21 Battling the Thunder Cloud Leopard, Magical Beasts Rise in Level

In just the blink of an eye…

Qingcheng had fully recovered and looked at the Thunder Cloud Leopard again. Her eyes sparkled, and she seemed to be excited.

The Thunder Cloud Leopard facing her could feel the change in Qingcheng as well. Even though he was a Level Five Preliminary Phase Magical Beast, he suddenly felt like he didn't have confidence. However, that only lasted for a bit.

Their eyes both shone with the desire to fight, and a battle instantly ensued!

The Thunder Cloud Leopard charged towards Qingcheng at high speed and struck at her with his front left paw. Qingcheng was nearly caught by surprise by his incredible speed, but she managed to turn in time to avoid the oncoming paw. Her opponent soon made a second attack…

SWOOSH…

A stone wall rose up in front of her to block the attack, but the difference in their cultivation levels still affected the power of the wall.

The Thunder Cloud Leopard broke through this defense and made the wall crumble as he continued to lunge towards Qingcheng.

BAAAMM…

Qingcheng was hit, and she staggered several steps backward before coming to a stop. She looked at how aggressive the Thunder Cloud Leopard was and thought he had made a good move. This made her want to fight even more than before.

She summoned her Purple Cloud Godly Whip out and lashed it at her opponent, but it didn't hit. However, the impact of this whip caused a century-old tree that was a hundred meters away to collapse instantly.

At the same time, when the whip hit the earth, a meter-long mark that was about ten centimeters deep appeared on the ground as well.

When she saw this effect, even Qingcheng was surprised. "I didn't know that this Godly Weapon could cause so much damage!"

She was now at Spirit Mentor Seventh Tier and used only sixty percent of her strength. In that case, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the impact of her attacks would become!

The Thunder Cloud Leopard had managed to dodge this attack, but he had also noticed that this whip was no ordinary whip, and he became more cautious than before.

He used his front legs to press down on his tail, then spun himself out towards Qingcheng like a flash of lightning, but she did a somersault and barely managed to avoid this attack.

The fight went on like this, and after two hundred exchanges, both sides were injured, but neither had gotten the upper hand.

The sky had gotten dark, and the moon appeared in the sky again.

A figure flew across the sky.

THUD! The figure landed.

After that, her small figure rushed up to the larger creature that had crashed to the ground and raised her whip high in order to bring it down once more.

"…stop! I… AHEM… COUGH… I… I admit defeat."

The Thunder Cloud Leopard looked very fearful because he was afraid of getting whipped again.

He didn't have any more strength to fight, and he had also realized that Qingcheng's ridiculous fighting ability… was simply too terrifying!

She kept learning new things from each battle and applying them immediately, plus she had such a strong determination. Just when it thought that she couldn't stand up again, she would still find it in herself to climb to her feet. Then she eventually found his weakness, neutralized his attacks, and launched a counterattack.

And that whip of hers! The Cloud Leopard finally realized that it was a Godly Weapon! It was little wonder that he suffered so badly under that whip.

Qingcheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the Thunder Cloud Leopard was willing to admit defeat. Almost all the Spirit Qi in her body had been consumed, and she was now relying on the moves and instinct she had from her previous life. On top of that, this body of hers wasn't as agile as the one she had in her previous life. If they continued fighting, she would be the one who would lose.

She put the whip away and said very sincerely to the Thunder Cloud Leopard, "You are very powerful!" She then left the battlefield.

She realized that on top of training through duels, she also had to keep up with training her body. The cultivators on Star Continent seemed to only care for cultivating Spirit Qi and neglected the training of the physical body. Because of this, their bodies were weak, and they relied entirely on Spirit Qi to fight. Once they consumed all their Spirit Qi, they became like sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Sometimes a Magical Beast could defeat a human in a fight despite being of the same cultivation level precisely because the Magical Beast's body was a natural advantage. These beasts had strong bodies!

The sky was already turning dark, so she walked over to Tealwood. A bottle of pills appeared in her hand. This one held twenty Premium Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills.

She passed it to Tealwood. "Give these to the Magical Beasts. There are twenty pills inside."

She had this in mind when she prepared these pills before the battles started. One of the reasons she had made these was to thank the Magical Beasts for coming forward to practice with her.

She was about to leave, but she turned back to the Thunder Cloud Leopard, took out a small bottle, opened it, and poured its contents into the Thunder Cloud Leopard's mouth. The Thunder Cloud Leopard didn't even realize what was happening before water suddenly poured down his throat.

When he looked at her in confusion, Qingcheng quietly said, "This is beneficial to you." Then she left.

After she disappeared into the distance, the Thunder Cloud Leopard started feeling something strange happening within himself. Tealwood looked at the bottle Qingcheng had given him and opened it to smell the contents. "These are… pills?! Oh my goodness! Master knows how to refine pills!" His admiration for Qingcheng shot up immediately.

Then he handed the pills out to all the Magical Beasts that had participated in the duels.

"These pills are all from Her Excellency, Qingcheng. Don't worry, go ahead and consume the pills!" Tealwood explained when he saw confusion written on their faces.

After he gave the last one to the Thunder Cloud Leopard, he walked away.

After taking the pills, all the Magical Beasts felt as though something either within or outside of their bodies was beginning to change. The Magical Beast Gem Cores inside their bodies started to feel warm, and something strange was happening to their meridian channels.

The one who felt it the most was the Thunder Cloud Leopard. He had swallowed all the water that Qingcheng had poured down his throat earlier, then took the pill that Tealwood gave out. He could feel that his injuries were slowly recovering, and the Spirit Qi in his core was getting fuller and fuller. After a while, his meridian channels started reacting as well.

Tealwood and the rest were still standing to one side and felt that what they were seeing looked very familiar. When they saw the Thunder Cloud Leopard start vomiting black toxins, they immediately understood what was going on.

This had happened to them last night, too, right? They had eaten barbequed meat the night before, while this bunch had eaten pills. It wasn't puzzling anymore after they figured out what was going on.

Xiaojiu and the rest just stood by the side and watched the twenty Magical Beasts go through a transformation.

One hour later…

…ZZING…

One of them went up in level.

…ZZING… Another one went up in level.

The leveling up came in waves, and the commotion there attracted the attention of the other Magical Beasts in the forest again. But they knew that it was coming from the territory of their king, so they didn't do anything, remaining curious.

Another hour passed… the commotion of the leveling up process slowly came to a stop. Just when everyone thought it was all over, the sound of another beast leveling up rang out again.

Everyone looked over in surprise to find that the Thunder Cloud Leopard had gone up in level again! It had gone up two levels consecutively! It was now at Level Five Advanced Phase! That was amazing!

It had fought the longest with Qingcheng and suffered the most severe injuries as a result, but it had also gone up in the level the most as well.

A thought appeared in its heart, "I must fight more duels with Her Excellency and get more injured in the future. That's right! Next time, I will get to level up more…"

Only the Thunder Cloud Leopard knew that this was because of the bottle of water he drank earlier, and he simply couldn't contain the excitement in his heart.

It had been many, many years since he last leveled up. He was surprised that meeting Her Excellency had helped him to not only level up but actually to level up twice in one shot. He finally understood why their king acknowledged her as his master.

Who wouldn't want a master with such great ability, capability, and potential? At the same time, he also decided that regardless of whether Qingcheng wished to establish a bond with him or not, he was still going to recognize Qingcheng as his master.

By the time the moon was high in the sky, twenty Magical Beasts had completed their leveling up process. They all lay prostrate in front of the entrance to the cave and looked up to the sky to roar in unison, "We are grateful to Her Excellency Qingcheng!"