Reach The Fifth District

Su Login decided to do as the System suggested and didn't check into the Daily Login System. If he waited a few more days, he might be able to get a Daily Prize like the Heavenly Emperor's Armor. The Gate of Heavenly Country spell was also very useful.

Speaking of which, now that he was at Qi Condensation I Stage, his Gate of Heavenly Country spell should be stronger. Before, Su Login could only use one of the Formation Arrays at a time. The day he managed to use all the Arrays, he would be able to kill many enemies at once.

Su Login didn't know exactly how long he spent inside the trunk, so he could get ordinary Daily Prize.

Hmmm... System, do you know how long I spent inside the trunk?... I don't think the System will answer, anyway…

The problem was that Su Login's level was still low. When he got stronger, could he even have a normal conversation with his System? How intelligent would he be when Su Login became an Immortal?

"I think Zi Hue might still be looking for me, so I'll avoid the area I was in earlier."

Before starting to explore the forest, Su Login distributed his Points. Currently, these were his Status:

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[Su Login, 14 years old]

[Level: 12]

[XP: 70 / 330]

[Qi: 0 / 5,500]

[Race: Human | Cultivation: Celestial]

[Realm: Qi Condensation I]

[Strength: 132 | Defense: 115]

[Agility: 112 | Qi Gain: 101]

[Intelligence: 110 | Technique: 114]

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Instead of using his Flying Sword, Su Login used the Pair of Flying Daggers obtained after finishing his Side Quest. The daggers weren't as stable as the Flying Sword, but they gave the user more freedom to move around as he wished.

While flying, the young man opened the Quest System:

[Daily Quest: Punch 200 times (0/200).]

[Side Quest: Reach the Fifth District.]

[Main Quest: Reach Qi Condensation II Stage.]

[Local Quest: Kill 'Sage Arboreal Bull' (0/1).]

He raised an eyebrow when he read the word 'Fifth District', did this refer to a place beyond the wooden wall? If so, he was in trouble, as he was thrown every time he touched the surface of the wall.

But the rewards of the Side Quest were better than the rewards of the Daily Quests, he couldn't miss these opportunities to get stronger, he had to find a way to cross the wooden wall in this case.

As for the Daily Quest, he started doing it straight away. Su Login stood in front of a tree trunk and got into combat position, it was more useful to punch wood than air.

Boom!

When he made his first move, he was surprised. The tree trunk was completely destroyed with a single blow, and this caused a noise in the forest.

Su Login used the Pair of Flying Daggers to move away from the scene, he was still staring at his hands, there were only a few scratches on his knuckles from the flesh meeting the wood of the tree.

So that was the real difference between a cultivated person and an ordinary human?

Until recently, Su Login was an ordinary person, his only advantage was the System, which allowed him to intimidate other cultivators, but this was completely different, the body of someone with cultivation had a strength that a non-cultivator could never achieve, even training for hundreds of years.

Witnessing his own power, Su Login could get a glimpse of how strong the other cultivators he had met before were. There was a gulf of difference between the strength of a Qi Condensation I Stage cultivator and a II Stage cultivator.

Only now did he realize how dangerous his last fights had been, even Jing Ding could have killed him if he hadn't been so cowardly and pathetic.

"From now on, I'll be more careful."

He decided to punch the air after distancing himself from the spot that had destroyed the tree. This training was very useful for him to get used to his new strength.

If he met a cultivator at his cultivation level, he would have an advantage, because in addition to the strength that already belonged to cultivators of his Stage, Su Login had his strength multiplied by the value of his Strength attribute.

But he would only have all that confidence fighting someone at his Stage, someone at Qi Condensation II Stage was a threat to him.

[Daily Quest completed.]

[You have received 30 XP.]

[You received 'One-Punch Hero Pill']

[One-Punch Hero Pill: A pill that increases the strength of the next punch, making it as strong as an Immortal's punch at full strength].

This pill was perfect to use at the end of a fight, the powerful punch was enough to decide the fight. What's more, if he had trouble with an Immortal, Su Login could use the pill to kill him with one precise blow.

Without a doubt, this item was one of the most useful he had received to date.

***

After finishing his Daily Quest, Su Login flew until he found an area of the forest with the wooden wall. 

There were many bodies of cultivators who hadn't made it through scattered on the ground, some had died in grotesque positions. On the wall, you could see people's hands nailed to the wood, as well as lines of blood dripping from some of the nails that remained.

"They were desperate to get to the other side…"

There was no one left alive here, which only proved that the time Su Login had been in seclusion had been enough for the most talented to cross the wooden wall and the weakest to die.

As he looked both ways, he saw bodies and more bodies strewn about, there were signs that some had died after fighting with stronger people, others had been beheaded by the Magical Beasts that attacked anyone daring enough to use the Flying Sword. 

If Su Login was stronger, he would have risked using the Pair of Flying Daggers to fly over the wall, but at the moment that was just a suicidal idea, the best thing to do was to try to climb the wall, the Magic Beasts didn't dare attack those who were climbing, they only acted if the person was thrown.

But now Su Login was a cultivator at Qi Condensation I Stage, perhaps the result would be different if he touched the wall. He walked over and touched the wooden surface without hesitation... but was thrown and rolled along the ground.

Su Login dusted himself off and walked towards the wall again. This time, he used the Stabilizing Roots spell and touched the wood. He felt a violent impulse trying to push his body away, but his feet were stuck in the ground, so his body didn't move.

He managed to touch the wooden wall without being thrown, but that was it, he couldn't take his feet off the ground, otherwise he would be thrown and hurt. 

He raised his hand and several Formation Arrays appeared. That was it, he was going to use the Gate of Heavenly Country to destroy the wall and open a passage. 

Boooom!

There were three shots, Su Login was already able to use three of the spell arrays. The shots hit the wooden wall hard and a lot of dust rose, but nothing happened, it looked as if the wall hadn't even been hit.

Of course, with so many cultivators, several of them must have tried to force their way through, but if there was no hole, it was because ordinary spells didn't work on it. If the strongest of them couldn't get through, what about a cultivator at Qi Condensation I Stage like Su Login?

The young man did a few more tests. He summoned the Flying Sword, a Legendary item, and tried to cut the wood, but it was a useless move, he could only scratch the wood, there was no difference between using his nails or the blade of the sword.

In addition to the sword, he also used the Aeromancer's Will to throw rocks and other objects at the wood, but that didn't help either. His power was too weak to try to advance by force.

I need a better idea...

***

"Don't tell me you're worried about the inspector, Min," said Mu Sae.

After much effort, Mu Sae managed to climb the wall and get to the other side. It took her a few days, but she persevered and finally got here. All this time, Su Minwa had been waiting for her with a worried expression on her face.

The inspector had started chasing the fox-masked stranger a few days ago and neither of them had been seen since, so most likely one of them was dead. Su Minwa didn't like fights, so she was always worried.

Mu Sae forbade her to go to the other side of the wooden wall because of the many bodies of dead cultivators, she didn't want Su Minwa to see the grotesque scene.

"You're right, Mu Sae. Well, let's get some rest before exploring the area, you must be pretty tired."

"No, look, I've still got plenty of energy! You've already wasted a lot of time because of me, so let's keep moving forward…"

Just as Mu Sae spoke excitedly, a spell suddenly appeared and hit her on the shoulder, knocking her hard to the ground.

"My goodness, you really did get through the wall, I swore you wouldn't and that I'd have to comfort Su Minwa," said Dong Bai with a devilish grin.