“He really knows about it!”

When he spotted Feng Luotian killed himself and resurrected outside the arena, Peacock Lord exclaimed.

The moment Feng Luotian appeared at the waiting area, the crowd distanced themselves from him as far as they could. Only He Chen and Wei Ci stayed beside him.

He Chen could not help but ask: “What were you doing up there, Brother Feng? Why did you have to exhaust your Theríon and kill yourself?”

Wei Ci was also intrigued to hear the reason for his actions, so he perked up his ears, waiting for an answer.

Feng Luotian flatly replied: “I’m training.”

He Chen frowned in confusion while Wei Ci frowned in contemplation. With a closer look at Feng Luotian’s state, Wei Ci came to a realization, guessing that there might be some secret to this formation after all, but he had no choice but to try by himself to confirm his own speculation.

Feng Luotian called up his stat. After taking a look, he let out a satisfying smile, thinking: “At this rate, I’ll reach Ten Fangs after the twelfth or thirteenth battle, not to mention tons of skill proficiencies I’ll get while doing this.”

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STATUS

Name: Feng Luotian

Level: Nine Fangs (35%)

Skill 1: Pinnacle Flash Lightning Level 4 (1,431/4,000)

Wrap the user’s body in lightning. Speed +500% (+99)%. Lightning resistance +50% (+28)%. Attack +60% (+36)%. Defense +40% (+81)%. Reflect incoming damage (lightning-element) +10%.

Skill 2: Underworld Physique Level 5 (3,017/3,200)

Multiply the weight of the user’s body by 200 upon activation., as long as the skill is still active, bodyweight +10% per every soul collected by the user during the skill activation.

Skill 3: Ranger of Wind Level 2 (312/1,000)

Sub-skill 1: Whirlwind Armor

Wrap the user’s body with the whirlwind. Movement speed +100% (+12)%. Range attack dodge rate +10%.

Sub-skill 2: Ferocious Gale (Requirement: Talon Realm)

Create a mighty wind that pushes any object within 24 meters radius away from the user, dealing 240% of attack damage.

Sub-skill 3: Tempest Shot (Requirement: Talon Realm, Weapon Requirement: Bow)

Augment the arrow with the wind. Attack +200%. Area of effect +100%.

Skill 4: Apparition of Ice Level 2 (572/1,200)

Sub-skill 1: Chilling Touch

Imbue the user’s next attack with the ice attribute. Attack +40%. Slow the target’s movement speed and casting speed by 5.5% (+0.5)% (Max 5 stacks).

Sub-skill 2: Ice Imprisonment (Requirement: Talon Realm)

Trap the target within the ice, preventing them from using their ability and skill for 3.2 seconds.

Sub-skill 3: Glacial Blast (Requirement: Wing Realm)

Form a sphere of extreme ice, hitting the target causing 400% of attack damage. A successful hit can instantly shatter a cultivator with one level above the user to a thousand pieces of ice.

Ability 1: Last Dance Curse Level 9

Increase the user’s power level by 1 for 13 (+16) minutes. However, the user must collect 10 souls within 13 (+16) minutes. Otherwise, the user’s level will be decreased by 2.

Ability 2: Momentum Eyes Level 9

The user can see the momentum and projectile of every object within 60 (+69) meters.

Ability 3: Evil Cyclone Level 9

Every time the user’s melee attack hits the target, one cyclone will be generated and can be used to either attack or heal the user’s injury at a maximum of 9 Evil Cyclones at a time.

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First Elder only mentioned that no injury nor death would happen within this formation. That was why everyone focused on their state of health. But actually, there was something more to this formation. In case of death, not only would their body be restored, but their Theríon would also be fully recovered. The one walking out of the arena alive would not enjoy this benefit as much as the dead. While the injuries would be fully healed, their Theríon would only be partially recovered. Feng Luotian knew this exceptionally well, so he would not be letting go of a chance to increase his cultivation in a short period drastically.

After the first set of Preliminary Round ended, there started the second. Wei Ci entered the arena to fight his second opponent. However, this time Wei Ci mimicked Feng Luotian’s action, spending most of his Theríon by repeatedly activating [Gold Lock] on his opponent before taking the guy’s head off.

Wei Ci did not kill himself like Feng Luotian, though. He just walked down from the stage and felt his Theríon was replenished for about thirty percent. This revelation caught him off guard. Wei Ci’s eyes widely opened as he looked at Feng Luotian: “So, that’s what you meant by training, Brother Feng!”

Feng Luotian only smiled in response. He did not mind giving a tip to the guy who had a high possibility to become his enemy in the future because this trick only provided some cultivation, not comprehension. The trick would only provide skill proficiencies after one reached the peak and its cultivation’s bottleneck.

On the other hand, Feng Luotian’s cultivation system differed from everyone. He could continuously raise his cultivation and upgrade it whenever he wanted.

Also, this trick came with a risk of losing the match. No sane mind would exhaust every last bit of Theríon just to train and forfeit the match right after. Only those with supreme confidence would resort to something like that. Not to mention that they were all still kids with no close-death experience; trying to kill oneself was much harder than killing others, so the method would not work any other way.

That was why Feng Luotian did not tell his teammates this. He wanted them to focus on their matches and nothing else. As for their cultivations, he could increase them as much as he wished after getting enough resources.

The Preliminary Round went on like this where Wei Ci and Feng Luotian continued to behead every opponent they faced. After the fifth round, the crowd already gave them a shared title: [Head Grabbing Demons].

Everyone became afraid and surrendered the match right away when they saw who they were up against. Nevertheless, even after Feng Luotian’s opponents forfeited the fight, he spent his Theríon on skills before killing himself again and again.

Feng Luotian tapped and upgraded his cultivation at the end of the thirteenth round.

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STATUS

Name: Feng Luotian

Level: Ten Fangs (2%) [!]

Skill 1: Pinnacle Flash Lightning Level 4 (2,544/4,000)

Wrap the user’s body in lightning. Speed +500% (+99)%. Lightning resistance +50% (+28)%. Attack +60% (+36)%. Defense +40% (+81)%. Reflect incoming damage (lightning-element) +10%.

Skill 2: Underworld Physique Level 6 (1,072/6,400)

Multiply the weight of the user’s body by 250 upon activation., as long as the skill is still active, bodyweight +20% per every soul collected by the user during the skill activation.

Skill 3: Ranger of Wind Level 3 (1,429/2,000)

Sub-skill 1: Whirlwind Armor

Wrap the user’s body with the whirlwind. Movement speed +150% (+12)%. Range attack dodge rate +15%.

Sub-skill 2: Ferocious Gale (Requirement: Talon Realm)

Create a mighty wind that pushes any object within 36 meters radius away from the user, dealing 360% of attack damage.

Sub-skill 3: Tempest Shot (Requirement: Talon Realm, Weapon Requirement: Bow)

Augment the arrow with the wind. Attack +250%. Area of effect +150%.

Skill 4: Apparition of Ice Level 3 (2,088/2,400)

Sub-skill 1: Chilling Touch

Imbue the user’s next attack with the ice attribute. Attack +60%. Slow the target’s movement speed and casting speed by 6% (+0.5)% (Max 5 stacks).

Sub-skill 2: Ice Imprisonment (Requirement: Talon Realm)

Trap the target within the ice, preventing them from using their ability and skill for 3.4 seconds.

Sub-skill 3: Glacial Blast (Requirement: Wing Realm)

Form a sphere of extreme ice, hitting the target causing 500% of attack damage. A successful hit can instantly shatter a cultivator with one level above the user to a thousand pieces of ice.

Ability 1: Last Dance Curse Level 10

Increase the user’s power level by 1 for 14 (+16) minutes. However, the user must collect 10 souls within 14 (+16) minutes. Otherwise, the user’s level will be decreased by 2.

Ability 2: Momentum Eyes Level 10

The user can see the momentum and projectile of every object within 65 (+69) meters.

Ability 3: Evil Cyclone Level 10

Every time the user’s melee attack hits the target, one cyclone will be generated and can be used to either attack or heal the user’s injury at a maximum of 10 Evil Cyclones at a time.

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Feng Luotian furrowed his brows when he noticed [!] symbol after the level info. He tapped to see what it was about.

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[!] Required 100 collected souls of Talon Warriors to upgrade to One Talon.

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“WHAT?!”

A loud scream from Feng Luotian jolted the crowd. They were already afraid and trembling at the presence of Head Grabbing Demon. Their nerves were already so tense that their scalp turned numb. Those who got their heads taken off by him earlier were either running away or falling butt-first to the ground.

Sensing the reactions from the crowd, Feng Luotian gave a friendly smile and apologized: “I’m sorry. I just remembered that I forgot to water my plants this morning.”

They rolled their eyes at him. Some believed, and some others did not. Anyway, this demon was not planning to go rampage outside the arena. That was enough for them to relax their minds.

Wei Ci softly chuckled and asked: “Did you really? Is watering the plants so important that you have to act in such a way, Brother Feng?”

Feng Luotian continued acting: “What? I love my plants, really. They made my day every morning. It would be unfortunate if they died on me.”

“Never mind.” Wei Ci gave up after realizing that he would not get any more precise answer.

After everyone’s attention switched to the fight on the stage, Feng Luotian was back to himself, thinking: “Kronos, you got to be kidding me! You expect me to kill a hundred Talon Warriors before I can reach Talon Realm myself?! Where will I find this many Talon Warriors to kill? Hah! Hopefully, there is a raid mission to obliterate some evil organization. I have to ask Uncle Mei for this kind of mission after the Feather Ranking Competition ends.”

After the eighteenth round of the Prelim, Feng Luotian, Mei Yue’er, Sun Wuji, Tu Lingxi, He Chen, Wei Ci, and Ying Lizhua were all winning in streaks. Every one of them got 90 points.

Feng Luotian’s stat had gone up to Ten Fangs (25%).

On the nineteenth round, Feng Luotian entered the arena together with He Chen.

He Chen retrieved his rapier with a shaking hand. No one knew whether it was from fear or excitement. While smiling, he said: “I will be in your care this round, Brother Feng.”

Feng Luotian did not perform his crazy act this time around. He gave a smile to He Chen in return and said: “Do you want me to lower my cultivation to Seven Fangs when we fight?”

He Chen shook his head: “That would be unfair for everyone else. Let’s give it our best!”

“Okay, then.” Feng Luotian’s voice descended, followed by three consecutive sonic booms as he activated [Pinnacle Flash Lightning], [Underworld Physique], and [Whirlwind Armor].