C61 Advancing to a fighter

When Ye Yang transformed the Genuine Qi into a metal attribute, the entire bow and arrow became golden. And a crescent moon quietly emerged behind Ye Yang.

The foot long crescent moon hung hazily behind Ye Yang. After the crescent moon appeared, traces of golden energy around it slowly condensed towards the Lunar Shadow.

It was just that the energy was extremely minute and Ye Yang could not feel it at all. But this time, Ye Yang did not use Genuine Qi, but Genuine Essence instead.

This was also the first time that he had used Genuine Essence. Although its energy was different, the route and method of operation were no different from those of Genuine Qi.

However, when he transferred Genuine Essence, Ye Yang clearly felt a little sore in his meridians, and an unbearable feeling arose.

Ye Yang knew that his meridians were not strong enough yet to support Genuine Essence, which was why he had such an uncomfortable feeling. However, it was not very severe, so he continued to transfuse.

When he felt that half of the Genuine Essence in his body was transferred into the Lunar Shadow, his right hand relaxed.

“Swish”

Just as the arrow left the bowstring, it hit the Flaming Salamander in the face. Before it could even understand what was happening, it felt a sharp pain on its head.

The arrow pierced through its scales, bringing with it a rain of blood. It came out from the bottom of the Flaming Salamander's chin, and a bloody hole as large as a bowl appeared on its head.

"Ang!"

The Flaming Salamander wailed miserably as it rolled on the ground. Its moved its four limbs frantically and swung its tail crazily. The rocks around were blown away and shot out in all directions like a cannonball.

Seeing that he had hit his target, Ye Yang hurriedly dodged the rocks and rushed forward about more than three hundred meters. He climbed onto a large tree and quietly watched.

It was clearly fatally injured, but it still struggled for almost half an hour before it finally stopped. In the end, the surroundings of the corpse were a complete mess, and even the trees in the distance were smashed down by the rocks.

Ye Yang secretly clicked his tongue, amazed at how tenacious the beast was. If it had not been for the help of the Lunar Shadow, he would not have taken the beast out even if he died from exhaustion.

It was true that Ye Yang was confident that his Genuine Qi was quite sufficient and full of stamina and was much more powerful than average martial cultivators of the same cultivation level.

However, demonic beasts were many times more powerful than humans. In battles between those of the same level, it usually required a team of several people to have a chance of taking it out.

Normally, someone who could defeat a beast of the same level was already considered a genius, but for someone like Ye Yang, who could kill a beast above his level, it was absolutely shocking.

What’s more, when a demonic beast reached Third Rank, it would have much stronger power in that not only would it have a stronger body, but it would be able to comprehend techniques.

In this case, the Flaming Salamander had its Scorching Breath as its ability. If it were to hit an average martial cultivator, he would be seriously injured even if he survived.

The high temperature would burn a human's skin and muscles. Though Ye Yang's body was tough and had strong resistance, he still got a lot of blisters.

Generally, high temperature was more lethal for furred demonic beasts. Therefore, there were no other demonic beast within Flaming Salamander’s territory.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the Flaming Salamander stopped moving and making sure that it was certainly dead, Ye Yang heaved a long sigh of relief and gestured towards the Little Fox in the distance.

The little thing was very obedient and did what Ye Yang told it. When it saw Ye Yang's gesture, it instantly turned into a streak of white light and jumped onto his shoulder.

Ye Yang came to the front of the Flaming Salamander's corpse. This was simply the Godzilla in real life. He couldn't even touch its chin when he reached out his hands.

He believed that if he hadn't used Genuine Essence but instead Genuine Qi with that arrow, he definitely wouldn't have been able to kill it even if he could break through its defense.

Ye Yang took out a wild fruit he had picked in the forest and threw it to the Little Fox for it to play with somewhere.

Ye Yang sat crossed legged on the ground, with a solemn expression on his face. His hands slowly formed seals in front of his chest. Following Ye Yang's movements, a shadow slowly appeared above the corpse.

However, only Ye Yang could see the shadow. The Little Fox was pleasantly nibbling at the fruit at one side, totally unconscious of what was happening.

But the shadow was very solid and had a distinct face. A half a foot long Flaming Salamander was roaring.

Ye Yang did not pay any attention to it and channeled the Deicide Tactic. A strong suction was created between his eyebrows. The shadow could not resist at all and was drawn towards Ye Yang.

After the shadow entered his eyebrows, Ye Yang operated his Dantian and sucked the shadow into a Qi whirl. It exploded with a bang when it entered the Qi whirl.

Like a spark that had been ignited, the Qi whirl contracted intensely and spread out in all directions as if it exploded into flames.

The Qi whirl that was originally restrained suddenly surged out in all directions like a flood bursting through a dike.

The Qi whirl expanded for two whole hours, and Ye Yang was overjoyed to find that his Qi whirl was ten times larger than it was before.

Originally, he was worried that after his Qi whirl had been modified, it would not change much even if he broke through to become a warrior. However, he did not expect such a big surprise from the Deicide Tactic.

Ever since he entered the academy, Ye Yang gained more and more understanding of cultivation. Normally, when a martial cultivator advanced into a warrior, the Qi whirl in his body would expand threefold compared to when they were at the peak of martial cultivator, and for a few geniuses, it would expand fivefold. And it was said that for some devilish geniuses, it had reached sixfold.

The size of the Qi whirl would directly affect the strength of the cultivators. The larger the Qi whirl, the more Genuine Qi it could store and the more battle skills one could use.

Imagine two people fighting. If one of them had a smaller capacity of Genuine Qi, it would be exhausted after he used two battle skills. Then what else could he do other than surrender?

As for some high level battle skills, they were big consumers. One without enough Genuine Qi would not even be able to use them. That was how important the Qi whirl was.

Right now, Ye Yang's Qi whirl was so large that even he himself was somewhat afraid of it. His Qi whirl seemed as if it was limitless. And he was afraid that if he went on, his cultivation speed would become slower and slower.

However, since things had already come to this point, there was no use worrying about it. He could only take things one step at a time.

However, this was not the only thing that surprised Ye Yang. He also noticed that the fist-sized ball of Genuine Essence in his body had already turned into a foot long when he broke through the nine hundredth stage of the Nine Nether Sky Stairway.

Ye Yang could not help but be elated. When he shot down the Flaming Salamander, he did feel that the Lunar Shadow was extremely mystical.

It was as if her power would change along with his output. If he had transferred all the Genuine Essence in his body into it, it was exciting even to think about how powerful the movement would be.

Ye Yang opened his eyes and slowly stood up. Phew! He punched in the air.

“It seems the power hasn’t grown much,” Ye Yang frowned. The strength of his body had always been his biggest advantage. He was disappointed by the little enhancement this time.

"My body is already much stronger than that of ordinary martial masters. I should be satisfied," Ye Yang could only console himself.

Jumping onto the Flaming Salamander's head, he took out a sharp dagger. With great effort, he finally managed to get the beast’s crystal nucleus. In his hand was a longan-sized dark red object.

Beast’s crystal nucleus was extremely rare. It was few and far between on the continent, especially the Third Ranked crystal nucleus, which was even more precious.

First and second ranked beast crystal nuclei were usually used to refine pills or make accessories to assist in cultivation.

The crystal nuclei of a Third Ranked Demonic Beasts, on the other hand, were extremely valuable because the Third Ranked Demonic Beasts had already awakened their abilities, therefore their crystal nuclei all contained a rich amount of elements.

The crystal nucleus in Ye Yang's hands was a typical fire attribute crystal nucleus. If embedded in a fire attribute weapon, on the one hand, it could increase the attack power of fire attribute weapons, and on the other hand, it could save the user a large amount of Genuine Qi.

In other words, the user only needed a small number of Genuine Qi to be able to display the full power of this weapon. This was the value of a Third Ranked crystal nucleus.

After putting the crystal nucleus away, he took a look at the Flaming Salamander's corpse. Ye Yang was in a bit of a dilemma. With such a large corpse in his storage ring, he would not be able to store anything else.

For the first time Ye Yang felt that his Dimensional Ring was not big enough and that he needed a bigger one.

However, he could not bring himself to throw the corpse away. Merely its skin could be a precious material for forging armor.

A defense that even he could not break through was definitely powerful. Bringing it back to the academy would surely earn him a lot of points.

However, with the tools in hand, he might not be able to dissect this behemoth even if he was given half a month.

Moreover, he was not a hardworking man by nature. He looked around the corpse back and forth, and found its front leg as thick as a water tank. He took out a dagger and poked at the gap in its scales.

"Crack!"

The dagger was cut in half.

He threw it away and took out a spear as his dagger. He had to work for over an hour before he could finally remove its front leg that was almost ten feet long. He was so tired that he was sweating heavily.

He then ran into the forest, gathered a large pile of firewood, and built a huge fire between the two boulders.

He placed the front leg on the two boulders to roast. Then, he also heated up the broth that he did not finish yesterday.

The Little Fox was cheering and running up and down. Looking at the huge leg that was roasting, it was extremely excited.

"Heh, be careful and don't fall into the fire. Today, I'm treating you to the carbon barbucued newt. This is the most famous dish in Japan," Ye Yang said with a smile.

As time passed, the fragrance of the meat became denser and gradually dispersed.

However, Ye Yang had already chosen a perfect spot. There were no other fierce beasts within 100 miles. And the beasts below Third Rank, even if they came, would only be adding to the meal. So there was nothing to be afraid of.

Ye Yang gulped. It smelled so good. And the Little Fox was even more eager. It would have probably gone up to take a bite if Ye Yang had not stopped it.

After roasted for two hours with hot fire, the outer layer was finally all crisp. Ye Yang then took out a small knife and gently peeled off the outer layer of its skin, exposing the fresh meat within.

Ye Yang cut off a thin slice and put it in his mouth. It was tender and juicy, almost melting immediately after entering his mouth. He chewed slightly, and the fragrance filled his mouth.

Feeling that it was unfair, the Little Fox jumped onto Ye Yang's shoulder and started pulling at a strand of Ye Yang's hair with all its strength. It was extremely dissatisfied with what Ye Yang just did.

"Whoa! Stop that. I was just tasting its flavor. It’ll soon be ready," Ye Yang hurriedly took out a dining plate and cut off a piece of meat the size of a fist. He cut it into thin pieces and passed it to the Little Fox. It finally stopped messing with him.

After eating the salamander, he felt a familiar warm current slowly forming and flowing to his limbs and bones. Ye Yang was very excited at once.

"Great! The good old days are back again!"