16: But ants

Chen Heng ignored the dwarf and turned to look at Liang Ben.

"Uncle Liang, I need a favor."

"What is it? Speak." Liang Ben frowned, looking at the dwarf standing not far away as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Protect my family. I will repay you generously afterward."

Chen Heng clasped his fists at Liang Ben, then turned back to confront the dwarf.

"You..." Liang Ben immediately understood Chen Heng's meaning. He nodded, accepting the task.

"Little Shorty, you said you wanted to exchange something with me, right?" Chen Heng sneered, raising his heavy saber.

"Tell me, if I kill you, won't your things still be mine?"

"Hahaha! As expected of someone who could kill my Junior Brother, I already guessed it!"

The dwarf laughed loudly, seemingly unsurprised by Chen Heng's choice.

"A mere Martial Artist, daring to resist Cultivators like us." The dwarf's body began to squirm.

His limbs split open, and fleshy spheres dropped out one by one.

The moment these fleshy spheres fell, they transformed into grotesque demons.

In just a few seconds, a hundred demons surrounded Chen Heng.

"Go! Tear him apart!" The dwarf cackled, pointing his short, stubby finger at Chen Heng.

Chen Heng held his heavy saber, which was completely enveloped in Geng Metal Qi.

Not far away, a hundred demons let out terrifying roars, surging towards Chen Heng.

Liang Ben took two steps back at the sight, a thought of retreat already forming in his mind.

However, Chen Heng's eyes showed no fear.

He stared at the incoming wave of demons, a hint of coldness in his gaze.

Chen Heng jogged a few steps, then suddenly sprinted forward!

The sky slowly gathered dark clouds, and amidst the lightning and thunder, Chen Heng's heavy saber flashed with a cold light.

"First Form! Tiger Roar!"

Chen Heng felt no fear of encountering a powerful enemy in his heart; instead, he became exceptionally excited.

As the fierce Tiger roared, three or four demons were cut in half.

Foul-smelling blood splattered everywhere with the thunder, startling the entire camp.

"Second Form! Breaking the Army!" Chen Heng's heavy saber let out a groaning sound, as if unable to bear the strain.

A golden Saber Qi shot into the sky, and with one strike, a dozen demons were all slain!

The dwarf's expression began to turn ugly.

"When did Transformation Realm Martial Artists become so strong?"

"My demon tide can only barely contain him?"

In the instant he was slightly stunned, Chen Heng had already cut a bloody path through the pile of demons.

"If you want to kill me, you'll die first!"

Chen Heng's eyes were blood-red, like a man-eating tiger.

"Breaking the Army! Geng Metal Qi!"

With just one encounter, the dwarf felt a stinging sensation all over his body.

It was as if countless sharp blades had locked onto him, with nowhere to escape!

"Demon Refining!"

The dwarf's eyes widened, his fingertips forming a seal, and he chanted an incantation.

A dozen demons transformed into blood water and enveloped the dwarf.

Chen Heng's Geng Metal Saber Qi only caused a ripple upon impact with it.

"Heh heh, Martial Artists are ultimately ants."

The dwarf's sneer came from within the blood water.

"No matter how powerful you are, you absolutely cannot cleave through this Blood Water Demon Shield!"

"The moment your Internal Qi is exhausted will be your death day!"

"Internal Qi?" Chen Heng grinned.

"I don't have Internal Qi at all!"

After saying that, Chen Heng swiftly brandished his heavy saber, and all the Geng Metal Saber Qi landed on the Blood Water Demon Shield.

Wisps of steam rose from Chen Heng's body, and he transformed back into the giant over two meters tall.

"Break open!"

Chen Heng roared, and the heavy saber in his hand shattered, turning into fragments that scattered through the air.

"Haha..."

"Hahahahaha!"

Seeing Chen Heng lose his weapon, the dwarf laughed even more wildly.

"You don't even have a weapon, how can you break my Blood Water Demon Shield?"

Chen Heng looked at the heavy saber in his hand, which now only had a hilt, then turned to glance at the dwarf who was laughing wildly.

Dropping the saber hilt, Chen Heng clenched both fists and punched the Blood Water Demon Shield.

The Blood Water Demon Shield felt much like jelly, completely neutralizing his force.

"If you had agreed to my proposal just now, perhaps I could have given you a quick death."

The dwarf's voice rang out.

"But now, I will refine you into my flesh Puppet!"

"So you can never reincarnate!"

But before he could enjoy himself for a few seconds, the temperature inside the Blood Water Demon Shield became increasingly high.

"What's going on?"

Outside the Blood Water Demon Shield, Chen Heng's fists burned with dark black flames, continuously striking the Blood Water Demon Shield.

Under repeated bombardments, the Blood Water Demon Shield grew thinner and thinner, and the temperature inside became higher and higher.

"What is that?"

"How could my Blood Water Demon Shield..."

Before the dwarf could figure it out, a large hand burning with dark black flames grabbed his neck.

"Very arrogant, aren't you?" Chen Heng stared at the dwarf in his hand with blood-red eyes.

"Ah ah ah!!" The dark black flames on Chen Heng's hand continuously corroded the dwarf's flesh, the intense pain rendering him speechless.

"Remember, for every one of your Ghost Corpse Temple members who comes, I'll kill one. For every pair, I'll kill a pair."

"Forget it, what's the use of telling you?"

"You won't be going back anyway."

After saying that, Chen Heng's grip suddenly tightened.

With a crunch, the dwarf's short neck was snapped by Chen Heng.

Bright red blood gushed out, and his round head fell to the ground.

"With just this much ability, you dare to cause me trouble?"

Chen Heng sneered, stripped everything from the dwarf's body, then used the dark black flames to burn him to ashes.

Just as the dwarf was burned to ashes, the scattered demons also turned into blood water and vanished.

Half an hour later, everyone resumed their journey.

Now Liang Ben no longer cared about the dangers of traveling at night; entering the city as soon as possible was the priority.

"Uncle Liang, what exactly happened?" Mu Wanqing, half-asleep and half-awake, sat opposite Liang Ben and asked groggily.

"The Chen family seems to have been targeted by the Ghost Corpse Temple." Liang Ben took a deep breath, suppressing the fear in his heart.

"Ghost Corpse Temple!?" Mu Wanqing was immediately scared awake, her eyes wide.

"Yes, and then Chen Heng directly beat the Cultivator from the Ghost Corpse Temple to death."

Liang Ben glanced at Chen Heng's carriage with lingering fear.

"This is a Dragon crossing the river; I wonder if Qiyang City can accommodate him."

Liang Ben shook his head, not continuing the topic.

"From now on, we won't stop except for meals. We need to hurry."

"Only by entering the city can we be safe."

Meanwhile, in the Chen family's carriage.

Chen Fugui and Xiao He had fallen asleep again under Chen Heng's comfort.

Chen Heng, on the other hand, was flipping through the items he had stripped from the dwarf.

Aside from a bottle of foul-smelling Medicinal Pills, there was also an Internal Skill Cultivation Technique and a map.

This Internal Skill Cultivation Technique was precisely the one the dwarf had wanted to exchange with him earlier.

It was called the Longevity Technique.

Based on the name, it seemed like a common item, so Chen Heng planned to Optimize it.

"Anyway, I finally have an Internal Skill to use."

Chen Heng wasn't picky; after all, he could Optimize everything.

He didn't believe that a Cultivation Technique wouldn't be good after Optimization.