Chinese Martial Arts: My Super Beast Clone

Chapter 100 The Four Treasure Plants: Killing Techniques First

There were four mushrooms, each only half a palm's height. Unlike ordinary fungi, these four mushrooms had a translucent, jade-like appearance, with pale, ethereal blue caps that emitted a soft, steady fluorescent glow.

Even from a distance of more than ten steps, Lin Hai could clearly smell a refreshing fragrance.

"Baozhi—" Lin Hai took a deep breath, his face full of surprise.

In this dark and sunless underground cave, such a precious natural treasure containing pure vitality can actually be nurtured.

The encirclement has been completed.

In this enclosed underground space, the palm-sized silver frog was trapped with nowhere to go, completely in dire straits.

But to Lin Hai's surprise, the little creature did not show any despair or panic. Perhaps it was tired from running away, it squatted on the pebbles, watched the approaching man and beast, and just let out a "quack" before making no other move.

Lin Hai stopped in his tracks, and the obsession and murderous intent that had arisen from the pursuit quietly dissipated at this moment.

"What exactly is your background, you little thing?" Lin Hai muttered to himself as he looked at the silver frog.

If Lin Hai catches it outside, he will definitely let the Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon swallow it without hesitation.

But now, Lin Hai has changed his mind.

Eating this palm-sized little creature would at most yield ten or eight points of spiritual energy. But the value of this little thing clearly doesn't lie in its meager spiritual energy.

First came the demonic tiger, and then these four rare and precious plants!

Once could be a coincidence, but twice is definitely not. This silver frog is extremely intelligent and may possess some kind of innate talent for finding rare and precious materials and sensing demonic beasts.

Keeping it is much more worthwhile than killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Lin Hai slowly walked to the edge of the puddle.

He crouched down, carefully examining the four mushrooms that emitted a faint blue glow. He gently touched them with his finger, feeling a cool, slippery sensation on the surface of the caps, as if liquid was flowing inside.

He carefully picked the four mushrooms, roots and all, and held them in his hands.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile had long forgotten its mission to block the Silver Frog's retreat, and its large head had already come closer.

Its massive head was almost touching Lin Hai's shoulder, and a stream of hot air spewed from its nostrils, making no attempt to hide its extreme desire for the precious plant in Lin Hai's hands.

Lin Hai looked at it and saw that the silver frog didn't seem to be trying to escape. He smiled, picked up one of the mushrooms, and casually tossed it to the frog.

"Look at how greedy you are. You've put in a lot of effort these past few days, you deserve a reward."

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon raised its massive head, opened its gaping maw, and with a "slurp," swallowed the mushroom whole without even chewing.

The next moment, a line of text quietly appeared in the void before Lin Hai's eyes:

[Spiritual Essence +10].

Lin Hai's eyes lit up. The spiritual energy provided by just a single mushroom the size of a palm was equivalent to that of a small-sized demonic beast.

"Good stuff, it's all yours." Without further hesitation, Lin Hai threw the remaining three mushrooms into the crocodile dragon's gaping maw.

The text began to flash continuously in my vision:

[Spiritual Essence +9].

[Spiritual Essence +10].

[Spiritual Essence +12].

The four precious plants converted a total of 41 points of spiritual energy. Adding this to the 38 points of spiritual energy he had accumulated before, Lin Hai's total spiritual energy on his panel now reached an astonishing 79 points.

Lin Hai suppressed his excitement and glanced at the panel.

In the martial arts section, a slightly flashing "+" sign appeared after the words "Tiger Subduing Stance". This meant that his current spiritual energy reserves were fully sufficient to meet the requirements for breaking through to the next level of the Tiger Subduing Stance. With just a thought, he could immediately complete the sublimation of this stance technique.

The Tiger-Taming Stance is the foundation of the Tiger-Taming Martial Arts School and the method for cultivating strength and building a solid foundation. If he were to add points for breakthrough now, his physique would surely experience a leap forward, and his blood and energy would become even more vigorous.

But Lin Hai stared at the plus sign for a while, and finally suppressed the impulse in his heart.

There's an old saying: "Practice without fighting, and you're all show; fight without practicing, and you're all show."

The Tiger-Taming Stance is a "training method" that emphasizes building a strong physique and solidifying the foundation; while the Tiger-Taming Fist is a "fighting method" that emphasizes power generation techniques and killing skills.

In the martial arts school, training is done step by step, naturally starting with stance training. But now, in the perilous wilderness, with the ever-present threat of the Black Dragon Society, physical strength alone is not enough; fighting techniques and killing methods are what Lin Hai urgently needs right now.

Moreover, he possesses two talents: Iron Bones and Dragon Spine, which are enough to ensure that his physique is not inferior to others.

If we can preserve these spiritual essences and accumulate enough to advance the Tiger Subduing Fist to a higher level, our chances of survival in the dangers to come will be greater.

"Good steel should be used on the blade, let's wait a little longer." Lin Hai murmured, then withdrew his thoughts, and the panel disappeared.

Just as Lin Hai was contemplating his progress in martial arts, the silver frog beside him seemed to realize that the hostility emanating from Lin Hai had completely dissipated, and it actually became bolder.

"Croak!"

The silver frog croaked, pushed off with its hind legs, and leaped into the air, landing perfectly on the broad back of the Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon.

The Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon had just swallowed four precious plants. As for the little creature that landed on its back, it merely exhaled a puff of white air from its nostrils, without even lifting its eyelids, completely too lazy to pay any attention to it.

Lin Hai found it interesting, so he stepped forward, stretched out his index finger, and gently touched the silver frog's wet little head.

The silver frog didn't flinch; instead, it raised its head and rubbed its cool forehead against Lin Hai's fingers. It sat atop the crocodile dragon's massive head, its two large, lightbulb-like eyes fixed intently on Lin Hai, a glint of intelligence in its gaze.

"You're quite the social butterfly," Lin Hai chuckled. "From now on, you'll be following me around. That'll make up for our three consecutive encounters."

He casually pulled off an empty bag from his waist that he used to carry dry rations, shook it, and prepared to let the little guy crawl inside.

However, at this very moment...

The silver frog suddenly turned its head, facing the darkness deep inside the cave, a darkness that the mineral fluorescence could not illuminate.

"Quack! Quack! Quack!"

The silver frog's call suddenly became extremely short and sharp, as if it had encountered some kind of terrifying natural enemy.

"roar----"

The Crocodile Dragon let out a low roar, its thick limbs slamming into the ground, its entire body tensing instantly like a fully drawn bow. The scales on its neck stood on end, its eyes fixed intently on the darkness ahead, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Lin Hai's smile vanished instantly. He grabbed the silver frog and stuffed it into his arms.

He fully activated his synesthetic talent.

"rustle----"

A dull rustling sound came from the depths of darkness.

Followed by.

In this darkness, nearly a hundred meters away, several meters high in the air, two lanterns suspended in mid-air suddenly lit up without warning.