Volume 1 Chapter 5: First Battle Without Worries

  The temperature in the air seemed to drop sharply in an instant, and everything around was isolated, and even his own heartbeat could be heard.

  Hei Ling Li, but it is one of the most ordinary spiritual beasts on Qingyun Mountain. Perhaps for Kong Fei, a third-generation disciple of Qingyun Sect, Hei Ling Li is not considered a threat at all, but for Feng Ru, this is a huge test.

  This black spirit otter has a sleek and shiny coat, with a body shape similar to that of a fox, but its four paws are much stronger, especially its eyes, which are an eerie and enchanting blue.

  One person and one beast confronted each other for only an instant, then suddenly a "whooshing" sound was heard, and the black spirit leopard's shadow vanished before Feng Ruo's eyes!

  "What speed!" He didn't dare to slack off, and Fang Ruo could only roll to the side on the spot, but almost at the same time, a scorching pain came from his shoulder. It turned out that he hadn't dodged in time and was scratched by the Black Spirit Lynx's claw on his back!

  "Ah!" A loud shout, Feng Ruo turned his hand and swung a knife, but it was a slash in the air. The black spirit leopard's reaction speed was far beyond his!

  A low, muffled roar came from the opposite side of Feng Ruo, and the black spirit leopard had somehow landed on the ground. When he looked into its eerie eyes again, there was actually a hint of mockery in them!

  "Despicable!" Feng Wu couldn't help but clench his Moonlight Short Sword, and the wound on his back only made him slightly furrow his brow. This small injury he could still endure, but this beast's speed was too fast, not giving him time to unleash his Flame Blade attack. In his estimation, even the most ferocious beasts in the mortal world, such as tigers and leopards, might not be a match for this Black Spirit Lynx. No wonder it was called a Spiritual Beast!

  Taking a deep breath, Feng Ruo suddenly held the Moonlight Short Sword horizontally in front of his chest and then charged towards the Black Spirit Lynx as if he wanted to perish together. However, in secret, he reserved some strength while quickly pouring his spiritual power into the Moonlight Short Sword.

  The black lynx's movements were even faster, and when Feng Ruo charged forward, it was just a light jump, and it was already several meters high. Then, the small body made a turn in mid-air, and once again used its old trick to sneak up behind Feng Ruo!

  Although Feng Wu couldn't see the black spirit otter's movements with his eyes, he had guessed its attack trajectory from the way it had ambushed him earlier. That was why he dared to take a gamble and bet that the black spirit otter would still follow the same attack trajectory as before!

  "Die!" As the black lynx's shadow disappeared before his eyes, Feng Ruo calculated the time slightly and suddenly shouted loudly, immediately stopping the momentum of the front charge. At the same time, the flame knife infused with magic power "Hum!" cut towards the back!

  At this moment, the black spirit leopard also happened to dive down, and all of a sudden there was a loud explosion, flames flashing continuously. The black spirit leopard was just in time to be struck by the flame knife, it only managed to let out a mournful cry before being sliced several meters away!

  However, this powerful slash did not directly kill the black spirit fox. It fell to the ground, rolled once, and then struggled to jump up and escape far away. Apparently, it was frightened by Feng Ru's slash, but due to its severe injury, its speed could no longer be exerted.

  "Think you can escape? It's not that easy!" Feng Ruo gritted her teeth and charged forward, killing the heavily injured Black Spirit Lynx with a few swift strokes.

  Until he was certain that the Black Spirit Lynx was dead and couldn't be deader, Feng Ruo finally collapsed to the ground with a thud. Only then did he realize that more than half of his strength had been depleted. The two rounds of fighting just now were brief, but extremely perilous!

  To be honest, if we're talking about strength, the Black Spirit Fox is far superior to Feng Ru. If he hadn't taken a risk and gambled, the outcome would have been death without a burial place!

  After catching her breath for a moment, Feng Ru didn't dare to stay here too long. She directly put the corpse of the black spirit otter into the Qiankun bag and quickly collected the two Ganlu branches before hurrying back to the main peak.

  Until he climbed over the iron chain and came to the other end of the cliff, Fang Ruo didn't thoroughly relax. Within this range, there were Qingyun Sect's mountain patrol disciples patrolling, so it was impossible for any spiritual beasts to appear.

  The wound on his back wasn't that serious, so he didn't bother to take care of it. Of course, he couldn't even if he wanted to - the location made it impossible for him to bandage himself, let alone ask other Qingyun Sect disciples for help.

  "It seems I also need to think of a way to seize the time to refine some hemostatic powder, just in time to use it to heal these not-so-serious injuries!" Fang Ruo thought to himself, fortunately this hemostatic powder, rheumatic powder, and panacea powder were all low-level dan formulas, so they didn't require a specialized dan furnace for refining, only needing to be calcined with spiritual power would do, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to find that dan furnace.

  Feng Ruo had once seen a tripod at that alchemist's place, which was as tall as a person and had intricate patterns engraved on its surface. It was said to be the lowest-grade tripod, but Feng Ruo estimated that if it were converted into five-element stones, it would require an extremely large amount of them.

  Although he wanted to refine the hemostatic powder, Feng Ruo did not take action immediately. Just now, because of the use of Flame Knife, the little mana in his body was consumed by half, so he had to wait for a while after meditation before proceeding.

  However, before that, he still had to deal with the corpse of the black spirit otter. Earlier, he had already learned from Kong Fei and others that these low-level spiritual beasts could be sold in the market, which was also a way for Qu Yun, Kong Fei and others to make money.

  He didn't even know where the so-called market was, let alone not having a flying mount, he couldn't even get down from Qingyun Mountain, so the corpse of this Black Spirit Lynx could only be enjoyed by himself.

  Meat is naturally meant to be eaten, and I've had enough of that terrible rice cake's torment. Fang Yu has been looking forward to improving his diet, and as for the fur, it would be perfect for making a fur coat. Although its defensive power can't compare to the Snow Silkworm set, at least it would be much stronger than his current tattered clothes.

  Returning to his residence, Feng immediately took out the corpse of the black spirit otter, but soon he became depressed. When he killed the black spirit otter earlier, he didn't think too much about it, so the position where he chopped was completely different, and as a result, he could no longer piece together an intact beast skin.

  "Alright! Grilled meat is actually not bad!" Fang Ruo comforted herself like this.

  "Hey! The results are terrible! Where's the ballot? Bring it over and exchange it for a rice cracker!"