The next day.
Chen Guan wrote two letters, one to Yao Ye in the Imperial City, and the other to the nearby Jieji City with a token.
After finishing his chores, he bought two maps of the outer perimeter of the Monster Mountain Range in Qingshan Town, and then went in alone without hesitation.
This was his first time entering the Monster Mountain Range. It would have been more convenient to hire a mercenary as a guide, but considering the strength issue, he gave up this plan.
Even the leaders of the major mercenary groups in Qingshan Town were only fighting masters, not to mention the others. If they really went in together, they would only be a drag and would have limited effect.
Chen Guan was not in a hurry to enter the mountain for the first time. He mainly focused on getting familiar with the environment and looking for the cave discovered by the original Xiao Yixian.
He spent a whole morning, but did not find the cave. He killed more than a dozen monsters, all of which were first-level monsters and posed no threat at all. Chen Guan seriously suspected that they were here to make trouble.
After eating a delicious barbecue of rich pigs, Chen Guan got up and continued to go deeper.
There was no rush for the cave. He had plenty of time to search slowly. He would change the direction every day and find something by searching in a carpet-style manner. For now, he still had to prioritize experience and distinguish the priorities.
As Chen Guan went deeper, the strength of the monsters that appeared was also increasing. The first-level monsters retreated, and the second-level monsters were the main ones.
A second-level monster was equivalent to a fighting master, and it was a relatively outstanding fighting master of the same level.
This area still belonged to the outer periphery of the Monster Mountain Range, but it was already a depth that the mercenaries could not avoid.
Therefore, the mercenaries that he often encountered before seemed to have disappeared at this moment, and no one could be seen.
"Swish" ~
A stream of hot venom suddenly attacked from behind.
When the danger came, Chen Guan seemed to have eyes on his back. He moved his feet slightly and easily dodged it. The Thousand Flame Sword Art condensed a red sword energy, and threw it out with his backhand, accurately hitting the mouth of the monster that was opening its mouth to attack. The screams were accompanied by blood flying, so loud.
Poison fire lizard, second-level monster.
Recognizing the target at a glance, Chen Guan did not slow down at all. He stepped forward and rode on the poisonous fire lizard, beating it to death with three punches.
Wiping the blood off his hands, he took out his long sword and skillfully dug open the corpse. A dark red thumb-sized magic core came into view.
"Hey, I'm lucky."
This was the first magic core he got today.
After careful calculation, it seemed to be his first extra income in so many years, which was simply tearful.
There was money to be made while honing his strength. Chen Guan was full of energy in an instant. He put away the magic core and began to look for the next target. In his eyes, this area had become a gold mine. The second-level monsters, such as
the Swift Wolf, the Green Wood Fox, and the Blazing Spirit Python,
appeared one after another, but without exception, all received box lunches. By the evening, Chen Guan had killed fourteen second-level monsters!
It was a bit of a pity that he only got four magic cores.
"Four, fourteen, what an unlucky number. I'll run away if I find the last one." Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Guan muttered and made a decision.
At this moment, the young man was like an old general with flags on the stage.
He had experienced more than ten battles in a row. Although he won all of them, he was still exhausted and felt a little tired. After all, not every second-level magic beast is a poisonous fire lizard.
Poisonous fire lizard: You are aloof, you are great, you took my magic core and still think I am a loser.
Chen Guan carefully looked for the target, and suddenly, a rustling sound came into his ears.
Chen Guan's face changed slightly, and he stepped on the cloud step and quickly retreated to a wide place. He held the long sword in his hand and was alert. The fighting spirit gauze clothes appeared, and he made a seal with one hand. In the blink of an eye, a red sword energy was condensed and floated behind him.
One, two,
a total of sixty sword energies were condensed, and he stopped only when he felt that there was only about half of the fighting spirit left in his body.
At this time, the culprit who made the strange noise also came into sight.
As Chen Guan guessed, it was a group of nearly a hundred pale white snakes!
The red ice snake is a first-level magical beast. It is quite common in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. Its attribute is ice, which contains cold poison. If the poisoned person is not treated within half a day, the cold poison will freeze all the blood in the body until death.
Recognizing the target, Chen Guan felt relieved. This group of snakes looked creepy, and even the second-level top-level monsters were unwilling to provoke them, but for him, the threat was not too great.
He was good at playing low-end games.
"Go!"
Without hesitation, Chen Guan took the initiative to attack, and sixty sword qi shot out from behind him. In an instant, it was as dazzling as a meteor shower, and the sky was full of red clouds. It was a moment of beauty, worthy of its name. The snakes were drowned by the sword
qi
, and suffered heavy casualties. Broken limbs were everywhere, and a smell of meat filled the air. In one blow, more than 70% of the snakes were killed, and those who survived by chance were also injured.
The power of the Xuan-level fighting skills is so terrifying!
Chen Guan took advantage of the situation and killed them with Qingfeng in his hand.
But just as he was slaughtering and brushing his record, a strong sense of crisis rose from his heart. Without any hesitation, he used the Youyun Step to the limit and instantly dodged more than ten meters away.
Hiss, hiss, hiss.
A pool of snake venom fell where he was just now. The intense toxicity eroded the land to a poisonous circle of one and a half meters in radius. The grass and trees withered and died, and then a thick layer of frost condensed.
Not far away, a gray snake several meters long was staring at Chen Guan with cold pupils.
"Level 3?!" Chen Guan exclaimed.
This turned out to be a mutated red ice snake king. The cold poison was mixed with intense corrosiveness. Based on this, even among the third-level magic beasts, it is definitely not the bottom existence.
"Sorry for disturbing you, goodbye!"
Without even looking at the seven or eight magic cores on the ground, Chen Guan swung the long sword in his hand at the red ice snake king, turned around and quickly swept away. When the snake king dodged the long sword and looked over, he had already escaped dozens of meters away. The snake
king was already somewhat intelligent. Seeing the boy so cunning, he was completely enraged. He hissed and chased him. His huge body did not cause any obstacles, and his speed was not much slower than that of the boy.
Chen Guan could feel that the Red Ice Snake King was chasing him relentlessly. He did not turn his head back and fled in the direction of dense trees. With the advantage of being more flexible, he also judged the distance between them from the sound of the trees breaking behind him.
Although he was being chased, in fact, Chen Guan still did not lose his composure. He still had confidence that this snake king could not threaten his life.
The reason he fled was only because launching the Ten Thousand Gods Tribulation consumed a lot of energy. In his current state, after one attack, any second-level monster would be a threat.
Therefore, fleeing was the wise choice.
Chen Guan clearly remembered the route he took and knew that he had cleared all the monsters along the way. Everything was under control.
But what he never expected was that the speed of the monsters occupying the magpie's nest would be so fast. A second-level fire fox that had just occupied the new territory decisively stretched out its claws when Chen Guan came towards it to defend its authority.
Caught off guard, the Dou Qi gauze was instantly penetrated, leaving a deep claw mark on his left arm.
This was just a flesh wound. What was more fatal was that the interference of the fire fox interrupted Chen Guan's escape rhythm and stopped him.
Although it was only a few moments, it was enough for the Red Ice Snake King to catch up.
There was no time to think more. A broadsword appeared in his hand, and the boundless sea was activated instantly, taking a blow of the snake's collision.
A huge sense of force came, and Chen Guan was knocked away on the spot, and he spit out a mouthful of blood in the air. It was also with this force that Chen Guan pulled away again, the distance was farther than before, and a few flashes jumped into the sea of forests. It was obviously a luxury to catch up again.
Realizing that he had been fooled, the Red Ice Snake King roared and looked at the fire fox coldly, ready to vent his anger on it.
However, the fire fox's desire to survive was full, and it jumped onto the cliff at the first time. The skill of flying over the eaves and walls was beyond the reach of the snake king's huge body. The fire fox
was very proud of getting rid of the red ice snake king easily. At this time, it didn't know that it had become the source of the chaos of the entire tribe and was remembered by someone.
(End of this chapter)