Immortality Begins with Breathing Exercises

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

In the mountain forest, a gentle breeze blew, and the shadows of the trees swayed.

Roar!

A loud roar echoed from the depths of the forest.

Bam

Bam bam——

A dull sound resounded as thick tree trunks were smashed to pieces by the fierce beast.

Lin Zheyu moved with extraordinary agility, utilizing the Golden Swan Skill to narrowly evade the beast’s attacks.

After Liang Song left, Lin Zheyu spent most of his time hunting in the forest.

He didn’t plan to leave Bafang City so soon, at least not until he had cultivated the Hundred Refinements Treasure Canon to perfection, and his strength had reached its peak, before heading to the Central Plains Region.

Three days had passed, and Lin Zheyu hadn’t found Xiaohei but instead encountered the terrifyingly powerful beast from last time.

This beast’s strength was terrifying, far beyond what the Ya Army could match.

Even though Lin Zheyu had improved his strength, he was still no match for it.

The Gale Slash with twelve times power only managed to carve a grim wound on its back, having no effect on the beast’s combat abilities at all.

Whizz——

The sharp blade cleaved through the air with a hiss.

Roar!

The blade arc cut across, slicing into the beast’s back, easily breaking through its tough fur defense, making a muffled sound as it sank into the flesh.

Striking against the bones, it emitted a crisp clattering sound.

A tremendous recoil force transmitted back from the blade, causing Lin Zheyu’s arm to feel slightly numb.

Fortunately, after cultivating the Hundred Refinements Treasure Canon, his defense had greatly improved.

Now, with a full-powered strike, Lin Zheyu only felt a numbness in his arm and a stinging pain in his tiger’s mouth.

”The beast’s bones are so hard, they could definitely be used as material for crafting weapons.”

Lin Zheyu gripped the hilt tightly and quickly retreated.

Two consecutive strikes of Gale Slash with twelve times power consumed a large amount of Qi and blood power from his body, and he couldn’t afford to continue wasting it.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t even have the chance to escape later.

Lin Zheyu lightly tapped the tip of his foot, using the exquisite Golden Swan Skill to dodge the beast’s claws. His body, as if without inertia, suddenly swerved and shot off in another direction.

Bam——

The massive beast, tricked by Lin Zheyu’s feint, crashed violently into a large tree ahead.

The thick trees shattered as if made of paper under the beast’s impact.

Two grim wounds marred its back, one of which had already scabbed, while the one near its neck was fresh.

As the beast moved vigorously, blood oozed from the wound.

However, the healing speed was astonishing; it was estimated that it would scab over quickly within a minute.

The beast’s life force was incredibly strong, far more resilient than that of human Martial Artists, allowing it to recover quickly even from severe injuries.

This was why Lin Zheyu didn’t dare to drag out the battle.

One minute later.

Using the complex terrain of the forest and his agile body technique, Lin Zheyu managed to shake off the beast far behind him.

Yet he continued to hear the roars of the beast growing closer from behind.

”I’ve angered this beast, it’s unusually persistent this time.”

Gulp——

Lin Zheyu took out a water pouch from his backpack, drank a mouthful of high-concentration medicinal broth to accelerate the recovery of Qi and blood.

During the chase just now, he had severely depleted his Qi and blood power, now having less than thirty percent left.

That beast was exceptionally persistent this time; even if it couldn’t catch up, it clung tenaciously to Lin Zheyu, determined to capture him.

This time, it seemed to be thoroughly enraged.

Lin Zheyu quickly took out a pack of medicinal powder from his bag, sprinkled it on himself, and then fully operated the Turtle Breath Skill, rapidly reducing his aura.

Roar!

Bam bam bam——

At this moment, loud noises came from behind as the beast caught up again.

Lin Zheyu didn’t spend too much time hesitating; after sprinkling the medicinal powder, he continued to flee quickly through the forest.

After running some distance, Lin Zheyu stopped again, took out another pack of medicinal powder from his bag, and continued to sprinkle it on himself.

After several times, the noise of the beast behind him grew smaller and smaller, allowing Lin Zheyu to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

”Finally shook it off...”

Lin Zheyu muttered to himself in a low voice.

Along the way, he used various types of aura-masking medicinal powders, combined with the Turtle Breath Skill, to avoid the beast’s pursuit.

”Too little Qi and blood power. If I could sustain a burst for twenty minutes, no, fifteen minutes would be enough.”

”Just give me fifteen minutes, and I can definitely slay that beast!”

Lin Zheyu felt somewhat helpless as he sensed the exhausted Qi and blood power in his body.

His strength relied on using others’ trump card techniques as ordinary moves without restraint.

This allowed Lin Zheyu to rival Martial Artists of the Bone Marrow Refining Realm with his Qi Blood Realm level.

But the shortcoming was very evident — endurance was inadequate.

Lin Zheyu was now a man who could only last for four minutes; after consecutively unleashing Gale Slash twice, he had to find a way to escape.

”Until I solve this shortcoming, I’m not a match for that beast at all.”

”Unless I can further enhance my ’momentum’ to increase the power of Gale Slash.”

Lin Zheyu contemplated silently.

Theoretically, if Gale Slash were cultivated to the extreme, it could unleash tenfold power.

Because Lin Zheyu’s own ’momentum’ wasn’t strong enough, he could only slash out threefold power, and with the Qi and Blood Burst Skill, he could unleash an attack with twelvefold power.

But it still wasn’t enough.

That beast had extremely powerful defenses and terrifying recovery abilities.

Even with the twelvefold Gale Slash, it still couldn’t be slain; it could only be heavily wounded.

But for such a huge beast, that kind of injury was insignificant, quickly healing under its powerful recovery ability.