, Shi Yan's limbs felt weak, and his acupoints were extremely painful.

The Essence from the six new corpses had all poured into his acupoints, filling them with surging power. As his acupoints rapidly purified these energies, various negative forces would take advantage of the situation and slowly corrode his mind.

At this moment, he couldn't exert his strength, and his acupoints were still purifying the Essence. If his nerves remained tense, his body would not be able to recover properly.

Therefore, he wisely chose to do nothing and recuperate quietly on the spot.

Di Ya Lan and Mu Yu Die, seeing him close his eyes to recover, also became solemn and began to observe the movements outside the cave with full attention.

Yao Beasts roamed the valley, and some were even near their cave entrance, seemingly searching for something.

Mu Yu Die and Di Ya Lan guarded the entrance nervously, not daring to relax in the slightest.

Di Ya Lan gripped her short sword tightly, peering through the gaps in the bushes at the entrance, vigilantly watching ahead, fearing that some Yao Beast might suddenly sneak up.

Both knew that Yao Beasts had keen senses of smell and worried that they would be tracked by the bloody smell. They understood that if even one Yao Beast discovered the cave, they would have to defend the entrance to the death.

"Stomp! Stomp!"

A Three-headed Dog shook its three massive heads, seemingly having discovered something, and ambled towards them. Its six eyes, distributed among its three heads, scanned their surroundings as if it had found something...

"This is bad!"

Di Ya Lan's expression changed drastically. She tightened her grip on her short sword, sweat beading on her palms. Her bright eyes were fixed on the Three-headed Dog, not daring to relax for a moment.

Di Ya Lan was very nervous and ready to fight at any moment.

The Three-headed Dog was a Rank 3 Yao Beast, equivalent to a Human Position realm expert.

It was a Yao Beast with an extremely keen sense of smell. The bloody smell in the cave might be hidden from other Yao Beasts, but it might not be hidden from the Three-headed Dog.

Due to her tension, Di Ya Lan's pores seemed to stand on end, and the hand holding the short sword trembled slightly – a sign of Yuan Power flowing rapidly through her meridians.

"Roar!"

Just then, the howl of a Thunder Wing Silver Wolf echoed from not far away. This howl reverberated throughout the entire valley, drowning out all other Yao Beast roars.

"I am Gan Xiao from Medicine King Valley. I came to the Gloomy Forest only to gather herbs and never entered your cave! Thunder Wing Silver Wolf, I know you're powerful, but I, Gan Xiao, am not afraid of you. If you dare to continue slaughtering my people, don't blame me for being impolite!" a chilling voice suddenly came from a great distance.

"Roar!"

The Thunder Wing Silver Wolf howled again.

The Three-headed Dog, which was about to arrive at the cave entrance where Shi Yan and the other two were hiding, suddenly stopped.

It paused in place, then abruptly turned its head and rapidly ran towards the direction the Thunder Wing Silver Wolf was howling.

One by one, the Yao Beasts gathered in the valley also left the valley in response to the Thunder Wing Silver Wolf's howl, all beginning to converge towards it.

The Thunder Wing Silver Wolf and Gan Xiao must have started fighting…

Di Ya Lan's body went limp, and she sat down on the spot, covered in cold sweat.

If that Three-headed Dog had gone another fifty meters, this cave would have been exposed. Once the Three-headed Dog discovered the cave, the other Yao Beasts in the valley would have definitely swarmed in.

If that had happened, the three of them would have absolutely not escaped the jaws of the Yao Beasts!

"Sister Lan, are you alright?" Mu Yu Die, holding a blood-stained handkerchief, wiped the sweat from her forehead and also sat down, leaning against the rock wall.

"I'm fine," Di Ya Lan chuckled lightly, sighing, "We're really lucky. If the Thunder Wing Silver Wolf hadn't targeted the Medicine King Gan Xiao and suddenly summoned the Yao Beasts to gather, we would have truly been in dire straits."

"Mhm, I was also scared half to death just now," Mu Yu Die's pretty face was also a little pale, and she said faintly, "I was already prepared to kill myself."

"Don't have such thoughts until the very last step."

Shi Yan snorted, suddenly opened his eyes, and frowned, saying, "While you have nothing to do, search the backpacks of those six people and see what exactly they stole from the Thunder Wing Silver Wolf's den."

Di Ya Lan's eyes lit up, and her spirits suddenly lifted. She exclaimed, "That's right! The Thunder Wing Silver Wolf is a Rank Seven Yao Beast, a top existence in the Gloomy Forest! It's said to be very intelligent, having killed many powerful Martial Artists in the Gloomy Forest and collected many treasures from them in its den. What was stolen from its den must be extraordinary!"

"I heard there's a cultivation method for a Spirit Grade Martial Skill…" Shi Yan said calmly.

"Heh!" Di Ya Lan's face was full of smiles, her beautiful eyes shining brightly, "Spirit Grade Martial Skills are very rare. Even the royal family of our Blazing Fire Empire only possesses five types of Spirit Grade Martial Skills. A cultivation method for a Spirit Grade Martial Skill is definitely priceless and might even cause major families to fight over it."

"You two search carefully," nodding, Shi Yan closed his eyes again, lost in thought.

He naturally knew the preciousness of Spirit Grade Martial Skills.

In the Blazing Fire Empire, Divine Grace Empire, and Merchant Alliance, there were about a hundred Martial Artists who had broken through to the Earth Position and Nirvana realms. However, among these hundred people, only a quarter possessed Spirit Grade Martial Skills!

And among that quarter, some were cultivating the same Spirit Grade Martial Skill.

It was said that in the entire Blazing Fire Empire, Divine Grace Empire, and Merchant Alliance, there were currently only eighteen Spirit Grade Martial Skills revealed!

And each Spirit Grade Martial Skill was in the hands of various powerful forces, or with those who roamed the land as strong individuals.

… For example, the Shi family.

The Shi family had quite a few Mortal Grade and Mysterious Grade martial skills, but only one Spirit Grade Martial Skill. The Shi family head, Shi Jian, treasured it immensely. Even the direct descendants of the Shi family didn't know where he hid that Spirit Grade Martial Skill.

"We've truly struck it incredibly lucky."

Di Ya Lan's eyes were filled with joy. She excitedly found the backpack from the leader of the group and immediately unzipped it.

A dazzling silver light suddenly bloomed from the backpack, instantly illuminating the originally dim stone cave as if it were daylight!

"Huh!"