Chapter Fifty-Four: Beast Tide

  At such a young age, he was already an eighth-level martial artist; several people's faces were filled with astonishment.

  Hongchen pinched the big man's face with a look of surprise and smiled apologetically: "Of course, it's okay!"

  Hongchen's smile, the twin peaks on her chest heaved up and down constantly. The five burly men standing beside her stared with wide eyes, swallowing their saliva repeatedly. They exchanged a meaningful glance with Hongchen, and Ye Chen's vigilance intensified by several degrees. This group was absolutely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

  "Let's go!" Withdrawing his gaze, Ye Chen said lightly, and immediately ignoring the reactions of several people, he jumped towards the city gate alone.

  Hongchen also gave a stern look to the five big men, and closely followed Ye Chen's back towards the direction of the abandoned domain. The few people had only exchanged a few words when they discovered that the warriors who had set out earlier had already entered the abandoned domain. Immediately, several miserable cries slowly drifted out from within the abandoned domain.

  At this moment, at the city gate of the abandoned domain, a group of young people wearing white clothes with the imperial crest on their chests stood in rows. A solemn and murderous atmosphere slowly spread among them. The leader was an old man with a head full of white hair, who coldly advised Ye Chen and several others who had rushed from their base: "You few have good strength, but there are too few people. It's better to wait for the next wave of people to form a team together!"

  Hongchen brushed aside the floating hair in front of her face, parted the black long hair covering her chest, pointed to a badge on her chest and smiled lightly: "Our Blood Sword Army has over a thousand people inside, when something happens there will be someone to take care of it, thank you old sir for your concern!"

  When Hongchen mentioned the Blood Sword Legion, a hint of pride flashed across the face of the big man behind him. Ye Chen couldn't help but take another look at the emblem on Hongchen's chest, which was engraved with two large red swords intersecting each other. The surface of the emblem still had a layer of unknown coating that made it shine brightly.

  The old man looked at the turbulent twin peaks with a slightly red face, chuckled and said: "So it's the Blood Sword Army, no wonder you dare to go in!"

  The Blood Sword Legion's power in Luoxia City is not top-notch, but it is exceptionally famous because the legion leader, Blood Sword, is a disciple of Vice City Master Ma Yan.

  Hongchen cast a glance at Ye Chen, then got up and rushed towards the city. Ye Chen nodded in understanding, took off the sword on his back, and followed closely behind Hongchen and others into the city. As soon as they entered the city, a bloody smell hit their faces, with constant roars of demonic beasts all around, mixed with some human screams!

  The originally yellow land has been dyed red, the ground is full of some demon beasts' skull fragments and human thigh bones, looking like a hell on earth, it looks a bit gloomy and terrifying. The bloodstains trickle down along withered branches, dripping slowly to the ground, the sound of "drip drip" seems especially gloomy.

  "Be careful, follow me closely and don't fall behind!"

  The bloody smell and the hellish scene fell into Ye Chen's eyes without any strangeness, but instead had a familiar feeling, wasn't it so in his past life?

  "I understand!" Ye Chen's gaze slowly swept across the surroundings, his right hand tightly gripping the hilt of his sword, but most of his attention remained focused on the several burly men behind him.

  A white mouse jumped out from the gap of the city gate and ran directly towards Ye Chen, with a faint gust of wind arriving in an instant.

  Ye Chen's face was calm, his right foot slightly raised, he turned around, his long arm shook, and the long sword directly stabbed at the white mouse. However, Hongchen suddenly shouted: "Get out of the way!"

  Immediately, several sword auras appeared out of thin air from Hong Chen's hands and transformed into a stream of light that chopped towards Bai Shu.

  At this, Ye Chen's pupils contracted, his feet kicked out, avoiding the sword energy. The sword energy directly crushed the white mouse into powder, turning it into some minced meat that fell to the ground.

  "Venomous Mouse!" Ye Chen's mind involuntarily flashed back to the introduction in the Monster Manual, where it was written that Venomous Mice were Level 1 monsters, equivalent to a third-level martial artist. When they died, they would secrete toxic gases, making close combat unadvisable. Thus, Ye Chen couldn't help but cast a grateful glance at Hongchen, thinking to himself that he indeed lacked experience!

  A hint of unusual color flashed in Hongchen's eyes, and he sighed secretly: "No matter how talented you are, actual combat experience is still insufficient!"

  Hongchen gazed at the sun that was about to set behind the mountains, pointing to the right side of the city, saying: "The demonic beasts within the abandoned domain's inner perimeter are exceptionally terrifying, it's not advisable to get close to the inner perimeter. This time, our goal is the outer perimeter's Abandoned Zone No. 1, I don't know if you have any opinions!"

  Shrugging indifferently, his understanding of the Wasteland was ultimately inferior to that of the Mortal Realm. As for this, Ye Chen had no opinion.

  Several figures suddenly emerged, led by Hongchen, and slowly moved forward on a small path. On the surface of the winding road ahead, one could see decaying corpses, collapsed houses, and even some crystal coins scattered about. Occasionally, darkened bloodstains could still be seen on the ground.

  "Roar!!!"

  "Waaaah~~~~"

  The sunset's reddish sunlight illuminated the quiet little path, and from time to time, the roar of magical beasts could be heard coming from both sides. Even Ye Chen could see many shadows of magical beasts, and the entire team was vigilantly looking around, fearing that a magical beast would suddenly jump out from behind them.

  "Ahhh..." Another beast roar came from the front of the path, Hongchen and others stopped in their tracks, looked at each other, and two big men ran to a nearby tree, gazing out at the scene in front of them, shouting loudly to Hongchen and others: "Hong Jie, there is a level 2 demonic beast 100 meters ahead! A single-horned leopard!"

  A second-level demon beast is equivalent to a martial artist at the peak of the eighth level of the initial martial path, and it's an extremely terrifying existence compared to ordinary martial artists.

  "In the mortal world, it seemed casual, but beside him, Ye Chen's face subtly changed. He said, 'Casual, this first battle is yours, go ahead!'"

  With a calm gaze following the two men's line of sight, Ye Chen nodded slowly and suddenly his figure swiftly shot forward.

  As Ye Chen left, a burly man standing next to Hongchen sneered: "Hong Jie, is this guy reliable?"

  The coquettish color on her face gradually faded, revealing a hint of indifference. She said lightly: "If not, then he doesn't qualify to travel with us!"

  A few cold laughs, the eyes of several big men slowly turned to Ye Chen. At this moment, Ye Chen's figure was agilely jumping among the collapsed houses, and then stopped on the eaves, looking at a unicorn leopard not far away in front. This unicorn leopard had black fur all over its body, as if it were a bunch of black steel thorns. What surprised Ye Chen even more was that there was a single horn on the head of the wild boar, a dark gray horn that looked like a sharp knife!

  In the twilight, under the glow of the setting sun, the horn refracted a cold and icy light, and a faint white light seemed to surround the horn!

  "The leopard has a long horn on its forehead, what a crazy world!" Ye Chen murmured to himself, eyeing the unicorn leopard with great curiosity.

  "Roar!"

  A low, muffled roar suddenly exploded beside Ye Chen's ear, and the single-horned leopard sprang into a fierce sprint, as if transformed into an arrow off the string, charging straight at the cover in front of Ye Chen - the collapsed house. Ye Chen couldn't help but smile wryly, having been discovered after all. Gripping his long sword tightly, he leapt towards the nearby houses.

  With a loud crash, the house under Ye Chen's feet was directly smashed into pieces and flew in all directions. Waves of dust surged up from where the house collapsed, and the sound of falling rocks echoed exceptionally loudly on this small path. Amidst the dust, a pair of eyes gleaming with a green light appeared exceptionally striking.

  "What a great opportunity!" Ye Chen's entire body was like a bolt of lightning, shooting directly towards the unicorn leopard. The long sword in his hand flashed with a cold light, chopping straight towards the unicorn leopard's neck. And that wild boar that had knocked down the house seemed to be unable to turn around in time, but just as Ye Chen approached it...

  A cold light radiated from the unicorn as it suddenly appeared in front of Ye Chen, its long sword slashing down on the unicorn's horn, producing a metallic explosion.

  A dark shadow suddenly appeared and pounced towards Ye Chen, its terrifying aura pressing in on him.

  Ye Chen's mouth corner flashed a hint of smile, his figure disappeared like a ghost and reappeared directly above the unicorn leopard. His long sword drew a cold light and stabbed at the wild boar's neck again, with a fierce sword energy surging towards the unicorn leopard.

  A beastly roar, and the lone horn radiating a cold glow shot out again with great force.

  The tip of the sword and the unicorn's horn collided fiercely, and in an instant, the sword body bent slightly, one could imagine the magnitude of the unicorn's force. Ye Chen took advantage of the rebound to quickly execute a reverse flying dive, rolling on the ground to dissipate the force.

  The unicorn leopard rushed past at high speed, Ye Chen flipped over and stepped on a stone, then flashed to the side of the tree, looking solemnly at the rushing unicorn leopard. His figure suddenly burst out again, his long sword constantly slashing towards the unicorn leopard, but couldn't leave any scars on its body. His true energy was consumed like a tidal wave, Ye Chen couldn't help but secretly curse the unicorn leopard's abnormality.

  "The weakness of the unicorn lies in its chrysanthemum!" A tender cry floated out of Hongchen's mouth!

  Ye Chen's figure sprinted without stopping, and several black lines suddenly appeared on his head. His feet kicked the tree behind him with force, and his figure quickly fell towards the wild boar's back. He muttered to himself: "Today, I'll make a big move!"

  A surge of true energy wildly concentrated on the long sword in his hand, a piercing sound continuously surrounding the sword's body. Ye Chen roared: "Special Xuan-level martial skill - Chrysanthemum Scattered, Wounds All Over the Ground!"

  The long sword in his hand left Ye Chen's right hand, transformed into a stream of light, and shot towards the unicorn leopard's forehead with lightning speed!

  Several people in the red dust saw a few black lines flash above their heads, and it was clear that they were shocked by Ye Chen's sentence "Mystic Stage Martial Arts - Chrysanthemum Residue, Full of Injuries!" The red dust shook his head, somewhat depressed, saying: "Mystic Stage Sword Technique!"

  The unicorn's eyes gleamed with a mad light, and in the low, hoarse roar, the unicorn made a crazy dash towards Ye Chen like lightning.

  Iron hooves, single horn, tail, three kinds of attacks are continuous.

  Ye Chen made a swift movement, his fingers dancing rapidly in mid-air, with a faint blue glow on his middle finger. The chrysanthemum was suddenly blown away, and the wild boar's agility decreased significantly. Ye Chen's figure appeared ghostly around the wild boar, suddenly appearing behind it, with a hint of cruelty on his face. His right hand quickly grasped the hilt of the long sword stuck in the chrysanthemum, using force to thrust it in again, then quickly pulled it out. A sharp and fierce sword energy burst forth from his left middle finger, shooting towards the wild boar's chrysanthemum.

  "Explode again!" The few people watching from a distance were sweating profusely, and their eyes looking at Ye Chen had an added hint of fear!

  The unicorn was raging and roaring wildly, dashing about frantically.

  "Aaaaah~~~" A shrill roar, the unicorn leopard's entire body convulsed, its four hooves unconsciously kicking wildly, and then it crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

  Ye Chen walked past indifferently, drew out his long sword, and suddenly paused. A white glow slowly floated out from the corpse of the unicorn leopard, and in Ye Chen's astonished gaze, the white glow was absorbed by the Qilin Seal. At the same time, the joyful voice of Huo Qilin also arose in Ye Chen's mind: "Kid, kill more demons, so that I can absorb the souls of these demons to recover my heavily damaged soul!"

  "The Absorbing Soul" gaze slowly fell on the Qilin seal, where a wisp of white light surrounded it. Ye Chen was astonished and said: "Is this the soul of the Unicorn Leopard?"

  "That's right!" Huo Qilin said with a lazy tone, and then left a sentence: "I'll go into seclusion first, and absorb this soul well!"

  No matter how Ye Chen called out, Huo Qilin didn't respond. Helplessly rubbing his forehead, he suddenly froze, his gaze slowly looking forward...

  Several people in the red dust saw that Ye Chen had already solved the lone horned leopard, and they all came over. However, when they walked closer, they found that Ye Chen was motionless, staring forward. The red dust looked at the bloody ground and frowned, saying: "Sui Yi, what's wrong?"

  Ye Chen pointed his sword forward at a rolling cloud of dust, and in an instant, countless single-horned leopards crazily rushed towards the place where several people were!

  A look of horror flashed across Hongchen's face as he shouted: "Beast tide! Retreat quickly!"