Duncan sat crosslegged and started cultivating in a hurry.
He knew that he needed to increase his strength as soon as possible. If he didn't, then he wouldn't walk out of this valley alive.
Prior to entering the valley, Duncan was already close to breaking through. His efforts for the past month in increasing his body strength and the abundance of spirit qi inside the Grotto Heaven had already taken him to the peak of his cultivation realm.
However, his cultivation technique needed slaughter qi to break through. It didn't mean that he had to slaughter for every level. However, the slaughter qi he had accumulated so far had already been used to break through prior to this. Without additional slaughter qi, he couldn't break through anymore.
Duncan knew that the power he could exert at the eighth level of the Qi Condensation realm wouldn't be much of a deterrent to the Level 2 beasts, but it would significantly bridge the gap.
