Chapter 19

He practiced the Purple Polar Pupils in the morning and drank the Lotus Dew at night.

During the day, he chased after wild beasts, and at night, he cultivated the Nature of the Heavenly Stars Art.

Gu Chen had forgotten his identity as a human being. In the midst of the wild beast's pursuit and counter-pursuit, he had also transformed into a humanoid ferocious beast.

His clothes became tattered after countless battles, and his body was often stained with the blood of all kinds of wild beasts.

His hair was messy, and there were stains on his face, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.

In just ten days, after eating thousands of wild beasts, the blood in his body was as vigorous as the sun.

The number of meridians opened in his body reached ninety, and his strength increased from ten thousand jin to a hundred thousand jin!

With every meridian opened, his strength skyrocketed.

One must know that some of the weaker Ninth Layer Mortal Body cultivators at their peak could not exceed ten thousand jin, and he had far surpassed this number!

After countless battles, Gu Chen's body was surrounded by an astonishing blood and killing intent. Gradually, as long as a wild beast encountered him, they would show fear in their eyes and flee in panic.

This was the instinctive fear of the strong. In the food chain of nature, Gu Chen had proven himself. Vaguely, he had become the king of the beasts in the outer area of the Forbidden Forest.

This was not a good thing, because Gu Chen soon discovered that he could not find any wild beasts!

All the wild beasts would flee when they saw him, and it was difficult for him to catch up to them in the forest.

To make matters worse, his appetite had increased to a terrifying level. He could eat three Blue Scaled Elephants, ten Fierce Tigers, and twenty Grey Wolves a day, but it was not enough to fill his stomach.

"Gu ~ ~ ~"

On a mountainous area, Gu Chen was as sloppy as a primitive man. He looked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest from afar, and his stomach kept on growling.

"Screech — —"

A few Golden Crowned Vultures in the air saw him from afar, and immediately turned around and fled in panic, avoiding him.

Three days ago, Gu Chen had used rocks to kill a few of their brethren, and made them into delicacies.

"These bastards are getting smarter and smarter."

Gu Chen revealed a bitter smile. It seemed that he had to take the risk and enter the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

In the past ten days, he had been very restrained. He had always been circling around the periphery, not taking the risk to enter the depths of the forest.

However, in order to avoid him, countless savage beasts had fled into the depths of the forest. If Zhang Xuan wanted to continue hunting, he could only follow them in.

Most importantly, he discovered that ever since he unlocked more than 45 apertures, the abyss in his body seemed to show signs of transformation.

Between his ribs, there seemed to be something about to be born, and it was just a step away.

He was sure that this thing had nothing to do with the Nature of the Heavenly Star Technique because it was not mentioned in the cultivation technique.

Zhang Xuan's intuition told him that it had something to do with the reason why he had such an astonishing appetite recently. Even after eating so many savage beasts, he was still unable to satiate his hunger.

For some reason, he was filled with anticipation. After devouring the essence of over a thousand savage beasts over the past few days, what would this thing in his body look like when it was born?

There are only twenty days left, and I haven't even opened up a third of the 810 acupoints. No matter what, I have to go deeper to seek fortuitous encounters. If I can hunt down a demonic beast … "

Gu Chen couldn't help licking his lips.

Demonic beasts were too difficult for him to deal with now. They were equivalent to Divine Realm cultivators, but this did not stop him from fantasizing.

Demonic beasts had Demonic Cores in their bodies, and their flesh and blood were strong. One of them was equivalent to several ordinary savage beasts.

Gu Chen leaped into the forest. In the distance, there were more fortuitous encounters waiting for him!

…

Early in the morning, the dense forest was shrouded in mist. The team formed by the disciples of the Golden Crow Sect and the Purple Firmament Sect advanced with difficulty.

With every step they took, they would either step on mud or rotten leaves. They were already very far into the Forbidden Forest, and it was hard and tiring for them.

"Damn it, we've been tracking that Innate Stage demonic beast for more than a month. It wasn't easy to surround it, but we didn't expect the savage beasts in the forest to go crazy!"

A burly man from the Golden Crow Sect who was walking in the middle cursed. There was a fresh wound on his forehead. Even though it had been bandaged, it was still bleeding.

"This matter is too strange. It's true that Innate Stage demonic beasts can command hundreds of beasts, but the number of savage beasts in each area is limited. With so many of us trying our best to surround it, it wasn't easy to get rid of most of the savage beasts. Who would have thought that a large group of them would appear out of nowhere!"

A disciple from the Purple Firmament Sect said. The more he thought about it, the more indignant he felt.

Innate Stage demonic beasts were extremely rare. They were born with Demonic Cores and usually possessed special bloodlines. Hence, they were priceless.

The most attractive thing was that they were relatively weak when they were young. Compared to mature demonic beasts, they were much easier to deal with.

It wasn't easy to find such a rare demonic beast in the periphery of the Forbidden Forest. Hence, the disciples of the two sects who first discovered it immediately formed an alliance.

In order to capture this Innate Stage demonic beast, they had stayed in the Forbidden Forest for more than a month. They gradually moved from the periphery to the deeper parts of the forest, gradually sealing off the demonic beast's escape route.

Even if Innate Stage demonic beasts were born with the ability to command hundreds of beasts, they would be isolated and helpless after they killed all the savage beasts in a certain area.

Initially, the plan was carried out in an orderly manner and they were about to successfully capture the demonic beast. However, who would have thought that the number of savage beasts swarming in from the periphery of the Forbidden Forest would suddenly increase, creating a lot of chaos.

Under such circumstances, the Innate Stage demonic beast eventually escaped and they had to start the chase again. Needless to say, it was extremely depressing.

"Why would the savage beasts in the periphery suddenly run into the deeper parts of the forest? The deeper we go into the forest, the higher the possibility of demonic beasts appearing. Savage beasts with low intelligence would usually avoid them instinctively. "

A cute, short-haired young girl from the Purple Firmament Sect frowned as she pondered.

"Yichen, you mean …"

Everyone could not help but look over, attaching great importance to this young girl's opinion.

The young girl's name was Lu Yichen. She was the daughter of the current Purple Firmament Sect Leader and had a special status among the group.

At the same time, she was very talented in cultivation and was intelligent. Hence, everyone subtly regarded her as their leader.

"The savage beasts suddenly escaped into the deeper parts of the forest. From the looks of it, they seemed to have encountered some terrifying existence."

"The Forbidden Forest has always been filled with unknown dangers. Let's not talk about the Ghastly Ruins in the deeper parts of the forest. If any powerful demonic beasts appeared in the periphery as well, our escape route would be sealed."

She said solemnly.

When everyone heard this, their expressions turned solemn. That was indeed the case!

They had already taken the risk to venture very far into the Forbidden Forest in order to find the Innate Stage demonic beast. If any accidents were to happen, it would be a disaster for them.

"From the looks of it, if we still can't find the Innate Stage demonic beast, we can only retreat from here."

A Golden Crow Sect disciple took the lead and said. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

Although they were unwilling to give up, compared to the Innate Stage demonic beast, their lives were more important.

They had stayed in the Forbidden Forest for more than a month and were really tired and tired.