Martial Qi.

A power that can often be heard in martial arts stories.

It is a type of energy that resides in everyone's body.

Fundamentally, it is vitality or it can also be called life energy.

By cultivating our body, we can cultivate our own vitality and strengthen it until it becomes powerful enough to become a "weapon".

That is the Martial Qi.

However, Martial Qi cannot just turn into a weapon. It is a flexible energy that has the properties of life that could be used in various ways.

The idea that suddenly came to Kyson's mind is one of the uses of Martial Qi that he saw in the past in entertainment works.

That is coating the body with Martial Qi.

Theoretically, or at least based on what he saw before, this will serve as a protective layer to separate his body from the other side of the coating.

This will help him walk through the forest full of contaminated trees and other stuff without getting tainted.

With a light in his eyes, Kyson cheered himself on.

"Alright, let's do this!"

Turning his gaze to Cocky, he said,

"Cocky, I'll leave it up to you for a bit. Don't let anyone get near me."

"Cluck cluck!"

Cocky clucked, assuring Kyson.

Sitting crossed legged on the ground, Kyson closed his eyes.

His first course of action is to feel the Martial Qi flowing inside his body.

His talent as a Martial Arts Genius manifested and helped him, making it easy for him to feel the Martial Qi.

A swirling mass of gentle energy at the center of his body appeared in his 'sight' in just a few seconds.

It was the core of his Martial Qi.

Wisp of vitality could be seen escaping from the core and flowing all over his body before coming back to the center.

In that process, the Martial Qi was distributing energy all over his body while also giving strength to it.

After observing it for a while Kyson extended his thoughts like a hand and used it to control his Martial Qi.

Multiple wisp of Martial Qi separated from the core under Kyson's control and slowly started moving to all corners of his body.

Then, the Martial Qi seeped out of his pores and covered his skin from the outside, from head to toe.

Kyson meticulously controlled the Martial Qi, making sure that no part of his skin was exposed.

As soon as all corners of his body got covered by Martial Qi, a system notification sounded in his ears.

Ding!

[Congratulations, you learned the skill 'Qi Control'!]

[Congratulations, you learned the skill 'Qi Protection'!]

Two consecutive notifications from the system brought Kyson out of his trance.

He opened his eyes and the energy coating his body dispersed.

When he saw the system messages, a smile immediately bloomed on his face.

"Hahaha, the [Martial Arts Genius] talent is really worthy of being an S-rank!"

Kyson immediately knew that this is one of the effects of the Martial Arts Genius talent.

For a normal individual, it is hard to learn a skill on your own. That is why the trade of skill scrolls is very popular in the forum.

However, most of the skill scrolls are currently coming from the Adventurer Agency–in other words, the government.

Using the points that they've gathered, adventurers can exchange for a skill scroll through the trading hall.

This led to some poorer adventurers using their points for skill scrolls and selling it for hard cash at an abnormally high value.

But this world never lacks rich people.

For them, skills are more important than cash.

…

"Now that I have the skills I need, it's time to start moving."

Kyson stood up and turned his gaze at Cocky who was diligently guarding him, saying,

"Cocky, let's go!"

"Also, since you already saw the whole process of me learning Qi Protection, it should be easy for you to learn it."

Understanding Kyson's words, Cocky paused for a second.

Then several breaths later, a thin layer of green energy covered Cocky from head to toe.

If you look closely, it was exactly the same skill that Kyson just used.

Qi Protection!

Kyson immediately grinned.

"I knew it. This [Martial Arts Genius] is really too perverted!"

His words might sound like scolding, but the satisfaction on his face could not even be hidden.

Kyson has no other words for this talent other than awesome!

Now that the two of them learned Qi Protection, Kyson didn't dilly-dally and started moving right away.

Despite being covered by Qi Protection, Kyson still didn't hastily come near the contaminated trees.

With care, they maneuvered around the forest of contaminated trees.

But inevitably, there are moment that they touched the contamination, which immediately created a sizzling sound when in contact with the Qi Protection.

It is like two opposite elements meeting each other, creating a wild chemical reaction.

But that reaction also proved that Qi Protection is able to isolate the demonic energy, keeping the body safe.

So with confidence, the two of them, one man and one chicken, swaggered in the forest.

Finally, after walking for more than half an hour, Kyson finally saw something other than trees.

"Cocky, stop."

Ordering Cocky in a low voice, Kyson also crouched down and observed the things ahead of them.

A cave with thick, heavy miasma appeared in their sight, emitting a strange black glow from its mouth.

Coming out from that cave, familiar figures carrying strange black stones could be seen.

"Goblins…"

Kyson uttered from under his breath.

However, while looking at them, Kyson's face can't help but turn strange.

That's because he saw something in those goblins that normal goblins shouldn't have.

"... Those black marks look the same as the one on the Goblin General from the other day."

Black line marks running all over their bodies like venomous snakes are present in all of the goblins.

"These goblins are already…"

Just as he was carefully analyzing them, the goblins started dispersing in different directions, holding the black stones in their hands with careful reverence.

One of the goblins started heading towards Kyson and Cocky, prompting Kyson to shut his mouth.

Kyson cautiously hid himself and Cocky behind a bush, making sure not to alert the approaching goblin.

As the goblin got closer, Kyson readied himself.

A familiar molo knife appeared on his hand, brought out from Chicky's space.

Holding it tightly, Kyson suddenly launched himself forward.

At this time, the distance between him and the goblin is only a few meters.

With that one action, Kyson instantly covered the distance and appeared in front of the goblin.

Before it could even react, he swung the molo knife on the neck of the goblin.

Shiiiik!

Psssh!

Dark blue blood bursts out from the severed neck, tainting the surroundings.

Along with it, ominous dark gas escaped from the goblin's body and dispersed in the air.

Kyson hurriedly stepped back, avoiding the blood and black gas.

After a while, the still standing body of the goblin finally fell down.

But before it could hit the ground, Kyson caught it and slowly dropped it.

After doing all of that, he looked around, surveying his surroundings.

He wants to make sure that no one notices what's happening here, avoiding the possibility of being attacked by multiple goblins.

With his strength, it shouldn't be a problem to fight even hundreds of these goblins.

But with the variable called demonic energy, Kyson doesn't want to be too sure.

Kyson's current location is neither far nor near from the cave.

Because of that, he's being especially cautious to avoid being found out.

Fortunately, no one seemed to have noticed anything.

All the other goblins still went out to their original directions.

"Haaa~"

Kyson breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning his attention back at the corpse on the ground, Kyson got a closer look at it.

On the severed head, he saw the eyes of the goblins were black, with only the pupil in the middle that was red.

All the dark lines on the body of the goblin also intersect at the center of the chest, making a pitch black spot that could only be called "empty".

"What the hell is wrong with these goblins…"

Kyson muttered with a frown.

At the same time, he decided to use 'Identification', hoping to get more information.

[Demonize Goblin's Corpse]

[Description: A goblin that's been exposed to demonic energy for a long time, contaminating it, before lastly becoming demonized.

Note: Demonized monsters are stronger than their original counterparts.]

…

"Demonize Goblin…"

Kyson read the name of it as understanding dawned on him.

"My thoughts were indeed right."

The Goblin General from before and these goblins right here, they were also contaminated by the demonic energy.

And because they've been contaminated for so long and continued to be exposed to it, they become demonized.

Then Kyson's gaze drifted to the strange black stone that the goblin was carefully carrying.

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