Chapter 12: The Second Way to Refine the Record

Swoosh!

Ning Xuan retracted his saber.

The huge black bear’s body fell heavily to the ground.

Swoosh!

Ning Xuan struck out with his saber again, stabbing the black bear’s body once more.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

He was expressionless, repeatedly delivering finishing blows until the black bear was completely a bloody mess, then he put away his saber.

He recalled what Master Zhang had said.

Although Master Zhang was only a martial artist, his words were reasonable.

In the same situation, moves were extremely important.

Using the saber to perform the exquisite “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak,” the power it could exert was far above the crude “Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak.”

He glanced at the black bear’s body, which had nothing hidden besides its fur, and no longer paid attention to it, but looked far away at the cave in the distance.

In front of the cave, the bear demons were all stunned.

Suddenly, many bears were “aooing,” and Ning Xuan couldn’t understand what they were saying.

He squinted his eyes and observed for a while. When he saw many small bear demons fleeing wildly towards the back of the cave, his figure suddenly hunched, and he began to run with the Beast-Slaying Saber dragging diagonally, running wildly in the desolate forest.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

He ran very fast, and his steps were also very heavy.

But he tried his best to avoid trees and rocks, so as to prevent these bear demons from discovering that he could use “Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak.”

Moves had to be hidden. Only hidden moves were killing techniques.

Just now, when he fought that Mountain-Crashing Bear demon, if the opponent had known that he could use his saber to perform “Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak,” he would definitely not have fought that way. At that time, even if he could win, it would be absolutely impossible to kill the enemy in one move.

Now, although he did not use “Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak,” his power was still astonishing. In addition, with the killing aura of having killed the leader in one move, many of the bear demons who were still standing in place were immediately scared out of their wits and also shrank back into the cave, crying and howling.

When Ning Xuan saw this, he immediately understood.

There was still a leader in that cave.

Otherwise, these bear demon minions should not have run into the cave, but should have fled outwards.

It was precisely because there was still a backbone that they would run back.

He scared them a little and got some information.

He stopped, no longer sprinting to save his strength, and at the same time, he twisted his neck and sensed his own state.

Almost intact.

He scanned his surroundings, his five fingers slightly relaxed, and then he gripped the handle of the beheading saber again, and then slowly approached the cave step by step.

When he reached a certain distance, he took a step forward, and the bold bear demons who still dared to stay outside the cave took a step back.

He took another step forward.

The bear demons took another step back.

When there was no more room to retreat, the bear demons were almost crowded together.

It was as if it was not a single person approaching, but an army of thousands, or a terrifying monster.

And when he was still more than ten feet away from the entrance of the cave, Ning Xuan suddenly stopped, and with a loud shout, the bear demons crowded outside were so scared that they “aooed” and all ran back into the cave.

Ning Xuan did not enter the cave. He raised his hand and casually grabbed a tree in front of the cave and shook it, then he wrapped his arms around it and pulled with all his might.

The tree was pulled out with a “whoosh.”

Ning Xuan broke the tree into pieces with his hands in a few moves, and then took out a tinderbox from his waistband.

He had been in the forest often these days, and sometimes when he was hungry, he would still eat some grilled fish or something. Although his constitution could completely tolerate raw fish, cooked food always tasted good.

Over time, the tinderbox became a personal item.

His idea was simple.

Set a fire to create smoke and force the bears out of the cave.

But…

He tried to light the tinderbox several times, but the fire went out each time.

A small tinderbox could not light a freshly broken tree.

And just then, he heard a slight movement coming from the direction of the cave. Something was coming from inside, getting faster and faster. Just as he noticed it, a huge red shadow had already rushed out of the cave.

Ning Xuan casually threw away the tinderbox, held the saber with both hands, and used the proficient “Swallow’s Return Step.” He retreated and then advanced, spinning around the Beast-Slaying Saber like a spiral, instantly accelerating. Then he held the saber with one hand, his body stretched out, and a “Deft Swallow Soaring Back” concealing “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak” stabbed out diagonally from bottom to top, creating a sharp and extremely hidden cold light.

At the moment of stabbing, he also saw the huge red shadow pouncing towards him.

He squinted his eyes.

It was still a bear, a Mountain-Crashing Bear, with a huge body. Although it looked a little smaller than the one just now, it was not much different.

The reason it was red was because this Mountain-Crashing Bear was actually wrapped in a blood-red brocade kasaya.

In the blink of an eye.

Although Ning Xuan felt that it was very strange for the Mountain-Crashing Bear to be wearing a kasaya, and it made him have some distant associations such as “a certain bear stealing a kasaya,” his Beast-Slaying Saber was not slow at all.

He actually wanted to go around the kasaya.

But it was impossible to do so in a flash of lightning. In addition, the kasaya was very large, and it was not easy to avoid it.

The next moment…

The tip of the saber touched the blood-red kasaya bear demon.

At the moment of contact, Ning Xuan exerted his strength and silently said in his heart, “Collapse!!”

Whoosh!

The blood-red kasaya was like being suddenly blown up by a strong wind, and the whole thing flew backwards.

Ning Xuan only felt that his strength had suddenly sunk into the sea.

Bang!

He was knocked back two circles, landed, and protected himself with his long saber, ready to deliver another Deft Swallow Soaring Back at any time.

The blood-red kasaya bear demon also retreated several steps, and its hind claws stomped on a rock protruding from the ground before it stopped.

Thud!

The rock bore the remaining force and instantly shattered.

Ning Xuan squinted his eyes and stared at the blood-red kasaya, and also squinted his eyes to observe every subtle movement of the bear demon.

His true nature was actually that of a dandy, a young master who liked to eat, drink, and gamble. But… that hellish nightmare of life and death, and some experiences before his transmigration, had given him a temporary nature.

A nature that existed only to kill the opponent.

When this nature occupied his body, he became a killing machine.

He actually didn’t like this nature.

But, there was no other way.

At this time, Ning Xuan didn’t even think about where this blood-red kasaya came from and why it had such a miraculous effect. He was just thinking about the reason for his failure just now.

In almost an instant, he keenly perceived that his attack just now had actually been directly spread out by the blood-red kasaya, and the power had also been expanded from a concentrated “point” to a “surface,” naturally weakening it a lot.

His gaze slowly rose again and fixed on the throat of the blood-red kasaya bear demon.

The latter also noticed his gaze.

He didn’t ask questions.

The blood-red kasaya bear demon didn’t ask questions either.

Who the hell would be distracted to ask questions at the critical moment of a life-and-death battle?

The blood-red kasaya bear demon suddenly showed a ferocious smile, and its two claws waved wildly, turning the kasaya into two large blood-red shields. Then it turned into a blood-red gust of wind and charged at him again, and in an instant, it was within seven steps.

Ning Xuan stepped on the “Swallow’s Return Step” and at the same time, he quickly drew his saber.

The man and the demon clashed.

For a time, the saber was like a silver dragon coming out of the sea, and the robe was like a blood sea turning over waves. You want to soar into the sky and break through the sea, but the angry tide presses down from the sky.

In the midst of the exchange, the shadows flickered, and the sound of the collision only tore at the eardrums, and the force of the collision only caused a surging air wave.

Ning Xuan’s moves were superior, but unfortunately, the blood-red brocade kasaya was very large, which made his room for attack very small. And whenever his slash landed on the kasaya, it would be evenly spread out by the kasaya.

As for the kasaya, he didn’t know what material it was made of. No matter how Ning Xuan cut or stabbed, he couldn’t damage it in the slightest.

Bang!

With another collision, the man and the demon separated.

Ning Xuan stared at the bear demon and slowly assumed the starting posture of the Swallow’s Return Three Sabers.

He had an idea in his heart.

He would give it a try.

If it still didn’t work this time, then he would retreat first.

The air was quiet for a moment…

The blood-red kasaya bear demon’s eyes were dark, and it was unknown what it was thinking. It suddenly erupted and pounced at Ning Xuan.

Ning Xuan’s figure was like a swallow, and his saber was faster than his body. He struck out with “Flying Swallow Chasing the Wind” with a late start but an early arrival.

The blood-red kasaya bear demon turned its sleeve to block.

Ning Xuan closed in, changed from holding the saber with one hand to holding it with both hands, and the light and fast “Flying Swallow Chasing the Wind” was also connected to the powerful and heavy “Swallow Piercing the Raging Waves.”

Swish!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

The kasaya sank in a little, but it still quickly distributed his power evenly.

Ning Xuan changed from slashing to spinning, wanting to slide up along the kasaya and slit the bear demon’s throat.

The blood-red kasaya bear demon also reacted quickly. Its dark arm suddenly flipped, and its elbow pressed against Ning Xuan’s saber. Then it suddenly exerted its strength and slammed heavily on the saber blade.

It wanted to destroy the opponent’s weapon.

Crack!

The saber broke.

But, the blood-red kasaya bear demon’s power missed.

Its heavy blow missed.

But the saber still broke.

It wanted to break the saber.

It seized the opportunity and used its strength to break the saber.

Then the saber broke.

But… the damn thing was, this saber was not broken by its pressure.

The powerful pressure made its body slightly lower.

Ning Xuan broke the saber himself, and then, holding the broken saber, his saber momentum did not decrease. He stepped up his speed, and a “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak” slashed at the bear’s neck.

At this moment, there was really a feeling of a two-way rush.

The bear was going down, and the saber was going up.

The bear’s eyes widened, but no matter how fast its reaction was, it couldn’t do anything at this time.

Swish!

The broken saber slashed across the bear’s neck, directly cutting half of its neck.

Ning Xuan raised his hand and slapped the bear’s head, flipped over, and the saber blade also turned, pulling and tearing fiercely from behind.

Thump!

A huge bear head fell to the ground.

It rolled into the mud.

Ning Xuan scanned his surroundings, then quickly bent down to pick up the blood-red brocade kasaya.

Just then, he clearly confirmed that there was no one in the air, but a whistling sound suddenly came from close by.

The air seemed to boil, coming from behind him.

Ning Xuan’s whole body tensed up. Unable to dodge, he stomped his feet wildly, and his figure did not retreat but advanced, crashing towards the whistling wind.

But because it happened so suddenly, he didn’t use much strength in this move.

Bang!

He only felt a burning pain in his back and waist.

And when he crashed into the air, a strange white ape appeared. This ape was snow-white all over, with fur three inches long, and its eyes flashed with an indescribable evil and lewdness. It was holding a metal long stick in its hand.

Pfft!

The white ape spat out a mouthful of blood. Its body was obviously not as strong as a bear’s. Even though Ning Xuan had not used his full strength to perform “Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak,” it was not feeling well.

This strange white ape stared at Ning Xuan quietly and suddenly began to retreat.

Ning Xuan took this opportunity to quickly roll up the blood-red brocade kasaya and put it on himself.

In an instant, the blood-red brocade kasaya turned into a mist with the smell of incense and dissipated.

Ning Xuan was stunned.

The white ape’s eyes lit up, and it let out a few “jie jie” laughs and said, “I thought you were a demon fighting a demon, but I didn’t expect you to not even know this. It seems you are still a native here. Goodbye!!”

After speaking, its figure swayed in mid-air and completely disappeared.

Ning Xuan took two steps forward and looked at the mouthful of white ape’s blood on the ground.

Suddenly, a line of information appeared before his eyes:

[Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey]

[Heavenly Demon Life Attribute Gate, Monkey Order, Common Family, Ghost Shadow Species (Constitution): 3.5]

[Heavenly Demon Record: Perceive that the Heavenly Demon has arrived, follow its essence and blood, observe the root of its life and nature, forcibly refine the record. If the refinement fails, the body and dao will be destroyed. If the refinement succeeds, it can be used for one’s own purposes.]

[Refine the record?]

‘No.’