Chapter 32 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Although the small animals in the dense forest were not as big as the domestic pigs, they faced much more danger in the forest.

Due to sufficient activity, they were also richer in Qi and blood compared to the pigs.

Ou Yangming strode to the dense forest’s border. Instead of going deeper into the forest, he only stayed along the border so as to not get lost. However, just as he was going to leave, he suddenly stopped.

After a moment of hesitation, Ou Yangming took a deep breath and began cultivating a blade technique instead of leaving the dense forest.

He would never do that if he was deep in the forest or being watched by a powerful enemy, but since he was in a low-risk area with no sign of other people, he could practice with ease. Besides, Ou Yangming could notice any danger in advance with his helmet that had a Vision +1 attribute.

“Pow…”

Following a slash from the saber, saber wind pierced the air such that there was an explosive shock.

Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows. He suddenly realized that his Qi and blood was consumed at an outrageous rate.

When he practiced the blade technique in his courtyard at the military camp, his Qi and blood were also consumed by a huge margin, but it seemed insignificant as compared to the current consumption.

He made a rough estimation that the current Qi and blood consumption was four times higher than usual.

This was in comparison with a blade technique cultivation. The martial-art squat was not worth mentioning at all.

Nevertheless, Ou Yangming clearly felt his Dantian Light growing stronger as a substantial amount of Qi and blood were consumed, which meant that there was a huge improvement in his essential Qi.

In actual fact, it had not been long since he began practicing martial arts and only entered Force Grade Cla.s.s Two not long ago. There should be a limit no matter how hard he trained, yet he felt like he was about to break through again soon.

Ou Yangming began figuring it out and quickly realized that he was feeling that way because of his equipment set.

11 points of Power and 4 points of Agility made him go through an enormous change as though he was born again.

Nonetheless, a lot more Qi and blood had to be consumed to unleash the real might of those changes, and the more the Qi and blood consumed, the better it was for his essential Qi cultivation. This was simply a cultivation shortcut.

Other than Ou Yangming, n.o.body could cultivate like that regardless of the cost.

This was unless they had a weapon with a strange attribute like Devouring, as well as a top-notch equipment set that was way above their cultivation base.

Upon realizing this, Ou Yangming was overjoyed.

He began cultivating a fist art next, and the might of his punches could not be mentioned in the same breath as before due to the increase of his power and agility.

Needless to say, the mightier his fist art, the higher the Qi and blood consumption, but the faster his essential Qi advanced.

Honestly, cultivating recklessly was a huge burden for his body. Not only would it be tough for his body to withstand the process, but his meridians and dantian would also be damaged.

Despite that, once Ou Yangming lifted his military saber to begin hunting again, those drawbacks were no longer a problem anymore.

The most fearsome feature of the Devouring attribute was not its ability to transform blood and flesh into his Qi and blood.

Before the transformation was done, the energy from the blood and flesh would first restore Ou Yangming’s body. As such, no matter how many hidden problems there were before, his body would recover completely as a result of the vitality.

Only when his body returned to its best state, the blood and flesh would be transformed into his Qi and blood.

With that, Ou Yangming stayed at the dense forest’s border for three days.

During that time, he kept cultivating the blade technique and the fist art and hunted for small animals whenever his Qi and blood were lost.

He was able to spot quarries in advance through his excellent vision, and owing to the extra power and agility that he possessed, most of them could not escape once they were locked on.

When Ou Yangming cultivated, Qi and blood were consumed. He then hunted to restore his body and to replenish Qi and blood.

He was immersed in the near-perfect cycle so much so that he forgot about sleep. In spite of not resting for three days, he did not expect to be in high spirits and full of energy.

Ou Yangming had used the Devouring attribute’s energy to the maximum.

He bent his knees and swayed slowly in an extremely odd frequency. If one were to watch him at that moment, one would have an illusion of a horse galloping as fast as lightning.

The martial-art squat was the unique method that Ou Yangming used to replace sleep. Moreover, the effect was very beneficial for him.

There was a sudden agitation in his dantian as his Qi and blood began boiling. His dantian seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit and was drawing every bit of Qi and blood from his body in a forceful manner.

Despite that, Ou Yangming did not move at all when he did the martial-art squat. He channeled his essential Qi to let his Qi and blood into his dantian without any problem.