Chapter 14: Fifth-order monster BOSS

Chapter 14: Fifth-order monster BOSS

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

Suspended from the branches of a towering tree was a gold-tipped silver python as thick as a human thigh.

Its entire body was a shimmering silver-gray, with golden forks flickering from its mouth. Its eyes glowed with a faint green light, unwaveringly fixated on Qin Ze.

A second-tier beast, the gold-tipped silver python, boasted 3000 blood points, 130 experience points, 58 qi-gong points, and a survival value of 1.

"Damn, quite a thick hide."

Gazing at the lengthy health bar hovering above the python's head, Qin Ze muttered coldly and cautiously shifted his feet.

The python, head held high, mirrored Qin Ze's movements, its lengthy body slithering gracefully as the silver scales sparkled under the dim moonlight.

Qin Ze's body subtly swayed.

Seizing the opportunity, the gold-tipped silver python darted down with blinding speed, aiming straight for Qin Ze's neck...

A silver blur streaked towards Qin Ze's throat, the python's jaws gaping wide to reveal sharp fangs, poised to sink into the jugular.

Qin Ze snorted, a smirk playing on his lips. The intelligence of second-tier beasts was indeed rudimentary; a mere sway of his body had deceived it.

Taking a half-step back, Qin Ze braced his rear foot and leaned forward. As the python lunged, he charged forward in unison, his hands condensed with qi-gong, the Dragon Elephant Grand Void Scripture surging within him. Each stride he took felt like a wild elephant thundering across the plains, imbued with majestic power. An aura of dragon and elephant divine might radiated from his body, creating an awe-inspiring presence.

"Bang!"

A punch infused with the strength of ten elephants slammed into the python's head, decimating half of it in one hit.

"So satisfying."

His bones felt rejuvenated under the influence of the Dragon Elephant Grand Void Scripture, his body brimming with strength. Releasing that punch felt like unleashing the collective power of ten wild elephants, explosive and swift as thunder.

The second-tier beast fell in one strike.

Sensing the influx of qi-gong points, Qin Ze wore a faint smile as he severed the python's head, stuffed it into his spatial talisman, and vanished into the darkness.

"Roarrr..."

Infusing weapons with crystal cores imparts incredible power to even ordinary weapons, transforming them into superior weapons.

Incorporating crystal cores into pill making, these cores are the dream materials of countless alchemists. High-grade crystal cores can refine pills with miraculous energies, even capable of producing celestial-grade pills.

Ingesting them directly allows the body to fully absorb the energy within the crystal core, potentially leading to mutations or even transforming the consumer into a demonic beast-like form. On the Tianyuan Continent, some superhuman beings have grown powerful by consuming crystal cores. Some have even undergone mutations, taking on demonic beast features, though only in appearance, with no other changes.

It is precisely because of the exorbitant value of crystal cores that many adventurers risk their lives in the perilous Kunlun Mountains, hoping to hunt a demonic beast with a crystal core and soar to greatness with its power.

Throughout his journey, Qin Ze slaughtered countless demonic beasts, sparing none.

By midnight, he had accumulated over 4,000 points of Qigong energy, nearly halfway to advancing to the sixth stage of martial cultivation.

Moving forward would bring him into the Kunlun Mountains. The day before, he gazed at the ominous, black giant mountain, which seemed to swallow up everything in its path.

The Kunlun Mountains were incredibly alluring to him.

However, the demonic beasts within were likely beyond his current capabilities. After all, he was only at the sixth stage of martial cultivation, with sixth-stage Qigong. He could handle demonic beasts up to the third stage, but encountering a fifth-stage demonic beast would mean certain death, with no chance of escape.

Qin Ze paused, facing the towering, dark mountain giant. "A treasure trove for leveling up and gaining experience," he muttered.

"Wait for it. I'll come and conquer this place soon enough."

After a long while, Qin Ze prepared to leave.

Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted from not far away.

The dark forest erupted into a flurry of flapping birds, as towering trees fell one after another, dust filling the air...

Qin Ze was shocked. "Could it be a boss going berserk?" he thought.

Without hesitation, he turned and ran. A berserk fifth-stage demonic beast was too terrifying. He wouldn't be arrogant enough to confront it, knowing it would be like throwing an egg against a rock.

This wasn't a game where death meant a resurrection. Here, death meant disappearing from this world forever.

Not running meant certain doom.

Moreover, the raging demonic beast was charging straight towards him...