After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 22 Wind Leopard Forest

Apart from the blood wolf he killed at the beginning, Shen Xu never drew his sword again on Blood Wolf Mountain.

After killing the blood wolf, he felt the blood intent stirring within him, and the pervasive blood energy constantly aroused his bloodlust. He feared that if he committed too many killings in a place like Blood Wolf Mountain, he would expose his blood intent.

However, having mastered the basics of the Dragon Body Technique, he no longer needed to stay in this place. Watching Blood Wolf Mountain recede into the distance, Shen Xu had a vague feeling that it held some secrets, but his strength was still too weak to risk it.

His next target area is also related to the Swimming Dragon Body technique, or more precisely, to the talent that this technique can provide.

The reason why it is rumored that the Swimming Dragon Body is a simplified version of the Heaven-ranked Nine Revolutions Swimming Dragon Body is because although the Swimming Dragon Body is only a human-ranked movement technique, it can provide its user with a very top-notch talent. In his previous life, Shen Xu cultivated the Swimming Dragon Body in order to awaken that talent.

According to Shen Xu's understanding, the talent enhancement that the Dragon Body can provide lies in one word—"spirituality".

However, the spiritual enhancement provided by the Dragon Body is not a comprehensive spiritual enhancement for a person; it only enhances the spirituality related to how to maneuver and dodge in battle.

After all, no matter how powerful the Dragon Body Technique is, it is only a high-level human-rank movement technique.

However, compared to the talent enhancement that can be obtained through continuous practice of top-tier techniques, the method of obtaining special characteristics through the Dragon Body is somewhat extreme, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's suicidal.

The user must use the Dragon Body to dodge attacks from enemies whose speed far exceeds their own, even in life-or-death situations. The more times they dodge, the greater the probability of gaining a talent upgrade.

Fortune favors the bold, and although it might seem like courting death, now that he had mastered the Dragon Body and the Blood Valley offered suitable monsters, why wouldn't he want to give it a try?

After passing through a dense forest, Shen Xu arrived at the Wind Leopard Forest, which was the area where his target, the Wind Leopard, was located.

The area had transformed from the dark and gloomy atmosphere of the forest and Blood Wolf Mountain into a spacious and open space. The trees were spaced far apart, allowing sunlight to stream in without obstruction. Each tree was so large that it would take two people to encircle it, with dense canopies, suggesting that they had lived for a very long time, creating a peaceful and serene scene.

But Shen Xu tensed up at the sight of this peaceful scene, because he knew that on the canopy of some tree, there must be one or more wind leopards staring at him with eyes as dark as night, waiting to deliver a fatal blow when he made a mistake.

Legend has it that the Wind Leopard has the speed of the wind, and anyone it targets will only hear a brief whistling sound before it disembowels them.

If Shen Xu wants to acquire his talent, he must take this risk.

The reason they targeted the Wind Leopard was because the Wind Leopard has a habit of never engaging in prolonged combat with its enemies. If it fails in one strike, it immediately flees and lies in wait for the next opportunity.

Moreover, the Wind Leopard is not very strong. As long as he is not seriously injured, he has a chance to escape the Wind Leopard Forest alive. Therefore, the Wind Leopard is the best choice for him to use his Dragon Body to dodge.

But the leopard's claws and fangs are no joke; they aim for vital points, and if it makes a mistake, it could very well lose its life.

But this wind leopard was already the most harmless monster he could choose. As for the other extremely fast monsters, he would probably be beheaded before he even saw them.

But since Shen Xu had come, he would not back down. His gaze swept across the treetops ahead, searching for the figure of the Wind Leopard.

Suddenly, he saw a pair of black eyes, those cold eyes hidden among the tree canopy, looking down at him, and then disappearing in an instant.

Shen Xu felt a chill run down his spine, his pupils contracted instantly, and a cold sensation shot straight to the top of his head.

Before he could react, Shen Xu instinctively used his Dragon Body to dodge. During the dodge, the first sound of whistling wind reached his ears, followed by a blurry black shadow that quickly swept past his ear. By the time he realized what was happening, the shadow had vanished, leaving only two deep claw marks where he had been standing.

"What kind of speed is this?!" Shen Xu touched his chest to calm his heart, which felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.

Suddenly, Shen Xu seemed to sense something and abruptly looked up at the treetop, where a pair of playful black eyes met his gaze.

"Not good!" Shen Xu retreated rapidly. Fortunately, he was only on the outer edge of the Wind Leopard Forest and retreated in time, so the Wind Leopard did not catch up.

"I was too overconfident this time. That wind leopard is not something I can handle right now." After leaving the wind leopard forest, Shen Xu couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

It guessed that the wind leopard must have just eaten, otherwise it wouldn't have let such a good opportunity pass by without attacking it. Moreover, considering the wind leopard's eyes, it suspected that it probably hadn't used its full strength in the attack just now.

Shen Xu had considered that this trip might be dangerous, but he never expected it to be this dangerous.

But then he thought, could the conditions for gaining talent by using the dragon's body be exactly the same situation he had just encountered?

"Between life and death!"

He now truly understands why the Dragon Body was only ranked as a human.

Moreover, he cannot wait until he is strong enough or has mastered the Dragon Step before trying, because by then the Wind Leopard may no longer pose a sufficient threat to him.

By then, he would have to find a creature that could pose a deadly threat to him and repeat the life-or-death thrill he had just experienced.

No matter how strong and fast he is, if he wants to obtain the talents that the Dragon Body can bring, he must meet the two conditions of being between life and death and being much faster than him.

Shen Xu was immediately caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, the Wind Leopard was indeed considered relatively weak among the monsters known for their speed. He felt that if he missed this opportunity, he might never encounter another creature as suitable for him to gamble on probability as the Wind Leopard.

Moreover, Crimson Valley is not very close to the Green Bamboo Sword Sect, and he doesn't know when he will come again. If Feng Bao can't put enough pressure on him when he comes next time, then it will be a loss.

"But the speed of the Wind Leopard?" Shen Xu thought of those mocking black eyes again.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu couldn't help but smile. Compared to the various deadly threats in his previous life, the speed of the Wind Leopard was nothing.

"I wasn't afraid back then, so why am I so afraid of death now?" He sheathed his sword and walked firmly back into the Wind Leopard Forest.