He switched his Wind Qi to Fire Qi and utilized two intents together with one of his physiques. His Dantians slowly revolved and sent out a crazy stream of pure Qi to strengthen his attack.
The Qi from the surrounding area became attracted to his sword and started to funnel itself inside the blade. His aura rose at an absurd rate before he jumped up and swung his sword down.
BOOM!!!!
The entire forest shook from the shockwaves of the attack. The entire ground was incinerated by the attack, leaving only charred black rocks.
Shen Yuan didn’t let his guard down while descending and closely scanned the ground, looking for any piece of the beast. He heaved a sigh after not finding anything.
“Huuf…huuf…why was this beast so hard to kill? Was it a Beast Lord or a damn cockroach?” He muttered to himself in annoyance.
[The beast is connected to the forest.]
“No shit. You don’t need to state the obvious.” Shen Yuan replied in annoyance.
Yue Lan charmingly laughed,
[Hehehe~ Well, I can’t help you, but I don’t wanna stay silent as well.]
He shook his head and looked around. He spotted Xueyan, who had run away from the attack zone. She quickly ran back towards him and sat on his shoulder.
“Aren’t you a smart girl?” He said in amusement.
Xueyan puffed out her chest as if asking for more praise.
“Yes, yes, you are the smartest and wisest. Now, where should we go?” He chuckled and asked.
Xueyan sniffed the air for a second, but the charred smell of the ground was messing with her sense of smell. She looked at Shen Yuan with an accusing gaze.
Shen Yuan also realized what she meant and coughed before moving forward. “Sigh, this place was a waste of time. The weird beast was so hard to kill as well. I nearly lost 20% of my total Qi reserves in this battle.”
[You can refill your Qi in no time at all due to your absorption rate.]
Yue Lan commented, observing his Dantians.
He nodded his head happily. “True, both False Chaos Physique and Chaotic Vessel Physique have increased my absorption speed by countless times. Otherwise, I would never be able to fill my 366 Dantians with the absorption speed of an average cultivator.”
They continued chatting after leaving the charred area of the forest. After some time, he left the place. Green grass began to sprout from the ground in the charred area.
And it spread like cancer and quickly fixed the entire landscape. If Shen Yuan returned here, he wouldn’t be able to realize this was the place where he fought the Beast Lord.
…
Xueyan pointed him in a different direction this time, seemingly changing her target. Shen Yuan didn’t bother confirming what was there and listened to her directions.
After walking for some time, he heard some voices.
“Senior Brother Yan, how long will we take to gather together with the rest of our sect members? We have been walking through this forest for so long already.” One of the young men grumbled while walking through the forest.
Senior Brother Yan glanced back at the disciple and looked at the other side where a girl was walking silently. “Hmm, we should group up with others in a few days. The Forest Zone alone is way too big, let alone the other two zones. And some of our members might have been teleported to the other zones at the start.”
The girl on the side coldly walked without looking at either of them. She was the Dao Companion of one of the third-ranked Core Disciples of their sect.
“I wonder if one of ours managed to deal with that Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect brat and their new Saintess. Our elders told us to look out for them and eliminate them as soon as we get a chance.” The youth from before asked again.
The girl glanced at him, clearly interested in this topic as well.
The man in the lead thought for a second, “From what we have learned, Shen Yuan’s talent is comparable to some of the greatest geniuses in history. That’s why the sect tasked us to kill him at all costs. If we somehow fail to do so, they might wage a war against the Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect.”
Shen Yuan’s eyes turned cold after listening to their talk. He didn’t think the Thunder Cloud Sect would go so far.
‘If this is what you want, you leave me with no choice.’ He took a deep breath and took out his Skybreaker Bow.
Taking a deep breath, he pulled the bowstring, and his Wind Elemental Qi flowed through his meridians toward the bow. Slowly, an arrow condensed on the bowstring. He kept infusing more and more Qi into the bow, making the arrow more corporeal.
He infused his Archery Intent into his weapon as well, sharpening the arrow while increasing its lethality. Looking at the trio, he decided to attack the disciple at the front to take out the strongest first.
After fixing his target, he utilized Stormchaser’s pulse technique to augment his attack further.
“Hmm? Senior Brother, do you think it’s a little windy here all of a sudden?” The youth at the back looked around while saying what was on his mind.
The man in the lead paused in his tracks and scanned the surrounding forest closely before shaking his head. “I don’t feel any wind. Might be your misconception due to—”
BOOM!!
Before his words could finish, an arrow struck the chest of the youth and pierced his heart in an instant. Just as the arrow connected, multiple talismans activated to protect him, but, alas, everything was too late as his life slipped away quickly.
The female disciple quickly took out a spear from her ring and threw it towards the origin of the arrow.
SWOOSH!
The spear cut the air as it reached extreme speed before hitting the ground in front of Shen Yuan. Boom! The ground exploded. He jumped up from his position, which made it easier for the remaining duo to see him clearly.
The male disciple’s eyes widened with shock as he never expected to find Shen Yuan here out of all places.
But the female disciple didn’t bother talking so much. She took out another spear and charged toward Shen Yuan.
Shen Yuan quickly put away his bow and took out a crackling spear from his Dantian. It was the Tyrant’s Wrath spear, which he hadn’t used in a long time.
The female disciple’s eyes chilled further, thinking that Shen Yuan was underestimating her since, from the information she had gathered, he was clearly a Sword Master instead of a Spear Master.
But Shen Yuan didn’t think much of it at all and switched his cultivation technique to the Ancestral Thunder God Codex, augmenting his attacks further.
The male disciple quickly came back to his senses. He realized that Shen Yuan had taken out the strongest among them. If they don’t team up right now, then they might be dead next.
He didn’t dare to underestimate him after this show of power and quickly lunged forward to join in on the battle.