LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 9: Killing an Eight-Star Dou Practitioner
Chapter 9: Killing an Eight-Star Dou Practitioner
Su Yun's eyes sharpened.
Seven months of training, coupled with Yao Chen's experience, wouldn't make him lose his composure in such situations.
He still lacked the ability to fly, relying on the rope to reach this cave. It was reasonable for someone outside to notice the rope.
The three stone chests were stuck on the stone platform, and he couldn't store them in the system space right now.
Su Yun waved his hand, collecting the three keys.
In his mind, he thought, "Pardon My Intrusion."
He pulled off the skeletal arm of the dried corpse, taking the scroll from it.
With another thought, he entered the system space.
After Su Yun entered the system space, a figure holding a long sword cautiously walked out.
As that figure reached the spot where Su Yun had just stood, Su Yun activated the system's scanning function within the system space.
This was something he discovered in the past seven months.
It wasn't clear if it was due to his promotion to a Dou Practitioner, but shortly after coming to the Demon Beast Mountain Range, he noticed a change in the range of the system's scanning function.
The scanning range expanded from one meter to two meters.
As for the ability to scan the outside world from within the system space, Su Yun wasn't sure when he obtained it. After all, he didn't try it when he was still in the Qi stage.
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Fan Fan
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Eight-Star Dou Practitioner
Technique: "Water Absorption Art," Mid-grade Yellow Tier
Dou Technique: "Water Manipulation Sword," High-grade Yellow Tier
Items: First-order ice-element magic core sword
"Has he already left?"
Fan Fan carefully observed the cave and then relaxed.
The cave was narrow, with almost no place to hide.
Confident in his own strength, Fan Fan slightly relaxed his vigilance.
It wasn't surprising; Qing Shan Town had only one or two Dou Practitioners as its ceiling.
With the strength of an Eight-Star Dou Practitioner and a weapon embedded with a magic core, he was already a notable figure in this small area.
"All the things in this cave have been taken by him!"
Fan Fan watched Su Yun use the system's recovery ability to collect the traces of gold coins and herbs, cursing his bad luck.
About to leave, he saw the three stone chests on the stone table and became delighted.
"There's still something left!"
Fan Fan walked towards the three stone chests, completely unaware of the danger.
As Fan Fan approached the chests, Su Yun silently appeared behind him.
His fist clenched, with a faint yellow Dou Qi, after a brief pause, it heavily struck Fan Fan.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound, and Fan Fan's body was sent flying.
Su Yun shouted, "Explode."
A more subdued muffled sound came from within Fan Fan's body.
"Boom!"
Without any surprises, this Eight-Star Dou Practitioner who had just appeared couldn't survive even a chapter.
Not blaming Fan Fan for being too weak; on the contrary, the strength of an Eight-Star Dou Practitioner was already commendable in Qing Shan Town.
Su Yun's "Frost Flame Mantra" could compete with low-grade Xuan-tier techniques, and "Eight Extremes Explosion," a high-grade Xuan-tier Dou Technique, was even more powerful.
It was only three stars higher, not too exaggerated.
Moreover, this was still in the case of a sneak attack.
"Eight Extremes Explosion": High-grade Xuan-tier Dou Technique, when mastered, the attack contains eight layers of vigorous Qi, with each layer adding up, making its power comparable to low-grade Earth-tier techniques.
Su Yun wasn't daydreaming. Earth-tier techniques were not comparable to Xuan-tier and Huang-tier techniques.
Even a low-grade Earth-tier technique could allow him to contend with a Dou Master.
In Qing Shan Town, practitioners cultivated techniques and combat skills at the Huang-tier level, with no mention of Xuan-tier techniques. If Su Yun could master the "Eight Extremes Explosion" to perfection, given the current level of the "Frost Flame Mantra," he could easily dominate Qing Shan Town.
Su Yun dismissed these unrealistic thoughts and took out three keys to open the stone chests.
He took away "The Seven-Colored Poison Sutra," "Purple Cloud Wings," and "Roar of the Mad Lion," placing them into the system space.
Approaching Fan Fan's side, Su Yun picked up the long sword he held.
Such weapons weren't rare on the Qi Continent. Weapons imbued with a magic core not only had greater destructive power but also had the effect of amplifying Dou Qi, making them favored by practitioners.
The magic core embedded in this sword was of the ice attribute, which was close to water attribute. It had an amplifying effect on water attribute practitioners, explaining why Fan Fan kept it.
However, it was a pity for him.
Su Yun smirked.
Although there were many first-order magic cores in Qing Shan Town, magic core weapons were still rare. While the Qi Continent didn't have the concept of blacksmiths, the art of imbuing magic cores required a certain level of skill.
Not only in Qing Shan Town but even in Wu Tan City, magic core weapons were not common. Su Yun forgot about this when he left Wu Tan City, and he didn't acquire any magic core weapons from the market. Thus, he currently didn't have one.
Fan Fan was somewhat lucky. With his strength as an Eight-Star Dou Practitioner and this sword, he would live comfortably in Qing Shan Town.
Su Yun didn't intend to stay in the cave. He had already taken all the opportunities from it, so there was no need to linger.
Without hesitation, Su Yun walked out of the cave and climbed up the cliff along the rope.
He retracted the rope and left the place.
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Returning to Qing Shan Town, Su Yun found an inn to stay.
Usually, he stayed within the Demon Beast Mountain Range, but this time, he needed to replenish supplies, so he returned to Qing Shan Town.
After closing all doors and windows and spreading a drug to induce unconsciousness inside the room, Su Yun entered the system space.
Ignoring "The Seven-Colored Poison Sutra" and "Roar of the Mad Lion" for now, he took out "Purple Cloud Wings."
Compared to the other two, "Purple Cloud Wings" seemed more tempting to him.
Su Yun's eyes revealed undisguised excitement as he opened the scroll.
"Purple Cloud Wings" was dark purple with faint cloud patterns. Upon closer inspection, the wings looked like black steel, possessing a special metallic texture, and the feathers emitted a faint heat.
Beside "Purple Cloud Wings," there was a small line of text. Su Yun didn't bother reading it; there was no need.
He had read the introduction of "Purple Cloud Wings" in his previous life. It was derived from a fifth-rank magic beast, the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle. If a practitioner below the Dou Wang level could unleash it to its utmost, they could possess flight speed comparable to a Dou Wang, and even faster, considering its origin from the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.
(End of this chapter)
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