Chapter 1219

When Zi Chen rushed out of the cave, the black eagle launched another attack. Its sharp claws shook the space as it clawed at Zi Chen.

"Damn it."

Zi Chen cursed angrily. His cultivation level immediately skyrocketed as he swung his blade.

"Clang."

With a clang, the black eagle was sent flying.

In just half a month, the black eagle's injuries had completely recovered. This recovery speed surprised Zi Chen.

However, it was obvious that this fellow was a beast that held grudges. It had just recovered from its injuries and had forgotten about its original scars. It came to find trouble with Zi Chen again.

This time, Zi Chen did not hold back. He used the Emptiness Realm to crush the black eagle. He had no choice. If he did not use the Emptiness Realm, he would be the one being crushed.

"Bang."

"Clang."

"Dong."

"Ang."

"Scram."

One man and one eagle fought fiercely again, and they were locked in a fierce battle. As time passed, more and more wounds appeared on the black eagle's body. Zi Chen was also in a very difficult situation. His clothes were in tatters, and there were several scratches on his body.

After another day and night of fierce fighting, the black eagle, who was covered in wounds, glanced at Zi Chen with disdain. With a roar, it flapped its wings and flew away.

"Beast, stop right there."

The black eagle's disdain completely angered Zi Chen. He shouted and soared into the sky to chase after the black eagle.

Although he was in a sorry state, the black eagle's injuries were obviously more serious. How could this beast look down on him?

This was the source and root of Zi Chen's anger.

Unfortunately, he had not comprehended the Nine Passing Thunder. His speed was naturally much slower than the black eagle. After a few breaths, Zi Chen realized that he had lost his target.

"Just you wait. If you dare to come again, I will definitely kill you."

Zi Chen was furious. He descended from the sky and looked at the messy battlefield. Looking at the mountain that was almost half destroyed, his anger continued to burn.

He secretly swore that if the black eagle dared to come again, he would definitely kill it.

This should be the Black Hawk's territory. There were no other War Beasts around. As for cultivators, they dared not venture too deep into this place. Thus, Zi Chen simply stopped setting up any more restrictive arrays and continued to study the Nine Passing Bolts.

Zi Chen's spiritual senses were said to be perfect, so he was able to comprehend every technique very quickly. The same was true for the Nine Fleeting Thunderbolts.

Although he comprehended it quickly, the complete Nine Deaths of Lightning was too profound and involved the principles of space. If he wanted to completely grasp it, he would need a very long time.

Soon, half a month passed. Just as Zi Chen was feeling uneasy, the ear-piercing sound entered his ears again.

Because it was so sudden, it gave Zi Chen a fright. At the same time, the sound was so loud that Zi Chen's mind was a little dazed.

"Damn it, here we go again."

When Zi Chen finally reacted, he was enraged. Lightning wings instantly appeared on his back. He then flapped them, gripped the black blade tightly, and charged outside.

"Swoosh."

As soon as he appeared, there was a sound of something breaking through the air. Zi Chen turned around and saw a large rock whizzing towards him. On the large rock, there was a layer of flowing light completely wrapped around it. Obviously, this was the Black Hawk's mana.

This attack was full of power. Zi Chen had to take it seriously.

He raised the long blade high and channeled the powerful energy in his body into the blade. Then, he slashed at the large rock.

"Pfft."

Under the rule of breaking, the light on the surface of the large rock was cut off. The large rock was split open and then exploded.

This attack was broken, but Zi Chen suddenly felt a sense of danger. His figure flashed subconsciously and he dodged to the side with extreme speed.

"Pfft."

The Black Hawk suddenly appeared above Zi Chen's head. Its sharp claws grabbed Zi Chen's head. However, Zi Chen dodged in time and only grabbed Zi Chen's shoulder. Under the great force, a piece of flesh was torn off.

With Zi Chen's flesh in its sharp claws, the Black Hawk glanced at Zi Chen indifferently. There was a sense of pride in its eyes. Then, it swallowed the flesh in one gulp.

As if it felt that Zi Chen's flesh was very delicious, the Black Hawk's expression became intoxicated. When it opened its eyes again, it looked at Zi Chen with bright eyes.

It was like a beggar seeing gold, a hungry man seeing delicious food, and a pervert seeing a beautiful woman in the mortal world.

Zi Chen felt a chill in his heart. Then, he held the blade and slashed.

Blade light appeared one after another. It was like a dense net falling towards the Black Hawk.

"I'll slash you to death, slash you to death."

With every slash, Zi Chen shouted. Obviously, he, who was rarely angered, was completely enraged by this hateful Black Hawk.

The battle started again. The Black Hawk's cry resounded. Because Zi Chen was completely enraged, he fought without any regard for his life. Therefore, the battle only lasted for a day before the Black Hawk escaped.

Zi Chen still could not catch up with the Black Hawk. He was angry and unwilling. However, he could only accept his fate and continue to comprehend the Nine Passing Lightning.

"Just you wait. When I master the Nine Passing Lightning, I will definitely chop off your head." Zi Chen swore fiercely.

The time seemed to be calculated. Both sides seemed to have completely agreed. Every half a month, the Black Hawk would appear and fight with Zi Chen.

Both of them fought to the death. Unfortunately, neither of them could do anything to the other.

As the battle progressed, Zi Chen realized that the Black Hawk was actually improving. Moreover, the speed of the Black Hawk's improvement was far beyond Zi Chen's expectations.

For example, before this, the Black Hawk would let out a cry every time it attacked. It wanted everyone to hear it.

But now, the Black Hawk was like a killer. It hid in the dark and launched sudden attacks. Moreover, it rarely cried out. Sometimes, it cried out as if it was trying to confuse Zi Chen.

Creating a diversion was a human tactic. The Black Hawk had learned it completely and used it on Zi Chen. Moreover, it even injured Zi Chen.

In the past, Zi Chen's battles were honorable, grand, and exciting. However, as he battled with the black eagle, he became more careful. Of course, being careful was only a positive thing to say. In reality, he had become extremely wretched. The clones that he used to fight head-on were now used for sneak attacks to confuse the black eagle.

In short, the man and the Black Hawk began to use their own techniques. They did their best to display their abilities to the extreme and then schemed against each other.

The two of them also won and lost. However, each time, the Black Hawk would at most fight for a day and a night before leaving.

Sometimes, Zi Chen would show that he was weak with serious injuries. However, the Black Hawk still ignored him. Before leaving, the disdain in its eyes seemed to be saying that Zi Chen's acting was terrible.

Zi Chen was furious and started to give chase.

He became more and more familiar with the Nine Flashes of Lightning. However, reality proved that there was no such thing as number one in this world.

There was only better and no best. At the same time, there was only faster and no fastest.

At the very least, Zi Chen's current extreme speed was still unable to catch up to the Black Hawk. This was because the final Nine Flashes of Lightning involved the use of the power of space. In order to fully display the speed of the Nine Flashes of Lightning, Zi Chen had to reach the real realm.

The Black Hawk escaped. Zi Chen was so angry that he cursed. These days, he was clearly in a passive state. The Black Hawk came and went as it pleased. This made Zi Chen very unhappy.

"Just you wait. I will definitely kill you." Zi Chen swore in his heart again. He swore every time the Black Hawk escaped.

The original giant peak was now more than half gone. The ancient forest in front of the cave had long been destroyed and turned into a piece of empty land.

"Damn it. Just you wait, you bastard."

Zi Chen cursed angrily again. Then, he flapped his thunder wings and began to practice his extreme speed in this open space, striving to go further.

Half a month later, the Black Hawk came again and destroyed the mountain peak a little more. Zi Chen was so angry that he shouted. After the two sides fought fiercely for a day and a night, the Black Hawk, covered in wounds, left gracefully. Before it left, it still looked at Zi Chen with disdain.

This time, Zi Chen was not angry. After watching the Black Hawk leave, he did not continue to swear. There was a worried look on his face. For the first time, he wanted to leave this place.

This was because he realized that after several battles, the Black Hawk's strength and combat strength had increased a lot. Although he had also improved during this time, compared to the Black Hawk, his progress was much slower.

What he was worried about now was that the Black Hawk would completely break through the General Realm and reach the Spirit Realm. At that time, the Black Hawk's combat strength would increase by several times or even dozens of times. Zi Chen would be completely defeated by it.

Moreover, the Black Hawk was fast. By then, Zi Chen would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.

Zi Chen had the idea of leaving, but he was reluctant to part with his sparring partner because during this period of fierce fighting, he also showed signs of breaking through to the next realm.

In this dilemma, half a month passed, and the Black Hawk came again.

Therefore, Zi Chen rushed into the sky with his saber. It was another fierce battle.

This time, Zi Chen fought to his heart's content. His previous hesitation had also disappeared. He was not going to leave.

At least, he would not leave before he broke through to the next realm.

As for the Black Hawk wanting to break through to the next realm, it was probably impossible to do so in a short time.

Therefore, Zi Chen and the Black Hawk fought more than 85 times every half a month. Almost two years had passed.

In the past two years, the two sides had become more familiar with each other. Later on, it was almost difficult to hurt each other.

Zi Chen was at the critical moment of breaking through to the next realm. He wished that the Black Hawk would come to fight him every day. He had made up his mind that once he broke through to the late stage of the Earth Realm, he would leave immediately.

"Rumble."

The cave shook again, and the mountain rocks began to roll down. Zi Chen, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, opened his eyes. A ray of light flashed across his eyes.

"Here it comes again."

The black saber instantly appeared in his hand. Then, Zi Chen rushed out of the cave. As expected, he saw the Black Hawk in the sky.

However, the Black Hawk was not looking at Zi Chen at this moment. Instead, it was looking at the mountain beside Zi Chen. Its expression was unprecedentedly serious.

"You did not do this." Zi Chen also had a strange expression on his face. Then, he turned his head and looked behind him.

He saw that three-quarters of the mountain behind him had been shaved off. It was shaking continuously. From the bottom of the mountain, cracks spread out one after another. The cracks went from the bottom to the top, and then the mountain collapsed.

As the mountain collapsed, the rocks rolled down. A violent aura spread out from the bottom of the mountain.

"Roar."

The moment it felt this aura, the Black Hawk spread its wings and flew up. It let out a high-pitched cry, which was filled with anger and panic.

The moment Zi Chen felt this aura, his expression changed drastically. He exclaimed in a low voice, "Spirit-grade Beast."