Yù Quán managed to just barely dodge by circulating energy into his legs so that he could perform a high jump and land in a safe space a few meters away. This time, Yù Quán happened to focus on the boar that charged at him. He could see tiny cramps and muscle spasms when it slid to a stop and got back into stance.
“Got you!”
Yù Quán realized these beasts must have gone through battle before, being wild and omnivores who have surely hunted before. Battle means injuries; some injuries may heal on the surface but still exist underneath. These boars likely had internal injuries, and if any of them were recent enough, they should slightly affect the boars' movement. While you usually can’t exploit this without having prior knowledge, his eyesight was much better than those who didn’t have [Star Gazing Eyes].
“Now I know where to attack.”
Yù Quán used the bandit eyes on the boar he had just dodged. While the boar was focused on him, the pressure of avarice descended on it. Yù Quán watched as he looked around for a second. The eyes were still low and were from mortals, so it makes sense why they didn’t affect the boar so much. However, a second was all he needed. Yù Quán rushed the boar, directed all the energy to his leg, and landed a quick direct where he observed the internal injuries. The boar was only pushed back a few meters, but he spit up a few drops of blood and seemed less abled.
Yù Quán slowly grinned. “How do they usually say it in those novels? Clean your necks for me.”
…
Not too far away, Rèn Chāngmíng was fighting the Five-Finned Boar. Rèn Chāngmíng was more agile, but the boar was fast, strong, and durable. Their fight had fallen into a rotation of the boar charging, Rèn Chāngmíng dodging, delivering several blows, and then narrowly retreating from the boar’s bite. Even though he wasn’t getting hit, he couldn’t do much damage to the boar, so they were at a stalemate.
The cycle was about to continue after the boar slid to a halt from another missed charge when Yù Quán called out. “Focus all your attacks to the armpit on his front left leg!”
“Do boars even have armpits?”
“You know what I mean?”
Rèn Chāngmíng would’ve rolled his eyes if he had time. He immediately rushed towards the boar and performed a combo on the one spot Yù Quán told him. The boar cried out in pain, bleeding from his mouth.
‘Tch~ it's so much more effective when he does it.’
Despite the boar’s weary appearance, he seemed to have some fight left. He prepared to charge again. Yù Quán observed another internal injury as he got into a readied stance.
“Above the other front leg, closer to the ribcage!”
Rèn Chāngmíng moved again. He had to be careful in a stalemate, but he could have no scruples while Yù Quán somehow found their weak points. Rèn Chāngmíng rushed in again. Once he was close, he slid in from his side to the other side of the boar. Then he threw another combo to where Yù Quán had told him to.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
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The boar cried out again. Rèn Chāngmíng prepared for another charge. But it never came. The boar’s eyes rolled back into its head and fell loudly onto the ground. Rèn Chāngmíng was relieved.
“Thanks for your help, Senior Brother. Without it, I don’t know how long it could have gone on. Now we can deal with the other boars.”
“Which ones?” Yù Quán said with a smirk before looking away.
Rèn Chāngmíng was confused until he turned to face the direction where Yù Quán looked and saw a pile of five dead boars. He was dumbfounded. Yù Quán was talented in cultivation and had the most potential he had ever seen. Even though he hadn’t seen many cultivators, he could still assume he was one of the best. But beating this many monster beasts that were all either a stage or two above him simultaneously? He had gotten to know Yù Quán a bit since they first met. What made all this even more unbelievable was that he knew that Yù Quán hadn’t gotten any offensive techniques yet.
“B-but… how?” Rèn Chāngmíng managed to spit out.
Yù Quán smiled and turned back to the Five-Finned Boar’s body. “This is only the beginning, Junior Brother. This fight showed me that I’m not strong enough.”
Rèn Chāngmíng was solemn for a moment. Then he remembered that Yù Quán had just won a battle few could and rolled his eyes.
“You want to be stronger?”
Yù Quán collected all the bodies and carried them back to their base. There was no time for fun. Yù Quán was determined to get stronger.
In the Dantian Solidification Stage, one gathers heavenly energy in the dantian and absorbs it into its walls. This strengthens and alters the dantian to handle the large amounts of qi. While all living beings have qi, how much they can handle depends on their dantian’s strength.
Yù Quán got some pointers from Rèn Chāngmíng before splitting off to do their own things. Yù Quán had a few things he needed to do. First, he took all the eyes of the boars, six pairs in all.
He added them to his body in various places, still on the torso where they could easily be hidden. Next, he put three points into his original boar eyes. He could have started leveling up the Five-Finned Boar eyes, but he felt he didn’t have enough points to be so careless with. Instead, he put three points into the original boar eyes to get them to level five.
Evolution Available for
[Mid-Quality Three-Finned Boar Aggression Eyes]
“What is this?”
Yù Quán went to the boar eyes and saw that the level button had been replaced. It looked the same, but the words now read “EVOLVE.” Yù Quán only had seventeen points left, and it didn’t say how much it would cost. He decided to just leave it for now and focus on cultivation.
Usually, one would have to take time to comprehend the absorption of heavenly energy. However, Rèn Chāngmíng had told Yù Quán that the Dead Dantian Pills would automatically take heavenly energy circulated throughout the body and absorb it into the pill pieces. The pill will then dissolve into the walls of the dantian. The entire process can help someone comprehend absorption in the dantian walls.
Yù Quán popped a Dead Dantian Pill and then began to cultivate.
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Yù Quán
Realm: Qi Focusing Realm
Stage: 1st Level Dantian Solidification
Main Cultivation Art: [Stolen-eyed Mùmùlián Body](Level 1)
Techniques:
[Mùmùlián Eye Stealing](Level 1)
[Mùmùlián Eye Refining](Level 1)
Attributes:
[Star Gazing Eyes](Level 1)
[Mid-Quality Mortal Avarice Eyes](Level 1)
[Mid-Quality Mortal Avarice Eyes](Level 1)
[Mid-Quality Three-Finned Boar Aggression Eyes](Level 5)
[Low-Quality Three-Finned Boar Aggression Eyes](Level 1)(x5)
[Low-Quality Five-Finned Boar Aggression Eyes](Level 1)