And so, seven days passed. Long Haochen had progressed from being able to endure only half an hour in the antlion’s nest to now being able to endure an additional quarter of an hour.

After soaking in the hot spring and having dinner, Long Haochen obediently waited for Xingyu’s instruction. After this week of cultivation, his feelings towards Xingyu were not just respect, but awe and fear from the bottom of his heart.

“There’s no need to continue tonight, go home. But don’t interrupt your meditation. Come back early tomorrow morning.” Xingyu tossed Long Haochen a bottle of Primordial Nurturing Fluid, waved his hand, and indicated that he could leave.

Long Haochen felt as if a great burden had been lifted. He bowed to Xingyu and ran out of the wooden house as fast as he could. He could finally go home!

Watching his departing figure, a smile that Long Haochen had never seen before appeared on Xingyu’s lips. “Silly boy, have you forgotten where this is? Three years, I can only stay here for three years, and I will have you learn everything I know at all times.”

The feeling of lightness in his body was wonderful. Long Haochen felt the changes in his body as he ran down the mountain.

In just one week, he found that all his senses had become significantly enhanced. Although he suffered miserably in the antlion’s nest, he had different feelings every time he went there. After at least a week, he was now able to systematically resist the antlions’ attacks from all directions. His reaction speed was also much faster than when he first arrived.

The biggest change was in his physical condition. Although he hadn’t tested it, Long Haochen was certain that his spiritual energy had increased. At least by two points. And that was just in a week!

Although he had to endure such painful training every day and didn’t even have time to sleep, after a week, his originally thin body had become noticeably stronger, and his complexion was much rosier. Besides eating well, it was naturally due to the hot springs he soaked in every day.

Long Haochen didn’t know that the combined effect of the hot spring and medicinal herbs was called “Marrow Cleansing and Bone Tempering.”

As he ran excitedly down the mountain, a faint, fishy smell suddenly caught his attention.

The week of training against the antlion swarm hadn’t been in vain. Without even thinking, Long Haochen instantly stopped and leaped to the side, simultaneously drawing a pair of bamboo swords from his back.

With a whoosh, a dark shadow passed right where he would have been. It was almost dusk, and Long Haochen could clearly see what had attacked him.

Over four feet long, completely black, with short, thick limbs supporting its body, dense scales growing on its back, a barbed tail constantly wagging behind it, and a pair of brown eyes staring at him.

“A magical beast?” Long Haochen couldn’t help but exclaim in a low voice, his heart instantly filled with tension.

Xingyu taught him various knowledge every day, including introductions to magical beasts. He had “just happened” to talk about this kind of magical beast a few days ago.

The Scorpion-Tailed Lizard, a first-tier, intermediate-level magical beast. Roughly equivalent to a human’s spiritual energy of thirty to fifty in various professions.

Each tier of magical beasts is divided into four levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and peak. The biggest difference between them and wild beasts is that they can use spiritual energy to enhance themselves or attack enemies.

First-tier magical beasts are relatively weak. They generally don’t have the ability to use spiritual energy to attack enemies, they can only enhance themselves. This Scorpion-Tailed Lizard is like that. It is a carnivorous magical beast with a certain amount of defensive power in its back scales, a poisonous tail hook, and a weak point on its belly. However, it usually crawls on the ground to attack, so it rarely exposes its belly.

The Scorpion-Tailed Lizard’s brown eyes looked fiercely at Long Haochen, its mouth opening to reveal rows of white teeth, seemingly wondering how long such a small human could last.

Facing a magical beast for the first time, Long Haochen felt the hairs on his back stand on end. He gripped the bamboo swords tightly but didn’t act rashly, nor did he turn and run. It was already difficult for the nine-year-old to remain calm at this time, because he remembered that Xingyu had said that the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard’s short-distance burst speed was extremely fast. He had also taught him that as a knight, he should never leave his back exposed to the enemy.

Whoosh—, the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard wasn’t going to give him more time to think. Its thick, powerful limbs pushed off the ground, and it lunged straight at Long Haochen, trying to bite his thigh.

At this moment, the hellish training of the past seven days came into play. Almost as a completely instinctive reaction, Long Haochen stepped to the left, simultaneously swinging the pair of bamboo swords in his hands, hitting the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard’s head.

The reason he stepped to the side instead of retreating was because Xingyu had taught him that one shouldn’t retreat easily without being sure of the terrain behind him, otherwise, being affected by the unknown terrain could easily put him in a passive position. The side was different; he could see it with the corner of his eye and also dodge at the same time.

With two dull thuds, the bamboo swords, although tough, were light and didn’t have much destructive power. They landed on the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard as if hitting worn leather. But Long Haochen now wasn’t the same as he was when he first took the squire knight exam. The output of nearly thirty points of spiritual energy forcibly smashed the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard back to the ground.

But the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard’s attack didn’t end there. As its body hit the ground, its poisonous-hooked tail swept over.

Again relying entirely on reaction speed, Long Haochen leaped up, jumping over three feet high, and simultaneously blocked the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard’s attack with his right sword.

The simple exchange gave Long Haochen confidence. After blocking the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard’s attack twice in a row, he was surprised to find that magical beasts weren’t that scary after all. At the same time, some of the pent-up resentment he had accumulated over the past seven days was also dispelled at this time. Compared to seven days ago, his strength was greater, and his reaction was faster. Undoubtedly, this was all due to Teacher Xingyu. He had never progressed this quickly before! Although the experience in the antlion’s nest always woke him up in nightmares, he had to admit that the effect was indeed good.

The Scorpion-Tailed Lizard wasn’t going to give up so easily. Missing its attack, it pounced at Long Haochen again. Moreover, this time its body seemed to have expanded a bit.

Because Long Haochen was slightly distracted after dealing with its first round of attacks, his reaction was a bit slower this time, but he still managed to slash at it with the bamboo sword. However, this time the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard wasn’t knocked to the ground.

Not good, this is its self-strengthening charge skill. Surprised, Long Haochen’s bamboo sword was knocked away, and his body lost its balance and fell backward.

The Scorpion-Tailed Lizard’s hideous mouth was right in front of him. The intense sense of crisis instantly caused Long Haochen’s pupils to constrict violently, and something seemed to explode in his brain.

In that instant, he suddenly felt that the Scorpion-Tailed Lizard so close to him had slowed down. Every movement of its body and the angle at which he was falling backward were extremely clear.

If someone could see Long Haochen’s eyes at this moment, they would find that in the center of his azure eyes, the pupils had constricted to the size of a pinprick, but his gaze was extremely calm, and vaguely, there was a kind of cold, ruthless light that ordinary people didn’t have.

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Long Haochen shouts to the sky: “The power of faith is endless. As long as I have enough favorites, I can kill you with one sword and bury you with recommendation votes.”

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