It has been three weeks since Fu and Ye Feng recuperated from their injuries. To stabilize his cultivation, Ye Feng spent all his time hunting monster beasts in the Southwest forest, while Fu dedicated his time to mastering the martial skills that the old man used against them, "the fireball barrage" and "the fire expulsion."
Fu is currently standing in front of a waterfall near the cave where he and Ye Feng are staying. He raised his saint weapon above his head, and within a second, multiple fireballs appeared above him, prompting him to swing his saint weapon downward.
With extreme ferocity, the fireballs flew towards the waterfall like shooting stars, "SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH." "BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM."
When the fireballs collided with the waterfall, they caused huge explosions, and dense steam came from the waterfall as a result. Fu grinned at the power behind the fireballs and thought to himself, "Perfect; I've finally mastered this martial skill. I can now focus on practicing the other martial skill."
Fu then started practicing the martial skill known as "fire explosion." Whenever he used this skill, his saint weapon would emit a crimson glow, just as it did when the old man used it against Ye Feng during their battle.
"BOOM." When Fu swung his saint weapon, an orange and red fiery explosion shot from it, covering most of the waterfall in front of him and causing the steam near it to increase in density by tenfold.
When Fu saw the red and orange explosion emerge from his saint weapon, he grinned broadly and thought to himself, "That's great." I finally mastered the other martial skill, too. Now it is time for me to cultivate "the five proud ways of the axe."
Fu stored his saint weapon back in his dantian, took out the black scroll that Ye Feng gave him, and then sat under a tree to carefully read the five proud ways of the axe cultivation method.
"The five proud ways of the axe are divided into five layers: those layers are the blood axe, the slaughter axe, the axe mark, the soul axe, and the unyielding axe."
"To cultivate the five proud ways of the axe, the cultivator should forge an axe with specific materials. If the cultivator fails to forge an axe using these specific materials, the cultivation method will significantly strain either the axe or the weapon they are using, causing their weapon to shatter in the future."
Fu was taken aback upon reading this and nervously gulped his saliva. After he finished reading the materials necessary to forge the axe, he stored the cultivation method back in his space ring and thought to himself, "I don't know where to find these materials. I never heard of these materials before; also, I don't know how to forge an axe." He shook his head helplessly and continued thinking.
"To avoid shattering my saint weapon, I must choose another axe cultivation method." Brother Feng gave me all of the axe cultivation methods we found in the ruins, while he took all of the sword cultivation methods. However, my focus on mastering the two martial skills distracted me from checking the axe cultivation methods we discovered. It is time to have a look."
Fu waved his hand and summoned all the Axe cultivating methods from his space ring, then he started checking all the cultivating methods in front of him.
After 20 minutes, Fu explored various axe cultivation methods, but he was unable to comprehend them. He sighed in helplessness. He then grabbed the last axe cultivation method in front of him and began checking it out.
As he read the cultivation method, Fu grinned broadly and exclaimed loudly, "Yes, I understand this cultivation method, and its name, 'one axe shattering mountains cultivation method,' is quite cool. I've decided I'm going to cultivate this cultivation method."
Fu read the cultivation method carefully and thought, "This cultivation method has only three layers: the first layer axe shattering one mountain, the second layer axe shattering two mountains, and the final axe shattering three mountains."
After reading the whole cultivation method, Fu summoned his saint weapon from his dantian and started practicing the first layer of this cultivation method.
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With Ye Feng
Ye Feng was currently engaged in a battle against a golden lion monster beast, which is four times larger than a normal lion.
Ye Feng's saint weapon, the {blood dragon fang}, glowed purple as he coated it with his sword intent. Using his martial skill known as "sword steps," Ye Feng moved swiftly, akin to a ghost, around the golden lion monster.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH," the golden lion's whole body was covered with a sword, and its red eyes shone with madness.
"GROWLLLLL." The golden lion monster beast roared loudly in defiance at Ye Feng, and at the same time, Ye Feng appeared above the golden lion monster beast in the air. He then swung his saint weapon (blood dragon fang) downward to behead the monster beast.
"SWISH, SQUASH" When Ye Feng swung his saint weapon (blood dragon fang), a big purple sword qi flew, cutting off the head of the golden lion monster beast.
The golden lion monster beast's head flew in the air after the sword qi chopped off its head. Like a fountain, blood flowed from the monster beast's neck.
After cutting off the monster beast's head, Ye Feng landed on the ground elegantly, a huge smile on his face, and said to himself, "After three weeks of continued fighting and hunting monster beasts, I have finally stabilized my cultivation realm." "I can now break into the earthly saint monster realm at any time."
"Bzbzbzbz," an unexpected blue lightning beam shot from the nearby bushes towards Ye Feng, piercing through his left shoulder.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH," Ye Feng screamed in pain after the blue lightning beam pierced through his left shoulder, and suddenly a blue-furred cat monster beast leapt from the bushes and lunged at Ye Feng while opening its jaw, ready to swallow Ye Feng in one go.
Ye Feng's eyes widened in shock at that; he quickly rolled in the ground and dodged the monster beast.
When Ye Feng turned his head and saw the monster beast, his eyes widened in shock. "Damn it, I really have bad luck encountering the golden horn cat monster beast here, and judging by how big its horn is, there's no doubt it's a rank 5 monster beast."
The golden horn cat monster beast was adorned with a large golden horn on its forehead, scarlet eyes, thick dark blue fur covering its body, large fangs and claws, and three long tails. Its size dwarfed that of the golden lion he had just fought.
The golden horn cat smirked at Ye Feng in amusement, then took a deep breath and opened its jaw widely. "Bzbzbzbz," The monster beast spewed blue lightning waves from its mouth at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng's saint weapon (blood dragon fang) glowed purple and quickly swung it at the blue lightning waves that were charging at him.
"SWISH," Ye Feng sent a flying purple slash from his saint weapon, cutting through all the blue lightning waves that were charging at him.
The flying slash sliced through the cheek of the golden horn cat monster.
When the golden horn cat monster beast started bleeding from its right cheek, it roared loudly in anger: "ROOOOOOAAAAAAR."
The golden horn cat monster beast swung its big claw at Ye Feng in anger to finish him off, but Ye Feng flipped backward in the air, dodging the golden horn cat monster beast's claws.
After landing elegantly, Ye Feng smirked and thought to himself, "Now, it's time for me to test my newly created martial skill."
"ROOOOOOAAAAAAR," the golden horn cat monster beast charged at Ye Feng once more, but Ye Feng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and cleared his mind of all thoughts and emotions.
Then Ye Feng whispered to himself, "Azure heart sutra sword art final sword art emptiness sword."
"SWISH," Ye Feng disappeared from the spot and the golden cat monster beast was shocked
Suddenly, Ye Feng appeared behind the golden horn cat monster beast, and his saint weapon was covered with the blood of the monster beast.
After a second, the monster beast was cut in half, its corpse fell to the ground, and its blood poured out like a fountain on the ground.
Ye Feng smiled and said, "I have finally perfected my own original martial skill; it's time to return to the cave and leave this forest."
Ye Feng dug out the monster cores from the monster beast corpses, then turned around to return to the cave.
While Ye Feng was walking back to the cave, he suddenly stopped walking, turned his head to the right, and looked at the distance.
Ye Feng farrowed his eyebrows and thought to himself, "Who is calling me? Why do I feel that someone is calling me? This feeling is very nostalgic."
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes in confusion for a second, then sighed to himself. "I better go and check it out." Once he made up his mind, he began to walk towards the source of the familiar sensation that was calling him.
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Near a running river
It took Ye Feng an hour to arrive in front of a running river, and he saw an unconscious young man around his age floating in the river.
The young man was handsome. He had long black hair, a torn white robe, fair skin, and a slim, muscular physique.
Ye Feng felt the same familiar sensation calling him from the young man, and he was very confused at that. "What's going on? I have never encountered this guy before; why do I feel the familiar sensation emanating from him?"
Ye Feng began to reflect deeply in search of an answer, but he sighed in disappointment. "To get my answers, I must first heal him."
Ye Feng then picked up the young man and started walking towards the cave where he and Fu are staying.