Chapter 95: Pitiful Harvest

Relying on the Divine Sword Control technique, Jianchen unexpectedly killed the young man with the strength of a Holy Master. None of the mercenaries who scattered in all directions managed to escape; they all died at Jianchen's hands.

A silver-white light flashed from the woods and shot toward Jianchen at lightning speed. Jianchen slightly extended his hand and resolutely met the silver-white light hurtling toward him. In an instant, the silver-white light stopped abruptly in front of his palm, transforming into a long silver-white sword emitting a powerful sword aura.

When Jianchen reached out to grasp the hilt of the Light Breeze Sword, the intense and sharp sword glow on the blade instantly vanished. Then, the entire Light Breeze Sword suddenly disappeared from his hand.

"Phew..." Jianchen let out a long breath. After experiencing two consecutive battles, he was not as relaxed as he appeared. After killing the Golden Silk Silver Line Snake, he then killed two Holy Master-level opponents, depleting his Holy Power almost to the point of exhaustion. If it weren't for the Purple Green Sword Canon, which allowed his Holy Power to regenerate continuously, he would have been unable to continue fighting after killing the snake.

Jianchen slightly twisted his body, about to take a step, when a sharp pain from his back wound made his facial muscles twitch.

"Really hurts!" Jianchen muttered to himself. He then focused his mind, and the powerful divine power immediately controlled the Holy Power in the surroundings, gathering it toward himself. Gradually, a faint white light appeared around Jianchen, and as the Holy Power increased, the white light grew brighter. In just a couple of breaths, the initially faint white light transformed into a dazzling milky white glow. Although the light was very bright, it was very gentle and not blinding.

Bathed in the dazzling milky white light, Jianchen's body became almost invisible, and it was hard to see his features. The deep wound on his back, which was visible to the bone, began to heal at a visible speed under the healing power of the Holy Power.

Under the envelopment of the Holy Power, a sense of comfort arose from the depths of Jianchen's heart and quickly spread throughout his body. Even with Jianchen's composure, he almost couldn't resist the urge to shiver.

Although he had used the Holy Power to resist the venom of the Golden Silk Silver Line Snake earlier, at that time, his mind was completely tense, always on guard against the snake, so he had no time to feel the comfort of being enveloped by the Holy Power. Now, in a relaxed state, Jianchen realized that being enveloped by the Holy Power was indeed a very pleasant experience.

The Holy Power only lasted for a moment before gradually dissipating, and Jianchen's figure reappeared in view.

Jianchen twisted his body and then touched the area of his back where the wound had been. His hand felt smooth, and except for the wetness from the blood-soaked clothes, he no longer felt any pain. At the site of the previous injury, he couldn't even find a scar.

Satisfied, Jianchen nodded and a smile of joy appeared on his face. The Holy Power indeed had an incredible effect in healing. With this skill, his means of survival on the Tianyuan Continent would be even more solid.

However, at this moment, a dizziness suddenly appeared in Jianchen's mind. He shook his head slightly but quickly stabilized himself. At the same time, a wave of fatigue suddenly hit his brain. At this moment, Jianchen felt like a person who hadn't slept for a day and a night, severely lacking in energy and wanting to find a bed to sleep comfortably.

"Trouble, using the Divine Sword Control and controlling the Holy Power from the surroundings causes a significant drain on one's divine power. My divine power is clearly already over-consumed," Jianchen thought, his heart sinking. He also realized that in the future, he should use the Divine Sword Control and gather the Holy Power less often, otherwise, if his divine power was over-consumed, it would greatly affect his performance.

Fortunately, although Jianchen's divine power was somewhat depleted, it had not yet reached the critical point, and it had not significantly affected his performance.

Jianchen took out a clean and intact piece of clothing from his spatial belt and put it on. He then scanned the bodies of the mercenaries lying on the ground, his gaze finally landing on the spatial belts around their waists. A glimmer of hope flashed in his bright eyes.

"I hope there are some good things inside," Jianchen thought to himself. On the Tianyuan Continent, most people kept all their possessions in the spatial belts they carried with them. A spatial belt could contain a person's entire fortune. Of course, some low-level mercenaries were extremely poor and had nothing of value.

Jianchen did not touch the spatial belts on the mercenaries' bodies but quickly approached the Golden Silk Silver Line Snake. He took out a spatial ring from his pocket and placed the snake inside it. However, the snake's body was so long that it took Jianchen a full incense stick's time to completely place the snake's body into the spatial ring. After hanging the spatial ring back around his neck, Jianchen let out a deep breath, and the joy in his heart was hard to hide.

"Immune to all poisons! Immune to all poisons!" Jianchen's mind kept recalling the various benefits of the immune-to-all-poisons body as recorded in the books. Now he had a complete Golden Silk Silver Line Snake, and the blood inside the snake, except for the part he had used to detoxify and drink, was still well-preserved. With enough time, Jianchen could use the snake's blood and gallbladder to cultivate an immune-to-all-poisons body through special methods.

Jianchen slowly calmed down and approached the bodies of the mercenaries. He took the spatial belts from their waists one by one, and after confirming that they had no other items, he slowly left the area, disappearing into the forest.

After moving away from the previous battle site, Jianchen found an open area and sat down cross-legged. He then took out the twenty-some spatial belts and began to sort through their contents.

The items in the spatial belts were numerous, mostly essential items for survival in the wild, such as blankets, tents, food, and water. These items alone took up half the space in the spatial belts and were all worthless. Only a few gold coins and some silver and copper coins were scattered in one corner of the spatial belts. However, Jianchen didn't even bother to look at this money.

After flipping through several spatial belts, Jianchen found no valuable items. The items in the spatial belts were all worthless daily necessities and some healing medicines, not even a single first-stage magic core.

Jianchen did not show any signs of discouragement. He was well aware that since these mercenaries lived by hunting magic beasts in the forest, their possessions were naturally very limited. To find anything valuable, he would probably only find some low-level magic cores.

After flipping through a dozen spatial belts, Jianchen finally found a small pile of magic cores in one of them, about a dozen in total, mostly first and second stage.

Jianchen took the magic cores out of the spatial belt and continued to flip through the remaining spatial belts.

Soon, he had gone through all twenty-some spatial belts. Jianchen casually threw the low-level spatial belts aside and stared at the small pile of magic cores and the limited amount of money in front of him, a look of helplessness on his face.

From the twenty-some spatial belts, he only found about twenty magic cores and nearly a hundred purple gold coins. Among the twenty magic cores, only one was third stage, six were second stage, and the rest were first stage.

Looking at the few magic cores with a bitter smile, Jianchen shook his head helplessly and said, "The yield is too low. A team with two Holy Masters only managed to get this much. It's not even as much as I can get in a day." He then put the magic cores and the limited amount of money into his spatial belt and left the area.

In the following days, Jianchen continued to wander in the Magic Beast Forest. After the chase and escape with the Golden Silk Silver Line Snake, he was now near the deeper parts of the Magic Beast Mountains. The magic beasts here were mostly third stage, and second stage magic beasts were rarely seen.

For Jianchen, who had already broken through to the Great Holy Master stage, third stage magic beasts posed less of a threat. Although killing them was somewhat strenuous, the rewards were much greater than hunting second stage magic beasts. A third stage magic core contained ten times the energy of a second stage magic core and was much purer. Based on Jianchen's current cultivation needs, three third stage magic cores were enough for him to use for a night, although the consumption rate was still astonishing.

In the blink of an eye, Jianchen had spent ten more days in the Magic Beast Forest. During these ten days, he continued to hunt magic beasts during the day and find a safe and hidden place to cultivate at night. After ten days of cultivation, Jianchen's strength rapidly improved. Although he was still at the初级 Great Holy Master stage, he could clearly feel that he was not far from reaching the中级 Great Holy Master stage.

During these ten days, Jianchen carefully walked through the mountains, specifically targeting isolated third stage magic beasts. During this time, he encountered a fourth stage magic beast once, but the power of a fourth stage magic beast was far beyond what Jianchen could handle. After less than ten rounds of combat, he was severely injured and fled. From then on, Jianchen understood the power of fourth stage magic beasts and only targeted third stage magic beasts, avoiding fourth stage magic beasts and fleeing immediately upon discovery.