Chapter 13: The Stone-spotted Tiger King
Outside the cave, Jing Yan checked on the simple traps he had set up the day before. He didn't see any signs of damage to the traps.
"It's only been five days since I entered the Blackrock Mountains. I've still got plenty of food and water left. It's too early to go back to Dong Lin City now."
"Since I've just leveled up to the Fifth Heaven... I might as well venture deeper into the mountains and see what I can find. With my current cultivation and rank, even if I come across some Third-grade Spiritual Beasts, I should be able to kill them pretty easily." Jing Yan's gaze turned in a direction that would lead him deeper into the mountains.
When he first entered the Blackrock Mountains, Jing Yan had simply planned to hunt some First-grade Spiritual Beasts to exchange for some Spiritual Stones. But after he fought and beat the first Fanged Wolf, he realized that he had underestimated his strength a little. With his Fourth Heaven cultivation, killing Fanged Wolves was nearly effortless. Taking down First-grade Spiritual Beasts with such ease was no small accomplishment.
The Arch of Heaven had turned out to be a lot more potent than Jing Yan had expected. With its help, Jing Yan had even managed to kill a Shadow Gale Wolf, which was a Second-grade Spiritual Beast that many warriors would find intimidating to even talk about. Besides, his unbelievably good luck had even brought him a Soul Crystal. That was something that any warrior would give their left arm for.
Now that Jing Yan had reached the Fifth Heaven, he had become several times stronger than when he was at the Fourth Heaven. He felt that if he didn't go after some Third-grade Spiritual Beasts, he would end up regretting it. Not using the Arch of Heaven to its full potential would be a real shame.
"It's time to go!" Jing Yan said as the movement of his Vital Qi intensified.
Whoosh!
Jing Yan dashed toward the deeper parts of the forest like an arrow.
After entering the Fifth Heaven, Jing Yan found that his speed had improved significantly, just like his five senses, which had become much sharper.
After running for half a day, Jing Yan entered the middle areas of the Blackrock Mountains, where Second-grade and Third-grade Spiritual Beasts could be seen quite often.
A regular First-grade Spiritual Beast was usually worth no more than 10 Spiritual Stones. A Second-grade Spiritual Beast could be redeemed for several dozen Spiritual Stones, and some rare Second-grade Spiritual Beasts could be worth more than 50 Spiritual Stones. As to extremely rare Second-grade Spiritual Beasts like Shadow Gale Wolves, each would be worth more than most Third-grade Spiritual Beasts.