"Roar..."
In the ancient wilderness jungle, a giant tiger, over ten meters long, roared through the mountains and forests.
A young man leaped down from a large tree, with bare hands, and engaged in a fierce battle with the giant tiger.
This young man was Lin Feng, who had entered the wilderness jungle for training.
Having a life-and-death battle scheduled with Bai Xuanyang in three months, Lin Feng needed to improve his cultivation quickly.
On the second day after the conflict, he accepted a task from the Task Hall to hunt fierce beasts, then entered the vast and boundless wilderness jungle.
The reward for the fierce beast hunting task was generous, with the ability to exchange beast inner cores for Qi Replenishing Pills.
The higher the level of the beast's inner core, the more Qi Replenishing Pills it could be exchanged for.
Lin Feng both trained and collected fierce beast inner cores, killing two birds with one stone.
The giant tiger, with strength reaching around ten thousand pounds, was brutally fierce. Lin Feng fought it for dozens of rounds before seizing an opportunity to wound the tiger.
The giant tiger, unable to fight back, fled for its life.
Lin Feng didn't pursue it; instead, he found a place to recover his strength.
This was already Lin Feng's fifteenth day in the wilderness jungle, experiencing several life-and-death battles every day.
Several times, Lin Feng almost fell under the beast's sharp claws, but each time, he narrowly escaped with his life.
Time flew by.
Another ten days passed. Through countless life-and-death fights, Lin Feng vaguely felt signs of a breakthrough.
Training in life-and-death situations was the best method to enhance strength.
"Roar."
At this moment, in a piece of forest, a thunderous roar resounded as a two-headed lion engaged in combat with Lin Feng.
This two-headed lion was five meters long and three meters tall, incredibly powerful and extremely fast.
The two-headed lion's prowess equated to a Martial Artist at the Seventh Layer Heaven. However, the strength of a beast at the same level far exceeded that of a human clan cultivator.
This was because beasts naturally had physical body advantages.
The two-headed lion fighting with Lin Feng had strength around twelve thousand pounds. A swipe of its claws could instantly shatter a boulder.
"Golden Monkey Fishing the Moon."
"Jiaolong Emerges from the Sea."
"Divine Elephant Prison Shock."
"Sweep Across Thousands of Troops."
...
One after another, Lin Feng unleashed powerful martial skills.
Finally, Lin Feng found an opportunity.
He dashed to the left side of the two-headed lion and punched it fiercely.
"Bang."
Lin Feng's punch landed on the back of the two-headed lion.
Crack, crack.
The two-headed lion's bones fractured.
Roar...
The fierce beast emitted a painful roar, turned around swiftly, and sprinted away, wanting to escape.
"Can you get away?"
Lin Feng sneered coldly and chased after it.
Boom, boom, boom...
Three consecutive punches.
"Azure Dragon Spouts Water."
"Mantis Stalks the Cicada."
"Dragon Battle in the Wild."
After three punches, the two-headed lion roared to the sky and then its massive body collapsed to the ground, dead.
"Whew..."
Lin Feng calmed his internal breath, then took out a dagger and excavated the two-headed lion's inner core.
He got up, ready to leave.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Suddenly, a series of sounds of piercing the air came from the distance.
"Someone's coming?" Lin Feng slightly raised an eyebrow, not wanting unnecessary trouble, and quickly moved towards the distance.
But it was already too late.
"Stop..." A cold shout came from behind. Five or six cultivators had come, each exuding a fierce aura, especially the leader, whose presence was deep. Every move he made was accompanied by the sound of thunder. His breath was like a sword, his exhalation like thunder, and from a great distance, Lin Feng felt pressured.
"A Martial Artist of the Ninth Level." Lin Feng was shocked in his heart.
He stopped and said, "What do you want with me?"
The leading cultivator glanced at the two-headed lion on the ground and said, "Able to kill a two-headed lion, not bad strength. Come with us."
"Where are you taking me?" Lin Feng frowned and asked.
"To meet the Third Young Master," the leading cultivator coldly replied.
Lin Feng originally wanted to refuse, but seeing the icy gazes and fierce appearances of this group, he felt that refusal might lead to an attack.
Moreover, Lin Feng wanted to see what this group was up to.
He nodded and said, "Okay, lead the way."
The group headed into the distance.
They went straight to a lake over ten miles away.
"Screech."
When they were two or three miles away from the lake, a piercing and sharp cry suddenly came from the direction of the lake.
Then, a hundred-meter-long giant creature surged out of the lake.
That colossal creature had a pair of massive wings, and its winding, serpentine body resembled a dragon. The head had a bulge, seemingly about to sprout horns, and its abdomen had four bulges, as if it were growing claws.
"Winged Snake," Lin Feng was astonished.
He had read the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas recorded: Winged Snake, body like a snake, born with the wings of an ancient winged dragon, incredibly fast, with a vicious temperament, a monster carrying a trace of ancient winged dragon blood.
This was a real demon.
A demon possessed wisdom, understanding cultivation. If the Taoist practice reached a profound level in the future, it could speak human language, even transforming into human form.
"The Winged Snake has appeared, let's hurry."
The leading cultivator shouted softly, and Lin Feng and the others quickened their pace toward the lake edge.
"Help, save us..."
From a distance, cries for help could be heard.
By the lakeside, five or six cultivators were tied up, and the Winged Snake was charging toward them.
"Prepare to release the arrows."
In the forest, a dozen people were lurking, led by a young master. As the Winged Snake charged toward the shore, he reminded loudly.
The Winged Snake swiftly approached, opened its massive mouth, and directly swallowed the tied-up cultivators in one gulp.
"Shoot," the young master waved his hand grandly.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
A dozen cultivators hidden in the forest released arrows, aiming to kill the Winged Snake.
But the Winged Snake was very fast and, after swallowing a few cultivators, its body plunged into the lake, disappearing without a trace.
"Damn, the Winged Snake slipped away again."
The young master's expression was sullen.
"Young Master, we're back," the cultivators who brought Lin Feng greeted the young master.
"Hmm, how many have you captured?" the young master asked.
"Returning to Young Master, there are hardly any people appearing nearby, we've only captured one," the leading cultivator replied.
The young master frowned slightly and said, "Bring him over."
"Boy, you come over here," the leading cultivator shouted, pointing at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng frowned slightly. The recent scene was crystal clear in his mind. These people were clearly using others as bait to lure out the Winged Snake, resorting to extremely cruel tactics.
"Spare us, Young Master, spare us." Not far away, a dozen tied-up cultivators, their faces extremely pale, pleaded continuously.
These people were all captured as bait by the young master's group.
"Shut up. If anyone dares to speak more, kill him directly," the young master said coldly.
The tied-up cultivators turned deathly pale, their bodies trembling, faces full of despair, but they dared not plead anymore.
Because there were already several corpses lying before them, all of whom had been killed by the young master's group with a single sword strike for trying to escape or shouting.
"This person is so ruthless." Lin Feng approached, looking toward the young master. He was somewhat surprised; this young master was actually a Martial Artist of the Ninth Level.