However, Lu Shen wouldn't give them a chance to run. They were his precious energy source to increase his strength, and even though their strength was low, their numbers were huge, so he was sure he would gain a significant boost in power.
So, Lu Shen racked his brain for a way to kill them all in a single fell swoop.
"Ah, I can use that tactic" Lu Shen remembered.
When he was a little boy, his father always said, "If you find yourself in a situation where you can win a fight but need to play cowardly, make them believe they can win. Then, at the last moment, show your full strength and win in one strike."
At the time, Lu Shen didn't understand what his father was talking about. Later, he realized his father was just spouting nonsense to appear tough, as Lu Shen often saw his father being beaten by his mother after coming home drunk.
In a way, his father always played dead in front of his mother. Lu Shen once called his father a man who couldn't even win a fight with his wife, coward.
That's why his father came up with some nonsense plans. Remembering this, Lu Shen smiled, but the smile didn't last.
In the same month, both his father and mother passed away in an accident, and he became an orphan.
From that incident, Lu Shen learned that sometimes to win, you must make others believe they are winning, and then, at the last moment, deal a critical blow and win in one fell swoop.
So, he began to run from the rushing demon crows.
He even used his Fire Armor to cover his body for self defense.
Bang! Bang!
One by one, the demon crows used their skill, Gust Slash, to send sharp wind blades toward Lu Shen. But without dodging any attacks, he just stood there and began to endure their assault.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Puff!
Lu Shen spat some blood from his mouth.
"Chiiii!"
The demon crows, seeing the blood, their eyes turn red with bloodlust, and they began to attack more violently.
Whoosh!
Rumbel!
More and more demon crows began to attack Lu Shen, and even the more cautious ones joined the assault. The scent of fresh blood in the air triggered their wild instincts, driving go on rampage. With no caution, they start attacking recklessly in their bloodlust.
They all thought,
We can win!
But was that true?
No.
It became their downfall.
Lu Shen, seeing the condition of the demon crows, knew the time had come.
"Wood Spear!"
Swoosh!
"chiiii"
Lu Shen's four wood spears pierced the demon crows, who were lost in bloodlust. Even as their comrades cried out in pain, However they didn't care, their thoughts were clouded by their desire for blood.
"Wood Spear! Wind Blade!"
Lu Shen repeatedly sent out his wood spears and wind blades, killing more demon crows. He used this move several times before running from the demon crows again.
After running some distance, Lu Shen stood in a defensive position again.
Puff!
He coughed up blood once more from the impacts and repeated the same tactic, sending out wood spears and wind blades, to kill more demon crows.
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After repeating the process several times...
"Wood Spear!"
Chiiii!
Puff!
The cries of the demon crows and the sound of Lu Shen coughing blood echoed repeatedly for a long time.
After about half an hour,
Lu Shen had killed most of the demon crows. Only ten or twenty remained, their eyes red with bloodlust. Even though they were losing, they didn't flee from Lu Shen.
This happened because they had a fatal weakness, they easily went berserk when they smelled blood in the air. Lu Shen used this weakness to his advantage. By circulating his spiritual energy, he made himself cough up some blood.
Did you think Lu Shen would cough blood from some low rank demon crows?
And on top of that, he had his Fire Armor on.
The reason he ran like crazy was to show that he wasn't capable of fighting the demon crows, he was using the hit and run tactic.
The first step was to cough up blood so that the demon crows would go berserk, losing all their senses, and not even care if their comrades were getting killed by Lu Shen.
The second step was for Lu Shen to occasionally fire his wood spears and wind blades to reduce the number of demon crows.
The third step was to repeat these steps.
And it worked like a charm.
However, it wasn't without suffering. He had to endure their violent attacks, and he did sustain some wounds from the demon crows' Gust Slash.
There's a saying,
"To gain something, you must lose something"
finally, it was time to use his bloodline skill.
"Wood Spear! Wind Blade! Wood Spear!"
Puff!
Finally, the last demon crow fell from the sky and dropped on the ground.
The last twenty demon crows were easy for Lu Shen, as they had gone berserk with bloodlust.
They lost the will to use their skills and even dodge Lu Shen's wood spears.
Lu Shen looked at the dead bodies of the demon crows scattered across the flat ground.
"Devour"
One by one, from all directions, Lu Shen devoured the demon crows. Since their strength was low, he easily devoured them. After some time, Lu Shen had devoured all the demon crows.
As the demon crows' strength was low, Lu Shen quickly devoured more than two hundred of them.
Crack!
Suddenly, Lu Shen felt something crack inside his body. He sat down and crossed his legs, circulating the spiritual energy he had absorbed from the demon beasts. That pure energy began to enhance his body.
[ Host: Lu Shen
Age: 18
Race: Human
Bloodline: Four Head Serpent (Superior)
Warrior Realm: Integration(early) - 96%
Battle Power: 4223
Luck: 40
Cultivation Techniques: Five Element Refinement Technique[big success](7%), Golden Body Technique[big success](64%), Silent Breath Technique[big success](5%)
Skills: Stealth, Fire Armor, Wood Spear, Rage, wind blade, stone wall.
Equipment: Origin Bracelet(in deep sleep) ]
After checking his status, Lu Shen felt his body become lighter as his strength had significantly increased, even bringing him close to opening his third meridian from the second.
After some time,
Lu Shen decided to check if there were any demon beasts in the surrounding area. But suddenly, a huge yellow eagle appeared out of nowhere. The atmosphere became suffocating,
Boom!
A thunderous sound making Lu Shen buzz with dizziness.
Then, a massive lightning strike hit him.
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Back in the Real World
"Fuck that yellow chicken!"
He recognized that the yellow eagle was the same one, that killed him, when he came out of the valleys after obtaining the Earth Essence Crystal.
"Argh!"
Lu Shen gritted his teeth, he was determined to find that yellow eagle and pluck all its father.
But that was for the future. For now, he had to deal with the unbearable pain.
So he focused on practicing the Silent Breath technique, a cool sensation to soothe the intense pain.
Half an Hour Later...
Lu Shen refreshed himself and started walking toward Northern High Academy.
On his way, he met Feng Yue, and after greeting each other, they held hands and continued walking together to Northern High Academy.
Lu Shen and Feng Yue, after arriving at Northern High Academy, headed straight to Azura Clouds Academy.
After some usual selections from the top ten, the competition started, and the first fight was decided. The first match was between Tangsu Ming and Bimala from the Warrior Association.
Bimala was facing Tangsu Ming.
Tangsu Ming looking at his opponent, he had a deep grudge against Lu Shen. So He had vowed that anyone associated with Lu Shen should be humiliated as he was.
Tangsu Ming didn't know who Bimala was. Since her skills hadn't been widely displayed in previous fights, he judged her to be a weak girl following Lu Shen. He was sure he would humiliate Bimala as much as possible.
"Just wait" Tangsu Ming thought, glaring at Lu Shen.
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"The Second Round: First Match Begins"
The judge announced the start of the match.
"Trash lover, you'd better surrender" Tangsu Ming mocked, licking his lips as he scanned Bimala's body.
Despite her small height of about five feet eleven, she had a well maintained figure with a beautiful body, black hair, and black eyes, making her even more attractive.
Tangsu Ming, comparing all the women he had been with and seen, thought Bimala could be as beautiful as Feng Yue, Weng Mei, and that cold lady who was with Bimala.
"you.."
Bimala felt disgusted by Tangsu Ming and point her finger angrily at Tangsu Ming, who was licking his lips while looking at her.
She became angry, as she had never been looked down by anyone her entire life. The man in front of her was looking her body in full of lust.
"Damn it" she felt more irritated as Tangsu Ming continued to stare at her despite her warnings.
Tangsu Ming did not show any care, just staring at her body.
"Damn it! Pig,Then die?" Bimala shouted in anger. She could no longer contain her fury and she was even considering killing Tangsu Ming.
However, knowing that Lu Shen was watching, she restrained herself.
On the other side, Nisha observed the arena and shook her head in pity.
She wasn't feeling pity for Bimala but for Tangsu Ming because she knew how Bimala acted when angry.
Even though Bimala seemed to smile at everyone, appearing shy, naive, and pure.
everyone has flaws.
Bimala's flaw was her anger. When she got angry, she lost control of herself and didn't know what she might do.
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"Bitch, what did you say? You're Lu Shen's plaything, and now that I've checked out your body, you feel disgusted?" Tangsu Ming sneered, not caring about his life and unaware of what he was provoking. In his anger, he shouted and sneered at Bimala.
"die then.." She could no longer hold back her anger in front of this man who was insulting her and even Lu Shen.
She immediately realized why this man was provoking her.
He must have a grudge against Lu Shen. She wasn't a fool, she knew Tangsu Ming was from the same academy as Lu Shen. She thought they were quite good with each other, which was why she had held back. But now, she couldn't hold back anymore.
She then released her blade in one hand.
"Blazing Edge!"
She swung her blade at Tangsu Ming. A huge blade slash, with fire flames covering half the ground, began to slowly advance toward Tangsu Ming.
"What?!" Tangsu Ming, seeing the huge blade mark, felt his heart skip a beat and he sensed a tremendous threat from Bimala's attack.
"Earth Fox Clone! Earth Armor!" Tangsu Ming used both skills simultaneously.
From his Earth Fox Clone skill, a figure identical to Tangsu Ming appeared in front of him. The clone also used Earth Armor and stood to defend the original Tangsu Ming.
Rumble!
The ground around Bimala began to crack as she prepared to use another skill.
"Blazing Edge Cross!"
She slashed again, unleashing another blazing edge skill.
Boom!
As Bimala's slash hit, it created a cross shaped blade slash that rushed toward Tangsu Ming at high speed.
Whoosh!
"Damn it! Rock Shield! Rock Shield!" Tangsu Ming quickly activated his third skill.
He had obtained the Rock Shield skill from a demon core, which he received from his brother when he became a true warrior, Luckily he gain new skill from that demon core.
This skill was his trump card and the reason he was confident he would win the competition, but now he had no choice but to use it.
Five layers of rock shields formed around Tangsu Ming.
Boom! Boom!
Bimala's combined attack struck the shield Tangsu Ming had used to protect himself. The impact was so powerful that the arena almost distorted, and dust flew all around.
"Fuck!"
Tangsu Ming tried his hardest to maintain his skill, but the impact was so intense that it destroyed four layers of the rock shield. The fifth layer had cracks all over, and the impact caused Tangsu Ming to sweat profusely.
"It's over" Tangsu Ming thought.