Chapter 26
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In the spirit hunting forest, we can see Lin Feng trained by Aria.
''Hmm, I'm still curious about that medicinal herb.'' Lin Feng thought while dodging Aria's kick, which almost touches his chest.
''Master, you need to focus!'' Aria stated while staring at him.
''Ah, my bad,'' Lin Feng replied wryly.
Aria's keep attacking him until she changes her attack pattern, which caught Lin Feng off guard!
''Flickering steps,'' He muttered while increasing his movement speed and leaving a faint shadow that got attacked by Aria's kick.
*Bam!*
*Crack!*
The attack landed perfectly on the ground as a crack created by Aria's sheer kick.
''Every time her kick almost touches me, Aria is always decreasing her strength,'' Lin Feng muttered.
''But...'' He added while looking at the cracked ground.
(Isn't this a little too much) He thought with a wry smile on his face.
''Master breathing has become more refined,'' Aria muttered with a little surprise by her Master growing speed.
''But, he can't constantly maintain this breathing pattern.'' She added with a frown.
''Master...''
''Is there any problem, Aria?'' Lin Feng tilted his head.
''I will start using a spear from now on,'' She calmly said while taking a spear from her maid outfit.
''Eh?'' Lin Feng dazed, but Aria's already dashed forward while pointing her spear toward him.
*Klank!*
Lin Feng is instantly taking sword birth out and successfully defending Aria's spear attack.
''Kuh,'' Lin Feng feels Aria's leg got planted into his stomach.
''You use your leg,'' He said with a low voice.
''I never said not using my leg...'' Aria responded while kicking Lin Feng away toward a medium-sized tree.
*Cough!*
''Uugh,'' Lin Feng groaned as his body got bumped into the tree.
(She had no mercy!) Lin Feng thought while feeling a little pain from his back and stomach.
''Focus,'' Aria calmly said while dashed again toward Lin Feng and punch out her fist.
''Huu...'' Lin Feng hurriedly lifting his body from the ground and controlling his breathing.
''Energy Burst!'' He shouted while reinforcing his body with spirit energy and punching out his fist toward Aria's fist.
*Bam!*
A muffled sound got created by their punch!
''Mm, Master's energy burst has become better.'' Aria nodded in satisfaction, ''But, it's not enough!''
*Bang!*
Aria kicked Lin Feng on the stomach, which makes him gasping and falls to the ground while groaned in pain.
*Gasp!*
''Uugh...''
''You're not showing any mercy, no?'' Lin Feng stated while in pain as he curled his body and hugging his own stomach.
''This needed in order to make you strong, Master!'' Aria responded without any reaction like this is normal for her.
Lin Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard Aria's words.
''Sigh, let's continue,'' He said with a wry smile.
''Mm...''
Two of them keep training for almost three hours as suddenly Aria's averted her gaze toward the east and Grey's notification comes into Lin Feng's head.
[Ding!]
[There is a horde of spirit beast rushing toward your direction!]
''Huh?'' Lin Feng tilted his head as he heard a sound of roar and howls coming into their direction.
''Master!'' Aria said while carried Lin Feng on her back and running away!
''Hmm?''
''What happens!'' Lin Feng muttered with a frown as they've arrived at the top of an enormous rock around twenty meters high, where he could see a group of people running away from a spirit beast horde.
''Why are they being chased by the spirit beast horde?''
[They mostly taking something valuable from those spirit beast, Host]
''Oh, is it the rumored medicinal herb?'' Lin Feng is curiously staring at the group.
''Grey, can you estimate the cultivation age of those spirit beasts?'' He asked while looking at the spirit beast horde.
[Affirmative]
[Scanning...]
[...]
[This spirit beast horde had cultivation age around 300-1000 year old]
''Three hundred to one thousand years old, huh.'' Lin Feng muttered with a nod.
''Whats about spirit master group strength?''
[They had three spirit grandmasters and two-spirit elders]
''Oh, they had a decent strength for independent spirit master group.''
Lin Feng already had a rough estimate of the strength of soul masters in the spirit hunting town as he never sees a single spirit king.
''Almost all the guards had a strength of spirit elder while few of them is spirit ancestor.'' He muttered with a frown.
Lin Feng once heard a rumor.
There is a dangerous spirit beast existing in the core area of the forest. This spirit beast had a cultivation age of ten thousand years!
''If ten thousand years rampaging on the spirit hunting town, no one can defeat it.'' He added with a frown, but Aria had a battle power of spirit king.
''It should be fine...''
Lin Feng really trusts his maid, and if she can't defeat the spirit beast, they could directly run away with Kro's superior speed.
[Ding!]
[Quest!]
''Really?'' Lin Feng tilted his head as he already has a guess what kind of Quest will he get.
[Name: Saving the group!]
[Description: a group of soul masters is in a dangerous situation, and if this keeps happens, they mostly will die!]
[Reward: 5 common summoning scrolls and the record of spirit beast(pieces)]
''Uh, I knew it,'' Lin Feng sighed while reading the Description of the Quest, which brings out a wry smile on his face.
''Hmm?''
''The record of spirit beast!'' Lin Feng muttered with a little surprise.
[Do you want to accept the saving the group!]
[Y/N]
''Yes...'' Lin Feng replied.
''Aria, let's go!''
''Mm,'' Aria nodded.
Meanwhile, a group of the soul master had a grim expression on their face.
''We mostly will die in here...'' said the group leader, which is a man with a scar on his left face and a sharp sword on his left hand.
''Don't say that, captain!''
''Hahaha, what can we do?''
''Even though I was a soul elder, we have too much enemy to be handled!'' The captain said with a bitter smile.
''Hmm?''
''Something is coming!'' The captain stated with a frown.
''Is that?''
''Cold Maid Goddes!''
''And Wolf-Masked Young Master!''
''Uugh, I don't want to be called that.'' Lin Feng muttered as he landed in the tree branches.
''Aria!''
''Un,'' Aria nodded while walking toward the spirit beast horde with a spear in her hand.