Chapter 63: Reaping a Bountiful Harvest

  Today's fourth update!!!

  Zhang Chong's battle intent was full, holding the Heart-Devouring Cudgel, he charged towards the [Xuan Tie Crocodile].

  His appearance made Liu Sheng and Lin Ye feel as if they were about to petrify on the spot.

  Good heavens, to have withstood such a fierce attack and still be able to launch a counterattack immediately. This little junior brother of mine seems to have become even more formidable than during the Great War of Heaven. Is this the life-saving divine art that Listening Wind had taught him? Or perhaps there is some precious spiritual armor on his body.

  [Xuan Tie E] was also stunned at that moment, it had never thought of attacking and being hit in one go. And when he wanted to counterattack, his tail was involuntarily twitching with a sharp pain.

  Zhang Chong's fierce momentum caused the [Xuan Tie E] to immediately use its uninjured left front paw to protect its head. In contrast, Zhang Chong wielded his Heart-Devouring Stick, shouting loudly while using the three to five moves of stick technique taught by Wang Dao, striking the [Xuan Tie E]'s body repeatedly.

  It's just Zhang Chong's powerful stance, but the attack power is not fierce enough. These sticks are clearly not enough to hurt the scales of the Xuan Tie Crocodile. However, Zhang Chong was excited and his left hand flew with fireballs.

  "Boom boom boom!" Amidst the scattered flames, Zhang Chong wielded his stick and fought alone against the [Xuan Tie Crocodile].

  Xuan Tie E was hit nearly a hundred times before he came back to his senses, stretched out his front paws and was about to slap Zhang Chong with force.

  "How dare you counterattack." Zhang Chong saw this scene, but his anger was rekindled. At this time, the fireball talisman was no longer released, and instead, his left hand reached out to grab the front claw of the [Xuan Tie Crocodile].

  This man and monster suddenly started fighting.

  Looking at this unbelievable scene, Lin Ye couldn't help but recall the first time he met the [Xuan Tie Eel], and the tension in his heart at that time. At that time, Tu Bo, who was already a ninth-level deity, said to him,

  "This [Xuan Tie Xiu] has extremely strong defense, not easy to kill. If encountered, one should use clever tactics to break it, circling around and entangling in battle, perhaps there will be an opportunity to strike and kill."

  Using his cunning to break through, he dodged and weaved in combat. These were Lin Ye's unshakeable conclusions after many years of battle. However, at this moment today, they were quietly shattered.

  It turned out that fighting with Xuan Tie Niao could be like this.

  However, Zhang Chong could do it, but Lin Ye thought he couldn't take this step. Just now, he had rushed to the tail of the "Xuan Tie E", which was already a considerable risk, let alone wrestling with the "Xuan Tie E".

  The area where they were fighting happened to be a slightly inclined downhill slope, so Zhang Chong and [Xuan Tie E] rolled down the slope while wrestling.

  It rolled all the way down to the bottom of the slope, and the body of the "Xuan Tie Crocodile" finally stopped moving.

  Zhang Chong slowly got up, holding the Heart-Devouring Cudgel, and swung it down at the Xuan Tie Crocodile that was lying on its back, looking like a butcher.

  "Brother wants to kill you."

  "Alright, this [Xuan Tie E] is already dead." Upon hearing Liu Sheng's words, Zhang Chong finally exhaled heavily and lay down on the ground in all directions, his entire body having lost its strength.

  It turns out that the abdomen and hard back of the "Xuan Tie Crocodile" are indeed a paradoxical existence. The scales on its back, like Xuan Tie, can withstand all kinds of attacks, while the softness of its abdomen can be easily broken through.

  And the "Xuan Tie E" itself is also aware of this weakness, so it is careful and cautious, mainly relying on its tail to launch attacks, and will not easily expose its abdomen.

  However, this time, it was enraged by Zhang's unreasonable fighting style and its tail was stabbed first by Lin Ye, so after raising its front paws, it was seized by Zhang Chong to take the opportunity to stab several times in the abdomen, only then did it die.

  This kind of thing can only happen once and cannot be repeated. If Zhang Chong does the same thing again next time, it is estimated that the outcome will not be as good as this time.

  However, this time he was enough to make Liu Sheng and Lin Ye both astonished.

  Lin Ye looked at the corpse of Xuan Tie E and started to work without saying a word, peeling off the layer of skin on its back while speaking.

  "The hide of a Dark Iron Crocodile is excellent material. A complete Dark Iron Crocodile hide can be used to craft two pieces of three-star spiritual armor."

  "Oh, I see." Liu Sheng and Zhang Chong heard this and immediately squatted down to assist from the side. Before long, they had stripped the surface of the "Xuan Tie E" clean.

  After getting up, Lin Ye said again,

  "Usually where third-order spiritual beasts appear, some spiritual herbs will also appear. Let's search around this area and see if we can find any." His suggestion was unanimously agreed upon by the three of them, and they began to search.

  Not long after, Zhang Chong found three stalks of spiritual grass. The grass had a light purple color, and each stalk had seven leaves of the same size.

  "Four-product seven-star grass," Lin Ye called out with just one glance. This seven-star grass is a spiritual herb used to refine high-level talismans, and adding it to the refining process can bring out its own spiritual effects. These three stalks of seven-star grass, if refined into a juice, can produce about ten fourth-grade paper talismans.

  Just thinking that it was a spiritual herb that could refine the fourth-order paper talisman, Zhang Chong couldn't help himself. The highest he can refine now is only the third-order Golden Armor Talisman, and being able to refine a fourth-order paper talisman, just the paper itself, is already an extremely high price.

  And now the materials found for this seven-star grass should be reasonably priced.

  After the three entered the Demon Beast Mountain Range, they gained a lot of benefits from their first battle, which made them extremely delighted. After cleaning up, the three continued to venture deeper into the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

  Along the way, their harvest was also rich. When they had gone deep into 400 miles, they had already killed five second-order spiritual beasts and two third-order spiritual beasts, and found more than a dozen four-product spiritual herbs.

  If converted into crystal stones, it would be at least dozens of fourth-grade crystal stones.

  "Who would have thought, the crystal stones in this mountain range are so profitable," Zhang Chong lay down on the ground in the darkness. After a day of fighting, he was physically exhausted, but his mood was extremely good. In the mountain range, there were many spiritual beasts and herbs, as long as one's strength was sufficient, there were still many opportunities to make a fortune.

  "Crystal stones are profitable, but the risk is also extremely high." Lin Ye said.

  "We are fortunate to have Brother Tupac watching over the outer perimeter at Changsheng Gate, which is why there aren't any fourth-stage spirit beasts in this area. Otherwise, if we had come alone and encountered a fourth-stage spirit beast by chance, it would be extremely difficult for us to escape with our current abilities. If we were to encounter a fifth-stage spirit beast, then not even escaping would be an option, but rather certain death."

  After listening to Lin Ye's words, Zhang Chong and Liu Sheng also nodded in agreement. They had fought against several third-order spiritual beasts before, so they knew how formidable these third-order spiritual beasts were. The strength of a third-order spiritual beast was roughly equivalent to that of a three-to-sixth-tier divine power user, while the strength of a fourth-order spiritual beast far surpassed that of an ordinary divine power user, reaching the level of six-to-ninth tier. Some fourth-order spiritual beasts even had strengths comparable to those of night demon-level strong users.

  If a fifth-order spiritual beast were to appear, even Brother Tugba would be unable to defeat it. Once they reach the fifth order, they will form a beast dan, which is equivalent to a cultivator's golden dan. However, the killing intent is even more intense.

  "It's not just that." Lin Ye continued to say,

  "This mountain range of demons is endless, and within the thousand-mile radius at the entrance of the Yang Realm, it is still an area that can be covered by the Longevity Gate. However, if one goes deeper, it becomes a place where no one controls. In that place, there are countless scattered immortals and devils who want to cultivate, seek treasure, and hunt beasts. When you arrive at that place, apart from the spiritual beasts, what is even more terrifying is the slaughter among humans."

  In that place, strength and opportunity decide everything. Even if you are strong, it's not necessarily possible to come out of this brutal fight alive.

  That place was where the Golden Elixir cultivators and the Night Yaksha demon cultivators lived. After sunset, they were never certain if they could survive to see the sun rise again tomorrow, until they really did.

  Lin Ye's words made Liu Sheng and Zhang Chong both shocked.