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Book 8, The Ten Thousand Kilo the Mountains

Virtually all ic array But in ter one up, there were certain require the seventh rank as a th to set it up

A nearly translucent pentagraic formation fleards the head of the Blackcloud Panther, who didn’t resist at all, allowing the ical formation to enter his mind Suddenly, both Linley and the Blackcloud Panther could feel that their spirits were now interconnected

This was not the same as the ‘bond of equals’ which Linley and Bebe shared

In the ‘bond of equals’ between Linley and Bebe, both of their souls had becoic array, however, was fory When the Blackcloud Panther accepted the soul-binding compact, naturally Linley was the master

“Master” The Blackcloud Panther was extremely respectful

Linley looked at the Blackcloud Panther “What is your naical beasts had names of their own For example, that Armored Razorback Wyrical Beasts’ Foggy Valley had been named Sartius

The Blackcloud Panther’s voice sounded in Linley’s mind “Master, my name is Haeru [Hei’lu]”

“Haeru?” Linley memorized the name

“Haeru, tell me about your transformation abilities” Towards this topic, Linley felt quite a bit of interest

The Blackcloud Panther nodded “Master, it is because I aical beast of both darkness and wind eleicite cores; one is darkness element, the other is wind element Normally, I am in my first form, where my defense, offense, and speed are all equal”

“When I rely priicite core, o up, at the expense of speed When I rely priicite core, I will be in this forreat speed but weaker defense”

The Blackcloud Panther, Haeru, said honestly

Linley now understood

So Blackcloud Panthers were dual-eleical beasts of wind and darkness, and this current foriant forinal forht that Haeru’s current form was his normal form” Linley snickered to himself

Linley suspected that the person who had written the records which Linley had read regarding Blackcloud Panthers had only seen this wind-style form, and thus mistook this as the only forrowling in a low voice towards the Blackcloud Panther

The Blackcloud Panther began to chat with hi in the future” A hint of a sical beast co regi Every so often, Linley would have so left, autumn came

In the blink of an eye, another year had passed

That fall in the second year, the temperature had dropped to a ed beneath an ancient oak, training The Dragonblood battle-qi had suddenly begun to boil, causing his blood vessels and his heart to once again begin to change and transforonblood battle-qi had finally begun to change as well Excited, Linley let out a laugh He had finally broken past the late-stage of the seventh rank and reached the eighth rank He had becohth rank, upon totally Dragonfore of the ninth rank

There was a significant difference between a peak-stage ninth rank warrior and an early-stage ninth rank warrior

“When I was in Hess City, it was hard for ical beast of the ninth rank But now, even without using the adaical beasts of the ninth rank” Linley was extreonblood Warrior of the ninth rank could definitely vanquish a peak-stage ical beast of the ninth rank

Aside from Saint-levels, perhaps there was nobody in the world who could threaten hi this adamantine heavy sword, this so-called ‘iht now, Linley had co heavy as though it were light’

He walked barefooted on the ground

Linley continued on his path of training, constantly har thrum of the earth and the indistinct ebbs and flows of the wind In turn, Linley’s spirit becaraceful

…

Winter arrived

In thethe entire world with blankets of falling snow Standing in the middle of the snowstor from the sky His heart was very peaceful

Suddenly, Linley sat down cross-legged, placing the adamantine heavy sword across his lap His upper body was still bare, and he still wore that ragged pair of hempcloth pants

The snow settled on top of Linley’s body, but Linley didn’t notice it at all

Tihtfall, covering the entire area with a layer of snow as thick as one’s foot

Bebe and Haeru had hidden thee pine tree, where they watched Linley

“Impose”

Linley’s eyes opened Within the his head to stare in front of hih it was alht white color by the snow

“Grooooowl!” Froical beast could be heard

A Glacial Snow Lion was striding on the snow Apparently having discovered Linley, it began to draw close to Linley, one step at a ti the Glacial Snow Lion draw near, Linley didn’t seehty leap, the Glacial Snow Lion pounced towards Linley

Linley watched as the Glacial Snow Lion pounced towards hirabbed the ada in his lap and chopped directly towards the Glacial Snow Lion

“Ru the adamantine heavy sword, space itself seemed to suddenly be compressed in the area around the sword, in the direction of the Glacial Snow Lion