Chapter 6: Desperate Situation

  The leaves rustled softly as Tang Lin's figure flashed by, like a residual shadow approaching the waterfall, his palm instantly drawing out the war knife 'Black Tooth' from his waist.

  When going out, his father, worried about his safety, gave him this battle knife.

  A flash of cold steel light flickered across 'Pei's eyes, and he turned his head back in surprise, only to see a human child running towards him at incredible speed.

  A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of 'Pi', it let out a shrill cry, and its fur stood on end with a faint yellow glow. The spring water behind it suddenly churned up like a dragon rising from the depths, and crashed down towards Tang Lin with a loud roar.

  Tang Lin had anticipated this and dodged it with a swift movement of his body.

  After getting to know Xiao Hui, during his daily training, Xiao Hui would tell him about the living habits and abilities of some monsters. Generally, a hundred-year-old demon can possess spiritual intelligence, and when it evolves into a monster, it can master transformation, control water, fire, sand, and stone, making it extremely difficult to deal with.

  Whoosh!

  Tang Lin swung his battle knife and chopped forward.

  Although he obtained the "Dragon Blood Classic", it was a body-refining martial art, and there were no descriptions of weapon moves in it. He could only rely on his memory of the postures he had seen to launch an attack.

  At first, when he saw Tang Lin's speed, his heart was still heavy, but after seeing this clumsy knife technique, the vigilance in his eyes faded a lot. Having lived here for over 300 years and seen countless humans, even some weak humans' knife techniques were far superior to Tang Lin's.

  Whoosh!

  He dodged the fierce slash with a gentle turn of his body, then stood still, slightly raising his head as if looking down at Tang Lin.

  Tang Lin's eyebrows furrowed, his hand tightened around the war knife, and he frantically hacked with great force. Each slash stirred up a gust of wind, lifting the sand and rocks on the ground as if they were about to swirl up.

  Whoosh! Whoosh!

  The willow branch dodged and weaved, completely untouched by the war knife, sometimes manipulating the water flow to shoot at Tang Lin, but was avoided by him.

  "How detestable!" Tang Lin was furious in his heart, "In terms of dodging ability, I'm not weak at all. However, when it comes to offense, I completely lack any technique. If this continues, I'll just be wasting my energy for nothing!"

  Boom!

  A flash of knife light, blocking a water pillar rushing towards him.

  Tang Lin gasped slightly, knowing that if he continued like this, he would inevitably lose. He made a swift decision and turned around to flee rapidly.

  "Want to leave?" This 'Phoenix' spat out a clear and crisp female voice, with enchanting charm and coldness, "Enter my territory, still want to leave? Die!"

  It shook its body and caught up with Tang Lin, using its antlers to charge at him.

  Tang Lin's eyes turned cold, his palm gripped tightly on the war knife, and he chopped fiercely towards the deer horn.

  Clang!

  A metallic sound rang out, and Tang Lin only felt that he was chopped on the stone, the huge shockwave made his arm numb.

  And that 'Pi' even rolled over, flipping forward and backward, and when it got back up, its clear eyes turned a fierce red, "You're dead, how dare you hurt me, lowly human, don't think about leaving!"

  It flashed its body and caught up with Tang Lin, manipulating the stones on the ground to shoot at Tang Lin like a hail of bullets.

  Tang Lin's heart skipped a beat, his war knife swiftly swung back and forth, relying on his powerful hearing to discern the position of the stones, dancing in front of him like a knife curtain shield.

  Pffft! Pffft!

  Although the war knife was swung almost densely, there were still a few stones that passed through the war knife and hit his chest. Although some of the impact was absorbed by the coarse leather, it still felt somewhat painful.

  Tang Lin realized his predicament. In terms of speed, he was far from being a match for this 'Pi'. Although he had more strength, his moves were disorganized and couldn't hit it.

  If this continues, either I'll be exhausted to death or played to death.

  "Am I going to die here?" Tang Lin gritted his teeth in his heart, but at this desperate moment, he didn't feel panicked, and suddenly became calm.

  "My father once said, 'Use stillness to control movement.' Tang Lin gripped his battle knife tightly, standing in place, adjusting his breathing rhythm, and focusing his gaze on 'Pi'. In his heart, he thought: 'I'm still too impulsive. Hunting is not a game, and who knows how many people have died at the hands of these monsters? Rushing out to fight without a complete plan is simply seeking death.'"

  That's the lack of experience.

  I'm still too young.

  Seeing Tang Lin standing quietly there, this 'Pi' did not rush to attack. The series of flying sand and walking stones and water flows that were summoned earlier had consumed a lot of its spiritual energy. The strength of the human in front of it exceeded its expectations. Although his knife skills were not refined, he was definitely not someone who could be killed in a short time.

  "I don't believe he can outlast me." Mu Yan thought to herself.

  One man and one beast stood still by the pond, each recovering their strength, waiting for the next battle.

  The sky was getting darker, Tang Lin's physical strength had almost recovered, but he didn't hurry to leave. He knew that as soon as he made a move, the pheasant would attack again.

  He simply took out a fire from his bundle, searched for some dry branches in the nearby woods, lit them into a bonfire, and then took out dried rations to eat.

  "There are only ten days' worth of dry rations in the bundle." Tang Lin furrowed his brow, "We must think of a way to escape within ten days, otherwise we might starve to death."

  Whoosh!

  A stone flew straight at him.

  Tang Lin was always on high alert, and with a swift grab of his hand, he pinched the stone tightly. He raised his head to look at "Pi" and said calmly: "Your disturbance is meaningless, either we have an all-out war or you behave yourself."

  "Hmm!" Pi Liang snorted, proudly raising his neck and walking to the clear spring to drink water.

  Tang Lin ate his dry rations and stood up, exercising his limbs. He picked up the Black Toothed Blade and walked towards "Pi".

  The knife tip slightly lifted, and the stone on the ground was flicked flying.

  With a flash of his body, he dodged and opened up, coldly smiling at Tang Lin: "Relying on your clumsy swordsmanship, wanting to hit me is simply wishful thinking!"

  "I know." Tang Lin smiled slightly and flicked his wrist, tossing the war knife to the side into the sandy soil, saying: "Get ready, I'm going to attack."

  "Didn't you use a knife?"

  Tang Lin sneered and said, "Among all the weapons, fists are the ultimate way." As soon as he finished speaking, his body flashed and shot towards 'Pi' like a flowing light.

  "Looking for death!" In his eyes, a fierce light flashed, and the brilliance on his body shone brightly. The sand and gravel on the ground rolled up, crazily pounding towards Tang Lin like a violent rainstorm.

  "Qiang Long Jin!" Tang Lin let out a low growl, his entire body tensed up and ready to strike, facing the dense stone wall, his fists flew out like a mad shadow.

  Boom boom boom boom...

  The stone hit his fist, and Tang Lin's fist bones were tempered like steel, smashing the stone into powder, and a layer of stone dust exploded in front of him.

  Whoosh!

  Tang Lin's body burst out, his eyes flashing with cold light, as he approached 'Pi' and struck a heavy blow to its side with his fist while it was momentarily stunned.

  "Inner power!" Tang Lin's fist pushed forward, and a surge of inner energy drilled into Pi's body, shooting towards the heart.

  His face turned pale with fright, he hastily mobilized the power in his body to resist, and his body quickly dodged, just in time to dissolve this inner force.

  "What kind of fist technique is this, it's actually powerful enough to penetrate through the back of the fist." Zuo was shocked in his heart.

  If it hadn't dodged quickly just now, Tang Lin's inner energy would have slowly penetrated, and at that time, he would really be unable to resist, and could only wait for death.

  As he saw Pi step aside, Tang Lin's eyebrows furrowed and he thought to himself: "Indeed, I still haven't fully mastered this set of fist techniques. Otherwise, there would be no need to throw a punch; just by stepping on the ground, the internal energy could be transmitted within a radius of two zhang, and it would be possible to harm anyone anywhere. If one could reach the legendary 'Transcending the Ordinary' realm, perhaps even punching the air would allow for killing someone from a distance."

  Whether it's fist method or weapon style, the highest state is transcending the ordinary and entering the sacred. Once the fist method enters the realm of transcending the ordinary and entering the sacred, its power will increase by hundreds of times. Even an ordinary fist method can exhibit earth-shaking power.

  After the previous blow, 'Pi' was somewhat wary of Tang Lin in his heart and did not dare to get close to him. He could only stand far away and use his spiritual power to control the sand, stones, and water flow to attack.

  Boom!

  Tang Lin's fist smashed open the stone, and his skin was slightly red and swollen. Although his fists were hard, he couldn't bear smashing thousands of stones in a row.

  Tang Lin gritted his teeth, ignoring the pain of his injuries, and continued to fight with his fists.

  After midnight.

  Tang Lin and "Pi" were still unable to gain the upper hand, fighting evenly, Tang Lin's physical strength was exhausted, hugging his war knife and leaning on a rock, closing his eyes.

  Whoosh!

  A stone flew over.

  Tang Lin swung his fist and shattered a stone, still with his eyes closed, saying: "Don't do anything meaningless."

  "Hmph!" Bing Leng said coldly: "My spiritual power is strong, I can stay up all night without a problem, but you humans are different. I'll make sure you don't sleep, let's see what you can do to me?" As he spoke, another stone shot out.

  Tang Lin's eyebrows slightly furrowed, he hadn't expected the demon to be so shameless. He reached out with his hand and caught the stone, after a moment, another gust of wind came, and he immediately stretched out his hand again to catch it.

  Under the harassment of this pigeon, he couldn't sleep peacefully at all.

  To maintain his spirit, Tang Lin had no choice but to close his eyes and enter a state of light sleep. At the slightest rustle of wind or movement of grass, he would immediately wake up with a start.

  One man and one beast dragged each other on like this until dawn broke, when Tang Lin ate some dry rations and continued to fight the wolf.

  Time flies.

  Soft and fluffy snowflakes gently fell from the sky, piling up on the treetops, and drifted away with a gentle breeze.

  Tang Lin leaned against the rock, his rough leather armor covered in countless scars, his originally smooth and shiny black hair now somewhat disheveled, but his eyes shone like snow, full of sharp light.

  He took out the last piece of dry rations from his bundle, and instead of saving it, he quickly ate it up. Feeling a bit full in the stomach, he stood up, patted the dust off his buttocks, and looked towards the 'cypress' by the spring water.

  "Little deer, let's begin." Tang Lin said with a smile.

  He let out a cold snort, stood up from the edge of the spring, and his figure flashed, sweeping in like a gentle breeze. The sand and gravel on the ground around him immediately rolled up, wrapping around Tang Lin like a hurricane.

  Tang Lin smiled and walked into the storm of stones.

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