Chapter 39 Enemy Encounter (1/2)
Towering trees stood within the gloomy forest while dried yellow leaves carpeted the ground. Shadows flashed within the dense foliage. The place was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with danger.
On a certain clearing in the forest, Zhou Yuan's crouched body was stretched taunt while his eyes were fixed straight ahead where a night-black Genesis Beast with a silver horn was staring back at him with cold animal eyes.
It was a Silver Horn Beast, a grade 1 Genesis Beast.
Growl!
The Silver Horn Beast's body slowly lowered before suddenly shooting forward a split second later like a shadow. The pungent scent of blood was strong as it pounced at Zhou Yuan.
”Dragon Step!”
The Silver Horn Beast was swift and ferocious, hence Zhou Yuan did not dare to be negligent. His feet immediately inclined at an angle and moved as his body turned blurry.
Sch!
The Silver Horn Beast's sharp claws grazed past the skin of Zhou Yuan's face.
Zhou Yuan's five fingers clenched into a fist, Genesis Qi light swirling around it as he viciously punched at the lower back of the Silver Horn Beast.
Thud!
The Silver Horn Beast let out a howl of grief as it slammed into the ground, creating a crater. However, when it hit the ground, its tail whipped out like a metal whip and smashed into Zhou Yuan's arm.
Zhou Yuan's body was swept backwards, only managing to stabilize himself after a dozen steps.
Ignoring the burning pain from his arm, Zhou Yuan ferociously pounced forward again, his hand sweeping out at a horizontal angle while all the Genesis Qi in his body surged through his meridian channels and poured into his palm.
”Dragon Tablet Hand, shatter the mountain!”
A low cry was followed by the sound of wind then A faint sonic boom.
Bang!
Without waiting for the Silver Horn Beast to crawl up to its feet, Zhou Yuan's hand powerfully swatted onto its head, immediately causing its hard skull to shatter as its body fell to the ground with a loud thud.
Having killed the Silver Horn Beast with a palm strike, Zhou Yuan sighed in relief as his tense body began to relax.
Ch!
However, the instant he relaxed, a shadow suddenly shot out from the shade of the tree behind him. Sharp fangs flickered coldly as they viciously closed in on Zhou Yuan's throat.
”Martial form!”
A shout suddenly rang out.
Light surged in Zhou Yuan's hand as a mottled black brush appeared. The snow-white hairs of the brush tip binded together tightly like a lotus flower shaped spear tip with unparallelled sharpness, while strands of Genesis Qi swirled around it. With a swish, it pierced through the air, penetrating the shadow through its b.l.o.o.d.y, wide-opened mouth and pinning it on the tree trunk.
With his hands grasped around the end of the Heavenly Yuan Brush, Zhou Yuan lifted his head, only to find a thick black snake nailed to the trunk, fresh blood flowing from it.
It was a Shadow Python, another a grade 1 Genesis Beast.
”Come at me again?” Zhou Yuan grinned at the snake's corpse. He had suffered quite a bit at the very beginning. If his Spirit had not reached the Illusory stage, giving him keen senses, it was likely that he would have been swallowed as food when he first encountered this particular creature.
Zhou Yuan retrieved the Heavenly Yuan Brush, transforming it back to its culture form and stuck it back into his waistband. Subsequently, he hoisted up both the python and Silver Horn Beast corpses before walking out of the forest.
After exiting the forest, he came to a valley after approximately a dozen minutes of walking. Yaoyao was seated on a rock by the little stream, her bare feet dipping into the cool waters as she leisurely played in the water. Meanwhile, Tuntun was shuttling up and down in the stream, catching the fish swimming within.
Upon hearing some noise, Yaoyao turned her head and glanced at Zhou Yuan. ”Not bad, at least you didn't get injured this time.”
Zhou Yuan threw the two Genesis Beast corpses onto the ground, feeling a little embarra.s.sed when he heard her words. It was already his fifth day in the Black Forest Mountain Range and he had just barely gotten accustomed to the fighting and killing of Genesis Beasts.
However, on his first day here, he had been riddled all over with injuries. In particular, the claw wound on his chest had been so deep that bone could be seen. It was then that Zhou Yuan finally understood the difference between practice fights and true life and death battles.
These Genesis Beasts had experienced numerous fights to survive, and every single one was both cunning and ruthless. If Zhou Yuan treated them as easily slaughtered reared cattle, it was likely that he would not be able to walk out of this mountain range.
However, although the past few days of fighting and killing had been extremely dangerous, it had also brought about a significant change to Zhou Yuan. In the past, Zhou Yuan had a slight scholarly aura and looked like a weak scholar that would be blown away by a breeze.
But now, he gave off a faint aura of danger when he entered battle mode.
Yaoyao threw over two bottles and instructed, ”Collect the beasts' blood, remember to only take the blood of the heart where the savage energy is the strongest.”
Zhou Yuan caught the bottles and nodded. He used a small knife to cut open the skin of the two Genesis Beasts with ease before collecting the heart blood in the bottles.
”Up till now, you've already killed fifteen Genesis Beasts. You only have eleven more to go.” Yaoyao rose, her bare feet stepping on the rock. The snow-white fairness made the surrounding light seem a little dimmer.
Zhou Yuan nodded in acknowledgement. Thirty six different kinds of grade 1 Genesis Beasts were needed for the Thirty Six Beast Channel Opening Rune. Thus, some time was required to gather the ingredients. However, it was not urgent and in any case, he could use this period of time to temper himself.
He could feel that he was growing a little stronger each day, strength not of the body but of the mind. At the very least, he was confident that the current him was able to effortlessly beat the him from before entering the Black Forest Mountain Range.