"Ahh!" E Tianjue experienced an overwhelming, unseen force emanating from the axe and coursing into his arm, igniting surges of unbearable pain.
Upon inspection, he found his arm's skin ruptured!
More than that, there was an additional influx of energy wreaking havoc inside him, inflicting intense torment.
However, as a warrior of the Demon Race, E Tianjue had endured innumerable challenges.
A bout of extreme pain wasn't sufficient to strip him of his fighting prowess.
Whoosh!
The mammoth axe was thrust aloft once more, promptly directing a rapid slash towards Jiang Chen.
"Stop your futile defiance; allow me to offer you a quick death." Jiang Chen wielded his Purple Sun Thousand-Mile Sword, countering E Tianjue's assault with a nonchalant expression.
E Tianjue chose to fall silent, instead, channeling all his might, employing every tactic to dart into a fissure on the ocean bed.
But, that brief span felt like an unreachable horizon; he found it impossible to traverse, despite his best efforts.
'Do I truly need to strain myself?' Jiang Chen realized that while he could keep E Tianjue in check, executing him quickly would still be somewhat taxing.
In the meantime, the low-ranking demonic beasts that had erupted from the ocean bed had already breached the borders of Black Wood Island.
Gu Ran, who had been at sea, was rapidly swarmed by a legion of demonic beasts.
Beside him, the formerly carefree young masters led by Fu Huacan were also overpowered.
Employing his bloodline's power, Gu Ran took refuge in a coral reef cave, rendering him undetectable to the demonic beasts outside.
However, Fu Huacan and his comrades fell victim to the savage onslaught of the demonic beasts, meeting their demise in a flash.
Hiding in the coral reef cave, Gu Ran was far from idle.
Whenever a suitable demonic beast ventured near him, he would promptly initiate a surprise assault!
Whether his strike resulted in the death of the target or not, he would swiftly withdraw and hide himself.
Those demonic beasts, already tainted by the Nether Demon Spiritual Qi, had lost their rationality and only attacked visible living beings.
As they failed to detect Gu Ran, they did not launch an attack on him.
Thus, Gu Ran performed a delicate dance between attack and concealment.
His aptitude and fortune were extraordinary; nearly every blow he delivered resulted in a demonic beast's downfall.
Soon, Gu Ran had accumulated sufficient cultivation base, progressing to the Early-stage Heavenly Origin realm!
This enhancement further amplified his combat prowess, with his targets now being the slightly weaker Heavenly Origin realm demonic beasts and those at the Peak-stage Mysterious Platform realm.
Jiang Chen had been monitoring these developments.
By now, Gu Ran had already reaped significant benefits from this demonic incursion, and if left unimpeded, he would continue to fortify his strength.
In this brief period, he had already ascended to the Heavenly Origin realm.
'Reducing 2000 points of Heavenly Fate Value, quite satisfying indeed!' A pleased smile crossed Jiang Chen's face.
Immediately after, he retrieved the Nether Soul Crystal from E Tianjue's neck, purified it, and used it to nourish Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning.
Although E Tianjue's Nether Soul Crystal could not compete with Long Tianlu's, it was still a crystal of the Dao Palace realm.
After Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning absorbed it, their residual souls advanced another step further within the Transcendence realm.
Having addressed E Tianjue's corpse, Jiang Chen promptly secured the massive axe and E Tianjue's storage ring.
His gaze then shifted to the caves and crevices on the seabed, which had been expanding incessantly, and by now, they had surpassed what he could mend with his power alone.
'Let's commence by slaughtering these tainted demonic beasts on the surface first.' Jiang Chen's gaze became frosty.
'I refuse to believe that the demonic beasts beneath the ground are infinite!' He declared as his formidable dragon-human form blurred into an afterimage as he streaked through the ocean, heralding death in his path.
Wherever he journeyed, countless demonic beasts crumbled into dust!
Streams of qi and blood power were also absorbed by Jiang Chen.
Even though each amount was minuscule, the accumulated energy, transmuted by the Wordless Heavenly Jade into miraculous energy, could be conserved as a backup.
Simultaneously, Jiang Chen made it a priority to eradicate the demonic beasts near Gu Ran's marine territory.
Although his attack range was limited and he couldn't wholly exterminate the demonic beasts within a short timeframe, it did decrease the number of demonic beasts Gu Ran could hunt.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen observed that each subsequent demonic beast tide was always stronger than the preceding one.
The inaugural demonic beast tide comprised mainly of creatures below the Heavenly Origin realm, with Inquiring Journey realm beasts scarce enough to be counted on one hand.
The tides that contained a larger number of Inquiring Journey realm beasts, including some from the Dao Comprehension realm, mostly emerged around the time of E Tiaojue's demise.
No sooner had these demonic beasts materialized than they were obliterated by Jiang Chen.
While Jiang Chen persisted in his relentless culling of the demonic beasts, a potent aura abruptly emanated from a distance.
As it neared, Jiang Chen soon discerned that this aura belonged to a being from the Dao Palace realm!
So, as he maintained his slaughter, he utilized his Villain's Eye to scrutinize the approaching figure, instantaneously gaining comprehensive knowledge about them.
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