Chapter 56 - The Secret of Mutation!

With a flash of his figure, Jiang Wanqing, sword in hand, flew to Ling Feng’s side and swung her blade horizontally, forcing the demon back several yards.

She asked urgently, “Ling Feng, how are you doing?”

“I’m alright.” Ling Feng’s breathing was somewhat ragged.

He had not expected that the periphery of Luofeng Canyon would harbor such terrifying demons.

In terms of strength alone, he definitely surpassed any martial artist in the Qi Condensation Realm, and he feared that even with Jiang Wanqing’s assistance, it would not make a decisive difference.

However, Jiang Wanqing’s intervention did afford Ling Feng a chance to catch his breath.

He calmed down and quickly took out several Golden Needles to seal his own acupoints, as excessive blood loss had already made his head spin.

Clang, clang, clang!

In just a few breaths, Jiang Wanqing had already exchanged more than ten blows with the demon.

Just as Ling Feng had anticipated, even though Jiang Wanqing was a martial artist in the Magnetic Condensation Realm, being only at the First Level of the Qi Condensation Realm, she was firmly suppressed in terms of strength by the demon.

Had it not been for her exquisite footwork and somewhat refined swordsmanship, coupled with the demon being seriously injured, she might have perished after just a few moves.

Taking advantage of Jiang Wanqing’s engagement with the demon, Ling Feng took out some elixirs to recover his True Qi.

After a few brief breaths, he immediately charged forward with his sword, “I’ll take the lead in the attack, you assist from the side!”

Jiang Wanqing bit her lower lip; here she was, a Magnetic Condensation Realm martial artist, reduced to assisting someone from the Qi Condensation Realm.

Yet, she knew in her heart that if Ling Feng could battle such a fearsome monster for so long, it meant that his true strength had already surpassed hers, a martial artist at the First Level of the Magnetic Condensation Realm!

Such an evil genius!

Recovering some of his True Qi, Ling Feng once again became vigorous.

His long sword regained its sharpness, and his Sword Qi swept out, enveloping the demon.

This was also where humans had an advantage over demons; the demons didn’t practice alchemy.

“Boundless Falling Wood Killing!”

With a low shout from Ling Feng, this move, from the Falling Leaves Sword Technique bestowed to him by Elder Can Jian of the Liuyun Sword Sect, engulfed the demon.

He had seen Di Jingtian perform it, had studied the Sword Manual a few times, and had quickly mastered the swordsmanship.

The power of the Falling Leaves Sword Technique was slightly inferior to the Shattering Star Sword Technique, but it consumed relatively less True Qi.

Boom!

A conception of autumn winds and falling leaves swept across with immense and wild Sword Qi, engulfing everything in its path.

Even Jiang Wanqing felt the temperature around her seem to drop, filled with the coolness of late autumn.

“This Ling Feng is truly a Sword Dao prodigy!”

Jiang Wanqing had seen Ling Feng perform several types of swordsmanship, each one brought to the point of perfection, and she could not help feeling inferior.

“Awoo!”

No matter how tenacious the demon’s life force, there comes a time when it is exhausted.

The blood gushing from its chest had finally taken its toll.

Its physical strength began to rapidly fade due to the loss of blood.

Boundless falling wood, endless Sword Qi, at this moment, all of it pierced through the demon’s body.

Suddenly, the sky was shaken by its mournful cries, and blood rained down!

Boom!

The demon’s large body fell heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

This demon was finally dead!

Ling Feng’s legs gave out, and he collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

He leaned against a large tree that had been bisected by his Sword Qi, panting heavily.

Jiang Wanqing wiped the sweat off her forehead and step by step walked over to Ling Feng, expressing her genuine admiration, “You really are amazing!”

If only she had been leading the team, or even if it had been another First Level of Magnetic Condensation Realm True Disciple, Jiang Wanqing was certain that their team would have been completely wiped out.

“Senior Ling Feng, Senior Sister Jiang, are you both okay?” Lo Jianying, seeing the battle had ended, stood far away at the entrance of the cave and shouted.

The rest of the team members also looked towards Ling Feng and the others with concern, wanting to rush out but, due to Ling Feng’s order, they dared not leave the cave by even a half step.

“I’m fine,” Ling Feng exhaled a murky breath, slowly stood up, and walked towards the corpse of the Demon Clan member.

“A mutated Demon Clan member, huh?” Ling Feng looked at the body, which somewhat resembled a fox, with some curiosity.

It indeed had the head of a fox, but its body was more akin to that of a human, with differentiation of hands and feet being more pronounced than that of ordinary Demon Beasts, allowing it to stand upright like a human.

What was most terrifying was its intelligence, which was extremely advanced, allowing it to avoid human traps and even during the recent battle, in addition to its beastly instincts, demonstrated attacks that were eerily similar to Martial Techniques.

Jiang Wanqing approached Ling Feng’s side and, upon seeing his expression, asked with some curiosity, “What’s the matter, is there a problem?”

“Logically speaking, Luofeng Canyon, being a training ground arranged by the sect for the ordinary Inner Sect Disciples, should not have any Demon Clan members appearing, otherwise, it’s like sending lambs to the tiger’s mouth.

But the Demon Clan member did appear, don’t you find that strange?”

Jiang Wanqing blinked her bright eyes, “I also find it strange, but it’s not very rare for Demon Beasts to mutate into Demon Clan members.”

“You’re wrong,” Ling Feng said flatly, “If I’m not mistaken, this was originally a First-rank Demon Beast, a Red-tailed Fox.

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They couldn’t have mutated out of thin air.

Generally speaking, only those powerful predators that have the opportunity to devour more human flesh can potentially undergo mutations, but even then, the chances are still incredibly slim.”

“And yet, for a mere Red-tailed Fox to mutate into a member of the Demon Clan, there must be a huge secret hidden behind it!”

“Are you saying that this Red-tailed Fox came across some treasure?” Jiang Wanqing exclaimed.

“Most likely!” Ling Feng pursed his lips, “It’s either Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items.

I have a feeling that there might be an exotic treasure around this area.”

Jiang Wanqing’s eyelids twitched, realizing that the treasure capable of inducing a transformation in the Red-tailed Fox truly qualified as an exotic treasure.

Ling Feng searched the Red-tailed Fox’s body thoroughly, even ripping it open to look inside its belly, but apart from some food remnants, he found nothing else.

“Ugh…”

Watching Ling Feng remove items from the Red-tailed Fox’s stomach one by one, Jiang Wanqing’s face immediately turned pale, almost vomiting out bile.

“Ugh…” Jiang Wanqing suppressed the urge to vomit, “You…

you keep searching on your own, I’m heading back!”

Jiang Wanqing also understood in her heart that if it hadn’t been for Ling Feng, she probably wouldn’t have been able to save her own life, and whatever Ling Feng found would be his spoils of battle, with no need to share with anyone else.

“Nothing, there’s nothing at all.”

Having searched the Red-tailed Fox from head to toe and finding no gain, Ling Feng finally settled for harvesting its Demon Core, which could be considered some sort of gain.

“It seems that this beast either digested the item or hid whatever treasure it had within its cave mansion.”

Ling Feng raised an eyebrow, “Well, what’s mine will come to me, and what’s not mine, I can’t force it…”

Suddenly, he recalled that among the food remnants he had just discovered, there seemed to be a fruit, the Autumn Dew Fruit!

This kind of Autumn Dew Fruit was also recorded on the map that Lee Liang had given him, noting it only grew in a river valley to the southwest of Luofeng Canyon.

There, it was very likely the den of the Red-tailed Fox.

“Near the southwest river valley, huh…”

Ling Feng’s lips curled into a smile, just as well, that place was on the route the team was advancing on.

When they reached that area, he would just need to pay a little attention, and perhaps there would be an unexpected gain.