Gu Luo’s miserable scream resounded in the horizon, the sharp pain makes him unable to keep his balance in the sky. The scroll was wobbling as it carried him forward, it was actually losing altitude constantly.

Xiao Chen stepped on the tip of the tree, leaping from the crown of one tree to another, his body transformed into a blur. After chasing for a few dozens of meter, he launched the second sword!

The bright longsword emitted a dazzling radiance, like a meteor that glides through the sky, it left behind a trail of light as it hits Gu Luo!

“Plop!”

Watery blood sprinkled everywhere, the second sword hit the target again!

This sword directly pierced Gu Luo’s chest, it nearly took his life! An earsplitting scream resounded in the sky, the blood flowed down from the sky like a waterfall. Gu Luo was heavily wounded and on the verge of dying, he directed the scroll with all his remaining strength to fly towards a distant location at high-speed.

Under the bright moonlight, Xiao Chen was standing on the highest point of the tree, he faced upwards and let out a long howl. His long hair danced about hysterically, his eyes were as sharp as the blade of a sword, he finally turned the entire situation around tonight. After clearing all the malice in his heart, he need not to flee anymore.

Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang climbed up the tree, and arrived at Xiao Chen’s side. Under the moonlight, the three snow-white skeletons fixed their gaze on the bright moon in the sky. The spiritual light in their skull fluctuated, seemingly to recall something……

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The latter half of the night, the roar of the beast was gone, it was especially calm in the mountain forest. The gentle moonlight spread throughout the entire forest, like a really huge feather of pure white. The mountain forest was harmonious and tranquil.

Xiao Chen seated cross-legged on the tree crown, he started to operate the mysterious technique of his to draw in the moonlight. The essence of the moonlight was flowing unhurriedly like the water ripples, a faint divine fog was circulating around the treetop, making this place appear especially auspicious and peaceful.

After an intense fight, Xiao Chen’s body was already running out of gas ⌈¹⌋, the essence of the pure moonlight energy was assimilated by his body unceasingly. The essence of the moonlight replenished the energy of his dried up body.

The three skeletons were also quietly refining the crystals Xiao Chen had provided them. Their snow-white framework gained another layer of luster, especially their skulls which were set off by the spiritual lights. Their skulls appeared crystal clear, as if they were transformed into jade.

This was a really peaceful and tranquil night……

The light of the stars in the night sky gradually became weaker, a speck of red light gradually exposed itself from the East. The dawn approached, the bird was the first to get up in the peaceful primitive forest. The pleasing birdsong was melodious and sweet-sounding, after that the roar of the beast sounded unceasingly.

Xiao Chen’s entire body was enveloped by a hazy radiance, a few birds were hopping around him and chirping happily. He already became one with nature. It last until he opened his pair of eyes, the forest birds were startled and flew off like rockets. He could feel a surge of qi-energy all over his body, the glorious radiance constantly circulated around the surface of his body.

He washed the bloodstains all over his body at a limpid streamlet ⌈²⌋ nearby. After eating a incomparably sumptuous breakfast, he led the three skeletons and be on their way.

A group of huge elephants galloping, a divine panther with a pair of wings, a huge golden centipede with body as thick as a bucket, a three-headed tiger overlord that was as big as a small hill, the howl of huge and terrifying beasts could be heard during the whole journey. It echoed in the primitive ancient forest unceasingly.

Passing through layer upon layers of mountain forest, Xiao Chen brought the three skeletons back to his previous dwelling place. Beside the sapphire-like small lake, the bluish-green bamboo house was still standing upright, emitting the sweet scent of plants. The wisterias meandering around the lake, discharging the fragrance of flowers and plants.

They didn’t stop over here, they passed through the dense woodland and arrived at the coast. Xiao Chen began to bask the sea salt under the sun, he was preparing to go after Zhao Lin Er and Gu Luo after gathering enough.

The early morning sunlight was golden-bright and dazzling, the three skeletons hate the sunshine very much, they hid under the shade of the coconut grove nearby, unwilling to come out. Xiao Chen used the coconut shell to collect seawater to make the sea salt by himself. However, just around this time, he discovered a human figure in the ocean.

A white-clothed man was dashing towards him from the depths of the ocean at lightning speed, he was like a divine fish rending the sea waves! The most shocking thing was, the white-clothed man was not swimming across the ocean, he was standing above the sea level!

He could finally see clearly after the distance was shortened!

A white-clothed young monk was pedaling atop a wooden boat. His movement was carefree, as if he was an immortal who trod across the ocean waves, his unworldly gracefulness cannot be described with mere words.

The Light Weight Technique of Bodhidharma! The supreme technique that was lost in the human world for countless years!

Xiao Chen was rather astonished, that was obviously an expert. He couldn’t help but raise his guard.

The slightly salty sea breeze brushed lightly against the white-clothed monk as he braved the waves and arrived at the coast. He was somewhat surprised when he looked at Xiao Chen, but he quickly calmed down, took a single step forward and moved on top of the beach.

“You are……?” The white-clothed monk was different from the usual monk, he didn’t recite the chant nor did he refer to common people as almsgiver, he inquired like an ordinary person.

Seeing that this young monk was out of the ordinary, Xiao Chen introduced himself briefly. If he was to continue living in this world of immortals, he should build a good relationship with the practitioners of this world.

The white-clothed monk was seemingly very astonished, he opened his mouth and starts to talk, “My religious name is Yizhen.” Unlike an ordinary monk, he didn’t claim “himself” as a “Wise Monk”. ⌈³⌋ Even though he didn’t speak like a Buddhist monk, he revealed a super-refined aura. Judging from his bearing alone, he seemed to be a senior monk who had achieved enlightenment.

The two chatted naturally as they walked towards the coconut grove automatically. The three skeletons could feel a stranger approaching so they stealthily retreated.

“Master Yizhen, is there anything bizarre on this island?” Xiao Chen had too much question in his heart, Wang Zi Feng, and even Gu Luo had come to this island in succession. They clearly have a main objective, even Yizhen has come to this island now. It further emphasized the distinction of this uninhabited island.

“This island is known as the Dragon Island. During the ancient barren era, this island was eternally subdued by the Heavenly Monolith. All the dragon race that were capable of oppressing the deities lost their magic power eternally, and was confined on this uninhabited island.”

Xiao Chen finally understood why the Eight-Clawed Tyrant Dragon that could fight toe-to-toe with Neptune, and the king of dragons, the Tyrannical Dragon, were demonstrating more brutality than divinity. They already lost their powerful Divine Ability on this eternally subdued island.

“Why did something like that happened?” Xiao Chen asked curiously.

Buddhist Yizhen understood Xiao Chen’s current way of thinking, he briefly explained all the important events of the past to him.

“Nobody knows for sure. After the dragon race was subdued, Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, Emperor Fuxi, the rest of the ancestral god disappeared. Even powerful figures like Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Gautama, and so on, also disappeared. ⌈⁴⌋ Perhaps some unfortunate event occurred around that era. Those respectable deities all disappeared without a trace.”

“How did something like that happen……” Xiao Chen couldn’t understand, he turned his head to face Buddhist Yizhen and said, “Don’t tell me, there is no more god in this world?”

“That is not exactly right, the world of immortal is immeasurably vast, there are many different kinds of race. The ancestral gods are no longer here, and even the powerful Laozi, Gautama and the others had also disappeared, the exotic tribes still continued to spread the legends of venerable gods. There are many things that cannot be explained clearly, only after you walk through the vast continent and experience it yourself would you truly understand.”

Gu Luo chuckled grimly twice, then he suddenly got up and ran towards Xiao Chen. It was pointless to say anything more at the moment. Zhao Lin Er follow-up with Gu Luo, she knew it was already too late to fall back. The only way out of this predicament was to kill Xiao Chen while enduring the onslaught of the undead miasma.

Two longswords were swung towards Xiao Chen’s chest in crisscrossed pattern. At the same time, the man who was holding the Blazing Sword also made his moves. The blazing hot longsword was swung towards Xiao Chen’s neck with ferocious strength.

The longsword in Xiao Chen’s hand also emitted a dazzling radiance, he swept the longsword across a wide area, and deflected the three’s killing technique. At the same time, the three skeletons transformed into three rays of white light as they dashed over there to clash against the three powerful experts.

Quite obviously, Zhao Lin Er and Gu Luo were plagued by the undead miasma, their strength was many times weaker than before. Even if they worked together, they still couldn’t gain any advantage.

The sword aura rose high into the sky from within the forest, Xiao Chen rotated his body as he brandished the sword. With a curved slash, the sword erupted with a glaring sword aura as it streaked across Zhao Lin Er’s nape. Her fine black hair filled the sky, the Imperial Angel’s long hair was neatly cut off. If she was one second slower, perhaps it would be her head that was detached!

Zhao Lin Er was breaking cold sweat from head to toe, she who was born in the imperial household had never experienced this kind of treatment; To be forced by others close to the gate of the underworld.

Gu Luo was also extremely scared, in his eyes, Xiao Chen was a really dangerous individual. An individual with resolution as firm as steel, he didn’t even hesitate when facing this kind of peerless beauty. He faced it with an indifferent attitude, what else would this kind of individual not dare to do? Originally, he thought that he could entice Xiao Chen with great benefits, and negotiate with him at the crucial moment. However, he completely dispelled this train of thoughts in his heart now.

During the time Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er were feeling apprehensive, the longsword in Xiao Chen’s hand had already broke the Blazing Sword into pieces. An incomparably bright sword descended from top to bottom, slashing the sword-wielding man’s shoulder. The blood splashed everywhere, two chunks of body remains fell on the bloody ground of the forest.

Seeing Xiao Chen drew near while carrying the iron sword that’s dripping with blood, as well as the three skeletons blocking their path from the flank, Gu Luo’s complexion became despondent. Zhao Lin Er knitted her eyebrows, however she couldn’t come up with any countermeasures. It was getting difficult to maintain her gorgeous complexion and remain calm at the moment.

“Alright, everything should come to an end now.” When Xiao Chen said all these, he remained very calm. However, it makes Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er feel even more frigid.

“Whoosh……”

“Roar……”

Just around this time, unhappy cries of the apes could be heard from a distant place. The terrain was slightly higher here, so they could clearly see dozens of powerful beastly figures were flying vertically on top of the tree. It was as if they were walking on the clouds, they could traverse eight to nine meters by only touching the branches or leaves slightly. They were seriously extremely nimble as they flew at lightning speed towards this location! ⌈¹⌋

Zhao Lin Er’s complexion abruptly changed, she recognized them in a flash. Those dozens of Gigantic Apes once protected Xiao Chen, and she killed one of them several days ago.

This place was not very far away from the habitat of the Gigantic Ape, the sound of battle had alarmed them.

In merely a short period of time, the dozens of Gigantic Apes arrived at this location. All of them were approximately three meter in height, with black fur covered their entire body, they seemed extremely scary under the moonlit night. As soon as they landed, they closely packed together as they surrounded both parties like huge stone monoliths.

The four meter tall peculiar Four-Armed Ape stood in the middle, the blood-colored fur on its body was flickering with a bewitching radiance under the moonlit night. Two rays of light were emitted from its two eyes, like a pair of lightning, as it started at Zhao Lin Er coldly.

Xiao Chen recalled the three skeletons to his side. With the dozens of Gigantic Ape who showed up for vengeance, perhaps he don’t even need to lift a finger. The conclusion of the fight was already set in the stone.

But all of a sudden, an extremely radiance burst out from the forest, the lightnings interweaves together as it enveloped the dozens of peculiar apes like a huge net. It wiped out all but the blood-colored peculiar ape, all the Gigantic Apes were knocked down be the lightning attack. They were twitching from head to toes, unable to even budge a muscle. Even the blood-colored Gigantic Ape’s footstep was weak and unstable.

The fast change of scenario caused everyone to know not what to do. However, just around this time, a snow-white young unicorn with faint light flickering all over its body like a jade transformed into a ray of silver radiance as it got in front of Zhao Lin Er. The young unicorn carried Zhao Lin Er and ran far away in a split second. ⌈²⌋

This unforeseen event was too sudden!

The blood-colored Gigantic Ape bellowed in rage, it was like a sudden clap of thunder in the middle of a moonlit night. Its body generated electric sparks with crackling noise as it got out of paralysis state. Then it soared into the sky like a madman as it chased after the young unicorn.

After a short period of time, all the Gigantic Apes that were twitching on the ground recovered, and they chased after the young unicorn without even looking back.

Everything was too sudden!

At the moment, only Gu Luo remained standing all alone in that place. However, he was not in despair, on the contrary, the corners of his mouth curved up into a smiling expression.

Xiao Chen felt something was not right, he immediately left behind an afterimage as he dashed forward. However, he was still one-step too late, as Gu Luo unfolded a scroll, it actually carried him high up into the sky!

“I always thought this scroll was worthless, who would have thought I needed to use it to run for my life today.” As Gu Luo said these words, he directed all of his unsaid dissatisfaction and wrath at Xiao Chen as he stared at him fiercely.

Xiao Chen asked coldly, “Then why didn’t you use it to run away previously?”

“Because it can only carry one person! I believed that young unicorn will make an appearance, it is not good-looking if I used it hastily and run away by myself. Of course, if the young unicorn didn’t come, I would still run away during a life and death moment. Hey, everything that took place earlier just proved my calculation was right, leaving now is only more appropriate.” Gu Luo’s gaze was malicious as he firmly stared at Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen did not feel exasperated, he only replied coldly, “You are playing with fire, not only since the beginning, even now!” Speaking until here, he stroked his hand in the empty air for a few times. A few brilliant light radiated, forming a huge palm in the sky as it engulfed several longswords beside the dead bodies.

After that, he jumped high into the sky, towards the crown of a huge tree. The distance between him and Gu Luo shrank rapidly.

Gu Luo shouted “Not good!” loudly, then he directed the scroll capable of flight to fly towards the distant location. Xiao Chen left an afterimage on the crown of the tall tree as he jumped to the top of another even taller tree. He stepped on the tip of the trees, and transformed into light and shadow as he chased for few dozen of meter in this kind of manner. And finally, he was at the top of the tallest ancient tree in this region.

He actually closed the distance between himself and Gu Luo greatly. His body was emitting a bright radiance, as if it was ignited due to his breakneck speed. The glowing light was throbbing on the surface of his body, like the raging flame of the hellfire! Just at this moment, he mercilessly tossed the first longsword from the giant hand!

Xiao Chen strengthened the longsword with the purest of power, transforming the ordinary iron into adamantine. The longsword was emitting light like a rainbow as it pierced the tranquil night sky!

“Plop!”

The blood splashed about in the sky, a large amount of blood overflowed. Gu Luo let out a sorrowful scream, the longsword actually penetrated his right arm. Not only that, his right arm was actually cut off! The severed arm fell down from the sky, the entire sky was filled with the rain of blood……

Xiao Chen was inwardly rejoicing that he broke away from the Undead Emperor’s line of sight. Without turning back, he ran out of the swamp along with the three skeletons. From within the endless darkness behind them, a miserable shriek was transmitted outwards from time to time. The sorrowful voices were brimming with fear, just hearing it caused one’s hair to stand on end.

He brought the three skeletons to circle around the deathly swamp, running quickly towards the direction where Gu Luo and his men were heading.

The Undead Emperor didn’t chase after them beyond the eerie swamp, it seemed to be casually jogging and reaped some life as it passed by only.

When Xiao Chen finally arrived, he just happened to see Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er carried two or three people out of the deathly swamp with weak and unstable footstep. They met up with the people who were providing support outside, and flee far away as if their life depended on it.

Xiao Chen turned around and took a quick glance at the swamp, an undead figure that was about ten meter tall, seemed to be grabbing a corpse and chewing it within the inexhaustible undead miasma. Two gloomy jade light emitted from the position of its pair of eyes. It was exceptionally frightening in the dark and eerie forest.

“Screeeeeeech!”

An ear-splitting screech caused the mountain woods to shake, endless amount of undead miasma soared into the sky, and covered the moon. One could vaguely see a pair of giant rotten wings stretched out.

Xiao Chen and the three skeletons ran after Gu Luo and his men in the same direction without turning back. Along the way, he found two corpse at the side of the road. They died in a very miserable state, their corpse had been corroded and completely deformed by the undead miasma. Eerie white bones were exposed on many parts of their body.

In only three or four miles, he caught up to Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er’s group. Evidently, Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er were heavily affected by the undead miasma, their strength was much inferior to what it once was. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be that easy to catch up to them.

Once they saw Xiao Chen was leading the three skeletons to chase after them, their expression became really ugly to behold.

Gu Luo lifted his eyebrows at once, today could be said to be his worst day ever, not only did he suffered a disastrous casualties, he was about to be completely wipe out at the moment. He felt incomparably angry and regretful, his strength declined greatly as time pass by. The undead miasma had invaded his body, if he didn’t get rid of it soon, his life might be in danger.

Zhao Lin Er was devastatingly beautiful, even though she was in a really embarrassing state at the moment, it still wasn’t enough to cover up her first-class charm. However, her water-like pupils were brimming with hostility as she looked at Xiao Chen. She never thought that under such a favorable condition, would they suffer such a miserable defeat.

“My lord, please retreat quickly, we will cut him off!”

Ten figures blocked Xiao Chen and the three skeletons’ path, another three were protecting Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er as they retreated at flying speed.

Xiao Chen and the three skeletons dashed forward without wasting any words, this was a one-sided slaughter!

The sword aura raged in the forest wildly, along with a wave of Xiao Chen’s longsword, one head was decapitated. The headless corpse spurted out around two meter high of blood, then it collapsed on the ground.

Soon after, a miserable scream resounded, the three snow-white skeletons grabbed the hand and foot of one person as they ripped him apart. Before the scream came to a stop, the longsword on Xiao Chen’s hand already found its target. Blood ray bursted forth, the corpse was chopped in half at the waist as it fell on the pool of blood.

There was a huge gap in their strength, Xiao Chen’s merciless strategy, as well as the three bloodthirsty skeletons, caused the remaining few to tremble in fear. At this moment, they forgot about their loyalty towards Gu Luo. They didn’t dare to think about stopping Xiao Chen anymore, all of them were terrified as they ran after Gu Luo’s figure from behind.

This war a great hunt to the death!

Xiao Chen was like a blood-soaked Asura, every time he brandished his sword, one after another corpse would topple over. He body was completely soaked by blood.

“Plop!”

Blood splashed everywhere, one head came tumbling down.

“Plop!”

The heart was penetrated, one corpse collapsed.

“Plop!”

The shoulder was cut off at an angle, blood wildly rushed forth.

……

The whole journey was filled with bloodshed!

When the last of them had their head cleaved, Xiao Chen was already thoroughly stained red by the watery blood. He was just like the Death God at the moment, together with the three skeletons, they intercepted Zhao Lin Er and Gu Luo’s path.

Several black veins had already emerged on Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er’s arm. It originated from the undead miasma of the Undead Emperor, just one more step and it would spread throughout their body.

Now, there was only one expert left at Gu Luo’s side to protect him. That expert stared at Xiao Chen and the three skeletons coldly without saying a word. With a “Psst!” sound, he pulled out a Blazing Sword with his hand. It appears very dazzling under the dim light of night, the sword possessed the scorching heat of the raging flames, and the sharpness of the cold blade.

At the moment, Xiao Chen need not to make his moves urgently, his opponent didn’t even have the strength to fight back anymore. Right now they have the absolute advantage, he was rather interested in the Blazing Sword held by the expert. He asked, “How did you generate the flame on the sword?”

“Hmph!” He didn’t answer and snorted coldly in return.

He didn’t receive any favorable answer, but Xiao Chen didn’t feel resentful at all. He turned around to face Zhao Lin Er and said, “I don’t want to use my position as the victor to taunt you, but how do you think I should punish you?”

Feeling Xiao Chen’s gaze was sweeping all over her body, Zhao Lin Er’s exquisite, jewel-like body retreated one step backwards. She put away her icy and proud expression as she smiled charmingly. She said in a very calm and cool-headed manner, “I am awfully clear about the so-called winner takes all, but who would remain the final victor is hard to say!”

With beauty capable of overturning a city, or even an entire nation, the Imperial Angel was still as majestic as before even under such a dire situation.

“Who will be king, and who will be bandit, the result will be clear in a moment later.” Speaking until here, Xiao Chen turned his head to face the brown-haired Gu Luo. He asked with a tranquil expression, “I don’t want to waste time on too much nonsense, it is impossible for me to let you keep on living, I don’t want leave behind anything that would pose a danger to my life. However, before we settle this, I couldn’t help but ask, what are those scrolls you released before?

Out of Xiao Chen’s expectation, Gu Luo actually answered his question, “Ancient Eastern and Western enchantment, fused together to form a Magic Technique to be used later.”

“Then is the Blazing Sword also using this kind of Magic Technique?”

“Correct.”

Once he got a definite answer, Xiao Chen nodded his head, the world of immortals was more mysterious than he imagined. Many things required him to experience it personally to comprehend it.

“Gu Luo, do you want to do it yourself, or do you want me to do it?” Xiao Chen pointed the longsword in his hand that radiated with cold light accurately in front of Gu Luo’s chest.

Far away from the deathly swamp, the bright moonlight was exceptionally gentle. However, the forest was brimming with murderous aura, three skeletons appeared to be sparkling under the glow of the moonlight. They were opening and closing their jaw unceasingly, generating a clacking noise again and again. It was exceptionally frightening under the moonlit night.

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Xiao Chen was enveloped by a bright radiance from head to toe, as if he was donning a layer of divine armor. He actually came out unscathed! The Qi-Training Diagram on the Ancient Stone Monolith was indeed very mysterious, he didn’t completely petrify due to the protection of the Mysterious Technique.

It was impossible to continue fighting under this kind of circumstances. His body was enveloped by a dim light as he soared into the sky like a bird. He landed on top of an ancient giant tree.

Zhao Lin Er and Gu Luo’s reacting speed were fast, they charged towards Xiao Chen in that instant. The experts in the surrounding chased after them in a flock, they wanted to work together and kill the tenacious Xiao Chen.

Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er fought with Xiao Chen while in mid-air, dazzling radiance exploded in the sky constantly as they exchanged one blow after another. The forest trees in the vicinity were severely damaged, the branches, the leaves and the wood shavings fluttered about everywhere. Xiao Chen borrowed the force behind their palms and conveniently landed on top of a giant tree. After that, he trod on the branches and leaped to another giant tree like an energetic monkey.

Gu Luo had a really ugly complexion on his face, even though he was healed by the Radiance of Life, he still lost an excessive amount of blood, which depleted his strength. As a result, he was forced back to the ground by Xiao Chen. He finally lost his patience and bellowed in rage, leading several people to chase after him.

Just about this time, a shattering noise once more resounded. The three ice sculptures abruptly crumbled, the three skeletons actually did not get stranded to death! They broke out from the confinement, and regained their freedom. Moreover, they easily penetrated the three people next to them without any hesitation.

The forest immediately burst into a fit of chaos, the performance of the three undead creatures caused some of the servants to feel somewhat frightened. However, the three skeletons did not continue to massacre, they quickly flee towards the depths of the swamp like Xiao Chen did.

The setting sun already faded away a long time ago, the swamp was eerie and dark.

At this moment, Xiao Chen was holding his breath.

Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er hastily led a group of people to pursue closely, they were unwilling to let Xiao Chen gain any more advantages.They must exterminate him in this woodland at all cost. However, they suddenly heard a “plop” sound around this time. Someone mysteriously fell in this dusky woodland.

“Plop!”

Another one fell to the ground, never to rise again!

“Not good, it’s miasma! Quickly retreat, it’s undead miasma!” The instant first person fell, Gu Luo raised his eyebrow and responded immediately.

With the help of the deathly pale moonlight, they could see faint layers of fog rising from the swamp. The deathly swamp burst into a fit of chaos, all the people were terrified as they flee from the swamp. It was comparable to the day of the apocalypse.

Black fog was lingering around, the auras of death were fluctuating, the swamp had already changed into the Domain of Death!

With Zhao Lin Er and Gu Luo’s talent, they were able to hold their breath for a long time. The undead miasma was unable to affect them for the time being. However, it was a different story for the rest of them, every one of them felt their heads were spinning, someone would fell to the ground occasionally.

When they got out of the swamp, only five other people got out along with Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er. The rest of the people all fell in the Domain of Death behind them.

Gu Luo’s face was deathly pale, his expression was very gloomy. If all those people died, he wouldn’t have any underlings to use anymore. He gritted his teeth as he faced Zhao Lin Er and said, “May I request Your Highness help, to enter the swamp with me and carry those people out. I have an idea how to help them recover.”

Zhao Lin Er felt a lingering fear, she felt that Xiao Chen was really difficult to deal with. She didn’t say much and rushed into the deathly swamp along with Gu Luo to carry all those unconscious people out.

Outside of the swamp, there were plenty of figures lying on a wide expanse of the ground. These people were about to cease breathing, one black thread after another appeared on the surface of their skin, the undead poison had already spread throughout their entire body.

“Divine Purification” Following Gu Luo’s low howl, one scroll immediately spread out, a milky white radiance enveloped this vacant land like a light screen. Everyone who were heavily inflicted by the undead poison started to groan. Faint black mist leaked out from their body, then it generated a few “crackle” sound under the influence of the white radiance before it transformed into nothingness.

After the incomparably precious Purification Scroll had been used up, all the people were no longer in any life threatening danger.

Xiao Chen didn’t know Gu Luo would have this kind of life-saving tools. He already joined up with the three skeletons at the moment. They also walked out of the swamp, recovering their strength in the other direction.

“We can’t let him get away like this!” Gu Luo’s expression was really gloomy, he suffered a lot of damage today, he could feel the boiling rage deep in his heart.

Zhao Lin Er knitted her elegant eyebrow and said, “However, being hindered by this kind of natural undead miasma bring about a huge inconvenience for us.”

“No matter, I still have one scroll I haven’t used!”

Half an hour later, after everyone who were lying on the ground recovered, Gu Luo spread open a scroll and started to chant, “Disperse the evil and darkness, protect me with your divine radiance!”

As the scroll transformed into dust, half of the people were enveloped by a holy radiance. Their body emitted a faint radiance, which seemed especially eye-catching in the dim light of night. The other half who were not in the area-of-effect did not receive the “Divine Protection”, thus they stayed outside of the swamp to provide support.

Xiao Chen was gobsmacked when these people appeared in front of him again. He led the three skeletons back into the swamp again. However, this time, the undead miasma no longer had any effect on those people. It automatically dissipated upon making contact with the holy radiance, all of them were no longer afraid of the deathly swamp.

Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er led the army to chase and kill, they forced Xiao Chen and the three skeletons to flee in a sorry figure. They were caught up in the boundary of death quite a few times. At last, Xiao Chen rushed into the dark and gloomy central region of the swamp despite being stopped by the three skeletons. Of course, during the course of events, he slowed down his pace, trying hard to keep the distance between them in a deadlock.

“Screeeeeeech!”

A very awe-inspiring and scary sharp screech suddenly resounded in the swamp. The screech of this netherworld ghost caused goosebumps to continuously emerge, the screech was extremely bizarre and scary.

The swamp ahead was incomparably dark, one could vaguely make out the figure of a huge undead creature that was about ten meters high, bellowing as it looked up to the sky. The aura of the death was fluctuating violently, it was as if they had just entered the eerie and terrifying underworld!

“Screeeeeeech!”

And yet another bone-chilling whistle of the ghost resounded, endless amount of darkness surged up violently in the twinkling of an eye. That was actually a surge of raging deathly aura!

The army that pursued Xiao Chen found in their dismay, the holy radiance that enveloped their body was extinguished in a split second. The terrifying deathly aura bested their “Divine Protection”.

“Not good, quickly retreat! It’s the Undead Emperor!” Even though Gu Luo’s voice was shaky, he still shouted loudly.

Everyone’s courage was entirely shattered, they were so terrified that their souls spirited away!

The emperor of the undead creature had always only emerged in the legends, even a deity’s face would change color when facing one who had reached the peak state.

Every single person was running as if their life depended on it, everyone felt extreme fear in their heart. Why did they had to run into the emperor of the undead creature? In fear, Gu Luo was thinking about these angrily at the same time. However, once he recalled this big desolate ancient island was under a seal, he felt relieved.

Even though Xiao Chen had mentally prepared for this early on, he still felt a chill down his spine. He kept far away from the crowd and escaped at lightning speed. And just around this time, from who knows where, the three skeletons rushed over to Xiao Chen’s side and pulled him along as they ran in a zigzag formation in the dark swamp.

The inexhaustible deathly aura spread over a vast area, Gu Luo’s subordinates fell in the swamp one after another. Behind them was the figure of a huge terrifying undead, following them casually as it reaped their life!

Xiao Chen took a quick glance from a distant place, he couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath. He could vaguely see the a pair of huge rotten wings on the back of the ten meter tall undead figure!

The deathly aura bubbled up ⌈¹⌋, the inexhaustible darkness obstructed his line of sight, he couldn’t see anything anymore……

Not long ago, he was heavily injured by Wang Zi Feng before he died. The heavy wounds caused him some complications, he never thought that the dazzling radiance of life would turn the situation around in just a split second!

Even though his wound was nearly healed, the opponent still had numerous people, Xiao Chen was stopped a few meters away from Gu Luo. Without any hesitation, he used the longsword he had seized to slash the scroll that was emitting glorious divine light. The blazing hot sword aura crushed the scroll in that instant, the radiance of light became dimmer and eventually fade away. At the same time, he threw the longsword, going straight for Gu Luo’s heart!

Gu Luo finally made his moves at this time, he waved both of his hands to create a light screen that shattered the longsword. He separated from the servant’s bosom and got up on his feet. Xiao Chen retreated at flying speed, as he got out of the encirclement, the three skeletons followed after him. Both parties stopped fighting and waited for another chance to strike back!

The first confrontation in the swamp could be considered a complete victory for Xiao Chen and the three skeletons! Not only was Gu Luo heavily injured, he also loss eight experts. The most important point was that Xiao Chen was completely healed by the radiance of life.

Gu Luo’s complexion turned extremely pale, he stared at Xiao Chen intently with his malicious gaze. His gaze was as ice-cold as a poisonous snake. His heart was filled with resentment, he was very humiliated and angry that he nearly lost his life just then.

It couldn’t be helped, that radiance of life was equivalent to divine light. The four bloody cavity on Gu Luo’s chest should have killed him, however under the embrace of the holy radiance, the four terrifying wounds were actually healed! Even though the excessive blood loss made him somewhat weak, his body was in peak condition.

“Mister Gu Luo, are you fine now?” Imperial Angel Zhao Lin Er asked.

“It shouldn’t be a big problem.”

The twenty plus experts stood beside Gu Luo to protect him, for they feared some accident to occur again.

“Go!” Gu Luo waved his hand without wasting his breath on any superfluous words, they could only rely on their military power now to decide their life or death.

A few people stayed at Gu Luo’s side, the rest of them rushed forward quickly. Xiao Chen and the three skeletons faced their enemies head-on, a desperate fight was about to begin.

Gu Luo commanded the people beside him to go on the offensive, he also wanted to rush towards Xiao Chen to wipe off his disgrace! Zhao Lin Er followed soon after, Xiao Chen was originally her goal after all.

Xiao Chen and the three skeletons were surrounded, Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang attempted to stall Gu Luo, giving Xiao Chen to opportunity to exterminate those experts. The battlefield reeks of blood, the scene was very hideous, it is pointless to say anything now, only strength could determine the outcome!

Xiao Chen who was no longer hindered by the condition of his injuries fought without any qualms. With his secret technique at its pinnacle, he slaughtered them all mercilessly. Diminishing the raw power of the opponent was the most important task at the moment.

Although Zhao Lin Er’s ability was not any inferior to his, Xiao Chen intentionally avoided her. He travelled back and forth from one experts to another, killing them without the slightest hesitation. His palm was emitting a bewitching radiance like a magic sword. By waving his palm vertically from top to bottom, he actually cleaved a man into two halfs. The red blood, the white brain matter, and even the bright-colored liver overflowed on the ground, it was incomparably gruesome and nasty!

In this moment of life and death, one cannot show any kind of weakness, if the opponent didn’t die then he will be doomed!

“Pop!”

Xiao Chen jumped and soared into the sky, he was surprised when one of his foot actually penetrated one of the man. His foot pierced through the man’s chest easily, then he swept his leg around with the corpse still attached. Not only did the corpse burst open, he even forced Zhao Lin Er to retreat.

This was a genuine life and death struggle, Xiao Chen was covered in blood from head to toe. After killing a few opponents, he didn’t relax his guard, because the strength of the other party was essentially more powerful than him and the three skeletons combined.

Gu Luo’s gaze was as cold and gloomy as a poisonous snake, however as he was temporarily stalled by the three skeletons, he couldn’t get away to deal with Xiao Chen for the time being. In regards to these three undead creature, he held a bit of resentment towards them. If it wasn’t because of their sneak attack, how would he nearly lose his life? He wasted one of the most precious Life Scroll for no apparent reason.

“Deep Blue Glacier, bestow me the power to seal the darkness!” Gu Luo suddenly shouted loudly, a scroll was unfolded in high-speed, releasing a water-blue light screen. After that, an intense energy fluctuation burst out from the light screen, a blue-colored giant bird threw itself towards the three skeletons. At the same time, endless amount of blue radiance also pounced on the skeletons, drowning them in the process.

The energy-converted giant blue bird could stretch up to five meter long, but it was still smashed to pieces by the three skeleton’s formidable strength. However, after the endless blue radiance landed a hit on them, three ice sculptures appeared in the battlefield right away. Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang were frozen just like that!

Gu Luo sneered coldly, then he turned around and charge towards Xiao Chen without even looking back. He spread out another scroll quickly, the swamp was illuminated by the yellow radiance. A huge yellow lizard that was about eight meter long pounced at Xiao Chen violently, generating an energy storm at the same time.

Xiao Chen felt the situation was very disadvantageous, he killed one of the experts blocking his path and kept changing his position in the forest. However, the huge lizard seemed to possess intelligence, it kept going after Xiao Chen with the endless yellow radiance following closely.

The energy-converted lizard bumped into four or five giant trees, crushing them in the process. The wood shavings filled the sky, broken branches and withered leaves flew everywhere, nothing could stop the yellow radiance!

It lasted until the tenth giant tree was destroyed, the energy-converted huge lizard finally got in front of Xiao Chen, blocking his path. He knew it was impossible to escape from it anymore, so he jumped high into the sky, he constructed a mysterious magic circle with both hands. The magic circle emitted shiny radiance similar to stars as they fell towards the huge yellow lizard.

A rumbling noise could be heard in the sky, as if the energy-converted huge lizard was made out of glass, huge cracks appeared all over its body. After that, the body of the lizard burst open and dissipated while it was still in the sky!

However, the yellow radiances were still the same as before as they surrounded Xiao Chen. Something astonishing happened around this time, the yellow radiance actually started to turn into rocks, turning Xiao Chen into a stone statue!

The Imperial Angel Zhao Lin Er was an outstanding beauty with peerless talent, after going through a big war like this, she seemed more valiant than ever, which increased her charm even more.

“As expected of Mister Gu Luo, you have many tricks up your sleeves. Such a splendid attack, it really makes one exclaim in admiration. Many thanks to Mister Gu Luo’s commitment!”

“Your Highness is too modest, I feel very honored to serve Your Highness.”

“Mister Gu Luo, it makes me feel very uneasy if you say it like that. In order to handle Xiao Chen, you got yourself into a dangerous situation and lose a lot of your experts. I feel very sad and restless.”

After eliminating the powerful enemies, Gu Luo appeared much more humble and sincere. Then he said in a somewhat sorrowful voice, “You do not need to worry about me. But what happened to the deceased is truly unfortunate, they were like my brothers……”

These words gave people some favorable impression of him, the surrounding experts felt a warm feeling in their hearts. As the successor of the clan, Gu Luo was well-versed in this kind of method.

“Crack!”

A cracking noise resounded, a huge crack appeared on Xiao Chen’s stone statue. After that, the stone statue burst into pieces with an explosive sound!

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The action of the three skeletons was out of Xiao Chen’s expectation. Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang conveniently lie on the swamp with their backs, skeletal remains were scattered all around them. Xiao Chen was momentarily lost in thought, these three skeletons were much clever than he imagined. So much so that he could even feel something sinister from them.

Outside of the swamp, Zhao Lin Er’s snowy skin, elegant body, and peerless beauty was especially outstanding. It could even be said her flesh was made out of ice and her bones were made out of jade, she was as pure as the snow that piled up on top of the flowers and trees. The title of the prettiest girl in the world was befitting of her, all the more in this dense jungle. ⌈¹⌋

Gu Luo waved his hand without making a sound, the dozen of people behind him quickly spread out and entered the swamp while concealing themselves. He and Zhao Lin Er followed closely behind.

The dense negative energy in the swamp make these people felt fearful. The dense aura pervaded in the forest make them realize the swamp was dangerous!

White skeletal remains could be seen everywhere, this was the genuine land of the death!

Thirty experts had already spread out in the depths of the swamp, the corner of Gu Luo’s mouth curved up as they found all kinds of sign that showed Xiao Chen was in this swamp. Today is the day he die.

The setting sun dyed the sky bloody red, Gu Luo could feel something was wrong, but he was unable to pinpoint the roots for his unease.

All of a sudden, his vision was filled with white light!

The human skeleton under his foot jumped high into the sky and penetrated his chest with its eerie bony claw!

This change of event was out of their expectation!

It was impossible to defend effectively against an enemy without live energy that was lying underneath him!

Gu Luo brandished his fists all of a sudden to block the bony claws, when he wanted to change his footing and get into battle formation, he was shocked to find that his legs were firmly locked by another human skeleton!

He frantically repelled the human skeleton in front of him, however he felt pain from his back. A bony white claw had penetrated deeply into his flesh!

There was one more skeleton behind him!

“Ah……”

From the sudden ambush of Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang, until the Gu Luo screamed miserably. Though it took a while to describe, it happened in the blink of an eye.

The face of the charming Imperial Angel Zhao Lin Er turned pale when she saw the scene before her. She had never seen a skeleton killed a person before, however she was not an ordinary person after all, she grasped her longsword immediately and closed in at high speed.

“Undead creature!”

“It’s an undead creature who gained eternal life through unconventional means!”

The crowds in the distant place shouted loudly.

“Go protect the Master, quickly!”

……

The swamp fell into utter chaos, all the experts that were scattered all over the place rushed towards that location at lightning speed.

Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang were aware of the dangers approaching. They retreated immediately without any reluctance, however they didn’t forget to ruthlessly attack Gu Luo with their claws before leaving. There were four bloody holes on Gu Luo’s chest, the blood gushed out unceasingly, filling the air with stinging smell of blood.

Zhao Lin Er supported Gu Luo who was about to fall into the pool of blood. Seven to Eight experts encircled them in a flash, the rest went after the three skeletons while bellowing in rage.

Xiao Chen who was lying low on top of a giant tree was extremely shocked!

According to Xiao Chen’s perspective, the brown-haired man was a very formidable opponent! However, the three skeletons gave him an unexpected surprise! The three emperors actually launched a successful sneak attack against the brown-haired man, this huge bounty was indeed beyond his imagination!

Without wasting any time, Xiao Chen jumped down the huge tree, he exerted strength into his legs and trampled on the two people below. With a snapping sound, the sternum of the two caved in, blood gushed out of their mouths as their dead bodies fell to the ground.

Xiao Chen left a few afterimages in the swamp and quickly appeared in the midst of the panic-stricken crowds, then he started the massacre mercilessly!

The three skeletons also revealed their true strength around this time! Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang were so fast that only glint of lights could be seen as they travel back and forth. There were already three or four people who had their chests penetrated by them, every single strike of the bony white claws were intended to eliminate their enemies!

After these group of people gathered themselves from the confusion, they began to counterattack with an organized system.

“Sacred Flame, incinerate all that are unholy!”

One brown-haired practitioner chanted quickly. After that, he spread out the scroll in his hand as he tossed it over to where Xiao Chen and the three skeletons were. Endless flames appeared in the sky as it burned the very air itself, turning it crimson red. It was as if an omnipotent meteor was plunging towards Xiao Chen and the three skeletons.

Xiao Chen continuously changed his position, and dodged that terrifying flame by a hair’s breadth. The giant tree beside him was ignited and turned into ashes in a split second!

What a terrifying Sacred Flame! It seemed as if it could truly incinerate everything.

The three skeletons ran away in a sorry state, they extremely detest this kind of flame. Their speed were raised to the limit, leaving only a few glints of light in the swamp. But they were still caught up by the flames in a flash.

Xiao Chen was in dismay!

However, the performance of the three emperor exceeded his expectation again. Although their bones were somewhat black, they didn’t get incinerated! They rushed out of the flames in good condition. If one observed closely, one could see a layer of faint light retreating back to their skulls. Just now they were protected by a pure energy.

Xiao Chen quickly joined up with the three skeletons, and started to confront Zhao Lin Er’s party. Just now they took advantage of the confusion to kill eight people from her party, it could be considered a favorable result.

The battlefield calmed down for a brief moment, both sides did not rashly took the initiative to attack.

The peerless Imperial Angel emitted an inexhaustible amount of murderous aura. She couldn’t suppress her rage anymore after they encountered an ambush in a favorable situation, and suffered a disastrous loss. The appearance of the three skeletons were out of her expectation, causing her to think twice before she act.

Xiao Chen and the three skeletons also didn’t move around randomly. After all, there were numerous people on the opponent’s side, and they had control over the scrolls, it makes them somewhat hesitant.

At this time, an agonizing groan broke the silence.

Gu Luo who had his chest penetrated four times actually regained consciousness miraculously. However, blood started to gush out from the terrifying wounds again, the servants anxiously tighten the bandages once more.

Gu Luo stopped them as he leaned against the bosom of one female servant ⌈²⌋. He took a scroll out from his long sleeve, and chanted with slight difficulty, “The radiance of life, envelop my body!”

The scroll unfolded in that instant and emitted a dazzling radiance. The essence of life spread out in a split second, an endless amount of holy radiance enveloped Gu Luo.

Everyone on Gu Luo’s side started to cheer, every one of them were very excited, because they knew they didn’t have to worry about Gu Luo’s life anymore.

During the time when they were in a state of excitement, Xiao Chen took the three skeletons along and started to attack. The moment a powerful life energy appeared, Xiao Chen surmised that Gu Luo was trying to heal himself. He absolutely couldn’t let the opponent had this chance!

Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang were indeed very powerful, they were able to distract Zhao Lin Er momentarily by working together, giving Xiao Chen the golden opportunity. He enveloped his body with a hazy radiance and rushed into the crowds, sparing no efforts to kill Gu Luo who was recovering.

The experts in the vicinity put their lives on the line to ward off Xiao Chen’s surprise attack, the brief moment of confrontation was cruel and cold-blooded!

Xiao Chen’s palm was flickering with a divine light as it shattered seven or eight longsword. Furthermore, as the light spirit blade sliced a few people’s flank, blood gushed out unceasingly! In the course of events, something bizarre happened, under the influence of the dazzling radiance of life, all the experts that were heavily injured by Xiao Chen healed immediately. They didn’t have to worry about their life.

At the same time, Xiao Chen’s wound was also healed at lightning speed under the influence of the divine radiance!

Gu Luo was feeling elated, the flag on top of the two ships belonged to their clan, they avoided the vicious beast just in time. However, his jubilation didn’t last for long. A tremendous roar was transmitted from the depths of the ocean, causing the seawater to rumble. The ocean was cleaved in half as the colossal monster approached the ships!

The crews discovered the crisis and accelerated their ships, approaching the shore at high-speed. However, even though the ancient beast was far away, its speed was really too fast! It was already in front of them when their ships were still hundreds of meters away from the shore.

“BOOM!”

The enormous body collided with two big ships in a split second, the sharp horn, the sinister giant head, the sword-like teeth, and its body which was flickering with silvery light, it looked like a leviathan as it destroyed the ships.

Everyone was scared shitless!

Gu Luo’s complexion paled to the extreme.

The Eight-Clawed Tyrant Dragon summoned a tsunami, two ships were destroyed in the blink of an eye, hundreds of crew perished in this vast body of water. The warriors sent by Gu Luo Clan to investigate the island was on the verge of destruction.

However, the ancient dragon didn’t even bother take a second glance at the ant-like tiny life form. It doesn’t even care about the crew after destroying the ships, it merely summoned huge waves unceasingly.

A lot of crews were sucked into the giant whirlpool and drowned in the seabed eternally. However, there were still around forty to fifty crews who successfully escaped to the seaside. It could even be said they gained a second life after the calamity.

In the end, only forty three people made it to the shore, the rest of them were completely annihilated, it was a tragic disaster. The survivors could be regarded as the strongest amongst them. Originally, Gu Luo was in despair, but he felt slightly relieved after seeing less than half of the survivors.

After taking enough time to rest and reorganize the crew, Gu Luo and Zhao Lin Er started to go after Xiao Chen.

Initially, it was as Xiao Chen had predicted, they tracked down the ‘clues’ he left behind on purpose.

Just when these people entered a damp and gloomy rocky hill, a three to four meter long silver centipede with body as thick as a bowl, lunged at them with lightning speed. It tore apart two of the frontmost warriors in a flash. Furthermore, three other warriors were corroded by the toxic and turned into bones!

The swords only generated countless sparks when they made contact with the silver centipede, it wasn’t able to harm the giant centipede at all. Even when Gu Luo used the “Divine Sword Attack Scroll”, the centipede did not receive any damage. Finally, only after a terrifying scroll with raging flames was unfolded did the silver centipede flinched. It was able to escape from the numerous talented figures.

Zhao Lin Er and Gu Luo finally noticed that they were tricked by Xiao Chen, they started to calculate the precise location where Xiao Chen might have escaped.

The sun was scorching hot, but the murderous aura in the primitive forest makes one tremble in fear!

The deathly swamp was still as gloomy as before, the giant trees blocked the sunlight, and dense negative energies lingered on. Xiao Chen was sleeping on top of an ancient tree, he was severely frightened by the three human skeletons the moment he woke up. They were hanging upside down like a bat right in front of him!

How would someone who were just fast asleep react when the first thing they saw after opening their eyes were three skeletons hanging upside down?

Fortunately, he became clear-headed soon and didn’t take any drastic action.

The sole of the skeletons’ foot were stuck deeply in the tree trunk. When they noticed that Xiao Chen was awake, the radiance in their eye sockets started to flash. It seemed like they were also resting earlier.

“Snap! Snap!” The snapping sounds were generated by the joints. The three human skeletons fell on the tree trunk as they moved every parts of their joints unceasingly.

Xiao Chen felt somewhat speechless, his own kind in the distant place wanted to kill him, however the three human skeletons nearby wanted to get along with him instead…… that was indeed somewhat ridiculous!

He wanted to give these three human skeletons a name, that was when he suddenly thought of the Ten Emperor of Hades.

“You are called Qinguang Wang!”

“You are called Yanluo Wang!”

“You are called Lunhui Wang!”

Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, Linhui Wang, these three names were among the Ten Emperor of Hades. Somehow, they ended up becoming the name of three human skeletons. Xiao Chen gave them those names intentionally, perhaps he was expecting something to happen.

It was right in the noon, the sun was scorching hot. Xiao Chen walked away from the swamp, but the three human skeletons were reluctant to leave the deathly swamp with extremely thick negative
energy. However, when they were hinted by Xiao Chen, they still came out of the swamp.

The blazing sunlight was covered up by tall trees, only in areas where the trees were thinly spread would there be sunlight. The three human skeletons extremely loathe the sunlight, they always walked in the shadows, this seemed to be their natural instinct.

It seemed like they rarely left the swamp, they were very curious regarding everything outside. When Xiao Chen charged towards a five meter long panther, the three skeletons also charged at it without any hesitation. Six powerful bony claws penetrated the panther’s head fiercely, killing it on the spot!

Their fighting strength were indeed very formidable, even Xiao Chen was afraid of them!

“Ding!”

Xiao Chen dug out a translucent yellow crystal from the carcass of the panther, it emitted a clear sound when Xiao Chen used his finger to flick it. The eye sockets of the three skeletons immediately flashed, Xiao Chen chuckled and hand the crystal over to them.

Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang finally became interested in the outside world for the very first time. Naturally, they were enticed by the origin of the crystal core! Under the guidance of Xiao Chen, they left the jungle that was surrounding the deathly swamp and continued to pursue tracks of wild beasts they could handle.

However, it wasn’t that easy to obtain a crystal, they were only able to collect up to four or five after half a day had passed. Xiao Chen thoroughly surveyed the surroundings, he intended to use the geographical advantages to handle the his enemies.

After they returned to the swamp, Xiao Chen meditated quietly, and the three skeletons were busy absorbing the energy contained in the crystal.

Before the sun sets in the West, Zhao Lin Er and Gu Luo finally found this place. It was much faster than Xiao Chen had expected!

The brown-haired man, Gu Luo, had a very sinister gaze. When they were fending off the silver centipede, they already lost five experts. Even though they had seen through Xiao Chen’s scheme, they still attracted some savage beasts and lose another eight warriors on their way due to their sheer numbers. Now, including him and Zhao Lin Er, there were only thirty two people remaining.

Xiao Chen opened his eyes in the swamp as he felt the murderous aura, someone was approaching this area!

Seeing Xiao Chen preparing to enter combat, the three skeletons encircled him. Their intuition was also very sharp, they already realized there was a crowd of people approaching them.

Xiao Chen didn’t want to face the opponent directly. After all, he was still not fully recovered. He must delay it until the sunset, when the undead miasma filled the entire area, it will bring about a devastating blow to the opponent. He instructed the three skeletons to hide themselves.

The action of the three skeletons was out of Xiao Chen’s expectation. Qinguang Wang, Yanluo Wang, and Lunhui Wang conveniently lie on the swamp with their backs, skeletal remains were scattered all around them.

Xiao Chen was momentarily lost in thought, these three skeletons were much clever than he imagined. So much so that he could even feel something sinister from them.

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Three animated human skeletons and five zombies were having a fierce fight in the forest. The three skeletons’ movement was extremely fast, it was as if they moved with the speed of light. They circled around the five zombies, all that could be seen were the afterimages they left behind. The white bony claws struck against their bodies from time to time, generating banging noises.

Xiao Chen was completely shocked, the scene in front of him was simply unfathomable!

Although the zombies were not as agile as the skeletons, their physical resistance was much stronger. The bony claws of the three skeletons could penetrate huge tree trunks, however they could barely inflict any damage to the zombies. Only when the attacks were aimed at their eyes, would the five zombies dodge in terror.

In this terrifying swamp, the showdown between the undead goes on……

After watching for roughly fifteen minutes, Xiao Chen realized that the three skeletons were gradually becoming disadvantaged. If it was one on one, the skeletons were stronger than the zombies, however due to their numbers, it was obvious that the three skeletons were no match against the five zombies.

As dawn approached, the undead miasma in the swamp slowly thinned out, it seemed as if it would completely fade away soon.

Xiao Chen thought for a moment before he held his breath and entered the swamp. After that, he charged towards one of the zombies like a streak of lightning. His palms emitted faint radiance as bright as a sparkling and translucent jade. He pressed his palms forward with all his might.

“Bang!”

One of the zombies got knocked back a few steps, however it was not defeated. Xiao Chen felt as if he had struck against a divine armor, both of his palms ached dully, and yet the zombie did not suffer the slightest injury, it was indeed a powerful undead!

After getting closer, Xiao Chen was finally able to see the appearance of the zombies clearly. The five zombies were all very tall, they had sinister facial features. All of them had yellow hair and green eyes, their clothing had rotted a long time ago, giving them a frightening look.

The zombie that was attacked waved its rotten arm mechanically, then it pounced on Xiao Chen. Although its movements were rather stiff, its speed wasn’t slow. Xiao Chen aimed for the zombie’s eyes with speed as fast as fiery light, making the undead defend in terror.

Due to Xiao Chen’s participation, the pressure on the skeletons decreased greatly, they quickly gained the upper hand. The human skeleton’s physical resistances were equally strong, their bones were as tough as steel. They were not any bit inferior to the zombies, in addition to their speed, their advantage couldn’t be more obvious.

The longer Xiao Chen fought, the more anxious he became. If his skill hadn’t already advanced to the next level, he would undoubtedly be killed if he ran into these kinds of undead. Although he was wounded and could not display his peak strength, he was really shocked that the fight had not been concluded yet, even after a quarter of an hour had passed.

Finally, only after he struck the same spot on the zombie’s chest for the eighteenth time did the tall majestic undead fell into the swamp like a jade pillar ⌈¹⌋, its entire body disintegrated after that.

When Xiao Chen once again grabbed the attention of another zombie, the three skeletons had already gained an overwhelming advantage. They displayed a strength that frightened even Xiao Chen, the three skeletons left behind white lights and afterimage in their trail. The six bony claws continuously hacked at the zombie’s chest and eyes, they were simply too fast. Their attacks emitted waves of horrifying air shattering noises!

“Pop!” One bony claw penetrated through a zombie’s chest.

“Snap!” Another bony claw snapped another zombie’s neck.

……

As a result of Xiao Chen joining the brawl, the five zombies suffered a crushing defeat. After half an hour, the fight finally came to a close. Xiao Chen took care of two zombies, and the three skeletons tore apart the other three. The scene was a bit cold-blooded and frightening, however this was simply the survival of the fittest.

The dawn was quickly approaching, the undead miasma almost completely faded away.

The three skeletons stood in front of Xiao Chen, their jaws made clacking noises as they opened and closed it a few times. After that, they walked up to the five zombies in silence, they actually pulled out five crystals that shone with indistinct light from within the disintegrated corpses!

The five crystals were all gloomy green-colored, waves of cold aura were emitted. The eerie green radiance was somewhat frightening, especially when it was setting off from the hands of those snow white bony claws, it was even colder and more horrifying. However, the energy fluctuation that leaked out was extremely intense, they were more powerful than the dozen or so crystals that Xiao Chen had previously obtained.

Xiao Chen looked at them calmly, he never thought they would hand two of the eerie green crystals to him, and actually motioned for him to accept them! Such interesting group of skeletons! However, he waved his hands and refused their good intentions.

The radiance in the their eye sockets flashed, the skeletons silently observed Xiao Chen briefly before they reclaimed the two crystals. After that, they evenly distributed the five crystals into three portion. They stuffed each portion into their eye sockets respectively as they began to assimilate the pure energy.

The gloomy green-colored radiance resembled a thick bright fog as it enveloped the body of the three skeleton. Their joints produced cracking noises, the radiance constantly circulated around, as if it was strengthening their bones.

After the green radiance faded away, the bones of the three skeletons obviously became much more glossy, they were even emitting a faint luster!

At this time, it was already at the crack of dawn, the color of the sky gradually became brighter. Xiao Chen wanted to find out just what kind of secret was hidden in this mysterious swamp, he walked into the depths of the woodland.

At the beginning, the three skeletons followed behind Xiao Chen silently, however they suddenly grabbed his arm when he got close to the central region of the swamp. Xiao Chen was startled by the ice-cold bony claws.

The three skeletons didn’t display any signs of hostility, but they seemed somewhat anxious. Pointing at the region in front of them that was filled with extremely thick negative energy, they exerted their strength to wave their bony claws, indicating that he shouldn’t continue to go forward.

Xiao Chen could feel their horror-stricken state, it seemed that the King of Undead was ahead of them!

He did not persist and decided to turn back, however he did not leave the swamp. The sky started to brighten up, another day had arrived and he thought that this place was a pretty good defensive shelter. He decided to stay in this isolated place for the time being.

Xiao Chen believed that the ‘clues’ he had left could delay his pursuers by at least half a day, many of them might turn into the monster’s food. If his pursuers were quick enough, maybe they would be able to get to the swamp before sundown. When the time came, this location could be used to his advantage.

Early in the morning, the waves rolled gently in the sea, the surface of the water reflected the golden sun ray.

The Eight-Clawed Tyrant Dragon weaved around in the ocean, its humongous body brought life to giant waves. Gu Luo furrowed his brows as he looked at the terrifying ancient dragon. The ship sailed southwards from the north, thus it will show up in this region soon. If they landed on this part of the beach, they might be annihilated by the beast!

Although they had erected a giant bamboo pole on top of a tall coconut tree, with a huge blood-soaked beast pelt hanging on top of the pole, they were uncertain whether the crew would notice this eye-catching flag before it is too late.

When the sun rose high up in the sky, the Eight-Clawed Tyrant Dragon had already swum far away from the area, as if it had somehow disappeared into the ocean. Meanwhile, two ships were sailing straight towards the island.

Author’s Note

Just a kind reminder, this book is not about the path of training, it’s regarding an ancient mythology. Just as stated in the synopsis, the veil of the ancient fairy tale world will be slowly uncovered, a vast ancient fairy tale world will be revealed later.

Meanwhile, I will also answer some question.

Zhao Lin Er……… and the young unicorn……… to kill or not to kill.

Zhao Lin Er is indeed cunning, but the young unicorn likes a pure young lady. Pure is only in regards to one’s body.

I found this information while doing some research: A unicorn is easily enticed by a beautiful girl, therefore, only a pure young lady can catch it. The hunter would usually use a virgin to attract the unicorn. After the unicorn got close to the girl, the girl would embrace it and when the horn is near her abdomen, she would take the chance to cut the horn.

From this data, we could tell that they were referring to the pureness of the body. If it was the pureness of the heart, why would they cut the horn. Naturally, I won’t write something that evil in this book.

Why would Zhao Lin Er wants to kill the unicorn? This is something very obvious, she failed to kill the MC in the mortal world, if she let the MC recover, do you think he would let her go? As long as she is still thinking normally, she would take this chance to kill the MC while he’s still injured.

Looking from the MC’s point of view, Zhao Lin Er was indeed very hateful. But if you change your point of view, Zhao Lin Er had no other choice but to do this. She must kill the MC, it is obvious what would happen to her if she let her powerful enemy restore to his former condition while they’re still on the same island.

Another question, the MC didn’t get the young unicorn, that’s because the unicorn wasn’t a good fit for the MC. There’s an even better stuff waiting for Xiao Chen later.

The MC’s temperament, everyone had already seen it. Do you think he is weak and feeble? One could already tell from his action, he is not some spineless coward waiting to be killed. He is someone who will eliminate anything that poses any danger to him.

The moon rose to the sky as night approached, the moonlight was so very pale in this deathly quiet region, it was especially frightening. Meanwhile, without the slightest delay, Xiao Chen quickly dashed out of the swamp as soon as he detected signs of danger.

Faint black fog emerged from the mud and puddle, as they started to linger in this swamp forest. Xiao Chen was startled, he already guessed that this was a miasma. Not only that, it might even be the most malicious ones in the legend, the undead miasma.

Standing outside of this deathly region, and looking at the situation inside the miasma, Xiao Chen started to ponder, wondering if he could take advantage of this area? If he could attract Zhao Lin Er and that brown-haired man there……

“Snap!”

He heard the noise generated by the movement of the bones again!

“Snap! Snap!”

A white figure was swaying in the dusky swamp forest, a human-shaped skeleton actually stood up!

Xiao Chen was extremely shocked, he stood at the borderline zone and properly concealed himself. He observed the moving skeleton from there.

The initial movement of the skeleton was mechanical and stiff, however after it adjusted its crooked body with a few cracking sound, the movement of the skeleton became much more agile. It was walking around back and forth in the swamp, it seemed to be looking for something.

Xiao Chen held his breath and didn’t utter a single sound, he continued to observe quietly.

The snow-white human-shaped skeleton appeared eerie and frightening under the deathly pale moonlight, especially when it could move around freely, making it appear even more frightening! When it turned around and faced Xiao Chen’s direction, Xiao Chen saw a dim light flickering from its hollow eye socket. It was extremely bizarre and scary.

“Snap! Snap!”

The cracking sound of the bones could be heard from two other direction, two more human-shaped skeleton stood up within the forest. They walked past the muddy puddle, and joined up with the other skeleton. They also had faint flickering lights on their skull, it seemed they could communicate with each other. Every time they faced each other, the faint light in their eye sockets would flicker constantly.

Xiao Chen couldn’t understand anything, were they ghost? He don’t think so!

One hour after that, no other similar skeletons showed up.

The entire time, Xiao Chen had concealed himself and watched from the sidelines. He discovered the three skeletons flipping over the skeletal remains in the swamp unceasingly, as if they were looking for something. One could tell how much power they possessed by seeing them easily flip over gigantic skeletal remains that weighed over five hundred kilograms! Only until one of the skeletons scooped out a bright crystal stone from the pile of bones did Xiao Chen realize what they were doing.

That skeleton who was holding the crystal seemed very excited, it moved its chin up and down, generating a clacking sound to attract the other two skeletons. It was eerie, but also slightly comical.

When the three skeletons gathered in one place under the deathly pale moonlight, they seemed very awe-inspiring and terrifying.

“Clank!”

That light blue crystal was split open by the skeleton, and divided into three pieces about the same size. Each skeleton took one piece and stuff it into their own eye sockets. Bright rays of light emitted from their eye sockets, the light blue radiance flowed like a river stream from their head all the way down to their body.

The snow-white skeletons were flickering with a faint blue radiance, the gentle rays of light quickly enveloped the three skeletons. After a long time later, the blue radiance finally diminished gradually. The white skeletons seemed more sparkly than before.

Xiao Chen was very shocked, the skeletons were actually capable of absorbing the energy within the crystal stone, was that some kind of weird evolution? He simply doesn’t know how they were born in the first place.

Under the deathly pale moonlight, the undead miasma drifted in the swamp, three skeletons were walking around freely, the entire scene was really bizarre!

Suddenly, the skeleton that walked at the edge of the swamp seemed to have found something, it doubtfully walked towards Xiao Chen’s hiding place. Xiao Chen started to feel anxious, however he didn’t withdraw immediately. Rather, he turned around the giant tree to face the human skeleton.

The human skeleton was at a loss, it turned around to look at its two companion at the back, then turned back to look at Xiao Chen. The weak light in its eye sockets was flashing and flickering indefinitely, it seemed to be thinking of something. The other two human skeleton also walked over there, they were also as baffled as they looked at Xiao Chen. They seemed to be thinking the guy brimming with life energy in front of them was very “weird”.

Xiao Chen wanted to observe them in a close range, he wanted to see if there were anything special about them. However, other than the mysterious energy in their skull that provided the energy to move their entire body, he couldn’t find anything unusual about them.

All of a sudden, he had an excellent idea, taking out a brown crystal stone he retrieved from the corpse of a beast, he held it in the palm of his hand. The three human skeletons’ eye sockets suddenly emitted flickering lights indefinitely. At the same time, they extended their bony claws toward the crystal stone.

Xiao Chen stepped backwards once, the three human skeletons followed closely and got out of the swamp.

Xiao Chen didn’t detect any killing intent from them, so he hand the crystal over to them. They easily split the brown crystal into three pieces. After that, they threw the tiny pieces of brown crystal into their eye sockets. Brown radiance flickered, the radiance spread from their skull towards their lower body.

A clattering noise resounded from their joints. Watching closely, the radiance was circulating around the skeleton, the three human skeleton was as bright as a jade. This kind of strange scenario finally receded after the energy from the crystal was thoroughly absorbed. However, their bones seemed much more glossy than before!

One of the human skeleton stretched out its bony claw to strike the giant tree beside it. With a “Plop!” sound, the snow-white bony claw penetrated deeply into the tree trunk, half of its bony arm had penetrated the tree trunk.

An ordinary strike already possessed this much power, one could tell just how formidable these human skeletons were! Xiao Chen was extremely startled, the power of these human skeletons exceeded his imagination by a huge margin!

The radiance in the eyes of the three human skeletons flashed, they stood in front of Xiao Chen and quietly observing him. Until a long time later, they moved their chin repeatedly to generate a clacking sound. It seemed like they wanted to say something. After that, they walked back to the depths of the swamp simultaneously, slowly disappearing in the forest permeated by thick layer of negative energy.

A formidable and knowledgeable human skeleton!

All of these made Xiao Chen felt somewhat inconceivable, he explored this deathly swamp by going around it. After walking for half an hour, he discovered that place was at least a few dozen square kilometer. The inside was filled with layer upon layer of undead miasma, and dense negative energy, it seemed very mysterious yet frightening.

During the midnight, the undead miasma in the swamp was the strongest, the heavy black fog actually blocked the deathly pale moonlight.

Only until the latter half of the night did the undead miasma gradually decline, becoming thinner and thinner.

Around this time, Xiao Chen suddenly heard a commotion in the surrounding of this deathly swamp. Apparently…… someone was fighting in this swamp! He bypassed the swamp and ran towards where the sound transmitted from. A short while later, he saw a really startling scene!

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Xiao Chen retreated at lightning speed, he rushed straight towards the three bodyguards that were chasing him. He voluntarily jumped into the encirclement, however the brown-haired man only sneered coldly. He controlled the scroll and continued to assault Xiao Chen, he doesn’t even care that his underlings were also within the range of attack.

Xiao Chen must break through the three bodyguard’s encirclement no matter what. He raised his attack power to the limit, his body emitted a faint radiance simultaneously. After that he used an indescribable technique to move both hands, stirring up a violent energy fluctuation. After a loud shout, all the dried up branches and pebbles on the ground floated and rushed towards the scroll in the sky.

Naturally, it didn’t only attack that scroll, the rest of the scrolls that had not moved yet were also within the range of attack. The brown-haired man’s expression abruptly changed, he had no other choice but to activate the scroll that enveloped Xiao Chen. From the scroll emitted a burst of terrifying energy fluctuation.

A five meters long white tiger that was completely made up of energy soared into the sky, then it pounced at Xiao Chen who was on the ground. At the same time, a few dozen of energy swords launched out accordingly.

Sensing the terrifying energy fluctuation, Xiao Chen increased his speed to the limit, and narrowly dodged the dangerous attack. The earth trembled violently, on the ground appeared a terrifying hole that was as deep as four meters. Endless amount of smoke and dust pervaded the air.

Even though the three bodyguards were not hit, they were caught up in the aftermaths of the quake and fell within the cloud of dusts. Xiao Chen did not turn back and disappeared within the cloud of dusts, he quickly rushed out of the area sealed off by the scrolls.

Waiting until the smoke and dust totally dispersed, the brown-haired man’s complexion turned pale, then he shouted loudly, “Chase! Put away the rest of the seven scrolls, lead another three bodyguards to chase after him.”

Meanwhile, the unicorn that seemed as if it was sculpted out of a divine jade, treaded on the tip of the branches. It appeared from a distant location while carrying Zhao Lin Er as they rushed over there.

Xiao Chen could feel how dangerous his current situation was, the terrifying energy fluctuation bursting out of the scroll attracted his mortal enemy. He left behind a afterimages in the jungle as he rushed towards the ancient forest rapidly.

When the unicorn caught sight of Xiao Chen’s shadow, it turned around and carried Zhao Lin Er to the opposite direction as if it knew what was about to happen.

The brown-haired man was extremely surprised.

Zhao Lin Er was also shocked that the unicorn did not listen to her commands at all, carrying her randomly around the forest as if it didn’t want her and Xiao Chen to encounter each other.

The Imperial Angel couldn’t help it, but she had to find a way to jump off the unicorn.

Zhao Lin Er saw her chance when Xiao Chen showed up himself, she didn’t want to let this opportunity slide. She wanted to kill him herself but the brown-haired man’s underlings would be there soon.

Awhile later, when Zhao Lin Er and the brown-haired man finally met up, Xiao Chen had already disappeared out of sight due to the delay and also because the forest was a little too dense.

At this moment, the brown haired man wiped off the malicious expression from earlier and confidently announced, “Your Highness, please do not be distressed, he only got away for the time being. By tomorrow, our reinforcements should arrive, even if there were dozens of gigantic apes protecting him, we would be able to completely destroy him with few men to spare!”

“Thank you so much for the help, Mr. Gu Lou!” said the beautiful Imperial Angel Zhao Lin Er with magnificent elegance.

After losing the enemies behind him, he bypassed the Tyrannical Dragon’s territory and slowed down his pace in the mountains. He was able to escape successfully after he finished off his enemies cleanly. This should be counted as a successful counterattack.

With one additional strong enemy, it made Xiao Chen’s situation a lot more dangerous, he needed to start considering how to deal with this.

During the evening, the brown-haired man, Gu Luo, stood in front of the old bamboo house with a grim face, five of his underlings had been killed. He felt enraged and clenched his knuckles so hard that they turned white. Back then he wanted to kill Xiao Chen because of Zhao Lin Er, now he wanted to do it for himself, he couldn’t let him live for any longer.

Zhao Lin Er was talking to the young unicorn beside the lake, but no matter how many times she asked it to search for Xiao Chen, it would shake its head vehemently and wouldn’t give in.

Right now Xiao Chen was advancing into the depths of the island. He could no longer stay in the territory of the Tyrannical Dragon, because if he did, he would possibly be annihilated the next day.

But of course, before he left, he tore off some clothes to leave some clues behind as a diversion, intending to lead his pursuers to an extremely dangerous territory. If the forces that were chasing him happened to clash with some dangerous monsters, then his purpose would have been accomplished.

When the sun painted the sky red, the fiery red cloud also casted a shadowy orange hue to the mountains. Various howls of beasts could be heard from the distance and horrifying beasts were starting to lurk around the area.

“Rumble!”

A giant elephant, covered entirely in green scales, with fierce eyes, and two sharp tusks that looked like broadswords, chased after a herd of bison ox not far from where Xiao Chen stood, eliciting high decibel of rumbling noises. And not long from then, a desperate and painful yowl from an ox was heard.

As Xiao Chen glanced pass the branches, he saw the giant green scaled elephant devouring a bison ox. The scene was so bloody that he sighed and thought of how this island inhabited too many terrifying creatures.

Cautiously avoiding all kinds of extremely rare and terrifying beasts that were unheard of, Xiao Chen advanced for eight to nine kilometers, he completely disappeared in a murky and damp swamp before the sunset.

The swamp was eerily silent and other than the tall trees, there were no beasts around, not even a bird. Even the pond and swamp were completely serene…… , it was as if there was nothing at all.

The roar of the beasts resounded again and again from far away, yet it was extremely silent around here, making the difference between the two even more surreal.

The air became more humid as he entered the swamp, and as a distinctive rotten smell from the mud invaded his nose, he frowned, how could he fail to detect the ominous feeling here? The negative energy felt extremely dense, providing the place an eerie atmosphere.

After having travelled about a mile, except for trees, no living things had been spotted. However quite a lot of bones were scattered around in mud and water puddles, some of them half submerged and others laid on the surface, making the dusky swamp somewhat terrifying.

There are many varieties of bones from mighty beasts, ranging from a couple meters up to ten meters in length, but what surprised Xiao Chen the most was that he also saw numerous human bones! From the colours and looks of those human bones, they were most probably from hundreds of years ago.

As the last touch of sunset finally disappeared, the place completely darkened, the swamp turned even more gloomy than it used to be. The gigantic trees around started to look like tombstones in the deadly silent swamp.

“Snap!”

A bone shattering noise fractured the silence, making this deadly swamp even more terrifying! Xiao Chen turned back around but did not find anything, maybe some dried bones just disintegrated by coincidence……

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When Xiao Chen refined the rare dragon crystal, the boundless energy from the dragon crystal was almost entirely absorbed by the acupuncture point in his right foot. Even though only a little portion of the dragon essence entered his wounded body, the condition of his injuries was much better than before.

Zhao Lin Er hadn’t shown herself in the past three days. However, she will certainly not give up on the opportunity to kill Xiao Chen right before her eyes. After all, both of them strived for time, perhaps the rumbling of thunder strike would occur at a moment’s notice.

Xiao Chen urgently needed time to recover his wounded body. In the past few days, he constantly regulated his breathing through certain techniques in the primitive forest.

This island is brimming with mystery, Xiao Chen discovered traces of many huge monsters in the vicinity of the Tyrannical Dragon’s territory. Many of them were sacred ancient beasts. Such as: A Divine Panther capable of ripping apart huge elephants, an ancient crocodile that extended up to twenty meter long, a huge golden centipede that was as thick as a bowl…… He could even hear the dragon roar that was transmitted from the depths of the island. Naturally, that was not from the Eight-Clawed Tyrant Dragon, nor was it the ancient Tyrannical Dragon. It was from another unidentified dragon-kind.

The essence of the plants was flowing sluggishly, the green radiance flickered unceasingly in the mountain forest. Xiao Chen’s surrounding was occupied by a dense spiritual energy, his body was enveloped by a hazy green radiance. The pure essence of the plants entered his body, and he was healed by the lukewarm green afterglow.

Another two days had already passed, the state of Xiao Chen’s body was so much better than before. He decided to go and observe what Zhao Lin Er was doing, she couldn’t have given up her intention to kill him. The next time would probably be the conclusion, it was necessary to probe around.

After by-passing the zone frequently roamed by the Tyrannical Dragon, Xiao Chen passed through a dense primitive forest, avoided various kinds of peculiar beasts, and finally returned to the outermost zone of the island where he had built the green bamboo house.

The blue sky and white clouds were reflected by the clear sapphire-like lake, the surrounding was filled with wisterias, and colorful flowers were in full bloom. The refreshing fragrance of the flowers filled the entire region of this forest.

The bamboo house was fresh and green, it was decorated with some vines and fresh flowers. A plain cotton towel was hanging on the rattan string in front of the bamboo house, fluttering lightly along with the breeze.

The bamboo house built by Xiao Chen was already occupied by Zhao Lin Er. That was indeed a spoil of war not just in name only, but also in reality.

However, Xiao Chen did not see Zhao Lin Er at all, he began searching by circling around the area . His sight suddenly become focused, in the depths of the jungle hundred meters away from the tiny lake, there were actually five newly constructed bamboo houses! Moreover, he saw an unfamiliar figure there!

It was a youngster with a tall stature, judging by his appearance, he seemed to be roughly twenty plus years old. The youngster had a long brown hair, and extremely fair skin. However, the expression in his eyes was somewhat malicious, giving an impression that he was not very friendly.

Who was that?

Xiao Chen observed the brown-haired man quietly in the forest.

Not long later, countless seabirds flew away from the direction of the seaside with a jet-like speed. The silhouettes of two people could be seen passing through the jungle, they quickly ran towards the brown-haired man.They appeared to be a man and a woman around the age of twenty, both of them have light brown hair and by the looks of their uniform, they seemed to be the servant of the man in front of the bamboo house. The two of them bowed when they reached the brown-haired man.

The brown-haired youth waved his hand to dismiss the courtesy. After that, he asked, “There are still no traces of them?”

“Yes, My Lord. We couldn’t find a single ship at the ocean.”

The brown-haired youth slightly knitted his brows and said, “It is rare for the Taboo Ocean to be this calm, and that there isn’t any mysterious power hindering us. There shouldn’t be any great danger, how come they still haven’t arrived? Could it be that they ran into the vicious dragon?” Soon after, he turned his head to the direction of the tiny lake. After a brief moment of silence, he said to himself, “Exceptionally charming…… even the Unicorn is accompanying her, she is seriously as beautiful as an angel……”

The male servant who was standing at the side said, “My Lord, if you like her, why not……”

“Humph!” The brown-haired man snorted coldly to cut off the servant’s words. Then he reprimanded him, “You better watch your word! Wait until our men arrive, then we will help her eliminate her enemy first. I have my own plans.”

Xiao Chen calmly retreated back into the jungle.

Zhao Lin Er! Even just the thought of her name alone made Xiao Chen’s eyes filled with rage. She had already met with the people of this world, and pledged to have him killed no matter what.

Now, he had even more powerful enemies to worry about, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but sigh. The charm of a woman was indeed the most powerful weapon, Zhao Lin Er had actually gained the assistance of this brown-haired man with her beauty.

He had two options to pick from. One: Immediately flee into the depths of the island. Two: Wait for an opportunity to strike first.

He was a very calculative person, after pondering for a while, he decided to gain the initiative by striking first. He should try to vanquish the opponent’s strength first, so as to avoid the worst case scenario when the brown-haired man’s reinforcements arrived later.

Xiao Chen carefully surveyed the surrounding, he discovered that there were three guards concealing their presence near the newly constructed bamboo houses, protecting the brown-haired man. Soon after, Xiao Chen discovered three more people at the coconut grove near the coast. Judging by their uniform, they ought to be the brown-haired man’s servants. Each of them surveyed a different area of the sea, they were obviously waiting for the backup to arrive.

After scouting the place over and over again, Xiao Chen decided to begin his assault!

The coconut grove was tightly secured, each person stood about five hundred meters apart. Xiao Chen approached one of them without making any sound. He didn’t have any weapon with him, his body itself was the best weapon. A cold aura rushed forth, and he assaulted his target with a finger! The blood gushed, then Xiao Chen quickly retreated. One brown-haired servant had his throat ruptured and fell to the ground.

He didn’t have the slightest hesitation, if he didn’t kill the enemy, he would be killed instead. Only by cutting them down firmly would he have the chance to survive!

He approached his second target, but when there was only seven meter left between them, a ripe coconut fell on the sandy beach with a “Plop!” sound. When the servant heard the noise, he turned his head around. Xiao Chen promptly increased his speed to the limit, then he leaped towards the servant. While he was still airborne, he twisted his leg around and swept it towards the opponent’s throat.

Everything happened as quick as lightning, however that servant was quite perceptive. Even with the unexpected occurrence, he did not panic as he quickly fell back to avoid the kick, he used both arms to protect himself simultaneously.

“Bang!”

Xiao Chen’s right leg packed several thousands pound of weight. It broke the brown-haired servant’s arms in a flash. Even though the sharp pain distorted his senses, he was still as clear-headed as before. He urgently shouted for help, “Help……”

Xiao Chen’s right palm was enveloped with a glorious divine light, it split the air like a divine blade. Along with the flash of the dazzling radiance, the brown-haired servant was decapitated, blood spilled everywhere. Xiao Chen then jumped backwards to retreat.

The shout of the servant was engulfed by the sound of the sea waves. The blood was gushing out rapidly from the headless body as it fell on the sandy beach. By the time the stench of blood had spread through the entire forest, Xiao Chen was gone without trace.

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It was a really rare occurrence for the vicious beasts to slaughter one another, the law of the jungle was really harsh!

Only because this was within the Tyrannical Dragon’s territory, the amount of the vicious beasts were little. At the same time, there was also no King of the Beasts type of powerful monsters. Otherwise, the war between the vicious beasts would be even more devastating and cruel.

The entire area was drenched in blood, the carcasses of the beasts before Xiao Chen’s eyes was a horrible sight to see. Apparently, they were fighting for an ancient cave. Most of the vicious beasts died in front of the cave entrance. It seemed like this ancient cave was originally sealed off. The huge boulder that blocked off the cave entrance was gradually breaking apart over many years. Today, the cave finally see the light again and invited the slaughter of the vicious beasts.

The ultimate winner was a Divine Wolf! Its blue-colored fur was shining like a gem, the fur was overflowing with a bizarre energy. It was as if the wolf was sculpted out of a divine blue rock. Its length could stretch up to three meters or more, and its height was around 1.6 to 1.7 meters. It was rather “small” when compared to the other vicious beasts. However, its intimidating aura and bloodthirsty killing intent generated fear in the heart of others.

The most mystical part was its pair of blue wings. That pair of wolf wings extended up to five or six meters long. The blue radiance circulating around the wings was even more concentrated compared to the other parts of its body. Other than that, this wolf actually possessed three eyes. The third eye was aligned vertically between the other two and it was as bright as a sapphire. However, it emitted a demonic aura, just looking at it gave people an extremely ominous feeling.

To be able to survive the massacre between so many vicious beasts proved just how fierce and formidable this divine wolf was.

It pushed the boulder that was blocking the cave entrance aside, but just when it was about to enter the cave, it noticed something in that moment. It looked towards the direction where Xiao Chen was hiding. Its pair of fierce eyes were flickering with bloody light, and the vertical eye on its forehead was pulsing with a bluish aura. Soon after, a fiendish aura spread everywhere and filled the air!

Xiao Chen was in a dangerous situation, but when the divine wolf turned its head around, Xiao Chen noticed a terrible wound on the side of its neck. It was clearly wounded heavily in the course of the fight. The wound stretched all the way from the side of the neck down to its abdomen. Apparently, one of its blue wing was almost ripped apart, it was drooping low on the ground. The eerie white bones around its chest and abdomen had been exposed. The ground was soaked by its bizarre blue-colored blood.

“ARH-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO……”

Driven by its bloodthirsty impulse, the mystical wolf faced the sky and let out a howl, then it transformed into a blue light as it dashed towards Xiao Chen. However, the instant it landed in front of Xiao Chen, the body of the wolf shuddered and it nearly fell on the ground.

Xiao Chen felt relieved, the divine wolf was like an arrow at the end of its flight ⌈¹⌋. When the vicious wolf opened up its ferocious mouth and pounced on Xiao Chen with its exposed teeth, Xiao Chen left an afterimage in his original position as he dodged the attack. Following that, he swept his right leg and ruthlessly strike the exposed white bones of the divine wolf.

The divine wolf was tough as expected, its body only shook slightly. It didn’t take a single step backwards, nor did it flip over and fell on the ground. Xiao Chen’s kick was powerful enough to split a stone tablet in half, however it was unable to break the exposed wolf bones into pieces. One could imagine just how tough was the divine wolf’s skeletons!

“ARH-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO……”

The Three-Eyed Divine Wolf let out a miserable howl, the sharp pain drew out all of its violent nature. The fur all over the wolf’s body was standing on end, and it was bursting with an indistinct blue radiance. The faint glorious radiance was flickering unceasingly!

It pounced at Xiao Chen again and this time, its speed raised to the limit, only blue light was left behind its track! However, it seemed to have lost all of its strength in midair and suddenly dropped to the ground.

It was really an arrow at the end of its flight, it was unable to flaunt its strength before the final radiance of the setting sun. A blue disintegrated heart spewed from the mouth of the wolf. Xiao Chen was actually very frightened inwardly, if the divine wolf was not heavily injured, it was not an opponent he could handle!

Looking at the woodland that was dyed red by the blood, the carcasses of the vicious beasts, and also the bloody fog that was drifting in the air, Xiao Chen walked to the entrance of the ancient cave. He wanted to find out just why did so many vicious beasts fight over this ancient cave, and what kind of secret it contained.

The inside of the cave was spacious and empty. If the boulder that sealed the cave was completely removed, most likely, even huge monsters like the Eight-Clawed Tyrant Dragon would be able to crawl inside here. All of a sudden, Xiao Chen’s expression became serious. With the help of the faint light coming from the cave entrance, Xiao Chen could see…… what appeared to be a huge monster creeping in the depths of the cave!

If one observed carefully, the figure in front was all white in color, that was a huge skeletal frame!

Fortunately, it was not a living beast! Xiao Chen advanced steadily. The huge skeletal frame was just like a mountain made of bones. That ought to be the skeletal remains of a vicious dragon, because no other giant creatures would be as big as this. The completely intact skeletal remains was about forty to fifty meters long. It was quite similar to the Saber Dragon recorded in the ancient book. That was one of the vicious type among the dragon race!

Xiao Chen discovered a faintly discernible radiance in the depths of the cave, and he was surprised to find out that it was actually a dragon crystal! The crystal was as big as a person’s head, even the darkness of the ancient cave was unable to cover up its radiance. Xiao Chen was very shocked, it was too big when comparing this with the commonly seen crystal.

The dragon crystal was sparkling and translucent, it emitted a divine radiance. The closer one walks toward the light, the brighter it become. The glorious radiance was similar to a divine afterglow. Without a doubt, this crystal was of the highest quality among the rarities!

Undoubtedly, numerous vicious beasts slaughtered one another in order to obtain this dragon crystal. This place was the tomb of the savage dragon. Xiao Chen quickly left the dragon cave, he wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible. Walking over the woodland dyed by blood, Xiao Chen collected over a dozen of crystals from the body of the beasts, and then he left like the wind.

There was no crystal within the body of an ordinary beast, it could only be found in peculiar vicious beasts. With so many dead body of the vicious beasts here, it was inevitable that there would be dozens of crystals to be found. However, Xiao Chen didn’t have enough time to gather all of them. If by any chance, the vicious beasts within the forest were to become aware of the dragon crystal, it will inevitably lead to another massacre!

Using his clothes to wrap the glorious dragon crystal, Xiao Chen swiftly returned to his temporary residence close to the rocky precipice.

After about half an hour later, the bellow of the beasts could be heard from that region again. Xiao Chen could see a few flying beasts charging into that woodland reeking with the scent of blood from the rocky precipice.

Among them was a divine wolf! The body length of the wolf was around five or six meters long, its height was close to three meters. It was flashing with blue radiance from head to toe. The divine wolf flapped its pair of blue wings and generated a gale. The unfolded wings extended to twelve or thirteen meter long. Exactly on the center of its forehead, there was also a blue vertical eye. Furthermore, the icy aura was even colder than the one before.

This divine wolf was two times bigger than the one which attacked Xiao Chen previously! A terrifying wolf howl was transmitted from overhead of that region, the huge sound wave raged on in the vast sky like a muffled thunder. It must be the leader of a wolf pack in a certain region of the forest.

The vicious beasts that died in the slaughterfest became food of the latecomers. Only until the color of the sky became dark did that place gradually regained its former tranquility. However, a lot of pure white beast bones were left behind in that region!

When the noise finally subsided, Xiao Chen used a boulder to seal himself in a cave. He activated the secret technique as held the crystal clear dragon crystal with both hands. He absorbed the pure energy of the dragon essence within the dragon crystal with the Secret Qi-Training Method bestowed by Heaven.

If an outsider was allowed to see the scene before Xiao Chen, they would certainly be dumbstruck. The dragon crystal was so big that it needed both hands to support, the cavern was completely lit up by the glorious divine radiance.

The divine afterglow seemed as if it was living, the huge dragon crystal was slowly shrinking as the divine radiance rushed into Xiao Chen’s body unceasingly. This was a moment that could make anyone feel excited, the pure and boundless energy of the dragon essence was like an unending stream. It keeps flowing into Xiao Chen’s body without an end in sight.

The bright radiance was like a water ripple, it keeps circling around in the cavern and finally gathered around Xiao Chen’s body. After an entire night, the dragon crystal shrinked more than half, and Xiao Chen was already enveloped by a dense multicolored light.

The dragon crystal was finally reduced to the size of a clenched fist by the noon. However, it was still as bright as before and illuminated the cavern. The dragon crystal was reduced to the size of a pigeon egg after a few more hours had passed, then it finally become as small as a crystal clear bead.

Only until this time did Xiao Chen stop and opened his eyes. As he expected, the enormous power of the dragon all gathered in the acupuncture point of his other foot. Only until the essence within the dragon crystal was almost exhausted did the acupuncture point had enough, a blinding light speck emerged.

The light speck perfectly fused with the acupuncture point. The light speck and the acupuncture point was one and the same, it seemed to have transformed completely. Compared with the other acupuncture point, it was like a bright lantern in the dark of the night!

One rare dragon egg caused the acupuncture point in Xiao Chen’s left foot to transform. One rare dragon crystal caused the acupuncture point in his right foot to transform. For that kind of enormous power to actually completely merge with two tiny acupuncture point, he felt that his own Secret Qi-Training Method was very mysterious.

Within the human body, there are three hundred and sixty five acupuncture point. If every acupuncture point transformed into a light speck, just what kind of transformation would occur? Xiao Chen was looking forward to the arrival of that day.

Zhao Lin Er’s lily-white hands were like single-edged blades, they were flickering with seven-colored light and cut apart the heavy light screen. She turned her body around simultaneously, leaving a long rainbow in her trail. She attempted to leap towards the giant tree outside of the Stone Forest one more time. However, the crimson four-armed ape was even faster in the Stone Forest, it transformed into a bloody ray of light as it soared into the sky. It looked like it would rip Zhao Lin Er apart in midair.

The Imperial Angel wanted to avoid the claws, but it was an extremely arduous task.

However, something unexpected happened. Just around this time, a silver shadow rushed over here from the depths of the jungle rapidly. In an instant, it clashed with the crimson-colored ape, and caught Zhao Lin Er in the air. After that, it soared into the sky and landed on top of a giant tree nearby.

Few of the gigantic apes in the vicinity actually failed to stop it!

Xiao Chen was shocked as he raised his head to survey the giant tree. It was actually the young Unicorn! The young Unicorn actually saved Zhao Lin Er!

Its small and fragile body was not even 1 meter tall yet. It was too delicate when compared to the four-armed crimson ape, but just now it actually forced the mountain-like ape back. It was hard to imagine just what kind of power was accumulated within its small body.

“Roar!”

The crimson-colored ape snarled angrily, it leads more than ten gigantic apes and soared into the sky. They leapt up the giant tree and surrounded the young Unicorn. However, the young Unicorn was too fast, it was practically lightning incarnate. It trod lightly on the tip of the tree, and break out of the enclosure instantly.

“Run quickly!” Zhao Lin Er used her pleasant voice to urge the young Unicorn. Apparently, they had already been acquainted for a long time.

Xiao Chen recalled what Wang Zi Feng had said, only a pure hearted girl could get close to the Unicorn. He suddenly realized in that moment, maybe the disappearance of the young Unicorn for two days had to do with Zhao Lin Er. Perhaps the two of them already had an encounter much earlier than that.

Although the gigantic apes were also very fast, they were still unable to catch up to the mystical young Unicorn. In the end, the four-armed crimson ape faced upwards and let out a long cry. A bright multicolored light spurt out from its mouth, and shoot towards the back of the young Unicorn.

Xiao Chen was gobsmacked! He was amazed by the gigantic ape’s miraculous ability, it actually possessed divine power that closely resembled sorcery.

The young Unicorn detected the energy waves coming from the rear, its jade-like horn lit up with brilliant rays, and a white lightning was released from the horn the instant it turned around. It hits the bright multicolored light that was chasing them in a flash. As a result, the multicolored light exploded, and splendid rays of light scattered around simultaneously!

A powerful waves of energy wrecked havoc in the forest. A wide expanse of forest around the point of explosion was destroyed. The leaves were swirling in the air, fragments of woods filled the sky, and a huge hole emerged on the ground.

Xiao Chen was extremely amazed, an ordinary expert wouldn’t be able to receive that kind of attack. Both of the peculiar beasts possessed extraordinary divine power, especially the young Unicorn. It was still so young, yet it already possessed such a bizarre ability. It was hard to imagine just how powerful would it be once it reached adulthood, no wonder it was a divine beast!

The young Unicorn was like a silver arrow that was shot out, it disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving no traces behind. Dozens of gigantic apes let out a bellow of rage as they faced the sky. They seemed very furious, but there was nothing else they could do.

Xiao Chen also felt very disappointed, he had the chance to finish off Zhao Lin Er. However, she was saved by the young Unicorn in the end. He could feel hostility coming from the dozens of gigantic apes, he shouldn’t stay at the Stone Forest any longer so he retreated back to his small peak.

Just around this time, something that makes Xiao Chen flabbergasted occurred. The four-armed crimson ape actually dug out a translucent crystal from within the body of the dead gigantic ape. After that, it swallowed the crystal.

Originally, it appeared to be mentally exhausted after attacking the young Unicorn with the multicolored light. However, after it swallowed the crystal, it quickly recovered its energy. Moreover, its entire body was emitting a dim light.

Could that be the legendary Monster’s Core? However, it doesn’t seem to have much resemblance! Xiao Chen was bewildered as he returned to the small peak.

“Roar……”

Dozens of gigantic apes bellowed in agony as they brought the carcass back to the Stone Forest with them.

As if Zhao Lin Er had backed out to avoid defeat, she did not make her appearance in the following two days. However, Xiao Chen didn’t dare to be careless, he was not convinced that the Imperial Angel would give up just like that.

Dozens of gigantic apes clearly showed some hostility towards Xiao Chen, their friendly relationship was not the same as before. Xiao Chen knew it was about time to change location.

As he pushed his way through the Tyrannical Dragon’s territory, he discovered plenty of large monster’s remains. He also had no idea what kind of species the skeletal remains belong to. There were skeletons of all sizes, from three to four meters until more than ten meters. The white bones were everywhere, making this place seem especially eerie. They were clearly skeletal remains left behind by the Tyrannical Dragon.

When Xiao Chen passed through the pile of bones from the other side, he discovered a red crystal by chance. It was as big as a thumb and resembled a dazzling gem. His heart was stirred, wasn’t this crystal similar to the one swallowed by the four-armed ape? The only difference was the color.

He picked up the translucent red crystal from the pile of bones. While he was holding the red crystal, he could clearly sense the pure energy contained within it. Xiao Chen was somewhat shocked, could this be the Monster’s Core? He activated the Secret Qi-Training Method recorded on the Ancient Stone Monolith to guide that extremely pure spiritual energy into his body.

A short while later, brittle sounds were produced from Xiao Chen’s hand, “Clink! Clink!” The originally translucent red crystal lost its luster and became dull. It was starting to fall apart, along with the last of the spiritual energy absorbed by Xiao Chen, the crystal immediately disintegrated and turned into dust!

The spiritual energy contained within the crystal was really not feeble, and it was really easy to absorb. When comparing to the speed of gathering the worldly essence, it was several folds faster. If that was not the Monster’s Core, it would otherwise be known as a Spirit Stone.

However, Xiao Chen was very puzzled. Only a small amount of spiritual energy he absorbed was used to heal his wounded body, and most of it unexpectedly disappeared without a trace. He had no idea where the rest of the spiritual energy went to.

Xiao Chen activated the Secret Technique to inspect his own arteries and veins, in order to find the traces of those spiritual energy. All of a sudden, he discovered the silver light in his left foot. That was from the enormous life energy contained within the dragon egg. It seemed to have fused with that acupuncture point. The difference was like that of night and day when compared to the other acupuncture point, it was like bright star in the night sky!

At the same time, he discovered a faintly discernable red light in the acupuncture point of his other foot. He immediately realized the same thing had occurred in his other foot. However, the spiritual energy contained within the crystal was far from comparable to the dragon egg. He wondered if there would be a similar change in his other foot after he accumulated enough spiritual energy.

Xiao Chen did not advance to the depths of the island, he merely moved several miles away from the habitat of the gigantic ape. He relocated next to a rocky precipice close to the borderline of the Tyrannical Dragon’s territory.

That was because the terrifying monsters wouldn’t dare to approach this territory. In regards to the condition of his body at the moment, he was unfit to engage in a fierce fight with the vicious beasts.

It was already the dusk, Xiao Chen was calmly meditating on top of the rocky precipice to recover his wounded body.

“ARH-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO……” The sudden howl of a wolf could be heard from the distant mountain forest. Moreover, it was accompanied by the cries of the other beasts.

At first, Xiao Chen was not really concerned about it, because the wolf was really weak compared to the other beasts on this uninhabited island. However, the cries of the other beasts could be heard soon after, such as the bellow of the tiger, lion, and ape. Moreover, the mountain forest not far from him started to tremble. It seemed like many vicious beasts were fighting in that region!

Xiao Chen stopped meditating and went to find out what happened.

When he arrived at this woodland, the battle between the vicious beasts were already approaching the climax. A large area of the woodland were covered by the carcasses of the beasts, a dense fog of blood permeated in the air. The bloody smell that stings the nose spread through the forest.

Two male lion that was as big as a huge elephant had their necks ruptured, and there were innumerable carcasses across the forest; seven to eight Three-Eyed Black Tiger had their body ripped in half and concealed by the underbrush, two eagles that were five to six meters long were hanging on a huge tree with their chest and abdomen penetrated, three huge One-Horned Bear that spanned five to six meters long were piled together with their heads severed…… There were actually so many carcasses of different peculiar beasts here.