5: new mission!

Bang!!

A loud sound was released as Li fan clashed with the fiery bird, his strength completely overwhelmed it causing it to get sent flying upwards..

Li fan landed on a branch and observed the fiery bird as it continuously shrieked before landing next to its nest, a slight hint of killing intent was released from its eyes..

"Huh?" Li fan's eyes went wide as he looked closer at the fiery bird, he could barely see since it was getting dark but it was more than enough to notice the bird that was like a small sun..

Li fan's lips curled into a smile as he noticed that one of the birds claws had become frozen in ice, no matter how hard the bird smacked it onto a branch it wouldn't break..

The freezing cold also made it shiver In pain, it tried using its flames to take out the ice, yet the ice could only slowly melt.

Seeing this Li fan took the chance, with one step he kicked off the tree branch and dashed towards the flustered flaming bird.

Before it could notice Li fan it was already late, the bird had been to busy dealing with the chilling ice that it forgot all about Li fan..

"Haha, die" Li fan roared as he raised his leg and kicked down towards the branch which the fiery bird was on..

Kacha!!!

The branch tore apart instantly!

"F*ck, fight me" Li fan shouted at the bird, he noticed that the poor bird couldn't do anything as t was dealing with the ice, it could only try to dodge his attacks to the best of its abilities..

"Enough games" Li fan though, he could tell that this bird wasn't as strong as he expected, he held back his strength slightly, yet the bird was squirming around as if it was about to die..

Boom!!!

A strange light flashed in Li fan's eyes as he threw out a punch, the wind howled and twisted from the impact, even the leaves of the tree couldn't help but sway in the wind furiously.

The punch landed directly onto the fiery birds abdomen, Li fan's fist pierced the flaming bird and his fist appeared on the other side of its body..

Blood slowly crawled up his fist as he looked at the bloody mess he had created, he felt like throwing up..

"Fuck, I actually killed it" Li fan shouted in his mind, he knew he would kill it but he wasn't expecting it to die so easily, he atleast expected it to put up a fight, back on earth a bird that could spew flames would definitely be deemed a mythical beast, yet it died so easily.

Li fan sighed in his heart, there would be many stronger opponents he would have to face in this world, and the bird was one of the weakest, only by cultivating arduously could he protect himself and his little sister Li xiao.

Li fan grabbed the bloodied corpse of the flaming bird by the neck before slowly descending from the tree, never had he expected to have his first fight in this cultivation world on a tree.

"I should go to sleep" Li fan thought, it was getting harder to see since the sun had completely set, leaving only the night sky and the endless sea of stars.

Li fan raised his head and watched the stars, everything that had happened today felt like a dream to him, he didn't want to wake up to find out it was all fake.

He soon calmed down as he looked at the bloody corpse of the flaming eagle.

"There is no way this is fake" Li fan smiled wryly as the birds lower body dangled from his arms.

[Ding! System mission!

Task: reach the 5th stage of body refining!

Reward: rank 1 sword, [Lunar wave sword art]

Time limit: 1 week] the system's mechanical voice was heard in Li fan's head, slightly startling him..

" a new mission huh?" Li fan stared at the contents of the mission, his eyes lit up as he looked at the rewards, this missions could be considered easy, since he felt he would reach the 5th stage very soon.

The lunar wave sword art caught his attention, from his memories weapons were split in many ranks, rank 1 weapons were used by those in the body refining realm, but weapons of higher ranks were used by those "ascendants" that had broken through their mortal shackles and reached the real above body refining, the realm that increased one's lifespan astronomically.

"System, tell me more about this lunar wave sword art" Li fan said, this sword art was what interested him the most, it didn't sound as domineering as the heavenly lotus sword art, but he knew anything from the system wouldn't be useless.

[Ding! It is a martial arts technique which specializes in swords, host has to obtain the technique to gain more information on it] the system said bluntly.

Li fan dashed through the forest and soon stood before the broken-down small wooden building, he calmly went towards the small pond and began skinning the fiery bird, for some reason after killing the bird he had a huge urge to eat it even if it was this dark.

Li fan made a small fire and slowly cooked the birds meat after cleaning it.

He didn't dare make the flame too big, wouldn't that be comparable to him just telling those huge beasts to come and eat him as a midnight snack?

Li fan ate the meat of the fiery bird and felt a warm energy invade his body with each bite, the warm energy became cool as it entered his body.

"Hmm, so eating beasts can increase strength?" Li fan said as he clutched the stick which skewed the meat.

The only thought in his mind was about taking bites out of huge dragons and Phoenixes.

"Damn, will I become like Toriko?" Li fan said before walking into the shack and taking a seat on the floor, he calmed his mind and began to seriously cultivate.