Xiao Chen had never let down his guard against this swordsman. Xiao Chen had observed every move the swordsman made. This little trick would only be asking for trouble.
Xiao Chen drew his saber at lightning speed, moving like a silver snake. When the swordsman turned around, he discovered a pitch-black saber pressed against his neck.
It was like the swordsman had turned around and handed his neck over. However, his sword was still about a meter away from Xiao Chen's neck.
Xiao Chen pressed the Lunar Shadow Saber against the swordsman's neck and said coldly, "Don't try to play tricks with me. You are just a Small Perfection half-step Martial Monarch. You are not strong enough in my eyes. Scram!"
The final word "scram" was like a clap of thunder in the swordsman's ears. Xiao Chen instantly thrust his saber forward and cut the swordsman's skin.
The swordsman was horrified. In that instant, he thought he was going to die.
"I'll scram! I'll scram! I'll scram!"
The situation was not in his favor. The swordsman put away his weapon and led his subordinates to flee in a sorry state. He no longer dared to harbor any more thoughts.
When Wu Quan and the others saw Xiao Chen scare off the swordsman, the shock in their eyes was indescribable. They had not expected an expert to be hiding beside them.
Wu Quan got up from the reef and walked over to Xiao Chen. He had a complicated gaze as he said, "Xiao Chen, what are you trying to do by following us?"
Xiao Chen said calmly, "Don't overthink this. I have my own goals, but I have never thought of harming you. However, it looks like I will not be able to accomplish it now. Let's not talk about anything else. I'll send you back to the outpost islets first. "
Xiao Chen's original plan was to use this group of people to figure out the characteristics of the various Demons and make preparations for his own experiential training.
Right now, he had only figured out most of them. There were still a few rare Demon races that he had not met.
Now that this happened, Xiao Chen could only put an end to his plan and act alone. That would be much more troublesome.
Along the way, Xiao Chen remained silent. The others were still fine. Although they were shocked at Xiao Chen's strength, they did not feel uncomfortable.
As for Ping Xingteng, he felt incredibly embarrassed. Normally, he was the most talkative. However, at this moment, he did not dare to say anything. He felt very uncomfortable walking on the water.
He glanced at Xiao Chen from time to time, and his heart was filled with complicated feelings.
The three outpost islets appeared in everyone's vision. Xiao Chen stopped and said, "I will send you off here. Goodbye. Don't ever go to the inner area again."
"I really didn't expect that Xiao Chen, who usually doesn't reveal himself, would actually be such an expert."
"In the past, I had a feeling that he had secretly helped me before. However, I felt that his strength was too low, and I was just overthinking things. Now, it seems that it was true."
"I really don't know why this person is following us. I really can't figure it out!"
"Hehe, how can we guess the thoughts of experts? Don't even think about it."
As the team members watched Xiao Chen leave, they began to discuss in low voices. Their words were filled with puzzlement.
Wu Quan patted Ping Xingteng's shoulder and said, "Xingteng, he has already left. Don't just stand there and watch."
Ping Xingteng said depressedly, "Don't call me Xingteng. Damn it. I really embarrassed myself this time. How am I to face others in the future?"
Night fell. The sky was pitch-black; one could not even see their fingers when they stretched out their hands. Suddenly, a wooden coffin rose from the scarlet sea.
"Pa!"
The coffin door landed on the water, and the scarred man from the Dark Church walked out with a hazy expression. He looked around and muttered, "I finally arrived at the Deep Sea Battlefield."
This scarred man had been paying close attention to Xiao Chen. He wanted to make a move the moment Xiao Chen left the city and obtain the Major Fiend Essence Core as soon as possible.
However, Xiao Chen had been with Bai Lixi the entire time. If the two worked together, the scarred man was not confident of victory. So he could only wait for an opportunity to make a move.
This wait lasted until now. The Divine Dragon Palace hated Demons very much, so the scarred man had put in a lot of effort to get here.
However, at this moment, the scarred man felt more relaxed. "I am really going to die. Unexpectedly, I came to the Deep Sea Battlefield. Now that I am here, even if the two of you work together, I can easily defeat you!"
The scarred man looked around and verified his position. Then, he returned to the wooden coffin. The coffin lid closed automatically, and the wooden coffin slowly sank into the scarlet sea.
At this moment, Xiao Chen was bitterly testing out the strength of the remaining Demons. He did not know that an unknown strong enemy was targeting him.
A middle-ranked Ghost Race corpse lay quietly on the calm scarlet sea. Like humans, the Ghost Race walked on four legs. However, its head was that of a monster.
Xiao Chen could not describe what it looked like. It was similar to the evil spirits in the Buddhist underworld of his previous life. However, it was not as malevolent.
Xiao Chen was alone. It was no longer as convenient to move around. The Demons moved in groups. There were at least two of them.
Fortunately, Xiao Chen was very familiar with the Life Bestowal Spell now. It was not difficult to use it to lure the other party away. However, it still took much longer than before.
"The Ghost Race has the word 'ghost' in their name. However, their strength is not due to their strangeness. Instead, they use their Mental Energy to create illusions to deal with their enemies."
Fortunately, Xiao Chen's Spiritual Sense was incredibly strong. He did not feel much about illusions of this level. He focused his gaze and shot it out, easily breaking the other party's illusions like a saber.
"There are still three more types of Demons to check. After I check them all out, it will be time to go to the inner area."
Xiao Chen looked away from the Ghost Race corpse as he muttered to himself.
In terms of individual strength, none of the Demonic Beasts in the outer area could last more than ten moves against Xiao Chen. At best, they would only give him some trouble in numbers.
Xiao Chen would not be able to achieve the purpose of this experiential training. There was no chance of experiencing the feeling of life and death.
However, Xiao Chen was not so arrogant as to charge into the inner area. If he ran into some strange Demons, he might not even know how he died.
Hence, Xiao Chen needed to seriously understand the various strengths of the Demons in the outer area, knowing himself as well as the enemy.
At that time, when Xiao Chen entered the inner area and faced the mysterious Demons, he would not panic. He would be able to face them calmly and would not die carelessly.
There was no wind or rain in the scarlet sea. Sunlight could not shine down, either. This place was dark all year round.
"Berserk Dragon Fist!"
A dragon head appeared on Xiao Chen's fist, and a huge force burst out. Xiao Chen directly hammered a low-ranked Ice Demon to death, severely injuring it.
Xiao Chen spread out his fingers and formed a claw. A resonant dragon image resounded, and a realistic azure-colored dragon claw appeared from nowhere.
Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and tore another Ice Demon into five pieces. An invisible red light immediately appeared on the Ice Demon's corpse and flew into Xiao Chen's forehead.
The severely injured Ice Demon on the surface of the sea crawled to its feet with a horrified expression. Then, it quickly fled.
Xiao Chen's expression did not change as he watched the fleeing Ice Demon. He did not give chase immediately.
Xiao Chen clenched his right hand tightly and circulated his Vital Qi to execute the second move of the Dragon Claw Fist, Burning the Heavens. He felt like his Vital Qi was burning.
Xiao Chen's entire body felt incredibly hot. An azure-colored energy flowed from his dantian to the Chanzhong Acupoint on his chest. Finally, it rushed out of the Baihui Acupoint on his head and soared into the sky.
The pitch-black clouds above his head suddenly began to churn. Waves of cyan energy began to burn in the clouds. It was as if the entire sky was on fire.
"Burning the Heavens Fist!"
Xiao Chen shouted ferociously and punched. The burning clouds above quickly gathered and formed a dragon fist descending from the sky.
"Bang!"
The dragon fist instantly struck the fleeing Ice Demon, shattering it into countless pieces of ice and falling into the scarlet sea.
Xiao Chen withdrew his fist and stopped circulating his energy. The clouds above immediately returned to normal, becoming as dark as ink.
"What a horrifying punch! This punch actually relies on burning Vital Qi. The more Vital Qi I burn, the stronger it is. I wonder how strong it will be after I burn all my Vital Qi."
While Xiao Chen was scouting out the strength of the Demons, he also started practicing the Dragon Claw Fist. The Dragon Claw Fist had a total of four moves and eight moves: Berserk Dragon, Burning the Heavens, Breaking the Armor, and Seizing the Heart.
With Xiao Chen's current cultivation of the Firmament Body Tempering Art's fifth layer, he should be able to finish practicing it. Hence, he planned to finish practicing this Fist Technique before he entered the inner area.
This would be a good foundation for his own experiential training. At that time, he would be even more confident.
"Ta!
Ta! Ta! "Xiao Chen walked over to the Ice Demon's corpse. There were still two Demon Cores that he had not dug out. He could not waste them.
The Ice Demons were even rarer than the Ghost Race. Furthermore, they were all low-ranked Ice Demons; Xiao Chen could not see any middle-ranked Ice Demons.
The Ice Demons were made of white crystals and could naturally control ice-attributed Spiritual Energy. In this scarlet sea, there was an endless supply of water-attributed Spiritual Energy for the Ice Demons to use. Dealing with them was very troublesome.
Even Xiao Chen did not dare to be careless. He could only lure over two Ice Demons at a time. If he lured over one more, he would have to spend a lot of effort.
Xiao Chen placed the Demon Cores in the Universe Ring and muttered, "There are still three types of Demons that I have not met. I will have to spend more time on them."
The remaining three types of Demons were the Fire Demons, Iron Demons, and Eros Demons. They were rather rare. Xiao Chen had only seen some of them from afar. Furthermore, they were very mobile.
They were not easy to find. However, no matter how difficult it was, Xiao Chen had to find them.
Otherwise, if he went to the inner area alone and met higher-ranked Demons, he would be in a passive position.
Time passed, and one month passed just like that. The last two moves of the Dragon Claw Fist were Breaking the Armor and Seizing the Heart.
Xiao Chen had already completely learned them. All that was left was to slowly perfect them in actual combat.
As for the remaining three types of Demons, Xiao Chen had not found any of them. This made him somewhat depressed. Every day, he could only hunt some other Demons. However, his points had increased significantly.
There were already more than a hundred black dots on the back of the jade pendant. That meant he could exchange for more than a hundred points.
On this day, the scarlet sea was as calm as usual. There were no ripples at all. Xiao Chen flew quickly on the surface of the water. He used his Spiritual Sense to scan the surroundings continuously, recording every movement in his mind.
"Ah!"
Just at this moment, there was a miserable cry. Xiao Chen frowned. That miserable cry sounded very real; it was clearly the cry of a human.
On the battlefield, humans hunted Demons and Demons hunted humans. In this boundless scarlet sea, there were cultivators dying every day.
In the past month, Xiao Chen had already seen too much. If there was no danger, he would lend a hand.
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