Three weeks passed in a blink of an eye.
All of his Theríon Recovery Pills were long gone.
To compensate for that, Feng Luotian picked some herbs with a similar effect along the path toward his training and around his camp, like Moon Lotuses floating on the river.
Ten Moon Lotus's seeds would provide him the same Theríon recovery rate as one Theríon Recovery Pill.
There were hundreds or even thousands of Moon Lotuses, which contained a few dozen seeds each. This made Feng Luotian able to keep up with his training agenda every day.
Subsequently, he broke through and became a Five Fangs Fighter about a week ago.
Today, he woke up and checked his stat.
His skin became tanner. His body was much firmer than he was three weeks ago, with the muscular lines clearly shown around his body, making him look much more manly.
///// Five Fangs (21%)
///// [Last Dance Curse] Level 5 : Increase the user's power level by 1 for 11 minutes. However, the user has to collect 10 souls within 11 minutes. Otherwise, the user's level will be decreased by 2.
///// [Momentum Eyes] Level 5 : The user can see the momentum and projectile of every object within 60 meters.
///// [Pinnacle Flash Lightning] Level 2 (882/1,000) : Wrap the user's body in lightning. Speed +315%. Lightning Resistance +6%. Attack +20%.
Feng Luotian had his breakfast and was about to return to his training session, but something happened out of usual today.
"Aah!!" He heard a girl's scream.
He abruptly changed his course to the direction of that voice. To better be safe than sorry, Feng Luotian activated Pinnacle Flash Lightning and rushed there at his maximum speed.
Seconds later, he passed a small hill and found four figures.
Two of them appeared to be bandits, one holding a large ax while another carrying a shield. They were threatening the other two people, who were likely to be a pair of mother and daughter.
In the hand of the mother, there was a basket full of precious herbs. As for her other hand, it was blood-soaked. She was probably being cut by the bandit when she screamed earlier.
With just one glance, anybody could discern the situation that this was another daylight robbery.
"So, you're not going to hand me the herbs, huh?" One of the bandits sneered at the couple of mother and child.
"Never!! These herbs will be used to heal people in my village who were hurt by you, bad uncles!! We will never give them to you!!" The daughter, who was a 7-year-old girl, cried out as she stood strong between her mother and the two bandits.
"If you don't know what's good for you, die!!" Another bandit said.
He raised his ax and swung down at the girl, whereas the mother quickly dropped the basket and brought her daughter into her embrace, planning to use her own body to bear the brunt of the ax to protect her child.
But before the ax reached the mother, a flash of lightning appeared and gave a kick to the attacker's face.
That man was sent flying until he hit the tree a hundred some meters behind him.
His partner was startled by what had transpired. He immediately raised his shield to block whatever came from the front. Never did he know that the purple-eyed young man had already appeared behind him, and ...
Gong.
The youth mercilessly kicked up between the man's legs causing him to drop the shield instantly and cover his hand on his crotch as he twisted in pain on the ground.
"Are you alright?" Feng Luotian turned to ask the mother-and-daughter duo.
"Yes, we're fine." The mother answered with relief as well as confusion lingering in her eyes.
The bandit who got kicked in the face woke up, shaking his head to get rid of the remaining dizziness.
Once he saw who had attacked him, he picked up his ax and charged toward Feng Luotian, shouting: "Who are you to interfere with our business?!"
"And why are you so looking forward to dying?" Killing intent surged from Feng Luotian's cold gaze.
///// Six Fangs Heavy Paw Rice Bear
///// [Ruthless Paw] : Drastically increase the user's hand strength on the next attack.
After the bandit named Xiong Fan heard someone without any aura whatsoever threatening him, he became enraged.
A dark brown glow was concentrated on both of his hands as he activated Ruthless Paw.
"Please leave." Feng Luotian told the mother and child to retreat.
Both of them had no choice but to comply in this situation. However, they did not go far, just a distance safe enough for them to stay out of the battle.
Xiong Fan stormed his way toward Feng Luotian. He was about two and a half meters tall, so his body was quite large. The momentum he created could give a strong pressure enough to suffocate most cultivators of the same level or lower.
The bandit stomped his step and leaped up high before slamming his ax down upon Feng Luotian.
BOOOOMMMMMMM!!
A loud explosion was followed by rock and debris flying around.
After the commotion was settled, the young man's figure could not be found anywhere in the area of impact. Xiong Fan looked around and only found his partner lying at the side.
A lightning figure dropped down from the sky and landed an elbow on Xiong Fan's head.
It appeared that Feng Luotian had already fled from the impact point before the attack hit the ground. It was just that his speed was too fast, leaving only his afterimage for the bandit to aim.
After that, he jumped up high to deliver an elbow drop.
The strike cracked Xiong Fan's skull to the point where blood started to flow from his orifices as his knees hit the ground.
Feng Luotian swung his body and used both his knees to grip Xiong Fan's head as he sat on it.
Following that, he made a little momentum before spinning his body three rounds to twist his opponent's head off.
Thump.
The sound of a head dropping rang as a body fell down a bang.
The mother and daughter's complexion became pale white as they witnessed how ruthless their savior was. Amongst the gratitude they had felt before, fear started to blossom as they were in awe.
Feng Luotian proceeded with his soul collection.
///// Soul collected : Energy +5% » Five Fangs (26%)
///// Attack +3%
///// [Pinnacle Flash Lightning] Level 2 (883/1,000) : Wrap the user's body in lightning. Speed +315%. Lightning Resistance +6%. Attack +23%.
"Oh? So, if the skill has the same kind of stat, the benefit from collecting souls can imbue the skill power as well."
Feng Luotian thought as he slowly walked up to another bandit lying not far from the battle.
Right now, pure terror had already trumped pain, prompting the bandit to repeatedly kowtow for forgiveness, but no words came out.
Xiong Fan was stronger than him, yet his head was twisted off in just a few exchanges. That meant the youth standing before him was even stronger, no, much stronger than him.
"Not begging me to spare you? Or is it that you are too afraid to speak?" Feng Luotian asked.
Well, it was actually the latter.
"Answer some questions for me, and I will consider sparing your life. Only if you are worth it, that is."
The bandit stayed silent for a few moments before he tremblingly nodded, accepting Feng Luotian's condition.
"First, who are you guys?" Feng Luotian began his interrogation.
"W-We are from Vulture Bandit Troupe."
"And why are you attacking their village?" Feng Luotian pointed at the pair of mother and child as he asked.
"Boss wants something in the village, but he didn't tell us what it is."
"What is the main purpose of this Bandit Troupe?"
"K-Kill and plunder."
"How many people have you killed?"
"…"
"Never killed anyone?"
"I never k—"
Splatter.
Feng Luotian suddenly stomped on the guy's head like a watermelon and collected his soul.
///// Soul collected : Energy +1% » Five Fangs (27%)
///// Defense +2%
"It's really true that there is no peace wherever you are."
Feng Luotian shook his head and sighed. He picked up the herb basket, then walked toward the mother and child.
The mother bowed down to show her gratitude as her daughter imitated her action: "Thank you, benefactor, for saving us."
He moved forward and stopped the mother from bowing to him: "You don't have to bother with the formality. Let me treat your wound first."
He touched his spatial ring and fetched a few healing herbs and bandages to treat her hand.