Chapter 38: Spirit Level Martial Skill

  A body after another, piled up in the mountain cave, with no vital energy left on each of them.

  Under the mysterious Wuhun of Shiyue, these corpses not only shriveled all over their bodies, but also the fresh blood on them solidified in an extremely short period of time.

  The fresh blood had coagulated, and the smell of blood in the cave was no longer so pungent.

  But Shi Yan was still worried.

  He thought for a moment, then hastily took out a packet of medicine powder from his backpack and sprinkled it into the stone cave without hesitation.

  The powder is called "Jing Fen", which has a very strong adsorption capacity, it can absorb impurities in the air, including toxins, thick bloody smell and toxic smoke.

  A packet of "pure powder" scattered open, and the bloody smell in the stone cave indeed miraculously disappeared.

  Those "pure powders" floated in the air, absorbing the blood gas, and became tiny bright red particles, as if a drop of fresh blood had shrunk ten or more times.

  "I'll find something to cover myself."

  Seeing the bloody smell in the stone cave being controlled, the stone rock still didn't dare to relax, and quietly came to the entrance of the cave, slowly pulling the shrub leaves and branches on both sides of the entrance towards the entrance.

  Those six people had forcibly occupied the cave before, but they also knew that the entrance needed to be covered with objects, so they did not destroy the shrubs and branches outside the stone cave.

  Under the splashing of "star lightning", the shrub leaves at the entrance were fragmented, but the two trays at the entrance were not affected.

  Shi Yan's task was to cover the entrance of the cave with two clusters of shrub leaves.

  Breathing evenly, Shi Yan held his breath and concentrated, carefully and cautiously pulling the shrub leaves towards the cave entrance inch by inch, afraid that the monsters outside would discover any unusual signs.

  One after another, the roars of the demonic beasts grew denser, and it was unknown how many more were gathering in the mountain valleys outside.

  Shi Yan's face was calm and his expression solemn, with a faint trace of sweat seeping out from his forehead, even his back was drenched.

  As he pulled in the last large bushy leaf at the entrance of the cave, his arms were slightly trembling, as if extremely exhausted.

  "What's wrong?" Diya Lan whispered softly.

  "It's nothing, just a bit tired."

  Shi Yan shook his head, his face slightly pale, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "Later on, be careful, if we're discovered by the demonic beasts, you must guard the entrance to the cave!"

  Diya Lan nodded and asked anxiously, "I understand... what's wrong with you? I just saw you resist that person who is in a higher position than you, so why are you now..."

  "It's because I resisted him that I'm so weak now." Shi Yan sat down cross-legged on the spot, but didn't explain further.

  At this critical moment, he actually closed his eyes and started resting.

  This is the aftermath of "rampage"...

  Every time he unleashes his "rampage", his body bears enormous pressure.

  "Berserk" martial skills require the release of various negative forces within the acupuncture points, that power is like a double-edged sword, allowing him to possess strength beyond his own realm in a short period of time, but also leaving him exhausted afterwards.

  After all, those negative forces are too evil and sinister...

  When those powers overflow from his meridians, they also harm his body. When the "Berserk" state ends, a wave of fatigue will come rushing in, causing his body to rapidly weaken.

  Sitting there, Shi Yan's limbs were weak and his entire body's acupoints were extremely painful.

  Six new corpses' essence surged into his acupoints, filling his entire body with a powerful and surging energy. As the acupoints rapidly purified this energy, various negative forces would also take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, slowly corroding his mind.

  At this moment, he couldn't exert his strength at all. The acupuncture points were still purifying the vital energy inside him. If his nerves remained tense, his body wouldn't be able to recover well.

  So he wisely chose to do nothing and just stayed there quietly recovering.

  Diya Lan and Mu Yudie, seeing him close his eyes to recover, also had solemn expressions, and began to focus their attention on observing the movements outside the cave.

  A lone monster was active in the valley, and there were even monsters near the entrance of their cave, as if searching for something.

  Mu Yu Die and Di Ya Lan stood guard at the entrance of the cave, their hearts racing with anxiety, not daring to relax in the slightest.

  Diya Lan gripped her short sword tightly, peering vigilantly through the gap in the wooden leaves, fearful that some monster might suddenly climb up.

  Both of them knew that the monster's sense of smell was keen, and they were worried that these monsters would find their way through the bloody smell. They understood that as long as one monster discovered this cave, they had to defend the entrance immediately.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  A three-headed dog swayed with its three huge heads, as if it had found something, and walked towards this side at a steady pace. The six eyes on its three heads were scanning around, as if they had discovered something...

  Terrible!

  Diya's face changed color, her hand gripping the short sword tightly, with sweat marks appearing on her palm, her bright eyes staring fixedly at the three dogs, not daring to relax for a moment.

  Diya Lan was very nervous, she had made preparations for battle at any time.

  The three-headed dog is a third-level demon beast, equivalent to a strong human cultivator at the Human Rank boundary.

  This is a beast with extremely keen sense of smell, the bloody smell in the stone cave may be able to avoid other beasts' sense of smell, but it's not necessarily able to avoid the three-headed dog's.

  Due to tension, Diya Lan's body hair seemed to stand up, and the hand holding the short sword was trembling slightly - this was a sign of Yuan Li flowing rapidly through the meridians.

  "Ahh!"

  Just then, a howl came from the distance, it was the Silver Wolf with Lightning Wings. The howl echoed through the entire valley, suppressing all the roars of the other demonic beasts.

  "I am Gan Xing of Yao Wang Valley, I came to the Dark Forest just to collect medicine, and never entered your lair! Lei Yi Silver Wolf, I know you're formidable, but I'm not afraid of you either. If you dare to continue slaughtering my people, don't blame me for being impolite!" A cold voice suddenly came from a very far distance.

  "Ahh!"

  The howling of the Thunderwing Silver Wolf sounded again.

  The three-headed dog that was about to arrive at the entrance of the cave where Shi Yan and the other two were hiding suddenly stopped.

  It paused for a moment, then suddenly turned around and rushed towards the direction where the Thunderwing Silver Wolf was howling.

  A group of monsters gathered in the valley, and at the howl of the Thunderwing Silver Wolf, they also left the valley one after another, all gathering towards the Thunderwing Silver Wolf.

  Raiyuu Ginrou and Kanjou, it seems they have clashed...

  Diya's body went limp and she sat down on the spot, covered in cold sweat.

  If those three-headed dogs go forward a few dozen meters, this cave will inevitably be exposed. Once the three-headed dogs discover this cave, other monsters in the valley will definitely follow and rush in.

  If it really came down to that, the three of them would absolutely be unable to escape the monster's poisonous fangs!

  "Lan sister, are you alright?" Mu Yu Die wiped the sweat from her forehead with a blood-stained handkerchief and sat down against the rock wall.

  "It's nothing." Diya Lan chuckled and sighed, "We're really lucky. If it weren't for Lei Wing Silver Wolf taking a liking to Yao Wang Gan Xiao and suddenly summoning the gathering of demons, we might have been in real trouble."

  "Uh, I was also scared to death just now." Mu Yu Die's pretty face was also somewhat pale, and she said faintly: "I had already prepared myself for suicide."

  "Don't have such thoughts until the last step."

  Shi Yan hummed and suddenly opened his eyes, frowning: "You're all idle, search the backpacks of those six people and see what they stole from the lair of the Thunderwing Silver Wolf."

  Diya's eyes lit up, and her spirit suddenly lifted, lightly exclaiming: "Not bad! The Thunderwing Silver Wolf is a seventh-level demon beast, and in the Dark Forest, it's a top-notch existence! It's said that this guy is highly intelligent, and has killed many powerful warriors in the Dark Forest, collecting many warriors' treasures in its lair. Whatever we steal from its lair will definitely be extraordinary!"

  "I heard there's a way to cultivate a spiritual-level martial skill..." Shi Yan said calmly.

  "Ha!" Diya Lan's face was filled with smiles, her beautiful eyes shining brightly. "Spirit-level martial skills are extremely rare, and even in our Flame Empire's imperial family, there are only five spirit-level martial skills. The practice method of a single spirit-level martial skill is absolutely worth the value of a city, and may even lead to large families fighting each other to the death to obtain it."

  "You guys search carefully." He nodded and closed his eyes again with a thoughtful expression.

  He certainly knew the preciousness of Ling-class martial skills.

  In the Blazing Empire, Divine Providence Empire and Merchant Alliance, there are about a hundred warriors who have broken through to the rank of Transcendence, but among these hundred people, only one quarter possess Spirit-level martial skills.

  Among these one-fourth of people, there are still some who cultivate the same kind of spiritual martial skill.

  It is said that in the entire Flame Empire, Divine Empire and Merchant Alliance, there are only eighteen kinds of spiritual-level martial skills that have been revealed so far!

  And each of these powerful martial skills is in the hands of various powerful forces or on those who dominate a region.

  For example, Shi Jia.

  The Shi family has many ordinary and mysterious techniques, but there is only one spiritual technique. The head of the Shi family, Shi Jian, has always regarded it as a treasure, and even the direct descendants of the Shi family do not know where he hid that spiritual technique.

  "We have indeed encountered great good fortune."

  Diya Lan's eyes were filled with joy, and the excited leader, Big Brother Head, quickly found the backpack on his body and flipped it open.

  A brilliant silver light suddenly burst forth from the backpack, and the originally dim stone cave was instantly illuminated as bright as daylight!

  "Huh?"

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