Chapter 18

There was only about a month left until the Ascending Dragon Ceremony, and Gu Chen needed an unprecedented amount of resources.

And there was no other place that could satisfy his needs other than the Forbidden Forest.

If he could not eat the Fierce Tiger Elixir, he could go to the Forbidden Forest that was rich in Fierce Tigers and eat them whole. The Essence Qi it could provide him was not inferior to the elixir.

Moreover, the Fierce Tiger was only a very common wild beast in the Forbidden Forest. The wild beasts there had strong blood Qi and could provide him with an endless supply of energy.

However, the reason why the Forbidden Forest was called a Forbidden Forest was because of the rumors that there was a "Ghost Ruins" in its depths. It was a place that even Transcendent Realm cultivators could not return from.

And although the Forbidden Forest had the most wild beasts, there were also many demonic beasts. They were equivalent to human Transcendent Realm cultivators. With Gu Chen's cultivation, he would most likely die if he encountered them.

Fortunately, the demonic beasts usually only appeared in the depths of the Forbidden Forest. Gu Chen estimated that as long as he did not go too far, there would not be too much risk.

After making up his mind, Gu Chen immediately went to the sect's weapon workshop and asked the craftsmen to forge three fine steel swords for him. He also bought a pile of healing medicine and changed into a light black martial artist's robe.

Everything was prepared. In a situation where no one knew what he was doing, he passed through the outer sect peaks alone. Without even turning his head back, he stepped into the Forbidden Forest Sea's region!

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"Roar ~ ~ ~"

In the forest, the roars of tigers and the cries of apes could be heard.

Two Ironback Blue Wolves and three Fierce Tigers surrounded a black-clothed youth in a horn-like formation.

In the air, there were two Golden Crowned Vultures eyeing the young man, waiting for him to fall into the mouth of the wild beasts and swoop down to eat his corpse.

The black-robed young man was Gu Chen. He held a fine steel sword in his hand and coldly looked at the many wild beasts.

This was his first day in the Forbidden Forest. Because of his lack of experience, after killing a single-horned rhinoceros, the strong smell of blood quickly attracted these wild beasts.

But he was not surprised. Looking at these wild beasts, it was as if he saw dishes such as twice cooked pork, stir-fried wolf meat, tiger meat soup, and so on. He could not help but swallow his saliva.

His appetite had long since grown bigger and bigger. The food of the Wuchen Sect was too ordinary, with too many grains and miscellaneous grains, which could not satisfy his appetite at all.

On the other hand, these savage beasts were different. Every single one of them grew up in the forest, and their muscles were well-developed.

The Fierce Tiger was about to pounce, and the Ironback Blue Wolf was ready to make a move. They stared at the human youth in front of them, and their appetites were already stirred.

When humans entered the forest to hunt, they usually formed groups. It was very rare to encounter a lone person like this.

A human youth like this, young and delicious, crunchy and crunchy, made one salivate just thinking about it.

"Roar —"

Unable to hold themselves back any longer, the savage beasts pounced on Zhang Xuan instinctively.

The purple glow in Gu Chen's eyes deepened. The ferocious movements of these beasts seemed very slow to him.

Sou sou sou!

Raising the fine steel sword, Gu Chen used the Void Sword Seven Path Sword Style. The sword light was fast and slow, bright and dark!

Each sword accurately hit the weak point, piercing the throat of the fierce tiger without any hesitation. In the blink of an eye, it was pulled out and pierced through the abdomen of the grey wolf.

The entire movement was done in one breath, flowing like water. Facing the attacks of the group of beasts, he was not panicked.

When the sword was put back into the sheath, the two Ironback Blue Wolves and three fierce tigers had all fallen, fresh blood covering the ground.

The strongest sword style of the physical body realm, how could this group of coarse and thick-skinned wild beasts that only knew how to attack brutally compare?

"Scree —"

The golden crowned vulture circling in the air saw that the human delicacy was gone, angrily screeched a few times, and then flew away.

And Gu Chen, after a simple tidying up, started to work on the barbecue rack.

No matter if it was the fierce tiger or the Ironback Blue Wolf, they were all grilled on the rack until they glistened with oil.

The oil dripped onto the fire pile and made a "Chi Chi" sound. He then sprinkled some sea salt, which moistened the meat. An alluring aroma instantly spread through the entire forest.

With a bite of the soft and tender wolf meat, Gu Chen's appetite was piqued.

As the wolf meat entered his stomach, waves of heat flowed through his body. Gu Chen could clearly feel that the effects were not inferior to those rare herbs.

His eyes lit up, and he started to eat heartily.

Two hours later, the two grey wolves and three fierce tigers had all entered his stomach.

Gu Chen felt his entire body heating up. Unlike pills, directly consuming a savage beast's essence was extremely violent, and ordinary people would not be able to withstand it.

He silently circulated the Heavenly Astronomical Art. Starlight fell from the sky, and his breathing gradually stabilized. He had entered the cultivation realm.

After the time it took for an incense to burn, the essence of the savage beasts in his body was almost completely digested.

A portion of the essence was absorbed by the invisible abyss in his body, and the other portion was integrated into the Yongquan acupoint at his feet, accumulating there.

"Eating savage beasts directly has a pretty good effect on accumulating the potential of the physical body. Initially, I was worried that the essence would be too violent, and I would not be able to withstand it. Who would have thought that in just a short while, I would be hungry again. "

Gu Chen couldn't help but rub his nose. The invisible abyss in his body seemed to have caused his appetite to increase, and he needed to constantly replenish himself.

Fortunately, the essence did not disappear for no reason. It was indeed integrated into his flesh, and he could feel his strength increasing bit by bit.

"Ye Qingshuang, just you wait. One month later, I will give you a huge surprise!"

Gu Chen made up his mind and stood up once again.

In this month, he would transform into an Asura, and hunt countless savage beasts, just to forge the strongest bone frame!

Every day, Gu Chen would walk along the periphery of the Forbidden Forest, and continuously hunt savage beasts.

The process was dangerous, but the rewards were huge.

Initially, his daily appetite only required ten savage beasts, but later on, it multiplied by several times, and then doubled again.

Under the constant replenishment of the vast amount of essence, the acupoints in his body were opened one by one.

Yongquan acupoint at his feet, Earth's Gate, Perineum, Dantian, Spine … …

He used a week to open up the nine basic acupoints, and then set his goal on the 810 star acupoints of the Nature of Heavenly Stars Technique.

He experienced life and death situations every day, and spent every day in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood of savage beasts, all for the obsession in his heart to never lose.

Under such circumstances, not only did his physical body realm improve rapidly, even his Immaculate Sword Art had unintentionally stepped into the third realm — Lifeless Sword Art.

The Lifeless Sword was focused on killing. The most important thing was the indomitable killing intent, which was filled with a sense of death.

Although Gu Chen used to practice swordsmanship, he lacked actual combat experience, and his swordsmanship lacked the smell of blood.

However, fighting with savage beasts in the forest, where one could lose his life if he was not careful, caused his swordsmanship to improve by leaps and bounds.

Lifeless Sword Art was naturally mastered, and Gu Chen's swordsmanship became more agile and powerful.

At the third realm, the Immaculate Sword Art could crush most of the physical body realm martial arts techniques.

This also allowed Gu Chen's productivity to be liberated once again. Ordinary savage beasts could be killed with one strike, and even the blue-scaled giant elephant, whose flesh was as thick as a city wall, could not withstand more than three strikes.