Chapter 11

As the black sword light swept towards the green figure, Jing Yan's body simultaneously moved a meter to the left.

Whether it was the sweeping sword shadow or the body's lateral movement, Jing Yan's actions had a lead time that others could not understand.

A sound of the sword piercing flesh followed.

The Wind Shadow Wolf's cry suddenly became shrill.

A spray of blood gushed out, and the Wind Shadow Wolf's pair of black claws grazed past Jing Yan's chest.

The Wind Shadow Wolf's speed was incredibly fast. If Jing Yan had not made sufficient predictions and taken preemptive action, this confrontation would have resulted in Jing Yan being injured instead of the Wind Shadow Wolf.

Jing Yan's sword pierced the Wind Shadow Wolf, and he took a deep breath. After a slight shake of his head, his body lunged forward again.

Although he had made sufficient predictions, due to his own strength, his primordial energy was slightly weaker. Therefore, this sword strike did not cause enough damage to the Wind Shadow Wolf.

"If I had the Fifth Heaven of Martial Dao realm, this sword strike would have incapacitated the Wind Shadow Wolf."

"Trying to escape?"

The corners of Jing Yan's mouth twitched. At this point, there was no way he would let the Wind Shadow Wolf escape. His body lunged forward to deliver the second strike.

The first strike hit the Wind Shadow Wolf's hind leg.

For ordinary spirit beasts, being hit in the hind leg would not be a major injury. However, for the Wind Shadow Wolf, which heavily relied on speed, a damaged hind leg would significantly reduce its speed.

"Ji Ji!"

The Wind Shadow Wolf let out a frantic cry and rushed in one direction at high speed.

However, it never expected that a strange sword shadow had already approached its neck. The Wind Shadow Wolf was indeed formidable, making a difficult adjustment in mid-air to avoid the vital areas. Its body was extremely agile.

Jing Yan's long sword left another long wound on the Wind Shadow Wolf but did not kill it outright.

"I don't believe it," Jing Yan said with a cold laugh. His movements did not slow down. After the first strike failed, the next one was immediately completed.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, they might have thought their second strike would definitely kill the Wind Shadow Wolf, leading to a failure to complete the third strike in time. Even with an injured leg, the Wind Shadow Wolf's speed was still astonishing. For a Fourth Heaven of Martial Dao realm martial artist, if they failed to deliver the third strike in time, the Wind Shadow Wolf might have escaped. However, Jing Yan was not an ordinary martial artist. Although he had great confidence in his second strike, he did not place all his hopes on it.

Seeing that the second strike did not kill the Wind Shadow Wolf, Jing Yan's third strike, with unparalleled speed, stabbed the Wind Shadow Wolf again.

Even with its incredible speed, the Wind Shadow Wolf had no chance of escaping under these three consecutive strikes.

"Clap!"

The Flowing Light Sword was retracted, and the Wind Shadow Wolf's green body fell straight to the ground.

"Finally killed this beast." Only then did Jing Yan let out a sigh of relief.

However, Jing Yan did not rashly approach the Wind Shadow Wolf. Instead, he stabbed its neck again, severing its head. The Wind Shadow Wolf was extremely cunning, and Jing Yan was worried it might feign death and counterattack when he got close. But if he severed its head, there would be no problem.

"It's time to harvest." A slight smile appeared on Jing Yan's lips as he began to prepare to skin the Wind Shadow Wolf.

At this moment, a change suddenly occurred in the Wind Shadow Wolf's body.

"Hmm?" Jing Yan's body paused, and the Flowing Light Sword flashed, ready for battle.

However, his guard quickly turned into intense joy.

He saw a yellow glow slowly rise from the Wind Shadow Wolf's body. This glow did not dissipate into the air but quickly condensed into a fist-sized sphere.

"Soul Crystal, it's actually a Soul Crystal!" Even Jing Yan found it hard to calm his emotions. He never expected this Wind Shadow Wolf to have produced a Soul Crystal.

Jing Yan was not unfamiliar with Soul Crystals. He had seen and even obtained one before. Because he had obtained one before, he understood the effects and value of a Soul Crystal even more clearly.

A Soul Crystal is a special substance produced within a spirit beast, but only a very small number of spirit beasts can produce one.

It is said that the probability of a spirit beast producing a Soul Crystal is about one in ten thousand. In other words, out of ten thousand spirit beasts, only one can produce a Soul Crystal. This shows how rare Soul Crystals are.

Of course, Soul Crystals are not all the same. There are low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade Soul Crystals. However, even a low-grade Soul Crystal is of immeasurable value. The benefits of a Soul Crystal to a martial artist are indescribable.

To put it simply, if Jing Yan obtained a Soul Crystal in the Blackstone Mountains and other martial artists in the Blackstone Mountains found out, he would face endless pursuit and killing until he fled to his family. Even if he safely returned to his family, he would not be able to keep the Soul Crystal. The higher-ups in his family would certainly make him hand it over. Of course, if he were the former first genius of Donglin City, his family might not force him to hand it over.

The allure of a Soul Crystal is that great.

"Is my luck really this outrageous?" Jing Yan took several deep breaths to barely calm his excitement.

He widened his eyes, looked around to ensure no one else was there, and then quickly put away the yellow Soul Crystal.

Next, Jing Yan skinned the Wind Shadow Wolf, cut off its pair of black front claws, and took the fur and claws with him.

Jing Yan left the scene as quickly as possible, not daring to stay a moment longer.

Only after he was ten miles away from the scene of the Wind Shadow Wolf's death did Jing Yan slightly relax, his eyes shining brightly.

At this moment, Jing Yan quickly recalled the process of his battle with the Wind Shadow Wolf, absorbing the experience. If he encountered a Wind Shadow Wolf again, he was confident he could kill it more easily.

If it were known that a Fourth Heaven of Martial Dao realm martial artist had single-handedly killed a Wind Shadow Wolf, no one would believe it. Everyone would scoff and consider it nonsense, an impossible feat.

Perhaps only Jing Yan could achieve this. Any other mid-level martial artist would not have such terrifying predictive abilities.

Jing Yan's battle with the Wind Shadow Wolf did not take too much time, but the danger involved was only known to him. He knew that he could kill the Wind Shadow Wolf because he had cultivated the First Divine Technique of the Azure Sky. Without this technique, he would have certainly died at the hands of the Wind Shadow Wolf today.