Battle Through the Heavens: Inward Cultivation, Crying Xiao Yan

The puppet has now lost one of its arms.

The other hand was even more severely deformed.

The torso had several severely dented areas.

Xiao Yang was getting a little anxious.

If this continues, the puppets will become useless!

Now the puppets are using their shoulders to perform the Eight Extremes Collapse.

Xiao Yang hesitated for a while before finally making up his mind.

He was prepared to use 80% of his soul power to deliver a Soul-Chasing Blade to the Blazing Bear.

Only one-tenth of his soul power was reserved as a backup.

After making the decision, he first created a task.

[Mission: Use the Soul-Chasing Blade to assist the puppet in slaying the Exploding Flame Bear. Reward: Soul-Chasing Blade Proficiency +5, one Tier 4 Magic Core, one Fighting Spirit Puppet.]

Xiao Yang was taken aback when he saw the mission rewards.

They actually gave me a five-point proficiency bonus right away!

Although Xiao Yang could directly gain ten proficiency points by using the Soul-Chasing Blade to kill a fourth-tier magical beast on his own.

However, with his current proficiency with the Soul-Chasing Blade and his spiritual power, he simply cannot kill a fourth-order magical beast on his own.

He could only serve as an assistant.

Therefore, having five proficiency points is already quite good.

Without hesitation, he directly used 80% of his soul power to condense into a huge soul blade.

However, Xiao Yang did not attack immediately, but continued to press down.

As Xiao Yang compressed it with all his might, the Soul Blade became smaller and smaller.

The Soul Blade, originally two meters long, was compressed to a mere one meter.

Xiao Yang has also reached his limit.

Unbeknownst to him, during this process, the proficiency of his Soul Chaser Blade, which was originally at a minor level of 3/10, had increased to a minor level of 4/10.

I sensed that the Soul Blade had been compressed to its limit.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yang directly controlled the Soul Blade to shoot towards the Blazing Bear.

In just a moment, the Soul Blade pierced through the Blazing Bear's body and struck his soul.

At this moment, the Blazing Bear froze on the spot.

Not only that, the flames that were burning on his body suddenly went out.

"Roar!"

Immediately afterwards, the Blazing Bear let out a painful roar.

Then, he immediately rolled around on the ground, clutching his head.

"Waaah!"

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yang was overjoyed.

Ignoring his own exhaustion, he ordered the puppets to quickly advance and attack the Blazing Bear.

The Blazing Bear couldn't even sense that the puppet was rapidly attacking it.

It was still rolling on the ground, clutching its head, and letting out a few mournful cries.

"Waaah—"

The next moment, the puppet unleashed the Eight Extremes Collapse, ramming its shoulder into the head of the Blazing Bear.

"Boom!"

This attack directly slammed the Blazing Bear's head into the ground, creating a huge crater.

The Blazing Bear immediately stopped moving.

Xiao Yang cautiously stepped forward to take a look.

Blazing Bear is seriously injured and unconscious.

Now I'm exhaling more than I'm inhaling, and half of my face is sunken in.

He was preparing to create a mission to finish off the enemy with the Nine Flame Fist.

Unfortunately, it failed.

It might be because the task was relatively easy.

After all, given the current state of the Blazing Bear, it would likely die soon even if left unattended.

He then simply let the puppet throw a punch at will.

This punch didn't even use any fighting techniques.

This final attack was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

As the punch landed, a system notification sound immediately rang in Xiao Yang's mind.

[Mission: Use the Soul-Chasing Blade to assist the puppet in slaying the Exploding Flame Bear. Reward: Soul-Chasing Blade Proficiency +5, one Tier 4 Magic Core, one Fighting Spirit Puppet. Completed. Claim reward?]

Xiao Yang did not hesitate and immediately accepted the reward.

The puppet then came to Xiao Yang's side to protect him.

This is the territory of the Blazing Bear, and it's usually safe as no monsters come here.

A wealth of insights about the Soul-Chasing Blade flowed into Xiao Yang's mind.

He quickly digested these insights.

After regaining consciousness, Xiao Yang immediately took out the newly acquired Fighting Spirit Puppet.

This puppet is completely black, just like the original one.

The two are practically identical.

However, after two fierce battles, the puppet is now in a terrible state.

Xiao Yang picked up the severed arm and came to the puppet.

He didn't know how to repair it, so he could only keep it for now.

Chapter 97 The Treasure of the Bear's Den

Xiao Yang had no choice but to store the severed arm in the system space.

However, at that moment, his soul power was discovered.

The puppet's other arm was severely deformed and partially broken.

At the point of breakage, it began to slowly glue itself back together!

Although this speed is very slow.

At this rate, it will take at least three days to fully bond.

However, it is true that a little bit has already been glued together!

If it weren't for his powerful spiritual energy, he wouldn't be able to see it with the naked eye.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yang was overjoyed.

Without hesitation, he aligned the joint of the severed arm with the puppet's shoulder.

Then he tied it with a rope.

After doing all this, he replaced the fourth-order magic core, which had only a little energy left, with the new core to make the most of it.

Anyway, let's use up the energy in this one first, and then use another one.

Xiao Yang didn't put away the other puppet either.

Although I knew there was probably no danger inside the cave.

However, he felt it was better to be cautious.

The reason he claimed the reward so quickly was to first obtain a intact puppet to protect himself.

With one intact puppet and one half-crippled puppet beside him, Xiao Yang's sense of security increased dramatically.

He glanced at his system panel and discovered that the Soul Chaser Blade had already reached the minor completion level of 9/10!

In other words, as long as you complete one more proficiency task, you can raise the proficiency of the Soul Chaser Blade to the highest level.

Without hesitation, he created a task.

[Task: Raise the proficiency of the Soul-Chasing Blade to Mastery. Reward: Spirit +1, Comprehension +1, one bottle of Tier 4 Rejuvenation Pill.]

It was actually a Rejuvenation Pill!

Xiao Yang had also heard of this elixir.

One Rejuvenation Pill is enough to fully restore the soul power of a fourth-grade alchemist!

Although Xiao Yang's soul power is much stronger than that of a fourth-grade alchemist.

However, even one of these would be enough to restore about 30% of his soul power.

The main advantage is the fast recovery speed!

This could save your life in a critical moment!

He planned to find a third-tier magical beast as soon as possible and kill it with the Soul-Chasing Blade.

Alternatively, go and kill nine Tier 2 monsters.

Of course, before that, we need to confirm whether there is a path leading underground.

Xiao Yang arrived at the corpse of the Blazing Bear, opened its head, which was half-dented, and took out the fourth-order magic core inside.

Next, Xiao Yang sorted and categorized the materials from the Blazing Bear, such as its hide, meat, blood, and beast fire.

After extracting a dozen or so drops of essence blood from the bear blood, he stored all of these materials in his storage ring.

Then, he began to sit cross-legged on the ground to recover his spiritual power.

The two puppets stood dutifully not far from Xiao Yang, guarding the cave from opposite directions.

……

Soon, as time passed, Xiao Yang's soul power and fighting spirit were finally restored.

He opened his eyes, got up, and led the two puppets into the cave.

The newly acquired puppet scouts ahead, while the half-crippled puppet follows fifty meters behind.

After going about 100 meters deeper, Xiao Yang found a fork in the road.

The road to the left, illuminated by the firelight, stretched as far as the eye could see.

This side road is not deep, only about ten meters long.

At the end of the fork in the road were some dry grass and leaves.

There is also a stone.

There is a small dent on the stone.

The dent is very smooth.

Judging from its shape, it should be the marks left by the Blazing Bear leaning against the rock for a long time.

This is clearly the lair of the Blazing Bear.

The den smelled bad, and there were many bear paw prints on the ground.

When he arrived here, he also noticed that the fire elemental energy of heaven and earth was somewhat active.

No wonder the Blazing Bear likes to stay here.

This place is very likely the location of the path to the Spirit Fire of Ten Thousand Beasts.