Chapter 30: Reaching Hundred Beast Mountain Range! (1/2)

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The leader of the masked men, who had been hurt by Xiang Shaoyun, was still in his original location as he treated his wounds.

”d.a.m.n this brat! He can actually use his energy to form external attacks! Is he really a Basic Realm cultivator? Even many first-stage Astral Realm cultivators can't do that!” the leader cursed to himself.

Luckily for the leader, Xiang Shaoyun's externally condensed energy was not that strong. With the leader's cultivation at second-stage Astral Realm, as long as he had sufficient time, he would be able to force Xiang Shaoyun's energy out of his body. However, before he even had the chance to begin expelling the energy inside his body, a separate wave of vicious energy flew at him from elsewhere.

Bam!

Almost at once, the vicious energy caused the masked man's body to explode, rendering him dead beyond dead.

”Hmph! These pieces of trash dare hurt young master?! Being able to die only once is truly a blessing for them!” A person walked out from the shadows. This person was dressed extremely sloppily, to the point where one could mistake him for a beggar. Furthermore, one of his arms was missing. He was a crippled old man.

Who would've thought that the Wu Family's experts were so easily dispatched by this old crippled man? The old man looked at the direction in which Xiang Shaoyun had run. As he stared, a doting expression began forming on his face, and he lightly sighed, ”It seems that young master has been working hard. He has significantly improved in just half a month! Furthermore, he is stronger as a person! Experiencing this great disaster may just have been a blessing in disguise for him.”

After he finished his soliloquy, his body began to fade as he once again turned invisible to the naked eye. About an hour later, a group of hors.e.m.e.n rushed out of Wu Town. These men were the true experts of the Wu Clan, each of them having reached the Astral Realm. The leader of this group was even a seventh-stage Astral Realm cultivator. Very quickly, this group of hors.e.m.e.n found the leader's body.

”Dead! He's actually dead! Could it be that he has the protection of an expert from Martial Hall Palace?” The seventh-stage Astral Realm expert's face became a lot more solemn as he speculated his findings. He then rushed further, finding more and more bodies strewn along the road.

”The situation is dire. It seems I must go back and report to the head!” The Astral Realm expert actually felt gooseb.u.mps on his arm. Not wanting to dally any longer, he quickly ordered his men to retrieve all the bodies before making haste back to Wu Town.

Out in the wild, Xiang Shaoyun did not know how long he had been running. His entire body was battered, his legs utterly destroyed. Finally yielding, he fell flat onto a patch of gra.s.s.

”I-I can't run anymore. No—no more energy.” Xiang Shaoyun gasped, turning to lie on his back. Before he had even begun his great escape, he had used all the strength he could muster in his Star Destroying Finger, depleting him of quite a bit of energy. Furthermore, he had been sprinting with his might for quite a while now. It was no surprise that he was utterly exhausted by this point.

After lying down for merely an instant, Xiang Shaoyun instantly sat up straight, observing to see if anybody was still on his tail. Only after making sure that he was in the clear did he a.s.sume a meditative pose. He was meditating in order to recover his strength as well as consolidate his gains.

As old energy was used up, new energy would be born. This was a process of discarding the old and welcoming the new. Although the Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual was not complete, it was more than sufficient for the early parts of cultivation, and it was even better than many complete cultivation methods.

As Xiang Shaoyun slowly recovered the lost energy within his body, his meridian flow increased significantly. Furthermore, the astral energy condensed within his body grew thicker, and his 365 acupoints sparkled brightly.

As of right now, Xiang Shaoyun had directly reached the peak of seventh-stage Basic Realm. This was the greatest gain he had received from that life-or-death chase.