8: Chapter 8 Wind Blade Technique!

"This is... a crystal core?"

Mo Bai searched his mind and finally found a suitable adjective.

It was a standard prismatic crystal, only about the size of a thumbnail, its lines and angles so precise they seemed like an industrial product.

It was embedded in the center of the Wolf King's skull, roughly at the brow. He carefully pried it out and held it in his hand. A faint breeze seemed to swirl around the crystal core.

Holding it up to the sunlight, he could see what looked like tiny, shimmering starlight within the translucent core.

Seemingly existent yet intangible lines connected these points of starlight, forming a mysterious and profound pattern.

It was breathtakingly beautiful.

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Mo Bai, immersed in the sight, couldn't even bear to blink.

The secret of the extraordinary was hidden within it.

As Mo Bai stared, light points appeared on the lit-up side of the ink box in his mind.

Points... lines... surfaces. In the blink of an eye, an identical pattern formed on the ink box.

"This is..."

With a single thought from Mo Bai, a palm-sized Wind Blade took shape before his eyes. It grew upon encountering the wind, and by the time it struck a tree several meters away, it was already as tall as a person.

"Whoosh!"

"Boom."

A dense cluster of smaller Wind Blades, like a shredder, instantly sliced the large tree in half. The massive canopy crashed to the ground.

"This... a spell? The Wind Blade Technique?"

"I cast a spell?"

Mo Bai couldn't help but hold his breath, his eyes filled with barely contained excitement.

"This..."

In his mind, the ink box continued to rotate slowly. The lit-up pattern on it had dimmed but hadn't disappeared.

He could sense the pattern was gradually brightening again. Judging by the speed, he estimated it would be fully lit again in two or three hours.

"Being able to cast a spell every two or three hours is good enough."

Mo Bai took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement. He first carefully stored the crystal core close to his body, then continued to process the Wolf King's corpse.

First, he went to find some bamboo, cut it down, and made bamboo tubes to collect all of the Wolf King's blood.

It filled a full five tubes.

Then, he painstakingly skinned the wolf, trying to keep the pelt as intact as possible.

"What a shame about this pelt."

Mo Bai felt a twinge of regret. The originally silvery, smooth wolf pelt was now covered in scratches large and small, like a tattered sack. The undamaged parts were few and far between. However... "Why does it still feel like there's a breeze swirling around it?"

Mo Bai focused his perception and realized it wasn't his imagination. In the more intact areas of the pelt, there were indeed peculiar undulations, similar to wind, yet not quite wind.

"It feels similar to the crystal core, but much, much weaker.

So, is this residual extraordinary mana?"

Mo Bai pondered briefly, then detected traces of mana residue in the Wolf Blood, wolf meat, and wolf bones as well.

"These are all magical items, but the mana seems to be dissipating.

It's slower in the skin and bones. The mana in the flesh and blood will probably completely vanish in less than two or three days."

While carefully perceiving, Mo Bai swiftly dissected and divided the Wolf King's corpse, simultaneously dissecting ordinary wild wolf corpses for comparison.

Throughout the process, he used the game's built-in screen recording function to document everything.

After considerable effort, the Wolf King was completely divided into a pile of bones, a pile of meat, a wolf pelt, and five tubes of blood.

While dissecting, he also logged off several times to look up information about wolves.

However, when he noticed the roots of the Wolf King's fangs were still slightly translucent, he suddenly froze.

"Wait, I remember reading this. If the tooth roots or gums are still slightly translucent, it means the permanent teeth aren't fully mature yet.

It means this Wolf King is only about seven or eight months old, still... a juvenile?"

Mo Bai held his breath. At that moment, he suddenly felt the forest was fraught with danger.

A juvenile! A juvenile extraordinary Wolf King!

Then where are its parents?

Hiss.

At that moment, Mo Bai suddenly felt something watching him from behind, making his scalp tingle.

"No, I can't stay here any longer."

Without another word, Mo Bai quickly skinned one of the relatively intact wild wolves. Then, using the two available wild wolf pelts, he bundled up all the Wolf King's meat, bones, and pelt and headed straight for Oak Town.

Not long after he left, a player arrived, panting heavily, talking as he walked.

"Brothers, I shouldn't be wrong this time. This is the direction where all the wolf howls were coming from earlier.

Some folks said those howls meant wolves were fighting. Let's follow Xiao Mu and see what the wolf pack was battling.

It's worn Xiao Mu out."

As Xiao Mu spoke, he walked forward. Numerous comments scrolled across his live stream, encouraging him to push on.

After rounding a bend, the scene before him made him catch his breath.

Five or six wild wolf corpses lay scattered. Fallen trees, shattered trunks, and bloodstains were everywhere.

The live stream comments were also shocked by the scene.

"What happened? What could smash a tree like that?

Did someone drive a tank through here? Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu, go check it out. See what killed these wolves."

Xiao Mu snapped to attention upon hearing this and quickly walked over.

After his inspection, the same person from the comments spoke again.

"It's... a Spear. A long Spear, and a Dagger. Impressive, one-hit kills.

All the same wounds. It was the same person. And there are signs of dissection here.

Clearly, he defeated the wolf pack. The destructive traces here were either caused by him or by an extraordinary being within the pack, and then he..."

"...defeated the extraordinary being."

At that moment, the comment section fell silent. Xiao Mu was also secretly astonished.

Looking at the fallen trees, their trunks were dozens of centimeters thick.

Yet, some of these trees had been half-shattered by wolf claws, while others looked more like they'd been put through a shredder.

Some scattered fragments of burlap cloth that had fallen during the fight looked strangely familiar.

That evening, a post exploded on the Oak Town regional forum.

"A player has become extraordinary!"

A flood of shocked comments followed underneath. The post blew up as soon as it was posted.

"What the heck? Someone's extraordinary already, and I haven't even reached level one yet?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"Obviously AI-generated."

"AI my foot! This was discovered at Xiao Mu's live stream today. The video is already out; you can go watch it yourself."

"Must be using hacks."

"He just used infinite respawns to wear down an extraordinary boss. No big deal. I could do that too."

"Heavily paying for extraordinary wolf body parts. Cash payment."

"Which guild is heavily investing in this expert? Too fierce!"

The Oak Town forum became a hive of activity. Meanwhile, the protagonist of the event entered Oak Town in the fading evening light.

"Can't stay here. Run, run, must run away immediately."

Having already hidden the bundle of wolf pelts, Mo Bai wasted no time. As soon as he entered the town, he headed straight for the General Store to buy a small handful of salt and a piece of flint.

He originally wanted to buy a change of clothes, but after buying the salt, he couldn't afford any clothes.

However, just as he reached the Oak Town gate, he was blocked by several burly men with tattoos covering their arms.

Standing beside them were a few rather familiar-looking Beggars.

"Brother Dao, it's him!"