A Righteous Hand

A Righteous Hand

The wolves advanced and retreated with disciplined precision. The two alpha wolves, especially, always disrupted the five humans' killing blows at critical moments, saving their underlings.

The pack had suffered no losses, while the five humans grew weaker by the moment. If things continued this way, those five human experts were as good as dead.

In the Demon Realm, being surrounded by a pack of wolves made escape extremely difficult.

Without a miracle, these five youths were done for.

The five seemed to work together often, and their coordination was decent. Every now and then, they managed to act in perfect sync and kill one or two ordinary wolves.

But there were over a hundred wolves. Killing a few hardly mattered, especially when the two alpha wolves and ten demon wolves remained uninjured. They were the real threat.

The two alpha wolves and ten demon wolves rarely moved, but whenever they did, they forced the humans to defend themselves or left them injured.

"Pfft!" A demon wolf tore away one human's sleeve, leaving a bloody gash on his arm.

The five humans were very united. The other four hurriedly surrounded him, giving him a chance to bandage his wound.

Unfortunately, all five were already growing weary. They were being injured one after another, and had no chance to rest.

Seeing one human after another get hurt, Bi Fan knew he had to act now, or it would be too late.

Seizing his chance, Bi Fan leaped down from the tree.

His right hand used the Qingyang Gentle Wind Sword Art, while his left used the Carefree Immortal Finger. He targeted two demon wolves.

Before he had even landed, his attacks had already arrived.

"Awooo!" Two cries of agony rang out. The demon wolves had been focused on fighting the five humans and were utterly unprepared, so both were struck.

As soon as Bi Fan landed, he spun gracefully and continued attacking the other demon wolves.

He had already figured it out: killing the demon wolves was the key to victory.

Bi Fan's basic footwork had reached perfection. With several weaving steps, he killed four demon wolves in succession.

"Awooo!" The two alpha wolves roared and lunged at Bi Fan together.

"An expert has come to help us! Brothers, take the chance and kill the demon wolves!" The five men were no fools. They launched a fierce attack, seizing the opportunity to kill the demon wolves.

There were too many ordinary wolves to kill them all, and they posed little threat to the humans anyway. It was better to kill the demon wolves; they were the real danger.

Bi Fan didn't fight the alpha wolves head-on. He unleashed his footwork and darted about, leaving a trail of dead wolves wherever he went.

With Bi Fan's current strength, killing demon wolves one realm below him was easy, let alone ordinary wolves.

The two alpha wolves were furious and chased after him, but Bi Fan's footwork was too nimble and swift. They couldn't catch him no matter how hard they tried.

Only moments had passed since Bi Fan appeared, yet all ten demon wolves had been killed. Only the two alpha wolves remained, and they were the hardest to deal with.

Bi Fan stopped and faced the two alpha wolves directly.

The two alpha wolves were strong. They would be perfect for testing his abilities.

"Roar!" The two alpha wolves bellowed and lunged at Bi Fan, one from each side.

Their roars were clearly infused with inner breath, making Bi Fan's ears ring.

Bi Fan steadied his mind, dodged one demon wolf, and charged straight at the other.

The Qingyang Gentle Wind Sword Art, the Carefree Immortal Finger...

He unleashed them all, intent on ending the fight as quickly as possible.

The high-grade Magic Tool, Flowing Light Sword, struck the demon wolf. Its hide was as hard as iron, and the Flowing Light Sword only managed to scrape the skin before it could go no deeper.

Bi Fan was slightly surprised. The other demon wolf had already lunged at him, so he had to give up his chance to kill the first and dodge out of the way.

The two demon wolves had attacked together without accomplishing anything, and one of them was injured. This made them much more cautious.

Bi Fan didn't rush to attack either. Demon wolves in the Viscera Realm had far stronger defenses than those in the Inner Breath Realm. He had to think of a way to deal with them.

"Roar! Roar!" The demon wolves attacked again. This time, the two ran nearly shoulder to shoulder, making it even harder to find an opening.

The five humans were badly injured and had spent much of their strength. They could handle the ordinary wolves, but it wasn't realistic to expect them to take on the alpha wolves.

Bi Fan had no good solution for the moment, so he could only keep dodging and avoid their sharpest attacks.

The demon wolves roared again and again, leaving Bi Fan distracted and irritated.

Suddenly, Bi Fan had an idea. He deliberately slowed down.

"Roar!" The demon wolf opened its mouth and bellowed again.

Bi Fan abruptly turned and shot the Carefree Immortal Finger straight into one demon wolf's open mouth.

"Boom!" The demon wolf spat out a mouthful of blood and, carried forward by its momentum, tumbled to the ground.

The Carefree Immortal Finger was too fierce. It had pierced straight through the demon wolf's blood vessels and windpipe.

Seeing that things had gone badly, the other demon wolf turned and bolted.

"Trying to run? Not a chance!" Bi Fan shouted, unleashing the basic footwork of Misty Dance.

Several afterimages flickered into view, and Bi Fan had already cut off the demon wolf.

The demon wolf glared at Bi Fan furiously, its mouth clamped shut. It didn't dare roar anymore.

It's pretty clever! Bi Fan couldn't help but admire it.

But with only one demon wolf left, Bi Fan had plenty of ways to deal with it.

The Qingyang Gentle Wind Sword Art!

Bi Fan swiftly unleashed it, launching a flurry of attacks against the demon wolf.

Even though he couldn't seriously wound it, the attacks still gave it a great deal of trouble.

The Flowing Light Sword was no pushover either. After several rounds of attacks, it had left the demon wolf covered in bloody gashes.

The immense pain tormented the demon wolf. It didn't dare roar to vent its frustration, and blood vessels stood out in its eyes.

The demon wolf leaped straight for Bi Fan's throat. Its enormous jaws remained tightly shut, terrified of Bi Fan's miraculous finger technique.

"Hmph! This is about over," Bi Fan said coldly.

The Flowing Light Sword flashed, and countless golden rays drifted down like rain and flowers.

It looked feeble, but this was one of Bi Fan's strongest attacks—the Floating Rain Flying Flowers Sword!

The five youths had little trouble dealing with the ordinary wolves, and before long, the fight was over.

When they saw Bi Fan unleash so many Sword Lights, they gaped in shock.

Bi Fan was around the same realm as them, but his combat strength was on a completely different level.

Seeing the Sword Lights seal off the entire space, the demon wolf was terrified. Unfortunately, it had already committed to its full-speed charge and had no way to stop.

In desperation, the demon wolf sped up even more, heedless of everything as it tried to bite through Bi Fan's neck.

As the gust of wind struck him, Bi Fan bent backward in a perfect bridge, and the sword tip swept over his head.

The scattered Sword Lights suddenly gathered together, forming spikes that shot straight at the demon wolf's throat.

"Pfft!"

The demon wolf flew over Bi Fan's head. The spikes pierced its hide, and then Bi Fan's Flowing Light Sword stabbed into the wound.

With a tearing sound, the demon wolf's belly split open, splashing blood all over Bi Fan.

The demon wolf hit the ground, already dead.

The five human youths were utterly shocked. Bi Fan's ability to adapt in a crisis had won them over completely.

Bi Fan put away the Flowing Light Sword and wiped the blood from his face.

"Thank you, young master, for saving our lives! May I ask your esteemed name?" said one of the youths, a slender boy with refined features.

"It was nothing. Don't give it another thought," Bi Fan replied with a smile.

"My name is Li Ziyun. We're all from the Li Household in Jiu You City," the youth said. "You saved our lives, young master. We'll remember this kindness."

"My name is Bi Fan, and I'm a Registered Disciple of the Qingyang Sect. You don't need to thank me, but I'm taking the demon wolf corpses I killed. You don't mind, do you?"

"Of course not. They're rightfully yours, young master," Li Ziyun said with a fawning smile.

Even if Li Ziyun had entertained any selfish thoughts, he wouldn't dare act on them. All five of them were badly injured, and their inner breath was nearly spent. They were no match for Bi Fan.

Bi Fan didn't stand on ceremony. He stored all the demon wolf corpses he had killed in his Heavenly Origin Ring.

When Li Ziyun and the others saw him put away nearly twenty demon and ordinary wolf corpses, they were astonished all over again.

Even a large Cosmic Bag could hold only a dozen or so demon wolf corpses. It looked as though Bi Fan had more than one Cosmic Bag.

Bi Fan said he was a Registered Disciple of the Qingyang Sect, but surely there was more to it than that.

Li Ziyun and the others didn't dare look down on Bi Fan just because he was a Registered Disciple. They even suspected he was deliberately concealing his identity.

Still, they didn't dare investigate further, afraid of angering Bi Fan.

If Bi Fan had been ruthless, he could have killed all five of them. He would not only have taken the treasures on their bodies, but also gained nearly a hundred wolf corpses.

Wolf pelts and meat were worth quite a few crystals. Killing for wealth was nothing unusual.

After collecting the demon wolf corpses, Bi Fan quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

He could easily have killed Li Ziyun and the other four if he had wanted to, but he wasn't a bandit, so he didn't.

Only after Bi Fan disappeared did Li Ziyun and the others breathe a sigh of relief.

"Bi Fan's so strong. There's no way he's just a Registered Disciple."

"Exactly. He must be an elite disciple raised by the Qingyang Sect. Otherwise, he wouldn't carry so many Cosmic Bags around," Li Ziyun said.

He paused, then continued, "Everyone, hurry up and skin the wolves while their pelts are still intact. Then let's get out of here."

Li Ziyun and the others weren't as extravagant as Bi Fan. They had no Cosmic Bags to store wolf corpses.

They could only skin the most valuable pelts and take them along. The smell of blood was too strong here; they couldn't stay long.

After traveling a short distance, Bi Fan immediately found a place to cultivate.

The battle had seemed easy for Bi Fan, but in truth, it had taken a great deal out of him.

Besides, he had gained plenty of insights from the fight and needed to digest them at once.

"Huu..." After a long while, Bi Fan stood up, feeling his strength had improved once more. His whole body felt refreshed.

"Looks like actual combat is the best way to improve your strength," Bi Fan thought.

Night soon fell. The Demon Realm was most dangerous in the dead of night, when many magical beasts came out to hunt.

Bi Fan had no choice but to abandon the idea of venturing farther in. He found a large tree and rested for a while.

At night, the Demon Realm seemed even more sinister. Chilling winds blew, and the leaves rustled.

Bi Fan tightened his clothes and began cultivating.

Inner breath was the most important thing for cultivators, and also the hardest to build up. It had to be cultivated slowly, step by step. Pills were useful, but the inner breath gained through one's own cultivation was always purer.

Bi Fan didn't take a Viscera Solidifying Pill. Instead, he slowly circulated the Qingyang Longevity Art, again and again.

Feeling the inner breath in his body gradually increase, Bi Fan was quite pleased.

After finishing the Qingyang Longevity Art, Bi Fan began cultivating the formula in the Golden Silk Jade Book, tempering his body.

Today's battle had shown him the benefits of physical strength.

If his body hadn't been strong, then even if he had killed the two alpha wolves, he would have been utterly drained.

If Bi Fan had collapsed from exhaustion on the spot, Li Ziyun and the other four might have repaid his kindness with betrayal, killing him and taking his treasures.

Such things happened all the time in the Vast Sky Great World. It was nothing strange.

A powerful body brought many benefits. It went without saying that it increased combat strength; more importantly, even after one's inner breath was exhausted, one could still protect oneself.

A stronger body improved one's chances of survival and was just as important for future cultivation.

Bi Fan tempered his body over and over, immersing himself in the process.

He hadn't practiced the formula in the Golden Silk Jade Book for long, yet he could already feel that his body had reached two cloudstones of strength. Combined with his inner breath, his power had reached six cloudstones, equivalent to an expert who had just entered the Valiance Realm.

Bi Fan was deep in cultivation when a tiger's roar suddenly interrupted him.