Chapter 712 - 709: Mutated Creature

Chapter 712: Chapter 709: Mutated Creature

Xuu Zhuang was in a miserable state!

At least, that’s how it looked on the surface.

His clothes were ripped into tattered strips, and his body shivered in the cold wind.

His body was covered in scratch marks, a truly ghastly sight.

And that was just what was visible on the surface.

An even more unspeakable scene had transpired.

Qian Zhijing didn’t treat Xuu Zhuang like a man at all. Or perhaps, she didn’t even see herself as a woman.

She had actually tied him up—

Just then, Jiang Jichen spoke up. "Alright, Zhijing, you two can take your time and... play. I’m going to head out first. You don’t need to follow me where I’m going."

Hearing that Jiang Jichen intended to travel alone, Qian Zhijing cried, "That won’t do! I must accompany you, Boss, through life and death, through fire and water!"

A dark line formed on Jiang Jichen’s forehead. He felt that both Xuu Zhuang and Qian Zhijing were truly one-of-a-kind characters.

’Through life and death?’

’She makes it sound like I’m actually going to my death.’

Suppressing his feelings, Jiang Jichen did his best to say calmly, "It’s the thought that counts, Zhijing. I appreciate it. Ahem, Xuu Zhuang needs you. You two... carry on. Have fun."

Jiang Jichen didn’t dare to linger any longer and vanished in a flash.

Jiang Jichen continued onward alone, following the Treasure Map in his mind.

The central region of the Valley of Ten Thousand Extremes was even more treacherous and unpredictable. The Power of Destruction grew ever stronger and more terrifying.

Jiang Jichen had fought all along the way, consuming a vast amount of Spiritual Power.

However, he had also slaughtered many Cultivators, and their Storage Bags had all fallen into his hands.

A casual collection yielded several hundred Holy-grade Rejuvenation Pills.

Jiang Jichen had tested it; to fully recover, he needed to consume one hundred Holy-grade Rejuvenation Pills.

If anyone else knew of this amount, their jaws would likely drop in disbelief.

This was because an ordinary Holy Dao Fifth Realm Cultivator would only need five Holy-grade Rejuvenation Pills to make a full recovery.

Yet Jiang Jichen, who was merely at the Saint Second Realm, actually required one hundred Holy-grade Rejuvenation Pills to recover.

It was like something out of a myth!

However, if he wasn’t in a hurry to recover, Jiang Jichen didn’t need to use Holy-grade Rejuvenation Pills at all. Simply refining Intermediate Six Paths Spirit Stones was enough for him to recover quickly.

After all, with the combined effects of the Top-Grade Spirit Tea, the Seven-Colored Spiritual Vein, his Cultivation Technique, and so on, his Spiritual Power refinement was largely unimpeded.

After advancing another few hundred li, Jiang Jichen’s Spiritual Power had returned to its peak state.

He also discovered that cultivating in this kind of environment truly had a beneficial effect on improving one’s Cultivation.

Comprehending the strange principles of this land gave him many new insights.

In the central region of the Valley of Ten Thousand Extremes, the strange ancient trees grew larger. Their leaves were as hard as metal and as sharp as blades—it was incredible.

At this moment, Jiang Jichen was walking through a vast Divine Mysterious Ancient Forest.

This Ancient Forest was boundless, seeming to stretch on without end.

According to the Treasure Map’s directions, Jiang Jichen needed to pass through this Divine Mysterious Ancient Forest.

He hadn’t discovered any exotic treasures along the way. Evidently, even if there had been any, they had already been snatched up by those who came before. Generally, nothing was left for those who followed.

As he traveled through the Divine Mysterious Ancient Forest, Jiang Jichen suddenly felt he was being watched by a terrifying presence.

The feeling of life-or-death danger was incredibly intense.

In that instant, Jiang Jichen summoned Sinking Mountain to his hand without hesitation and swung it behind him.

BOOM!

Jiang Jichen stumbled back a few steps, a numbing sensation spreading through his palm.

At the same time, he had crushed something, sending it smashing against a Divine Ancient Tree where it exploded into a pile of minced flesh.

There was black blood, and black flesh that was hard as metal.

Beyond that, there was also a blood-red crystal, about the size of a pinky fingernail, that pulsed with a faint crimson light.

The pieces of flesh and blood quickly turned to ash under the Power of Destruction in the Valley of Ten Thousand Extremes.

But the blood-red crystal alone remained.

"What is this?"

"The Core of a mutated creature?"

Jiang Jichen picked up the blood-red crystal.

The moment it was in his hand, he could feel a terrifyingly pure and Mysterious Power contained within.

This power could counteract the Power of Destruction.

Apparently, it was because they formed these blood-red crystals that the mutated creatures could survive in this environment.

For the moment, Jiang Jichen didn’t know what use the blood-red crystal had, but he knew it must be extraordinary.

He casually put it away and prepared to continue on his way.

But suddenly, a series of whooshing sounds tore through the air.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH...

From the ground and the branches of the Divine Ancient Trees, small figures shot forth, rushing toward Jiang Jichen from all directions.

Jiang Jichen had to activate his Seven-Colored Divine Eye just to track their movements, which gave him an idea of the mutated creatures’ terrifying speed.

Just now, a single mutated creature had been enough to make his palm go numb. Now, he was surrounded on all sides.

There were at least a hundred of them.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK..."

The mutated creatures squeaked like little rats.

They stopped a hundred meters away from Jiang Jichen, their blood-red eyes staring at him like a tiger watching its prey.

But that was nothing!

Jiang Jichen’s expression changed drastically as he stared in one particular direction.

A mutated creature, a hundred times larger than the others, had appeared in his line of sight.

That mutated creature gave off a terrifying sense of pressure.

The feeling was even more frightening than facing all one hundred of the smaller mutated creatures combined.

Jiang Jichen gripped Sinking Mountain tightly, his expression turning incredibly grave.

Against these terrifying mutated creatures, he held no significant advantage in speed!

Therefore, he had no choice but to fight!