Stellar Transformation-Chapter 74 - 4 Spiritual Communication

A wave of coolness came from the wound in his abdomen as streams of cool energy flowed out of the "Meteor Tear" and merged into the wound, and Qin Yu’s injuries were healing at a visibly rapid pace, with the bleeding also starting to slow down.

"These damned wolves are really troublesome!"

Qin Yu cursed under his breath, his moves becoming even more ruthless and merciless. He dared not stop fighting, pushing his speed to the absolute limit and moving non-stop while using the Flame Burning Gloves and Flame Sword to kill the Green Fire Wolves. The might of the Middle Grade Spirit Artifacts, the Flame Burning Gloves and the Flame Sword, was extraordinary.

The Green Fire Wolves that had surrounded Qin Yu initially numbered four to five hundred, but in just a short while, he had already killed over a hundred of them.

"Awoo— Awooo— Awooo—" The Green Fire Wolf leader howled once again and immediately all the Green Fire Wolves began to swarm Qin Yu. More Green Fire Wolves kept emerging from the woods, and their numbers only grew larger, now reaching eight hundred. Including the hundred or so Qin Yu had killed, it seemed that the entire clan of Green Fire Wolves in the forest had mobilized for battle.

"Phew!"

A burning sensation came from his back as Qin Yu’s Spiritual Sense clearly detected a gash there. Instantly, his body flashed away, and with a simple swing of his sword with his right hand, the Green Fire Wolf that had attacked him howled a few times and fell to the ground, motionless. Qin Yu’s figure had already moved several meters away. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Speed! Speed!!

When surrounded, one could only rely on speed to keep moving, striving to face only a small number of enemies each time. If he stopped moving, with so many Green Fire Wolves rushing forward, even Qin Yu, as powerful as he was, wouldn’t be able to cope.

"Phew!"

Two more wounds appeared on Qin Yu’s abdomen as a Green Fire Wolf viciously bit into him. Qin Yu’s left hand formed a blade, Purple True Qi creating a sharp edge around his palm, and with a slash of his hand, he severed the Green Fire Wolf’s head.

However, the teeth of the Green Fire Wolf were still clamped onto Qin Yu’s abdomen, causing him intense pain while blood continued to pour out. Qin Yu had no time to remove the wolf’s head from his body since the skies above and all around were swarming with Green Fire Wolves.

"Awoo" The Green Fire Wolf leader seemed to sense the impending victory and began howling loudly.

Instantly, dozens of Green Fire Wolves leaped into the air, pouncing directly towards Qin Yu from above. The sharp wolf teeth and cold claws aimed straight for him, while another group of dozens of Green Fire Wolves on the ground attacked him simultaneously.

They came from all directions; no escape to the heavens, no refuge on earth.

"Haah!" A feral gleam flashed in Qin Yu’s eyes as his fists, clad in the Flame Burning Gloves, pounded out with unrivaled power, striking out at Qin Yu’s top speed. In an instant, his hands seemed to multiply into dozens, forming into eagle talons, finger swords...

"Bang!" With a sound, a hole appeared in the throat of a Green Fire Wolf that had leaped high into the air, its blood spraying out like a fountain, drenching the entire battlefield with the stench of blood.

Qin Yu managed to grab one of the Green Fire Wolves by its leg, and with a low roar, whipped it around several times like a flail. Then, the Purple True Qi completely infused into his hand, and the strength from his Outer Strength Cultivation at the Innate Extreme, surpassing ten thousand jin, burst forth completely.

Qin Yu threw the half-dead Green Fire Wolf out with full force, using it like a weapon.

"Boom!"

The Purple True Qi and the immense strength exploded, causing the Green Fire Wolf’s body to burst apart. Each piece of flesh and bone flew out like hidden weapons, eliciting a round of howls from the wolves, and at the same time, knocking down a group of them.

However, even more Green Fire Wolves were frantically tearing at Qin Yu, whose body kept accruing wounds. Thankfully, the Meteor Tear was there, and some of the smaller injuries quickly scabbed over. The larger wounds, however, needed more time.

As powerful as the Meteor Tear was, it couldn’t keep up with the relentless attacks from so many Green Fire Wolves.

From mid-air, Little Black saw Qin Yu surrounded and attacked by hundreds of Green Fire Wolves, his body drenched in blood, his abdomen exhibiting a frightful wound, and couldn’t help but let out a piercing screech. However, the crazy tumbling of the thunder clouds and the terrifying aura all indicated that the fourth strike of Sky Thunder was about to descend.

"Boom!"

Purple lightning, like a dragon roaming the heavens for nine days, twisted out of the storm clouds in the sky and plummeted down, carrying with it the momentum to destroy heaven and earth as it fiercely hammered towards Little Black.

Suddenly—

A shocking cry of a hawk erupted, its sound piercing to the extreme, but it carried an air of solitary and domineering aura that surprisingly made the six or seven hundred Green Fire Wolves attacking pause. Qin Yu’s Spiritual Sense had been keeping watch over Little Black.

Facing the fourth heavenly lightning, Little Black’s wings, firm as steel, emitted streaks of Thunder Fire light. This so-called Thunder Fire wasn’t a combination of thunder and flames, but rather a gleaming lightning on the outside burning with flames.

"Whoosh"

The dazzling Thunder Fire burst forth from Little Black’s body, coalescing into a form that resembled half a Flood Dragon as it soared into the sky, colliding with the fourth heavenly lightning.

"Boom!"

The Thunder Fire dissipated, yet the fourth heavenly lightning had also lost much of its power. In that instant, Qin Yu’s Spiritual Sense clearly observed Little Black’s wings vibrating at an extremely fast frequency, creating nine afterimages in a flash.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

After nine continuous collisions, the frequency of Little Black’s wing flaps was so fast that Qin Yu was also astonished. The significantly weakened fourth heavenly lightning, after nine impacts, was almost entirely neutralized, and what little remained of the lightning was directly swallowed by Little Black.

Having successfully overcome the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, Little Black had triumphed!

"Since when did Little Black become so powerful?" Qin Yu was astounded and bewildered.

Little Black had always been with him, and Qin Yu was well aware that Little Black didn’t possess any special skills. In that instant just now, not only had Little Black used Thunder Fire, but it had also displayed an extremely refined technique, with its wings vibrating nine times in an instant, in an extremely short span of time.

"Pfft!"

Qin Yu felt another burst of intense pain in his back—he had gotten slightly distracted and was struck again.

"These damn wolves!" Qin Yu cursed in his heart. With Little Black’s successful tribulation crossing, he also let go of his worries. At that moment, he completely immersed himself in the fight, and his speed increased ever so slightly once more. Amidst the hundreds of Green Fire Wolves, there was another spurt of blood and a whirl of severed limbs.

Suddenly—

A hawk’s cry soared to the heavens. Little Black, having just passed the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, spread its two wings and dived at breakneck speed. As it neared the horde of Green Fire Wolves again, Little Black’s wings once more performed extremely subtle vibrations.

Like lightning bending and turning!

"Swoosh"

Even Qin Yu only saw a black light flashing continuously, and then dozens of Green Fire Wolves were cut into two or three segments, as if they were chopped by a sharp knife and neatly divided. All of the Green Fire Wolves came to a halt.

"Little Black!" Qin Yu was shocked.

Soaring in the sky, Little Black cried out again and deployed the same ultimate move as before. This time, Qin Yu’s Spiritual Sense observed carefully, and he clearly saw that Little Black’s feathered wings vibrated rapidly in an ingenious trajectory, flashing like black lightning before piercing straight through the pack of Green Fire Wolves.

Little Black’s wings were incredibly tough, and by now, they had reached the level of a Spiritual Artifact. Like a sharp knife, the wings simply sliced the Green Fire Wolves into several parts as Little Black flew by.

"Awoo—"

The leader of the Green Fire Wolves immediately issued an urgent and loud call. The leader, possessing considerable intelligence, realized that the once common threat, the Black Hawk, had undergone a transformation after the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations. The Black Hawk could fly, while they, the Green Fire Wolves, could not; the Black Hawk needed only a dozen or so dives to annihilate hundreds of Green Fire Wolves.

Following the howls of the pack leader, hundreds of Green Fire Wolves rapidly retreated, each bolting towards the forest.

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

Gliding like a hang glider, Little Black swiftly made two more passes through the group of Green Fire Wolves, resulting in the death of nearly a hundred more, and then the remaining wolves fled into the woods, leaving behind four to five hundred Green Fire Wolf corpses on the battlefield.

Little Black called out once more, as if wanting to chase into the forest.

"Little Black, no need to chase." Qin Yu’s facial muscles twitched slightly, his body bearing over a hundred wounds at this point. However, most were superficial, and only four or five wounds were particularly severe. Fortunately, the Meteor Tear was continuously repairing him with streams of healing energy.

With a flap of its wings, Little Black skimmed over the surface of the lake before landing beside Qin Yu, gazing worriedly at his wounds.

"It’s nothing, just some superficial wounds. I didn’t die even with my heart pierced; these little injuries are nothing. Come on, let’s go back and rest." Qin Yu laughed heartily, a certain boldness in his attitude, and then he and Little Black returned to Thunder Mountain Residence, leaving behind the corpses of the Green Fire Wolves on the ground.

In one battle, Qin Yu killed three to four hundred Green Fire Wolves.

Qin Yu was an Outer Strength Expert striving to reach the Innate Extreme, cultivating the "Tongtian Three Diagrams" to the utmost, his muscles as tough as Vajra. Accompanied by his Purple True Qi forming Protective Gang Qi, ordinary Early and Middle Stage Innate Green Fire Wolves could only inflict superficial wounds on him, merely restricting his movements.

Only the Late Innate Stage and Innate Extreme Green Fire Wolves were able to truly harm Qin Yu. Furthermore, Qin Yu was most skilled in group combat and, armed with two Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts and the continuous healing from the Meteor Tear inside his body, such achievements in battle were to be expected.

...

Within the Thunder Mountain Residence Martial Arts Hall, Qin Yu sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly engaged in cultivation, while Little Black stood by his side with light emanating from his feathered wings, evidently also cultivating.

After half an hour, the densely packed wounds on Qin Yu’s body had almost completely disappeared, leaving behind only a few faint scars from the originally terrifying gashes. Indeed, the Meteor Tear was incredibly miraculous.

The clear stream flowed over, and a tingling sensation continually arose in those wounds. Qin Yu reveled in this feeling. After such a frenzied battle, he felt that his Purple True Qi seemed to have become even more pure.

"You, hello," a somewhat stammering, cold voice suddenly echoed in Qin Yu’s mind.

Qin Yu’s heart skipped a beat "Someone’s here!" He immediately opened his eyes and looked around. He suddenly noticed that Little Black was staring at him, eyes filled with excitement. A thought crossed Qin Yu’s mind, but he found the possibility hard to believe.

"Little Black, is it you?" Qin Yu stood up, looking at Little Black in disbelief.

"Yes, it’s me. I’ve given myself a name, called ’Hei Yu’..." Little Black was a bit nervous at first when using Spiritual Communication, but then he got the hang of it. He had named himself Hei Yu in relation to Qin Yu’s name.

"Haha, that’s great, that’s so great!!!" Qin Yu’s eyes shone with excitement, and then he hugged Little Black tightly, "From now on, we can communicate freely. This is really great, haha, Little Black, you know I am seven years older than you, call me Big Brother. Haha, hurry up and call me."

Little Black was also slightly excited and finally said through Spiritual Communication, "Big, Big Brother!"

Qin Yu and Little Black were both excited for a long time before Qin Yu began to ask about some doubts in his heart.

"Little Black, how come your voice is in my mind? And during the tribulation just now, how come you suddenly became so powerful? I don’t remember you being that strong in the past," Qin Yu was very curious, "Right, I remember, usually after surviving the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, many demon beasts can transform into human form, why haven’t you?"

Little Black was taken aback, realizing Qin Yu had asked too many questions, he immediately said, "No rush, one thing at a time."

After a moment, Little Black said, "I’ve just reached the Golden Core Stage, so naturally, I have the ability of Spiritual Communication. Unfortunately, I need to overcome the Ninety-nine Tribulations to be able to transform into human form. Also, during the tribulation, a lot of cultivation methods suitable for demon beasts like me suddenly appeared in my mind. I naturally started using some of the most basic ones."

"You need to overcome the Ninety-nine Tribulations before you can take human form?" Qin Yu was shocked. He had read some cultivation books and knew that the more powerful the demon beast, the harder it was to transform into a human. Weaker demon beasts, on the other hand, could easily take on human forms.

It seemed that Little Black was one of the more powerful demon beasts.

Unfortunately, Qin Yu did not understand the meaning of what Little Black had first mentioned, ’the sudden appearance of suitable cultivation methods in his mind.’ If he had been a more knowledgeable cultivator, he might have understood the significance of ’Inheritance Memory.’

"Can you only use Spiritual Communication, and not speak?" Qin Yu asked.

Little Black helplessly shook his head, "I can’t, my throat is different from humans, and it’s very difficult for me to speak human language. I can only use Spiritual Communication. But isn’t Spiritual Communication good? I can say things the moment I think of them, it’s much faster."

All Qin Yu could do was nod.

"Alright, Little Black, you stay here in Thunder Mountain Residence and cultivate more. In just over two months, I will also have my tribulation. During this time, I must cultivate earnestly," Qin Yu said to Little Black, who nodded continuously and transmitted spiritually, "Big Brother, you focus on your cultivation. I’ve just reached the Golden Core Stage, and there’s also a lot I need to do."

Many secret techniques suitable for his cultivation had emerged in Little Black’s mind, so he naturally had a lot to learn. Meanwhile, Qin Yu also cultivated quietly in Thunder Mountain Residence, calmly awaiting the Heavenly Tribulations coming in just over two months.

As time passed day by day, Little Black and Qin Yu immersed themselves in intense cultivation, undisturbed by the world outside, enjoying the tranquility around Thunder Mountain Residence. The Green Fire Wolf dared not come near again. In contrast, the Hidden Dragon Continent’s Chu Dynasty was now turbulent with undercurrents.