(From MC's Perspective)
Monster Zone:
Through perception, I see the monster's movement. The next second, I released the lightning finger technique targeting the eye.
Thunder~
A purple beam released from my finger and shot at the monster.
The Black Horned Snake senses danger coming towards it. It moved its massive body. Because of its fast ability, the snake monster manages to avoid the hit.
But the sense of danger coming from prey pisses it greatly. Hissing, the snake launched a full-scale assault. It dashed toward the prey at a faster speed.
Meanwhile,
I'm seeing an unbelievable scene through perception. I missed the target. It had never happened before.
Then I suddenly realized something. The Class-5 Monster is different. You can't treat it as dumb. The snake monster is especially cunning.
Seeing the monster get closer, I held my sword before me. It's not wise to run anymore. I will suffer more damage while fleeing.
It's best to confront the monster straight ahead.
The snake monster opened its mouth and it aimed its massive fangs at me.
Clang~
I blocked the fang with my black sword. The monster is slowly pushing me backward. Thanks to Mid-level body strength. I'm not crushed.
I want to use the finger technique at this point and it won't miss the target. Suddenly, a good idea comes to mind.
"Blood Field Technique," I muttered. I released the aura hiding inside my body. The invisible provides deterrence to hostile minds.
When the invisible aura appears around my body. The Black Horned Snake lost its mind for a moment.
"Good Chance," I uttered.
The next second, I held the black sword in my left hand and raised my right hand against the monster.
"Lightning finger technique,"
A purple ball formed in my forefinger in a blink of an eye. The next second, I released the purple beam targeting the snake's pupil.
Thunder~
A straight purple beam reaches the target in a second.
Boom~
The lightning pierces through the monster's eye. The monster gained clarity right before the attack. But it was too late.
Hiss~
Black Horned Snake monster hissed in agonizing pain.
Seeing it is one eye gone, I pointed my fingers towards the left eye.
But I saw a massive tail coming at me. I gripped the black sword in both hands and blocked the attack.
Boom~
When the blade comes in contact with the snake's scales. The collision caused a terrible sound.
I retreated backward several steps. Because of my body strength, I'm not getting overwhelmed right now.
I saw that the black-horned snake is not retreating at all. It's still glaring at me with its left eye.
It's been a while since I have used the other lightning technique. My mouth curved into an arc.
The next second, I dashed toward the monster without using the lightning technique.
The snake monster is charging toward the prey as well. The annoying prey is slipping away from its fangs.
The snake monster is enraged.
When the monster got closer to me. I used the blood field technique again.
Hiss~
Using the opportunity, I used the lightning attack technique.
"Lightning Wheel"
A massive lightning wheel appeared around me. The lightning power is more domineering than before because of the purified purple essence.
The back-horned snake senses danger. But it was too late. Even using the speed ability, the monster wasn't able to escape.
The massive body comes in contact with the lightning wheel.
Boom~
The lightning wheel explodes after coming into contact with the snake's body. The Class-5 Monster's scales are hard. It took the most of the brunt leaving behind the superficial injury.
Seeing that, I wasn't surprised. I clenched my fist and punched the monster.
This all happened within seconds.
I ran the blood method inside my body. The blood energy comes from redbones in my skeleton reaching my arms and finally, the power gathered around my fist.
The Power was invisible to the eye. But I know a massive force gathered in my punch.
When the punch comes in contact with the snake's scales.
Crack~
The punch tore through the monster's body and the scales broke into several pieces.
When I retract my fist, I see a massive hole in the snake's body. Seeing that disbelief appeared in my eyes.
I know my body strength is strong. But not to this extent. Then I realized it was due to weird movements earlier.
I gained certain force from the red bones of mine. When I realized the power. A wave of ecstasy rose in my heart.
After the blood field technique, I was looking forward to another blood technique. And this seems to be a proper killing technique.
The Black Horned Snake is hissing in pain.
I recalled the previous movement in mind. The next second, I charged against the monster.
The snake monster spotted the prey. But it can't move its body like before. The speed got massively reduced compared to before.
I got closer to the monster. Like before I try to mobilize the force from the red bones of my skeleton.
Right after, I ran the blood method. I felt a similar feeling inside my body. A certain force reached my arm from the bones.
This kind of domineering feeling is addictive.
Then I twisted my fist and punched the monster with brute force.
Boom~
This time I tore through the defense more easily leaving behind another hole.
Shortly after, the black-horned monster lost its vitality and dropped dead on the ground.
Seeing that a hint of relief flashes in my eyes. This time the trip turned out to be fruitful. More than the monster core, I gained a new fist technique.
Then I gripped the black sword and walked up to the monster. I started to dissect the body parts slowly.
Time passed,
Several minutes later,
I stored the monster parts and monster core in my storage ring. When I looked inside my dantian. I found the purple essence was reduced by half.
I furrowed my eyebrows. It took several lightning attacks to end the monster's life.
It even depleted half of my purple reserve.
Then after calming down my heart. I decided to leave. I was hoping to collect two or more monster cores.
But the purple essence was not enough. If I fight any other monster, my purple essence will be emptied.
Then without thinking further, I moved to find the next teleportation point to leave.
Shortly after, I reached the teleportation point. Fortunately, I didn't come across monsters on the way.
After stepping inside, I selected the server.
Swish~
The next moment, I disappeared from my spot.
When I opened my eyes. I found myself back inside the teleportation tower.
A few minutes later,
I walked back into my room. Before taking a shower, I decided to cultivate the blood element method.
I stepped inside the training room. I walked to the middle of the platform and sat-cross legged.
Then I took the Class-5 Monster Core and held it in my palm. I closed my eyes and started to run the blood element method.
Slowly, I started to absorb the monster's core energy. When the energy entered my body. A hazy blood light appears above my blood.
The next moment, the red light starts to absorb the energy. Immediately after, the energy was converted to white energy.
Those white energies immediately drilled into my bones. I felt extreme heart-wrenching pain the next moment.
I gritted my teeth and began to endure the pain.
The red color started to expand and slowly it covered the thigh bone. It completely looked blood red.
The Class-5 Monster Core still has some remaining energy left.
When I repeated the process. I felt the barrier. A wave of ecstasy rose in my heart. The process can't be repeated unless the barrier is broken.
So I started to absorb the energy to attack the barrier. The barrier remained solid after the first attack.
Seeing that I continued to attack the barrier. Even after some time, the barrier remained intact.
A trace of disappointment flashes in my eyes.
I opened my eyes and looked at the monster core in my hand. I can feel the small amount of energy in it.
"I was right. One monster core is not enough," I said to myself. Then I placed the monster core back in my storage ring.
I got up from the ground and walked out of the training room. The progress of the body method is good. But the essence of cultivation is lacking.
Then I went to take a shower.
Days went by,
I stopped going to the monster zones. Instead, I shifted my attention back to the essence of cultivation.
In the following days, I continued to visit the high peak mountain. One thing is to replenish the purple essence and another one is to reach the barrier in essence cultivation.
I got the opportunity to reduce the gap between body strength and essence cultivation. So I had made up my mind to reach the essence barrier as soon as possible.
And I hadn't come across any of those Red Moon Tower Warriors.
Strangely, no one came to disturb me. The academy site also became calm without any controversy.
These days the Saw Scale Academy is in peace without any turmoil.