Chapter 713 - 710: The Dagger’s Power

Chapter 713: Chapter 710: The Dagger’s Power

SKREEE!

The massive mutated beast let out a cry.

Skree skree...

The next moment, hundreds of smaller mutated beasts charged toward Jiang Jichen like flashes of lightning.

They had sharp muzzles and fangs, and as they opened their mouths, they spat out beams of red light.

These red beams were terrifying, capable of piercing through the void itself.

When they struck a Divine Ancient Tree, they left deep holes behind.

From this, it was clear that the terrifying power of the red light could easily pierce through his Holy Body.

Jiang Jichen grew increasingly grim.

He pushed his Seven-Colored Divine Thought to its limit, tracking the trajectories of the red beams as he used Illusory Indeterminacy to dodge.

When a dodge was impossible, he blocked with Sinking Mountain.

CLANG!

The red light struck Sinking Mountain. The weapon was unharmed, but Jiang Jichen felt a tremor run through his hands and his body shook slightly.

’My Holy Body First Realm power is immense.’

’Yet the red light from these mutated beasts is just as strong.’

Jiang Jichen continued to dodge. At the same time, he knew he had to break out of the encirclement first.

Otherwise, trapped within it, he stood no chance of survival. Death was certain.

WHAP!

WHAP!

WHAP!

With three consecutive strikes of Sinking Mountain, Jiang Jichen sent three of the smaller, sharp-fanged mutated beasts flying as they charged him.

They exploded on impact.

Their flesh turned to ash, leaving behind Blood Crystals.

The Azure Heaven Killing Array and the Soul Refining Banner swept past, collecting the three Blood Crystals.

The impacts left Jiang Jichen’s hands numb, and he could barely hold onto Sinking Mountain. The stamina drain was immense.

If this continued, the situation would become dire.

However, that assault had finally torn an opening in the beasts’ encirclement. Without hesitation, he executed his movement technique.

Mountain River Shadow!

An afterimage lingered in the air, but his true body was already gone.

Jiang Jichen covered a kilometer in a single step, but the mutated beasts were also incredibly fast, landing just a few dozen meters behind him.

In other words, pushing his Mountain River Shadow Stepping Technique to its limit had only barely allowed him to break through the encirclement.

Worse, they could still fire those terrifying red beams from a distance, constraining his speed at any moment.

’Sinking Mountain can crush them, but it consumes too much energy. It’s not a sustainable strategy. I’ll die of exhaustion if this keeps up,’ Jiang Jichen thought, his expression grim.

Then, with a thought, Sinking Mountain vanished from his grip, replaced by a notched Black Short Sword.

’This sword is incomparably sharp. It can break through powerful defenses, so it should be able to slice these mutated beasts apart,’ Jiang Jichen thought to himself.

At the same time, he twisted his body and slashed backward with a reverse grip.

PFFT!

A shocking scene unfolded.

The Black Short Sword landed precisely on one of the mutated beasts.

It... effortlessly sliced it in two.

And this time, no Blood Crystal dropped.

The Blood Crystal had also turned directly into dust.

’This...’

Jiang Jichen sensed that the terrifying, mysterious energy within the Blood Crystal had been absorbed by the notched Black Short Sword.

A faint crimson glow now emanated from the Black Short Sword’s edge.

’This sword is extraordinary! It can absorb the mysterious energy of the Blood Crystals to increase its sharpness.’

Jiang Jichen was shocked, but also secretly delighted.

Now, instead of retreating, he advanced, charging head-on into the swarm of bizarre creatures.

PFFT!

PFFT!

PFFT!

...

Jiang Jichen’s figure weaved and flickered among the hundreds of mutated beasts.

Any mutated beast struck by the Black Short Sword turned directly to ash.

Eventually, the mere touch of the Black Short Sword’s blade was enough to obliterate a beast.

By now, a blazing red glow flowed along the Black Short Sword’s edge.

However, after absorbing five Blood Crystals, the short sword stopped.

The Blood Crystals that dropped from the other mutated beasts were swept up by the Azure Heaven Killing Array and the Soul Refining Banner.

One by one, the mutated beasts were annihilated.

But the beasts were fearless, continuing their suicidal charge against Jiang Jichen.

Red light filled the air. Caught in the middle, Jiang Jichen was inevitably hit.

He managed to avoid fatal blows, but a dozen bloody holes were punched clean through his shoulders, arms, and other parts of his body.

Covered in blood, he looked utterly wretched, but to him, these were merely minor injuries.

After annihilating all hundred-plus mutated beasts, Jiang Jichen finally came face-to-face with the massive one.

Even with the Black Short Sword in hand, Jiang Jichen still felt a terrifying, mortal threat.

Of course, Jiang Jichen could also see a trace of apprehension in the massive beast’s eyes.

SKREEE!

The massive mutated beast attacked.

It opened its mouth and fired a beam of red light as thick as an arm straight at Jiang Jichen.

Jiang Jichen barely dodged, but the edge of the beam grazed his back.

A chunk of flesh was instantly torn from his back, exposing the bone beneath.

BOOM!

At the same time, a huge Divine Ancient Tree behind him was snapped in half by the beam.

This showed that the red beam from the massive beast was hundreds, even thousands, of times more powerful than those from the smaller ones.

If Jiang Jichen had taken a direct hit from the massive beast’s red beam, he would have likely been annihilated on the spot.

Short sword in hand, Jiang Jichen’s figure flickered.

Then, he took a step.

This time, he used the Void Shadowless Technique.

He merged into the void, reappearing behind the massive mutated beast as if he had teleported.

PFFT!

The Black Short Sword in his hand shot out like lightning.

But the massive beast’s reaction speed was truly phenomenal.

It whipped its head around and bit down.

The massive mutated beast’s sharp teeth clamped down on the Black Short Sword.

The man and the beast were now locked in a stalemate.

At this moment, even with all his strength, Jiang Jichen couldn’t pull the Black Short Sword from the massive beast’s mouth.

One could only imagine how terrifyingly powerful the massive beast’s bite force was.

However, Jiang Jichen’s other hand was already forming a fist!

Annihilation Fist, Third Form: Six Paths Collapse!

Jiang Jichen poured all of his power into this punch, striking the massive mutated beast’s body.

By now, Jiang Jichen could unleash two fist phantoms.

Its power was boundless, enough to shatter the heavens and the earth.

The power of the two fist phantoms penetrated its body and detonated inside.

CRACK!

This one punch had almost completely exhausted Jiang Jichen’s Holy Body Power.

Finally, the giant mutated beast’s body exploded.

A rain of flesh and blood turned to ash in midair.

Only a single Blood Crystal, as brilliant as a blood-red sun, remained, pulsing with a fiery crimson light.

It was the size of a baby’s fist, and the mysterious energy it contained was hundreds, if not thousands, of times greater than that of the smaller Blood Crystals.

The Azure Heaven Killing Array was the fastest, sweeping in to collect the large Blood Crystal.

"Haha... Wonderful!"

"To think you could survive an attack from those mutated beasts. You’re really something."

"But now you’re seriously injured and out of power. You’re just waiting to die!"

Just then, a voice rang out.

At the same time, figures flickered around him, surrounding Jiang Jichen.