C8

After exiting the volcano, Ye Zhen did not stay any longer. He bought an ordinary sword in the market and rushed out of the city towards the Black Evil Mountain Range.

He didn't have much time left. Three days were going to pass in a blink of an eye, and he needed to improve his strength as soon as possible. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to contend with Ye Wei, and Miao Miao Miao would be sold to the Drunken Fragrance Inn.

To Ye Zhen, Miao Miao could be said to be the closest person in the world to him, so it was naturally impossible for him to sell her. Furthermore, it seemed that Miao Miao possessed unparalleled talent for cultivation, and her future potential was limitless.

The Black Evil Mountain Range was located to the east of the Windward City and stretched for a thousand miles. In the depths of the mountains and lakes, demons and monsters roamed about. It was extremely dangerous.

However, within the mountain ranges, there were also many rare treasures. The existence of spiritual medicines and materials, as well as the fur and crystal cores of Monstrous Beasts, were all very valuable. All of these attracted people to enter and train, to search for treasures.

Ye Zhen was very clear of his current strength, so he didn't dare to go deeper and train near the Black Evil Mountain Range.

"Woosh, woosh, woosh ~ ~ ~"

With a flash of sword light, Ye Zhen moved like the wind, as if he was stepping on the wind and waves.

Even the extremely fast Whirlwind Wolves were unable to escape his pursuit. In the blink of an eye, their heads were chopped off by the sword light.

Ye Zhen grabbed it and a demon core the size of a fingernail fell into his palm.

This was the core of a demonic beast. Its body was filled with energy and was filled with abundant spiritual energy.

Ordinary people were unable to swallow demonic cores directly because of the berserk aura contained within them. Thus, they could only refine them into medicinal pills or as materials for refining magic treasures.

As for Ye Zhen, who trained in the Treasure Refining Golden Body, these demonic cores were like natural elixirs to him. They could be directly refined and absorbed without any side effects.

"Tsk tsk. It's a pity that this Whirlwind Wolf is only the lowest level of demonic beasts. Its strength is equivalent to a 3rd level Refinement Stage demonic beast. Its demonic core doesn't have that much spiritual energy." "Looks like I have to go deeper."

While thinking, Ye Zhen's figure flashed as he executed the Wind Stepping Steps. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the depths of the forest.

For two days in a row, he beheaded a lot of demon beasts. On the way, he also gathered a lot of spiritual medicines and some low-level materials, and his harvest was not small.

During this time, he encountered a Ironback Savage Bear at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Ironback Vicious Bear, abnormally violent.

That huge body was like a small moving mountain as it crazily dashed forward. When the thick bear paw was swung down, it unexpectedly had the strength of at least 5000 jin. The large green stone on the table could be shattered into pieces with a single slap.

If this were to land on a person's body and not be turned into a meat patty, their tendons and bones would definitely be broken.

Ye Zhen relied on the nimbleness of his Wind Stepping Steps to constantly dodge the Violent Bear's attack. Although the Violent Bear's attack was fierce, it could not even touch the corner of Ye Chen's clothes.

The sword light in Ye Zhen's hands flickered, however, the sword light slashing downwards was unable to harm the Savage Bear's tough fur. In fact, even the edge of the sword was riddled with countless holes.

"An ordinary sword is indeed useless. If I had a magic sword right now, even if it's a low-grade magic tool, I could use a nimble attack to directly grind this Savage Bear to death. "

Ye Zhen sighed, after which, with a slight intention of his will, the long sword in his hands abruptly trembled, transforming into a cross shaped sword beam in the air.

"Chop Steel Flash!"

The cross shaped sword light was like a bolt of lightning slicing across the sky, and with a ding sound, sparks flew out. The Ironback Tyrant Bear let out a painful howl as its impenetrable fur was torn apart, and fresh blood gushed out as the huge bear crashed onto the ground.

"This Chop Steel Flash is indeed powerful. If the sword in my hand is a magic sword, then it will be even more powerful. "

Ye Zhen nodded his head in satisfaction and took out a sharp dagger. He peeled out the demonic core and the bear gall, and then he peeled off the skin.

These things were all valuable materials. A pair of bear's paw could be sold for ten low-grade spirit stones, with impenetrable fur and weapons, and even more so for refining. No matter what, they were all worth over a hundred spirit stones!

As for the demonic beast gallbladder that was rich in spirit energy, Ye Zhen did not plan to sell it. Instead, he kept it for his own cultivation.

Up until now, the total value of the demon beasts he had hunted had been several hundred spirit stones. This was a huge sum of money, enough to buy many magical equipment fragments to support his cultivation for a period of time.

In addition, during the process of killing demon beasts, he had also been tempered. Regardless of the Chop Steel Flash, Wind Stepping Steps, or the Blue Bamboo Flames, they were all displayed with great ease.

"Looking at the time, three days are already up. Ye Wei will definitely come looking for trouble. It's time for me to go back. "

Thinking about this, Ye Zhen packed up and got up to leave.

However, just at that time, a cry of surprise rang out from the forest behind him. Immediately following that, a fishy wind rose and the big tree that was as thick as a person's waist was cut in half. A huge golden python flew out.

The sword Qi was cold, but it was unable to do anything to the giant golden python. It was covered by the poisonous mist that it spat out, and its entire body immediately became listless. Its clothes seemed to have been corroded by sulfuric acid, and in an instant, it was ruined.

"Golden Thread Viper! "Damn, this is a seventh level Qi Refining demon beast!"

When Ye Zhen saw the giant golden python, his first reaction was to run. After all, even if a seventh level Qi Refining demon beast was too strong, he didn't have the confidence to defeat it.

However, when he clearly saw the woman's face, he could not help but frown.

Ye Ling, why is she here?

Ye Ling was a bit depressed now.

Initially, she had accompanied Ye Zhen because she wanted to find a place with no one else. In private, she wanted to borrow the mid-grade magic tool that Ye Zhen had refined.

But when she later discovered that Ye Zhen had entered the Black Evil Mountain Range, she thought that if she asked to borrow it, the other party might refuse. She might as well just wait and see.

However, what she'd never dreamed of was that from beginning to end, Ye Zhen had been tempering his sword skills and techniques, and he had absolutely no intention of using any magical equipment.

What was even more unfortunate was that she was busy tracking Ye Zhen, but forgot to protect herself and accidentally broke into the nest of the Golden Thread Viper.

Ye Ling was a genius at refining, but in terms of cultivation, she was very ordinary. She was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining. Even with the Ice Magic Sword, she would not be a match for the Golden-Striped Ape.

"It's over, it's all over!" "We're dead for sure."

Ye Ling sighed and despaired in her heart.

It wasn't that she hadn't thought of asking Ye Zhen for help, but Ye Zhen's cultivation was similar to hers as well, barely able to contend against a sixth level Qi Refining demon beast.

He wasn't related by blood, and although they were of the same race, they didn't have much contact with each other. So how could he risk his life to save her?

Besides, even if Ye Zhen were to make a move, it would only result in one more person dying. It would be better to just let him escape.

In that moment of life and death, many thoughts flashed through Ye Ling's mind. However, when the big mouth of the beast pounced on her, she couldn't help but scream out loud with a pale face.

"Woosh ~ ~ ~"

A ray of sword light cut through the air, and with a ding sound, it raised a large amount of golden scales.

The golden threaded viper cried out in pain as it gritted its fangs. With a kacha sound, the sword in Ye Zhen's hand shattered.

"Sword, come!"

He shouted. Ye Ling was surprised. She didn't think too much and threw the Ice Magic Sword in her hand over.

When Ye Zhen caught the sword in midair, he immediately felt a surge of pure cold energy, as if he was holding a piece of cold jade. The spirit energy in his body circulated within the sword, immediately exploding out with a wave of icy sword radiance!

In comparison, the ordinary sword he had used just now was like a blade of grass!

This magic sword was the real sword. It was barely able to unleash the power of the Chop Steel Flash.

Holding the sword in his hand, Ye Zhen didn't hesitate at all. The spiritual energy in his body transformed into a sword beam, slashing through the air angrily as the light from the cross exploded into pieces of ice shards.

With a boom, blood splattered everywhere. A long bloody wound appeared on the body of the Golden Threaded Viper, and under the pain, the giant python was completely enraged. It turned its head and opened its bloody mouth.

"Be careful!"

Ye Ling's face turned pale. She shouted out a warning, but it was already too late.

Ye Zhen was enveloped within the poisonous mist. The giant python opened its bloody mouth, and looked like it was about to swallow him whole.

At this moment, a dark golden light shot up into the sky and turned into a substantial sword aura. The rolling poisonous fog was torn apart instantly like a curtain.

Ye Zhen stood tall and straight like a sword, his entire body revealed its sharpness. He rushed towards the giant python's mouth and brazenly threw out a punch!

With a boom, the venomous teeth in the python's mouth shattered into pieces. A dark golden fist directly pierced through its skull.

With a rumble, the massive snake fell to the ground and rolled a few times before it stopped moving!

"You won?" How strong are the scales of the Golden Threaded Viper's body? Even my Ice Magic Sword was only barely able to break through it, yet he actually used his fist to break the Golden Threaded Viper's head! "

Ye Ling was surprised. Ye Zhen's body was too strong.

Never in her dreams did she expect that Ye Zhen, with a cultivation level equal to hers, would be able to kill the powerful Golden Thread Boa without using any magical equipment at all!

That's not right. When Ye Zhen attacked just now, there was clearly a beam of dark golden light shining.

Could it be that the mid-grade magic tool he refined was actually fused with his own body?

Ye Ling guessed in her heart. At this moment, Ye Zhen, who was standing in the arena, let out a groan. He staggered two steps and almost fell to the ground.

Even though he had used the body of a mid-grade magic tool to kill the golden threaded viper, the poison within the poisonous fog had still seeped into his body.

Right now, he was extremely weak, and the venom inside his body was erupting violently.

However, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he walked over to the snake corpse. He used his knife to dig out the snake gall from within the viper's body and swallowed it into his stomach.

The breath of the viper was poisonous, but the gallbladder of the viper had a detoxifying effect.

Furthermore, for snake type demon beasts, snake gall was their core.

In order to cure the poison, Ye Zhen did not have to worry about anything else. He just swallowed it on the spot and started refining the snake gall.

"He's been poisoned by the snake poison and is currently refining the snake gall to cure the poison. This is his weakest moment, so I have to protect him. "

At this moment, Ye Ling also came back to her senses. She looked at Ye Zhen with a complicated gaze before picking up the Ice Magic Sword from the ground and sat down to protect him.

"You saved my life, and now I'm protecting you, so we're even."

When the snake gall entered his stomach, Ye Zhen only felt an extremely cool and refreshing spiritual qi seeping into his limbs and bones like a mountain spring.

As for his body, it was like red-hot steel. Under the cool and refreshing Spiritual Energy, it gradually cooled down, quenched, and became even tougher. The jet-black poison was also gradually expelled out of his body as the Spiritual Energy washed over it.

Ye Zhen felt a wave of indescribable comfort. He circulated the Treasure Refining Golden Body at full power. The spirit energy in the snake's gall bladder was completely absorbed and refined, pouring into his Qi Sea.

His Qi Sea was like a small bowl. The spiritual Qi that was being continuously injected into it started to flow out, and then with a 'kacha' sound, it started to leak out.

The Qi Sea seemed to have split open as it spread out. In the blink of an eye, it was the size of a washbasin.

His cultivation had successfully broken through to the sixth level of Qi Refining. His spiritual energy was abundant, and his own strength had also improved tremendously.

Ye Zhen abruptly opened his eyes and let out a long hiss. He stomped his feet and the ground exploded with cracks.

He flew out like a cannonball, punching out with his fist. Circles of spiritual energy rippled in the air. With a boom, a huge tree that held three people was blasted through, leaving behind a huge hole!

When Ye Ling, who was beside him, saw this, her eyes were filled with surprise.

So fast, he actually broke through again!

6th level of Refinement Stage, but isn't the power of this punch too strong? At least 10,000 jins of power!

What kind of freak is this Ye Zhen?