A WHOLE WEEK WENT BY AND DI FENG MANAGED TO SUCCESFULLY OPEN TEN MORE MERIDIANS AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT ON HIS PART AS WELL AS THANKS TO A FEW PILLS, WHICH DUE TO HIS BODY AND BLOODLINE, HE ABSORBED CLEANLY AND WITHOUT ANY SIDE EFFECTS. HE DIDN'T BREAK THOROUGHT IN HIS CULTIVATION BASE HOWEVER, BUT HE HAD STILL ATTAINED THE PEAK OF THE FIRST LAYER.

As of now, his true qi vessel was the size of one arm while it was as thick as two palms, forming a mini stream that revolved around his opened meridians. His physical body was also nourished and right now, it too could be considered of being comparable in power to the first layer of qi condensation. On the other hand, even though his blood also strengthened, it didn't manifest into anything too practical.

As of right now, Di Feng stood before a green forest filled with trees and vegetation, surrounded by a peaceful athmosphere, ready to enter and train himself. He planned on having his first experiences in combat against real life fey beasts since he only had his share of combat in what he called 'a virtual world' that was inside the first seal.

Inside that virtual world, he only had a projection of his real self with most part being formed by his will power and soul force. This had to do with the rules governing that virtual world where he could have a much easier time doing things that in the real world he couldn't. For example, comprehending and using the power of the elemental laws. Thanks to this, his willpower and soul force are very strong, to the point where even he didn't really know how much and since he had no way of properly utilizing them, he could only discover one himself.

In short, in the virtual world he gained things that now he needed to discover how to utilize them properly in the real world.

Di Feng looked at the massive forest before him with anticipation and some excitement. Even with his usually calm and silent temperament, he couldn't help it. During these last few days he had been preparing, now it was time to have practical experience!

The place where the wooden house was located was just a few kilometers outside the outer sector of the Evergreen forest, which was one of the biggest forests that passed thorought the whole Azure Star Continent, being the home to many powerful beasts of the fey race as well as other natural death zones. Even then, it is also a good place to temper ones self as one can't just become a powerful cultivator by just being in seclusion all day, one also needed to go thorough life and death battles to hone ones achievements in cultivation.

After reviewing the information of the Evergreen forest, Di Feng stepped inside.

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A few hours later...

Di Feng held his dark spear in a stance while facing a black bear double his size with a thick and powerful physique who was staring at him with a cold pair of golden eyes.

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This black bear had a power comparable to the second layer of qi condensation but his strong physique and powerful vitality would even let it fight a cultivator a at the third layer!

Even though Di Feng felt somewhat nervous due to this being his first real battle he had gained some habits during his repeated attempts at breaking the first seal so he could retain a cool head and carefully analyze his opponent.

The black bear roared all of a sudden as it choose to pounce at him!

Di Feng gripped his spear thightly, a dark energy accumulating on its tip in the blink of an eye before he further powered it with his own true qi and thrusted!

His heart beating somewhat rapidly, Di Feng had his azure eyes fixed on the black bear.

The black bear swiped his right palm at the spear, choosing to meet it directly with its full physical strenght.

In an instant, Di Feng felt his body tremble but his spear still managed to pierce thorought the palm of the bear ever so slightly. Its skin was very durable and much more powerful than Di Feng's, it was only due to the dark energy which had corrosive effects that his spear pierced thorough.

The black bear seemed enraged as it roared and swiped his left claw at Di Feng's spear, wanting to break it. Di Feng reacted beforehand and quickly stepped back, removing his spear with his full strenght.

Having missed, the black bear abruptly released a much more powerful roar as a gray energy containing an icy cold aura spread out from its left claw before it swiped it down at Di Feng!

Di Feng suddenly felt a sensation of crisis envelop him. He then moved all his true qi and for the first time in a real battle, he controlled all of the power of darkness that he currently could, using it to release his most powerful strike to date!

A dark spiral spinned on the tip of the spear, swallowing all light that came close to it like a black hole while a powerful presence of energy was released.

And then, Di Feng spear moved to collide with that white energy!

Weirdly, the collision didn't produce any shockwave. As Di Feng's spear strike hit the white energy, it was devoured! And his own move didn't stop there, Di Feng then released the accumulated potential of the dark spiral, sending a black beam of light shooting straight at the black bear!

The black bear didn't have time to react before it was stuck in the chest, its body flying backwards for a few meters before stopping. But the dark energy, instead of dissipating, stuck itself onto its body, corroding its fur, skin and flesh!

Di Feng was not perfectly fine either, his face was pale and sweat covered his body. He exhausted over eighty percent of his true qi in that attack, making him feel tired.

But he could not take a break now, much less escape! He wanted to finish off the bear so he moved instantly, stepping on the ground like a ghost and almost instantaneously appearing in front of the stunned black bear, his spear pounding down at its heart!

Almost all of his remaining true qi was used in this strike and the bear could not react in time. On top of this, the fur, skin and flesh on its chest had weakened considerably, giving Di Feng the opportunity to finish it off!

Di Feng's spear encountered some resistance but it still managed to pierce thorough its chest and shatter its heart. With a sorrowful cry, the black bear struggled and it gathered all its strength in a last attack, moving its left claw towards Di Feng, who couldn't react in time due to his exhaustion!

Viscousness flashed thorough his eyes as cracking sounds sounded thorough his body as he used all of his true qi left as well as his own physical body to forcefully resist that last ditch attack!

"Fuck!" He shouted as the powerful attack sent him flying, his skin fissuring and some of his blood vessels rupturing. He flew for over fifteen meters before a giant tree stopped his body in its tracks.

Fortunately, his body was strong and his vitality rich and thus he could survive the attack with only some small injuries and a single serious injury on his right shoulder, who was where he got hit and had dislocated. His greatest problem now was that only five percent of his full strength remained.

Right now, he barely had any strength left while his entire body was filled with pain. He even almost lost consciousness. As for the bear, it collapsed onto the ground with another weak cry, the spear falling onto the ground after losing its support.

Di Feng mustered strenght to weakly rise to his feet and slowly walk over to take the spear, extract the black bear's beast core, and escape from here to somewhere safe.

Despite his injuries, he was exited over his victory but he forced his emotions down and carefully went thorought the battle process once again in his mind, analyzing his mistakes.