Half a fresh wild boar carcass appeared in front of Lin Ji. There were no obvious signs of damage to the surrounding environment. The wild boar was killed by a single blow. Lin Ji stepped forward to inspect the carcass.

‘Based on the strength of the corpse, it appears that it is a monster on the second level of Qi training. The blood has not dried up yet, so the monster that killed it should not have gone far.’

Sure enough, Lin Ji found traces around him. Some huge footprints extended along the edge of the tree. Based on the aura left in the footprints, he estimated the strength of the monster.

‘Looking at the footprints, it should be that of a tiger demon, and its strength should be at the sixth level of Qi training’

I didn't encounter any other monsters along the way. I followed the footprints to a stream, and sure enough I saw a huge tiger lying down and taking a nap. It was 6 meters long without its tail and couldn't see clearly because it was lying down.

‘Finally found it, let me see how strong you are!’

Lin Ji had no intention of making a sneak attack. He came here to fight monsters to improve his strength, and the mission was secondary.

Without concealing his breath, Lin Ji slowly walked out of the forest and stepped onto the land beside the stream. The giant tiger woke up with a start, stared at the uninvited guest in front of him with ferocious eyes and roared, and the fishy smell in his mouth also spread.

‘It stinks!’

Lin Ji frowned, and as the roar ended, the giant tiger rushed towards him like the wind.

Zheng!

The breeze collided with the tiger's claws, making a metallic sound, and the huge force pushed Lin Ji back all the way.

‘What a powerful force, no less a tiger monster.’

After this blow, Lin Ji no longer faced each other head-on, and began to use his smaller size to swim against the giant tiger, leaving many wounds on its body in a short time.

Whoa! The giant tiger turned around and swung its thick tail with great force. Lin Ji lowered his body to avoid it. Several big trees behind him were not so lucky and were broken at the waist.

The giant tiger was bleeding as he watched the attack fail. He took a few steps back and gathered golden light in his mouth, preparing to strike with all his strength.

"Are you ready to make a big move? Then I'll do it too."

Although Juhu couldn't understand, it didn't stop Lin Ji from saying that Lin Ji didn't use Sword Power: Sharpness, he simply condensed and compressed spiritual power to form sword energy, and wanted to understand Sword Power: Sword Energy in battle.

Dazzling white light erupted from the giant tiger's mouth, destroying obstacles along the way and shooting toward Lin Ji.

A sword swing forms a 10-meter-long sword energy. Compared with the sword energy used by Lin Ji before, it is much smaller, but the power contained and its sturdiness have been qualitatively improved.

The sword energy and white light collided together, forming a shock wave that spread outward.

The sword energy split the white light at a speed visible to the naked eye, cutting off the upper half of the giant tiger's body with an unstoppable force, and then continued to slash all the way back, destroying countless trees.

‘The demon beast’s moves are a bit lacking, but its body is very powerful. I wonder if the mythical beasts or demon princes mentioned in the books will be different’

Cut open the belly of the giant tiger and take out the golden demon pill, then cut off the tiger's limbs, remove the blood on them and put them in the savings bag.

'It takes too much time to find monsters. Why don't you try to find a monk who is proficient in tracking tomorrow? But my sword energy has finally broken through. It seems that real combat is easier for me to break through the bottleneck than the clone.'<

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Feeling that the sword shadow above the air sea had become more solid and no longer illusory, Lin Ji smiled, looked at the dim forest around him, and decided to return to Buluo City.

After spending some time, he quickly returned to the inn, took out the giant tiger's limbs and went to the shopkeeper to ask him to help find someone to make spiritual food, while he went back to the room to wait.

"Guest, this is the spiritual food made from the ingredients you brought. After you finish eating, please send a message to me to clear the plates. According to what the spiritual chef said, the remaining ingredients can be eaten for two days."

A handyman served the spiritual food respectfully and told other things before leaving the room. Lin Ji moved his index fingers as he smelled the aroma of the food and began to eat.

‘I wonder if Ningxue and the others have eaten...’

Lin Ji finished eating quickly and asked the handyman to take it away, then returned to bed to check the harvest.

[You have experienced a battle, you have crushed your opponent, your swordsmanship foundation is very deep, and you can understand the sword power: Sword Qi. Proficiency 2]

Lin Ji:

Kung Fu: Sword Technique (Sword Qi can be understood, please decide the next target) Time and Space (Space Tear: 20/100) Changchun Kung Fu (Growth: 52/100)

Potential: Sword (sharpness/sword energy) space and time (space and time domain)

‘My proficiency in space tearing has increased a lot this time, which is probably related to my sword energy breakthrough. So what kind of sword force should I practice next? I’ll ask Uncle Ye for advice when I get back.’

With this thought in mind, Lin Ji entered the Trial Tower. He had a great time fighting the clone this time. When he entered, it was a long-range sword aura duel without even using the space-time domain. In the end, both of them were cut in half by the opponent's sword aura at the same time.

This battle.

The next morning, Lin Ji found the shopkeeper at the inn and asked him.

"Shopkeeper, do you know anyone in Buluo City who is good at tracking monsters?"

"You can go to the casual cultivator market to find it. I would recommend a casual cultivator named Hou Wen. He has been in Buluo City for many years and is good at tracking. He has a good reputation, but it is a bit expensive and costs 3 low-grade spiritual stones a day."

After receiving the advice, Lin Ji immediately went to the casual cultivator market to find someone. Since the sword power has broken through, he should quickly kill some monsters in the next two days to earn spiritual stones.

Looking for the address given by the shopkeeper, I came to a stall in the market. An old man with white hair was setting up a stall to sell some herbal medicine. From the smell, he was only at the fifth level of Qi Lianqi.

"Are you Hou Wen?"

"Yeah, what are you doing with me, an old man?"

The old man raised his head and looked curiously at Lin Ji, who was alone.

"Lin Ji, a disciple of Xuantian Sect, needs to complete a task and asks you to help track down monsters at the fifth level of Qi training and above."

"Even if you are a disciple of the Xuantian Sect, I see that you are at the fourth level of qi training and you are still alone. I don't want to accompany you to death. Let's go quickly."

Faced with the old man's doubts, Lin Ji condensed sword energy from his fingertips for him to watch. The old man who felt the dangerous breath at his fingertips had no intention of driving Lin Ji away.

"Let's make a deal first. If the situation is not right, I will run away first. Don't expect me to stay and fight for my life. The cost of hiring me is 3 low-grade spiritual stones a day."

Lin Ji readily took out 6 low-grade spiritual stones and handed them to the old man. The old man packed up the stall with his savings bag and headed to the misty forest together.

He cut off the head of the demon deer in front of him with one sword, then cut open its abdomen and took out the green demon pill. This was the third demon beast he encountered since entering the misty forest. Hou Wen's tracking ability is really great.

‘This guy is really strong. Three monsters were all at the fifth level of Qi training, and they were all killed by him with one sword’

Hou Wen looked at Lin Ji, who was becoming more and more skillful in his movements, and stepped forward to put away the body. He agreed with Lin Ji that he would not return to Luocheng before settling the settlement with him with spirit stones.

After putting away the body, Hou Wen fell into silence. He was using the tracking technique, and after a while he looked frightened.

"Lin Ji, there is a big guy in front of me. I can sense his aura at least the seventh level of Qi training. Let's leave this area first!"

"No, let's go take a look together. You can stay away later. If the situation is not good, you can leave first."

Hearing that there was a high-level demon beast in the Qi training stage, Lin Ji showed excitement and asked Hou Wen to take him there, and also gave him conditions to escape.

Hou Wen thought for a while and decided to take Lin Ji with him to find the monster.
Chapter completed!