Chapter 22: Agility Training
After practicing his agility with the Phantom Cats for three hours, Luo Fan didn't kill them.
Instead, he simply left.
It wasn't that he was exhausted, these Phantom Cats were running out of stamina.
After all, they were only high-level Beast Soldiers.
Moreover, after repeatedly failing to catch Luo Fan, they had thoughts of fleeing.
However, whenever a Phantom Cat tried to leave, it would suddenly find a throwing knife blocking its path.
So they had no choice but to continue practicing with Luo Fan.
After more than three hours of being surrounded and unable to succeed, the Phantom Cats' stamina was completely drained.
Luo Fan had no choice but to leave for the time being.
After all, he was a Battle General, and all he needed to do was evade.
Thus, his energy consumption was far less than that of the Phantom Cats.
Before leaving, he even tossed one of the Tiger Mastiff leader corpses to them to help replenish their energy.
Luo Fan secretly followed from a distance, using his spiritual psychic power to monitor them while they recovered.
Such sparring partners were far too valuable for him to let go.
If any person or beast attacked them, Luo Fan would even protect these precious sparring partners.
In this way, Luo Fan practiced agility with the Phantom Cats for two full days.
His Flowing Light Movement Technique had reached mastery.
Upon reaching mastery, his agility was now very close to the perfect level.
He initially wanted to continue, but over time, the pressure these Phantom Cats could exert on him became too little.
So he had to prepare to select new targets.
Without hesitation, he killed the Phantom Cats.
Over the days, their agility had increased compared to before.
They had also eaten some of the Beast General-level meat Luo Fan provided to restore their stamina.
Their strength had grown as well.
At this rate, they could eventually reach low-level Beast General rank.
Although they had helped increase Luo Fan's agility proficiency, he didn't let them go.
After all, if they became stronger in the future, they could pose a threat to other teams' martial artists.
This was something Luo Fan would not allow.
After finishing with the Phantom Cats, Luo Fan returned to the rooftop of the apartment building he had been on.
He was preparing to find a fast, highly agile low-level Beast General to further hone his agility.
Moreover, a Beast General-level monster could train both agility and blade skill simultaneously.
Over the past few days, Luo Fan had noticed that even without specifically practicing basic agility or blade skills, using the Ninefold Thunder Blade and applying his agility in combat naturally improved them.
As a result, the proficiency of both had increased slightly.
This discovery brought Luo Fan a surge of excitement.
He was also very curious about what lay beyond mastery.
However, practicing basic blade skills and agility was too time-consuming and inefficient.
That was why he later focused his energy on the Ninefold Thunder Blade and the Flowing Light Movement Technique.
After searching for a while, he finally found a Beast General that fit the criteria.
It was a Two-Tailed Tiger Cat.
And surprisingly, this Two-Tailed Tiger Cat had no subordinates.
Once Luo Fan confirmed its location, he immediately flew over using his shield.
He feared that in a single blink, the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat might vanish.
Soon, he was hovering above it.
At that moment, the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat, which had been searching for prey below, suddenly pushed off with its hind legs and leapt upward.
Although the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat couldn't fly, its jump was impressively high—dozens of meters into the air.
Luo Fan quickly maneuvered the shield to the side to dodge the attack.
"Interesting… have you noticed?"
A hint of excitement appeared at the corner of Luo Fan's mouth.
The next moment, he leapt straight down.
"Bang!"
He landed directly in front of the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat.
The Tiger Cat, seeing the prey drop from the sky, thought it was a gift from nature.
In the next instant, it pushed off with its hind legs and lunged straight at Luo Fan.
Luo Fan immediately realized the difference in speed between a Beast General and a Beast Soldier.
This speed was far greater than the Phantom Cats'.
The Two-Tailed Tiger Cat's speed absolutely exceeded Luo Fan's.
He could only rely on agility to evade.
If he tried to run on the ground, he wouldn't outrun the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat.
But the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat wasn't just fast; its agility was top-tier as well.
It swiped at Luo Fan again with its claw.
Luo Fan narrowly dodged once more.
At that moment, he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.
Fortunately, he had practiced his agility beforehand.
Otherwise, if it had been him just arriving in the county, that last swipe from the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat would have already left him clawed.
The Two-Tailed Tiger Cat stared at Luo Fan, its eyes flashing with ferocity.
Instead of immediately attacking, it began circling around him.
Luo Fan felt as if it was playing with him like a mouse.
Facing a Beast General-level Two-Tailed Tiger Cat, he wouldn't act like he had with the Phantom Cats—completely ignoring it.
With a thought, a battle blade appeared in his hand.
He focused intently on the Tiger Cat, staying alert at all times.
He knew the Tiger Cat could pounce at any moment.
Seeing the sudden appearance of the blade, the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat paused in surprise.
Then, it bared its teeth at Luo Fan.
"Meow—Awooo!"
Its slender, sharp fangs reflected a chilling gleam.
[Task: Use Ninefold Thunder Blade First Layer to battle the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat once, Reward: Ninefold Thunder Blade First Layer proficiency +1, Constitution +5]
[Task: Use Flowing Light Movement to battle the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat once, Reward: Flowing Light Movement proficiency +1, Constitution +5]
[Task: Kill the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat, Reward: Constitution +20, Two-Tailed Tiger Cat Tail +2]
This was a little trick Luo Fan had discovered over the past few days.
A single Beast General could yield multiple rewards.
Creating only one task, as he had done before, was an enormous waste.
Soon, the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat could no longer contain itself.
While Luo Fan was setting up the tasks, it noticed his attention wasn't entirely focused and lunged at him.
Although Luo Fan was creating tasks, his spiritual psychic power constantly spread across the surroundings.
He observed every movement of the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat.
Including the exertion of every muscle.
With this level of perception, the Tiger Cat couldn't ambush him.
Even trying to deceive him with a feint was impossible.
This was a skill Luo Fan had learned in the past few days.
Beast General-level monsters, especially the clever ones, could use feints to trick opponents.
Luo Fan had nearly been fooled once before.
So now he was extremely cautious.
As the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat lunged at him, Luo Fan's agility moved him aside, narrowly dodging its claw strike.
In that fleeting moment, he used the Ninefold Thunder Blade to slash across the Tiger Cat's back.
At the same time, the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat struck at Luo Fan with its tail.
Though he noticed it, it was already too late to evade.
Even though its back was now bloodied and raw, it remained alert, staring at Luo Fan.
The tail strike had hit Luo Fan, sending a sharp pain through his left arm.
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