Chapter 86: Hunting the Poison Scorpion

Although Jian Chen had killed many second-stage magical beasts at the Kagas Academy, those second-stage magical beasts were far inferior to the ones that had grown up in the Magical Beast Mountains. The second-stage magical beasts at the Kagas Academy might not even be as strong as some first-stage magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountains, let alone the second-stage magical beast he was facing now, which had grown up in the Magical Beast Mountains.

While Jian Chen was slightly stunned, the poison scorpion did not give him any extra time. The six thick and powerful legs on both sides of its body rapidly dug into the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it had crossed several meters to reach in front of Jian Chen. The large pincers in front of its body, which glowed with a pale green toxic light, opened wide and clamped towards Jian Chen's head.

Facing a magical beast that had grown up in the Magical Beast Mountains for the first time, Jian Chen did not dare to be the slightest bit careless. Although he had never experienced a major setback, he deeply understood this principle, and the memories from his previous life had given him a lot of experience.

Jian Chen's expression became a bit more serious. He then slightly tilted his head, narrowly avoiding the scorpion's pincers. Subsequently, he forcefully kicked the ground, leaving a deep footprint, and his body shot towards the scorpion's head, which was much smaller than its body. The Lightwind Sword in his hand was enveloped in a hazy white sword aura, with the tip of the sword pointing directly at the scorpion's small eyes.

The eyes, throat, and heart are the fatal weaknesses of any creature, and Jian Chen was very clear about this. At this moment, it was difficult to hit the scorpion's neck due to the angle, and the scorpion's short neck was also protected by some fine scales. Without knowing the exact defensive power of these scales, Jian Chen could only choose to attack the scorpion's eyes.

Although Jian Chen was very confident in the sharpness of his attack, some magical beasts had very strong defenses. Jian Chen did not have a 100% guarantee that he could pierce the scorpion's neck scales and injure it.

Jian Chen's speed was very fast. A silver-white flash appeared, and the tip of the sword had already reached the scorpion's eyes.

Just as the Lightwind Sword, enveloped in a hazy sword aura, was about to pierce the scorpion's eye, the scorpion suddenly opened its mouth, and a mass of green toxic substance with a strong stench spewed out, as if controlled by a mysterious force, quickly enveloping Jian Chen. At the same time, the scorpion's eyes suddenly closed, and its head shook violently to avoid the incoming Lightwind Sword.

The speed of the Lightwind Sword was incredibly fast. Despite the scorpion's best efforts to avoid it, it was still unable to completely dodge and was ultimately pierced in the corner of its eye.

When the Lightwind Sword just touched the scorpion's closed eyelid, the momentum of the sword was slightly impeded, but in the next moment, the sharp sword aura of the Lightwind Sword broke through the scorpion's eyelid, successfully piercing its eye.

At the same time, Jian Chen's entire body was enveloped in a thick green toxic mist.

"Hisss!"

The scorpion, injured in the corner of its eye, let out a very unpleasant hiss. Dark green liquid slowly flowed from the wound in its eye, and the sharp, needle-like teeth in its wide-open mouth looked terrifying.

The toxic mist slightly swayed, and Jian Chen, who was enveloped in it, retreated from the toxic mist in a flash, looking very disheveled. His entire body was covered in a layer of dark green toxins, and the coarse cloth he was wearing was rapidly disintegrating. Even the short hair on his head was turning into green threads and falling out.

Feeling the burning pain on his body, Jian Chen's expression became very serious. He said in a deep voice, "What a powerful poison!" After speaking, he quickly tore off the coarse cloth that had been corroded by the toxins, and then the holy power within his body burst out to resist the damage from the toxins.

Jian Chen glanced at the one-eyed scorpion, which was continuously emitting painful hisses, and realized that this was a good opportunity to kill it. A strong killing intent flashed in his eyes, and without bothering to take out clothes from his spatial ring, he charged forward naked, continuing his attack on the scorpion.

Jian Chen moved with light steps, quickly reaching the side of the scorpion. His arm trembled, and he extended it forward at lightning speed. The Lightwind Sword in his hand transformed into a silver-white light, piercing towards the scorpion's throat. At the moment the Lightwind Sword was thrust out, a sharp sword aura suddenly burst from the sword, though not particularly powerful, it was as sharp as a blade.

It was like a flash of lightning that appeared and disappeared in an instant, leaving a brief but brilliant light.

"Clang!"

The Lightwind Sword accurately hit the scorpion's throat. When the tip of the Lightwind Sword touched the fine scales on the scorpion's neck, a clear sound like the collision of steel was heard. However, this defensive layer only blocked the Lightwind Sword for a moment. In the next moment, the sharp sword aura on the Lightwind Sword broke through the scales and deeply pierced the scorpion's throat.

"Hisss!"

The scorpion let out another hoarse cry. The remaining good eye glowed with an eerie dark green light, and its large, powerful pincers quickly clamped towards Jian Chen. The six-meter-long poisonous stinger on its back turned into a blur, passing over Jian Chen's head and piercing towards the back of his head.

Jian Chen pulled out the Lightwind Sword from the scorpion's throat, kicked the ground with both feet, and leaped onto the scorpion's broad back.

"Hisss!" "Hisss!"

The scorpion, clearly very angry at Jian Chen jumping onto its back, began to shake violently from side to side, emitting unpleasant hisses, and its pincers waved wildly in front of it.

From the scorpion's current state, it seemed that the sword thrust into its throat had not caused it much harm.

Seeing the still vigorous scorpion, Jian Chen's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "You have a lot of life, still not dead." Due to the scorpion's massive size and Jian Chen's current strength limitations, he could not find any other way to attack it except for its eyes and throat.

At this moment, a faint sound of something breaking the air reached Jian Chen's ears. Without hesitation, he moved to the side.

Just as Jian Chen moved, a green, glowing poisonous stinger had already passed by his scalp and ended up piercing the scorpion's own back.

A light sound was heard, and the scorpion's back, which had strong defensive scales, was easily pierced by its own sharp stinger. The stinger deeply penetrated its body, and dark green blood gushed out.

Seeing this, Jian Chen's expression clearly froze for a moment, but then he couldn't help but show a somewhat helpless smile. He really didn't expect the scorpion to be so clumsy, hurting itself.

The scorpion tried to pull out the stinger, but the barbs on the stinger had deeply embedded into its flesh. When it pulled, it tore out some of its own flesh, causing it to emit continuous painful hisses, and its entire body trembled. The intense pain made it give up the idea of pulling the stinger out of its body.

When a creature is severely injured, there is a period of time when it is more sluggish in its reactions and movements. This was the moment Jian Chen was waiting for. He seized the opportunity, flipped in the air, and leaped down from the scorpion's back. The Lightwind Sword in his hand transformed into a silver-white light, piercing towards the scorpion's other eye.

At this moment, the scorpion's nervous system was much slower due to the intense pain from its back. Jian Chen's sword speed was incredibly fast, and in this state, it was very difficult for the scorpion to avoid or block the lightning-fast sword thrust.

The Lightwind Sword moved unimpeded, accurately piercing the scorpion's other eye.

Jian Chen's face lit up with joy, and he then exerted more force, controlling the Lightwind Sword to penetrate deeper into the scorpion's eye, eventually embedding half of the four-foot-long sword into the scorpion's brain.

This time, the scorpion made no further struggle or resistance. Its body trembled violently a few times, and then its legs gave way, and its massive body, standing over a meter tall, collapsed to the ground.

Jian Chen slowly pulled out the Lightwind Sword, looking at his beloved sword, which was now stained with the scorpion's green blood and white brain matter. He frowned slightly, and then with a thought, the green blood and white brain matter slid off the Lightwind Sword, and in a moment, the sword returned to its original appearance.

Jian Chen's gaze swept over the scorpion's corpse, and then he raised the Lightwind Sword to pierce the scorpion's head. However, when the Lightwind Sword just touched the outer shell of the scorpion's head, it was blocked. Although the scorpion was dead, its shell still had strong defensive power, and Jian Chen's casual thrust could not break through it.

"This skin is really thick!" Jian Chen frowned and sighed, "Forget it, let's save some strength. Magical beasts can appear at any time here, and the more strength we save, the more secure our lives are. I'll start extracting the magic core from its eyes." Saying this, Jian Chen began to work again, and after some effort, he finally extracted the magic core from the scorpion's head.

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