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CHAPTER XXI The End of the War

"Roar ~ ~" Roar … "Roar …"

The Fierce Ox stood still and roared crazily at Qin Tian. The Fierce Ox's eyes were already injured, and fresh blood continuously flowed out, but it's fierceness was ignited because of the blood. The Savage Beast's vitality was strong, but the injury did not have a huge impact on its strength.

Although the Fierce Ox's body was huge and not nimble enough, its speed was not slow. In the blink of an eye, it had already closed in on Qin Tian.

Qin Tian looked at the Fierce Ox that was charging towards him. He knew, he must not let it touch him.

At the most critical moment, Qin Tian did not panic, he watched the Fierce Ox rushing towards him calmly and quickly used his martial skill "Battle Steps".

《 Battle Steps Technique》 second movement, Flashing Steps.

Qin Tian instantly dodged to the side, leaving behind a shadow where he was standing as the Fierce Ox passed by him.

Once he activated the movement skill < Battle Steps Technique >, Qin Tian felt that the Spirit Qi in his body had been consumed.

"Bang …"

The Fierce Ox crashed into a large tree not far behind Qin Tian, and the tree was snapped in half.

Qin Tian looked at the tree that was split into two, and thought with lingering fear in his heart: Luckily, I dodged very quickly, if I were to be hit by this, who knows what kind of consequences it would have, I'm not willing to try this.

Although the Fierce Ox had knocked down the big tree, it did not sustain any injuries. Seeing that Qin Tian was still standing right in front of it, the Fierce Ox did not even think twice as it panted heavily with its nose, then quickly rushed towards Qin Tian.

At this time, Qin Tian discovered that the martial skill [Battle Steps Technique] was too useful. In this kind of critical moment, it allowed him to be like a fish in water, allowing him to be extremely nimble.

"Bang …"

This was the second time Qin Tian had the strength to retaliate while dodging, and he struck the Fierce Ox with his fist. However, Qin Tian felt as if his fist had smashed into steel, and even though his fist was trembling in pain, the Fierce Ox did not react. It was only now that Qin Tian could intuitively understand how thick the Fierce Ox's skin was.

This punch enraged the Fierce Ox, causing it to move even faster.

Qin Tian also continued to circulate his martial skills.

Second stance, Flashing Steps.

The third movement, Swift Steps.

The fourth movement, Soaring Steps.

Qin Tian kept dodging and using the movement technique Battle Steps Technique, and kept on using the technique "Battle Steps Technique", allowing Qin Tian to become more familiar with the technique and become more proficient at it.

Qin Tian thought: The Fierce Ox is indeed a good sparring partner, my constant dodging also allowed me to become more proficient in this skill, and my understanding towards it also became deeper and deeper. Sure enough, it is better when I am fighting, this is completely different from when I am training by myself.

However, using martial skills so frequently also caused the spirit energy in Qin Tian's body to become less and less. Qin Tian knew that if this continued, he would be in danger, and if he did not change, the spirit energy in his body would eventually run out. Now that the spirit energy in his body was decreasing, Qin Tian felt that his body was slowly getting more and more tired.

It was needless to say that the Savage Beast's endurance was stronger than his. If his fist had not hit the Fierce Ox's body, it would not have caused much harm to the Fierce Ox, and since both sides had been in a stalemate for so long, when the other Savage Beast s are lured over, it would be even more dangerous. Moreover, the sky was getting darker, and the danger was getting greater, so it seemed like they could only retreat.

Thinking about this, Qin Tian quickly circulated his spirit energy, and the star core in his body continuously provided spirit energy.

《 Battle Steps Technique》 fifth movement, Step.

Qin Tian did not even use the fifth form at the front, because he knew that with this movement, he would lose more and more Qi in his body.

Qin Tian could feel that when he used this move, the Spirit Qi in his body started to dissipate by a fifth, but the effect was very good. In the blink of an eye, he was already 20 to 30 metres away. Using this distance, Qin Tian quickly shook himself off from the Fierce Ox and disappeared into the forest. The Savage Beast behind him could only watch in vain as Qin Tian disappeared.

"Roar …"

The Fierce Ox roared at Qin Tian who had disappeared.

When night fell, Qin Tian was sitting inside the cave. He took out some dry rations to fill his stomach, then sat cross-legged on the ground.

He recalled today's battle. He felt that he had gained a lot. He wasn't injured, so he kept dodging, allowing his proficiency in martial skills to increase by a lot.

However, his own damage to the Fierce Ox was limited. Other than his first fist hitting the Fierce Ox's eye and injuring it by surprise, there was no other chance for him to harm it later on. The Fierce Ox's skin was thick and rough, if his fist landed on its body, if not for hitting its vital parts, it would have been difficult for him to cause too much damage.

He recalled the results of today's battle.

Qin Tian knew that the bodies of Savage Beast were very strong, and that Fierce Ox s were considered very strong even amongst One-star Savage Beast.

Qin Tian couldn't help but think: If he had a weapon in his hand right now, even if the weapon wasn't at the level of a Soul-soldier, it would still be better than bare-handed. However, a low level weapon would only injure the Savage Beast too weakly. It was impossible for him to buy a strong weapon, not to mention the fact that the Soul-soldier's value was so high, it was definitely not something he could afford right now. Although the Soul-soldier did not have such a treasure, and it was not possible to do anything to the Fierce Ox today, the main reason was still because he did not have enough power. If he was very strong, he would need to carefully dodge and kill the Savage Beast with one punch, and right now, his priority was to work hard to increase his own strength, so he could be more relaxed when facing the Savage Beast the next time.

Thinking of this, Qin Tian could not help but strengthen his conviction to become a Ranker.

Qin Tian had exhausted almost all of the spirit energy in his body today. He felt that his body was very tired, after all, after such a long battle, his mental state had been tense and he could not relax even for a moment, his physical condition had worsened, and now, he only had twenty percent of the spirit energy in his body.

He chanted "Tao Te Ching" in his heart.

"The Dao can be spoken of, the Dao can be spoken of, the Dao can be spoken of, the name can be called, the name can't be spoken of." "The beginning of the nameless world; the mother of all things …"

Following Qin Tian's mutterings, Qin Tian felt the surrounding spirit energy become abnormally dense and his affinity for spirit energy continuously increase. More and more free spirit energy between heaven and earth began to gather by his side.

Qin Tian immediately started to circulate the technique < Light Cloud Art >. Following the circulation of the Light Cloud Art, the surrounding spirit energy impatiently rushed into's body, a large amount of spirit energy rushed into Qin Tian's body. Qin Tian felt as if every cell in his body was jumping in joy, because today's battles had caused a large amount of the spirit energy in his body to be lost.

As the spiritual energy rushed into his body, his meridians contained a large amount of spiritual energy. Today, due to the fatigue from using martial skills, his meridians received nourishment from the nourishment of the spiritual energy, causing his meridians to become stronger.

Qin Tian guided the spiritual energy in his body to rush to the center of his mind, where the two primary core continued to spin, absorbing the spiritual energy unceasingly. The three Small Star beside the primary core were also continuously absorbing spirit energy, replenishing their spirit energy. Today, they had consumed too much spirit energy, and now that they were absorbing spirit energy, Qin Tian felt an indescribable happiness in his body, like a dried up fish returning to water.

Too much spirit energy surrounded Qin Tian's body, as if it was covered with a layer of mist.

Qin Tian was continuously absorbing spiritual energy, replenishing his energy consumption.