138: Chapter 138 The Importance of Finishing Off!

"Whoosh!!!"

Before the lightning arrived, the "corpse" suddenly sprang up and retreated dozens of zhang in a flash!

At the same time, the corpse's appearance began to change, twisting and shrinking until it transformed into a palm-sized straw doll.

The straw doll was crafted quite exquisitely, but there was a large hole in its chest, exactly where the Geng Metal Sword Qi had struck just moments ago, and the surface of the straw doll was still stained with blood.

A Substitute Puppet!!!

This is a very powerful secret technique of the Demonic Path. It involves refining a special Puppet that can take a fatal blow for its owner at a critical moment.

The cost is the consumption of a large amount of essence blood and Divine Soul power.

At this moment, the Golden Core Demonic Cultivator's true body appeared a hundred zhang away.

His Face was pale, devoid of any color, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his aura was withered to the extreme.

Clearly, although the previous sword strike had been mostly blocked by the Substitute Puppet, it still had enough residual power to injure him.

What was more troublesome was that using the substitute secret technique consumed a massive amount of energy, and he was now at the end of his tether.

He opened his eyes and glared at Chu Feng, his eyes almost spitting fire: "Kid, how did you figure out I was faking my death?"

He prided himself on the fact that his Substitute Puppet was crafted so realistically that even the aura and injuries could be imitated by ninety-nine percent; ordinary Cultivators simply could not distinguish it.

This young man actually didn't step forward and instead insisted on mutilating the corpse; he was truly terrifyingly cautious.

"Do I look like I have the time to distinguish whether you are truly dead or faking it?"

Chu Feng sneered. "In my way of doing things, Chu Feng, I always ensure a clean finish when killing. I never forget the importance of a killing blow. Regardless of whether you are truly dead or faking it, blasting you with another thunderbolt is never the wrong choice."

"Better to blast you into slag than to put myself in danger."

"How about it? Did your calculations fail?"

"You cunning little thief! You are a hundred times more sinister than us people of the Demonic Path!"

The black-robed Golden Core Demonic Cultivator was grinding his teeth in anger. He had never encountered such a troublesome and cautious opponent.

This kid was young, yet his actions were as cunning as a fox; it was truly terrifying.

Seeing Chu Feng chasing after him, he knew he was no match, but he was unwilling to sit and wait for death.

He immediately activated his remaining poison skills, flying the last batch of poisonous insects from his sleeves, while simultaneously waving his hands to fill the air with poison mist, attempting to block the enemy and escape.

"Want to escape? Wishful thinking!" A cold light flashed in Chu Feng's eyes, filled with murderous intent.

Since a life-and-death feud had been formed, he had to cut the weeds and eliminate the roots to avoid future trouble.

"Come, lightning!!!"

Amidst the lightning, the Golden Core Demonic Cultivator screamed repeatedly.

"I actually... died at the hands of a Foundation Establishment junior..."

The black-robed man widened his eyes, dying with deep regret.

He, a dignified level-four Golden Core Demonic Cultivator and an executive of the Ten Thousand Poison Demon Sect, had killed countless people in his life, yet today he had fallen into the hands of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; it was truly unbelievable, and he died with his eyes wide open.

As the Demonic Cultivator died, the poisonous snakes, poisonous vines, and poisonous insects condensed by his poison skills all turned into dust.

"Whoosh—!"

Seeing the enemy completely wiped out, Tang An finally flew over.

He had been hiding in the distance watching the battle, his heart in his throat.

Seeing Chu Feng's complete victory, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The voice arrived before the person.

"Brother Feng, you are too fierce! I have decided to persuade my brother to withdraw from the competition for the Saint position! Our Tang Family will fully support you!"

He was truly impressed.

Just now, he had watched the entire battle, and it was heart-stopping.

The strength, scheming, and combat intelligence Chu Feng displayed were far beyond his imagination.

He was proficient in sword techniques, lightning techniques, and fire techniques, possessed many Magical Artifacts, responded calmly, and what was even rarer was that caution and decisiveness.

He was decisive when it was time to join forces, ruthless when it was time to turn against someone, and hesitated not at all when delivering the killing blow.

Such a Genius would have unlimited future achievements.

Rather than being an enemy, it was better to invest early.

Although the Tang Family was strong, if they could befriend such a future powerhouse, it would be of great benefit to the Family.

Chu Feng smiled slightly, did not respond, and pointed to the corpse of the Green Water Poison Crocodile. "Move quickly. Once we finish dissecting the corpse, we can get on our way; this place is not suitable for a long stay."

Although he had won, he had also consumed a lot and needed time to recover.

Moreover, the commotion of the battle was too great, which might attract other trouble.

Having said that, he quickly looted the belongings of the Ten Thousand Poison Demon Sect Golden Core Demonic Cultivator.

"Brother Feng, the Yao Beast corpse belongs to you! Let me handle the drops from those Ten Thousand Poison Demon Sect Foundation Establishment Cultivators!"

Tang An understood Chu Feng's meaning, but he was truly embarrassed.

He had made no contribution, so if he still split the spoils equally, it would be too unreasonable.

This young master had his own self-respect and principles.

Seeing that Tang An did not wait for his response and had already gone to other parts of the battlefield to collect the belongings of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Chu Feng couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

This guy was sometimes quite concerned about his Face, but this was also good; it was simple to get along.

Chu Feng said no more, picked up his jade blood sword, and walked towards the corpse of the Green Water Poison Crocodile to begin dissecting it.

The Yao core was located deep in the skull and required breaking open the skull.

Chu Feng cut through the hard skull and took out the fist-sized Yao core.

The Yao core was ink-green, crystal clear, and exuded a rich poisonous power and Yao power; it was a supreme treasure for refining poison pills and cultivating poison skills.

Even if one did not Cultivate poison skills, it could be used to exchange for other resources.

The poison sac was under the throat, bulging, storing the essence poison liquid that the Green Water Poison Crocodile had condensed throughout its life; it was highly corrosive and its value was not inferior to the Yao core.

Chu Feng carefully cut it off and sealed it in a special jade bottle.

The scales were thick and hard, each one the size of a millstone, making them excellent Materials for refining defensive Treasure Artifacts.

The tendons and bones were tough and could be used to refine bowstrings and whip-type Magic Treasures.

The flesh and blood contained rich Qi and blood, which was a great supplement for Body Cultivators.

Even the blood was excellent spiritual ink for drawing certain special Talismans...

This harvest could be said to be quite significant.

Of course, it was also because this Green Water Poison Crocodile was a "waste," with low intelligence and only brute force.

If he had encountered those level-seven Yao Beasts with extremely high intelligence, they would not be easy to deal with.

That level of Yao Beast had intelligence not inferior to humans, with varied combat styles, and was extremely difficult to cope with.

Human cultivation was already complex, but the world of Yao Beasts was actually even more complicated.

"Yao Beast" was just a general term.

Depending on Bloodline and intelligence, they could be subdivided into many categories.

Starting from the lowest-level wild beasts, the path of evolution had begun, mainly divided into three major directions:

The most mainstream was the Yao Race, which had opened its intelligence, cultivated and evolved according to its innate Divine Ability, and gradually moved towards a higher Realm.

Among them, those with extremely high intelligence would even refine artifacts and create literature, forming prominent races with power not inferior to large human Sects.

They had their own civilization, language, and social structure, and had both cooperation and conflict with human Cultivators.

The second category was the Divine Beast, which inherited a unique civilization and a complete cultivation system, with unlimited future prospects.

However, Divine Beasts were rare and mostly lived in seclusion in Secret Realms, rarely appearing in the world.

Every Divine Beast possessed earth-shattering power after reaching adulthood and was an existence that the Human Race was unwilling to provoke easily.

The third category was the Vicious Beast.

The Green Water Poison Crocodile belonged to this category, with low intelligence, cultivating almost entirely by instinct for slaughter.

Such Vicious Beasts usually had strong Physical Bodies, but their intelligence was limited and they were easily targeted.

They often occupied dangerous places and acted as overlords, but lacked the possibility of further advancement.

This type of Vicious Beast was also the easiest to deal with.

They had brute force but did not know how to use it, and they could not transform, so they had almost no way to deal with flexible Cultivators like Chu Feng, and could only rely on their tough Physical Bodies to carry the damage.

Once their defenses were broken, they were not far from death.

But if they got close, that terrifying Physical Body strength was enough to crush Cultivators of the same rank.

In addition, there were special categories such as the Insect Race, Demonic Beasts, the Sea Race, and Essence Spirits, which were countless.

This world of immortality had everything; there was nothing you couldn't imagine, only things that didn't exist.

In the Dragon country where Chu Feng lived in his previous life, most of the creatures in those myths and legends could be found in this world, and they were even more magical.

Therefore, although the wise men of the Human Race had been summarizing and categorizing, it was still difficult to fully sort out the myriad races of the world and include them in a rigorous system.

Every Sect had its own classification method, but none could achieve perfection.

This also made Cultivators need to be extra careful when traveling outside, because you never knew what strange things you would encounter.

On the other side, Tang An also flew back happily.

The savings of more than thirty Demonic Cultivators were all in his pocket, and although the individual net worth was not rich, added together, it was a very considerable amount of wealth.

Sure enough, following Chu Feng not only meant having soup to drink, but also meat to eat!

...

Heading north all the way.

The thunder cloud boat traveled through the sea of clouds, the runes around the boat flickering, isolating all the high-altitude gales.

Chu Feng sat cross-legged at the bow of the boat, closing his eyes to adjust his breath.

At the same time, a figure was hiding his figure, following silently.

That was Luo Feng.

As the protector secretly arranged by Xiao Qingtian, Luo Feng had been following Chu Feng the whole way.

From setting off from the Duobao Sect, crossing the prosperous regions of the Central Continent, entering the desolate transitional zone, and now approaching the border of the Northern Continent, he had witnessed too many incredible things along the way.

"Huh? Another group of robbery Cultivators? The highest cultivation is level seven Golden Core, too weak, let's leave it for Junior Brother to play with!"

Luo Feng hid in the clouds, his Divine Sense scanning the front from afar, discovering another ambush.

He had originally prepared to take action, but after his Divine Sense detected the cultivation of that group of robbery Cultivators, he immediately dispelled the idea.

From the moment Chu Feng left the Duobao Sect, he had been exploring continuously.

At the beginning, Luo Feng was nervous, but soon he discovered something.

This Junior Brother of his was simply a monster.

Especially that battle not long ago.

The level-seven Vicious Beast Green Water Poison Crocodile was a Yao Beast equivalent to a Late Stage Golden Core.

Luo Feng had been ready to take action at that time.

But he saw a scene he would never forget in his life.

Chu Feng had actually teamed up with a Demonic Cultivator!

And then, he killed the level-seven Vicious Beast Green Water Poison Crocodile.

"This Junior Brother's combat power... is it too Heaven-Defying?"

Luo Feng was hiding in the dark at the time, watching with his jaw dropped.

He asked himself that when he was at level eight Foundation Establishment, he could not beat a level-one Golden Core Cultivator, let alone kill a level-seven Vicious Beast.

So.

He was now beginning to understand why Chu Feng did not let him appear.

This was clearly using himself as bait, fishing.

And he, the protector, was responsible for fishing him out if Chu Feng happened to capsize.

But from the current situation, the probability of this "happening" was minimal.

"They are rushing over."

Luo Feng's Divine Sense captured the situation in front, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "There are quite a few people this time, over a hundred, four Golden Cores... a bit interesting."

He took out a pot of wine and drank it leisurely.

"Junior Brother, let Senior Brother see how you play this time."