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The next day.
"Good morning, everyone! Did you sleep well?" Lan Bing'er stepped out and found Ziyu and Ye Ling already up, chatting by the railing on the second floor.
"We just got up too," Ziyu smiled.
In fact, Ye Ling had woken up first and then ran to Ziyu's room.
"What should we eat..." Lan Bing'er began to ponder again.
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"Alright, it's that mountain ahead," Ziyu said after the three had finished breakfast and arrived outside the city.
From the city gate, they could clearly see the mountain where the demon beasts resided.
"Let's go over there," Ziyu said.
The two girls nodded in agreement.
A green glow began to emanate from their bodies, swirling for a moment before concentrating in their limbs. Then, the three of them actually soared into the air, riding the wind!
This was the most basic application of spiritual power; by using a recoil of spiritual energy, they could lift themselves off the ground. It was quite useful, and the consumption of spiritual energy was negligible. As long as they continuously absorbed Spiritual Energy while using it, they could replenish it.
Of course, there were special Body Technique Mysticism and flying Mystical Arts that were faster than ordinary flight but consumed spiritual energy more quickly.
"Clap, clap..." The grass made a light sound as the three landed beside a patch of grass in the mountains.
"According to the map, that Bear Demon should be around here..." Ziyu squinted her eyes, looking nearby for the cave marked on the map.
"Is this it?" Lan Bing'er poked Ziyu's arm and then pointed in a direction.
"It looks like it... Let's go in and take a look."
Ziyu couldn't be sure if they were on the right track, but they had to check it out. After all, the mission stated that there was only one Bear Demon at the Third-Level Xuan Practitioner level on the entire mountain, so what could be so terrifying?
"It's not here, but something has been here; there are traces." Ziyu walked deeper into the cave, using the faint glow of his spiritual energy to observe the surroundings.
The ground had a large area that was flattened, indicating that a massive creature had been lying there.
"Ah... you scared me to death." Ye Ling walked deeper in, suddenly her heart jolted, followed by a loud scream.
Ziyu and Lan Bing'er rushed over.
"Ugh... that's disgusting," Lan Bing'er grimaced.
"It seems this demon beast is indeed a vicious one; we must eradicate it," Ziyu said.
At the deepest part of the cave, there were many animal corpses, as well as the body of a child. Ye Ling screamed earlier because she saw the child's corpse.
"Demon beasts naturally have their reasons for existing. We shouldn't eradicate them just because they are demon beasts; rather, we should do so because they have committed heinous acts," Ziyu said. He didn't want Lan Bing'er and Ye Ling to shout for blood every time they encountered a demon beast; after all, there must be good beings among them as well.
"Actually, its sins aren't that deep..." Ye Ling lowered her head, looking at the child's corpse, which was already somewhat decayed. "The reason it eats these things is the same as why we eat meat. Why is it normal for us to eat but sinful for it to eat?"
Ziyu was taken aback. Yes, why? This question had existed since the Original Universe; now that everyone had moved away from technology and reached a new level, they still thought this way.
It's acceptable for humans to eat animals, but it's evil for animals to eat humans... where's the logic in that?
"But this Bear Demon is definitely not a good thing..." Ziyu smiled. "Let's just wait here for a bit."
Ziyu In the past six months, I have learned that there are many examples of interactions between demon beasts and humans in this world, and humans are not very resistant to communication and cooperation with demon beasts.
In such a society, the existence of missions to kill demon beasts can only mean one thing: this Bear Demon is at least similar in nature to a bandit, as there are also missions to eliminate bandit dens.
"Mm." The two women responded and found a rock to sit down on.
"The demon beasts should be out hunting early in the morning; they will return later," Ziyu said. After that, the cave fell into silence, and the man and two women really didn't know what to say.
"Why don't we go out for a stroll? We might just run into it," Lan Bing'er suggested.
"If we go out, it might escape. Where would you chase it then? Where would you turn in the mission?" Ziyu replied with a helpless smile.
In these deep mountains and forests, once the Bear Demon runs away, it would be impossible to catch it again.
"Then let's just wait here. When will it come back?" Lan Bing'er said, growing a bit impatient after waiting for a while.
"Tap tap..." A rhythmic sound echoed, resembling footsteps.
"Whoosh whoosh..." Not only were there footsteps, but also heavy breathing sounds that definitely did not belong to a human.
"It's coming..." Ziyu whispered.
The cave was not straight, so the Bear Demon had not yet noticed the three of them.
Ziyu made some hand gestures for everyone to cooperate, and both Ye Ling and Lan Bing'er nodded in agreement.
"If things go wrong, retreat. Your life is much more important than this thing," Ziyu said softly, then nodded and moved toward the cave entrance.
"Ling Kong Seal!" Ziyu formed hand seals, quickly channeling spiritual energy that gradually took shape.
“Phantom Step!” Ziyu focused his energy, and green spiritual power appeared beneath his feet.
“Success or failure hinges on this moment.” Ziyu's spiritual power was somewhat depleted after releasing two Mystical Arts, so he needed to succeed with this move.
“Bear Demon, you seek death!” The spiritual power beneath Ziyu's feet glowed brightly, his speed surged, and he instantly appeared at the corner of the cave, spotting a black bear that had just entered.
“It seems you are the Bear Demon,” Ziyu thought to himself. He then pushed his palm forward, sending the Ling Kong Seal—accompanied by a whistling wind and green spiritual power—flying toward the black bear.
“Ugh…” The black bear stood upright, placing its paws in front of its chest to defend itself, but the Ling Kong Seal directly knocked it down to the ground, forcing it to slide back.
“Block it!” Ye Ling and Lan Bing'er leaped forward, blocking the exit of the cave.
“You can't escape today.” Ziyu chuckled, flipping his hand to reveal the Mystical Weapon, the long sword Residual Ice Sword in his grasp.
“Ye Ling, Bing'er, let’s work together.”
Ziyu positioned the long sword behind him; with a thought, spiritual power wrapped around the sword. Compared to the previous sword energy, this was significantly more powerful in every aspect.
Lan Bing'er's weapon was a ring, known for its agility. Aside from the grip, the entire ring was a blade, which had many advantages.
Ye Ling also drew out her spear, which shimmered with faint waves of spiritual power.
Attaching spiritual power to weapons is the most basic method of using Mystical Weapon, something anyone could do. This way of utilizing Mystical Weapon allows for both close and long-range attacks.
“Three, two, one!” Ziyu counted down. Taking advantage of the Bear Demon still being down, he unleashed the spiritual power from his sword while the two girls at the entrance also released their spiritual energy.
Three arcs of spiritual energy collided explosively at the center of the cave passage where the Bear Demon was located.
“Ow ow…” The Bear Demon struggled but lacked the strength to rise again.
The Bear Demon's eyes were bloodshot, filled with rage, but it was powerless against the overwhelming attack.
If it were ordinary three streams of spiritual energy blades hitting its body, given the high defense of demon beasts, it would only suffer injuries that would affect its movement. However, Ziyu and the others were well aware of this and specifically chose an explosive method to amplify their power and apply it to the entire body of the Bear Demon.
“Qinggang Sword Technique!” Ziyu took a step forward, channeling spiritual energy into the Residual Ice Sword. As the Residual Ice Sword emitted a faint green glow, Ziyu reached the side of the Bear Demon.
“Die!” With a slight bend of his body, Ziyu gripped the sword hilt tightly, bringing the blade almost to the ground before thrusting upward. The immense force enhanced by spiritual energy directly lifted the Bear Demon to the top of the cave.
“Bang bang…” The Bear Demon's body crashed heavily to the ground, already on the brink of death.
“Swish…” A red shadow swept across the Bear Demon's neck and then vanished; at that moment, the Bear Demon truly breathed its last.
“Bing'er…” Ziyu looked at Lan Bing'er, who was very skilled in using her ring, leaving Ziyu astonished.
“Can a Bear Demon speak?” Ziyu suddenly asked.
Ziyu knew that once demon beasts reached a certain level of strength, they could communicate in some way, which was why some demon beasts cooperated with humans.
“It will in the future, but a Third-Level Xuan Practitioner likely cannot,” Lan Bing'er replied as she wiped the blood from her ring and put it away. Ziyu didn’t care about those details because only Mystical Weapons would enter the body when retracted; if there were impurities on them, those would be dispersed into the air during retraction.
“Let’s store the Bear Demon's corpse in the Spatial Ring,” said Ziyu, as threads emitted from his ring wrapped around the body of the Bear Demon, forcibly pulling it inside. Of course, this process may seem slow in description but actually happened in an instant.
The Spatial Ring was also crafted by a Refiner, but due to precious materials, they were somewhat rare.
After accepting a mission, the Mystic Practitioner Academy would issue a Spatial Ring, which could store necessary items and food. However, after completing a mission, one must empty the Spatial Ring and return it.
The Mystic Practitioner Academy could not provide one for each person.
“It seems like this mission is complete…” With a thought, information from the Spatial Ring indicated an internal space; Ziyu saw the corpse of the Bear Demon.
As for the principle of the Spatial Ring, Ziyu believes it should be a form of spatial movement application.
Just like the space of the Mystic Practitioner Academy, which is folded, the Spatial Ring is likely just a mobile version of that.
"Let's go back and see what we can sell from the Bear Demon’s body," Ye Ling said.
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Mystic Practitioner Academy.
"Mission completed, each of you will receive five hundred points," the registrar said.
"Now we each have one thousand one hundred points," Ziyu said to Ye Ling, then looked at Lan Bing'er, "Bing'er has seven hundred points..."
Lan Bing'er had already used some points earlier.
"If we exchange some materials from the Bear Demon’s body, we can get some good Mystical Arts. This will also benefit us for the competition in a month, making our strength even greater," Ziyu suggested.
[End of Chapter]
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