Son of Wind Keeps Going Strong!

Ruolin's advice came straight from the heart. Especially for Wu Yong, a reborn man who knew the plot, the fact that she was willing to say this much truly meant a great deal.

After all his years struggling through the Black-Corner Region, Ruolin was the first person to think this far ahead for Wu Yong. It made him regard this instructor more highly.

Wu Yong knew that the best way to repay her was to continue cultivating diligently.

Just as Ruolin had said, he would skip this year's Inner Academy Selection Tournament, then display sufficient strength and achieve good results in the next one. That would be the best repayment he could offer her.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

After handing over the cultivation technique, Dou skill, and fifty-thousand-gold-coin borrowing fee to the academy, Wu Yong had just over sixty thousand gold coins left.

Money was not important. More than anything, Wu Yong wanted to test his current strength.

It had been nearly a year since Wu Yong obtained [Son of Wind]. Over the past year, he had devoted a considerable portion of his energy to developing this talent.

Not to mention that Wu Yong now possessed high-tier Profound-rank cultivation techniques and Dou skills.

Combined with his current four-star Dou Shi cultivation, Wu Yong felt that he should be able to explore the Magic Beast Forest surrounding the academy.

And let's not forget, Wu Yong still had the green talent [Medicine and Poison Do Not Separate].

This Storage Ring of his, along with the savings inside it, had been obtained years ago when Wu Yong used that green talent to concoct poison and secretly kill a Dou Shi!

Although Wu Yong was now a Dou Shi himself, he still needed to prepare thoroughly before setting out, lest he become the next Dou Shi to be secretly killed.

After advancing to Dou Shi, Wu Yong had gained another equipment slot for traits. He immediately equipped the white trait [Night Owl].

Among the white traits, Night Owl was the most useful. Wu Yong would not feel tired even if he stayed up all night, making it perfect for him to train alone in the Magic Beast Forest.

After purchasing an up-to-date map of the outer region of the Magic Beast Forest, Wu Yong entered that boundless forest alone.

Within a pile of fallen leaves beneath a towering tree, a blade suddenly plunged down, sending bright-red blood spraying everywhere.

A large hand gripped the hilt of the long blade and turned over the snake head that had been sliced in two beneath it, picking out a green magic core.

Controlling the surrounding wind to clean the filth from the magic core, Wu Yong nodded in satisfaction and placed the first-tier magic core into the larger of the two piles of magic cores in his Storage Ring.

Whoosh...

A breeze brushed past his ears. Wu Yong narrowed his eyes, nodded, and unhurriedly headed toward the front right.

Before long, Wu Yong spotted a third-tier Poison-Spraying Snake facing off against a third-tier Fire-Explosive Pig.

A light breeze passed by. Fine white powder, nearly invisible to the naked eye, was wrapped in the wind and blown around the two magic beasts.

In less than ten seconds, the two third-tier magic beasts locked in confrontation lost consciousness one after the other.

The larger Fire-Explosive Pig saw only a pair of human feet appear before its eyes, then everything went black...

A few breaths later, Wu Yong had gained another third-tier fire-attribute magic core. He cleaned out the Fire-Explosive Pig's innards and stored them away along with the magic core.

The Poison-Spraying Snake only contributed a snake gallbladder; there was no magic core inside its body.

Wu Yong was not surprised by this. The chances of low-tier magic beasts forming magic cores were not high. Not having one was the normal outcome.

Night fell, and Wu Yong was roasting a pig leg.

Fire-Explosive Pig legs were exceptionally springy. Since these magic beasts had terrible tempers, their legs contained plenty of muscle and little fat.

Thirty percent fat and seventy percent lean—this kind of meat was simply perfect for grilling.

Then, before he knew it, Wu Yong had eaten too much. It could not be helped; the pig leg was simply too delicious. This time, he truly had been a little greedy.

Beside the campfire, Wu Yong sat cross-legged and cultivated his Dou Qi according to the circulation route of his cultivation technique.

With Wu Yong as the center, the wind would stand guard for him within a radius of three hundred meters.

He was the Son of Wind. Naturally, the wind would protect him.

At midnight, a brand-new trait popped up on the cheat panel in Wu Yong's mind.

[Singer and Dancer] (White, Common): You can dance while singing.

"I knew it..."

Wu Yong was not surprised at all. This was how his cheat normally behaved.

He did not even dare dream of a Golden Legend. Getting a green rare trait would already mean he had burned a great deal of incense!

Wu Yong opened his eyes and silently sighed, then glanced at the night sky.

Mm, dark night and strong winds. A perfect time to make a move.

In the central region of this Magic Beast Forest lived an extremely powerful magic beast overlord. Within several hundred li of the area, no magic beast was its match.

Late at night was also the time when this fourth-tier Gale Tiger was active.

At this moment, the Gale Tiger was feasting on a third-tier Savage Stone Bull.

For some reason, however, the Gale Tiger instinctively lowered its head.

The next moment, a sharp battle blade sliced open the Gale Tiger's back. Blood poured from the bone-deep wound.

The sharp battle blade was withdrawn by its wielder, who muttered to himself, "Are fourth-tier magic beasts really this perceptive? I hid myself so well."

The Gale Tiger let out an enraged roar. Rather than leaving it to await death, the wound on its back instead stirred up its ferocity. The giant beast pounced at the blade wielder with terrifying momentum.

Yet the blade wielder seemed to have anticipated it. At some point, he had appeared at the Gale Tiger's side.

Before it could land, its body could only maintain its previous posture. The blade, gleaming with cyan light, was exceptionally sharp. With a casual slash, it cut open the tiger's flank.

This wound was even longer, nearly running through most of its body.

A few breaths later, the Gale Tiger had fallen to the ground. Its tiger head was split open, and a fourth-tier wind-attribute magic core landed in Wu Yong's hand.

"A beast is a beast. You're too stupid. If you don't die, then who will?"

Unless there was an enormous gap in strength between both sides, where one party could stand still and let the other attack without even breaking through their defenses...

And only if it was a one-on-one fight could someone afford to throw away their brain.

Otherwise, the brainless side was bound to die.

This was the real world. Especially before Dou Wang, and before magic beasts reached the fifth tier, their life forms had yet to undergo a complete transformation. Higher levels did not suppress lower levels all that significantly.

When a Dou Zhe fought a Dou Shi, the Dou Shi did not have the game-like immunity that reduced a lower-level opponent's damage by some percentage.

If a Dou Zhe chopped off a Dou Shi's head with one slash, the Dou Shi would still die!

Wu Yong contentedly stroked the battle blade in his hand. It was only natural that these magic beasts were treated like dungeons for people to farm. A fourth-tier magic beast did not even know how to use Dou Qi to defend itself.

Magic beasts' bodies might be powerful, but weapons forged by humans were sharp enough to break through their physical defenses.

Of course, that was only true for Wu Yong, the Son of Wind. Every movement of that Gale Tiger had been seen through by him.

With the wind's help, his speed had reached the extreme. A powerful fourth-tier magic beast like the Gale Tiger was no different from a kitten in his eyes.

As for anyone else, Wu Yong could only say that he did not recommend trying to imitate him.