95: Kong Mingcao

Huilong Mountain.

"Roar!"

With a roar, a Yao Beast over three meters tall, covered in green scales and shaped like a lion-tiger, lunged at Mo Fan.

Mo Fan, sporting two panda eyes, unhurriedly cast an Appraisal Technique at it, looking somewhat listless.

The azure Virtual panel flashed, and the appraisal information instantly appeared.

[Green-Scaled Beast, Peak of Innate Realm cultivation, agile, enduring stamina, astonishing defense, strong explosive power, capable of fighting above its rank.]

Seeing this appraisal result, Mo Fan’s eyes lit up, and he immediately perked up.

He had been at Huilong Mountain for three or four days, heading deeper into the forest.

Along the way, he had encountered quite a few Yao Beasts.

The cultivation of these Yao Beasts was all below the Foundation Establishment Realm.

At first, Mo Fan had some expectations, wanting to test his combat strength to see what level he had reached.

Unfortunately, along the way, the Yao Beasts he encountered were all goods that couldn't even withstand a single punch from him.

Let alone using the Golden Body Art, even without using the Vajra Fist, Mo Fan could beat them to death in two or three punches.

What was even more outrageous was that these Yao Beasts were particularly unpalatable!

Not only was the meat sour and astringent, but it even had a urine-like smell when roasted; no matter how good the seasoning or how exquisite the culinary skills were, it couldn't be saved!

After trying a few times, Mo Fan completely gave up.

It wasn't that all Yao Beasts were unpalatable.

It was just that the meat quality of most Yao Beasts was not very good; it didn't taste tender at all, being either particularly tough or both sour and astringent.

Only a small portion of Yao Beasts had delicious meat that suited human tastes.

Unfortunately, Huilong Mountain didn't seem to have such Yao Beasts.

Otherwise, Mo Fan could have feasted to his heart's content.

Of course, this wasn't the main point.

The point was that Mo Fan wanted to test his combat strength but couldn't find an opponent.

And this Green-Scaled Beast at the Peak of Innate Realm before him was particularly suitable!

"High defense, high agility, high attack? This is a well-rounded Yao Beast! No wonder it can fight above its rank!"

"Being at the Peak of Innate Realm, it must possess Foundation Establishment combat strength!"

"Not bad, this is a formidable opponent, worth taking seriously!"

Mo Fan focused his mind and sidestepped like a phantom.

With a swish, the Green-Scaled Beast lunged into thin air; sand and stones flew, soil churned, and its sharp claws directly tore apart the mountain rocks on the ground.

"Roar!" The Green-Scaled Beast let out an angry roar and was about to turn around to continue its attack.

However, at this moment, Mo Fan moved.

He took a step forward, instantly formed a golden fist imprint, and smashed a punch down towards the Green-Scaled Beast's massive body.

Duang!

A sound like metal colliding rang out, sound waves spread, deafening, and the ground even trembled slightly.

To this, Mo Fan paid no attention; his face was even brimming with excitement.

"It actually wasn't punched through by me? Not bad, the defense is indeed astonishing!"

Seeing the Green-Scaled Beast block his strike, Mo Fan was overjoyed and, without thinking, prepared to clench his fist and fight again.

However, the next second, the smile on his face froze.

He saw the Green-Scaled Beast, having taken his punch, collapse to the ground, limbs twitching, vomiting blood after a few moments, and finally, with its four legs stretched out, it passed out.

Mo Fan: "?"

Are you playing dead?

Can't you just get up and have a proper fight?

Mo Fan, with a dark face, cautiously stepped forward to check.

A moment later, he was dumbfounded.

"This guy actually... died?"

"Its internal organs were displaced, who knows how many bones were broken, and its heart was even shattered into blood foam from the shock; this guy is just too fragile..."

"This was only one punch! You are at least an existence capable of wrestling with Foundation Establishment beings, can you not be so fragile?"

Mo Fan looked up at the sky, speechless.

What happened to the promised astonishing defense?

Just this?

Mo Fan was too exhausted to complain; in the end, he could only tearfully peel off the Green-Scaled Beast's pelt and store it in the system space.

This thing was good material for crafting armor; taking it back could fetch some money.

And this thing was actually not bad; it wasn't punched through by Mo Fan, so it could barely count as having astonishing defense.

After handling everything, Mo Fan continued to head deeper into the forest.

Through this battle, he had gained some understanding of his combat strength.

In the state of using the Vajra Fist, his combat strength was already comparable to a Yao Beast at the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment First Level or Second Level Yao Beasts might not even be his match.

If he added the Golden Body Art, under the burst, it was feared that even mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm Yao Beasts would be hard-pressed to be his match.

After opening the Qi Sea, all his bodily indicators rose sharply; even if he fully used the Golden Body Art, he could persist for a period of time.

Mo Fan still remembered when he had just learned the Golden Body Art, he could barely persist for even a second and had to settle for partial Golden Body transformation.

Now it was fine; he no longer had to worry about this problem; he could transform however he wanted.

The Qi Sea comparable to a star sea was no joke; other functions might not have been developed yet, but in terms of energy supply... it was enough!

After having a clear understanding of his combat strength, Mo Fan sped up and headed straight for the depths of the forest.

Besides the task of collecting Spirit Medicine.

He also had to search to see if he could find kongming grass and seven star vine.

The deeper he went, the more Spirit Medicine there was.

Two days later, on a night with bright moonlight, Mo Fan discovered the midnight star!

This thing appeared in a small cluster; Mo Fan put it into his bag, and it was directly more than half the collection amount!

Plus the Spirit Medicine collected in the previous days, the task was instantly completed!

After the task was completed, any Spirit Medicine collected afterward would count as Mo Fan's own.

Thinking this way, Mo Fan worked even harder.

These days, most of the Yao Beasts he encountered were still at the Innate cultivation level.

Only occasionally could he encounter one or two Yao Beasts at the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Through battling Yao Beasts, Mo Fan's understanding of his combat strength became clearer.

...

In the blink of an eye, nine days passed.

By this time, Mo Fan had penetrated into the core area of Huilong Mountain.

Here, Foundation Establishment Realm Yao Beasts were rampant; one could encounter a Foundation Establishment Realm Yao Beast every few steps, and they were basically all at the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm or above.

In such an environment, Mo Fan dared not be arrogant anymore and put the Breath Concealment Art to good use.

It had to be said that this Breath Concealment Art of Mo Fan was somewhat Heaven-Defying; after being fully deployed, his aura was completely gone, his presence was reduced to the minimum, like an invisible person.

...

The twelfth day.

Mo Fan arrived at the edge area of Huilong Mountain.

At this moment, the Spirit Medicine he had collected was already several times the task collection amount.

A few days ago, he had even discovered three stalks of black blood grass and two golden spirit fruits.

Up to this point, the three most valuable types of Spirit Medicine on the list had all been found by Mo Fan.

Unfortunately, there was still no sign of kongming grass and seven star vine.

Regarding this, Mo Fan was also somewhat helpless.

"Today is already the twelfth day; I must head back and cannot linger any longer—"

Mo Fan shook his head; although traveling with full speed would be much faster, for the sake of safety, he had to reserve two or three days of time.

"Forget it, I won't look for the kongming grass anymore; I'll just head back." In the end, Mo Fan made his decision.

However, just as he turned around to leave, his peripheral vision caught a flash of rosy light that vanished in an instant.