I Can Edit Skills - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Peerless! How Can I Be So Strong?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhou Ji had already retreated to the back of a house, watching the Blood Eagle scouting around from afar. This was almost the outermost perimeter of the camp. Even if there were any sudden incidents later, he would be able to escape at the first possible moment. 

As more than twenty cultivators had gathered in the square at the moment, the spiritual essence fluctuations were chaotic. Even the seemingly profound scouting spell could not find any traces of Zhou Ji. 

Xue Ying, who was quite fearful of Zhou Ji’s concealment ability, was also wary of taking action. The second-in-charge of the stronghold, the second-in-command, had gone out to take jobs. Their third-in-command was only a brain. Of the remaining eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, two had died without a sound. The remaining six couldn’t hold up much of a scene either. 

“I don’t know which side’s brother suddenly came to visit my Blood Eagle stronghold. Please come out and meet him!” 

Zhou Ji didn’t expect that the Blood Eagle, who had looked around but failed to find him, seemed to have given up on looking for him and instead shouted loudly. 

Was there no other way? 

Zhou Ji had never experienced such a thing, but he could be considered as someone who had lived for an extra lifetime, so he didn’t foolishly answer. 

“Let’s not beat around the bush. My Eagle Eye Spell is quite famous in this area. If I don’t point out where you are, it’s just for the sake of my brother’s face. I don’t know if you’re here as a guest or to seek revenge? Whether it’s a guest or to seek revenge, you should at least draw a path, right? It’s not proper to be so sneaky.” 

Was he scaring someone? Zhou Ji frowned slowly. They were all big shots in the same place, how could they be so idiotic? Could it be… that this guy was trying to stall for time? 

Zhou Ji thought for a moment and moved to a corner of the camp. He felt that the atmosphere was not right. There might be something fishy going on. 

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the air behind him seemed to be disturbed. This kind of disturbance made his hair stand on end. 

Subconsciously, Zhou Ji turned around and saw a huge eagle with wings that were more than three meters wide. It was pouncing on his head. A pair of giant eagle claws were flashing with cold light, aiming directly at his head! 

Eagle? No! It was a demon! 

In the world of cultivation, although humans were the main force, such animals and plants still existed. Zhou Ji had only heard of such things in the past. He had heard that they could be found in the wilderness, but this was the first time he had seen them. 

Under the moonlight, he could clearly see that the giant eagle’s feathers were red like blood. 

Blood Eagle… Blood Eagle… Zhou Ji finally understood. 

He did not have time to think. subconsciously, Zhou Ji exerted strength in his legs and jumped to the side. Three wind blades flew towards the giant eagle. 

Three crisp sounds were heard. The three wind blades that hit the giant eagle’s chest were all shattered. Only three shallow wounds were left on the giant eagle’s chest. The blood that flowed out quickly stopped. 

At this moment, a pair of eagle claws had also caught Zhou Ji. However, due to his dodging, the claws that were originally aimed at his head had landed on Zhou Ji’s shoulder, leaving three scratches. 

The intense pain caused Zhou Ji to suck in a breath of cold air. 

From his two lifetimes until now, Zhou Ji was merely a monk who had become a monk halfway through his life. He had planned everything in advance, such as killing people, launching sneak attacks, and shooting arrows. He had the advantage, so he had never experienced such pain before. Of course, he was also aware of his current physical fitness. Zhou Ji had never tested it before, but based on his guess, his current physical fitness had already become extraordinary after being refined by his cultivation method, he wondered how it would compare to those legendary body cultivators of the same realm. 

If an ordinary spirit cultivator had been able to handle that grab just now, half of his shoulder would have already been shattered. At this moment, only three one-inch-deep wounds had been left on Zhou Ji’s shoulder. 

At this moment, Zhou Ji had also gone all out. Looking at the huge eagle that had lost its balance and crashed into the ground due to the sudden attack, lightning began to fill his hand. Within a few breaths, one-tenth of the spirit essence had converged into the lightning. In the next moment, as Zhou Ji’s palm struck the huge eagle, lightning suddenly exploded, and a burning smell rose along with thick smoke. 

The giant eagle let out a mournful cry, which soon weakened and became on its last breath. 

Shaking his numb palm, Zhou Ji did not spare the giant eagle a second glance. He activated his swift shadow technique at full power and ran around the base of the camp wall, using the camp’s house as a barrier to run to the other side. 

He had already been discovered. In the few breaths of time that he had just exchanged blows with the giant eagle, the desolate bandits in the distant square had already reacted. The first-in-charge, “Blood Eagle”, took the lead and charged towards Zhou Ji’s location. Almost a breath after Zhou Ji’s figure had disappeared into the shadows, a huge fist shadow had already smashed into the spot where Zhou Ji had been standing, it left a huge pit of about one meter in that spot! 

This guy… Was he a body cultivator?! 

Zhou Ji glanced at the power of the fist that contained anger in his panic, and his heart was aghast. 

“Kill him!” 

Amidst the dirt and dust, the first-in-charge’s angry voice rang out. 

In his arms was the giant eagle that had just attacked Zhou Ji. However, at this moment, the giant eagle’s fur had already turned charred black, and its head drooped weakly to the side. It looked like it was about to breathe in and out for a long time. 

Although he had been discovered, the effect of Zhou Ji’s swift shadow skill was still there. 

By merging into the shadow, as long as no one was aware of this element and made the shadow disappear, then Zhou Ji would not be so easily discovered. 

Of course, the battle just now had caused Zhou Ji’s spirit essence to leak out. Although the desolate bandits present might not be able to see Zhou Ji, they could still feel Zhou Ji’s faint aura in the shadow. 

For a moment, all kinds of attacks flew towards Zhou Ji. 

Zhou Ji was also ruthless at this time. He relied on his swift shadow technique and Second Stage Soaring Spell to dodge the incoming attacks as he ran into the forest outside the stronghold while swinging the wind blades behind him. 

With the experience of taking the giant eagle’s claw head-on, Zhou Ji had a new understanding of his physical fitness. 

The offensive spells of the desolate bandits were not much better, at least compared to the claw of the giant eagle, they were still a little far off. 

Even so, Zhou Ji did not ignore these attacks. Every time they hit him, the spiritual essence of different people would also affect him; Zhou Ji did not want to spend his spiritual essence to resolve this effect. 

Under the kiting tactic, the desolate bandits finally realized that something was wrong. 

This was a powerful guy! His strength was probably not weaker than their boss! 

If they surrounded him from both sides, they would be killed by this fellow. If they chased him together, they would be kited by this fellow. No one would be able to catch up to him! From time to time, this fellow would turn around and release a few extremely sharp and fast wind blades. Those who came into contact with them would either lose an arm or a leg, or they would die! 

Zhou Ji had not even reached the entrance of the stronghold when the bandits behind him no longer dared to chase him. In this short distance, another eleven bandits had fallen, leaving only fourteen. 

At this time, Zhou Ji had already used up more than half of his spiritual essence. 

His mind was still a little muddled. 

‘When did I become so strong? Or was it that I had never known how strong I was?’ 

At the entrance of the stockade, Zhou Ji circulated his cultivation technique with all his might, recovering his spiritual essence while confronting the pursuers who were more than ten meters behind him. He did not dare to run out of the stronghold directly. The area around the stronghold was nearly a hundred meters wide. If he dared to rush out, these people would be able to drive the floating shuttle to surround him..