Testing His Blade

Testing His Blade

"Whew!"

Lu Yun let out a long breath of stale air.

At this moment,

he found himself in a valley. The valley was exceedingly vast, and the trees around it were all lush and verdant.

This meant that the teleportation array had finished.

"Then..."

"Things are simple from here. I just need to hunt and kill as many exotic beasts as possible. The higher their level, the higher the score."

Lu Yun brimmed with confidence.

His strength had already been formidable, and he could continuously gain critical-hit boosts through actual combat.

Forget mere exotic beasts below the fourth tier—even if he encountered a fifth-tier exotic beast, he would not fear it in the slightest.

Even if he ran into a terrifying sixth-tier exotic beast,

with his Sea-Opening Realm Early Stage strength and thirty-three layers of enhancement, it still could not possibly be his match.

It could be said...

as long as no seventh-tier exotic beast—legendary creatures comparable to human Star-Gathering Realm experts—appeared, Lu Yun was an invincible existence in this valley, like a bug in a game.

"Whoosh!"

Lu Yun shot out at top speed. In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed deep into the valley.

Since he already knew that the outskirts of the valley were basically filled with low-tier exotic beasts,

and that the higher-tier exotic beasts preferred to stay in the depths of the valley,

he did not want to waste any more time lingering around the challenge-less outskirts.

Since his goal was to hunt as many high-tier exotic beasts as possible, there was naturally no need for him to waste precious time on the outskirts with most of the others.

Just like that, after running at full speed for roughly half the time it took an incense stick to burn, Lu Yun arrived near a small lake. The lake was exceptionally calm.

A layer of white mist floated over its surface.

Lu Yun extended a finger and touched the lake water. Its icy coldness immediately made him feel refreshed.

The temperature of this lake water should be a few hundred degrees below zero. But this kind of water temperature is very suitable for hunting exotic beasts, and in such an environment, it is easier to conceal my aura and avoid being discovered by them, Lu Yun thought to himself.

He hovered above the lake and carefully surveyed his surroundings.

Apart from the white mist on the surface, there was nothing else.

At that moment, a splashing sound suddenly came from the lake. A gigantic, pitch-black exotic beast rose from the water.

This exotic beast looked somewhat like a crocodile, except two tentacles grew from its head, resembling two razor-sharp spears.

Its eyes shone with a purplish-red light, as bewitchingly vivid as blood.

This exotic beast had actually reached the third tier, equivalent to a human at Innate Realm Completion.

Lu Yun's gaze narrowed slightly.

Wasn't it supposed to be difficult to encounter high-tier exotic beasts?

It looked pretty easy, didn't it?!

"Huh? There's actually a human here."

"Hahaha..."

The exotic beast suddenly spoke. "You actually dared to barge into our exotic beast territory. You're simply courting death!"

"Ignorant human, stay right there and become my snack!"

Hearing this, Lu Yun froze slightly.

Was this exotic beast talking to him?

And its tone was filled with mockery and provocation?

"Looks like it's talking about me."

A wicked smile curved across Lu Yun's lips.

Ever since his strength had soared by leaps and bounds, he had yet to engage in true combat.

This was the perfect chance to use this third-tier exotic beast to test his blade.

Lu Yun did not hesitate any longer. His body turned into a streak of light as he charged straight at the beast.

When the exotic beast saw Lu Yun flying toward it, its eyes revealed deep disdain.

Over the years, people had often entered the valley.

It had hidden beneath the lake's surface and suddenly emerged, killing who knew how many ignorant humans.

The youth before it did not seem to possess any particularly strong aura. Presumably, he was quite weak.

Still, he looked fair and tender. He should taste good.

Thinking this...

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It swung its sharp claws at Lu Yun. Lu Yun, however, remained calm. With a turn of his palm, he gripped the Ancient Moon Elephant-Trunk Saber.

"Boom!"

Lu Yun slashed out with a single stroke.

This slash

was clean and decisive!

It struck directly onto the exotic beast's body, cleaving off one of its claws. Blood streamed everywhere.

"Awroo!"

The exotic beast let out a miserable howl. Its tail viciously slapped the surface of the lake, immediately setting off raging waves.

Lu Yun's figure, like a ghost, appeared behind the exotic beast once more.

As silver light flashed,

rip!

Another tearing sound rang out.

The exotic beast's other tail was severed by Lu Yun as well.

At this point, the exotic beast was already in unbearable agony, roaring madly.

Its eyes had turned bloodshot, and its entire body trembled ceaselessly from the pain.

Yet it did not pause at all, instead charging straight at Lu Yun.

Lu Yun's lips curled slightly as he swung his saber down.

Crack!

One slash, and it was severed.

The exotic beast's head fell straight off, rolling all the way to the shore.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterward...

the exotic beast's corpse crashed heavily into the lake, splashing up huge sprays of water.

"It died just like that?"

Lu Yun could not help muttering to himself.

A mighty third-tier ferocious beast, an existence equivalent to a human at Innate Realm Completion.

He had not expected its strength to be so utterly lacking.

Lu Yun shook his head.

The final slash he had used against the exotic beast had been the twelfth move of the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique.

Windwing Shatters Clouds!

Although this move looked incredibly impressive, its power was truly too weak for the current Lu Yun.

If he had used the Primordial Unity Fist instead of the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique, he was even confident that he could have instantly killed this third-tier ferocious beast.

"It seems... I still need to speed up my cultivation of the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique!"

Although Lu Yun was somewhat dissatisfied with the progress of his saber technique, he had still gained two things.

First, through actual combat, he had gained greater confidence in his own strength.

Second, by killing this third-tier exotic beast, the proficiency of his Thousand Mountains Saber Technique had increased once again.

During the brief clash just now, critical-hit notification sounds had continuously echoed in his mind.

At this moment,

when he opened his attribute panel again, the values related to his saber technique had already changed.

Host: Lu Yun

System Phase Two Activated: 200x Critical-Hit Enhancement

Martial Skills: Thousand Mountains Saber Technique (lv8 15%), Primordial Unity Fist (lv36 72%)

Strength Level: Sea-Opening Realm Early Stage

Based on the change in his saber technique proficiency, Lu Yun could roughly infer that every third-tier exotic beast he killed would increase his proficiency by 15%.

And in the time to come...

if he could kill even higher-tier exotic beasts, his saber technique proficiency would certainly increase even faster.

"It still feels a little too slow. My saber technique proficiency has only just reached the eighth level!"

Thinking this,

Lu Yun no longer hesitated. He quickly split open the exotic beast's head with his saber, took out a beast core the size of a fist, and placed it in his storage bag.

Then...

without looking back, he continued racing toward the depths of the valley.

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