Getting Stronger By Fighting

One slash.

With one slash, he managed to kill a leader-level beast, a higher-ranked one that stood equivalent to a Grandmaster.

It looked impressive, but only Wang Zhan knew how perilous that one slash was.

First, he took a bottle of Mixed Essence Pills, followed by the last Blood Essence Pill to reinforce his Bloodline Talent Clone.

However, even the colossal energy from the two types of elixirs, which alone could cause an average martial artist to explode, wasn't enough for him to muster that one slash. Consequently, it drained all the energy in his clone, leaving only the remaining medicinal effect of the elixir in his main body—Wang Zhan's last breath.

Theoretically, exchanging a clone for a Grandmaster was a profitable deal.

But who knew how long a Bloodline Talent would take to recover or how long it would take to replenish the depleted energy?

And his System Panel was still short by one point, preventing him from reaching the peak of a level 9 Warrior, which is the Martial General Threshold.

Strength: 3,599

Agility: 3,599

Physique: 3,599

Charm: 240

Wisdom: 100

Mental Power: 9,600

But this clone should have other capabilities... Otherwise, why would the kill be so clean? Wang Zhan thought, clearly aware of the gap between him and a Grandmaster, even with the aid of the Blood Essence Pill.

One should know, he had to take four to five Blood Essence Pills just to confront that dead ghost Li Shiji. Even though Li Shiji was not yet a Grandmaster, Wang Zhan had to risk everything just to suppress him, yet to no avail.

Now, killing so easily made Wang Zhan comprehend more.

Could it be that some characteristic within the clone boosts the power of defense-breaking?

Wang Zhan knew he was getting closer to the truth.

However, thinking about the leader-level beast core, he became a bit conflicted.

Such a vast sum of money, at least worth a couple hundred million, and I don't even have the strength to pick it up. BOO HOO HOO... That's heart-wrenching...

It was his first opportunity to collect a trophy of this scale!

With that thought, he couldn't savor the near-leader-level beast core he gained earlier. He had no choice but to blame it all on someone else.

Humph, Li Chengyuan, just you wait. Once I reach the Martial Emperor Realm, I will beat you up badly. If you don't reveal the truth, HEH HEH... I'll hit you until even your mother won't recognize you.

Why did he want to avoid those military mentors? Wasn't it because he was afraid that they might discover his traces, landing him once again in Li Chengyuan's hands?

On the other hand, that guy was too cunning, leaving Wang Zhan puzzled. Since he had no retaliatory power, it would be better to keep his distance.

After fantasizing for a while, Wang Zhan finally began to hold his breath and recover his Essence Energy and mental energy.

In the vast wilderness, a silent corpse appeared quietly, like a piece of wood.

However, an anxious thought kept scratching at him, surfacing again and again in his mind.

Please, everyone, don't take away the beast core! Otherwise, I'll be at a huge loss this time...

「At the original site.」

Under the collision of two massive forces, dozens of mentors who were sent flying over ten meters managed to hold on to their lives.

Their faces suddenly changed as they recalled the previous scene, and they were about to shout.

"Kill!"

The beast surprisingly possessed a Mental Storm type bloodline talent. It was indeed deadly.

But when they reached where the beast was, they found only a mutilated corpse split in half, a result of the dispersed force.

A woman managed to pick up the leader-level beast's beast core. With a bitter smile, she said helplessly, "Perhaps some big shot passed by and casually helped us with a slash. They even ignored such a valuable beast core; we really got lucky!"

They wanted to return the favor and find out who it was, but it was clear they were being despised. The person hadn't even bothered to take the beast core and had intentionally used the mutilated corpse to cover all traces.

For the first time since venturing into martial arts, they encountered someone who scorned them, the people from the Military Department.

But Wang Zhan heard everything. If it weren't for fear of exposure, he would've loved to shout out loud.

Against their gazes full of conjecture, he wanted to tell them in person.

It's me, it's me! I saved you! Don't be ungrateful; don't take away my beast core!…

A moment later, the mentors of the Military Department gradually stood up supporting each other, silently looking at the corpse of the beast in front of them.

One of them said in a deep voice, "Our reinforcements have arrived. Let them go first; we need time to recover. Let's go, we can't afford to delay."

A minute later, the two groups finally met, both travel-worn and grim-faced.

"You guys retreat to Jing State first to rest. The warriors of Jing State are not weak either."

One of the Military Department mentors laughed, not seeming to mind.

"Let's go! Time to start anew…"

"Time to start anew…"

At that time, forty-eight routes were filled with more than a thousand middle-high rank warriors, immersing themselves into the battlefield, hunting beasts.

The seesaw battle had officially begun.

The beasts wanted to sabotage the Human Race Federal Martial Arts Academy's competition and to use the Federal Martial Arts Academy to train their forces. The Academy also stood up to this challenge, soldier against soldier, general against general, determined to fight the beasts to the bitter end.

Having recovered, Wang Zhan was once again vigorous, but he knew he only had the strength for three more slashes at most.

Only after sensing those people leaving his vicinity did he grin in the direction of Yun Tianyi and say, "Old Man, want me to kill a few more? Feed me if you do. I'm so hungry, I can barely find the strength to slaughter a pig!"

Yun Tianyi and his party didn't even have time to laugh. They were fixated on the Beast Tide, their faces somewhat pale.

Suddenly, a small vial shot straight towards Wang Zhan, along with Yun Tianyi's heavy words.

"Kid, if you want to kill, just go all out! I don't have many Blood Essence Pills, but as long as you're not afraid of bursting, I have plenty of Pure Essence Pills! Also, I feel that even though you have reached your Limit, you can still improve!

"Kill, kill all you want! Suppress your impulse; do not advance. Keep your Essence Energy always in a state of hunger... I can't help you too much. Consider these Pure Essence Pills a gift from me for our first meeting!

"Also, stop disturbing me, unless you want to help me collect corpses…"

Wang Zhan grabbed the vial, paying no attention to Yun Tianyi's broken sentences.

If high-level Warriors like them, holding the line and waiting for reinforcements, were to fall, Wang Zhan knew he wouldn't be far from death either. But Wang Zhan also understood this was his only request, and once was enough.

Pure Essence Pill? The name is potent enough. I just don't know if it can burst me to death!

Wang Zhan murmured, pouring a Pure Essence Pill into his mouth.

He was not a mad man. If he opened his mouth and swallowed many, much like when he ate Mixed Essence Pills, he might actually burst himself to death.

The next moment.

HISS! That feels so good!...

On a dark and windy night, figures were scattered, phantoms and monsters everywhere.

A distorted human voice suddenly echoed, making the nearby experts who were slaying the beasts shiver.

"Who is that?"

"HA HA HA, Fatal---One Slash!"

Like a man possessed, Wang Zhan's Essence Energy and mental energy seemed to cost him nothing, scattering in a frenzy.

A phantom figure suddenly formed, then like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, it shot forward, taut and swift. The saber light in its hand swirled like many bright crescent moons, falling upon the land.

"Kill!"

BOOM!

A leader-level beast that was being besieged was suddenly split in two under Wang Zhan's attack.

Vanishing with it were the saber light, the phantom figure, and a curving Mingyue.

The stalwarts of Jing State, who were fighting strenuously and unyieldingly, looked at each other in bewilderment, not understanding what had just happened.

"What kind of martial art is this? Why have we never seen it before?"

"No, no, no. It seemed to me more like a mutual destruction technique. Didn't you all see that phantom figure?"

"It looks so familiar. Who is it?... Such a genius should not perish here. His death alongside these mindless beasts is such a waste!"

If it were them, it wouldn't matter if they died; their lives were inconsequential anyway.

But the person who could devise this kind of mutual destruction saber technique was clearly the real treasure of the Federation!

Fortunately, Wang Zhan left them with a sentence in a voice completely hard to recognize, which somewhat soothed their apprehension.

"HA HA HA, gentlemen, kill the enemy! The beast cores are yours!"

Although a bit distressed, Wang Zhan had to give up the beast cores.

He had no choice. His situation was complicated.

After a single slash, he had almost no strength left in his body. He could only rely on restoring his energy gradually, with a period of dormancy in between.

Besides, gaining some fame was one thing. However, being too conspicuous would expose him to danger—it would be suicidal.

Who would believe that a mere Warrior from a humble academy could slay Grandmasters as if they were nothing? It was completely absurd.

However, there was still no response from the System, as if it was going to be stuck at that threshold forever, and he didn't know why.

But before Wang Zhan could relish his success for long, Yun Tianyi's somewhat irate voice, like a stranger's finger, rudely poked into his nostrils and invaded his mind, cursing loudly.

"Bastard! Can't you be clever for once? After your clone takes a Pure Essence Pill, reintegrate it back into your body and leave a seed inside. Stop wasting energy on solidification…"

Wang Zhan staggered, nearly falling.

Damn it! This old man has been watching me all along while saying he's about to die. This 'dying soon' act of yours... to hell with it!

Nevertheless, he didn't dare to curse aloud and could only respond sulkily, "I haven't used it many times; how was I supposed to know how it works? Besides, don't bully me because I lack experience. It's just that I don't have a powerful grandfather. Otherwise, I would definitely know more than you."

Yun Tianyi was almost livid.

"Anyway, don't use your main body to take the Pure Essence Pill anymore. Other than making you explode, it's of no use. The death of your clone and the weakness of your main body are illusory. Don't always think about using elixirs for recovery. Learn to rely on potential, physique, internal energy...

"Also, even if your main body is extremely weak, when the clone reaches the critical line, it can still provide feedback to your main body. Remember, a clone is just a tool, one that can store Essence Energy and mental energy. It's a tool you can use to disregard everything and kill the enemy…"