A month later, in a secluded cave deep within the thorny mountain range, Wang Chen sat cross-legged, immersed in his cultivation.

  This cave is a hiding place opened up by Wang Chen himself, and every day after the battle he will come here to practice. In order to survive in the thorny mountain range for a long time, it is necessary to find a safe enough foothold to practice.

  This cave was Wang Chen's foothold. The entrance was not large, and only one person could enter. Outside the entrance, Wang Chen covered it with dense weeds and leaves, and even collected some unique cliff grass from the thorny mountains to conceal his breath under Ling Zhan's guidance. These grasses could emit a foul odor that drove away some ferocious beasts while perfectly masking all of Wang Chen's aura.

  At this moment, Wang Chen thoroughly immersed himself in his cultivation, the yuanqi inside the cave was more abundant than ever, stirring up waves of cold and gloomy wind. His face was solemn.

  A month of continuous killing and fighting allowed Wang Chen's strength to advance rapidly.

  About two months after breaking through the Seventh-Order True Martial Artist, Wang Chen felt the call of the Eighth-Order True Martial Artist threshold.

  Today, Wang Chen is ready to start his impact on the eighth rank of Zhenwu.

  It's much easier for a 7th-stage True Martial Artist to defeat an 8th-stage True Martial Artist than it is for a 6th-stage True Martial Artist to defeat a 7th-stage True Martial Artist, because the gap between high-stage True Martial Artists isn't that large.

  The true yuan force in his body was being refined along the Emperor Dragon Scripture's cultivation path, repeatedly cleansing his meridians and continuously absorbing external yuan energy to merge with his internal energy, increasing the intensity of his true yuan force.

  The true yuan force inside the meridians has become much more condensed through continuous compression and tempering.

  Finally, when the true yuan force in the body reached saturation point, it began to surge towards the 8th rank of Zhenwu.

  Constantly striking that intangible shackle, constantly strengthening the true yuan force. In the repeated strikes and strengthening, the true yuan force even exceeded Wang Chen's own limits, causing a slight stinging pain in his tendons.

  The Emperor Dragon's dominance was fierce and powerful at this moment, awe-inspiring

  At this moment, Wang Chen was rushing towards that layer of shackles.

  After countless impacts, Wang Chen finally broke through the threshold of the 8th rank Zhenwu with the opening of another meridian.

  In an instant, the true yuan force throughout his body had become much stronger.

  Entering the 8th rank of Zhenwu, at this moment Wang Chen's strength has been comprehensively improved once again.

  With a base strength of 11,000 jin, amplified by the twenty-layered Wave Palm, it can reach up to 13,300 jin. After opening the door, it can almost reach 16,000 jin. Under the door, with the twenty-four layered Wave Palm, it can exert over 19,000 jin of strength. This is enough to rival a fourth-stage Spirit Warrior's power. In terms of strength, Wang Chen can contend with him and should have a chance to defeat second- and third-stage Spirit Warriors.

  This time's promotion can be said to have brought Wang Chen substantial benefits, especially in such a cruel competitive environment.

  On the thirty-first day of entering the Thorny Mountain Range, Wang Chen finally broke through the shackles and stepped into the ranks of the Eighth-Order True Martial Artist, taking another solid step towards the Spirit Martial Artist rank.

  At this moment, the sky is still early, but it's noon, Wang Chen continues to walk forward. It's time to leave this place where he has been stuck for a month and move on.

  As his strength increased, Wang Chen's depth was also a bit deeper.

  …………………………

  Twenty days later, on a big tree in the thorny mountain range.

  At this moment, Wang Chen's appearance was somewhat disheveled, with some dirt on his face and his clothes slightly tattered. His chest was exposed, with several dense scars scattered across it.

  Wang Chen slightly bowed his waist, his whole body like a hunting leopard, ready to strike at any moment, holding the giant sword of Scarlet Flame in one hand, his eyes icy cold.

  At a distance of seven or eight meters below him, by the river water, there was a strange beast answering his question drinking water by the river.

  Blood-colored Human Bear! A mid-tier three-stage demonic beast, with a strength roughly equivalent to that of a four-stage Spiritual Warrior! The Blood-colored Human Bear has a body that is entirely blood-red in color, with very long fur, and stands on two legs, hence its name. From the back, it even resembles a wild man somewhat.

  The explosive muscles all over the body are hard to cover even with long hair. Great power and strong defense.

  Information about the Blood-colored Human Bear flashed through Wang Chen's mind, his eyebrows furrowed tightly as he began to think of a way to fight. Obviously, although his current strength was not bad, it would still be somewhat difficult for him to easily defeat a mid-tier three-stage demonic beast in a head-on confrontation, and he needed to come up with some targeted battle strategies.

  This would be the first three-stage intermediate demon beast he was going to kill.

  On the 50th day of entering the Thorny Mountain Range, and on the 20th day of advancing to the Eighth Stage of True Martial Arts, Wang Chen found this powerful opponent. One of the easier-to-deal-with Three-Stage Mid-Level Demonic Beasts. It's said that it's easy to deal with because its speed is relatively slow!

  Taking a deep breath, Wang Chen carefully approached the giant bear, his Crimson Flame Great Sword at the ready. He crouched down, bending his legs and hunching over, coiling his entire body into a ball, preparing to strike at any moment.

  "Tsang Lung Slash!" As Wang Chen arrived at a distance of four meters behind the Blood-colored Human Bear, he silently let out a furious roar in his heart, and Tsang Lung Slash was unleashed.

  In an instant, like a wave roaring towards the crimson bear, it covered him.

  The sword's edge was icy cold, and the chill pierced to the bone. The sharp giant sword cut through the air, as if it could tear the air apart, creating an invisible wave that formed a slash that arrived at Ren Tianyou's back first.

  At this time, the blood-colored bear that was drinking water also clearly felt something wrong behind him. With a loud roar, he turned around and looked back.

  Seeing Wang Chen's incoming sword, he revealed his sharp fangs and let out a loud roar, directly stretching out his thick palm to reveal about 10 cm long claws to block the attack.

  The air wave cut through the human bear's body first, but under that strong defensive power, it only left a shallow wound, just scratching the outermost layer of his skin.

  "Ding..."

  The long sword clashed with the Blood-colored Beast's claws, producing a sharp collision sound. Sparks flew everywhere.

  Under the tremendous backlash, Wang Chen's entire body exploded out three or four steps. At the same time, the Crimson Flame Great Sword left a shallow wound on the Blood-colored Human Bear's hand.

  The Blood-colored Human Bear hadn't even reacted yet when 'Canglang Huisuan' was once again unleashed by Wang Chen!

  A mighty and powerful sword blade with a whistling breath, attacked the blood-colored human bear like an overwhelming storm.

  Sword shadows fill the sky, dragging out strings of illusory shadows that cascade like a waterfall, continuously booming.

  His figure flashed continuously, and after two consecutive fierce collisions, the scarlet giant sword stabbed heavily into the abdomen of the blood-colored bear man, with the crimson blade directly piercing into his abdomen.

  Pfft...

  A dull thud was heard, and the sword sank only three centimeters before being abruptly stopped, as if it had hit a hard stone, unable to penetrate any further. This caused a flash of astonishment on Wang Chen's face.

  It's clear that the Blood-colored Beast King's defensive power played a crucial role at this time. I didn't expect its defensive power to be so strong. Even a force of 10,000 kilograms couldn't break through its defense.

  "Roar......"

  In a burst of pain and anger, the Blood-colored Fiendish Ape slapped a palm at Wang Chen, ignoring its own injuries, with only Wang Chen's figure left in its eyes.

  Eyes blazing red with rage, furious intent soaring to the heavens. Charging straight at Wang Chen and leaving. Gnashing teeth, bellowing, waving both palms wildly.

  A dull, deafening sound shook the air, wave after wave, with each palm strike unleashing at least ten thousand kilograms of force, truly terrifying.

  Seeing this scene, Wang Chen did not dare to fight back, and quickly drew out the Chiyan long sword, his feet moving in a ghostly step, flashing continuously towards the rear.

  Make three consecutive jumps to get out of Renyin's attack range. With the help of backforce, "Canglang Fury Slash" is performed again.

  This is the most powerful move in Canglang's slash, able to amplify power by 1.3 times.

  14,000 jin of force roared again and charged straight at the blood-colored human bear.

  His feet moved swiftly and silently, and Wang Chen dodged nimbly.

  As expected, the bear's strength was great and its defense was strong, but its reaction speed was indeed not good! Under the ghost step, Wang Chen carried out a guerrilla warfare, constantly launching one attack after another.

  And the Blood-colored Fiendbear was constantly roaring, furious, waving its paws and continuously slapping forward. Yet it was unable to touch Wang Chen in the slightest.

  The wounds on his body were constantly increasing, and with every sword strike, Wang Chen was able to inflict a deep wound on Ren's body, although not fatal, but enough to greatly discount Ren's strength in the cumulative attack.

  "Roar!!"

  The blood-colored bear, repeatedly injured and missing its counterattacks, let out a frenzied roar, its entire body's crimson fur now even more eerie under the dye of fresh blood.

  In his anger, he was like a porcupine, with the long hair on his body standing upright, one by one, making his already massive body twice as large.

  Rushing forward frantically, the terrifying momentum was extremely shocking. The palm wind howled, and everything in its path, including large trees and huge rocks, were reduced to powder.

  Wang Chen relied on the cleverness of his ghost steps, his feet moving like lotus flowers, constantly flashing and dodging, each time accurately avoiding the attacks of the human-bear, although there were a few close calls, he managed to narrowly avoid them.

  The Blood-colored Beast's body was now covered in thirty to forty wounds, with blood flowing profusely, yet none of them were fatal.

  Seeing this, Wang Chen took a deep breath, and with a ghostly step, his body rapidly retreated, instantly creating distance. With one hand holding the sword, the other began to condense a burst of cyan light.

  "Five-layered Green Light Blast!" Amidst the dodging, Wang Chen quickly condensed a five-layered green light blast. With his current strength as an 8th-stage True Martial Artist, Wang Chen's Five-Layered Green Light Blast was enough to threaten any mid-tier three-star demon beast.

  With the Qing Guang Bao in hand, Wang Chen made another move towards Ren Xiong, and when he arrived at Ren Xiong's side, Wang Chen made a quick feint, fiercely throwing the Qing Guang Bao at the throat of the blood-colored Ren Xiong, which was its weakest defensive position.

  At the same time, he swiftly dodged to the side, avoiding the energy bursting out of the cyan light.