Jian Chen was absorbing the monster cores he summoned with incredible speed.
He spent a full five days absorbing the monster cores, yet he still failed to reach the great saint master realm.
Jian Chen scowled as he observed the numerous empty monster cores before him, contemplating his next move. "It seems I need to use the monster cores that my father gave me before I left home."
He then took out the space ring his father had given him before he left Lore City, summoned every rank four monster core in the ring, and began absorbing their energy once more.
Jian Chen spent four weeks absorbing the energy from the monster cores; he only stops his cultivation whenever he needs to eat or sleep.
"WHOOOOSSSSHHHHH!" Jian Chen unleashes a sudden strong gust of wind, scattering dust everywhere. He finally penetrated the final barrier that was holding him back from making his breakthrough to the Great Saint Master realm. He smiled slightly after penetrating the barrier, thinking, "Finally, I am making a breakthrough into the great saint master realm." I need to focus right now to avoid wasting all my efforts.
Jian Chen blocked all his senses and concentrated on absorbing the monster cores in order to successfully make his breakthrough to the Great Saint Master realm.
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With Ye Feng
Ye Feng was hunting monster beasts in the forest with the aim of mastering the melody sword cultivation method. He had already mastered both the slow and rapid sword layers. He is currently focused on mastering the heavy sword layer of the melody sword cultivation method.
Ye Feng is currently fighting a golden tiger, a rank 3 monster beast. It has a golden fur. With immense force, he wielded his saint weapon (the blood dragon fang), and with a single swing, he cut the monster beast in half vertically, "SQUASH." After cutting the monster beast in half with just one swing of his saint weapon, Ye Feng smiled and thought, "Soon I will master the heavy sword layer; I just need to continue practicing."
Ye Feng approached the corpse, extracted the monster core from it, placed the corpse and the monster core in his space ring, and then turned around to leave.
However, all of a sudden, Ye Feng heard a loud, angry roar of a monster beast coming from the depths of the forest.
"RRRROOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRR."
Ye Feng turned around towards the source of the angry roar; he felt a huge presence approaching him with incredible speed.
After a few moments, Ye Feng witnessed a massive monster beast with golden fur and black stripes lunge at him.
When he saw this, Ye Feng's eyes widen, and he rolls on the ground to avoid the monster beast attack.
Upon seeing the monster beast, Ye Feng's eyes widened in disbelief as he realized that it was a rank 5 golden tiger monster beast. Recognizing that this monster beast must be the parent of the golden tiger monster beast he had just slain moments ago, Ye Feng sighed to himself and pondered, "Why am I so unlucky? In order to survive now, I need to deal with a rank 5 monster beast. I really envy Fu's luck. This guy is extremely lucky to have encountered a rank 4 silver-striped golden snake, but I must now fight for my life against this monster beast."
Ye Feng looked at the golden tiger monster beast in front of him; it has crimson eyes, golden fur with black stripes, and black fangs and claws.
Ye Feng chuckled nervously when he saw the golden tiger monster beast glaring at him in hatred, thinking, "This is just great; it seems this monster beast is after my own blood."
The golden tiger monster beast swung its claw at Ye Feng. The swing was too fast; it took Ye Feng by surprise.
"SSSQQUUUAAASSSHHH," the golden tiger monster beast tore through Ye Feng's chest with its claw, causing Ye Feng to scream in agony, "AAAAHHHHHHH." His blood burst out like a fountain from his chest, and he painted his white robe red with it.
The golden tiger monster beast then opened its jaw wide enough to swallow Ye Feng whole. Ye Feng activated his sword intent and flipped in the air above the monster beast; he then swung his saint weapon with all of his strength.
"SWISH," Ye Feng unleashed a blue sword, Qi, with a slashing motion. The sword QI was tinted in orange; it soared towards the back of the golden tiger monster beast, colliding with it, "SHATTER." Ye Feng's eyes widened in shock upon seeing his sword. QI, shattering like glass after slamming on the monster beast's back; it only gave the golden tiger monster beast a light scratch on its back.
What shocked Ye Feng the most is that he added his sword intent into the sword QI, but he was only able to scratch the monster beast back lightly.
"ROOOOAAAAAR," The golden tiger monster beast roared in anger at Ye Feng, then turned around and swiftly lunged at him again.
The golden tiger monster beast swung its black claw at Ye Feng in order to finish him off brutally.
Ye Feng raised his saint weapon (the blood dragon fang) to block the monster beast's claw.
"CLANK." The force behind the golden tiger's strike sent Ye Feng flying like a rag doll deep into the forest.
"BAAM, COUGH." Ye Feng's back slammed hard on a thick tree trunk, and he coughed out blood arrows from his mouth.
Ye Feng was bleeding profusely from his chest, and his vision started getting hazy. He then thought to himself, "Am I going to die here? I still didn't get my revenge on the one who destroyed my clan. Is this the farthest I can go?"
Ye Feng's hazy vision landed on the crimson blade of his saint weapon (the blood dragon fang).
He saw its blade pointing toward the sky, full of pride, unyielding spirit, and defiance. Ye Feng could feel his saint weapon (the blood dragon fang) telling him that it preferred to shatter into fragments instead of giving up and waiting for its death.
At that moment, Ye Feng's eyes widened in realization, and a Yellow Sword intent burst out of him. Simultaneously, the air surrounding Ye Feng emitted a loud whistle.
When Ye Feng saw that he had broken through into the third stage of the sword intent, he smirked.
Suddenly, Ye Feng saw the golden tiger monster beast walking slowly towards him, smirking at him at the same time.
In anger, Ye Feng narrowed his eyes at the monster beast. He slowly stood up, yelling loudly from every part of his being and soul, declaring with defiance and pride, "I refuse to die here."
Suddenly, Ye Feng heard a loud roar in his mind: "ROOOOOAAAAAAAR." The roar sounded like that of a dragon.
The dragon roar felt like it was full of destruction. Simultaneously, Ye Feng's body started to emit purple and black smoke, which began to envelop Ye Feng in a cocoon. The cocoon was colored in black and purple too.
At the same time, in the sky above the forest, a giant purple and black cloud suddenly appeared; the cloud covered the entire forest. It cast an aura of destruction; it felt like the apocalypse day had arrived.
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With Fu and Ming Dong
Fu and Ming Dong looked into the sky in fear, feeling the destructive aura that came from the huge purple-black cloud. Fu gritted his teeth, summoned his saint weapon, and ran as fast as he could towards the forest.
When Ming Dong saw Fu running towards the forest, he yelled, "Fu, are you insane?" You can't go to the forest. Don't you feel the aura from this giant cloud? You might die."
Fu stopped in his tracks and looked resolutely at Ming Dong, then said to him, "I know the danger; there is a big possibility that I will die, but I made a promise to brother Feng. I promised him that I would stand beside him as an equal. I am certain that brother Feng is in the forest, and he is somehow connected to this cloud; he is fighting for his life, and I will not allow him to face death alone."
After saying his peace, he continued running into the forest to find Ye Feng.
Although Ming Dong was astounded by what he heard, he couldn't help but smile when he heard what Fu had just said to him; he then murmured to himself, "What a fool."
Ming Dong summoned his own saint weapon and ran after Fu. His saint weapon looks like a saber; the blade was a silver blade, and its hilt is white in color.
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With Jian Chen
Jian Chen was completely focused on his breakthrough; he couldn't feel the strong destruction aura because he blocked all his senses so he would not get disturbed while cultivating. The reason is that he was at a crucial stage in his breakthrough.
"WOOSH, WOOSH, WOOSH, WOOSH," the gale originating from Jian Chen intensified, causing more dust to fly in the air than before.
Suddenly, Jian Chen leapt 50 meters in the air and yelled loudly, "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH."
Jian Chen smiled happily and said while he was in the air, "I finally succeeded in making my breakthrough into the great saint master realm."
His eyes suddenly widened when he saw the huge purple-black cloud in the sky and the destruction aura it was giving. Jian Chen then murmured to himself, "What the hell is that?"
Suddenly, the purple and violet glow in Jian Chen's Dantian began to vibrate with excitement. Jian Chen could sense how excited they were.
He decided to investigate the cloud in the forest. So he quickly ran towards the forest.
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With Ye Feng
The immense pressure the cocoon and the black-purple cloud were releasing caused the golden tiger monster beast to freeze in terror, unable to move a muscle from its position.
Suddenly, a huge dragon silhouette the size of the entire forest appeared from the purple and black color cloud.
The aura of destruction that the dragon was giving off was extremely powerful—way too powerful—than the destruction aura that the cloud was giving off.
A moment later, "WHOOOOSH," a huge devouring force emerged from the cocoon; it began devouring the saint force in the area, as well as the vitality in the forest.
A whirlpool of saint force hovered above the cocoon; the cocoon started absorbing the saint force greedily, and the forest started to wither away in an incredible speed.
In the next second, the golden tiger monster beast began roaring in pain, "RRRROOOOAAAAARRRRR." It started losing its vitality at a rapid rate; it fell to the ground after two minutes and started twitching in pain.
After a few seconds, the golden tiger monster beast was left with only its bones.
After some time, Fu, Ming Dong, and Jian Chen arrived at the location of the cocoon containing Ye Feng, where they saw the corpse of the golden tiger monster.
Out of nowhere, the dragon silhouette gave a loud roar: "ROOOOOAAAAAAR."
Fu, Ming Dong, and Jian Chen fell to their knees when the dragon roared "CRACK." And the cocoon that Ye Feng was inside started to crack; the crack started slowly spreading like a spider web on the surface of the cocoon.
Once the crack extended to every part of the cocoon, it exploded "BOOM," sending Fu, Jian Chen, Ming Dong, and the golden tiger monster beast corpse flying in various directions. When Fu, Jian Chen, and Ming Dong saw Ye Feng standing in front of them, their eyes widened in surprise.
Ye Feng's eyes were still close, and the dragon silhouette roared loudly again, "ROOOOAAAAAAR."
After the dragon roared again, Ye Feng slowly opened his eyes, causing the dragon and the purple-black cloud to disappear immediately.
When Ye Feng saw Fu, Ming Dong, and Jian Chen looking at him with a stunned expression, he looked at them in confusion and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Ye Feng's eyes widened as he noticed most of the forest had withered away, prompting him to ask, "What the hell happened here?"
Jian Chen calmed himself then said to the other three, "We better leave this forest as soon as possible. Due to the phenomenon we witnessed, other cultivators will be arriving soon to inspect the forest."
Ming Dong nodded his head in agreement, but Ye Feng was confused and asked, "What phenomenon?"
Fu calmed himself and said to Ye Feng, "I will explain in the way, put some clothes on, and let us leave."
Ye Feng nodded. He put on a black robe, and then the four of them moved quickly to leave the forest.