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As the name implied, the Thousand Monster Mountain was a place where demonic beasts lived in groups, and the demon beasts on top of this mountain were also the main culprits that had been causing unrest among the citizens of the Yuan Zhou city recently. Back then, when Lu Chen arrived at the Yuan Zhou City, he had entered into the illusion set up by Zuo Ying. When he came to the Thousand Monster Mountain to investigate, he hadn't seen a single demon beast. In reality, on Thousand Goblin Mountain, there were at least twenty thousand demonic beasts. Among them, the lowest cultivation was still a Class 5 demonic beast, and there were at least two hundred of them, and there were three that were equivalent to a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator. With such a huge lineup, even if all the high level cultivators of the Lingyun Sect came over, they would still feel a headache, and it was normal for the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators guarding the Yuan Zhou to disappear.

"This is the Thousand Monster Mountain?" Lu Chen opened his eyes and saw the familiar forest in the Thousand Monster Mountain. He couldn't help but mock himself, "Just a few days ago, someone knocked me out twice. How disappointing."

Thinking back to the person he met in the White Palace, thinking back to how he was powerless to fight back, Lu Chen felt a strong sense of unwillingness, which was quickly followed by self-mockery. In this period of time, although he looked the same as before, he had relied on his tactics in the Sky Dragon Continent to achieve the glory of the Cloudsoaring sect. He had been flattered by many people, and it would be unrealistic to say that he did not have any pride. Even though he had been forced to work with Jinsei after arriving at the Huang Long Continent, his selfishness and his success at the top scorer's seat had caused Lu Chen's mood to drift, and the caution he had always felt towards the future had faded. That's why they're being designed one after the other, and why they're always being led around by the nose.

In the two years that Lu Chen stayed in the Huang Long Continent, he hadn't fought with anyone and was influenced by the atmosphere of Huang Long Continent underestimating cultivation, causing Lu Chen to gradually give up on his cultivation and devote himself wholeheartedly to the Imperial Examinations, forgetting that he wasn't in the Huang Long Continent at all. Even the most talented cultivators would be at a disadvantage if they were to just focus on their cultivation behind closed doors, regardless of how high their cultivation base was. Not to mention that Lu Chen had not properly cultivated for two years, and had only mastered a few of the cultivation techniques he had previously, which he had not studied in depth.

"Indeed, humans are driven by inertia. However, in these two years, I've almost lost my will to fight with others. Truly laughable." Lu Chen looked at the sky and thought about what he had done for himself in the past two years.

After sitting in the same spot for a while, Lu Chen calmed himself down and set the next target. He stood up and prepared to leave. After all, this Thousand Monster Mountain was not a good place to stay.

"Roar!" An excited roar came from Lu Chen's right. Lu Chen turned around and saw a peak Fifth Order Mythical Tiger Beast standing on his right, roaring at him excitedly with a glint in its eyes. Even if Lu Chen didn't understand the beast language, he could still understand what the Mythical Tiger Beast was thinking.

Although he was very upset that he was being used as food by a peak Fifth Order Mythical Tiger Beast, Lu Chen knew that he couldn't let the Mythical Tiger Beast summon more demon beasts.

"Fire Dragon Slash!" Lu Chen wielded the Fire Cloud Sword and slashed at the Mythical Tiger Beast.

At this moment, the Mythical Tiger Beast felt the spiritual pressure coming from Lu Chen's body. Its eyes revealed a sense of fear as it turned around to run, but it was unable to escape Lu Chen's sword.

"Roar!" The Mythical Tiger Beast let out a miserable cry as its body was split into two halves. Fresh blood splattered all over the ground.

"Roar!" A few roars came from afar, and Lu Chen knew that the roars were attracted by the tiger's roars from earlier. His eyes were cold, and he no longer charged towards the roars.

"Shower! Shower!" A figure walked out from behind the trees. It was Lu Chen.

Originally, Lu Chen had planned to leave the Thousand Monster Mountain after getting rid of those demon beasts, but after seeing the human remains on the way out of the Thousand Monster Mountain, Lu Chen had given up on this idea. He had seen those broken bones, and Lu Chen had realized that if it wasn't for him waking up earlier and the fact that the demon beasts' cultivation was not very high, he would have become one of them.

Thinking about this, Lu Chen was no longer able to suppress the unwillingness and killing intent in his heart. However, it did not last long, because his cultivation was indeed too low, and if he went back to that white palace, he would end up dying the same way he was right now. This was not something Lu Chen wanted to see. After calming down, Lu Chen decided to cultivate in the Thousand Monster Mountain, just like he did with Wu Shan at the Cloudsoaring sect. At the same time, he would break through to the late Nascent Soul Stage and then perfect his self-created "Ten Thousand Fire Sword Technique".

"Is this a game? I hope that when I appear before you again, you will be able to easily say that this is a game." Lu Chen's eyes flashed with a cold light as he muttered to himself.

"Roar!" A Sixth Order Rattan Leopard roared at Lu Chen.

The Rattan Leopards were demonic beasts that were famous for their speed and poison. They had faint black spots on their back like the other leopards, while their tails were triangular, the place where the poison needles were stored. A Rank 5 rattlesnake could poison a cultivator to death with a single poisonous spike. This was the reason why many cultivators were so afraid of the rattlesnake.

"Flame Palm." Lu Chen did not pay any heed to the hostility in the Rising Tail Leopard's eyes. Instead, he directly sent a palm strike towards the abdomen of the Rising Tail Leopard.

The Red-tailed Leopard felt the threat and immediately jumped onto a tree to the side. It wanted to use its own speed to escape.

Lu Chen snorted coldly and teleported behind the Rattan Panther. Before the Rattan Panther could react, Lu Chen had already struck the head of the Rattan Panther with his palm.

"Roar!" The rattlesnake let out a painful cry before its body burst into flames. In less than the time it took to brew a cup of tea, it had turned into a pile of ashes.

"Yes."

Lu Chen looked coldly at the rattan leopard that he had just burnt to ashes and continued to walk towards the depths of the Thousand Monster Mountain.

Not long after Lu Chen walked out, he was surrounded by about three hundred rattlesnakes, led by a peak Sixth Order rattlesnake. From its hateful gaze towards Lu Chen, one could tell that the rattlesnake killed by Lu Chen was not related to it in any way.

"Roar!" The leading rattlesnake let out a low growl, and the rattlesnakes behind it slowly formed a circle, surrounding Lu Chen.

Lu Chen watched the Rattan Panther's actions calmly, and his eyes turned cold before he took the initiative to attack. The first stance of the Myriad Flames Sword Art, 'Myriad Flames Convergence'. " Lu Chen roared in his heart as he executed his own creation of the [Ten Thousand Fires Sword Technique]. He also wanted to see if there was anything else he could improve on.

Flames ignited on Lu Chen's Fire Cloud Sword, and a sword qi formed from flames shot towards the nearest few rattlesnakes.

"Roar!" The rattlesnake that was burned by the flames let out a painful howl, and turned into ashes at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.

Lu Chen's attack caused fear to appear in the surrounding rattlesnakes, but they did not retreat.

"Roar!" The leading rattlesnake let out a roar, turned around and shot a poisonous spike from its tail towards Lu Chen. The other rattlesnakes also turned around and shot a poisonous spike at Lu Chen.

Immediately, Lu Chen was surrounded by the sky full of poisonous thorns. Lu Chen looked at the sky full of poisonous thorns and knew that if he was really struck by these poisonous thorns, then no matter how strong he was today, he could only hate himself for it.

"Poison Fire Barrier." Lu Chen let out a growl and a shield of black flames appeared around him. Lu Chen's body was enveloped by the barrier, the poisonous needles that filled the sky turned into a cloud of white smoke and disappeared shortly after touching the barrier.

"Fire Dragon!" After Lu Chen removed the Poison Fire Barrier, he put away Fire Cloud Sword and a fire dragon appeared in his palm. Lu Chen waved his hand, and the fire dragon wanted to fly away with its group of cheetahs. At the same time that it flew out, the fire dragon split itself into ten fire dragons.

Upon feeling the danger from the Fire Dragon, the Rattan Panthers began to retreat one step at a time. With a roar from their leader, they all began to flee into the distance.

"If I let you run away, I would have really failed." Lu Chen let out a sneer and directed the Fire Dragon to chase up to the fleeing Rattan Leopard. Instantly, the entire Thousand Monster Mountain echoed with the painful howls of the Rattan.

During this half month, Lu Chen constantly battled with demon beasts. Although most of the demon beasts he encountered were only the palm attacks of a Rank 5 or even Rank 6 demon beast to Lu Chen, the demon beasts he encountered were mostly horde of demon beasts. Even a few thousand Rank 5 demon beasts gave Lu Chen a headache, but a headache was nothing to him.

"It has already been half a month, the high level demon beasts in this mountain should be unable to be suppressed." Lu Chen looked up at the suspended sun and muttered to himself.