Daniel woke up at 8 am. He was feeling fresh and energetic today.
He decided to head over to the forest again to kill monsters and earn money.
When he was going out of the gates of the city. An old man suddenly stopped him.
The old man was a city guard. He was his father's friend, so naturally, Daniel knew about him. He also sensed that the old man was at the 7th Stage of the Qi Refinement Realm.
"Daniel, are you going to the forest again? I've told you many times that the forest is a very dangerous place."
The old man said, he clearly looked very worried about Daniel.
"Uncle, I've got no choice, if I want to live a good life. I will have to risk my life"
Daniel replied with a smile on his face.
"Okay, I understand, however, don't go too deep into the forest."
"Uncle, I've been going into the forest to find herbs for 3 years so I understand."
Daniel said goodbye to the old man and started to go to the middle zone of the forest.
While he was travelling on the road, he suddenly saw a man. The man looked unconscious and all his items were scattered on the ground.
Daniel looked at the unconscious man carefully from a distance. He thought that it was too suspicious.
There were no blood stains or anything near the body. The items scattered there were quite precious.
No matter how he looked at it, it was clearly a trap. He also sensed a bunch of people hiding beside the trees or bushes.
"Boss. Will anyone even fall for this trap?" One of the bandits asked their leader.
"Greed is a basic part of human nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. " The leader of the bandits answered.
"Leader is very wise." the rest of the bandits nodded and replied.
While they were talking, Daniel had already used shadow step to go behind the bandits and even killed one of them silently.
There were a total of 16 bandits. The most powerful was the leader of the bandits. He was at the 6th stage of the Qi Refinement Realm, while the rest of them were at the 5th stage of the Qi Refinement Realm.
He tried to absorb the life force of the bandit and surprisingly, it worked.
[Absorbed the Life Force of the Bandit - Rendo]
[Cultivation increased by 5%]
Daniel thought about it for a few seconds and concluded that if he killed a being that was in the same realm as himself then he'll get a 5% increase. Moreover, if he killed a being that was above his level then he'll get a 25% increase in his cultivation.
He had full confidence in killing the bandit leader because he had two fully perfected Rank 1 Peak Grade skills.
He was good in speed as well as his attack. However, his defence was somewhat ordinary.
Daniel attacked the bandits with his lightning punch in their throats, blocking their voices and then killing them silently.
They were scattered all around the forest in a radius of 20m. He was hiding in the bushes and then killing them one by one.
[Absorbed Life Force of Bandit - Ryan]
[Cultivation Increased by 5%]
[Absorbed Life Force of Bandit - Jake]
[Cultivation Increased by 5%]
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After killing 13 bandits. The rest of the 2 bandits and the leader finally noticed that something was wrong. All the dead bandits were hiding in the bushes also so it was quite hard to notice them.
The leader came out of their hiding spots and shouted.
"EVERYONE, Come Out! Something is wrong. "
The rest of the alive bandits were actually not very far away from the leader, that's why Daniel didn't kill them.
When the leader shouted, Only 2 bandits came out. He was surprised, why was no one listening to him, were they playing a prank or something?
After a few seconds, the Leader finally realised that something is surely wrong.
He shouted - "Who dares to mess with us?"
He said to the rest of the alive bandits to go find the culprit. They all scattered to find out who killed their companions.
They were naturally very scared. But they had to follow their leader's order.
However, when they all scattered, Daniel used this chance to kill the rest of the members silently.
His cultivation level was already increased to 75%. If he killed the leader of the bandit then he'll reach the 6th Stage of the Qi Refinement Realm.
Daniel tried to kill the leader of the bandit group the same way he killed others, however when he got near the bandit leader.
The bandit leader counter-attacked his lightning fist. Their power was similar to each other, However, The bandit had no combat skills or movement skills.
A few mins passed, They fought many rounds during these few mins. One had good techniques while the other used his force.
Suddenly, Daniel had an idea. He jabbed the bandit leader's neck with full force. Causing him to lose consciousness and then he killed him.
[Absorbed the Life Force of the Bandit Leader - Valor]
[Cultivatation increased by 25%]
[Congrutulations for breaking through to the 6th Stage of the Qi Refinement Realm.]
[You've been rewarded with a special skill (Appraisal)]
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Skill name - Appraisal
Skill type - Special Skill
Usage - You can use this skill to know about a person's cultivation or an item's grade or name
( Host can appraise an item or person that is one major realm above the host. )
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As always, Daniel felt his body strengthening again. His cultivation reached the 6th Stage of the Qi Refinement Realm and he also gained a new special skill.
He looted all the bodies of the bandits, In total, they had 148 low-grade spirit stones, 3 Rank-1 healing pills, some monsters cores that he sold at the shop for the 50 low-grade spirit stones.
He now had 250 low-grade spirit stones, this trip was already good enough for him. However, he wanted to increase his cultivation base to at least the 9th Stage of the Qi Refinement Realm today.