Not long after, the cloud-swallowing beast returned to the valley.
One spiritual bird was obviously not enough to fill the Cloud Swallowing Beast's stomach, and after nothing happened the first time, the Cloud Swallowing Beast's vigilance was much reduced the second time.
"Ouch..."
Although it still quickly picked up a spiritual bird and ran away, this time the cloud-swallowing beast lowered its head to eat before running very far, and finished the meal in just a few mouthfuls.
After eating, he stretched out his scarlet tongue to lick his mouth, and then looked at the last two spiritual birds with greedy eyes.
The safety of the first two times made the swallowing cloud beast bolder.
He came directly to the two spiritual birds, looked around, then didn't take them away, and just ate them.
Duan Lei, who was hiding in the dark, saw this scene, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and the next moment he suddenly jumped out with his sword.
Up to this moment, everything was according to Duan Lei's plan. As long as his sword stabbed the Cloud Swallowing Beast's neck, it would be seriously injured or even killed.
At that time, he can take the swallowing cloud beast back to submit tasks and redeem contribution points.
Catching spirit beasts can be said to be the fastest among all tasks.
But it is also the most dangerous. If something goes wrong, it is not uncommon to die under the claws of a spiritual beast.
However, Duan Lei has a careful plan, and if there are no surprises, he is almost certain to succeed this time.
When the sword edge was only three inches away from the Cloud Swallowing Beast's neck, a cruel smile began to appear on Duan Lei's face.
Killing one cloud-swallowing beast will allow him to gain 500 contribution points, and killing two will allow him to be promoted to an inner disciple.
He even began to ridicule in his heart: 'The request of the inner disciple of Yuxu Sect is nothing more than killing two spiritual beasts, and it is not easy to capture them.'
But Duan Lei didn't expect that he seemed to have said similar words after occupying the first stone tablet in the secret realm of the retest;
"This retest isn't too difficult..."
But the result...
boom--!
Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt in the clear sky.
A bolt of thunder fell from the sky and hit the sword in Duan Lei's hand.
Click!
In an instant, the sword broke with a sound, and the broken sword and Duan Lei flew more than ten feet away and fell into the depths of the dense forest, disappearing without a trace.
The cloud-swallowing beast was also startled by the thunder, but when it raised its head, Duan Lei's figure was no longer visible.
After wailing twice, he ignored the half-eaten spiritual bird on the ground and ran away.
After a long while, Duan Lei, who was covered in burns, walked out of the dense forest holding the broken sword, looking extremely embarrassed.
Looking up at the sky, it was quite clear. Duan Lei grinned again;
"Struck by lightning on a sunny day?...Why am I so unlucky?"
Duan Lei really thought that the thunder just now was an accident, otherwise why was it so accurate and only hit his sword.
If someone wants to kill him, he should chop him directly. If there are other spiritual beasts who want to save the swallowing cloud beast, they should also chop him directly.
So after thinking about it, I can only think in the direction of "everything is an accident" and don't back it up.
With a grimace on his face, Duan Lei took out a few pills, took them and sat cross-legged on the ground to mobilize the energy in his body to heal his injuries.
At the same time, Wang Liangliang, who was hiding in a hiding place, looked at the talisman in his hand that had completely lost its luster and muttered in a low voice;
"The last chance for the Sky Thunder Talisman was just used up. Alas..."
"But it was worth it. Everything went smoothly. I was really confused just now about where to hit him."
"Before, in the secret realm, the thunder broke the stone tablet into pieces. I really don't dare to use it casually again."
"I can't let Duan Leizhen die in my hands. The father of the top ten strongest men in Jiangnan Province behind him is missing, not dead."
"What if the younger one is killed and the older one comes again... Who knows if a strong man of that level has any great supernatural powers that can find me..."
In the valley, Duan Lei reluctantly stood up after feeling his injury was a little better.
But as soon as he got up, he kept coughing violently. He covered his chest and said: "It seems that there is no way to find a second cloud-swallowing beast today. I will go back to recover first and come back next time when I find a chance..."
When he was hit by the sky thunder, which was comparable to the most powerful blow in the Dan Formation Realm, it did not hit him directly, but hit his sword. The energy of the shock was enough to seriously injure Duan Lei, who was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
This also includes the fact that the sword that was chopped off was not extraordinary, and it offset most of the energy of Tianlei, otherwise Duan Lei would be in trouble.
In addition, Duan Lei himself has thunder spirit roots and has a certain immunity to the sky thunder. Due to various factors, he managed to save his life.
However, no matter how you say it, Duan Lei's injury this time is probably not going to heal in less than ten days and a half.
Duan Lei walked back staggeringly, and Wang Liang in the hiding place was also satisfied with the feedback from the system;
[Mission completed, rewards distributed...] When Wang Liang removed the disguise technique, took off his magic cloak, and returned to his residence in the sect, he couldn't wait to try alchemy.
But a very real problem was placed in front of him again.
The most basic thing for alchemy is the alchemy furnace, and then the elixir recipe and medicinal materials are also required.
However, Wang Liang doesn't have any of these things for the time being, so what's the point of using the alchemy skill 1?
Just when Wang Liang was worried, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside;
"Dear senior fellow apprentices! Our Yuxu Sect's annual exchange meeting is about to be held!"
"Whether it's spiritual stones, medicinal materials, talismans, magic weapons, etc., you can bring them to each other to have a look. If they are suitable, you can get what each other needs..."
Slowly, the voice became distant, and it seemed that someone was running around telling the news throughout the sect, intending to let more people know that the conference on exchange of information was about to be held.
After Wang Liang heard this, his heart suddenly moved and he hurried out to find someone to ask;
"Senior brother, when will the interoperability conference that the person just mentioned be held? Where will it be held?"
The senior brother glanced at Wang Liang with a playful expression;
"Junior brother, you are new here this year, right. If you have any good things, you can show them to your senior brother first. Maybe your senior brother will have something you want here too."
Wang's conscience made a sound, and he immediately became alert, and then showed his trademark innocent and honest smile;
"To be honest, senior brother, I come from a poor family and have mixed spiritual roots. It was only by chance that I embarked on this path of cultivating immortals."
"And because of the special circumstances of this year's re-examination, I entered our sect in a daze without doing anything in the secret realm."
"I already feel extremely honored to be able to enter the Immortal Sect. I dare not ask for anything else. I just want to find opportunities to gain more experience."
As he spoke, Wang Liang also released a little bit of his true energy, proving that he was a miscellaneous spirit root.
However, this time he did not release the five elements of Qi, but used the new function of the system to hide one row, turning it into a mixture of four colors of red, yellow, blue and blue Qi.
Looking at Wang Liang's honest and honest smiling face, and then looking at the four-color mottled Qi he released, the senior brother was a little disappointed;
"It turns out that he is just a country bumpkin who wants to come and see the world... Okay, it doesn't hurt to tell you. The exchange meeting will start at 3:30 noon tomorrow. It will be located in an open space three miles southwest of Wanshi Pavilion..."