44: Flight

The Anti-aircraft Missile collided with the Yao Beast's wing, creating a huge explosion!

However, in Zhang Sheng's eyes, the Yao Beast's aura had not diminished much.

Fortunately, the arriving soldiers launched the second, third, and fourth rounds of Anti-aircraft Missiles.

The Giant Falcon Yao Beast, struck by the missiles, gave Zhang Sheng's spirit tool flying daggers an opportune moment!

Zhang Sheng used his old trick again!

The remaining four spirit tool flying daggers transformed into high-speed rotating drills, boring into the Giant Eagle's anus.

They furiously destroyed the internal organs of the Giant Eagle!

Soon, the Giant Falcon Yao Beast fell to the ground, dead beyond dead.

The flying daggers burst out from the Giant Falcon Yao Beast's abdomen!

A yellow jade plaque also dropped next to the Giant Eagle. Although Zhang Sheng knew this jade plaque must be extremely precious, he could not take it privately.

He immediately handed the jade plaque over to the Secret Realm commander who had rushed over for support.

"Is your name Zhang Sheng? Thank you for assisting the soldiers. The information contained within this jade plaque will be copied and sent to your Smart Terminal shortly. We will settle the remaining rewards after this Secret Realm subjugation concludes."

After the two exchanged salutes, they went their separate ways.

With the crisis resolved, Zhang Sheng used up all the remaining dozens of Rejuvenation Talismans he had to save the previously dying soldiers.

Although there are always sacrifices during a Yellow-rank Secret Realm subjugation, the sacrifices this time were far too severe.

Zhang Sheng said nothing, simply helping the young woman quietly collect Uncle Qian's body. Afterward, they left the Secret Realm together.

"What is your name? My name is Leng Qinghe, you can call me Qing He."

"Zhang Sheng."

Zhang Sheng didn't say much; they were merely chance acquaintances.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

Zhang Sheng didn't know how to comfort her, nor did he want to have any further interaction with her, so he set off alone on his journey back to school.

Less than half a day later, this dangerous Yellow-rank Secret Realm was completely subjugated.

The strongest Yao Beasts were precisely two Giant Falcons at the Late Stage Qi Sea Realm, whose true name was learned from the acquired jade plaque: Wind Falcon.

They are ferocious Yao Beasts skilled in Flight Technique.

This Yellow-rank Secret Realm subjugation resulted in heavy losses, with the sacrifice rate reaching twenty percent and the overall casualty rate reaching sixty percent.

Moreover, many of them were veterans who had participated in multiple battles, and over a dozen alumni from First University also sacrificed their lives. The losses were undeniably severe.

After returning to school, Zhang Sheng took a shower and lay down on his apartment bed, responding to his parents' inquiries.

Ever since Zhang Sheng transferred several thousand Spirit Pearls to his parents' account last time, even though Zhang Sheng didn't say anything, his parents had some guesses about his activities.

Zhang Sheng's father even secretly went to Huaxia Agricultural University to look for Zhang Sheng, but ultimately, the truth could not be hidden.

Now, Zhang Sheng receives messages from his parents every day.

"My child, you are my only son. Don't participate in those Secret Realm subjugations. Even if you do participate, make sure to hide at the back of the team!"

"Or why don't you just drop out and come home to farm with me."

...Looking at his constantly worried parents, the heaviness brought by the Secret Realm battle eased somewhat.

At least what he was doing was meaningful. If these Yao Beasts from the Secret Realms were allowed to descend upon the current world, who knows how many more families would be ruined and lives lost.

Searching on the Myriad Treasures Net, Zhang Sheng finally learned what the round bead dropped by the Wind Falcon was. Named the Qi Sea Pill, it is a Medicinal Pill used to forcefully Breakthrough a Realm. Upon consumption, one immediately Breaks through from Refining Essence into Qi to the first layer of Qi Sea.

However, after taking it, one's Cultivation Realm can never be advanced again. A few people consumed this Medicinal Pill in the days leading up to the appearance of the Yellow-rank Secret Realm.

Zhang Sheng remembered that his first public class teacher, Xu Anmin, was one who had taken this Medicinal Pill. Although he possessed extremely terrifying spatial Talent, he had ruined his path of Cultivation. What a pity.

Zhang Sheng and his two friends certainly wouldn't consume this Medicinal Pill, and hardly anyone takes it now anyway.

Thus, he listed it for sale on the Myriad Treasures Net.

The other yellow jade plaque recorded a Spell: Gale Blade. Zhang Sheng copied two copies and sent one each to Lin Xiaotian and An Shenhu.

Besides these, the rewards for assisting the military—the corpses of the two Qi Sea Realm Wind Falcons—were converted into Spirit Pearls and deposited into Zhang Sheng's account.

However, Zhang Sheng was not lacking in Spirit Pearls. What was most important to him was the jade plaque dropped by the Late Stage Qi Sea Realm Wind Falcon he defeated last.

Zhang Sheng received a message from the commander: it was a Spell that had never appeared before—Flight Technique.

As one of the main forces against this Wind Falcon, Zhang Sheng naturally received this Spell for free.

Flight!

The dream of so many people!

Zhang Sheng had known early on, through the jade plaque recording the common knowledge of cultivation, that Cultivators could only fly through the air after entering the Divine Breath Realm and giving birth to Divine Sense.

He never expected that a first-tier Spell capable of allowing the Qi Sea Realm to fly existed.

After this Spell appeared on the Myriad Treasures Net, it caused an uproar.

The price was only one Spirit Pearl!

Nowadays, the Yao Beasts within the Yellow-rank Secret Realm are growing stronger and stronger. Huaxia did not hoard the technique but chose the path of 'when the people are strong, the nation is strong.'

After this battle, Zhang Sheng realized that although his methods had improved significantly compared to before, he still had many obvious shortcomings.

His Cultivation Realm was too low. Future Cultivation still needed to focus primarily on Primordial Chaos Qi Refining to expand his Dantian.

He had originally intended to focus on improving his speed, but now he had a better choice—Flight Technique.

Zhang Sheng circulated the spiritual power within his body according to the Spell Secret Manual, while simultaneously forming hand seals. A pair of spiritual power wings slowly began to form on Zhang Sheng's back.

"Spell: Flight Technique (Beginner: 1/10)"

Although practicing Object Manipulation Art by controlling his shoes allowed him to fly briefly, it was essentially unusable during combat. Flight Technique, however, was completely different. It felt as if he possessed a pair of agile wings, which he could control flexibly, just like a natural organ.

As the wings formed and dissipated, Zhang Sheng increased the Proficient level of this Spell on his talent panel at an exaggerated speed.

He quickly reached the Transcendent Realm, but advancing from the Transcendent Realm to the Perfected State required some effort.

Cultivation knows no time; two days later.

"Spell: Flight Technique (Perfected State)"

In an instant, a pair of invisible spiritual power wings appeared on Zhang Sheng's back, and he leaped up from the ground.

To avoid unnecessary attention, Zhang Sheng deliberately left the school and came to the suburbs.

The invisible wings, several dozen meters long, instantly spread open, kicking up a large cloud of dust.

With a "Bang!"

Zhang Sheng's body shot toward the sky like a shell fired from a cannon!

Five hundred meters!

One thousand meters!

Two thousand meters!

Ten thousand meters!

...Thirty thousand meters!

Zhang Sheng felt the exhilaration of flying!

"Whoa~ This is amazing!"

Even the clouds were beneath his feet, and he could even see the curvature of the Earth in the distance, but thirty thousand meters was the limit of his flight.

The oxygen was thin and the temperature was freezing; Zhang Sheng's body could hardly bear it.

After returning to the ground, Zhang Sheng kept savoring the experience of flying. If he encountered a powerful Yao Beast in the future, he could fight while retreating—what could it do to him?

Zhang Sheng estimated his fastest speed was already close to the speed of sound, but the consumption of spiritual power was also astonishing.