Chapter 34

Chapter Thirty-Four: Easy Hunt of a First-Rank Magic Beast

Looking at the head that flew high and the body that was still wildly spraying blood, Tietar's face showed a look of surprise. To kill a first-rank magic beast so easily made him feel incredulous, because this green venomous snake didn't make them exert much effort at all.

Jiachen slowly pulled out the iron rod still embedded in the venomous snake's body, casually wiping the fresh red blood on the tip of the iron rod on the surrounding weeds. In fact, the greatest credit for killing this first-rank magic beast still went to Jiachen. If it weren't for his lightning-fast sword piercing into the venomous snake's body and causing a huge wound, Tietar's axe wouldn't have been able to cut off the venomous snake's head so easily.

Tietar retracted his axe, looking at the headless, still twisting venomous snake's body with disbelief, and muttered, "Changyang Xiangtian, is this really a first-rank magic beast? How can it be so weak?"

Hearing this, Jiachen chuckled and said, "Actually, it's not that this magic beast is too weak, but rather that our combined strength is too strong. This first-rank magic beast is enough to cause considerable trouble for some people who have just advanced to the Sage level."

Tietar chuckled, wiped the blood off his axe, and placed it on his shoulder, grinning foolishly, "So, can we easily kill first-rank magic beasts here?"

Hearing this, Jiachen seemed to think of something and couldn't help but show a smile of joy on his face, "Exactly. With our strength, even if we encounter a first-rank magic beast alone, we can kill it. Let alone when we work together. Now, in this second area, almost no magic beast can pose a threat to us. After all, the magic beasts here are raised by the academy to train the students' combat skills, so there won't be any overly powerful magic beasts, unless..."

Tietar's face was full of excitement as he listened to Jiachen, "Unless what..."

"Unless we encounter a group of magic beasts, but I don't know if there are any here." As he spoke, Jiachen's face gradually became serious. With their strength, dealing with a single first-rank magic beast wouldn't be a problem, but if they encountered a group, it would be a different story.

Tietar frowned, uncertainly saying, "That should be impossible, right? I've fought beasts in the forest for a long time and have never encountered a group of them."

"That's not certain. I've read many books about magic beasts in the library and found that some types of magic beasts are almost always in groups, with a very strong sense of unity, and rarely act alone." As he spoke, Jiachen also approached the headless venomous snake's body and discovered that the snake was about six to seven meters long. Then, Jiachen directly pierced the snake's vital point with the iron rod and extracted a blood-stained crystal from inside.

On the Tianyuan Continent, there are many types of magic beasts, and their magic cores are located in different places. Some are in the head, some in the chest, and some in the belly. For snake-type magic beasts, the magic core is located at the vital point of the body, which Jiachen had learned from books.

"Bang!" Tietar fiercely chopped a nearby tree with his axe, cutting it in half, and roared, "If we really encounter a group of magic beasts, I, Tietar, will make sure they don't return."

Jiachen picked up the magic core from the green venomous snake's body, wiped the blood on the weeds, and threw it to Tietar, saying, "Alright, stop roaring. Although there are many group-living magic beasts on the Tianyuan Continent, whether we will encounter them is uncertain. After all, this isn't a magic beast forest."

Tietar then caught the magic core Jiachen threw, puzzled, "Why are you giving it to me?"

Jiachen smiled, "This venomous snake was killed by you, so the magic core should belong to you." Seeing Tietar's intention to refuse, Jiachen continued, "Don't refuse the magic core. After all, we have at least three days, and our harvest will definitely be very rich. We don't care about this single magic core."

"Hehe, alright, I'll take the magic core. The next magic beast, whoever kills it, the magic core will be yours." Holding the magic core with some blood still on it, Tietar was very happy. After all, this was the first magic core he had obtained from hunting a magic beast.

Then, the two continued on their way. Since Tietar knew that Jiachen had a high sense of danger, he very straightforwardly entrusted the task of vigilance to Jiachen, while he used his axe to continuously chop and clear the path forward. Although continuously swinging such a heavy axe was very exhausting, for Tietar, who had innate strength, it was like eating a home-cooked meal, causing no exhaustion at all. After all, his strength was not only terrifyingly great but also almost endless, and the situation of being exhausted seemed impossible for him.

Just as the two had walked for a short while, Jiachen's ears twitched slightly, and he suddenly stopped his steps, immediately reaching out to pull Tietar, who was chopping weeds ahead, and making a gesture to be silent.

Tietar understood and stopped chopping the weeds, tightly gripping his axe and standing beside Jiachen, his tiger-like eyes shining with alertness as he scanned the surroundings.

Both of them breathed very lightly, their expressions filled with caution. The difference was that Tietar's eyes were constantly scanning the surroundings, while Jiachen slightly closed his eyes, using his senses to try to perceive everything around him.

Now, the area was overgrown with weeds, making it hard to see anything with the eyes. Even if there were hidden dangers, they might not be visible. So, after scanning the surroundings for a long time, Tietar found nothing.

Jiachen slightly closed his eyes, his sensitive ears occasionally twitching to capture all the sounds around him. At the same time, Jiachen's mind was highly concentrated, using his powerful "spirit" to perceive everything around him.

At this moment, Jiachen couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic. In his previous life, when he fought with Dugu Qiubai and was about to die, his strength broke through, reaching the realm of controlling the sword with his spirit. At that time, his "spirit" became incredibly powerful, easily spreading out to cover everything around him. Anything within the range of his "spirit" could not escape his perception.

However, what made Jiachen regretful was that after reincarnation, although his spirit was very powerful, it could no longer spread out. Otherwise, this dense forest would pose no threat to Jiachen, and finding the hidden magic beasts would be easy.

Jiachen's spirit was highly concentrated, striving to perceive everything around him. Gradually, his mind entered a special state. Although his spirit did not spread out, at this moment, it seemed to establish a subtle connection with the surrounding plants, as if they were one. This feeling was very mysterious.

However, when Jiachen entered this state, his perception reached a new height. Finally, a faint, almost imperceptible breath sound entered Jiachen's perception. This breath was so faint that even if you stood next to it, you might not be able to sense it.

Jiachen's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and his body flickered, disappearing from the spot, quickly rushing to the side. On the way, his body constantly twisted and adjusted, dodging the weeds and branches blocking his path.

In a short moment, Jiachen had crossed ten meters, and his iron rod quickly stabbed out, silently piercing through several leaves and breaking a few weeds, moving at lightning speed towards a black shadow hidden in the weeds.

"Ao!"

A painful cry suddenly sounded, and then a black shadow leaped out of the grass, opening its blood-red mouth and pouncing towards Jiachen.

This was a black leopard, about two meters long. At this moment, there was a finger-sized hole on the leopard's forehead, with blood gushing out and flowing down its black fur, making it look even more ferocious.

Jiachen's gaze was as sharp as a sword, and a cold smile appeared on his calm face. Then, his arm trembled, and he stabbed the iron rod at an incredible speed, aiming directly at the black leopard's throat. In the end, before the black leopard could react, the tip of the iron rod had deeply pierced into its throat. With the leopard's heavy body falling, the iron rod continued to penetrate deeper, eventually piercing through its throat and breaking through its spine.

This time, the black leopard didn't even have time to cry out before it died, falling to the ground with its eyes wide open, unable to close them in peace.

Only then did Tietar catch up from behind. When he saw the black leopard lying on the ground, pierced through the throat by the rusty iron rod, his eyes widened in shock.

"Changyang Xiangtian, did... did you kill this?"

Tietar's voice trembled with surprise. Although he had seen Jiachen's weapon piercing the black leopard's throat with his own eyes, he couldn't believe what he saw. The time was too short. From the moment Jiachen rushed over, Tietar had followed as quickly as possible, but by the time he arrived, the first-rank magic beast was already dead, and the time it took was less than a breath, not even half a breath.

Killing a first-rank magic beast in less than half a breath was easy for some strong people, but Tietar knew very well that Jiachen had not yet advanced to the Sage level, and the weapon he used was just a rusty iron rod.

Jiachen stepped on the black leopard's head, slowly pulling out the iron rod, and smiled indifferently, "Yes, I killed it, but it was just a coincidence. It wouldn't have died so quickly, but it insisted on rushing towards my weapon, and before it could even cry out, it was dead."

Hearing this, Tietar scratched his head, staring at Jiachen's calm face with doubt, and asked, "Really? You're not lying to me?"

Jiachen chuckled, "Of course it's real. Why would I lie to you?"

Seeing the expression on Jiachen's face that clearly wasn't lying, Tietar was full of doubt, muttering, "Is there really such a stupid magic beast that would rush towards a weapon?"