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Li Ming (Mc) [Picture]
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[Training Camp - Holy Orchid]
In the training ground of the Holy Orchid academy, we can observe a young boy and a demonic beast fighting a deadly battle that shook the surroundings.
The boy in question was a simple 13-year-old boy who was very tall and muscular for his age, with long, messy black hair tied behind his head. He had small violet eyes that seemed deep enough to attract and entice someone, his expression was as cold as ice, and arrogance and confidence could not be hidden in his unyielding gaze.
Li Ming promptly raised his arms to protect himself from several small flying debris that were directed at him as he moved backward to prevent other possible surprise attacks.
The demonic beast gave a snarl of obvious irritation, accentuating its great horns and making the ground tremble from its mighty charge, moreover, a red aura formed around its body as its crimson eyes locked on his figure.
The Demon Spirit of the horned sheep species gushed a hoof through the grass, digging a trench in the ground before pushing off with its two powerful hind legs and launching itself at him at a rapid speed.
"You're much stronger than all the other demonic beasts I've encountered here," Li Ming sincerely complimented the demonic beast as a smile spread across his face and his dark purple eyes shone with a hint of excitement, "No doubt about it, you must have a Demonic Spirit!"
The horned sheep is a 1-star bronze-ranked demonic beast, although they are very aggressive in nature, they are still herbivores so their attacks at most would only cause serious injury.
But a Demon Spirit was a completely different matter! All demon beasts are separated by whether they have formed a demon spirit. Given it is also stronger and more intelligent then others demonic beast of the same rank.
While any other 13-year-old would have been frightened by the massive beast that towered over six feet wide and two meters in length, but Li Ming was very different from normal people.
Li Ming was special for many reasons but surely one of the most important was that he had the memories of his past life and found himself in this new fantasy world with amazing new knowledge in his possession.
Most importantly, thanks to the cultivation technique he was practicing his body was much stronger than normal and he could take on beings much stronger than himself without much effort. And today he would finally have the chance to kill a demonic beast that possessed a Demon Spirit, weak or not, it would be a huge boost to his power, thanks to the special ability his cultivation technique would grant him.
He could feel it this demonic beast could have finally brought him to have a new kind of strength that no one could have formed his path to the pinnacle of this world!
When he landed, Li Ming immediately launched himself forward from the ground and shot up to meet the huge goat like a beast with his head held high without any fear in his gaze as if the success of the battle was under his control.
At that moment Li Ming did not care whether the Demon Spirit was more powerful than the other members of his species or not, it did not change what he had to do. Just as they were about to meet, and the demonic beast was about to bloody him with its horns, he thrust out his left hand and released a wave of soul power from it, the force behind it pushing him out of the way of the charging demonic beasts, allowing him to pass by, while his other hand clenched into a fist glowed with Qi and unleashed a powerful fist in front of him.
The horned sheep emitted a roar of agony when it felt its bones snap under Li Ming's powerful blow, and the huge beast was launched more than three meters into the air before crashing into a huge tree trunk and sliding to the ground.
The horned sheep, despite the fact that some ribs had snapped under Li Ming's fist, only grunted and began to propel itself upward only moments later. the sheer vitality and strength of a demonic beast was not to be underestimated, even when it was one of the weakest species around.
Li Ming, who certainly had not been idle during that period of time, raised his hand and the small silver ring around his index finger glowed with blue light; a moment later, a large metal spear appeared in his hand.
"Hah!" With a grunt of excitement for battle, Li Ming raised his arm and without a moment's hesitation hurled the large spear with all his strength.
The spear ripped through the air, and just as the demonic beast reared up, the tip of the spear stuck precisely and without any numbness into the demonic beast's chest.
The horned sheep unleashed a low sharp rumble before its legs fell limp under it and the beast lost all control of its body.
"Even a Demon Spirit like you can't fight paralysis, can you?" said Li Ming smiling as he watched the spectacle before him and could only lick his lips.
He certainly was not an alchemist and his spear was certainly not something special. Just a piece of iron he had bought for 12 demonic spiritual coins. But the tip of the spear had previously been coated with a powerful paralytic agent that he had learned to make from his cultivation technique.
The cultivation technique he was cultivating at the time was the Totem of Ten Thousand Beasts, a very mysterious art that, in addition to explaining an ancient cultivation method lost within it, bestowed unparalleled knowledge of each species of demonic beast and also methods that recorded weaknesses and various poisons in order to weaken them to the point of killing them.
Such as the paralyzing agent. All it took was some Zoysia Grass and Black Pool Grass fused with a melting agent. Black Pool Grass was a known paralyzing agent, but it was incredibly weak, while Zoysia Grass was considered just a weed and no one had found a use for it, but it clearly enhanced the natural effect of other grasses.
The idea had come to him a few months ago, browsing through some books in the library, when he had learned about its empowering properties. And it had worked better than he had initially believed: even just the tip of his spear coated with molten paralyzing agent had been able to bring down an Demon Spirit horned sheep.
Using this method, Li Ming had not only hunted about three hundred horned sheep and 150 tusked pandas and even 100 silver tigers in the more than five days he spent in the training area before he managed to run into the Demon Spirit.
Not wasting any more useful time, Li Ming walked toward the paralyzed beast, and crouched down next to the beast as it pulled a saber from its side before delivering another stab to its heart and ending the beasts life.
Within seconds of the demonic beast's death, several mysterious runes could be seen forming around Li Ming's right leg as an intricate tattoo of a bony beast appeared, giving a rather eerie feeling.
[Picture: 1) Beast Marks of Death]
"Mark Death Beast, embryonic form," murmured Li Ming, with visible excitement that could not be concealed by seeing the intricate tattoo with mystical lettering.
"Status"
[Name: Li Ming
Age: 13
Race: Human
Physique: Heavenly Evil Physique
Spiritualist Rank: 4 Star Bronze Rank
Fighter Rank: 3 Star Silver Rank
Soul Realm: Indigo
Soul Attribute: Attributeless
Soul Form: Yin Evil Lotus
Merit Laws:
● Ten Thousand Beast Totem
Aspect Totem:
1) Beast Marks of Death "Horned Sheep" - "Fanged Panda" - "Silver Tiger") [Embryonic Form].
● Revolving Crescent Sun Merit Law
● Secrets of the Grand Dao
● Notes of the Array Dao
Law/Dao: ---------- ]
"My Fighter Rank strength had increased more than expected!" affirmed Li Ming with pleasant surprise as he could only nod to himself with a small nod, seeing that he had made a good choice in his cultivation technique.
His Ten Thousand Beast Totem cultivation method was certainly not an unparalleled cultivation art under the skies, i have something like that. In fact if he had to be completely honest compared to some cultivation techniques he could have learned this one was quite mediocre, but at the same time it had infinite potential that could shock everyone.
Although in truth there was a second reason why he had chosen this particular cultivation technique... In his past life Li Ming worked as a veterinarian, so in essence his choice had been influenced by his attachment to animals.
However discarding useless thoughts from his mind Li Ming, He quickly began dismantling the corpse as he had done with every other one he had killed. He took the horns and fur from the neck, before going about dismantling the skull and raking the brain area.
After all, the only things worth taking were: the horns, the fur on the neck, the demonic crystal and the demonic spirit.
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