Third Spirit's Strength

"Richard and Jordan attack the two wolves in front, and Nath moves from the left side to attack the one on the left. Leah's and Liana's techniques complement each other, and they will fight the one on the right. Dea is our healer, so she will stay here, and she will only move if one of them gets injured." Eddie then looked at the last wolf. "I will handle the last one."

"Are you going to attack the last wolf head-on?" Jessica asked.

"All of you are curious about my spirit, right?" Eddie immediately summoned his third spirit, the Blood War General, causing their jaws to drop into a wide O shape. The Blood War General took the longbow from its back and assumed an archer's stance, aiming a black arrow at the wolf in the rear. "I haven't tried my third spirit power yet, but I'm sure it's enough to kill that wolf. After I kill it, you guys immediately move to attack the others, and I will support from here."

Eddie's spirit immediately shot at the wolf in the back row, and the black arrow directly pierced through its head, causing it to explode. The other four wolves immediately scattered away because of this.

[Obtained 10 EXP]

Richard and Dea were amazed by the power of Eddie's attack, but they were even more amazed by his accuracy. Those who have known him for a long time knew that he was skilled at archery, but they were shocked by the power of his third spirit, especially since it was too strong for his level.

Natasha immediately took her flame sword and moved to the left side, and a red sword energy shot from her sword towards her target. The wolf jumped to the side to avoid her attack, and it immediately dashed towards her to bite her.

Natasha jumped back and slashed her sword again, and the wolf fired the gale howl, which immediately collided with her sword energy. However, a black arrow shot toward the wolf and penetrated its body, leaving a fairly large hole.

[Obtained 5 EXP]

Leah and Liana, who had already moved through the right side, immediately attacked their target.

The wolf charged at them and attacked with the gale howl, but Liana deflected the attack using an energy shield. Leah took the opportunity to attack their target by jumping onto it and stabbed its neck with both daggers in her hands.

Meanwhile, Richard and Jordan moved from the front and attacked the two wolves directly in front of them.

The two wolves used their gale howl to attack the two men, but Richard rushed to create a stone wall, blocking their attacks. Jordan immediately jumped over the wall with a spear in his hand, and he thrust it towards the right wolf, which perfectly hit its back and nailed it to the ground.

The other wolf intended to attack Jordan, but Richard's earth spike shot out from under it and hit its abdomen, causing it to release a roar of pain.

Jordan pulled his spear back, thrust it toward the other wolf, and pierced through its body from the side.

Within a few seconds, the five wolves were dead in their hands. Eddie immediately moved to examine their corpses, especially their heads. "What are you looking for, Ed?"

"The beast's gem."

"I think it's useless for you to look for it, Ed." Jessica spoke as she crouched beside Eddie. "These wolves' strength is only at the foundation realm, and only beasts in the forming realm have produced their gems, so you won't be able to find any of them."

"You're wrong, Jes. Our mistake was that we always thought that beasts would only produce their gems in the forming realm, but they have started producing them since they were cultivated. However, it is rarely found in low-level beasts, especially since not all of them can perfectly crystallize them; thus, beast gems are divided into four tiers: low, medium, high, and peak." Eddie then took a rough gem from the wolf's head and showed it to them, which surprised them. "See this? This gem is a low-tier beast's gem. It may seem useless and worthless, but every beast's gem has its benefits. It may seem useless and worthless, but every beast gem has its benefits. Even a low-tier gem like this can still be used for some things, like concocting pills and such."

After witnessing this, Jordan and Richard examined the remaining three wolf corpses, as Eddie's previous attack had destroyed the fifth one. However, they only found one low-tier beast's gem out of the three.

"This thing is truly a low-tier beast gem, and we have wasted so many low-level beasts. During our past expeditions, we never cared about them, and we only focused on looking for beast gems from forming realm beasts or above." Jordan then gave the beast gem in his hand to Eddie. "Since these low-level beasts have already produced their gems, we have to check every beast we will kill later."

Eddie kept both beast gems in his storage ring first, or else they would be shocked if he opened the [Storage]. "Let's continue our journey."

"Yes."

They immediately continued their journey with the same formation as before, but they were in no hurry to move, and they kept an eye on their surroundings.

"Ed, I didn't expect that you would awaken a humanoid spirit, and I can tell that your spirit is stronger than your current level." Eddie looked back at Jessica. "Based on the attack from your spirit earlier, it should be equivalent to a cultivator at the forming realm. Otherwise, your attack wouldn't be able to blow off that wolf's head, so I'm sure its power is equivalent to that level."

"Jess is right, Ed." Jordan, who was walking in front, also spoke to Eddie. "Your spirit is strong, but you should be careful when using it in front of other people, especially since your spirit affinity is darkness. Even though Earth has long entered the era of cultivators, many people still hold firmly to their religion. If you meet those who are fanatical about their religion, they will attack you directly because they consider the darkness to have an affiliation with demons and the like."

"The ones you have to be most wary of are European cultivators, especially since most countries in Europe are still fanatical about their religion, Ed." Leah added.

Eddie was no fool, and he knew early on that his third spirit would get him into trouble one day. "Don't worry, I will definitely be careful with them."

'What about your EXP? Has it increased?' Nathalia suddenly asked Eddie using the [Communication] in the partner's features.

Eddie gave Natasha a light nod and showed her status. 'As I thought before, the system and the ruin are related to each other, and I got some EXP from the two wolves. I got 10 EXP from the one I killed myself, and I got 5 EXP from the one you attacked earlier.'

'Why are their numbers different, Ed?'

'Haha.' Eddie softly laughed. 'Nath, you don't need to be confused by that, and it's similar to the games I played with Jordan in the past. If I attack my target from the start and kill it myself, I will get full EXP. If I attack and kill a target that has already been attacked by someone else, then the EXP will be reduced, which is called a kill steal.'

Natasha nodded in understanding. 'So, that means you will get more EXP if you kill more beasts yourself, right?'

'That's right.' Eddie gave her a nod of approval. 'With my current strength, I can kill beasts at the foundation realm, but I may not be able to kill beasts above that by myself, so I have to rely on a kill steal.'

Natasha smiled at that. 'It's okay; I'll help you with that, and you can use long-range attacks to attack the beasts, who will be my opponents later.'

'Yeah.' Eddie suddenly remembered something. 'Hey, Nath, I want to buy a sword technique so I can fight at close range. However, there are too many choices in the system's shop, and I'm confused about which one to choose.'

As they walked forward, Natasha read the list of techniques inside the [Shop], considering which ones were good and suitable for Eddie's fighting style. Although her lover had never fought with beasts or other people before, she had seen him train many times in the past, so she was quite familiar with his fighting style. 'Ed, the epic-tier Blood Moon Sword Art, and the unique-tier Void Shadow Sword Art are the most suitable choices for you right now, especially since you have an affinity with darkness and void. Since you also bought the Starfall Bow before, you can buy the unique-tier Sky Piercer Codex. Once your cultivation improves and you break through to the tempering or forming realms, you can purchase better sword and archery techniques.'

'All right, I'll buy them now, and I'll study them when we rest later.' Eddie immediately agreed and bought them.

[Obtained the Blood Moon Sword Art [Epic] x1]

[500,000 yuan has been deducted from the balance.]

[Obtained the Void Shadow Sword Art [Unique] x1]

[1,000,000 yuan has been deducted from the balance.]

[Obtained the Sky Piercer Codex [Unique] x1]

[1,000,000 yuan has been deducted from the balance.]

After he bought the three techniques, Eddie returned his focus to the path ahead. Along the way, they repeatedly encountered foundation realm beasts, and they also encountered tempering realm beasts once or twice.

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