"Just now, that feeling..."
After the fight, Mu Qing panted lightly as he recovered his Origin Force, turning over in his mind what that strange feeling had been.
From what had just happened, the Black-spotted Leopard's head was extremely tough, while its waist was especially vulnerable. One punch from Mu Qing had left it grievously wounded.
That meant the inexplicable feeling that had surfaced in his mind while facing the Black-spotted Leopard had been completely right. It had revealed the beast's weakness to him!
"Purple Lightning Bamboo!"
Mu Qing suddenly understood. The feeling that had appeared at the time had come from the piece of Purple Lightning Bamboo inside his mind.
"What kind of divine treasure is the Blood Spirit Dad gave me? It can help someone comprehend martial techniques at astonishing speed, and it can even see through a beast's weaknesses!"
Mu Qing drew in a sharp breath, a trace of astonishment rising in his eyes. He was becoming more and more aware of how terrifying and powerful the Blood Spirit in his mind was.
"Ugh, if we had weapons, killing even a badly wounded leopard wouldn't have been such a hassle," Ling Fei grumbled nearby, complaining nonstop.
Before they entered Lake Heart Island, Lei Kai had confiscated all the food and weapons they carried. Otherwise, they would have been even stronger.
Mu Qing smiled but said nothing.
He believed that with the Purple Lightning Bamboo's ability to discern a beast's weaknesses, he would have a tremendous advantage over the others when facing ferocious beasts.
Before entering Lake Heart Island, he had already learned from the teachers that all kinds of beasts lived there. Though most were not particularly strong, they posed a huge challenge for West Lake High School's students, who had no combat experience at all.
"Killing a Blood Qi Fifth Rank beast only gets us two points. Looks like making the top ten will be very difficult." Mu Qing furrowed his brow.
He and Ling Fei had teamed up to kill the beast. The two points a Blood Qi Fifth Rank beast was worth had been split between them, leaving each with one point.
The rules for the mock exam's points had actually been posted on the school website long ago.
Killing a Blood Qi Fourth Rank beast earned only one point, while a Blood Qi Fifth Rank beast was worth two.
Above that, killing a Blood Qi Sixth Rank beast earned ten points.
As for the most powerful beasts on Lake Heart Island, the Blood Qi Seventh Rank beasts, everyone who took part in killing one would receive a hundred points!
Blood Qi Seventh Rank beasts were terrifying to students. A large group might be able to kill a Blood Qi Sixth Rank beast, but taking on a Blood Qi Seventh Rank beast would be far too difficult.
"I think we should try to find and kill a Blood Qi Sixth Rank beast," Ling Fei suddenly said.
He took a deep breath. "My talent isn't much different from Wang Haixuan's. I'm already on the verge of a breakthrough and will soon reach Blood Qi Sixth Rank. Wang Haixuan has the entire Wang Family backing him, so he's probably already broken through."
"What!" Mu Qing's expression changed. "Wang Haixuan has already reached Blood Qi Sixth Rank?"
Ling Fei nodded. "It's just my guess, but I doubt I'm wrong."
"Wang Haixuan has more than twenty people with him, and he's the leader. He's already Blood Qi Sixth Rank, too. With that kind of force, they can easily take down a Blood Qi Sixth Rank beast," he said gravely.
Mu Qing frowned, his eyes flickering. Then he said with some regret, "Too bad we can't steal the points from Wang Haixuan and his group..."
They were all students from the East Campus, so they couldn't steal points from one another.
"Awoo!"
Suddenly, a shadow darted out of the nearby woods, catching Mu Qing and Ling Fei's attention.
But when they saw that it was only a Blood Qi Fourth Rank gray wolf, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Ling Fei grinned. "Looks like the smell of blood from the Black-spotted Leopard's corpse drew it over. But it's only a Blood Qi Fourth Rank gray wolf. Nothing to worry about."
As he spoke, golden light flickered faintly across his palm. He seemed ready to use a martial technique to kill the gray wolf before them.
His Sharp Metal Palm was an intermediate martial technique. Its power was formidable, so killing a gray wolf that was only Blood Qi Fourth Rank should be no problem.
Besides, he had just fought the Black-spotted Leopard, and his combat experience had improved a little.
"Wait!" Mu Qing's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance as he shouted and grabbed Ling Fei. His expression turned grave as he looked around.
Ling Fei froze in confusion. Then he suddenly noticed one pair after another of glowing green eyes appearing all around them. Dark shapes emerged from clusters of dense undergrowth.
"Hiss!"
Mu Qing and Ling Fei both sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Looks like the Black-spotted Leopard didn't attract just one Blood Qi Fourth Rank gray wolf. It attracted a whole pack!" Mu Qing's expression grew increasingly grim. Threads of lightning danced along his arm.
"We need to carve a path through them and break out of the encirclement right away, or these wolves will wear us down!" Ling Fei said, drawing a deep breath.
Mu Qing nodded, his expression wary.
But in the next moment, his heart stirred. As he watched the gray wolves slowly closing in, a feeling surfaced in his mind.
He instinctively looked to the right—the direction indicated by the feeling in his mind.
The feeling told Mu Qing that this was the best place to break through the encirclement!
"Follow me! We'll break out this way!" Mu Qing shouted. He was already charging to the right, a streak of incandescent lightning flashing across his arm as his fist slammed into a gray wolf.
The violent lightning burst outward. The gray wolf was only Blood Qi Fourth Rank; how could it possibly match Mu Qing now? Under the Thunderstorm Fist, its body convulsed violently, turning charred black as smoke rose from it.
The wolf wailed, then fell to the ground within a few breaths. Blood seeped from the wound torn open by the lightning.
The Recorder on Mu Qing's hand chimed crisply. He had earned one point.
After Mu Qing used the Thunderstorm Fist, a Blood Qi Fourth Rank gray wolf could be killed with almost a single punch!
Of course, Mu Qing hadn't thrown that Thunderstorm Fist carelessly. Following the feeling in his mind, he had instantly discerned the gray wolf's weakness, making the strike all the more effective.
With so many gray wolves around, Mu Qing didn't plan to use the third level of the Thunderstorm Fist; it would consume too much Origin Force.
Ling Fei saw Mu Qing kill a gray wolf with ease. His eyes widened in surprise, but he quickly reacted, golden light flashing across his palm. He struck twice in succession before finally killing a gray wolf that had lunged at him.
Ling Fei's expression changed. Although the gray wolf was only a Blood Qi Fourth Rank beast, it wasn't nearly as easy to kill as he had imagined. Mu Qing had killed one in a single strike; his strength was probably beyond even Ling Fei's expectations.
"Awoooo!"
Suddenly, snarls rang out all around them. The gray wolves bared their teeth and howled at the sky, their green eyes filled with icy killing intent.
They ignored the deaths of their companions. The bloody stench that rose from the two dead wolves only made the pack fiercer and more savage!
"Roar!"
In the blink of an eye, all the gray wolves seemed to act in perfect unison, surging forward to attack.
Their enormous jaws gaped open, rank wind swirling around them, and their claws gleamed with a cold light, razor-sharp.
The gray wolves knew the two people before them were powerful. One-on-one, they would surely die. But a wolf pack always hunted as one!
"Get lost!"
A cold glint flashed in Mu Qing's eyes. He roared as lightning gathered around his fist, then followed the feeling in his mind and blasted an oncoming gray wolf into a charred corpse!
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