Chapter 14: Level 32

Right after looking in Cheng Tian's direction with an expression of confusion, shock appeared in Gou He's eyes when he saw the spirit ring around that young man.

"A Thousand Years Spirit Ring?" He said aloud, shocked to see a purple ring circling the body of a Spirit Grand Master level cultivator. 'How can that be? How can someone endure a Thousand Years Spirit Ring with such low cultivation?'

As Gou He questioned the integrity of what was in front of him, Cheng Tian ran into that insect and activated one of his skills.

"Second Skill: Chaotic Winds!"

He used his two hands to hold the large black and white fan, causing that weapon to create gusts of wind as sharp as daggers.

With this, countless plants and tiny beings in the path of his attacks suffered from the 'rain' of horizontal blades created by Cheng Tian.

Swooish!

Swooish!

But the Monstrous Mite was not dumb at all. Sensing danger surrounding him, he did not delay in making his move.

He might not be as good at attacking or defending as other beings specialized in the characteristics needed to do so, but he was not defenseless either.

Besides having a speed almost as good as Cheng Tian's own, that creature soon demonstrated why he was much stronger than those of the same level.

When his opponent vigorously attacked him with sharp gusts of wind, the Monstrous Mite rushed at Cheng Tian as the hair grew from its shell, heading towards him.

'Oh? Trying to use your parasitic ability on me?' The young man smiled as he subtly changed his movement, running across the area, still attacking that being, but now in a way that did not scare it as much.

When the two were only 10 meters away, the Monstrous Mite suddenly leaped towards Cheng Tian, causing his claws to open.

Seeing that his enemy had finally fallen into his trap, trying to end the fight quickly, Cheng Tian's eyes shone.

Genjutsu: Sharingan!

"First Skill: Total Reflection!"

As the Monstrous Mite thought it was about to hit Cheng Tian's body to parasitize him, the cruel claws of this beast crashed into his fan.

Then, after a contact that lasted about a second, the counterattack generated by the first skill came in the form of a mighty explosive wind against the green-shelled being.

After he was thrown back a few meters, Monstrous Mite was still moving while controlling his long, dangerous hair. 'That's not enough.' Cheng Tian made a series of hand seals, determined to end this fight quickly.

'You are skilled, but this is the end!'

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!

An orange fireball flew towards Cheng Tian's target just after the green body, now full of cuts, with purple liquid dripping from its wounds, stopped shaking and made a sharp sound of pain.

Ssss!

But before the Monstrous Mite could fall once and for all into this part of the Star Dou Great Forest, a long whitish hair came out of the ground below Cheng Tian.

Decapitating Sigh!

Having already seen it with his Sharingan, Cheng Tian had prepared for this surprise attack by the Monstrous Mite and promptly cut that hair in two halves.

Puff!

Finally, the creature fell unconscious on the battlefield, under the still shocked eyes of Gou He.

'That...'

'That boy... What kind of techniques does he have? Could it be that he is someone from the three upper sect clans? How can someone as talented as him be traveling alone?'

'Isn't there any elder watching over him?'

While Gou He panicked at Cheng Tian's possible background, this young man crouched beside the green insect and activated his External Spirit Bone.

Cheng Tian's spirit bone possessed three unique features. In addition to increasing his cellular regeneration capacity and body resistance by 10%, it created a fingernail extension that could reach 10 centimeters in length, which was as sharp and resistant as a dagger.

With this, a purple fingernail emerged from Cheng Tian's right index finger. After that, following the hints of the Sharingan, he pierced the vital area of the Monstrous Mite, killing this beast of distinct qualities.

"Sigh!"

'You did well! You even forced me to use some of Madara's techniques.' He sighed as he sat in front of the dead creature, preparing to start absorbing its spirit ring.

So, he soon began to absorb the spirit ring secured by the death of that beast.

...

After only 10 minutes of sitting on the overturned ground in that area, Cheng Tian felt something different in his martial soul, and then a yellow ring appeared in his surroundings.

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"I am now a Spirit Elder!" He vibrated in excitement as he felt his power rising to the peak of level 30 while getting used to the feeling of his third spirit ring.

'Umm? The ability of this ring is...'

Cheng Tian stood up from where he was, ignoring the corpse beside him to release his martial soul.

As he did so, three rings appeared one after the other, showing Gou He a bizarre configuration: purple, purple, yellow.

"What do you think?" He smiled at the man he had captured.

But Gou He had no words to say at that moment because of the fear he was feeling in his heart.

"Hehe, that's fine. You don't have to say anything. In any case, let me show you my third skill before we continue with our business..."

He began slowly walking towards Gou He while holding his black and white fan with his right hand, pointing it slightly downwards at a 30-degree angle.

"Third Skill: All Water Runs to the Sea!"

The yellow ring glowed, and semitransparent threads of energy emerged from the sides of Cheng Tian's martial soul, running towards Gou He.

In sequence, such threads connected to that man's body, causing him to shake vigorously with the terrible sensation of having his low energy reserves sucked out by some parasite.

'This...'

'What a terrible ability!'

Cheng Tian then explained. "My third ability is capable of absorbing the energy of living beings within 20 meters of me. It turns ten units of the absorbed energy into one unit of energy that I can use."

"Pretty good, huh?"

"Why are you telling me this?" Gou He asked in a brittle tone.

It was unusual to talk about the secrets of one's power, even with friends. So, this wounded man could not help but find it strange that Cheng Tian started talking about something so important.

"Isn't that obvious?" Cheng Tian put away his martial soul, slowly walking over to the giant scorpion that still had Gou He stuck in its mouth.

"As I said before, we are enemies..."

"Now your usefulness to me has ended, Gou He."

"No! No!"

Realizing that his end was near, Gou He despaired and tried to cry out for the mercy of his opponent. "Please! Spare me! I can be useful to you!"

However, Cheng Tian was not bothered by his enemy's protests. Instead, he grabbed Gou He's neck mercilessly and absorbed an opponent's spirit rings for the third time this night.

In doing so, the entire age of Gou He's rings was used to nourish Cheng Tian's third ring, causing this new spirit ring to approach the age of the first two black and white fan rings.

But due to the low age of that man's rings, Cheng Tian could not match the quality of all of them, even considering that the yellow ring turned purple at the end of the process.

He then let go of Gou He's dried corpse, feeling energized, but without the previous stuffed feeling. 'My cultivation level has stabilized at the beginning of level 32...'

'Great!'

'However, I need a few weeks of serious cultivation to get my foundation in order.'

He looked at his hand and assessed the changes in his third skill. 'Anyway, after this qualitative improvement, that threshold has gone from 20 to 40 meters away from me. On the other hand, the absorbed energy conversion increased from 10% to 20%.'

He smiled and then looked at that giant scorpion, finally giving his orders to that being. "Go back to your home. If all goes well, we won't see each other in the future."

"I'm sure you'll like that, won't you?"

That beast ran from that area without looking back when he received such an order.

As for Cheng Tian, he did not waste much time there and soon began his path following the outermost areas of Star Lou Forest, heading west.

Other than Soutuo City, the nearest city to this place was to the west.

Considering that he did not want to stay there too long nor go through the entire forest, Cheng Tian only had this path for the time being.

'Where should I go? If I'm not mistaken, Spirit City is in the direction I'm going, but...'

'I think I'd better go somewhere smaller first, take advantage of the fact that I'm still weak, and try to improve my fundamentals somewhere not so dangerous.'

'I should go to...'

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