Chapter 31: Slaying the Giant Beast, Obtaining the Spiritual Essence

  Gu Chen raised his hand and beckoned, the flying sword fell into his palm, its light intensified, shooting out three zhang away.

  Although Xiantian realm cultivators can control flying swords with their Xiantian true energy, the flying sword is separated from the body and its power is much weaker than when held in hand. The farther away it is, the weaker its power becomes.

  The flying sword is now in hand, connected to Gu Chen's physical body, and the sword's edge naturally bursts out.

  Watching Gu Chen's hand burst out three zhangs of dazzling sword light, the giant devouring beast's eyes also flashed a hint of fear. If Gu Chen hadn't used his flying sword to attack just now, but instead personally grasped his sword and slashed out one strike, it was uncertain whether the giant devouring beast's skin could withstand it or not.

  The strength revealed by Gu Chen now is the cultivation of the Innate Realm's fifth layer, and the giant Soul Devouring Beast also has a spiritual demon beast that knows the principle of avoiding the strong and bullying the weak, and suddenly has the intention to retreat.

  Gu Chen would never let it leave, seeing the giant devouring beast's eyes filled with a lifetime of regret. His body moved instantly, and his innate true energy surged into the sword in his hand. The sword's edge burst forth once again, and wherever the sword's edge passed, the cave wall was directly split open, revealing a deep chasm.

  In an instant, Gu Chen moved forward by ten zhang, the long sword in his hand was over three zhang long, and he slashed down at the giant Soul Devouring Beast.

  This sword is called Qinglie Sword, it's a mid-grade artifact obtained by Gu Chen in the Huantian Cave Mansion, with extremely powerful might.

  The giant devouring beast's eyes surged with rage, its front leg swung out, and a massive stone claw slapped down towards the sword.

  "Clang......"

  Qing Lian Jian and Shi Zhao clashed, a loud crash, a massive shockwave shook Gu Chen's hands numb.

  The giant devouring beast let out a low hum, its body suddenly retreating as it fled deep into the mine.

  A string of fresh blood slid down from Qing's sword body, apparently, the giant Soul Devouring Beast had been injured.

  The giant devouring beast was extremely fast and escaped dozens of meters in just two steps.

  Want to escape?

  The swift feathers suddenly appeared on his back, Gu Chen's speed surged, more than half faster than the giant devouring beast, and chased after the giant devouring beast.

  Xiao Bai held the night pearl and chased after him as swiftly as a flying arrow.

  Soon, Gu Chen caught up with the giant Soul Devouring Beast. With a surge of his innate True Qi, the Qing Lei Sword burst out with over three zhang of sword energy and struck the beast's back.

  The giant devouring beast let out a painful howl, a stream of blood shooting out from its back, and with a flick of its hind legs, it kicked towards Gu Chen.

  Gu Chen swung his Qingli sword horizontally, blocking the attack of the giant Soul Devouring Beast. His body was bounced back by the massive force, flying over ten zhang in distance before landing on the ground.

  The giant devouring beast then borrowed Gu Chen's power of one sword, its speed suddenly surged again, and disappeared into the passage ahead.

  The giant devouring beast was already injured, bleeding non-stop. Gu Chen didn't rush to chase after it. Xiao Bai's speed was fast, but compared to Gu Chen who had reached the fifth layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm and had the Speed Wing Cloak to boost his speed, if they kept chasing like this, Xiao Bai would definitely be left behind in this mine cave.

  The Night Pearl was in Xiao Bai's hand, Gu Chen chased after it and faced a pitch-black mine cave. The giant Soul-Eating Beast had already adapted to the dark environment, and in the darkness, it was quite disadvantageous for Gu Chen. If he rashly chased after it, he might even be ambushed by the giant Soul-Eating Beast in the darkness.

  In just a short time, Xiao Bai caught up and saw Gu Chen and the others there. Xiao Bai naturally understood and with one leap, jumped onto Gu Chen's shoulders.

  Gu Chen saw a bright red bloodstain leading into the depths of the mine in front of him and a smile appeared on his face.

  Expel the Spirit-Beckoning Talisman out of his body, Gu Chen's boundary retreated to the Postnatal Seventh Layer. The usage time of the Spirit-Beckoning Talisman was limited. Since there were bloodstains on the ground, the giant Devouring Spirit Beast couldn't escape anyway. There was no need to waste the Spirit-Beckoning Talisman to rush along the way.

  Besides, with the speed of a swift wind, with the cultivation of the ancient seven heavens after the heavenly tribulation, the running speed is not slower than that of the pre-heavenly initial stage cultivator. Such speed is not much slower than that of a giant devouring spirit beast.

  The giant devouring beast escaped, it might have fled to the place where the spiritual stone vein is located. It was injured and needed to swallow spiritual stones to recover. Following the bloodstains left by the giant devouring beast in the mine, one could find both the giant devouring beast and the spiritual stone vein, killing two birds with one stone.

  Along the bloodstains in the mine tunnel, Gu Chen quickly chased forward.

  Gu Chen followed the bloodstains in the mine for thousands of meters, when suddenly a loud roar echoed from the giant Devouring Beast in front.

  "It's just ahead." Gu Wu's heart was delighted and he quickened his pace.

  "Huh? Sounds like another fight?" Listening to the sound coming from ahead, Gu Chen's heart stirred.

  "Could it be that there are other Soul-Eating Beasts inside the mine? Or perhaps an Ancient River?"

  While thinking in his heart, he ran with his feet. After turning several corners, a huge cave appeared in front of him, which was dozens of meters in diameter.

  The sound came from the right side of the cave, Gu Chen turned his head to look over and it was that giant Devouring Beast from earlier, furiously attacking the corner on the right.

  Gu Chen stood in the back, blocked by a giant Devouring Beast, unable to see its attack target.

  He patted Xiao Bai, and Xiao Bai immediately jumped off his shoulder, leaped onto a huge rock, holding the Night Pearl to illuminate the entire cave.

  Gu Chen walked forward along the cave wall, and didn't rush to attack before figuring out the situation.

  After walking for dozens of feet, I finally saw the target of the giant Soul Devouring Beast's attack. It wasn't Gu Hei, so who was it?

  However, at this moment, the giant Soul Devouring Beast's attack target was not just Gu He alone. Gu He had only recently entered the Ninth Heaven Boundary and could not withstand the giant Soul Devouring Beast's furious attack.

  Kogawa was cornered by a giant devouring beast, with a giant over 10 feet tall standing next to it. The two giants were made of some kind of metal and wood, and surprisingly, they could withstand the attack of the giant devouring beast.

  Look at the sweat on Gu He's face and you'll know that those two giants are being controlled by Gu He.

  The two giants both have the strength of Innate Boundary First Layer, formed from two puppet cards. Although they withstood the attack of the giant devouring beast, wanting to escape was impossible.

  Ku He was sent by the Ku family to the North Tai Mountain mine to exorcise evil spirits, and these two puppet talismans were the greatest reliance given to him by his family for exorcising evil spirits. But who would have thought that in this mine, apart from the demonic beasts spoken of by the miners, there was also such a gigantic demonic beast?

  Gu Chen saw Gu He at the same time, and Gu He also saw him. Gu He's face suddenly lit up with joy, and he shouted: "Gu Chen, come...come and save me quickly."

  Save? Or not save? Gu Chen was considering in his heart.

  However, Gu Chen soon made a decision. After all, they were both from the Gu family, and although there were some conflicts between them, it was not a life-or-death feud, so he couldn't just let him die at the hands of the demon beast.

  "You beast, come and take my life."

  Holding Qinglie Sword in hand, he walked towards the giant Devouring Spirit Beast.

  When he heard Gu Chen's voice, the giant devouring beast panicked and retreated backward. Gu Hei quickly escaped from the corner.

  "Roar......" The giant Devouring Beast charged at Gu Zhen with a loud roar, but it didn't escape again.

  "Old times, thanks..."

  Guhe sprinted quickly to Gu Chen's side, his face filled with gratitude, but suddenly his expression changed, and he threw two punches at Gu Chen.

  "Huh?" Gu Chen instantly threw out two punches, colliding with Gu He's double fists.

  Gu Chen suddenly exerted his strength, but his power was not fully displayed. Gu He, on the other hand, struck with all his might and was immediately knocked back five or six steps, getting much closer to the giant Devouring Beast.

  Kogawa took advantage of the recoil from this punch, and his body quickly flew backward, the two giant puppets turned into two talismans that fell into his hands, and soon disappeared into a nearby mine shaft without a trace.

  "You little trash, go ahead and play with the demon beast slowly, hahaha...". Gu He's voice came from far away in the mine.

  "Squeak, squeak, squeak..." Xiaobai pointed in the direction of the ancient river's escape and let out a sharp cry.

  A faint cold smile floated at the corner of Gu Chen's mouth. Before he even lent a hand to rescue, Gu Chen had already considered the possibility of Gu He turning against him. However, as they were both from the Gu family, Gu Chen did not abandon Gu He just because of the possibility of him turning traitor.

  Because Gu Chen was not afraid of Gu He turning against him at all.

  Gurou's two fists sent Gurou Chen flying towards the giant Devouring Beast, his plan was to let Gurou Chen attract the giant Devouring Beast's attention, while he borrowed strength and escaped quickly.

  When the giant devouring beast finished off Gu Chen, he had already escaped far away, running wildly towards the outside of the mine. If the giant devouring beast chased after him, he would have already escaped out of the mine.

  Kogawa did not expect that the wound on the giant beast was inflicted by Koshin, and his goal was to kill the giant beast and take its spiritual essence.

  Otherwise, with Gu Chen's vigilance, how could he have fallen into Gu He's secret plot?

  Guhe fled this time, and he would surely rush straight out of the mine. He was the only one left in the mine after killing the giant Soul-Devouring Beast and finding the Spiritual Stone vein.

  Guhe escaped back to his old home, and must have thought that Gu Chen would die in the mouth of the giant Soul Devouring Beast. He absolutely could not have imagined that all of this was within Gu Chen's expectations.

  "Roar......" The giant Devouring Beast let out a loud roar, baring its teeth and showing a ferocious expression. Its eyes were fixed on Gu Chen, filled with a mix of fear and confusion.

  Now, Gu Chen's cultivation is at the Seventh Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm. In the eyes of the giant Soul Devouring Beast, it's nothing to write home about. However, the giant Soul Devouring Beast clearly remembers that just a moment ago, the strength of this human in front of him was how terrifying, and the long sword in his hand was how sharp.

  Its claws that could crack open mountains and split rocks were all cut by the long sword, leaving a deep wound that made it bleed profusely.

  The most critical wound of the giant devourer beast is that shocking crack on its back, which has penetrated to the bone and still bleeds profusely.

  Gu Chen held Qingli Sword in one hand and Xiangling Talisman in the other, standing right in front of the gigantic Soul Devouring Beast.

  A congenital Jie boundary cultivation giant soul devouring beast, in front of it stands a postnatal seventh layer cultivation human ten-year-old boy, the disparity between their strengths is so great.

  But if someone saw the expression of one person and one beast now, they would definitely be shocked.

  That post-heavenly seven-layer cultivation human youth looked at the giant beast in front of him with a smile, while the pre-heavenly realm cultivation giant beast looked at the human youth's eyes, and was actually filled with fear?

  Gu Chen stood in front of the giant Devouring Beast, motionless, calmly watching the giant Devouring Beast with an expression that seemed careless, but in fact, every small movement of the giant Devouring Beast fell within his eyes.

  The massive Devourer Beast has a shocking wound on its back, with blood flowing non-stop. The longer it takes, the more severe the loss of strength will be. Now it urgently needs to swallow the Spirit Stone to recover from its injuries.

  Gu Chen was unscathed, and the length of time he was dragged had no effect on him.

  So, Gu Chen would not take the initiative to launch an attack. The longer he and the giant soul devouring beast stood facing each other, the better. The giant soul devouring beast did not have time to swallow the spirit stone, and the longer they stood there, the more serious its injuries would become. It would be easier for Gu Chen to kill it.

  "Roar......" The giant devouring beast finally couldn't hold its breath, it also knew that the longer it dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for it. With a loud roar, it increased its courage by several points, and a fierce light suddenly appeared in its eyes, baring its bloody huge fangs as it pounced towards Gu Chen, wanting to bite him to death with one mouthful.

  A flash of light, the Spirit Seal instantly merged into Gu Chen's body. Gu Chen's strength suddenly soared to the realm of Pre-Heavenly Fifth Layer, and the true energy within his body transformed into Pre-Heavenly True Energy.

  The Qing Lei sword in his hand burst into a brilliant light, and with both hands gripping the hilt, he stabbed it directly into the giant Devouring Spirit Beast's enormous mouth as it bit down.

  The skin and flesh of the giant Devourer Beast were incredibly hard, but the mouth cavity was relatively much softer. If Gu Chen stabbed it, he might even pierce through its brain.

  Sigh...

  The giant devouring beast let out a wave of hot air, its skull surprisingly unsplit and unshattered, continuing to bite towards Gu Chen, but...

  A pair of front paws instantly swept forward, and if Gu Chen's sword stabbed into the giant devouring beast's mouth, his body would inevitably be swept away by these two huge stone claws.

  Gu Chen's physical body was not like that of a giant devouring beast, which grew up eating stones and was as hard as iron. The result can be imagined, if he was swept away, he would either die or be seriously injured.

  Qing Lian Jian suddenly retracted, and a swift winged creature brushed against the wind, landing on his body. Gu Chen's speed was as fast as a phantom, and in an instant, he vanished before the giant Devouring Beast, its stone claws swiping at empty air.

  A giant Devouring Spirit Beast's right side flashed with a ray of light, and the Qing Lei sword in Gu Chen's hand suddenly shot out more than three zhangs (about 10 meters) of sword energy, fiercely slashing down towards the beast's neck.

  This time, Gu Chen didn't release the flying sword, but instead grasped the Qing Li Sword with his own hands and slashed it down. Compared to the first sneak attack, this sword's power was more than double.

  The giant devouring beast let out a terrified shriek and tilted its head, but it was slower than Gu Chen by one beat, already too late.

  He had merely tilted his head slightly, and Gu Chen's hands grasped the sword and slashed down fiercely.

  In an instant...

  The giant devourer's terrifying howl turned into a mournful scream.

  The green sword sliced through its neck, cutting a deep wound several feet long, almost cutting off half of the giant wolverine's head, with blood gushing out wildly.

  The giant Devouring Beast swung its body, and its rear tail was like a stone whip, which was swiftly lashed towards Gu Chen, rapidly exploding the air and producing a deafening crash.

  Gu Chen had just swung out a sword, his body swayed and disappeared again, the giant Soul Devouring Beast's massive tail attack suddenly fell empty.

  With swift wings and wind, Gu Chen's speed was more than twice that of the giant devouring beast, completely suppressing it in terms of speed.

  Slash...

  Gu Chen's body suddenly appeared on the left side of the giant Devouring Beast, and Qing Li Sword also burst out with a sword aura that was over three zhang long, slashing down as fast as a flash of lightning.

  *Gulp...*

  A massive amount of fresh blood spouted out from the giant devourer's neck...

  The gigantic Devouring Beast's head, as big as a winnowing basket, was chopped off by Gu Chen with one sword on the right and one on the left, falling to the side and rolling several times.

  Not even a scream had time to escape before the massive Devouring Beast was dead.

  Hmph...

  The gigantic corpse of the Devouring Beast fell to the ground, causing the entire cave to shake violently.

  Gu Chen grasped his sword with both hands and injected the Pre-Heaven True Energy into it. The sword's edge burst out again, continuously slashing at the corpse of the giant Devouring Spirit Beast.

  After death, the giant devouring beast's body was much softer, and its abdomen was quickly cut into a pile of fragments by Gu Chen. A bright green bead emitting a cyan glow suddenly appeared.

  Gu Chen reached out with an empty hand and grasped the air, and the emerald green bead was sucked into his palm. It was indeed the spiritual essence condensed within the body of that giant Devouring Spirit Beast.

  "Squeak, squeak...!" Xiao Bai jumped onto Gu Chen's shoulder, gazing longingly at the Ling Jing in his hand, and chirping excitedly.