Chapter 117: 117. Achievement Unlocked

When Luoning wanted to bend down to pick up the small Magic Beast in the grass, a sudden, intense sense of crisis welled up in his heart.

He stood up abruptly, scanning his surroundings with a cold gaze, yet he did not discover any movement.

"What is it, My Lord?"

Aierlong felt a chill in his heart and immediately began to check the area.

The others were stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted; could it be that the big guy hadn't left yet?

For a time, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Among those present, Luoning, Aierlong, and Ailin had the highest Mental Power and, theoretically, the strongest insight, yet the three of them found nothing after a thorough search.

Could it be an illusion?

Intuition is a very mysterious thing, and Luoning also had his doubts.

His fingers traced in the air, and using Mental Power and Magic Power as a guide, he quickly depicted the Spell Pattern for Detection Wind.

As the Wind Element between heaven and earth was mobilized, Luoning immediately opened his elemental vision the moment the spell was successfully cast.

Amidst the fluctuations of the Wind Element, he sensed faint breathing two hundred meters to his front-right; this sound was so low that it would be absolutely impossible to hear with ears alone.

But when he opened his eyes and looked toward that spot, he only saw a patch of silent thatch grass, not looking like anything was lying in ambush there.

Although most Magic Beasts are brutal, every creature has maternal instincts; the opponent had just given birth to its young, and unless there was absolutely no possibility of saving them, it might not abandon its young and flee directly.

Thinking of this, Luoning no longer hesitated and directly cast a Wind Blade, slicing toward that patch of grass.

Unfortunately, due to the long distance, the power of the Wind Blade Technique was greatly reduced, and by the time it reached two hundred meters, it was already about to dissipate.

"Awooo~"

Although this strike did not cut into the grass, the trajectory of the Wind Blade was enough to explain everything.

The Magic Beast hiding in the grass howled and darted out; this time, it did not just roar in an attempt to scare off the enemy like last time.

This time, it transformed into a gray shadow and charged over at an extremely fast speed.

Except for the Thunder Chasing Beast, this was the first time Luoning had seen another Magic Beast since crossing over, and seeing such a big guy charging at him, he was incredibly shocked.

"Protect My Lord!"

Aierlong roared and immediately began to cast Light Binding Technique, wanting to restrict the Magic Beast's movements.

Dandi and the other Knights beside him also assumed a combat stance.

But did Luoning need them to protect him?

Among this group, his strength was the greatest, and he was likely the only one who could contend with this big guy.

He held the Liuyan Sword in his hand, and as Battle Qi was poured into it, surging flames rolled across the blade.

At the same time, Battle Qi covered his entire body, forming red armor that looked like dancing flames from afar.

Having sparred and learned for so long, Luoning also wanted a real battle, and the opportunity was right before his eyes.

He charged out, captured the Magic Beast's movement trajectory, and intercepted it halfway.

"Hah!"

The long sword swept horizontally, bringing out Along trail of flaming Sword Radiance, which, under the enhancement of the Liuyan Sword, turned into a violent wave of fire!

The Magic Beast actually ignored it, baring its cold-glinting claws to sweep out sharp rays of light, and it actually tore this wave of fire directly apart!

It burst out from within, opening its blood-red maw, wanting to use its sharp fangs to pierce Luoning's throat.

Luoning was horrified; the Magic Beast's fur had passed through the wave of fire without even a hint of being scorched—was its defense really this strong?

He stomped his toes hard on the ground, and while pulling back to create distance, he mobilized Battle Qi to condense on his left palm, then struck out with a palm.

The Battle Qi condensed with Wind Attribute poured out, turning into a violent gust of wind that impacted the giant beast's body, making it suffer a heavy blow; its airborne, lunging body instantly lost speed, landing on the ground and sliding back for a distance.

Luoning used the recoil force of the Liedafeng Zhang to increase the distance.

"Sure enough, this guy's strength is not weak, and its defense is also very strong."

Looking at the opponent's unscathed gray-black fur, Luoning knew that the close-range Liedafeng Zhang had also failed to cause any substantial damage.

Just then, tentacles of light extended from the surrounding space, binding the Magic Beast's limbs once again.

"My Lord, I can bind it for two or three seconds," Aierlong shouted loudly.

Having already tasted the flavor of the light binding, the Magic Beast was familiar with this Magic; the moment it was trapped, it tensed its body, and the next instant, its power erupted, directly tearing the tentacles of light to shreds.

Let alone three seconds, even one second was a stretch.

Luoning, who had been preparing to use Fireball Technique, immediately stopped casting because the Magic Beast was attacking him again.

This time, he keenly noticed that the Magic Beast's speed seemed to have increased quite a bit.

"So fast!"

Luoning flew backward rapidly, and while creating distance, he used Light Body Technique on himself; suddenly, his whole body became light, and his speed also saw a significant increase.

However, compared to the Magic Beast, he was still much slower.

"Whoosh!"

The running Magic Beast lowered its body slightly, and after a brief accumulation of power, it erupted with even greater speed, reaching Luoning's front in the blink of an eye, and actually reached out with its sharp claws to grab him.

Luoning struck back with a sword, but he did not expect that the collision between the Liuyan Sword and the Magic Beast's claws would emit the sharp ringing of metal clashing.

The massive impact force shook Luoning's sword aside, and the Magic Beast's other claw covered Luoning's shoulder.

The claw was even larger than a human palm!

"Puchi!"

The sharp claw slapped onto Luoning's shoulder, directly causing the Battle Qi Armor there to nearly collapse and tearing Luoning's clothes on his shoulder.

Luoning was sent flying by the massive force, and just as he was about to hit a tree, he adjusted his posture and kicked his legs against the trunk.

The large tree trembled violently, but Luoning used this maneuver to stabilize his form and landed on the ground.

He tilted his head to look at his shoulder; fortunately, the counter-shock force from the previous grab had forced both him and the Magic Beast to distance themselves, causing the Magic Beast's second claw to not exert its full power, otherwise, it would likely have sliced through skin and flesh.

Luoning was secretly alarmed; while restoring his Battle Qi Armor, he became even more cautious in his heart, as his sword just now had not left a wound on the opponent's claws.

As soon as the Magic Beast's four feet touched the ground, its eyes flashed with the cold light of slaughter; it let out a howl and, with astonishing speed, charged over once again.

With such speed, strength, and high defense, a Magic Beast like this is not easy to deal with head-on.

Luoning did not retreat but advanced instead; as the opponent raised its forelimbs again to swipe at him with its sharp claws, he ducked down abruptly, narrowly dodging the forelimbs, and swept his sword toward the Magic Beast's abdomen.

"What is this?"

Luoning suddenly discovered that there was already a wound on this fellow's abdomen; although it showed signs of healing, it had not fully recovered.

So this fellow was already injured.

Yet even with an injury, the opponent's speed could still be this fast.

"Squelch!"

The defense on the Magic Beast's abdomen was already low, and with the pre-existing wound, Luoning's sword successfully broke through its defense, drawing out a spray of bright red blood.

The Magic Beast let out a miserable shriek, and its long tail swept over like a steel whip, lashing against Luoning's body.

With a *bang*, Luoning was sent flying by the immense force, his Battle Qi Armor shattered, and he rolled twice on the ground.

"My Lord!"

Seeing Luoning knocked back, the others immediately rushed up, wanting to kill the injured Magic Beast.

But although the Magic Beast was bleeding from its abdomen, it still charged left and right, coordinating with its sweeping tail to lash out at everyone who surrounded it.

"Brother Luoning, are you alright?" Ailin ran over and hurriedly helped Luoning up, her eyes filled with tears.

It was just a pity that the Primary Mages were all too weak and had few offensive spells.

"I'm fine, just got lashed."

He moved his left arm; it only hurt a little and there was no major issue.

Seeing that the Knights were no match but were doing their best to exhaust the Magic Beast's stamina, Aierlong also cast a second Light Binding Technique; this time, it was clearly controlled for longer.

"Aierlong, use the spell again."

Luoning knew that this battle was basically won; all that was needed now was to wear it down.

"As you wish!"

Aierlong cast it again.

Meanwhile, Luoning focused on carving the Spell Pattern for the Level 3 Magic "Flame Explosion Technique."

Along the way, although he had not used the Flame Explosion Technique, Luoning had already learned to carve its Spell Pattern for the most part; he only needed to complete the last few Spell Nodes to successfully cast it.

As the final Spell Node was completed, the fire elements in the surrounding world surged over violently.

With a *boom*, a massive fireball with a diameter of two meters formed in front of him.

This scene left Dandi and the others stunned; feeling the waves of destructive aura emanating from the fireball, they dared not imagine what the result would be if this thing hit them.

"The Lord is actually this strong?"

Tuomashi swallowed his saliva; he had heard Dandi say that the Lord was a mysterious Magician, but he had never seen the Lord cast magic.

Seeing it today, he was already awestruck by Luoning.

He did not know how they had the courage back then to follow Sileiyin to oppose Ziguo Village, and then follow Mamu to flee...

"My Lord, it's ready!"

While everyone was shocked, Aierlong shouted, and the Light Binding Technique was used once more.

The Magic Beast was already exhausted by now and could no longer easily break the binding as it had before.

But just at this moment, within everyone's line of sight, its massive form actually began to dissipate, disappearing from their view like blue smoke.

"What's going on!"

Everyone was stunned.

But Luoning keenly caught a drop of blood falling to the ground; he understood that this fellow was capable of Concealment.

"Everyone, move aside!"

He shouted loudly; even if it had concealed itself, its physical body was still there, and the effect of the Light Binding Technique remained.

*Whoosh—*

The massive fireball flew out rapidly, and the Flame Explosion Technique slammed into that patch of air; although it hit empty space, it exploded with intense sparks.

The Magic Beast revealed its true form once again and collapsed to the ground under the continuous, violent explosive impact of the fire elements.

【Achievement "King of Slaughter" achieved, Attribute Point +200, Energy Essence +400】

Luoning was stunned; the Magic Beast he had killed was actually a Level 4 Magic Beast!

"I even killed a monster above my level?"

He found it hard to believe; to be honest, he did not think he had the ability to kill enemies above his level, especially since the higher the level of the Magic Beast, the harder it was to kill.

"Perhaps it was because this Magic Beast was already injured that it gave me the opportunity."

*Clatter, clatter, clatter—*

Outside the forest, the sound of rapid hoofbeats approached; it was Maiken who had finally arrived at the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)