C81 (2/2)

”Who needs your protection?” Huangfu Xue was angered, and she took the lead to walk into the strange forest.

The two of them looked at each other, shook their heads helplessly and followed.

The strange forest was extremely vast and a hundred miles away from the inner sect of the Flowing Moon Sect. It could already be considered to be out of the control of the Flowing Moon Sect, where there were many traces of magical beasts, making it a natural training ground, and also an extremely dangerous place. Other than the disciples of the Flowing Moon Sect, disciples from the other two great sects, the Azure Emperor Pavilion, and the Myriad Sword Academy would also frequently send disciples to the strange forest to hunt magical beasts and obtain cultivation resources.

After a long period of exploration by the seniors, they had also concluded that they had some adventurous experiences. As long as they did not enter a five hundred mile radius of the forest, they would not encounter any Class 3 Magical Beasts. Even so, there were many Class 2 Magical Beasts that were equivalent to Martial Masters and were no less powerful than Class 3 Magical Beasts.

Therefore, everyone who entered the strange forest had to be on full alert, because no one could guarantee that a powerful magical beast would suddenly appear in the next second and swallow them whole.

Not long after the three of them entered the forest, they heard a vicious roar. Behind an ancient tree, a two meter long, cat-like magical beast jumped out. Its blood-red eyes were round, and its fur was brown.

”Blood Devouring Cat, a rank two magical beast. It is equivalent to a level one Martial Master.”

As her voice fell, a black light that was several feet long flashed in her hand.

Pfft!

Two halves of its body fell to the ground, fresh blood staining the ground. Lanyu was now at the fourth level of the Martial Master realm, and her explosive battle prowess was comparable to the seventh level of the Martial Master realm. A mere Blood Devouring Cat posed no threat to him at all.

”The beast core is inside the skull. Just dig it out.”

Huangfu Xue said.

Lanyu rolled her eyes. Of course he knew! Looking at Huangfu Xue Rou, teasing, ”Little Princess, my Blood Drinking Heavy Blade is a heavy weapon and is not suitable for use as a dagger.” Looking at Huangfu Xue Rou, teasing, ”Little Princess, my Blood Drinking Heavy Blade is a heavy weapon and is not suitable for use as a dagger.

”What a beautiful dream!” After sweeping a glance at the bloodied and mangled corpse of the Blood Devouring Cat, Huangfu Xue Rou felt a wave of disgust. He wanted her to go dig out the beast core? It was worse than letting her eat flies.

”Let me do it.”

Lin Qianyin pulled out her spirit artifact sword and cut open the Blood Devouring Cat's head. Sure enough, under the shroud of blood, she saw a fist-sized ball shining with a faint red light.

”This is a fire attributed beast core.” Lin Qianyin ignored the blood, putting away the beast core.

”The beast core is the essence of a magical beast's body. It contains a huge amount of the world's spiritual energy and the magical beast's own elemental essence. Of course, this sort of thing cannot be used for cultivation.”

Lan Yu chuckled.

”In your opinion, if this item could be directly absorbed and refined, then who knows how many people in my Unpolished Jade Empire would be able to become Martial Kings.” Huangfu Xue Rou frowned.

”Alright, alright, alright. You're the one who knows everything.” Lanyu lazily bickered with Huangfu Xue and waved her hand as she continued onward.

”Lanyu, when the three of us add up, although we can barely match up to an eighth level Martial Master, there are too many powerful magical beasts in this strange forest. We shouldn't go too deep.” Lin Qianyin said as they walked.

Taking a deep breath, Lanyu helplessly said, ”We can't go too far. But the Cloud-Patterned Panther and Lightning Cat are extremely rare magical beasts. I'm afraid that in this low level area, it'll be hard to find them.”

In the next four hours, the three of them quickly entered the depths of the strange forest. Along the way, they encountered many magical beasts, but without exception, they all died under the Billowing Jade Saber. By now, Lin Qianyin already had more than twenty beast cores inside of her Qiankun Jade.

Deep within the strange forest, the howls of the demonic beasts rose and fell as the demonic energy became much denser.

After arriving here, one would have to be extremely careful. There were many types of magical beasts, and many of them specialized in area-of-effect attacks. They hid in the shadows, making it hard to guard against them.

At this moment, quite a few magical beasts appeared in the surroundings.

”The Class 2 Magical Beast, Crimson Sky Dog, likes to live in groups. It is equivalent to a 3rd level Martial Master.”

”A Rank 2 Magical Beast, the brown striped leopard. Its speed is extremely fast, comparable to a level 3 Martial Master.”

”The Rank 2 Magical Beast, the Scarlet Cliff Python, has an extraordinary amount of strength, equivalent to the fourth level of the Martial Master realm.”

Scanning the surroundings, Lanyu indifferently introduced.

”Lanyu, why are you so familiar with magical beasts?” Have you seen the beast encyclopedia? ”

There were many magical beasts that she did not recognize.

”If you want to know, I'll pass on my memories regarding magical beasts to you when we get back.”

Lanyu said as she rubbed her nose. When he was still a Martial Saint, he had seen all sorts of magical beasts, and he had a very good understanding of their attributes.