txolops Chapter 48 You want to force me to kill someone, right?
Chapter 48 You want to force me to kill someone, right?
Chapter 48 You want to force me to kill someone, right?
After leaving Bat Valley, Lin Chuan continued his exploration.
About half an hour later, he discovered a deep cave half-hidden by vines at the foot of a shady mountain wall.
There were fresh traces of wild animals at the cave entrance, and heavy breathing could be faintly heard from inside the cave, which also had a relatively strong spiritual energy.
After a brief exploration, Lin Chuan slipped inside. The cave passage wound downwards and was quite long.
As you walk deeper in, a relatively spacious natural stone chamber comes into view.
In the corner of the stone chamber, there grow two Ganoderma lucidum-like plants that are pure white like jade and exude a warm luster. These are the other main ingredients of the Foundation Building Pill, Jade Marrow Ganoderma, and they are hundreds of years old!
However, the guardian of the elixir was a colossal creature—a giant bear nearly ten feet tall, its entire body covered in earth-yellow, rock-like armor!
A first-level high-grade demonic beast—the Rock-Splitting Bear! Its aura is powerful, comparable to a human cultivator at the eleventh or twelfth level of Qi Refining. It possesses immense strength and astonishing defense. Even ordinary cultivators at the peak of Qi Refining would have to think twice before encountering it.
"Roar—!" Upon discovering the intruder, the Rockcutter immediately stood upright and let out a deafening roar, sending a stench through the air.
"Perfect for testing my sword!"
A fighting spirit flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes.
Faced with this tough opponent, he did not rashly use the Jingzhe Divine Sword as his trump card.
Instead, with a thought, he simultaneously summoned the Golden Light Shield and the Yellow Silk Umbrella that he had just put away, protecting himself from the front and back.
The Azure Cloud Sword transformed into a stunning azure swan, piercing straight at the giant bear's relatively vulnerable points, such as its eyes.
At the same time, a flash of silver light appeared in his sleeve, and the two silver chains formed by the Dragon-Trapping Ring moved like serpents emerging from their holes, swiftly wrapping around the Rock-Splitting Bear's thick hind legs, restricting its movement.
The Rock-Splitting Bear roared repeatedly, wielding its massive paws, powerful enough to shatter rocks, as it slammed them towards the Azure Cloud Sword and the silver chain. The wind howled around it, and the force was terrifying. Its body shimmered with an earthy-yellow spiritual light as it withstood the flying sword's attack, producing a metallic clang.
The battle was exceptionally fierce. The Rock-Splitting Bear possessed terrifying strength and outstanding defense, but Lin Chuan's magical artifacts and tactical coordination were even more refined.
The golden shield and yellow umbrella steadily blocked the giant bear's pounce and palm strikes, while the Azure Cloud Sword moved nimbly, constantly adding wounds to its body. The Dragon-Binding Ring firmly restricted its movement, making it unable to fully exert its brute strength.
After a fierce battle lasting about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Rock-Splitting Bear was already covered in wounds and its movements were becoming increasingly sluggish. Lin Chuan seized the opportunity, and his Azure Cloud Sword suddenly accelerated, a condensed sword light flashing past, precisely piercing into its gaping maw caused by its roar, penetrating the back of its head!
"Boom!" The massive body of the Rock-Splitting Bear crashed to the ground, causing the stone chamber to tremble slightly.
Lin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and carefully picked and stored the two jade marrow mushrooms.
Then, he took out a sharp dagger and began to cut up the valuable materials from the high-level level one demonic beast:
Tough bear hide is an excellent material for making inner armor, and sharp bear claws can be used to forge magical artifacts.
Just as he was focused on processing the materials, his powerful divine sense suddenly detected a very faint disturbance: one or two tiny, grayish-brown moths, no bigger than grains of rice, were silently flying in from outside the passage and slowly hovering in the stone chamber.
Lin Chuan paused slightly, his eyes instantly becoming sharp as an eagle's.
The moth itself is not a demonic beast and has no spiritual energy fluctuations.
But the appearance of two ordinary moths deep within this treacherous, monster-infested crater is already suspicious.
More importantly, he recalled the records about Spirit Beast Mountain—the cultivators of that sect were extremely skilled at taming and controlling all kinds of strange insects and beasts, including these seemingly ordinary but actually controlled by secret techniques "eyes and ears" used for reconnaissance and spying!
"We're being watched!"
Lin Chuan's heart skipped a beat. These two moths were very likely "eyes" released by the cultivators of Spirit Beast Mountain!
Their owner is likely lurking outside the cave right now, or has even laid an ambush!
"Looks like I'm going to be forced to kill again—" Lin Chuan sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat helpless. His original intention was simply to search for spiritual herbs discreetly, but things didn't go as planned.
He showed no sign of panic, calmly and methodically cutting up the materials from the Rockcrack Bear and storing them in his storage bag.
Then, he straightened his robes, casually fastened the golden shield in his hand, and adjusted the Azure Cloud Sword and another spare flying sword to be ready to be activated at any time before stepping towards the cave entrance.
The passageway was silent, with only the echo of his own footsteps.
But his divine sense had already extended forward like mercury spilling onto the ground, carefully sensing every trace of aura and spiritual energy fluctuation outside the cave entrance.
As he stepped out of the cave and into the light of day, his gaze quickly swept over the surrounding rocks, bushes, and ancient trees. It seemed deserted and as quiet as ever.
However, just as he stepped completely out of the cave entrance, seemingly relaxing for a moment!
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Two slender, emerald-green shadows shot out silently from a clump of dense grass beside him, as fast as lightning!
Strike straight for his neck and ribs! The angle was tricky, and the timing was perfect!
Lin Chuan, who was prepared, didn't even turn his head. The golden shield in his hand instantly shone brightly, shifted half a foot to the side, and accurately blocked the path of the two green figures!
"Clang! Clang!"
With two soft sounds, the green shadows struck the shield and were easily bounced off, revealing their true form—two strange flying snakes, each about a foot long, with transparent thin wings on their backs, a jade-green body, and triangular heads!
With its forked tongue flicking and its eyes gleaming, it was clearly a carefully bred exotic venomous snake.
"Huh? They're actually on guard?" A slightly hoarse and surprised male voice came from behind the bushes not far away.
The two emerald green flying snakes were extremely intelligent. After missing their first attack, they immediately made a nimble turn in the air, one to the left and one to the right, attempting to bypass the golden light shield and attack Lin Chuan from the flanks again!
"court death!"
Lin Chuan's eyes turned cold, and the two flying swords he had prepared beforehand shot out!
The Azure Cloud Sword and the Crimson Flying Sword transformed into two streaks of blue and red, moving even faster and arriving first despite being the one that struck later!
"puff!"
The crimson flying sword struck the flying serpent's vital spot precisely on its right side, cleaving it in two mid-air! Emerald green blood spurted out.
The flying snake on the left made a daring roll to avoid the fatal blow of the Azure Cloud Sword, but it was also hit by the sword energy, hissed, and hurriedly flew back towards the bushes.
"My Wild Mountain Flying Serpent!" A heartbroken growl came from behind the bushes.
Immediately afterwards, a figure moved, and a middle-aged man emerged from behind the bushes.
This man was of medium height and quite ugly: he had uneven eyes, a face full of pockmarks, and was around forty years old.
He was dressed in the attire of the Spirit Beast Mountain, with seven or eight bulging leather pouches of different colors hanging from his waist and shoulders, clearly spirit beast bags specifically for containing spirit insects and strange beasts.
The ugly man originally had an angry expression, but when his gaze fell on Lin Chuan, especially when he saw the pair of light gold boots with cloud patterns on his feet, his pupils suddenly contracted.
His face was instantly filled with extreme shock, and he exclaimed in a trembling voice, "The Cloud-Stepping Boots?! How could they be with you—"
Before he could finish speaking, Lin Chuan's Azure Cloud Sword, carrying a sharp killing intent, transformed into a streak of blue light and pierced towards him!
Lin Chuan had no interest in wasting words with such treacherous individuals who first used poisonous insects to spy and then ambushed and attacked.
Seeing the flying sword approaching, the ugly man, disregarding his shock, hurriedly summoned a bone shield to defend himself, while urgently shouting, "Stop! I have something to say! ————"
"Shut your head!"
Lin Chuan interrupted him coldly, but his offensive continued unabated.
The Azure Cloud Sword's light surged, striking the bone shield fiercely and sending sparks flying.
At the same time, he secretly made a hand seal with his other hand, and the silver light transformed from the Dragon-Trapping Ring silently disappeared into the ground.
There's no point in reasoning with these highway robbers who intend to kill and steal; the only way to eliminate them completely is to prevent future troubles!
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