Perfect match

  Ye Chen looked at Qian Shanli and others again.

  Qian Shanli said, "I'm afraid I'll need around three to four days! The second layer of the Town Demon's Illusory Serpent and Illusory Rabbit are mid-tier first-class, their strength is already quite close to that of our Qi Refining third-layer cultivators."

  "The width of the corridor is about 70-80 feet, and every place within it is within range of their poisonous liquids and water arrow magic, leaving no room to dodge. All the Illusory Serpents and Illusory Pythons must be killed before a cultivator can pass through. With fifty heads in each of the thousand-foot-long corridors, there are a total of 400 heads in the eight corridors on the second floor of the Demon-Suppressing Tower. To clear this level within three to four days, one would have to kill ten heads per hour, not including time for rest and sleep. If one wants to rest, they would have to kill even more."

  Qian Shan quickly and accurately described his speedrunning process in great detail.

  Feng Yan and Li Qiao's strength is about the same as Zhu and Qian's.

  Ye Chen nodded slightly. It seemed that the four of them had some difficulty passing the second floor of the Town Demon Tower.

  "Have you all brought the antidote?"

  "I've prepared quite a bit!"

  Zhu Dahao patted the several dan medicine bottles in his arms and said.

  "Alright! I'll try out the strength of these Illusory Serpents and Illusory Demons first! Hopefully my Whirlwind Slash will still be effective against them! That way, I can save some time passing through."

  Ye Chen gazed at the dimly lit corridor and calmly said.

  He wasn't too sure when he said that. Because not all of the demonic beasts were as easy to deal with as the lowest-level demonic mice.

  "Golden Bell Shield!"

  Ye Chen raised his hand and released a mass of golden light. This mass of golden light began to spread along his arm, quickly covering the entire province.

  Soon, a golden light enveloped Ye Chen in an oval-shaped shield that completely enclosed him from head to toe.

  Jin Zhong Zhao and Shi Fu are both defensive spells, but they have some differences in their effects. Shi Fu transforms the skin into a stone-like skin, while Jin Zhong Zhao creates a bell-shaped barrier outside the skin, about several inches away from it.

  This also results in two spells having completely different effects.

  Stone Skin is hard to spot at a glance by the opponent, but Golden Bell Shield is very dazzling. Golden Bell Shield can completely resist the erosion of poison on the flesh, isolating it from the outside, which Stone Skin cannot do.

  Ye Chen added a layer of Golden Bell Shield defense for himself and also cast a Wind Warding Technique, making all the necessary preparations.

  In the corridor passage, the phantom beasts are scattered in twos and threes. About every few zhangs, there is one, moving around, with several gathering together in some places, and sparse in others.

  Ye Chen let out a light cry, his toes tapped the ground once, and he leapt up, transforming into a fierce flame whirlwind. The flames shot out like blades, charging towards the depths of the passageway.

  His forward speed was too fast, and in an extremely short period of time, he rushed out dozens of feet, immediately startling more than 20 heads of fantasy rabbits and fantasy snakes inside the passage.

  In the distance ahead, many startled Illusory Hare and Illusory Venomous Snakes that had not been swept away by the whirlwind shot out water arrows and venom.

  "Psst!"

  "Pffft!"

  Fiercely, a blazing whirlwind shot out from Ye Chen's transformed body.

  The water arrow and venom of the Huan Yao Mian and Huan Yao She can shoot out up to twenty zhang, a distance seven times farther than the flying sword qi emitted by Ye Chen's Xuan Feng Jian. This distance is enough for them to attack Ye Chen once before being killed by his Xuan Feng Jian.

  Bang!

  Bang!

  The Huan Yao Snake and Huan Yao Rabbit that were hit by Ye Chen were torn apart by Jian Mang.

  The fierce flames were also hit by more than a dozen water arrows, and their power was greatly weakened. Moreover, the water arrows had a slowing effect, and the whirlwind transformed by Ye Canchen slowed down its forward speed under the continuous bombardment of the water arrows.

  Ye Chen's Golden Bell Cover was covered with a layer of sticky liquid, extremely heavy and viscous. He used all his strength to charge forward, but still couldn't speed up.

  He charged forward for nearly a hundred yards, killing more than 20 heads of illusory snakes and rabbits. However, the speed also dropped sharply from the initial blink of an eye to over ten yards, and gradually slowed down to only one yard or so, slowly coming to a stop. Such a slow speed was unthinkable.

  Ye Chen was separated from the front by a distance of over ten zhang, and became unable to cross.

  "Not good!"

  Ye Chen saw something was amiss and began to back away.

  The venom of the Phantom Serpent struck his Golden Bell Shield repeatedly, hitting it over a dozen times in succession.

  The resplendent golden bell jar was rapidly corroded by the toxic liquid, becoming thinner and thinner.

  Crack!

  The golden bell shattered completely.

  Ye Chen retreated to the back of the corridor, a safe place, out of range of the attacks of the Illusory Serpent and the Illusory Rabbit. His robe was stained with a small amount of splashed pale green venom.

  "Yè brothers, are you alright?"

  Zhu Dahao and three others rushed over at this moment, hastily asking.

  "I have an antidote here! Take one pill first!"

  Feng Yan saw Ye Chen's clothes stained with poison and hastily said.

  "It's okay! I'm wearing a mid-grade mage robe, this little bit of poison won't corrode it."

  Ye Chen shook his head, and his expression became more serious. "My Flame Whirlwind Slash has a limited range of only three meters, which is sufficient for dealing with the Illusory Mouse, as they can be killed by the blade's edge before they even touch me, making it easy to sweep through the entire first layer passageway. However, when facing these Illusory Rabbits and Illusory Snakes, it seems that my Whirlwind Slash is not effective! Its range is too short, and I haven't even attacked them yet, but their water arrows and toxic liquids have already hit me, causing me to suffer a great loss!"

  "We need to think of another way, using spells with a longer attack range to deal with them! However, it's still troublesome for me to do it alone. The five of us must work together and coordinate our efforts in order to get through this layer in the shortest amount of time!"

  Ye Chen looked at the four people and said.

  "Go!"

  Zhu Dahao nodded excitedly and said, "Being able to join forces with Brother Ye is the best! The four of us can also contribute some strength, so we won't always have to rely on Brother Ye alone. We four all know one or two attack spells, it's just that we've never joined forces to deal with a demon beast before. Brother Ye, take a look at us four and see how we should work together to coordinate with you!"

  "Let me see the specific strength of each of you! Once I understand your strengths, then I'll make arrangements!"

  Ye Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "You four, who will go up first and try?"

  "I'm coming! Apart from Ye brother, I am the strongest here!"

  Zhu Dahao said loudly.

  "Let Brother Zhu go up!"

  The other three people would certainly not fight with him for it.

  "Hmm!"

  Ye Chen nodded and let Zhu Dahao go up.

  He drank the spiritual wine, watching as he recovered his magical powers.

  Within this passage, Ye Chen had already punched out a safe path that was nearly a hundred meters long. The remaining

  Zhu Dahao grasped the Huo Ling knife and strode forward alone, heading towards the nearest Illusory Serpent.

  "Thirty flying twenty-five zhang, twenty-one zhang!"

  Zhu Dahao estimated the distance and stopped. He couldn't go any further, or he would startle the illusory snake, causing it to shoot out its venom.

  Zhu Dahao quickly calculated it in his mind.

  There is only one Phantom Snake ahead, which is relatively easy to deal with.

  However, behind that illusory serpent, several zhang away, there was another illusory serpent and two illusory demons, roaming around and jumping about. With three of them gathered together, it became quite troublesome, giving him a headache.

  If it were before, he had to wait patiently until the three-headed Phantom Beast dispersed and then take action. Only, killing each of the Phantom Beasts would require a considerable amount of time.

  But now Ye Chen and the others are watching from behind, Zhu Dahao doesn't have time to waste, can only take a risk and try.

  "Damn you, go die!"

  Zhu Dahao let out a low roar and launched a fireball, slapping it flying.

  A fireball flew over a dozen feet, blasting onto the body of that serpent, sending it flying out several meters, almost blowing its skin open and flesh bursting, crashing into several other serpents behind.

  That injured illusory serpent was blown up, but it hadn't died yet. It flipped its body and immediately let out a sharp cry, charging towards Zhu Dahao.

  Another pair of Illusory Serpent and two Illusory Rabbits were also startled. Two pairs of Illusory Serpents and two Illusory Rabbits, four Illusory Beasts charged towards Zhu Dahao simultaneously.

  "Four-headed demon snake and demon rabbit, they're going to kill us!"

  Zhu Dahao's face changed instantly, he cursed and turned around to run towards the back, "My strength can only deal with two at most! Can't fight, run first! In front of them, I don't care about losing face anymore."

  Pfft!

  A head of phantom demon suddenly jumped up and shot out a water arrow, shooting towards Zhu Dahao's back.

  Bang!

  It hit Zhu Dahu's body, and he let out a muffled groan, almost stumbling, as his body was covered with a cluster of pale blue sticky liquid. Zhu Dahu's escape speed immediately slowed down a bit.

  "It's all over, now it's even harder to escape. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have taken the risk just now."

  Zhu Dahao's face suddenly turned pale. He wasn't worried that he would be finished, but with this coming, others would definitely have to lend a hand to rescue him. This would completely lose face for him.

  Two illusory snakes were also moving quickly, chasing after Zhu Dahao, opening their mouths and about to spit out green toxic liquid.

  Qian Shanli and Feng Yan, among others, stood at a distance, watching with tension. However, they didn't intend to take action. With Ye Chen, a fifth-layer Qi Refining cultivator, around, they didn't need to intervene.

  Ye Chen raised his hand and two pale red wind blades shot out.

  Whoosh!

  Two swift wind blades shot out over forty feet, almost brushing against Zhu Dahao's side as they flew past.

  Hmph!

  The two Phantom Serpents closely following behind Zhu Dahao were cut into two segments by the two Wind Blades, thrashing about on the ground before quickly dying. Only the two remaining Phantom Serpents continued to charge towards Zhu Dahao.

  "Thank you!"

  Zhu Dahao saw Ye Chen strike out two swift wind blades and immediately knew he was safe, letting out a sigh of relief. He finally stopped and turned around, ferociously pouncing on the remaining two Illusory Demon Rabbits, "Dare to spit water all over me? I'll kill you!"

  Zhu Dahao flew over and exerted a lot of effort to barely avoid being killed by the two-headed phantom beast. Although it was only a mid-tier demon beast, the demonic rabbit's agility far surpassed Zhu Dahao's, but their water arrows were too weak and couldn't cause much harm to Zhu Dahao.

  PS: Felt depressed in the morning, started writing at 9 am, but suddenly got stuck and only managed to write a few hundred words after several hours. It wasn't until noon that I cleared my head and wrote smoothly, what a shame!!