Chapter 668

Chapter 668: Two Tigers Cannot Share One Mountain (Part 2)

The sudden appearance of Chief Steward Sima revealed his ulterior motives.

Given his status and cultivation level, he undoubtedly posed a significant threat to Wang Chen, who was already in a difficult situation.

Other cultivators might have begun to feel anxious, making their days even harder.

But Wang Chen’s emotions were hardly affected; his will had been tempered to be as solid as rock. Whether it was a Purple Palace chief steward or even a Golden Core true master standing before him, they could not sway his mind!

As long as the other did not take direct action, life would go on as usual.

It was simply a matter of meeting force with force!

However, Wang Chen became more vigilant as a result; his once-relaxed nerves tightened once again.

He was no longer satisfied with the current situation and decided to push deeper towards the Evil Eye region.

He aimed to hunt stronger magical spirits and evil spirits!

The range of influence of the Northern Evil Eye was vast; it could basically be divided into four areas: the inner ring, middle ring, outer ring, and periphery.

The Safe House was located at the edge of the periphery, which was relatively safe.

Earlier, Wang Chen had already cleared the periphery area and had entered the outer ring several times to hunt, eliminating quite a few evil spirits.

The closer he got to the Evil Eye, the more powerful the evil spirits became.

The dropped Evil Energy Pearls naturally had a higher grade!

Once he made up his mind, Wang Chen immediately began his actions.

The evil spirits in the outer ring quickly fell into misfortune.

The evil spirits in the Evil Eye area were diverse in appearance, yet fundamentally, they were not much different, merely varying in strength.

Different evil spirits had their own territories, and while some liked to wander, they only roamed within relatively wide areas.

This gave Wang Chen the opportunity to deal with them one by one.

He set his sights on a group of Three-eyed Monsters.

This group consisted of about forty to fifty creatures, typically hiding in caves and only coming out at dawn and dusk.

They thrived on negative energy, with strength levels not exceeding the "resentment" category—ranging from the strongest Black Resentment to the weakest white resentment.

Together, these forty to fifty Three-eyed Monsters posed a threat that definitely reached the Ferocious Level.

The Ferocious Level was equivalent to Golden Core level, which was a whole realm above Wang Chen.

However, these Three-eyed Monsters would not unite to form a single force.

Through observation, Wang Chen noticed that although they lived in groups, they carried on their separate lives without disturbing one another.

Each Three-eyed Monster had its own cave.

These caves were densely scattered across the tall rock walls, looking from afar like pockmarks on a big face.

It was shocking beyond description!

Wang Chen had long devised a plan to deal with these creatures.

He quietly concealed himself near the rock wall and threw a large stone towards the nearest small cave.

Although that spot was two to three hundred steps away from him, the stone he threw flew extremely fast, whistling through the air as it rushed toward its target, crashing into the unfortunate—or perhaps lucky—small cave.

With a muffled "bang," the stone collided with the rock wall and burst apart, scattering debris that thoroughly enraged the magical spirits concealed within.

A corpulent three-eyed monster, with compound eyes on its forehead, let out a low growl and abruptly charged out from the small cave.

It instantly identified the true culprit behind its disturbance!

The three-eyed monster suddenly spread its arms, its massive body twisting and contorting as it soared into the air, gliding gracefully while gazing down at Wang Chen from above.

Here it comes!

Wang Chen looked up at the three-eyed monster.

All three of its eyes were blood-red, and its muscles bulged grotesquely, resembling a monstrous pile of flesh, an unsettling sight to behold.

The three-eyed monster swooped down with astonishing speed, closing in on Wang Chen in the blink of an eye.

However, before it could deliver a "deathly embrace," it found itself sinking into a vast pool of mud.

The Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil silently unfurled, enveloping the incoming three-eyed monster!

Having hunted numerous magical spirit creatures, Wang Chen had mastered the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil to the point where it felt like an extension of his own body.

The three-eyed monster barely had time to react before it was ensnared in the net!

This three-eyed monster’s aura was equivalent to the gray level, but it wasn’t even enough to challenge the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil!

In just half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it vanished without a trace.

Wang Chen gained a Pure Evil Energy Pearl.

He stored the Evil Energy Pearl in his Xumi Ring and then set out to hunt his second target.

Just as before, Wang Chen first used a stone to lure the target out from its hiding cave and then cast the net to capture it, ensuring no magical spirit escaped.

One, two, three…

Even though three-eyed monsters possessed a certain level of intelligence, they would instinctively sense danger.

Just as Wang Chen captured the fourth three-eyed monster in the net to "digest," a sudden gust of cold wind swept around him, and black arrows of negative energy shot toward him with lightning speed.

Realizing the threat, the three-eyed monsters had gathered together to launch an attack, with more than a dozen of them targeting Wang Chen!

Facing the incoming arrows, Wang Chen stood his ground without dodging.

He clenched his fists and struck out violently as the arrows approached.

Bang!

The black arrows shattered instantly, dispersing into wisps of negative energy that drifted away.

Wang Chen’s punches flew like the wind, obliterating all the arrows one by one.

Wang Chen did not prefer this "primitive" fighting method; rather, in the outer ring area, the effectiveness of cultivators’ spells had diminished greatly. If he tried to use Shortening the Earth to evade, he would only shrink a few steps back, which would be a huge joke!

Purely being reactive was never Wang Chen’s combat style.

After defeating the three-eyed monsters’ counterattack, Wang Chen once again unleashed the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil, preparing to capture them all in one sweep.

Boom!

To Wang Chen’s astonishment, just as he threw out the Exorcising Net, the ground suddenly shook violently, and a massive crack appeared beneath his feet.

It happened so suddenly, but Wang Chen reacted swiftly, leaping into the air.

Swish, swish, swish!

Accompanied by spine-chilling howls, spiked vines emerged from the crack, instantly wrapping around Wang Chen tightly.

The sharp spikes covering the vines were dark and hard, easily piercing through Wang Chen’s clothes.

But they were stopped by Wang Chen’s skin!

“Break!”

In mid-air, Wang Chen suddenly roared.

The Heavenly Dragon Manifestation appeared behind him, causing his body to expand significantly.

The vines that had tightly wrapped around him could not hold up any longer, snapping and breaking apart!

Free at last, Wang Chen landed back on the ground and opened his mouth to unleash a beam of sword light.

The Longyuan Sword was unleashed!

The high concentration of negative energy here severely interfered with the casting of spells, but it had little effect on a precious weapon like the Longyuan Sword.

In the next moment, the sword light split into dozens of beams, slicing through the vines that had just emerged from the fissure.