The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 125: Chapter 125 Red Soul Crystal Chapter 125: Chapter 125 Red Soul Crystal Several streaks of sword light pierced into the back of the Fire Cloud Beast, and with a final mournful howl, it collapsed.

Its huge, red body crashed to the ground, making a ‘boom’ sound.

Jing Yan also let out a slight breath of relief.

Wrestling with an eighth-level spiritual beast was not an easy task for him at this stage.

Thankfully, he had the Sky Wings Body Technique Martial Arts.

Without the Sky Wings, Jing Yan would have found it extremely difficult to kill the eighth-level Fire Cloud Beast, even after advancing to Innate.

Jing Yan increasingly realized the power of movement technique Martial Arts like Sky Wings.

At the beginning, he was fortunate that Tianshui had reminded him to choose Sky Wings.

This type of martial arts was far more useful than any Upper Grade or even Top-grade Martial Arts.

“Hm?”

Suddenly, Jing Yan’s pupils shrank slightly.

“Soul…

Soul Crystal?”

He saw a red Soul Crystal slowly emerging from the body of the deceased Fire Cloud Beast.

The fist-sized Soul Crystal exuded a bright crimson hue.

Strands of energy pulsed from the crystal, radiating out into the surrounding space.

“Hahaha…”

“Is my luck too good?” Jing Yan couldn’t quite believe his own eyes.

Not even in his wildest dreams had he expected to suddenly come across a Soul Crystal.

This was a Soul Crystal!!

And it was a crystal nurtured and born from a High-level Spiritual Beast, no less.

It’s known that the chances of a Soul Crystal appearing are about one in ten thousand.

In other words, under normal circumstances, you might have to hunt down ten thousand spiritual beasts to possibly find one Soul Crystal.

The difficulty in acquiring one was thus self-evident.

Jing Yan had been in Moonlight Forest for almost a month now.

During this time, he had not hunted more than a hundred spiritual beasts.

To obtain such a precious Soul Crystal from an eighth-level Fire Cloud Beast after hunting down so few beasts…

his luck could only be described as defying the heavens.

After laughing, Jing Yan swiftly pocketed the Soul Crystal.

He sensed the energy within the crystal for a moment; it was definitely a High-level Soul Crystal, far superior to the Low-level one he had obtained from a Wind Shadow Wolf in the Black Stone Mountain Range earlier.

Jing Yan couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.

With this Soul Crystal, he could break through to the Innate Middle Stage or even the Late Innate Realm in a very short time.

Jing Yan felt that if he could reach the Peak of Innate strength, he might be able to confront the Dao Spirit Realm Family Head of the Zhao Family head-on.

Then, he could begin his revenge!

“It won’t take long!” Jing Yan’s gaze sharpened.

He had previously used a Low-level Soul Crystal and knew all too well how terrifying the cultivation speed could be when using one.

Next, Jing Yan quickly gathered the remaining eight Purple Incense Flowers growing in the region into his Sumeru Ring.

“What kind of price should I sell this medicine for?” Jing Yan muttered to himself softly.

The cost of concocting this medicine, with all the different Spirit Grass required in addition to the Purple Incense Flower, would be around two thousand Spirit Stones.

The cost wasn’t high.

But once the medicine was prepared and ready for sale or auction, its value could conservatively be estimated to increase tenfold.

Why?

Because it was a medicine that could assist Ninth Layer Heaven Martial Artists in advancing to Innate.

Every family in Donglin City would wish for more Martial Artists of the Innate Realm within their ranks.

It is within this boundary, the Innate Realm Martial Artists, that true combat power lies.

Should a family have too few Martial Artists of the Innate Realm, no matter how many possess Martial Arts Ninth Layer Heaven Cultivation, that family could never become a great clan, nor even hope to firmly root itself within a city.

Martial Artists of the Martial Arts Ninth Layer Heaven Realm are nothing in front of those of the Innate Realm, unable to withstand a single blow.

Even if dozens of Martial Artists at the Ninth Layer Heaven Realm were to join forces against one of the Innate Strong People, it is highly likely that the dozens of Martial Artists would be worn down and defeated in the end.

In this world, there are those like Jing Yan who could fight head-on with Martial Artists of the Innate Realm even at the boundary of Martial Arts Ninth Layer Heaven.

However, such individuals are exceedingly rare, otherwise Jing Yan wouldn’t be called a freak or a monster.

One could imagine that once the higher-ups of these families have confirmed the terrifying effects of the medicine Jing Yan concocted, they would spare no expense to snatch it.

An additional Martial Artist of the Innate Realm within a family could vastly strengthen the whole family’s overall power.

Inside Donglin City, a small family that has one Innate Realm Martial Artist could barely establish itself.

If they have two Innate Realm Martial Artists, then the small family could hold a significant status within the city.

If your family were not to compete for this medicine, then your rival family could obtain it.

Should your rivals acquire the medicine, they might swiftly produce an Innate Strong Person.

If you compete, then the chances of your rivals obtaining the medicine diminish.

The high-ranking members of these families would easily discern the logic within.

Refreshed, Jing Yan gathered all eight Purple Incense Flowers he found.

Then, he collected the entire body of the Fire Cloud Beast, and after confirming there were no other valuable resources in the vicinity, Jing Yan prepared to leave Sinful Canyon.

“Boom!”

“Boom, boom, boom!”

Just as Jing Yan was about to depart, an astonishing shockwave swept through from the depths of the canyon.

With that shockwave came terrifying, thunderous noises.

The frequency of these noises grew higher and higher.

Moreover, with every sound, Jing Yan could feel it drawing closer to him.

“What the hell?”

Jing Yan’s expression shifted slightly, anxiety apparent as he stared in the direction of the sounds.

“Bang!”

Another booming sound echoed, and this time, Jing Yan felt it was very close, perhaps only a kilometer away.

Furthermore, he saw changes in the white mist.

The surrounding white fog, which had returned to normal after his fight with the Fire Cloud Beast, was eerily churning once again.

“Such speed…

could it be some formidable spiritual beast?” Jing Yan’s brows furrowed tightly.

“Whoosh!”

Without much hesitation, Jing Yan immediately activated the Sky Wings and sped towards the canyon’s exit.

Regardless of what was producing those sounds, Jing Yan knew it was something beyond his reach.

His understanding of this was clear.

Though he had not seen with his eyes, the tremors he could feel through the air told him that whatever was causing the immense noise was far beyond a mere eighth-level Fire Cloud Beast.

Jing Yan felt that the creature was at least a ninth-level spiritual beast, or perhaps an even more terrifying entity surpassing such beasts.

If Jing Yan continued to stay put, wasn’t that seeking death?

“Boom!”

“Bang, bang, bang!”

The colossal noise persisted, following closely like a buzzing pest.

“Damn it, what is this thing, to be so fast!” Jing Yan’s expression grew grim, his joy from slaying the Fire Cloud Beast and finding the red Soul Crystal and eight Purple Incense Flowers completely vanished.

Even though he had pushed the Sky Wings to their limits, Jing Yan could still sense the sound getting ever closer.

This meant that whatever was making these noises was even faster than him at full speed with the Sky Wings activated.