Wolf Poison Must Die!

Li Qingshan forced his exhausted body upright, walked into the kitchen, fished out a slab of beef from the refrigerator, and tossed it into a pot of plain water.

The water boiled violently, white steam rising.

Li Qingshan stared straight at the mist, but his attention was on the Status Panel.

"Body Forging progress finally went up."

He had been stuck at [Body Forging 9/100] for more than ten days. Today, he had finally taken another step forward.

Of course, the increase in Body Forging progress was not solely due to one bottle of Nutrient Solution.

But the Nutrient Solution's effects were still far better than Li Qingshan had expected.

"One bottle of Nutrient Solution can actually support four complete training sessions."

At noon, he had also discussed the effects of Nutrient Solution with Yu Lei and the other two.

According to them, one bottle was only enough for two cultivation sessions.

"So this is what they mean by 'it varies from person to person'?"

Thinking of what the sales girl had said at noon, Li Qingshan quickly understood why.

His The Stars Are Calling was at the Third Realm, while Yu Lei and the others were only at the Second Realm. That was why the gap was so huge.

"But Yu Lei and Hong Qian have such low absorption efficiency, yet their Body Forging progress hasn't fallen behind. Are they drinking Nutrient Solution like water?"

Li Qingshan clicked his tongue enviously, his thoughts drifting for a moment.

"If I could keep taking one bottle of Nutrient Solution every day..."

Beep, beep, beep!

The stove shut off on its timer, and the beef floating in the pot pulled Li Qingshan back to reality.

He only had thirty thousand Star Coins left in savings. Even if he spent it all on Nutrient Solution, he could only buy another ten bottles.

By then, he would not even be able to pay his rent!

Li Qingshan's mouth twitched. He picked out the beef, rinsed it under cold water, and started gnawing on it.

After finishing the beef and taking a quick shower, Li Qingshan returned to his bedroom and lay on the bed.

"If resources aren't enough, talent will make up the difference!"

His gaze swept across the [Martial Arts Space] section of the Status Panel.

With anticipation, Li Qingshan closed his eyes, and with a thought—

When he opened his eyes again,

An empty platform filled his vision.

"So this is the Martial Arts Space?" Li Qingshan looked around curiously.

There was no sky overhead, only a stretch of nothingness.

Dim light seeped out from the void, barely allowing him to see the platform's edge roughly five hundred meters away.

The edge was curved. Or rather, the ground beneath his feet was a circular platform one thousand meters in diameter.

After a brief look around, Li Qingshan spread his limbs and prepared to train.

Just then,

A low growl came from behind him, rapidly drawing closer.

"Hm?"

Li Qingshan had barely turned around when a foul wind struck his face, and a blood-filled maw was already right before him.

Fangs snapped shut, and his head burst like a watermelon.

"Fuck!"

Li Qingshan jolted upright in his bedroom, drenched in cold sweat.

"Wolf Poison!"

His heart hammered wildly, his eyes full of lingering terror.

After all, he had just "died" once.

"What's going on? Why did Wolf Poison appear right away? I didn't summon its Projection..."

His chaotic thoughts suddenly halted.

Li Qingshan recalled the information that had appeared when [Martial Arts Space] was first unlocked.

The Martial Arts Space was a mysterious space used for training. It automatically recorded the Projections of every monster that died by his hand.

"Automatically recorded? So when they're first recorded, the Monster Projections all appear directly inside the space?"

At that thought, Li Qingshan felt a dull ache in his balls.

Perhaps in the Status Panel's eyes, if he could kill it once, he could naturally kill it a second time.

Whether the Monster Projection appeared directly or not made no difference at all.

But to Li Qingshan, the difference was enormous.

After all, the Wolf Poison he had killed had all four limbs pinned to an alloy steel plate!

"So this is the price of taking a shortcut?" Li Qingshan was momentarily speechless.

More precisely, being able to unlock [Martial Arts Space] today really had been taking a shortcut.

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you won't lose it next time.

The unlocking condition for [Martial Arts Space] was killing a monster.

Without Wan Keshan's "First Lesson of Martial Arts," he would not have had the chance to encounter Wolf Poison anytime soon, much less possessed the strength to kill it head-on.

"Strength?"

Li Qingshan muttered to himself, a fierce glint flashing through his eyes.

"If I can kill you once, I can kill you countless times. I refuse to believe it."

The existence of Wolf Poison's Projection had disrupted his plan to raise his cultivation technique proficiency.

To train in peace, this Wolf Poison had to die!

Li Qingshan flipped out of bed, walked into the living room, picked up the Chopping Knife by the wall, and returned to his bedroom.

Gripping the handle tightly, he drew the long blade, sat cross-legged on the bed, and closed his eyes.

The space shifted.

The moment Li Qingshan opened his eyes, he spun around and tightened his grip on the blade.

The Chopping Knife had come in successfully. A pair of crimson eyes was staring at him from a hundred meters away.

Roar!

With a howl, Wolf Poison kicked off with its hind legs and launched itself forward.

Its legs blurred as it moved at terrifying speed. In the blink of an eye, it had crossed more than half the hundred-meter distance.

Li Qingshan's gaze sharpened. He shifted his left foot back and turned his body sideways.

The Fierce Beast's exposed skin swept past his eyes. He raised the Chopping Knife in his right hand and brought it down hard.

The two passed each other.

Wolf Poison landed ten meters away, with only an insignificant wound on its shoulder and neck, while Li Qingshan's wrist had already gone numb.

After landing, Wolf Poison's eyes gleamed with even greater savagery. It leaped, turned, and pounced again.

The ten-meter distance vanished in an instant.

This time, Li Qingshan could not evade it. He could only barely raise the Chopping Knife before him.

Its claws slammed down, carrying a terrifying force.

The Chopping Knife instantly flew from his hand. The claws pressed toward his chest without resistance, crushing bones, internal organs...

Li Qingshan's entire body trembled. His eyelids flew open, and a flicker of fear passed through them.

He had died again.

After calming down slightly, Li Qingshan carefully recalled the exchange just now.

Though it had only lasted a few seconds, it was enough to show that Wolf Poison far surpassed him in both speed and strength.

"So this is Wolf Poison's true strength?"

Li Qingshan's eyes darkened. He clenched the blade's handle and began trying again.

Giving up was impossible.

It had blocked his path of training. This Wolf Poison had to die!

In the dark room, Li Qingshan sat cross-legged on the bed, his right hand tightly gripping the Chopping Knife.

Every few seconds, his body would shudder, and he would open his eyes with lingering fright before closing them again.

Time slowly passed.

The frequency with which he opened his eyes barely changed.

But his body no longer trembled, and beneath those opened lids, A Pair of Eyes remained calm and still.

A sonic boom exploded, deafeningly loud.

"Sky Patroler?"

Li Qingshan opened his eyes once more, quickly rose to his feet, and walked to the window.

Although Sky Patroler Mecha constantly patrolled between cities across the province, they rarely broke the sound barrier above a city at night.

This deployment meant there had to be an emergency.

The Mecha's figure had already vanished into the night sky, leaving behind only rings of airwaves.

Li Qingshan followed the trail of airwaves with his eyes.

"Seems like it's headed toward Linjiang Road?"

"Could that purple-red-haired woman really be an Evil God Cultist?"

Star River Bar was on Linjiang Road.

With the report letter from noon, the Patrol Bureau would definitely have set up surveillance around Star River Bar.

"I hope so!"

Li Qingshan offered a brief prayer and withdrew his gaze.

If his report had truly worked, then the reward money would not get away.

There were no emergency notifications on his Communicator, clearly indicating that everything was under the Patrol Bureau's control.

Li Qingshan rubbed his brow, then sat back down on the bed and began another attempt.