novelraw Chapter 129
Chapter 129
It was not arrogance. He needed enough pressure to squeeze out his potential. It was best if he suffered more injuries so that his physique could truly be tempered, while also collecting some spiritual herbs.
Of course, choosing the right target was very important.
Flying in the sky or swimming in the water were not his first choices. The best targets were second-rank demonic beasts that ran on land, had weak perception, strong bodies, and low intelligence.
With the Night Concealment and Invisibility Technique, two perfected concealment arts, it was easy to evade the senses of Foundation Establishment demonic beasts.
In a certain sense, he was actually quite safe.
Centering himself around the Cracked Cliff Cavern, Wang Yu went out searching every day. In the environment of this Black Demonic Mountain, many unclaimed first-rank spiritual herbs grew.
His search range expanded from one li to five li, then to ten li, and the harvests grew more abundant.
Half a month later, he finally found a suitable target.
It was a soil-yellow bull-type demonic beast wrapped in a rock armor. Its earth attribute was very obvious. Its muscles were as hard as stone, and it had no ranged attack methods.
Perfect.This “Earthrock Bull” lived in a patch of withered grassland. The entire area was its territory, and few other demonic beasts intruded.
At the edge of the grassland was a cliff. The cliff face was vertical, covered with large amounts of “Earth-Spirit Dendrobium.” This was a rather rare second-rank spiritual herb that could be refined into physique-strengthening spiritual pills.
A large portion of the Earth-Spirit Dendrobium had already been chewed, but plenty still remained, enough for Wang Yu to make a fortune.
“Snowjade Fox, go.”
He lightly patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist. A small white fox opened its round pink eyes and let out a doubtful “yoo~.”
Its cute face was full of confusion.
It seemed to be saying: Me, fight a second-rank Earthrock Bull?
Fox-type spirit beasts were always intelligent. Wang Yu nodded and reminded it. “Use your newly awakened bloodline secret art.”
Hearing that, the Snowjade Fox understood.
Its second awakened bloodline secret art was called Allure, a talent innate to the fox clan. Regardless of what attribute its variant form was, the bloodline’s root was the same.
With short legs moving in elegant steps, its snow-white tail swaying, the little fox walked grandly to the edge of the grassland. It cast a coquettish glance toward the Earthrock Bull lying in the distance.
In the next instant, the bull’s aura surged.
White smoke visibly sprayed from its nostrils. Whether an illusion or not, its yellow-brown skin even flushed with a faint pink. With its head down, it charged straight over.
Wang Yu looked at the Snowjade Fox in surprise.
“This little fellow has strong spiritual sense talent.”
He immediately returned it to the spirit beast pouch. His garments were already shed. With bare torso, his left arm revealed a bluish-white hue. His fingernails were pitch-black and glossy, and the shoulder joint was a different shade than the rest of his body.
Because of the Corpse Demon Secret Technique, even though Wang Yu’s skin was pale, the difference in his left arm was still obvious.
In this battle, he could not rely on the power of the Divine Corpse Arm.
Circulating the Flood Dragon Force, Wang Yu twisted his waist. Seven thick blue veins spread from the great-dragon-like spine toward the surroundings, fierce and terrifying like a flood dragon entering the sea.
Faint flood dragon phantoms flickered briefly behind him.
Facing the charging Earthrock Bull, Wang Yu sank his stance. His palms pressed against the bull’s horns, attempting to borrow force and lift the beast.
However, reality was very different from imagination.
The Seven-Dragon Tendons and the bull’s strength were not in the same class. It felt as if he were embracing an iron pillar that anchored the seas, utterly immovable.
Skill could not defeat brute strength.
This result sent Wang Yu flying, smashing several ancient trees before spitting blood repeatedly. Before he could ready himself, the Earthrock Bull charged again.
His expression changed. Slamming a palm onto a broken tree stump, he used the recoil to move several meters sideways. The wild bull rammed the stump into fragments.
From the side, a hoof stomped down fiercely. Wang Yu clenched his teeth and struck with his fist. A cracking sound rang out as the front four fingers twisted unnaturally, and the forearm bones dislocated.
“Without using the Divine Corpse Arm, is my physical strength really that much weaker…”
Helpless, Wang Yu leapt back, immediately using Night Concealment and Invisibility Technique to quickly retreat from the battlefield.
The Earthrock Bull, having lost its target, went mad and smashed several nearby ancient trees before finally raising its head and returning beneath the cliff.
Like a victorious general.
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Cracked Cliff Cavern.
Wang Yu was soaking in a hot spring to recover from his injuries. Three days had passed since he had clashed head-on with the Foundation Establishment Earthrock Bull demon. After being brutally beaten, he had to admit:
The dragon-blood secret medicine within his body was fully stimulated, and together with the supreme healing pill in his hand, he had completely recovered.
“Hu—”
He leapt out of the hot spring, stretched his body, then turned and entered the stone chamber. Grabbing the Golden Whip, he gave Wang Wu a fierce beating to vent his anger.
Feeling pleased in both body and mind, he once again went out to seek trouble with the Earthrock Bull.
This time he did not last even an hour.
Wang Yu came back with a bruised face, his upper body covered with hoof marks, his whole frame swollen twofold, and with many broken bones.
In this second battle, he lost again, even more miserably than last time.
Yet the harvest was also greater.
The medicinal power was fully activated. With medicinal baths, cultivation, and the daily body refinement feedback from the fourth Idle Slot, his progress on the path of the Body-refining advanced at astonishing speed.
This time, he rested for seven days until fully healed.
Beat Wang Wu → Battle → Defeat → Healing → Beat Wang Wu!
Repeating this cycle again and again, Wang Yu felt every day was fulfilling. He believed Wang Wu was also having fulfilling days, repaying the evil deeds of his former life.
During his healing, Wang Yu occasionally went out to gather spiritual herbs.
Now that he carried a pill furnace with him, and had the aid of Cold Flame power, he could refine pills anywhere and anytime to replenish his supply.
Most of what he refined were supreme healing pills. There was no helping it: not only did he consume them himself, but another in the stone chamber also needed them. He did not begrudge these spiritual materials, only seeking clarity and ease of mind.
A clear state of mind was greatly beneficial for cultivation comprehension.
Both of his cultivation paths advanced side by side.
In just three months, Wang Yu pushed the Flood Dragon Force another level forward, breaking through to the eighth level, reaching the realm of Eight Dragons Reviving the Tendons.
Time flew by like a white colt passing a crack, like water slipping between the fingers. Unknowingly, three pages of life turned.
Three years of time passed in the blink of an eye. The fourth year of Wang Yu’s inner sect life arrived.
Earthrock Bull territory.
The pair of sworn enemies, entangled for years, once again fought fiercely. Even though the ox demon’s wisdom was not outstanding, it was enough to remember this undying human before it.
“Moo!!!”
When enemies meet, their eyes burn red with fury. Without the Snowjade Fox’s charm to lure it, the moment it spotted him from afar, it unleashed a furious charge. The grassland was plowed into deep trenches.
The raging bull charged headlong.
Wang Yu took a deep breath, planting his stance firmly into the ground, both palms pressing forward, his face turning red.
“Rise—”
This time was different. With his recent rapid progress, Wang Yu felt that even if Mount Buzhou stood before him, he would spit twice into his palms and dare to push against it.[1]
Note [1]:- Mount Buzhou was a legendary mountain in ancient Chinese mythology that supported the heavens until it was damaged by the water god Gong Gong, leading to a cosmic catastrophe where the sky separated from the earth.