Zhang Yuanteng heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Long Chen was safe and sound. He said, "Long Chen, look at how I jinxed it. I just said that the Immortal Beast Tide is coming. But don't worry, we will head to the Protected Area now."
The reason why Long Chen didn't go directly to a high-ranked domain was because he wanted to see Zhang Yuanteng. Zhang Yuanteng was a rare friend. After ensuring his safety, Long Chen shook his head and said, "No, I have something to take care of. Brother Zhang, if you see me as a brother, then don't ask too many questions. I have my own sense of propriety. This matter is very important to me, so I hope you won't interfere.
After saying that, Long Chen did not say anything else. He walked past Zhang Yuanteng and disappeared from Zhang Yuanteng's sight at lightning speed. Long Chen's words shocked Zhang Yuanteng. Because Long Chen's words were very harsh, Zhang Yuanteng had not thought of a way to persuade Long Chen before Long Chen had disappeared.
Zhang Yuanteng could only helplessly head in the direction of the Protected Area with a heavy heart. At this time, the Immortal Beast Tide was approaching. Deafening roars could be heard everywhere. Basically, not many people noticed Long Chen.
This was the junction between the 18th and 17th Districts. Not only did the people of the 18th and 17th Districts go from here to the Protected Area, but so did the people of the 17th Districts. While Long Chen was talking to Zhang Yuanteng, a young man surrounded by a group of Celestial Realm Divine Guards looked in their direction. When he saw Long Chen, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
"Isn't that young man the Long Chen who stole my limelight in front of Sword Demon? And that martialist from the Ni Yang Army. How despicable."
Song Yuefeng's jealousy deepened as he thought about how the thing he had prepared to obtain had been obtained by Long Chen. In a flash, Long Chen disappeared without a trace. Zhang Yuanteng had no choice but to rush to the protected area.
"You run fast. However, this Ni Yang Army martial artist is related to him. He is very annoying." Seeing Zhang Yuanteng's departing figure, Song Yue Feng smiled sinisterly and followed.
"I'll kill one more as an appetizer. Long Chen will definitely go to the reserve, so we'll have a proper meal then."
Song Yue Feng thought happily.
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Long Chen once again killed a Cloud Mist Hound of the Third Grade of the Earth Stage, and then looked around. The thick white mist had covered the entire Ni Yang's Fairyland. Using the Spirit Devouring Demon Pupil, he could see the souls of many immortal beasts gradually approaching. There were already many warriors who could not evacuate in time and they were fighting with the immortal beasts.
The Immortal Beast Tide was caused by the immortal beasts from the high-grade or middle-grade domains. When they came to the middle-grade or low-grade domains, there would be a riot. The Celestial Realm Divine Guards of the middle-grade and low-grade domains were no match for them, so they could only hide and conserve their strength. As long as the Celestial Realm Divine Guards of the high-grade domains appeared, they would have the ability to suppress the Immortal Beast Tide.
Long Chen had already passed the Protected Area. Soon, he entered the middle-grade domain. After entering the middle-grade domain, Long Chen found that the Spiritual Qi here was much denser. Moreover, the grade of the Spiritual Medicine here was better.
In the middle-grade domain, martial artists of the fourth to sixth level of the Heavenly River Tier were generally present. Earth Stage Fourth Grade to Sixth Grade Immortal Beasts were more common. If Long Chen had not cultivated the third level of the Spirit Devouring Demon Pupil, he would have met a tragic end, regardless of whether he was an immortal beast or a martial artist.
With the Spirit Devouring Demon Pupil, Long Chen could avoid these immortal beasts and martial artists from a great distance. In the middle-grade domain, there were many Earth Stage Third Grade Cloud Mist Hounds. Long Chen avoided the high-grade immortal beasts and directly pounced on them. At the same time, he was also using Blood Refinement to Qi to increase his own strength.
"What's going on? I've used Blood Refinement to Qi a little too much recently, so I feel a little dizzy. The killing intent in my heart is very strong …"
Long Chen felt that every time he used Blood Refinement to Qi, it was as if he had been poisoned. Although his strength had increased a lot, and he was also refreshed, there was always a cold killing intent in his heart that was gradually growing.
However, this could be said to be the time when Long Chen needed strength the most. The life and death of Lingxi would depend on his performance this time. Long Chen did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. It was just that there was a little more killing intent and a bloody aura in his mind.
He continued to move forward in the middle-grade domain.
In the middle-grade domain, only the extremely important Elixirs were guarded at this time. As for the other Profound and Yellow Level Elixirs, Ni Yang's Immortal Realm would soon grow a lot, so it would not be affected. However, each of the Immortal Realm Divine Guards was a relatively talented figure. If too many of them were lost, it would not be so easy to recruit more and more martial artists.
Therefore, every immortal beast tide still focused on protecting people.
During this period of time, Long Chen saw a few stalks of mid-Earth-rank Spirit Herbs. However, because these Spirit Herbs had not matured yet, it was useless even if he plucked them.
At this time, the entire middle-grade domain and low-grade domain were almost occupied by immortal beasts. If Long Chen did not rely on the Spirit Devouring Demon Pupil, he would not be able to move so easily. In his field of vision, he had seen Earth Stage Sixth or Seventh Grade Immortal Beasts along the way. Obviously, the strength of Earth Stage Sixth or Seventh Grade Demonic Beasts could make great progress, but it was a pity that he had to be able to kill them.
However, Earth Stage Sixth Grade Demonic Beast was a distant dream for Long Chen.
At this time, the battle between the powerful Immortal Realm Divine Guards and the immortal beasts had officially begun. Long Chen quietly bypassed them and walked along the path. Soon, he was close to the high-level domain. Although there was no clear boundary between the high-level domain and the middle-grade domain, Long Chen could roughly guess from the changes in the surrounding Spiritual Qi and Elixirs.
"It is relatively peaceful here, as if there is no threat from immortal beasts. What is going on?"
When Long Chen walked into a wilderness, he found that there were not even a few immortal beasts around, let alone people. There was a suffocating smell in the air.
Long Chen vaguely had a bad premonition. He quickly used the Spirit Devouring Demon Pupil to observe the surrounding soul fluctuations, but it seemed that there was nothing, not even an ant.
There was no life within a radius of about one mile.
"What is going on? Is this the high-level domain?" Long Chen looked around.
At this time, his Spirit Devouring Demon Pupil captured a powerful fluctuation that made his soul tremble. In an instant, it was approaching him. Long Chen suddenly raised his head and was shocked to see a giant beast floating in the sky.
This giant beast's body was burning with fiery red flames. It had a pair of huge wings, similar to the wings of a bat, but the wings of a bat were ferocious and full of power. The giant beast had the body of a lion, fangs and claws were long and sharp. A pair of burning eyes looked coldly at Long Chen. That overwhelming pressure made Long Chen think that he had met a god at this moment.
Such a huge pressure almost made him kneel, not to mention a fight.
"Nine Heavenly Fire Beast …" Long Chen clearly remembered the name of this immortal beast. After Xiao Lang obtained the body of the Sun Devouring Demon Wolf, Long Chen risked his life to find fire-attributed treasures for Xiao Lang. Among the items, there were some demonic beast cores. Among the Earth Realm, the strongest fire-attributed demonic beast was this Nine Heavenly Fire Beast. Long Chen thought that Cangyang Country did not have such a level of demonic beast, but he did not expect to see one here.
Nine Heavenly Fire Beast, Earth Realm Level Nine.
This kind of immortal beast could almost kill Long Chen with a sneeze.
Only then did Long Chen remember that there was no other life nearby. It turned out that this was the territory of the Nine Heavenly Fire Beast. It was a ninth level Earth Realm demonic beast, and its perception was even stronger than Long Chen's Soul-Devouring Demon Eyes. Therefore, before Long Chen could discover it, it had already discovered Long Chen.
Long Chen's nerves instantly tightened.
"Why am I so unlucky? If this Nine Heavenly Fire Beast wanted to kill me, I definitely would not have the slightest ability to resist …" Thinking of this, Long Chen's face turned pale. Lingxi and Xiao Lang were still waiting for him at Prince Yu's Residence. If Long Chen died here, what would they do?
Without Long Chen, Lingxi would have no future at all. This was the huge pressure in Long Chen's heart. A man had to bear the responsibility.
Only then did Long Chen realize that he had been a little impulsive in his eagerness to obtain the Nine Heavenly Immortal Fruit. Now that he had barged into the Nine Heavenly Fire Beast's territory, he deserved it …
The only thing that made Long Chen feel fortunate was that the Nine Heavenly Fire Beast did not attack immediately after discovering his existence. Instead, it looked at Long Chen with a puzzled expression.
As it breathed, flames came out of its nostrils.
"What is this beast trying to do?" Long Chen did not dare to raise his head to look at it. He could only try to figure it out secretly.
At this moment, the Nine Heavenly Fire Beast seemed to have lost its patience. After flying around Long Chen a few times, it suddenly let out an angry roar.
Its huge body let out a thunderous roar, causing the ground to tremble. Long Chen knew that the Nine Heavenly Fire Beast was about to attack. Without saying anything, he transformed into his Dragon Soul form and used his greatest speed to escape in the direction he came from.
At this point, he no longer cared if he would be discovered by others in a middle-grade domain.
When Long Chen used his Dragon Soul form, the Nine Heavenly Fire Beast was stunned for a moment. Its body stopped in mid-air. In that short period of time, Long Chen had already leaped more than 100 meters away.
"It seems like it can sense my Divine Dragon's inherited essence blood and my Dragon Soul form. No, it shouldn't be a feeling. It must have sensed something on me that makes it apprehensive. Otherwise, it would have attacked me directly and killed me with a single breath," Long Chen thought as he fled.
Even though it had transformed into its Dragon Soul form, the Nine Heavenly Fire Beast only needed a split second. It flapped its wings and appeared behind Long Chen in a flash. With an angry roar, a surging flame engulfed Long Chen at an incredible speed.
The Nine Heavenly Fire Beast was huge, so its flames were like an ocean to Long Chen. It looked like Long Chen was about to be drowned …