Chapter 097 – City Toppler - Part 1
The following day, Li Yuan didn’t return to the demon enclosure. He had already formed all the spiritual connections he could, and his Wilderness Demon Taming skill was already maxed out, so his taming work was effectively complete.
He’d also come to understand why the overall combat power of the demonic beasts fluctuated so widely. They needed specific trigger conditions to unleash their full power. Once a demonic beast was provoked in the right way, its inner demon blood flared up, unleashing its strongest might.
Having reached seventh rank in Wilderness Demon Taming, Li Yuan was keenly aware of the triggers for his demon dogs. They had three—
The first was if their master was in danger. The second was if an enemy with malicious intent invaded their master’s home. The third was if they received a direct command from their master.
While demon dogs weren’t the absolute strongest among demonic beasts, they were extremely loyal. Thanks to his efforts, Li Yuan now commanded three seventh rank ebony marquises, five eighth rank oddstrider hounds, and seven ninth rank blackrock mastiffs—an impressive pack of ferocious canines, to say the least.
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That morning, Li Yuan stood in the courtyard, fingers wrapped around his horse butchering blade.
Yan Yu had planted all kinds of flowers and greenery there; in late spring, the garden brimmed with lush emerald foliage. The previous night’s rain still clung to the leaves, and gusts of wind now sent droplets scattering through shafts of sunlight.
SHING! He drew the blade just an inch from its scabbard. Harsh light flared along the steel. Then he paused, leaving the blade half-sheathed. He wasn’t yet sure how he wanted to unleash that strike.
“Senior Li once said if I wanted to combine the three moves of the Spring–Autumn Blade, I’d need each form to be at perfection. Only then would there be a chance to fuse them into a single strike—an entirely new creation, shaped by each person’s own insight. By the looks of it, even my master never fully figured it out himself.
“I’ve already maxed out Spring Awakening and Leaping Abyss but not Spring Thunder. Initially, I held off on investing my skill points to save them for something else. But now that I don’t have any immediate breakthroughs lined up, I might as well finish maxing it out.”
His mind flashed to the uneasy talk from the night before—about the mounting chaos in the Jade Capital, and the new wave of violence rippling toward Gemhill County. The turmoil might soon be knocking at their gates; it was only a matter of time.