Chapter 166

Just when Cheng Yu was still pondering over the fact that his perception had failed, the five alligators had already scurried to the shore, surrounding Cheng Yu.

"Seems like all of you are treating me as a soft persimmon. When you see me, you all want to take a bite out of me. Just nice, I am also hungry. Today, I shall use you all as my dinner," Cheng Yu took out his sword.

This time, Cheng Yu chose to take the initiative to attack. After locating one of the alligators, Cheng Yu lifted up his sword and stabbed towards the alligator's body. "Clang!"

Sure enough, it was as Cheng Yu had expected. The demonic beasts in this forest actually knew how to use Qi. When Cheng Yu's sword was about an inch away from the alligator's body, a black Qi barrier appeared. Even though Cheng Yu was already prepared, when such a situation appeared in front of him, he was still shocked.

When one of its companions was attacked, the other four all rushed forward. Although the alligator's body was huge, its speed was very fast.

With a swing of its tail, a few of its tails swatted at Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu leaped into the sky, escaping from the alligator's attack. "Pu! Pu!" Although these alligators were only at the fourth rank, their intelligence did not seem to lose to the Dark Flame Wild Lion. The five alligators raised their heads and opened their mouths. They actually shot out water arrows at Cheng Yu who was in the sky.

Cheng Yu was shocked. He did not know that these alligators had such an ability. He quickly brandished the sword in his hand to block the water arrows. Cheng Yu changed his posture once again. His head was down and his legs were up. Just like the time when he clashed with Huang Wen, he charged towards the alligator's mouth and stabbed.

This time, Cheng Yu infused all his Qi into the sword. The whole sword was suffused with a dazzling blue light. With a "pa" sound, Cheng Yu's sword instantly broke the alligator's Qi armor and pierced into its mouth. "Ao! Ao!"

With its mouth pierced, the alligator immediately cried out in pain. Its body kept rolling on the ground as its tail slapped the ground.

When the other alligators saw Cheng Yu had landed on the ground, they immediately rushed over with their mouths wide open. Cheng Yu was already prepared. His shining left hand punched the lower jaw of one of the alligators. With a "bang" sound, the alligator was sent flying by Cheng Yu.

There were still three remaining. Cheng Yu did not hesitate as he used his phantom fist to break the alligator's Qi armor. After that, he used his sword to pierce through three of the alligators' mouths.

When Cheng Yu saw the five alligators that were heavily injured, they actually started to roll back to the riverside. Cheng Yu quickly went forward and gave them a few more stabs. After he finished them off, he pulled them back to the riverside to prevent their blood from flowing into the river.

Alligators were social animals. Cheng Yu did not believe that there were only five of them. Therefore, he could not let their blood flow into the river. Otherwise, if another group of alligators came, it would be troublesome.

Although he could escape, he had spent so much effort to kill five alligators. He could not possibly let them be taken away by their companions, right? The skin of these alligators was very hard. If Cheng Yu did not pierce through their mouths, he would not be able to pierce through any other places. This layer of armor was actually even stronger than the alligator's Qi armor. How could Cheng Yu let go of such a good blacksmithing material?

"D * mn it! These fellows are really not simple. Fortunately, they are only rank four. If they were like the Dark Flame Wild Lion and were rank five, it would be troublesome. However, these armors are really good stuff. After peeling for an hour, I finally finished peeling all five alligators. This is really not easy. It is not as easy as fighting a fight, "Cheng Yu looked at the five alligator skins that were completely intact, and Cheng Yu was very satisfied.

However, Cheng Yu's work was not done yet. Because the alligator skin was not the only thing that could be used to refine the blacksmithing, there was also the alligator's bones. Therefore, Cheng Yu spent another two hours to remove the bones.

"D * mn it! It's really not easy to get these materials. Just cleaning up the place had already wasted so much time. Seems like in the future, I will have to strengthen myself in this aspect. Fortunately, I had prepared beforehand. I have more than ten storage pouches with me. Otherwise, I won't be able to keep all the spoils of war in the future, "Cheng Yu took out three storage pouches and placed the skin, bones, and meat into them.

Previously, he had killed more than ten Kunlun disciples. In total, he had obtained more than ten storage pouches. Fortunately, these low-grade storage pouches were not expensive. However, the capacity of these storage pouches was not big. It was only a few cubic meters, similar to Cheng Yu's storage ring.

Cheng Yu had already expected that he would be staying in here for a long time. Therefore, he had specially bought more than ten storage pouches in the city in case of emergencies. From the current situation, Cheng Yu's thinking was very correct.

Originally, Cheng Yu wanted to make use of this time to roast a few pieces of crocodile meat to settle his dinner. However, when he saw that the sun was about to set and that there might be more crocodiles appearing, Cheng Yu packed up his stuff and continued his journey.

In this Death Forest where danger lurked everywhere, Cheng Yu did not dare to casually look for a place to spend the night. The sky had already turned dark, and he had yet to find a suitable cave. Cheng Yu was helpless. In the end, he found a thousand-year-old tree and flew up.

In the depths of the forest, Cheng Yu did not dare to casually light a fire. Therefore, he took out the cooked food that he had prepared. As Cheng Yu ate, he pondered over what had happened today.

The Dark Flame Wild Lion and the river crocodile were able to use their Qi to protect themselves. This matter might seem small, but Cheng Yu felt that there was something strange about this forest.

Rank 4 and 5 demonic beasts could only be considered as low-rank demonic beasts. If they were able to use their Qi to protect themselves, what would happen to those demonic beasts? Wouldn't they be like human cultivators, able to use their spiritual Qi to execute dao techniques? How valiant would they be?

When Cheng Yu thought of this possibility, his heart turned numb. The appearance of such a situation had undoubtedly brought about a huge obstruction to Cheng Yu.

"Forget it. This is also good. Otherwise, all the treasures here would have long been plundered by others. At least I still have a sliver of hope. " After pondering for a while, Cheng Yu still could not come up with a reason. Thus, he gave up. He took out the blacksmithing jade slip that the old man had given him and prepared to study blacksmithing.

Similar to pill concoction, blacksmithing also required a high degree of mental energy concentration. And the grade of the item that was refined was also related to the blacksmithing technique grade, the blacksmithing technique, and the strength of mental energy.

Cheng Yu carefully studied every detail of the blacksmithing process. Finally, he wrote down the blacksmithing formula recorded in the jade slip. When Cheng Yu finally kept the jade slip, his heart was already somewhat impatient.

Because in the blacksmithing technique, it mentioned that blacksmithing also required the assistance of flames. And the more special the flame was, the higher the success rate of blacksmithing would be.

Cheng Yu might not have any other strong points, but there was one point that no one could compare to. That was because he possessed a mystical pill fire. With this point, Cheng Yu really wanted to test what grade equipment he could refine using the Six Phoenix Spiritual Flame. If he was able to refine a spiritual equipment, he would really strike it rich.

Currently, the market price of a low-grade spiritual equipment was at least 100,000 low-grade spiritual stones. If Cheng Yu had this ability, he wouldn't need to worry about not having enough spiritual stones to bring back.

However, he didn't have any blacksmithing materials on hand. Furthermore, this place wasn't suitable for blacksmithing. Cheng Yu suppressed the impulse in his heart and closed his eyes to meditate.

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On the east side of the second day, a group of men and women were brandishing their swords in the forest.

"Senior Sister, where do you think we will be able to reach this time? Will we be able to pass through the Death Fantasy Ocean?" Tian Xing chopped the weeds by the roadside as he spoke to Tian Xue who was behind him.

"This time, I had obtained the Heart Tranquility Pearl from my master. I believe we will have the opportunity to pass through the Death Fantasy Ocean," Recalling the Heart Tranquility Pearl, Tian Xue spoke with some confidence.

"Heart Tranquility Pearl?! Senior Sister, you are really capable. The Heart Tranquility Pearl is master's treasure. She was actually willing to give it to you. Master really dotes on you, "When she heard Tian Xue had obtained the Heart Tranquility Pearl, Junior Sister Tian Feng who was following behind Tian Xing spoke enviously.

"How is it given to me? It's just that I borrowed it from her for this Death Forest training. When we return, I still have to return it to master," Tian Feng and Tian Ling were both her masters. Tian Feng and Tian Ling had the same master as her. She did not want this matter to cause any estrangement between them, so she explained.

"Master also dotes on you. If it were us, we would definitely not be able to borrow it," Tian Ling spoke enviously.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Everyone needs to be more vigilant. We are already a thousand kilometers deep into the Death Forest. In another thousand kilometers, we will be entering the Death Swamp. The demonic beasts here are of the sixth rank, which is equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Realm late stage cultivator," Tian Xue didn't wish to talk about those topics anymore. Instead, she shifted the focus back to their current environment.

"Senior Sister, there's no need to be so nervous. We have already entered this place three times. Even if we were to encounter a sixth rank demonic beast, with just the few of us, wouldn't it be enough to deal with them?" Tian Xing spoke unconcernedly.

"Don't be careless. If it's just one or two, of course we wouldn't have to worry. But if a group of sixth rank demonic beasts appears, who among us would be able to block them?" Tian Xue spoke with an extremely solemn expression.

"Uh … this …" Mentioning a group of demonic beasts, Tian Xing shut his mouth. Previously, they had personally witnessed a Golden Core Realm cultivator being dragged to death by a group of fifth rank flying demonic beasts. In the end, he was forced to self-destruct his Golden Core. Recalling that miserable scene, Tian Xing still had a lingering fear in his heart.

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Tens of kilometers away from Tianshan Sect, Shushan Sect's men were currently fighting with a giant python. Two of them were heavily injured and were leaning against a tree.

"Senior Brother Wuling, this giant python's skin is too hard. We can't cut through it." Wu Xuan's blood and Qi were surging. Brandishing his longsword, he panted heavily as he spoke.

"This python is a sixth rank demonic beast. In addition, it has a qi barrier protecting its body. Ordinary attacks will not be able to break through its defense. Everyone, get into formation. Five Elemental Killing Formation." Jian Wuling also knew that they could not continue fighting like this. Seeing that there were still five people fighting, including himself, he hurriedly called out to everyone.

"Alright! Five Elemental Killing Formation. " When the other four heard Jian Wuling's words, they shouted loudly. Following the positions of the five elements, they set up the Five Elemental Killing Formation at each corner.

The Five Elemental Killing Formation was evolved from the five elements of heaven and earth. The people who set up the formation would display the might of the five elements of heaven and earth. This formation was mainly for offense. The five people who set up the formation would each display the might of one of the five elements.

"Pa ~ Ao ~ Ao ~" The five people finished setting up the formation. Each of them used a Five Elemental Killing Formation, releasing the five elemental attacks of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The faint red qi barrier on the giant python's body instantly shattered. The giant python's five elements were fire. Being hit by the water elemental killing move on its head, it immediately let out a few roars of pain.

"Wu Hen! Attack its weak point! "Seeing Wu Hen's water elemental killing move, Jian Wuling shouted at him.

"Ao ~ Ao ~" As expected, Wu Hen's water elemental killing move hit its weak point. The giant python let out a strange cry.