6 Funny how Fate works (1/2)
After running for another 30 minutes he was finally stopped by the appearance of the same middle aged man.
”This is the final challenge and final challenge. Take the beast cores from a 2nd tier beast or 5 beast cores from 1st tier beasts”. Then he vanished once again.
Back in the Divine Sword sect, Xiao Fang used to go on large scale expedition to hunt beasts that were in large groups. Although 1st tier beasts are common, 2nd tier beasts are not and can be sold for a hefty price. So once the projection of the middle aged man disappeared he didn't hesitate jump into action.
[Iron cutting Stone]
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[Iron cutting Stone]
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[Iron cutting Stone]
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To Xiao Fang's surprise he was able to use 'Iron cutting Stone' multiple times without feeling tired. It was as easy as moving his hand. He was starting to feel the effects of the elixir on his stamina.
Xiao Fang massacred the numerous 1st tier beasts with ease, also finding some relatively weak 2nd tier beast along the way. He spent at least an hour in that place collecting every beast core he could find.
Xiao Fang eventually found a large hole in the wall, but it somewhat resembled a large cave. The deeper he went into the cave the more his instincts told him to turn back. The moment he blinked, a cold feeling washed over him and he halted to a stop. He froze because in the moment he blinked he could see hundreds of bones in the cave.
The bones were too large to be humans, which only shocked him even more. Whatever was in there it is feeding off other beast. The only kind of beast that would do such a thing were... The moment he turned to exit the cave, a large claw lashed out at him.
”Shit!”, Xiao Fang screamed as he jumped to the side, avoiding the claw by just a hair.
It wasn't a 3rd tier beast, but cannibalistic 2nd tier beasts were known to be a step stronger than tier the average 2nd tier beast. It was nearly 10 meters tall, had elongated limbs, a black hairless body, and a terrifying smile. It closely resembled a mummified wingless bat, but without the pointy ears.
Back at the Divine Sword sect, his father once told him he killed it a beast like this when he was younger, using only the 2nd level of the Divine Sword technique: 'Iron Cutting Iron'. Xiao Fang trained this technique often, but never attempted it in battle. He feared the backlash to be too severe.
[ Iron cutting Iron ]
Xiao Fang's sword cut its hand off, and in the same moment he jumped towards its head.
[ Iron cutting Iron ]
The beast's head dropped and the battle ended, just like that. Xiao Fang's hands trembled as he held his sword, he was experiencing only a minor backlash which made him extremely happy. This meant with just a bit more training will be able to use Iron Cutting Iron without a backlash.
Xiao Fang quickly extracted the beast core from its abdomen and prepared to leave. However, to his surprise, he found where it stashed all the beast cores it collected. He looted the area, then eventually made his way to the door that marked the end of the exam.
Upon exiting the exam hall he was immediately greeted by an elder that supervised over the exam. Xiao Fang presented what he obtained from the first and second challenge, but only gave him five 1st tier beast cores, knowing the value for even a single 2nd tier beast core equaled a hundred 1st tiers beast cores.
The elder looked up and down at him as if he were scanning his body. Xiao Fang was covered in blood and hardly recognizable. He looked as if he were the sole survivor of a bloody battle royale, but the strange thing was that he only presented five 1st tier beast cores from it. He couldn't wrap his head around it so he eventually gave up.
”You pass”.
”Thank you, senior”, Xiao Fang bowed.