Cultivating within the cave, Jiang Feng had been absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy as his cultivation base met with growth in leaps and bounds, allowing him to truly reach Foundation Building Middle Stage after a full recovery over the night.
As soon as daylight entered the forest, Jiang Feng's eyelids parted with strength overflowing from within.
Walking out of the cave, Jiang Feng used Spiritual Sense to search for the presence of monsters, with a few already found by the expanded range of detection.
Not wanting to start the day with an intense workout, the monsters with spiritual energy waves comparable to Foundation Building Stage cultivators were ignored, leaving only the Qi Circulation Stage monsters.
Enveloping his legs with spiritual energy, Jiang Feng began sprinting in the direction of the west, jumping onto trees as his figure traversed between them, brushing through the leaves.
He quickly located his prey as he stood atop of a nearby tree, silently witnessing the grotesque scene of a boar feasting on the carcass of the same monkey-type monsters he had seen yesterday.
The boar was covered in dirt and blood, most likely from the monkey, as it let out spiritual energy waves equal to Qi Circulation Peak Stage cultivators.
Knowing that it may not be far from stepping into the realm of Foundation Building, Jiang Feng didn't dare to look down upon it as he sneakily launched an attack from behind, aiming to wipe out all signs of life from it in a single strike.
His sword was conjured out from the space pouch, immediately covered by flames as Jiang Feng lunged forward, decapitating the head of the boar easily with a clean slice.
Blood spurted out from the neck of the boar, staining the fallen head and the surrounding ground.
The flames on Jiang Feng's sword had also been extinguished by the boar's blood, though it didn't matter as the objective was achieved.
Taking in the carcass of the boar, Jiang Feng proceeded to hunt for more prey before returning to his temporary abode.
Conjuring out a table and a few cooking utensils from his space pouch, Jiang Feng proceeded to take out the boar from before as he held a knife in his hand. The knife moved as pieces of meat continued to be sliced apart, placed into a nearby tray.
Seeing that there was enough meat for breakfast, Jiang Feng kept back the boar into his space pouch and took out a basin and large bottles of water. The sliced pieces of meat were washed with it before being skewered by the sticks that Jiang Feng brought along.
A sizzling sound rose before the cave as the skewers were placed onto a barbeque stand.
Jiang Feng could be seen holding a brush with a small bowl of oil in his hands, brushing his breakfast with them to make things more juicy.
The aromatic smell of the skewers slowly spread from where Jiang Feng stood as a few monsters were attracted forward. They all looked at Jiang Feng's strange actions as his hands sprinkled seasonings onto the skewers, intensifying the scent while leading a few to step forward.
Their actions were immediately met with threats as Jiang Feng released his cultivation base, intimidating all the monsters with his oppressive spiritual energy waves.
With the fragrant aroma being thrown to the back of their minds, all of the monsters ran away timidly not daring to slow down in fear that Jiang Feng would catch up to them.
Reining in his spiritual energy waves, Jiang Feng returned to brushing the skewers.
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Wiping off the stains on his mouth, Jiang Feng stood up from the ground as he patted himself.
The sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, with the heat starting to rise within the forest.
Jiang Feng turned towards the forest, where the leaves provided shade from the rays of sunlight, as he walked into it.
His movements were neither fast nor slow, just the normal walking pace.
The sword was conjured out as Jiang Feng held it in his hands, seemingly getting ready for battle.
Just then, something entered his line of sight.
A monster covered in black fur lay on the ground as its stomach rose and fell, seemingly asleep. Two white horns came out from both sides of its heads, with their tip being deadly sharp. The tail on its hips looked to be an entity of its own, swinging around like a pacemaker.
It was the bull from yesterday.
Taking advantage of its slumber, Jiang Feng used Spiritual Sense as he focused on the area near the bull's stomach.
'As expected, there's also a core within this bull. It's also dark blue.' Jiang Feng thought inwardly.
A similar core to the one found in the Werewolf was also present in the body of the bull. The quality and grade looked to be the same, with spiritual energy laying dormant within the bull's core.
A different situation goes for the bull though, as its eyes snapped open before glaring at Jiang Feng.
The monsters of Foundation Building Stage seemed to possess certain levels of intelligence, as the bull stared vigilantly at Jiang Feng, its hind leg kicking on the ground, ready to attack should Jiang Feng make a move on it.
Jiang Feng didn't make it wait as Flame Creation was used, covering the sword in fiery flames that resonated with the rays of light.
The bull blew out the air in its nostrils as the spiritual energy in its core began spiraling into a vortex, just like how it was when the Werewolf was healing its injuries.
However, the bull used the spiritual energy in a different way as its body began to expand from the size of a car to a towering truck. Its eyes looked down on the puny human before it as its foot raised, aiming to stump down on Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng was quick to react as he dodged forward, the tip of his sword slicing against the bull while he ran towards its back from underneath.
Yet, not a single scratch was made as the enlarged bull quickly kicked at Jiang Feng using its hind leg.
Despite being pushed back, Jiang Feng managed to block the attack as he held his sword up. The flames were still burning, but like it has been ever since arriving on Starlight, it wasn't able to deal any damage to the bull at all.
'Damn it! Why is it so useless all of a sudden?!'
Knocking away the bull's leg, Jiang Feng's spiritual energy began covering the bull as it was lifted off the ground.
The legs of the bull kicked the air repeatedly as it tried to break free from Jiang Feng's Spiritual Energy Manipulation, and through the use of Spiritual Sense, Jiang Feng could tell the bull's spiritual energy was working to dispel his Art.
Grabbing onto the chance while the Art was still effective, Jiang Feng swung the bull onto a nearby tree as it bellowed in pain. His sword also arrived above the bull as the flames on his sword grew in size.
With the sword above his head, the flames looked like a tiger's mane as they flickered to the wind.
Hacking down the sword, the flames tried to burn through the bull's defense. However, other than grazing the skin, the sword was unable to deal any real damage to it.
Beginning to panic, Jiang Feng poured in more spiritual energy into the Art, Flame Creation, in hopes that his efforts would pay off before the bull broke free.
"Just burn already!!"
Letting out a desperate shout, the hands that held the sword tightened as they pressed harder on the skin of the monster.
"HAAAAA!!!!"
Gathering all strength he had in his arms, a slit finally opened up on the bull's skin, with the drip of blood flowing instantly vaporized by the flames of the sword.
A smile appeared on Jiang Feng's face when seeing this.
Just as he was about to celebrate it inwardly, the bull let out a loud roar as the Spiritual Energy Manipulation over it broke. The roar sent out waves of spiritual energy as it knocked Jiang Feng onto a tree, the back of his head being struck intensely.
Not even giving Jiang Feng a moment for a breath, the bull rushed towards him with the horns facing in the same direction, picking Jiang Feng up through the collar as it destroyed the trees with him facing the brute impact.