Dungeon Key! Tiger Strength Stake Technique!

This was the [Newcomer Secret Realm], filled with all kinds of advantages for newcomers.

It was an exceedingly precious opportunity.

Wu Yu now had enough capital to seize this opportunity completely...

Hunt the Mountain Lord!

"Since everything was orchestrated by the bandit chief, the Mountain Lord's injuries probably weren't a trap. The village chief didn't lie to me."

"A heavily wounded Mountain Lord... once I kill it, the cards it drops and any treasure chests that might exist will definitely be better than the chief's."

"The Lostway Cave is where the greatest harvest in this [Newcomer Secret Realm] lies!"

"Once I get the most precious treasure, then rush to the evacuation point before the mist arrives, won't that be a fat, happy extraction?"

A flood of thoughts sprang into Wu Yu's mind.

Coming back to himself, he suppressed his excitement and took out Tiger Power Stance and the [Dungeon Key].

The Dungeon Key was utterly ordinary, with nothing special about it.

Wu Yu had also gone through the entire Evil Tiger Stronghold, yet there was no dungeon anywhere.

"Seems like..."

Wu Yu thought back briefly and lowered his head to flip through several pages.

Several entries recorded the bandit chief going to Lostway Cave to deliver "blood food."

"Day Fifty-One. There's no room in the stronghold for the merchant caravans and passersby we captured. Looks like we'll have to house them over at Lostway Cave."

"Day Seventy-Seven. The Mountain Lord dislikes crowds. It took us a great deal of effort to settle those blood foods inside the cave again. Fine by me—this way, the Mountain Lord will lower its guard!"

"So the dungeon is inside Lostway Cave!"

Wu Yu pondered this and returned the [Dungeon Key] to his inventory.

Then,

he looked at Tiger Power Stance and crushed it directly!

The card scattered into motes of light, which then surged into his body.

In an instant, Wu Yu vaguely became a bandit.

Every day, he rose early to painstakingly practice the Tiger Strength Stake Technique, striving to become a Transcendent Martial Artist and a minor leader.

After training bitterly for eight years, he finally gained entry into the stake technique. The vitality and blood in his body gradually revealed supernatural traits, beginning to far surpass ordinary people!

When he came back to his senses, the memories in Wu Yu's mind gradually faded, leaving only the training memories related to the Tiger Power Stance.

He stood and felt out his body, discovering that he had indeed become sturdier.

His muscles bulged, and strength filled his entire body!

"Another boost. I wonder how strong I am now. Can I compare to Yu Tiezhu's [Nine Oxen's Strength]?"

Curious, he casually took out a shoddy machete.

With a slight exertion of his five fingers, he twisted the blade into an outrageous curve.

At this sight, Wu Yu revealed a delighted expression.

Clearly, it still could not compare to a Transcendent Martial Artist whose skin could stop bullets and whose fist could punch through iron armor.

But this was a remarkable improvement at a single thought!

"Looks like I, too, possess peerless talent in martial arts!"

Wu Yu nodded in satisfaction.

"Come to think of it, this Tiger Power Stance is somewhat different from the previous two!"

"It's a bit like taking [Vitality Pills]; it mainly increases the body's vitality and blood!"

Tiger Roar Eight-Slash Saber and Heaven-and-Earth Toss differed in quality, but both contained methods of refining essence and refining spirit.

Both consumed vitality and blood.

One mainly increased physical strength and allowed one to master the [Tiger Roar] secret art.

The other mainly increased the body's agility and allowed one to master the [Heaven-and-Earth] secret art.

"The connection between them... increasing vitality and blood, and consuming vitality and blood."

Wu Yu fell into thought.

Among the three Transcendent systems of the Zhu Xia Federation, Wu Yu had chosen the path of an immortal cultivator and did not know much about martial artists.

He only knew that martial artists were extremely popular. At River City Advanced Academy, at least half the students wanted to become martial artists!

Tiger Power Stance was a blue-grade cultivation technique. It could increase vitality and blood, and when paired with Pills such as [Vitality Pills], one could fully knock open the [Transcendent Gate] and elevate one's life level through bitter training.

This was the Transcendent path of this place; taking medicine and training bitterly were both indispensable.

But in the real world, one injection of [Nine Dragons' Might] rendered [Vitality Pills] and ten years of hard training meaningless.

After familiarizing himself with his new strength, Wu Yu walked out of the Hall of Brotherhood.

But he had not gone far before he noticed something was wrong!

A group of bandits was coming up from below the stronghold, carrying machetes and bows!

"Evil Tiger Stronghold's hunting party?"

Wu Yu frowned and looked toward the rear of the group.

Sure enough, twenty or thirty people were bound with ropes, bedraggled and dragged along by the bandits.

Among them was Old Wu, the gun-wielding villager. He was covered in wounds, dirty and disheveled.

"Why is Old Wu among them?"

"Did these people not realize something happened to the stronghold?"

Wu Yu was puzzled, but he could not be bothered to think further.

That bandit group had already entered the narrow path and fallen into the trap he had laid.

He carefully hid behind a large boulder, waiting as the bandits were surrounded step by step by "little stones."

One step, two steps, a stroll...

Just as the many bandits were about to enter the blast range, a piercing shriek suddenly sounded from the stronghold's residential area!

"Beep—!"

It seemed to be some sort of bird whistle. The bandits immediately became alert and prepared to retreat.

"Can't wait any longer!"

Wu Yu's pupils contracted as he decisively issued the command in his heart.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Divine Bird Sigils lit up. Blasts of flame erupted fiercely, linking into one mass.

In the blink of an eye, amid thunderous explosions, more than twenty bandits were blown apart, their charred remains scattered everywhere.

Some bandits who had not stepped into the trap were also tragically caught in the blast. Some screamed as they fell, gravely wounded; some lost hands and feet; others had their bodies burned by flames.

The people at the rear immediately descended into chaos. One unlucky man was accidentally slain by a panicked bandit's blade, clutching his throat as he convulsed on the ground.

The chaotic situation made it impossible for the archers to perform properly. They could not even aim.

Meanwhile, Wu Yu had already slipped over, taking advantage of the opportunity. Several little stones tore through the air!

Whoosh!

The little stones changed direction midair, landing in several separate positions.

Boom! Boom!

Flames erupted once more. This time, seven or eight bandits failed to escape and were instantly blown to death.

Only three bandits had the luck to evade it.

Unfortunately...

Another little stone flew over, exploding with a boom and killing two of them.

A short blade suddenly appeared from the side, instantly piercing through the last bandit's throat!

"Urgh—!"

The bandit archer tried to cover his throat, but he could not stop the bleeding at all. After struggling a few times, he stopped moving.

Watching the bandits fall one after another, Wu Yu did not rashly emerge. Instead, he stared into the distance.

Only after everyone but the bandit mistakenly killed by his own side had turned into light and vanished did he stride over.

At that moment, the bound captives stared at the scene in shock as well.

Fortunately, they had been at the very end of the group, so no one had been caught in the blasts.

"A martial artist! We're saved!"

"Was that a spell? A flash of white light, and those bandits disappeared!"

"Hero! Save me quickly! I'm a manager of the Golden Chariot Trading Association. I can give you silver!"

Everything had happened too quickly, but after witnessing this astonishing scene, everyone was overjoyed.

Among the crowd, Old Wu also watched in delight.

Suddenly, he remembered something and hurriedly shouted, "Brother Wu, be careful! Another group of bandits went that way!"