In the ancient forest, towering trees soared into the clouds. Dense branches and leaves spread out, giving the feeling of covering the sky. In this vast forest that seemed to have no end, earth-shattering roars could be heard from time to time, bringing along powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuations.
Roar!
At this moment, in a certain part of the forest, Mu Chen was a little surprised as he looked at a Spiritual Beast that appeared in front of him. This Spiritual Beast's entire body was golden in color. It looked like a cow and had a golden horn on its head. Its tail was like a crocodile's tail and was covered with extremely sharp golden barbs. As it moved, even the air was torn apart, emitting sharp wind-breaking sounds.
Golden Crocodile, a Middle Rank Spiritual Beast. Its strength was comparable to a Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase. Its entire body was covered in golden armor and was indestructible.
Beside the Golden Crocodile, there was a huge black tiger. Although it was not as powerful as the Golden Crocodile, it still had the strength of a Spiritual Rotation Stage Middle Phase.
"Leave this big guy to me. You deal with the other one."
Mu Chen pointed at the Golden Crocodile. Although he had the strength to deal with it by himself, it would not be of much benefit to Mo Ling. Everyone needed to be tempered in order to grow. If he gave Mo Ling too much protection, it would instead limit the latter's progress.
"Okay."
Mo Ling nodded. He knew that he could not rely on Mu Chen for everything. If he did not increase his strength, he would only be a burden by Mu Chen's side.
Seeing this, Mu Chen didn't say anything else. His body moved and he directly rushed towards the Golden Crocodile. Two of his fingers were bent and the tips of his fingers flickered with a golden light. An extremely fierce and overbearing aura was emitted from his fingers and it was extremely sharp.
Roar!
When the Golden Crocodile saw Mu Chen charging over, it let out an angry roar. Its tail, which could tear apart mountains, fiercely swung out and hit Mu Chen's body. However, it strangely passed through. It was actually an afterimage.
"On top."
Mu Chen's figure.
He appeared on top of the Golden Crocodile's head like a ghost. He smiled and his Spiritual Energy suddenly erupted. The power actually pressed the Golden Crocodile to the ground. Then, his two fingers carried a golden light and pierced the Golden Crocodile's head without hesitation.
Dang!
Sparks flew as Mu Chen's gold-like fingers directly penetrated the sturdy golden armor of the Golden Crocodile. Immediately, boiling blood spurted out.
Roar!
The golden crocodile was heavily injured.
However, no matter how it struggled, it was unable to touch Mu Chen's phantom-like figure.
With the latter's current strength, it was too easy to deal with a Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase Spiritual Beast.
In less than two minutes, the Golden Crocodile was covered in blood. In the end, it stopped struggling.
It crashed to the ground, causing the earth to tremble.
Mu Chen dusted off his hands, then squatted down and retrieved a glittering Spirit Beast Soul Essence from the Golden Crocodile's head. As soon as the Spirit Beast Soul Essence appeared, a faint golden light shot out.
It shot into the mark between Mu Chen's brows, causing the scarlet mark to glow a little.
"Hokuang Reiwon's design is quite peculiar." Seeing this, Mu Chen slightly raised his eyebrows.
He could sense that the golden light was quite subtle and did not affect the Spirit Beast Soul Essence at all. It seemed that the mark was able to actively absorb Spiritual Energy that approached and did not resist, thus achieving the effect of leveling up.
Moreover, the mark would repel the Spiritual Energy within a person's body.
In other words, if anyone wanted to use their Spiritual Energy to strengthen the mark, they would only be dreaming.
Mu Chen held the Spirit Beast Soul Essence in his hand.
A Middle Rank Spirit Beast Soul Essence was nothing to him. Just as he was about to put it into his Mustard Seed Bracelet, he felt a black light rush into his palm and quickly wrap around the Spirit Beast Soul Essence. Then, Mu Chen watched in astonishment as the Spirit Beast Soul Essence quickly dimmed. With a "bang", it turned into specks of light and disappeared.
After the black light absorbed the power of the Spirit Beast Soul Essence, it once again drilled back into Mu Chen's body.
Mu Chen stared blankly at this scene before he suddenly regained his senses. It was the Jiu You Sparrow!
"The Spirit Beast Soul Essence is quite useful for my recovery. In the future, you can hunt more to speed up my recovery." At this moment, the Jiu You Sparrow's faint thought was transmitted into Mu Chen's mind.
"You're really impolite." Mu Chen curled his lips and said.
"If you didn't borrow my power last time, I wouldn't be so weak." The Jiu You Sparrow said coldly.
"Alright, I'll try my best."
Mu Chen shook his head helplessly. It was really not good to owe the Jiu You Sparrow a favor. In the past, he could be too lazy to care about it, but now, he could only suffer a little. However, it was good to let the Jiu You Sparrow recover faster. At least, he would have one last life-saving method, although he did not really want to use this power.
"Since I've benefited from you, I'll kindly remind you that you've already been targeted."
"Oh?"
Mu Chen's eyes slightly narrowed and he immediately smiled. His gaze inadvertently swept across the forest behind him. These people were really fast. It seemed that his rank 3 imprint was quite attractive.
Mu Chen stopped his conversation with the Jiu You Sparrow and looked towards Mo Ling. His strength was similar to that of the black tiger, so it was rather strenuous for him to deal with it. As they clashed, some wounds appeared on his body. However, it was obvious that the black tiger's injuries were more serious.
The man and the beast fought for a long time. Finally, the black tiger was the first to be unable to withstand it. It struggled and fell to the ground. Then, Mo Ling pounced on it and gave it a heavy blow, killing it completely.
Mo Ling sat on the black tiger's corpse and wiped away the bloodstains on his face. He smiled at Mu Chen in embarrassment. He had wasted too much time here.
Swish!
It was also at this moment that several rays of black light suddenly shot out from the forest and headed straight for Mo Ling's vital points.
This attack was too sudden and swift. Even Mo Ling did not notice it. He only saw the black lights rapidly growing larger in his eyes.
Bang!
Just as the black lights were about to hit Mo Ling's body, a golden light flew over and appeared in front of Mo Ling, allowing the black lights to shoot at it.
Clang clang!
The golden light was a golden beast's corpse. When the black lights came into contact with it, a metallic sound was heard and they were bounced away.
Mo Ling's expression changed drastically at this moment. He hurriedly stood up and looked at the forest with a palpitating heart. If it was not for Mu Chen's rescue, he would have been seriously injured.
He stood up and shouted angrily, "Who is it!"
Mu Chen slightly frowned and said, "You've been sneaking around for so long and you still can't bear to show yourself?"
"Hehe, as expected of a seeded entry. You do have some ability."
Laughter came from the forest. Then, three figures flashed out and landed on a tree trunk. They looked down at Mu Chen and Mo Ling with a playful gaze as if they were looking at prey.
Mo Ling looked at the three figures that appeared and was surprised. This was because the three of them appeared on the same Receiving Platform as them. Moreover, the three of them were at the Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase!
"Three Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase!"
Mo Ling's heart sank. The strength of the three of them did not seem to be any weaker than Liu Mubai. If there was only one of them, it might be easy to deal with. However, if the three of them worked together, even Mu Chen would have trouble dealing with them.
Although Mo Ling knew that Mu Chen had a shocking record of killing a Heavenly Fusion Stage powerhouse in the Northern Spiritual Realm, according to the rumors, that power did not belong to Mu Chen. Therefore, no one knew if Mu Chen could use that power a second time.
Therefore, with Mu Chen's Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase strength, it would not be difficult for him to deal with an opponent of the same level. However, if there were three of them …
"Brother Mu."
Mo Ling approached Mu Chen. His voice was filled with worry. He knew that if Mu Chen was alone, it would be easy to escape even if the three of them worked together. However, it would be troublesome if he was brought along.
"Brother Mu, why don't we split up?" Mo Ling gritted his teeth and said in a low voice. He felt ashamed that he would drag Mu Chen down like this.
"The current situation is not good enough."
Mu Chen smiled at Mo Ling. If three Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase could force him to abandon his companions and escape, then they were underestimating him too much. "Friend, I am Ge Qing.
"Friend, I'm Ge Qing. Ohoho, we're quite interested in your Rank 3 Symbol. Why don't you hand it over to us and we'll let you leave? Everyone will be harmonious and this would be beneficial to everyone. What do you think?" Among the three, a boy wearing grey clothes smiled as he spoke to Mu Chen.
The other two Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase youths also looked at Mu Chen with ridicule. It was obvious that they did not believe that Mu Chen had the ability to escape from the three of them.
Mu Chen stared at the three of them and a hint of sharpness flashed through his eyes. He knew that these guys were following him because of his Rank 3 Symbol. Moreover, it seemed that there were still some people sneaking around behind them.
It was obvious that there were quite a lot of people targeting him. After all, who asked him to have a Rank 3 Symbol? However, the companions beside him were much weaker than the three seeded participants.
Someone like him was the easiest target for others to target.
"Mo Ling, step aside first." Mu Chen said softly.
Hearing this, Mo Ling's expression slightly changed. Was Mu Chen going to make a move?
But there were three of them. Although he was a little worried, he still nodded and carefully stepped back.
"Oh, not bad. Does this mean that you want to fight one against three?" Seeing this, one of the three people suddenly laughed. His laughter was filled with ridicule.
"How arrogant."
Ge Qing also faintly smiled. His eyes turned cold as he looked at Mu Chen. He immediately waved his hand and said: "Since this friend is so confident, then we will properly entertain him. Otherwise, people will think that they can be arrogant just because they obtained a seeded entry."
The other two also grinned. They slowly clenched their fists and a powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuation erupted. The three of them looked at each other and in the next instant, they rushed out at the same time.
The three of them swooped down like eagles. Violent Spiritual Energy directly enveloped Mu Chen.
They wanted to let the brat in front of them understand that just because he obtained a seeded entry, he did not have the qualifications to be arrogant here!
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