The corpse-controlling skill, refined and optimized by the system, did not see a significant change in its inherent power. The materials required to craft the corpse-controlling worms were now replaced with materials found in the Dou Qi Continent.
It was midnight, and Xiao Feng couldn't trouble Xiao Ding and the others to help him collect the materials for refining the corpse-controlling worms. He had to wait until tomorrow when they had time.
Xiao Feng then took out the light sphere of [Jingni's Swordsmanship Experience] and silently muttered, "Use."
"Shua!!!"
The fist-sized pink light sphere instantly turned into a streak of pink light, burrowing into Xiao Feng's forehead. A flood of memories filled with blood and slaughter erupted in his mind, turning his eyes crimson.
Due to Jingni's role as a killer for the organization, her swordsmanship training memory naturally included various assassination techniques. From her assassination memories, it was clear that she was the kind of assassin who excelled in "peerless assassination techniques," usually eliminating her target and all their guards.
Over the years, those who died at Jingni's hands numbered in the hundreds.
Fortunately, the system had a built-in protection mechanism, allowing Xiao Feng to absorb these memories as a spectator watching a movie, preventing him from fully immersing in them. Otherwise, the flood of Jingni's twenty years of killing memories could easily turn him into a maniacal killer.
When Xiao Feng finished absorbing Jingni's swordsmanship memories, the blood-red tint in his eyes faded, leaving him with a sharper aura. Jingni's main swordsmanship was a set of killing techniques paired with the Jingni Sword, called the "Jingni Sword Technique", known for its speed.
Similar to Xiao Feng's mastery of the "Dragon Subduing Palm", the "Jingni Sword Technique" couldn't be directly driven by Dou Qi, so it was optimized and converted by the system into a high-level Earth-class Dou Technique.
Jingni had become a top-tier assassin for the organization at a young age, not because of her beauty, but due to her exceptional talent, having long mastered the "Jingni Sword Technique" to perfection.
Thus, after absorbing Jingni's swordsmanship memories, Xiao Feng also nearly mastered the "Jingni Sword Technique", making it his strongest Dou Technique.
Xiao Feng drew the Shark Tooth Sword and swung it a few times, forcibly suppressing the urge to test it on someone. He then turned his attention to the character attribute panel.
[Name: Xiao Feng]
[Cultivation: Seven-star Dou Practitioner]
[Bloodline: Colossal Titan, Armored Titan]
[Techniques: Nine Transformations of the Swirling Dragon (First Transformation)]
[Fighting Techniques: Jingni Sword Technique, Dragon Subduing Palm, Storm Split Dance, Phantom Step…]
[Merits: 845 points]
[Simulation Times: 0 (Countdown 30 Days)]
After checking the character attribute panel, Xiao Feng nodded in satisfaction and then sat cross-legged, closing his eyes to cultivate.
The next morning...
"Young Master, something bad has happened! Young Master, something bad has happened..."
Just as Xiao Feng was cultivating as usual, an urgent shout came from outside. Qing Lin, dressed in a green dress, breathlessly pushed open the door and rushed in.
"Young... Young Master, the Sand Mercenary Group is here, the leader asked you to come quickly."
"Whoosh—"
Before Qing Lin finished speaking, Xiao Feng had already turned into a shadow, disappearing from his original spot, swiftly heading toward the front yard.
"Qing Lin, what's happening?"
Xiao Yixian, living next door to Xiao Feng, came out of her room upon hearing the commotion.
Qing Lin took a breath and said, "Sister Xian'er, it's the Sand Mercenary Group. Their leader is causing trouble."
"If I remember correctly, the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group is a two-star Dou Grandmaster, right?"
"Yes!"
Qing Lin nodded instinctively.
"Great, just the right opportunity to test my new poison."
Xiao Yixian hadn't been idle recently, and through studying the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, she had formulated many new poisons, including some third-grade poisons capable of threatening a Dou Grandmaster.
"Alright, let's go and see."
Xiao Yixian patted Qing Lin's little head and headed toward the front yard.
Meanwhile, led by Luo Bu, the Sand Mercenary Group was pressing Xiao Ding and the others step by step.
"Xiao Ding, the Sandstone Treasure Herb was found by our Sand Mercenary Group, but your people stole it."
The burly Luo Bu said righteously, "If you hand over the Sandstone Treasure Herb today, I'll let you go."
"But if you remain obstinate, don't blame me for being rude!"
The "Sandstone Treasure Herb" Luo Bu mentioned was a precious fourth-grade spiritual herb worth tens of thousands of gold coins.
Currently, the Sand Mercenary Group didn't have the power to dominate Rock Desert City, so to avoid public outrage, Luo Bu didn't dare to attack the Metal Mercenary Group without reason, using the excuse of retrieving the stolen herb.
"False accusations!"
Xiao Ding snorted coldly, "Luo Bu, you've been trying to annex our Metal Mercenary Group for a long time. Why pretend now?"
"Xiao Ding, our leader has already advised you."
Standing beside Luo Bu, Mo Xing shouted angrily, "Since you don't appreciate it, the Metal Mercenary Group doesn't need to exist anymore. Get them..."
"Roar—"
Before Mo Xing finished speaking, a high-pitched dragon roar approached rapidly. A black shadow burst out from the crowd, striking towards Mo Xing with overwhelming force.
Feeling the deadly threat, Mo Xing's face changed dramatically. He hurriedly mobilized Dou Qi, covering himself with a layer of Dou Qi armor.
The pair of jade-like hands, carrying immense power, shattered Mo Xing's Dou Qi armor and continued to strike his chest.
"Bang!!!"
With a terrifying sound, Mo Xing's chest caved in instantly. His body flew out like a cannonball, creating a large pit on the hard stone floor, twitching a few times before losing all signs of life.
"....."
The entire square fell into dead silence, with everyone staring at Xiao Feng.
Too strong!
Mo Xing was the vice-captain of the Sand Mercenary Group, a three-star Dou Master. Even Xiao Ding couldn't claim to easily defeat him, but Xiao Feng killed him with a single blow.
Not just others, even Xiao Ding and Xiao Li felt like they were dreaming.
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