Sect Leader’s Rise to the top! - Chapter 66

Qiulong had become a [Grade-2] beast so her speed was extremely fast. Within less than an hour, they had reached the swamps. Qiulong also had no problems going over the large roots or deep marshes in the Swamp so Kai had no problems exploring around. One thing he quickly noticed was a complete lack of people within the Swamp.

“Has the Slime-Vine craze died down already?”, Kai thought as he saw an abundance of those [Slime-Vine]. Their reproductive rates must be extremely high because a few days ago, they were already quite close to extinction. Kai didn’t bother with them himself since they wouldn’t give him any Qi. He was now gaining 1 Qi every 10 minutes passively after all. However, Kai still let Qiulong loose on them.

Qiulong jumped directly into the heart of the [Slime-Vine] cluster after receiving Kai’s orders. Her hard scales made her almost impervious to the [Slime-Vine] attacks as she ripped through their soft bodies with impunity, using her razor-sharp claws and teeth. Kai checked her [Sub-Core] as he watched her fight.

[Grade-2] [Rock Stalker] [Qi 101]

[Sub-Core 3] [Qiulong] [Qi 33/101]

[Manuals]

>[Dragon Subduing Law]

“She’s quickly gaining Qi”. Kai could enhance her [Sub-Core] cap to his current limit of [700 Qi]. Beasts and Humans followed similar Qi limits, so Kai knew that he would have to get her to over [1000 Qi] before she entered her next stage of evolution.

While Qiulong was destroying the nearby [Slime-Vine] clusters, Kai was going around and collecting their gallbladders. He doubted that they had any value anymore since everyone had abandoned them, so he ate them as he found them.

Kai checked the progress of [Primordial Dragon Physique].

[Body Cultivation Progress: [Mortal Grade-3]

[Life Essences required for next promotion]: 83 /400 [Grade-1 Essences].

“Good, I’ll be able to reach [Mortal Grade-4] soon at this rate”, Kai removed the green ooze from another gallbladder and shoved it into his mouth.

When the area was cleared of [Slime-Vine], Kai and Qiulong moved on to the next area. Within just a few minutes, Kai heard the nostalgic roars of the [Fungus-Ape] and knew that they were drawn there by the deaths of the [Slime-Vine].

“Qiulong, get ready!”, Kai transferred this thought to her as he prepared himself for battle. Kai saw three [Fungus-Ape] appear from the thick foliage running erratically towards him. They beat their four arms on their chests while roaring in Kai’s direction.

Kai activated [Primordial-Dragon’s Scale Armament] and covered his entire body with the brownish scales. He then Qi-Enhanced his entire body which illuminated the scales and gave them a beautiful luster.

“Let’s go!”, Kai yelled in excitement as he rode Qiulong into battle. They ran into the first [Fungus-Ape], which Qiulong crashed heavily into. Qiulong wasn’t as strong as the [Fungus-Ape], however her defense was a lot higher, so they struggled to do any damage to her scales while they tussled on the ground. Kai had taken the opportunity to jump off and attack the second [Fungus-Ape]. The beast threw a fist at Kai which he met with his own.Kai also activated the ‘Stone-Poise’ ability of his scales, making him immovable for three seconds. The [Fungus-Ape]’s fist crashed into his Qi-enhanced fist and failed the strength check.

Its entire arm was bent on impact alongside a loud crunching sound from its broken bones. It looked as if the beast had just punched a boulder with all its strength hoping to shatter it, however the boulder turned out to be an immovable mountain instead. The beast screamed in pain as it tried to distance itself from Kai, however, he wouldn’t let the opportunity go as he jumped up into the air and gave it a lethal round kick house to the head.

The enhanced kick broke its neck, killing it instantly. Kai looked over to Qiulong and saw that she was still quite even with her opponent as she used her large body to keep the beast down. She didn’t seem to be in any danger and was slowly gaining the upper hand so Kai left her alone and focused on the last [Fungus-Ape].

It was the largest of the three and seemed to be content with just watching, that is until Kai actually killed its companion. It now had eyes full of rage as it started to run wildly towards Kai.

Kai pulled out a bronze coin then super-enhanced his thumb “[Pay-To-Win Money Flick]!”, Kai yelled as he flicked the coin towards the beast. The beast sensed something dangerous and quickly protected its face. Kai’s bronze coin had an insane amount of momentum as it smashed into the beast, however, the most it did was leave a bloody wound on the beast’s hand.

“Damn, their hides are thicker than I remember… I think I should only use this on squishy humans”, Kai thought as he abandoned the coin strategy and moved into close combat range. He dodged the beast’s wild swings and got in close the gave it a strong, Super-Enhanced kick to the abdomen. Kai’s new Wind-Qi was extremely potent as it covered his entire leg with twisting green energy making it l look like a violent tornado had encased his leg.

The kick released an audible ripping sound as the beast’s entire abdomen was torn to shreds, splitting the upper and lower parts of its body into two. The top half remained alive for a few moments, looking at Kai with terror.

Kai was stupefied by what had just happened. His Super-Enhancements were always powerful, however, this was on a whole new level. Not only did it enhance his physical damage, but it now had the destructive Wind-Qi element.

“This manual is really good. Compared to [Dragon Subduing Law], it’s a lot more combat-oriented.” Kai thought back to his encounter with the Qin First Elder. Back then, he could only defend against the attack while pushing the Elder back.. However, Kai now felt that if the scene repeated itself, he could destroy the old man’s sword along with his entire arm using the destructive force of Wind-Qi.