Chapter 9: Killing an Eight-Star Fighter

Su Yun's eyes narrowed.

After seven months of training and with Yao Lao's experience, this situation wouldn't make him panic.

He still didn't have the ability to fly, relying on a rope to reach this cave.

It was reasonable for someone outside to follow the rope down.

The three stone chests were stuck to the stone platform and couldn't be stored in the system space at the moment.

Su Yun waved his hand and collected the three keys.

Thinking to himself, "Offend, offend."

He tore off the skeletal arm and took the scroll from it, then entered the system space.

After Su Yun entered the system space, a figure cautiously emerged, holding a long sword.

Just as the figure arrived where Su Yun had been standing, Su Yun activated the scanning function of the system within the system space.

This was something he had discovered in the seven months.

He didn't know if it was because of his advancement to a Fighter, but shortly after he arrived in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, he noticed a change in the system's scanning function.

The scanning range had expanded from one meter to two meters.

As for the ability to scan the outside world in the system space, Su Yun wasn't sure when it had appeared.

After all, he hadn't tried it when he was still at the Fighter stage.

"Ding, scanning successful."

Name: Fan Fan

Gender: Male

Cultivation: Eight-Star Fighter

Technique: "Water Absorption Decision," Yellow Tier Intermediate

Combat Skill: "Water Manipulation Sword," Yellow Tier Advanced

Items: First-grade Ice-Attribute Magic Core Sword

"Has he already left?"

Fan Fan carefully observed the cave, relaxing his guard.

The cave was narrow, with almost no place to hide.

With confidence in his own strength, Fan Fan slightly relaxed his vigilance.

It was understandable; in Qingshan Town, there were only one or two Martial Artists at the Fighter level.

The strength of an Eight-Star Fighter, coupled with a weapon embedded with a magic core, was already remarkable in this area.

"All the things in this cave have been taken by him!"

Fan Fan looked at the traces left by Su Yun's use of the system's recovery ability to collect gold coins and herbs, cursing inwardly.

As he was about to leave, he saw the three stone chests on the stone table and immediately felt delighted.

"There's still something left!"

Fan Fan walked towards the three stone chests, completely unaware of the danger.

Just as Fan Fan was approaching the chests, Su Yun silently appeared behind him.

With his fist clenched, faint yellow Dou Qi emanated from it. After a slight pause, it heavily struck Fan Fan.

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound, Fan Fan's body was sent flying.

Su Yun uttered a low shout, "Explode."

A deeper muffled sound emanated from within Fan Fan's body.

"Bang!"

Without any surprises, this newly appeared Eight-Star Fighter didn't survive even a chapter.

It's not that Fan Fan was too weak, on the contrary, the strength of an Eight-Star Fighter was already quite good in Qingshan Town.

Su Yun's "Burning Cold Decision" could rival low-grade earth-tier techniques, and "Eight-Fold Burst" was even a high-grade earth-tier combat skill.

Just three stars difference, it wasn't too exaggerated.

Moreover, it was an ambush.

"Eight-Fold Burst": High-grade earth-tier combat skill. When mastered, the attack contains eight layers of vigorous Qi, stacked together, with power comparable to low-grade earth-tier techniques.

Su Yun wasn't daydreaming; earth-tier combat skills were in no way comparable to yellow-tier and low-tier combat skills.

Even a low-grade earth-tier skill could allow him to contend with Martial Artists.

The techniques and combat skills practiced by Martial Artists in Qingshan Town were all yellow-tier, without any at the earth-tier.

If he could master "Eight-Fold Burst," with the current level of "Burning Cold Decision," he could completely dominate Qingshan Town!

Su Yun put away his unrealistic thoughts, took out the three keys, and opened the stone chests.

He took away the "Seven-Colored Poison Classic," "Purple Cloud Wings," and "Roaring Lion's Song," placing them into the system space.

Approaching Fan Fan's body, he picked up the long sword in his hand.

Such weapons were not rare on the continent of Dou Qi.

Weapons enhanced with magic cores not only had greater destructive power but also had the effect of amplifying Dou Qi, making them popular among Martial Artists.

The magic core embedded in this long sword was ice-attributed, which was somewhat similar to water attribute. It had an amplifying effect on water attribute Martial Artists, so it was no wonder Fan Fan kept it.

But it was a steal for himself.

Su Yun grinned.

Although first-grade magic cores were not uncommon in Qingshan Town, magic core weapons were rare.

Even in Wutan City, there weren't many magic core weapons.

When Su Yun left Wutan City, he forgot about this, and he didn't bother to buy any while passing through the market. He didn't have any magic core weapons on him.

Fan Fan was also somewhat fortunate. With his strength as an Eight-Star Fighter, coupled with this sword, he would have lived quite comfortably in Qingshan Town.

Su Yun didn't intend to stay in the cave any longer. All the opportunities in the cave had been taken, so there was no need to linger.

Without hesitation, Su Yun walked out of the cave and climbed up the cliff using the rope.

He retrieved the rope and left the area.

...

Returning all the way to Qingshan Town, Su Yun found an inn to stay in.

Normally, he stayed within the Magic Beast Mountain Range. However, this time he needed to replenish supplies, so he returned to Qingshan Town.

He closed the doors and windows, scattered a drug that would cause unconsciousness inside the room, then entered the system space.

Setting aside the "Seven-Colored Poison Classic" and "Roaring Lion's Song" for now, he first took out the "Purple Cloud Wings."

Compared to the other two, "Purple Cloud Wings" obviously had a greater allure to him.

Su Yun's eyes gleamed with unhidden excitement as he unfurled the scroll.

The "Purple Cloud Wings" were a dark purplish color, with faint purple cloud patterns visible. Upon closer inspection, the wings appeared to be made of black steel, possessing a special metallic texture, and the feathers emitted a faint heat.

Next to the "Purple Cloud Wings" was a line of small text. Su Yun didn't bother to read it; there was no need.

He had already read the introduction to the "Purple Cloud Wings" in his previous life.

It was obtained from the fifth-rank magical beast, Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle. For Martial Artists who hadn't reached the Martial King level, if activated to the extreme, they could possess flight speed comparable to Martial Kings.

It might even be faster than ordinary Martial Kings, after all, it was obtained from the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.

(End of this chapter)