98: Kill the peak of the fifth level in seconds, special sword intent
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A low rumble suddenly exploded across the battlefield.
Making the atmosphere throughout the world feel somewhat oppressive at this moment.
Gu Yunfei's heart couldn't help but sink slightly as he looked in the direction Ye Chen was gazing. He could clearly see a giant bear, some four to five meters tall, staring at them with scarlet eyes.
And from the giant bear's body emanated an extremely powerful fluctuation of vital energy.
"This is... a 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast, the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear!"
Gu Yunfei's eyes narrowed slightly, the carefree expression he had earlier gone, replaced by a hint of apprehension.
A 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast!
It was practically the limit of the Shackled Realm. Coupled with the fact that the Physical Body of a Vicious Beast was inherently much stronger than a human's, it could be said that a 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast, unless it was a Prodigy among 10th Layer Shackled Realm Martial Artists, almost no Martial Artist in the Shackled Realm dared to engage such a Vicious Beast.
"That's strange. Although 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beasts aren't uncommon in the Barren Bone Space, this is still the outer region. Usually, only 3rd and 4th Rank Vicious Beasts are active here; 5th Rank ones are very rare."
Gu Yunfei slowly spoke.
"A 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast appearing here... you know, we're less than two hundred kilometers from our Barren Bone Fortress."
"How dare it?"
As Gu Yunfei spoke, a blood-colored battle saber appeared in his palm, and in an instant, a surge of Evil Qi diffused from his body.
Regardless, even though the appearance of a 5th Rank Peak Bloodthirsty Giant Bear here struck Gu Yunfei as odd, they still needed to deal with this beast in front of them to better investigate the situation.
Gu Yunfei's 8th Layer Shackled Realm cultivation roared forth from him, and his expression at this moment became incredibly sharp, completely unlike his previous demeanor, as if he were two different people.
"Junior... step back!"
"Just watch me, your senior... hey, what are you doing?"
Just as Gu Yunfei assumed a fighting stance, he saw Ye Chen slowly walking towards the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear.
In an instant, Gu Yunfei's face turned anxious.
"Ye Chen, come back quickly! That's a 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast!"
Gu Yunfei's heart immediately became anxious. Although Ye Chen had 8th Layer Shackled Realm cultivation, he had only just joined the Star River Academy and was not like himself, a senior who had been there for three years.
In Gu Yunfei's opinion, Ye Chen, who had not undergone systematic learning and improvement at Star River Academy, could not match the combat power of a Star River Academy student at the same Realm.
After all... Star River Academy students all received guidance from at least 6th Rank Instructors, and with Star River Academy's profound heritage, many students possessed powerful Martial Arts and Breathing Techniques.
This was why Gu Yunfei had the confidence to face a 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast.
And Ye Chen... was merely a freshman who had just joined Star River Academy a mere half-month ago. How could he deal with a 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast?
However... just as Gu Yunfei was about to make a move to stop Ye Chen, he saw a afterimage suddenly appear where Ye Chen had been.
Immediately after, Ye Chen's figure vanished directly from Gu Yunfei's sight.
This scene made Gu Yunfei's pupils shrink slightly.
"Such speed!"
Gu Yunfei exclaimed.
The next moment, Ye Chen's figure appeared before the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear, accompanied by a whistling white Sword Light.
Buzz buzz buzz!!!
A clear Sword cry reverberated between heaven and earth. Before Gu Yunfei could react, he saw the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear, which was at the 5th Rank Peak Realm, instantly decapitated.
Its massive body suddenly crashed to the ground, causing the earth to tremble slightly.
"This..."
Gu Yunfei watched this scene, gradually coming back to his senses, his pupils contracting, his heart already churning with immense shock.
"No... this... he..."
Gu Yunfei looked at the decapitated Bloodthirsty Giant Bear, then at Ye Chen, who stood calmly in place, and for a moment, he was speechless.
He hadn't expected that a 5th Rank Peak Vicious Beast, which even he would struggle to suppress, would be so insignificant before Ye Chen.
It was instantly killed.
Gu Yunfei was stunned.
At this moment, Ye Chen stood before the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear's corpse, keenly observing a wisp of Deathly Still Qi slowly rising from within the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear's body, attempting to merge with the world.
But just then, an invisible force spread out from within Ye Chen's body, seemingly transforming into an invisible hand that pulled the Deathly Still Qi directly into Ye Chen's body.
Immediately after, a caption appeared before Ye Chen's eyes.
[Absorbed Deathly Still Qi, Sword Intent evolved, evolution progress 0.1%]
Looking at the caption before him, a bright light instantly shone in Ye Chen's eyes.
"My Sword Intent evolved? Sure enough, Deathly Still Qi can attract the System's attention, it must be extraordinary, just like the incomplete space stone shard I saw in the Cloud Domain Space before!"
Ye Chen said excitedly in his heart.
"It seems that absorbing Deathly Still Qi can increase evolution progress. I just don't know if, after evolution, it will be the next Realm of Sword Intent... or... if it will undergo a mutation!"
A faint light flickered in Ye Chen's eyes.
In the Sword Dao Realm, the Sword Intent Realm can be said to be a Domain that a top swordsman must master, and Sword Intent is also divided into many categories.
It's not as simple as just a Concept. Some swordsmen, fighting on the battlefield, might master Killing Sword Intent; some swordsmen, comprehending the Dao deep in bamboo forests, might master Verdant Sword Intent.
And these... belong to Special Sword Intent.
Even if they are all within the Sword Intent Realm, swordsmen who comprehend Special Sword Intent are clearly more powerful than those who comprehend ordinary Sword Intent.
Within the same Realm... masters of Special Sword Intent can almost completely crush masters of ordinary Sword Intent.
The Sword Intent on Ye Chen's System panel... was merely ordinary Sword Intent.
"Special Sword Intent, huh... absorbing Deathly Still Qi, evolving into... Deathly Still Sword Intent?"
Ye Chen murmured softly, the light in his eyes growing brighter.
"At this rate, even killing a hundred 5th Rank Vicious Beasts would only increase progress by one percent. To advance my Sword Intent to Deathly Still Sword Intent, I must enter the depths of the Barren Bone Space!"
Ye Chen already had a goal in mind. He slowly looked towards the depths of the Barren Bone Space.
"It's just a pity... the Barren Bone Space is a Level 7 Alien Space after all. To enter its depths, even someone as strong as Murong Tianyang, that sis-con, wouldn't be confident of returning unscathed."
"As I am now... I'm still quite a ways off."
Ye Chen spoke softly, falling into contemplation.
"Never mind, even if the path to advancing to Deathly Still Sword Intent is long, my current Sword Intent is no longer ordinary. At the very least, it has been tainted with a trace of Deathly Still Qi and gained some special effects."
Ye Chen smiled slightly, slowly extending his hand. In his palm, a wisp of Sword Qi slowly emerged, and within this wisp of Sword Qi, there was an added ripple of deathly stillness.
"That's a pretty good gain."
Ye Chen clenched his hand, and the Sword Qi dissipated between his fingers.
"No, you killed the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear?"
At this moment, Gu Yunfei finally came back to his senses. He walked over to Ye Chen, looking at him in disbelief.
Ye Chen looked at Gu Yunfei blankly and said, "Senior, is that difficult?"
Gu Yunfei: ...Is it difficult?
Look, is that something a human would say?
"A 5th Rank Peak Bloodthirsty Giant Bear, even if those guys from the Barren Bone Guard made a move, it would be nothing more than this!"
Gu Yunfei spoke faintly.
Ye Chen smiled and said, "Senior, we still have to complete the mission!"
Gu Yunfei suddenly snapped back to attention, glanced at the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear's corpse, and nodded, saying, "Right, right, we still have to complete the mission!"
Then, he prepared to rush towards the mission location with Ye Chen.
However, as they left, Ye Chen's gaze lingered on the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear's corpse, a faint light flashing in his eyes.
As the two disappeared from this part of the world, Song Zhifei's figure slowly emerged beside the Bloodthirsty Giant Bear's corpse. He glanced at the sharp wound and a grave expression appeared on his face.
"Good thing I'm cautious and sent a Bloodthirsty Giant Bear to test him. If it had been me..."
Song Zhifei looked at the corpse and gasped.
"I'd probably be the one lying here!"
Song Zhifei shook his head and said, "As expected of a ruthless person who could kill so many 5th Rank Vicious Beasts in the College Entrance Examination. If such a person isn't stifled early, once he grows, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to my Scarlet Church!"
Song Zhifei looked in the direction Ye Chen and Gu Yunfei had left, a cold smirk appearing on his face.
"Although your combat power and talent are formidable, don't forget, this is an Another Dimension!"
"While you stay in the Barren Bone Fortress, I can't do anything to you, but once you're out of the Barren Bone Fortress... the Another Dimension is our Scarlet Church's territory!"
Song Zhifei sneered, his figure gradually disappearing into this part of the world... Ye Chen and Gu Yunfei arrived at the location they were tasked to scout.
Located three hundred kilometers east of the Barren Bone Fortress, according to the mission, although this area was still the outer region, nearby scouts had detected traces of Vicious Beast activity, and even the shadow of a 6th Rank Vicious Beast had appeared.
What needed to be known was that 6th Rank Vicious Beasts... had always been active in the depths of the Barren Bone Space and rarely appeared in the outer regions.
Every time they appeared, something special would happen.
What they needed to do... was to find the reason why a 6th Rank Vicious Beast had appeared here!