25: Hunting in the mountains

Flesh Refining is different from skin refining; it requires exercising the entire body's muscles, making the muscles stronger through repeated tearing and regeneration.

In simple terms, this is similar to the gym Gu Chang visited in his previous life, where various exercises were performed with the aid of tools and external forces.

However, practicing martial arts also requires breathing and exhalation at a fixed frequency while exercising the body, catalyzing the vigorous Qi and blood within to accelerate the improvement of strength and recovery speed.

Compared to the skin refining stage, the Flesh Refining period requires more meat and secret medicines, because only then can the body's consumption be met.

This is also one of the main reasons why he had to leave the valley and go to the cities outside to find medicinal materials.

"Hoo~ Haa~"

Although the weather was quite cold now, Gu Chang was still drenched in sweat under the enhancement of his vigorous Qi and internal Qi.

Every muscle in his body twitched and pulsed, and the feeling of muscles constantly tearing and regenerating was filled with both pain and a strange sense of pleasure.

Gu Chang would stop to rest for a while after every hour of practice, and would also catch and cook fish to eat.

After Flesh Refining, his appetite clearly increased by a level; eating ten catties of fresh fish every day was not an exaggeration.

Compared to red meat like chicken, duck, beef, and lamb, fish meat has less fat, is more tender, easy to prepare, and rich in nutrients, making it the easiest to obtain and sufficiently high-quality food for him.

Thus, Gu Chang spent the entire day practicing Flesh Refining, and only entered the Reincarnation World again after night fell.

Undoubtedly, this time he returned to three days before his last death.

This time, Gu Chang did not choose to go outside Da Wu Mountain to collect medicinal materials, but instead chose to go deep into the mountains to gather herbs and hunt.

After the last attempt, it was confirmed that his current strength was not enough to scour for medicinal materials in the city, and even if he could get them smoothly, it would be a huge trouble to leave safely afterwards.

So Gu Chang set his sights on the depths of Da Wu Mountain; it was rumored that there were exotic beasts and great medicines in the deep mountains, and finding them would also be a huge gain for him.

"Swoosh!"

"Roar!!!"

A few days later, deep in Da Wu Mountain, Gu Chang, Li Ergou, and others were hunting in the mountains, and an arrow shot from his hand immediately hit a wild beast.

There are many wild beasts throughout Da Wu Mountain, and the deeper one goes, the more terrifying the beasts become, including dangerous ones like fierce tigers, black bears, and giant pythons.

Gu Chang and his group naturally could not practice martial arts continuously for a long time without meat.

Relying on self-rearing was clearly not enough to meet their consumption, so regular hunting trips became an inevitable choice.

At this moment, Gu Chang was leading Li Ergou and others into the deep mountains to hunt, but this time their luck was not so good, as they encountered a robust fierce tiger!

This fierce tiger was originally hidden in the mountain forest, but Gu Chang unexpectedly discovered movement and shot an arrow towards it, which immediately enraged the tiger completely.

"Brother! Be careful!!"

"You guys climb the trees!"

Seeing the fierce tiger pounce madly towards him, Gu Chang immediately ordered the others around him.

Trying to outrun a fierce tiger in the mountain forest was simply unrealistic, and Li Ergou and the others were too weak, currently only at the Stone Skin level at most, and could not withstand a few blows from the fierce tiger.

Gu Chang also wanted to test the difference in strength between himself and the fierce tiger.

He was not wearing Iron Armor when he entered the mountain this time, and only had a bow and arrow and a steel military knife in his hand.

"Yes!"

"Quick! Hurry!"

"Don't distract Brother!"

The others immediately climbed up the surrounding big trees, knowing that their strength on the ground would not be of much help to Gu Chang.

Soon, the fierce tiger, carrying a foul stench, pounced in front of Gu Chang; its massive body was a full ten feet long, its head alone was as wide as an adult's body, its huge fangs gleamed with cold light, its four limbs were strong and powerful, and its tail was like a steel whip.

"Boom!"

The moment the fierce tiger pounced, Gu Chang immediately dodged the frontal attack by sidestepping, then directly swung his knife to slash at its waist and abdomen.

"Bang!"

However, this fierce tiger was much more agile than Gu Chang had imagined; its huge body twisted in an instant, its tail simultaneously swept towards him, and its thick front paws grabbed directly at Gu Chang's chest.

"Clang! Bang!"

The steel military knife in Gu Chang's hand slammed hard on the fierce tiger's head; although this blow successfully broke through the tiger skin, it still felt like hitting an iron block when facing the hard tiger bone.

At the same time, Gu Chang's chest was clawed by the fierce tiger's sharp claws, leaving three cracks; the Iron Skin level of defense seemed somewhat insufficient against its sharp claws.

Immediately after, Gu Chang once again fought with the fierce tiger in front of him; although it was only two exchanges, Gu Chang had already understood where the fierce tiger's weakness lay.

"Roar!!!"

"Haa!"

The fierce tiger's roar echoed through the forest, and Gu Chang also opened his mouth and roared; the power of the Soul Shocking Roar combat technique in actual combat was equally terrifying!

Although it was one person and one tiger fighting, the imposing aura emanating from Gu Chang was not weaker than that of the fierce tiger.

"Bang! Boom!"

The steel military knife moved with extreme cunning, specifically slashing at the fierce tiger's chest and abdomen; the fierce tiger was equally ferocious, its claws were extremely sharp, and its huge mouth could be fatal if bitten.

"Pffft!"

"Woo~~~"

Suddenly, Gu Chang fiercely used the Earth Shattering Kick combat technique to kick away the fierce tiger's attack, then backhanded a slash to its side abdomen, immediately tearing its fur and sending blood flying.

However, this only further ignited the fierce tiger's ferocity, and it immediately pounced on Gu Chang, its massive and heavy body directly pinning Gu Chang down, while it frantically clawed and bit at Gu Chang.

Gu Chang's entire Iron Skin immediately showed numerous wounds, and if he hadn't used his steel military knife to block its mouth, he might have already had his neck bitten off.

"Bang bang!"

"Die!"

At this moment, many Moves were already ineffective; Gu Chang suddenly let go of the steel military knife in his hand and fiercely punched at the fierce tiger!

"Vajra Fist!"

The fierce and violent power slammed heavily into the fierce tiger's chest and abdomen, causing its fragile internal organs to instantly suffer a huge impact.

"Roar!!!"

"Bang!"

By the time Gu Chang got up from the ground, the fierce tiger already wanted to retreat and flee.

"Want to run! Die for me!"

Having suffered such severe injuries this time, Gu Chang naturally couldn't let the opponent go!

Not to mention that tiger bone was a necessary medicinal material for the upcoming Refining Bone, so there was no reason to let the opponent go!

So Gu Chang immediately pounced on it regardless, then clasped the fierce tiger's neck, and then used all his strength to fiercely strangle it to death.

While Gu Chang was strangling its neck, he also used the Wind and Thunder Kick combat technique with his legs, continuously kicking the fierce tiger's waist and abdomen.

"Roar!!!"

"Bang! Hiss!"

"Hiss~ Hiss~"

"Crack crack crack!"

The two sides thus frantically wrestled and struggled on the ground, even knocking down many surrounding trees.

Gu Chang was also severely injured by the fierce tiger's counterattack, but he just wouldn't let go, instead applying more and more force, and gradually the fierce tiger began to feel suffocated, its trachea also damaged and broken under Gu Chang's immense strength.

Eventually, the fierce tiger's struggles became weaker and weaker, and Gu Chang himself also gradually lost his life due to his chest and abdomen being torn by the tiger's claws, a large number of his bones being shattered, and his internal organ injuries being even more severe, leading to his demise after the fierce tiger's death.

During this time, Li Ergou and others also ran over to help, frantically attacking the fierce tiger, but they dared not act recklessly for fear of harming Gu Chang.

By the time the fierce tiger died and they wanted to separate Gu Chang, it was already too late.

[Martial Dao initially complete, killing intent solidified, incomparably fierce, fierce might gradually emerging!]

[This Reincarnation evaluation: Grade D Top]

[This Reincarnation reward: 7 Reincarnation Points]

[You now have 18 Reincarnation Points, which can be exchanged for: Ferocious Tiger corpse (15 points) steel military knife (5 points) Current cultivation (0 points)]

"I didn't expect to die in a mutual defeat with a fierce tiger this time?"

In the real world, Gu Chang's consciousness returned, but he still felt a bit annoyed by such a result.