Huo Hai kept firing Steel Stingers, steadily honing his current mastery of the Blood-Shaking Thorn Battle Spirit Art. These Steel Stingers had not been forged by Old Li. Instead, the Huo Family's blacksmiths had made them anew for Huo Hai, specifically for practicing the Blood-Shaking Thorn.
Having already reached the Minor Accomplishment Stage, the Blood-Shaking Thorn reduced a stretch of woodland around Huo Hai to a shattered mess. Through extensive practice, his mastery of the Blood-Shaking Thorn finally stabilized completely, gradually approaching perfection. Yet reaching the Greater Accomplishment Stage still felt endlessly far away. As he was now, he remained nowhere near that level.
His training in the Blood-Shaking Thorn was complete, and his spiritual energy could not improve for the time being. He had no idea when he would be able to break through to the Spirit General Realm. Now Huo Hai had nothing to do again. With nothing to occupy him, prolonged stillness began stirring a desire for action.
"Should I head deeper into the forest and take a look?" Huo Hai looked toward Gourd Valley behind him. For some reason, he simply wanted to venture deeper. Although there were plenty of Spirit General Realm Spirit Beasts in there, it was not as though he could not handle them. With a proper plan, killing a Spirit General Realm Spirit Beast would not be particularly difficult. Besides, fighting powerful Spirit Beasts was another way to spur his growth.
Many people broke through in their cultivation through brutal, desperate combat. Huo Hai had already reached his peak and wanted to try it to see whether this method would work for him. Both the density and strength of his spiritual energy had long since surpassed the threshold at which ordinary people broke through.
Just as Huo Hai made up his mind