Customary [Brain Storage Area!]
Great Yan Dynasty
Outside Blackwater County
Within Green Dragon Mountain.
"Meow!!!"
Hearing the cat's cry from outside the cave, Su Xian's expression turned cold. He gripped the long saber in his hand tightly and stared fixedly at the cave entrance.
Although the cat's cry sounded pleasant, its owner was a juvenile cat demon!
It captured humans for food!
The cat demon loved catching people and playing with them as food!
This juvenile cat demon especially enjoyed doing so. After catching someone, it would deliberately let them escape, training its hunting instincts.
If one asked how Su Xian knew this so well—
That was, of course, because he was the food this juvenile cat demon had captured!!
This was already his third escape!
"Damn it! Transmigrating is one thing, but why did I have to transmigrate at a time like this!" Su Xian cursed inwardly.
Back then, he had merely bought a copy of the Demon Strategy from a roadside stall. The vendor had claimed that it recorded information on many demons and monsters from classical legends.
As a novelist, Su Xian had bought it to collect material.
Yet not long after it came into his hands, a heavy-duty truck suddenly spawned out of thin air by the roadside and sent him on his way.
After waking up, he discovered that he had transmigrated into the body of a herb gatherer—and had also been captured by this juvenile cat demon.
Fortunately, the juvenile cat demon still retained a cat's habits and had not killed Su Xian immediately.
Instead, it let him go to train its hunting instincts, allowing Su Xian to survive until now!
"How am I supposed to break out of this situation?"
Su Xian's brows knitted tightly. All kinds of information flashed through his mind as he frantically pondered a way out.
In this world, martial artists had five realms: Skin Grinding, Flesh Tempering, Tendon Refining, Bone Quenching, and Organ Nurturing.
Although his predecessor had practiced martial arts, he had only practiced the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber, a common and widely circulated technique.
He had started practicing at fourteen and trained until he was eighteen, yet had only barely achieved minor accomplishment in the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber, reaching the realm of Minor Accomplishment in External Arts.
He had not even touched the first realm of martial artists, Skin Grinding! His talent could be said to be abysmal!
Although this cat demon was only a juvenile, equivalent to the level of an ordinary human who had achieved great accomplishment in external arts, it was still not something Su Xian could currently contend with.
Su Xian looked around the cave. He had deliberately chosen this cave while escaping. It had only one entrance, and the interior was rather narrow.
If the cat demon entered, its agility would inevitably be restricted!
That way, Su Xian might be able to fight it until both sides suffered heavy losses!
"Could it be that I really have no choice but to fight this cat demon to the death here?"
"My cheat, hurry up and activate!"
Su Xian thought to himself. He then looked at his right arm, where a strange totem had appeared!
This strange totem had appeared on his arm when he transmigrated.
The totem's design was exactly the same as the pattern on the cover of the Demon Strategy he had bought in his previous life.
Su Xian believed that this was his cheat!
However, the totem had not yet fully manifested!
"Meow! Meow!"
The cat cries by his ears grew louder and louder, signifying that the juvenile cat demon was getting closer and closer to Su Xian's current position.
Hearing those cries, Su Xian's brows furrowed tightly. He gripped the Mountain-splitting Saber in both hands and carefully fixed his eyes on the cave entrance.
Although he had successfully escaped from this cat demon three times before,
Su Xian knew that the cat demon had merely been toying with him.
This was already the third time! What if the cat demon lost interest?
He could not bet that the cat demon would still let him escape this time!
The juvenile cat demon walked extremely lightly, making not the slightest sound. Only its successive meows drew ever closer!
A trace of cold sweat slid down Su Xian's forehead!
The next moment!
The totem on Su Xian's right arm fully manifested, radiating golden light.
Then, a book appeared in his mind. It was precisely the Demon Strategy he had bought in his previous life!
Su Xian hurriedly focused his consciousness on the Demon Strategy!
The next moment.
The Demon Strategy opened to its first page. Su Xian's portrait appeared on the page, accompanied by several lines of small text.
Lord of Demons: Su Xian Realm: Minor Accomplishment in External Arts Cultivation Method: None Martial Technique: Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber (Minor Accomplishment) Remaining Lifespan: Forty-six years Demon Lifespan: None.
At the same time, Su Xian also learned the Demon Strategy's specific functions.
"Demon Strategy! Record all the demons and monsters under heaven!"
"Kill demons and monsters to obtain their remaining lifespans!"
"Consume lifespan to deduce martial techniques and improve cultivation methods!"
"When one's remaining lifespan reaches one year, further deductions are prohibited."
"The amount of remaining lifespan does not affect bodily functions!"
Seeing these functions, Su Xian's eyes lit up. He finally had a way to break out of this situation!
As for the lifespan he would consume—
He could not worry about that now. Either way, he would die if he could not kill this cat demon today!
He might as well go all in!
Listening to the increasingly close cat cries outside, Su Xian hardened his heart and directly invested forty-five years of lifespan into the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber!
In an instant, the lifespan displayed on the Demon Strategy fell to one year.
[You painstakingly practiced the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber for the eighth year and achieved great accomplishment in external arts!]
[You continued painstakingly practicing for ten years. The Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber reached perfection! Your realm advanced to Outer Strength Perfection!]
[Another ten years passed. During these ten years, you ceaselessly practiced the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber. Every move and stance had become instinct, and you had gained a trace of a new insight! A flash of inspiration streaked through your mind.]
[You seized that flash of inspiration and painstakingly practiced for another seventeen years. The Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber underwent a transformation! You comprehended the first-rank martial technique, Tiger Subduing Demon Saber Technique!]
In the blink of an eye, the forty-five years of lifespan were completely consumed.
At the same time, Su Xian's external arts had reached complete perfection. He had spent forty-five years painstakingly practicing the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber!
Su Xian had directly renovated this inferior martial technique and pushed it to the level of a first-rank martial technique!
Now, all he lacked was a true Martial Dao Cultivation Method. Once he had one, he could formally break through to Martial Dao First Rank and enter the Skin Grinding Realm!
Su Xian now felt as if his body were filled with strength. Holding the Mountain-splitting Saber in his hand, he felt as though he had become one with it!
"Next, I just need to kill this cat demon and obtain its Remaining Lifespan!"
Su Xian's thoughts stirred. His gaze firm, he looked toward the cave entrance.
This cat demon had tormented him three times!
Now, he finally had enough strength to kill it!
Hearing the cat cries from outside the cave, Su Xian did not rush out recklessly.
Outside the cave, the forest was dense. The cat demon could dart and weave through the thick woods, but Su Xian could not.
Even though Su Xian had now achieved Outer Strength Perfection and possessed the first-rank martial technique Tiger Subduing Demon Saber Technique, it was difficult to say whether he could kill this cat demon outright!
If he failed to kill it in one saber strike and let it dart and weave through the forest to escape, it would be a terrible waste!
Su Xian had long since regarded this cat demon's Remaining Lifespan as something already in his pocket. Naturally, he had to make every preparation!
The cave was not very spacious, and the cat demon's agility would be greatly restricted inside it!
Su Xian planned to wait until the cat demon entered the cave before launching a fatal strike!
He held the saber in both hands and adjusted his aura to its peak, his eyes fixed on the cave entrance as he waited for the cat demon to enter!
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