Chapter 10: The Beginning of Improvement
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At the outskirts of the Noir Forest
A figure was running wildly with thirty to forty Flaming Battle Wolves chasing him.
The entire journey was chaotic.
Shu Ke ran for the hills while holding the rusty sword he had picked up from an unfortunate guy’s body.
A few weak animals or magical beasts appeared in front of him from time to time, but they were all killed by Shu Ke with one slash.
At first, he thought that the corpses of these animals would be able to divert the wolf pack’s attention to a certain extent, but the Flaming Battle Wolves were stubborn and would not let Shu Ke go just like that.
“F*ck F*ck F*ck!!”
“Stupid Flaming Battle Wolves, it’s not like I have killed your mother, why in the world are you chasing me?!”
Shu Ke felt his insides tremble just by looking behind him.
There were a total of thirty to forty fire Flaming Battle Wolves. If they caught up, Shu Ke would be divided into dozens of portions.
‘This won’t do, my Dou Qi will be gone.’ When Shu Ke felt the continuous loss of Dou Qi in his body, he immediately frowned.
‘If I continue to run like this, my Dou Qi will be gone. By that time, I will become wolf dung!’ Shu Ke’s face showed a troubled expression as he thought of that.
‘I have to think of a way to get out of this situation. How can my two legs outrun their four paws?’ Just as Shu Ke was thinking about this, a huge tree suddenly appeared in front of him.
‘Wolves don’t know how to climb trees, right?’
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Shu Ke’s eyes instantly lit up. He took two steps at a time, trying to speed up with the pace of the Wolf Sword Technique.
The wolfs’ shadow appeared behind Shu Ke again. He instantly increased his speed by a few times.
His entire body moved like a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived under the big tree.
Shu Ke jumped for his whole life, hugged the tree trunk, and quickly climbed towards the treetop.
Awooo—
The largest Flaming Battle Wolf that had been chasing at the front saw that Shu Ke had climbed up the tree.
It had no clue on what to do. It could only circle under the tree a few times before letting out an unwilling howl. It then led the wolf pack to turn around to leave.
“Phew.” Seeing the wolf pack leave, Shu Ke finally let out a sigh of relief.
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‘That Wolf King probably has the strength of a high-tier Dou Master. With my current strength, it is going to be a little difficult to defeat it.’
Shu Ke was not just focused on running for his life. He had paid attention to the strength of those Flaming Battle Wolves too.
Most of them were only at the level of a low-tier Dou Master. Only a few of them had the strength of a mid-tier Dou Master. Shu Ke believed that he could still counter them.
However, the Wolf King probably had the strength of a high-tier Dou Master at the very least.
Shu Ke did not think that he had the strength to defeat it.
‘But I have to get back at those wolves for chasing me!’
By the looks of his face, he was holding a grudge!
‘I got it!’
Shu Ke had a plan.
…
It was already late at night.
At the location where Shu Ke had killed the Flaming Battle Wolf, the other wolves surrounded its corpse as they raised their heads and let out sorrowful cries.
The Flaming Battle Wolves did not notice that a black figure was moving between the treetops, approaching them.
The Wolf King looked at the corpse on the ground, and its ears immediately drooped down. It then let out a whimper.
The other Flaming Battle Wolves followed. Shu Ke frowned as he looked at them, ‘Could it be that I killed their mother?’
However, he stopped caring about it.
His eyes were focused on the Flaming Battle Wolves below. In his eyes, these were all magic nuclei to be collected.
‘This many magic nuclei should be enough for me to become a Dou Grandmaster.’
Not only could magic nuclei be exchanged for energy points, but they could also assist in training.
The magic nuclei below were all tier-2 nuclei. Even if most of them were exchanged for energy points, the remaining ones would be still enough for Shu Ke to cultivate into a Dou Grandmaster.
Awooo—
The Wolf King—which was lying on the ground—suddenly moved its ears. It stood up immediately and cautiously looked around its surroundings. At the same time, it let out a threatening roar.
The other Flaming Battle Wolves also stood up and guarded their surroundings.
“Over here, stupid wolves!”
Suddenly, a loud sound was heard from above. The wolf pack raised their heads and looked over.
They saw a small black dot continuously magnifying as it approached. As it came closer, they realized that it was the hairless monkey that they had chased earlier!
“Wolf Sword Technique: Wolf Fang!”
An illusory wolf head with a widely opened mouth appeared on Shu Ke’s arm. That rusty iron sword he held was the Wolf Fang.
Awooo—
A mournful cry was heard. In the blink of an eye, a slightly smaller Flaming Battle Wolf fell heavily to the ground.
A fist-sized bloody hole appeared on its forehead. Holding the magic nucleus, Shu Ke leaped onto another big tree and disappeared from the sight of the wolf pack.
His series of actions were as smooth as silk.
By the time the wolves reacted, Shu Ke had already run away.
AWOOO—
The Wolf King looked at the corpse of his companion lying on the ground and suddenly became furious. It roared and led the pack to chase after Shu Ke.
However, not long after the wolves left, Shu Ke jumped down from the treetop in another direction and went closer to the body of the Flaming Battle Wolf that he had killed in the beginning.
“A bunch of stupid wolves. Don’t you know that I used to climb the trees in this area?” Shu Ke said with pride.
Then, he squatted down and dug out the magic nucleus from the dead Flaming Battle Wolf.
After getting the magic nucleus, Shu Ke immediately ran away.
When the wolf pack returned, they realized that they had been fooled. They fell into a series of rage, but there was nothing they could do.
Shu Ke—who had already run far away—heard the angry howls of the wolves behind him. He held the magic nuclei in his hand and smiled smugly. “These two magic nuclei should be able to help me advance to a high-tier Dou Practitioner, right?”
Shu Ke did not choose to exchange the magic nuclei for energy points. Instead, he planned to use them to assist in his cultivation training.
After all, the energy points from two tier-2 magic nuclei would only give very limited improvement to the Wolf Sword Technique.
However, if he could advance to a high-tier Dou Practitioner, both the Dou Qi and the physical strength of his body would increase immensely. His combat strength would naturally increase as well.
Immediately, Shu Ke found a hidden place. He grabbed each of the two ruby-like magic nuclei in his hands, and he began his training.
Under Shu Ke’s deliberate guidance, the pigeon-egg-sized magic nuclei released a fiery magic power with the help of Shu Ke’s Dou Qi. It began to circulate in Shu Ke’s body and transformed into his Dou Qi bit by bit.
Of course, the consumption of Dou Qi during this period was also quite large.
‘The efficiency of Dou Qi conversion is extremely low. The trajectory of the circulation is incorrect. A large amount of magic power has been lost in vain. Repair and transformation methods are suggested.’
‘Optional repairs are as follow —’