Chapter 173: Steady Development, Magma Fire Tree (I)

Chapter 173: Steady Development, Magma Fire Tree (I)

Late at night, inside the dormitory, Chen Chu lay on his bed after taking a shower, quietly reflecting on the events and observations of the day.

It was evident that the situation in the mutated beast battlefield differed greatly from that of the school; or rather, this was the true way of life that cultivators should embrace.

Warriors, after all, were meant for battle!

Back in school, weapons couldn't leave the premises, sparring was limited to the school grounds, and one couldn't display their powers openly or use them on ordinary people. Under such circumstances, everyone, including Chen Chu, had felt a sense of repression and constraint.

However, upon arriving at the mutated beast battlefield, one could hunt and battle countless mutated beasts, or venture deep into the mountains in search of natural treasures. They could even compete with geniuses from other schools here, instead of being confined to a small institution. Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

With so many geniuses gathered here, including students from over a dozen first-rate high schools and more than forty second-rate high schools, even freaks like An Fuqing didn't seem as dazzling anymore.

Even Chen Chu was astonished to find five others breaking through to the Fourth Heavenly Realm faster than him, despite him being able to use attribute points to break through realms.

Of course, this only referred to the speed of breakthroughs in cultivation, not combat prowess. In terms of pure combat strength at the same realm, Chen Chu was confident that he was unrivaled among his peers.

He was also somewhat interested in the achievement list; he wondered what rank he could achieve with his current strength?

Of course, these were all secondary concerns. His current main goal was to refine the Eight Desolations Purgatory Halberd and his battle armor into transcendent equipment to further enhance his combat prowess.

The next step would be to hunt down higher level mutated beasts, exchange for high-grade dragon essence to quickly strengthen his Dragon Elephant Tyrant Body to the sixth level, and even condense its rune.

By then, perhaps he could manifest the True Martial Phantom without needing to break through to the Seventh Heavenly Realm, and could challenge opponents at the Eighth Realm head-on.

Lost in thought, Chen Chu's attention shifted partially to the Thunder Fiery Colossal Beast...

Beneath the surface of the sea, a hundred meters deep, a colossal beast, now thirty meters long and growing more imposing by the moment, tightly clutched a mutated shark-whale over twenty meters in length in its claws.

Its menacing jaws tore off large chunks of flesh with each ferocious bite, spewing forth torrents of blood that stained the surrounding waters a deep crimson.

The intense scent of blood attracted countless marine creatures, but whenever any of them approached within a hundred meters, they trembled uncontrollably, hastily fleeing under the invisible draconic power's menacing aura.

Boom!

The sea surface exploded like a missile strike, and amid the splashing water, a ferocious colossal beast leaped into the air, its massive claws grabbing hold of the king squid's body and tearing it apart.

Spurt!

Blue blood sprayed everywhere, dyeing the raging sea a deep blue, accompanied by the sight of the ferocious black-red colossal beast holding the torn body of the king squid.

Roar! You're the second child of Big Horn?

Roaring fiercely, the Thunder Beast took a bite of the king squid, starting to devour one of its tentacles.

Seeing the mighty Thunder Beast, the orca's eyes lit up with excitement, eagerly swimming over and circling around as it emitted excited cries.

Squeak! Uncle, Dad, looking for you.

Compared to the youngest sibling, this elder orca was much stronger, just barely able to communicate with the Thunder Beast.

But who on earth is “Uncle?”

Roar! Why? Did Big Horn find something good again? The Thunder Beast's eyes lit up.

Squeak! Should, be.

The little orca's response was somewhat vague, as they rarely accompanied the Single-horned Orca on treasure hunts. They usually waited for it to return with treasures, so they weren't sure if anything valuable had been found.

Roar! Lead the way, then, let's go take a look

The Thunder Beast knew the Single-horned Orca's character well; either it had found something good and needed help getting it, or it had gotten into trouble with mutated creatures and was calling for assistance. This time, it was more likely the latter, otherwise it wouldn't have sent these little orcas to search for it.

The ocean was vast, and unlike humans, there was no means of long-distance communication. Finding a specific creature in the ocean was like searching for a needle in a haystack. Luckily, the Thunder Beast usually had a fixed range of activities, so there was still hope for these little orcas to find it by chance.