Chapter 40

On this dangerous night, human cultivators lost their lives to the Blood-Refined Serpent's venom.

At this moment, Zi Chen was sitting cross-legged, sensing everything around him. He was completely unaware of the approaching danger.

Zi Chen seemed to be asleep as he sat cross-legged. A rustling sound came to his ears. This sound was the main melody of this plain.

The Blood-Refined Serpent was dozens of meters away from Zi Chen. It looked at Zi Chen through the green grass. It was also motionless, but its eyes were even colder.

Time seemed to stop. The man and the serpent were motionless. Beside them was the green grass that danced in the wind.

Just as the breeze disappeared, the green grass let out a rustling sound. A red light suddenly shot towards Zi Chen. The rustling sound covered the sound of the Blood Refined Serpent King's voice very well.

"Not good."

Zi Chen, who was sitting calmly, suddenly felt his hair stand on end. It was as if danger was about to befall him. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a ray of red light right in front of him. Just inches away, Zi Chen saw two sharp, poisonous fangs that emitted a cold light.

"Pfft."

The sharp fangs were still in front of him, but in the next moment, they were already at Zi Chen's neck. With a soft sound, Zi Chen felt pain on his neck. The fangs had pierced his skin. Then, a strong poison flowed from the wound into Zi Chen's blood.

Under this strong poison, Zi Chen felt dizzy and his limbs were weak. Even the hand holding the Blood-Refined Serpent began to tremble. It was as if he could collapse and die at any time.

Just as Zi Chen was about to die under the strong poison, suddenly, electric light emerged from Zi Chen's body. The silver electric light was as bright as Xing Chen in this dark night. The poison that entered Zi Chen's body was instantly dissolved by this electric light.

Zi Chen once again regained his strength. He grabbed the Blood Refined Serpent and spun it a few times in the air. Then, a faint silver light appeared on his hands. Zi Chen grabbed the Blood Refined Serpent's head with lightning speed and crushed it.

The Blood-Refined Serpent Monarch struggled a few times before it stopped moving.

"Hu!"

Zi Chen was out of danger, and he gasped for breath. It had only been a few breaths of time, but his green robe was already soaked in cold sweat, and his forehead was also full of sweat. As the breeze blew past, Zi Chen felt a chill.

At this time, blood was still flowing from the wound on Bo's neck.

"Blood Refined Serpent Monarch, could it be that there is a higher grade Blood Crown Flower nearby?"

After the danger passed, Zi Chen couldn't help but guess. However, he didn't dare to go forward. In this dark night, the green grass was too dangerous.

If it wasn't for the appearance of that silver light, he might have died here.

And the place where the silver light appeared was precisely Zi Chen's heart. At that time, the poison just happened to enter the heart through the circulation of the blood.

In the dark night, there were a few shrill screams from time to time. Clearly, human cultivators were being killed.

That night, even Zi Chen was on tenterhooks and trembling in fear. In particular, the screams from time to time made his hair stand on end.

Fortunately, there was a time when the night finally passed. Just as the dawn appeared on the horizon, Zi Chen finally heaved a sigh of relief. His vision was restored, and his safety index was much higher.

However, he still persevered until the sky was bright before he continued forward.

This time, Zi Chen deliberately took a detour. Indeed, he saw a Blood Crown Flower that was more than a hundred years old. Being careful, he didn't discover the Blood-Refined Serpent guarding this place.

Even after he successfully plucked the Blood Crown Flower, the Blood-Refined Serpent didn't appear.

Zi Chen was very careful along the way. After half a day, he finally left the plains and walked into a dense forest.

"Hu."

After walking out of the plains, he saw a dense forest. Zi Chen sat down. Previously, he had been highly focused, and Zi Chen had expended a lot of energy.

He took out the Blood Crown Flower, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

Now, Zi Chen could finally relax and cultivate in peace.

The danger from the Blood-Refined Serpent had disappeared, but it didn't mean that there were no other dangers in the forest. Just as Zi Chen relaxed, a black shadow appeared in the dense forest.

"Hmm, another prey has come to me. It seems that he has expended a lot of energy. What a pity. After successfully walking out of the plains, he encountered me here. I wonder how much he has gained."

Looking at the bag behind Zi Chen, the black shadow was silently calculating. At the same time, he was slowly approaching Zi Chen.

Zi Chen was cultivating and didn't sense anything strange around him. Moreover, he had just walked out of the plains and was completely relaxed. He didn't expect danger to approach him. In addition, this proved that the black shadow's concealment method was very good. He actually avoided Zi Chen's super perception.

"Die."

When he was twenty meters away from Zi Chen, the black shadow finally launched an attack. He flashed out from behind a big tree. His two fingers formed a sword and fiercely pointed at Zi Chen's forehead.

Danger approached again. Zi Chen suddenly opened his eyes. The Zhen Qi around his body surged. He cupped his fists and blocked the attack.

"Peng."

The black shadow's sword fingers collided with Zi Chen's fist. Under the influence of Zhen Qi, a sound of collision was heard. Zi Chen didn't move, but the black shadow actually took a few steps back.

"What a powerful constitution." The black shadow retreated and his face suddenly changed.

Zi Chen could block the black shadow's sword fingers. Clearly, it was because of his powerful constitution.

"I miscalculated. Retreat." Since his sneak attack was bounced back, the black shadow was even less of a match. He had already begun to retreat.

"You dare to sneak attack me? You are courting death."

Last night, the Blood Refining Monarch Snake's sneak attack almost took his life. Today, he encountered another sneak attack. It could be said that Zi Chen was extremely angry. There was only killing intent in his bright eyes.

With a tap of his foot, the first-class footwork Ethereal Steps appeared. In the blink of an eye, Zi Chen was in front of the black shadow. At the same time, Zi Chen pointed at the black shadow.

A silver light flashed between his fingers. A bolt of lightning suddenly appeared, carrying a destructive aura as it rushed towards the black shadow.

"No!"

Zi Chen's strength was completely beyond the black shadow's expectations. In addition to his speed, a bolt of lightning shot out with a raise of his hand. The black shadow was terrified to the extreme. His eyes were filled with despair. He could only use all his strength to block the attack of the lightning.

But with his Zhen Qi Stage Eight strength, how could he block the powerful attack of Zi Chen, who was at the peak of Seventh Stage?

The lightning exploded in an instant. A burnt smell came from the forest. The black shadow's heart had already been pierced by the Thunderbolt Finger. He couldn't be more dead.

The black shadow fell to the ground dead, revealing the bag on his back. A red light came out from it.

"Blood Crown Flower?"

Zi Chen opened the bag and saw a stalk of Hundred Year Blood Crown Flower.

"At least you still have a conscience." Looking at the dead black shadow, Zi Chen muttered.

Because the two of them were not from the same sect, Zi Chen was unable to take away their contribution points. Being able to obtain a stalk of Hundred Year Blood Crown Flower was a pleasant surprise.

After being ambushed twice in a row, Zi Chen was a lot more careful. This time, he directly leapt onto a large tree. Sitting on the tree roots, he observed his surroundings. After confirming that there was no danger, he began to refine the two stalks of Hundred Year Spirit Herbs.

Breaking through from Zhen Qi Stage Seven to Zhen Qi Stage Eight consumed far more energy than Zi Chen had imagined.

When he was in the sect, he had refined more than ten Zhen Qi Dans. Here, he had refined more than ten stalks of Spirit Herbs. His strength was only at the peak of Seventh Stage.

As his heart absorbed the two stalks of Hundred Year Spirit Herbs, a rich silver energy entered Zi Chen's body. But when this energy was exhausted, Zi Chen's strength was still at the peak of Seventh Stage.

Zi Chen opened his eyes. He had a deeper understanding of how difficult it was to break through to Eighth Stage True Qi Stage.

With so many Spirit Herbs and Zhen Qi Dans, if it was someone else, they would have already broken through. But under the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Art, most of the energy was absorbed by the body. It was understandable that Zi Chen had not broken through.

"Well, it's time to leave." After eating some rations, Zi Chen jumped down from the tree and prepared to go deeper.

Suddenly, an angry beast roar sounded from the distance.

"Is this the roar of a Fierce Red Tiger?" Zi Chen frowned.

The weakest Fierce Red Tiger was a Level Six vicious beast. Generally, they were Level Seven vicious beasts. At the same time, there was no lack of Level Eight vicious beasts. Listening to this beast roar, the level of the Fierce Red Tiger was not low.

"It must be the Fierce Red Tiger guarding the Spirit Herbs, but I don't know how old they are." Zi Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. With a tap of his foot, he quickly went in the direction of the beast roar.

The beast roar sounded a few miles away. Zi Chen rushed at full speed and arrived in less than ten minutes.

"Scram, this is the territory of the Martial Ancestor." However, before Zi Chen could get close, a figure swept down from the tree and stopped Zi Chen.

"The territory of the Martial Ancestor, where is it written?" Zi Chen coldly asked.

"Scram, or die." The person coldly said.

Zi Chen did not speak nonsense. He heard the Fierce Red Tiger in front of him. Its angry voice had already turned into panic, as if it was about to die. Thus, he clenched his right hand into a fist, and his True Qi surged as he struck out with the Fierce Tiger Fist.

After a tiger's roar, a dull sound was heard. The Combat Sect disciple, who was at the seventh stage of the True Energy Stage, had been sent flying by Zi Chen's punch. At the same time, his body crashed into a big tree behind him. His head tilted and he fainted.

Zi Chen continued forward, but this time, he was much more careful. His steps were light, and his landing was silent. Soon, he arrived at the battlefield.

At a glance, Zi Chen saw a Fierce Red Tiger that was nearly five meters long. Its red fur was like a burning flame, and its ferocious and mighty tiger head was extremely domineering.

Unfortunately, this Fierce Red Tiger was much bigger than an ordinary Fierce Red Tiger. It could already be considered an Level Eight Vicious Beast, but today, it had met its nemesis. There were many wounds all over its body, and blood flowed out from the wounds. Even its domineering tiger head had a deep cut.

"Haha, you brat, let's see if you can still be so arrogant." An extremely carefree laughter sounded.

Only then did Zi Chen discover that in front of the Fierce Red Tiger, there was a young man about his age standing. In his hand was a black sword that emitted a cold light. His swift and fierce swordsmanship was displayed, and his True Qi was only at Level Eight True Qi.

Further away, the disciples of the Battle Martial Ancestor guarded the surroundings vigilantly. They had no intention of attacking the Fierce Red Tiger.