Chapter 41 - Massacre, Injury

For nearly 10 days Zhou Yuan hunted Genesis beasts with reckless abandon, the no. of beasts dead at his hands reached +5000.

Nearly all of them were Grade 3 as Grade 2 beasts did not come close to him, he only encountered five Grade 4 beasts.

Also, anyone who came across Zhou Yuan in the domain was beaten up by him and then robbed after which they were let go by him.

After hunting these beasts, Zhou Yuan felt improvement in his Genesis Qi. But hunting these many beasts also had an effect that was somewhat beneficial to Zhou Yuan.

The smell of blood and loss of food also invited many grade 4 beasts which saved Zhou Yuan from the trouble of looking for them.

He encountered ten Grade 4 beats in the next 2 days.

While these beasts were strong they could not push him too much as they did not have any little heaven genesis technique.

Absorbing the powerful Genesis Qi he gained after killing them gave Zhou Yuan significant progress, he could also feel that he would soon reach the intermediate or middle heaven gate realm.

If anyone could listen to his thoughts they would undoubtedly faint from fear.

One has to know that if someone else at Heaven Gate realm were to absorb the same amount of Genesis Qi as Zhou Yuan had in these 15 days, they would have broken through the Alpha origin stage 5 or 7 times over, but this guy only felt that he would soon reach only intermediate Heaven Gate realm.

How ridiculous was this?

This showed that the hard work he did to break the limit of the Qi Nourishing stage was not fruitless and if he continued this way he would soon reach heights unimaginable by others in the past.

Now no one on the same level could entertain in a fight and he could easily fight people above his cultivation realm to the point where he could rub their faces in the mud.

On top of that, his Genesis Qi was very pure and robust as he continuously refined and purified the Genesis Qi he absorbed.

As one knows, to store powerful force in their body one's vessel must also be strong.

If someone were to absorb Zhou Yuan's Genesis Qi they would meet a fate worse than death as his Genesis was incomparably tyrannical, and their own Genesis Qi would be Devoured by it.

Their vessel would also crack and get damaged as their Fragile body could not bear his pure and Robust Genesis Qi.

So they would soon die from internal and external destruction.

This proved that his body was far stronger than normal and coupled with the magical python scales, his physique was very very strong.

In terms of fighting ability or combat ability, Zhou Yuan with only his Genesis Qi could fight nearly 100 elite advanced Heaven Gate realm experts, and win.

This no. could also be increased but Zhou Yuan had insufficient powerful techniques in his Arsenal which could cause Large scale damage.

Zhou Yuan was figuratively transforming into a battle monster.

While Zhou Yuan was killing the Genesis beast his actions also attracted the attention of the two beasts who could be considered overlords of this area.

On the 16th day, Zhou Yuan prepared to again go on his usual beast-hunting when he sensed two powerful Aura enter his spirit Perception.

After concentrating for a second he found that both of them were Grade 4 beasts and Alphas at that.

One was the Wind Thunder Beast, which Zhou Yuan in the original work also encountered, and the other was an even rarer beast that was not shown in the original work.

It was a Giant Behemoth beast. This beast was exceptionally strong as they feast on Genesis beasts which have dragon blood, a testament to their might.

The wind thunder beast should have a little heaven genesis technique and the same could be said for the other one.

Zhou Yuan was a little excited because a fight with these two beasts could push him beyond his limits.

As the 2 beasts came in front of him they together roared at him as if challenging him to a fight.

*ROAR*x2

Zhou Yuan exhaled lightly to control his pounding heart.

* Ba-Dump!* * Ba-Dump!* 

"This feeling..., it's been a while since I experienced it."

This feeling of thrill and excitement was all too familiar for him.

In his past life, he only experienced it when he competed with strong opponents in either sports or fighting competitions.

But now in this new world, he felt this feeling when he was going to have a battle in which he was only using his Genesis Qi, knowing that even a minute mistake could get him fatally injured.

"It seems that I was always like this, seeking this thrill of challenge and pleasure of getting stronger."

Lifting his head he stared at these beasts before he fearlessly rushed at them with a smile on his face.

*ROAR*

*RAHH*

It seems that Zhou Yuan's action had insulted the beasts who had some IQ, they felt insulted as this human was underestimating them.

Both of them also charged at him.

*BOOM*

The clash of their respective Genesis Qi created an explosion.

In an instant, Zhou Yuan was behind the wind thunder beast with his hands glowing.

*Boom*

The instant his claw landed on the beast it was blasted tens of meters back with now a wound present on his body.

This made the beast even more angry.

After he clashed with the wind thunder beast, Zhou Yuan engaged in close combat with the Behemoth.

*Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

*Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

Zhou Yuan was not actively attacking but parrying and blocking its attack with his palms.

Both of them used claws, figuratively and literally.

Zhou Yuan used claws to fight with the beast so that he could further improve his Dragon Claw technique.

While he was a little distracted, the behemoth swung both its claws strongly and sent out two large wind slashes which were very fast, due to which Zhou Yuan had to retreat.

Just as he retreated the wind thunder beast also sent out out a Qi blast at him which he blocked with his body.

'Magical python scales'.

With a thought, his whole body was covered with purple-gold scales.

Yes, you got it right after breaking through the Heaven Gate realm his magical python scales' also reached the purple-gold stage.

*BOOM*

Smoke covered the area as the blast landed on Zhou Yuan.

After some time the smoke subsided as Zhou Yuan's figure was revealed.

He appeared unharmed, apart from a part of his clothes being scorched.

'Such strong defense', Zhou Yuan thought, he was a little surprised as it was the first time he tested its power after reaching the 3rd stage.

He did not even feel the impact of the blast which indicated it had very strong defense.

Smiling widely, Zhou Yuan looked at the beast before he rushed at them.

This time he landed an upper hook on the behemoth before hitting the wind thunder beast over its head.

*BAM*

Taking on a punch with this level of power even made the beasts feel dazed.

Seeing this Zhou Yuan started raining them with punches and kicks each stronger than last.

This went on for some time, while the punches were powerful they did not cause fatal damage to the beasts as they were more physically durable, especially the behemoth.

It was also because Zhou Yuan had no intention of harming them fatally...yet.

Zhou Yuan was also aware of this, he was just doing this so that both of them could use their final moves.

He was eager for it especially the technique of the behemoth as it could be key to evolving his Dragon Claw.

Zhou Yuan jumped back as he looked at them with amusement.

As if sensing the amusement in his eyes both of the beasts got up and roared at him.

*Zzzz*

*Chii*

Just as he expected, both of them had decided to use their respective techniques.

However soon Zhou Yuan frowned because he sensed the threat of death as he stared at the behemoth.

It had charged up his energy as its claws began to glow up.

Space seemed to break around its claws as the sound of wind and sword clashing against each other sounded.

While the wind thunder beast also charged up his attack.

Its huge mouth opened, with lightning and wind frantically gathering within it. A pulse swept outwards, shaking the surrounding space.

In the next instant, a foot-wide lightning ball tinged with green was formed in the beast's mouth. Lightning rampaged within the ball while the wind howled, the two constantly clashing forces making a thunderous din.

Seeing their attacks, especially the behemoth's attack made Zhou Yuan realize that he might have bitten more than he could chew.

While he could handle the attack of the wind thunder beast without sustaining any life-threatening injuries he was not so sure about the other one.

He was sure that he would die if took both of their attacks like last time.

Both of the beasts launched their attacks.

Shoosh

In an instant, their attacks had arrived in front of Zhou Yuan.

'Fast'

Was the only thing Zhou Yuan could think.

'Magical Python Scales'

'Golden Jade Rune'

'Mystical Python's Great Golden Bell'

In an instant Purple gold scales covered his body and a Rune on his body lit up.

His Genesis Qi also transformed into a giant python that surrounded him from all angles, forming the shape of a bell.

It was a technique that can be used if one has Omni python Qi.

It can said to be an exclusive technique.

Then the attacks hit Zhou Yuan.

*BAAM*

*BOOM*

The moment the attack landed and the explosion took place.

The Explosion was very large and it got the attention of various people.

Yaoyao who was leisurely sitting on a tree drinking wine, which she extorted from the monkey look alike Genesis beast after bullying them looked in the direction of the blast.

A frown appeared on her face.

She immediately rushed there without looking back as her intuition told her something bad had happened to Zhou Yuan because she felt that he was near the place where the explosion took place.

Xiao Tianxuan, Gu Ling, and their group of lackeys who were preparing to hunt the wind thunder beast were also attracted by it and after some discussion decided to the place where the explosion took place.

As the smoke from the explosion cleared, the scene was revealed to the beasts.

Tens of trees were broken in succession and at the end of it, Zhou Yuan was lying down.

There were 2 bloody gashes on his hands and chest which were bone deep.

At the moment of impact, the wind thunder attack hit him first followed by the behemoth's Sky Splitting Claw.

The first attack was able to rattle up the great golden bell, but the Sky Splitting Claw was a different case altogether.

It split the great golden bell like a paper, the golden jade rune resisted for a time but it too was broken.

The magical python scale withstood the rest of the attack before it broke nearly canceling all the power in the attack, but the remaining power was still enough to wound Zhou Yuan to this extent which showed how much power this blow contained.

Also, Zhou Yuan confirmed something, this technique was at least a Low Level Heaven Genesis Technique as there was no way in hell that a technique of this level could only be a little Heaven Genesis technique.

And the impact of both the attacks also injured him to some extent.

But still, he could use his hands, albeit with some difficulty.

Slowly Zhou Yuan stood up, this time he was dead serious.

Without giving the beasts any time he rushed at them with the fastest speed possible.

The beasts were also exhausted as they had used nearly all their Genesis Qi in this attack, so they were not able to avoid his attack before a Green claw reaped their lives by cutting their necks.

Shwoosh

Two heads rolled on the ground as it was dyed red in an instant.

After killing them Zhou Yuan also dropped to the ground as his hand was stinging terribly.

If it was his old self he would have long started screaming but not now.

Trying his best to ignore the pain, he stood up and took the two scrolls that were floating above the corpse of the beasts, stored them in his universal bag, and sat down to absorb the Genesis Qi from the beasts he killed.

After some time...

Exhaling lightly Zhou Yuan opened his eyes which were glowing brightly, a sign that he had a breakthrough.

He had broken through the intermediate Heaven Gate realm after he absorbed the powerful genesis Qi left after the beast's death.

He took out a healing pill which should stop his wounds from being further deteriorated and stop his bleeding.

Just as he took the pill he heard a sound filled with mockery.

"How the mighty have fallen?"

Zhou Yuan raised his head and stared at the figure who emerged from the forest.

Although Zhou Yuan was a little taken aback upon seeing him, he quickly used his spirit perception which led him to discover that he had been surrounded from all sides by nearly 100 people.

Xiao Tianxuan and his group of Lackeys had arrived before the scene.

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