40: trap

Cultivation Value +20?

When Jiang Chen heard this prompt, he knew he was in the clear.

At the very least, the Cultivation Value given varies depending on the Realm.

This guy should be at the second layer of the Houtian Realm.

Based on this estimation, the actual Cultivation Value provided is quite considerable.

Basically, killing ten people of the same Realm would allow one to advance a layer.

However, the battle was fierce at this moment, and Jiang Chen did not conduct further research.

He still had to quickly grab some kills; this was crucial for the speed at which he could activate martial arts scrolls.

The more he activated, the faster his strength would increase.

After killing Ding Wuji, Jiang Chen took out his hunting bow.

At this time, Zhao Jintian was suppressed by two attackers.

But Zhao Jintian's Saber Technique was skilled, and his blade was sharp, preventing the opponents from daring to approach rashly, otherwise they would have a layer of flesh sliced off by Zhao Jintian's Black Scale Blade.

Whoosh!

Zhao Jintian's Saber missed.

He then noticed that the demon he had targeted had an arrow in its head and directly toppled over to the side.

"Oh?"

Zhao Jintian's eyes widened.

He turned his gaze and saw that Jiang Chen had already shot a second arrow.

"Pfft!"

This arrow directly pierced through the demon's head.

Two arrows had solved the enemy.

Zhao Jintian looked at Jiang Chen, filled with shock.

These demons' Physical Bodies were quite strong; ordinary arrows could not break through their Physical Bodies. Even if the arrows in Jiang Chen's hand were of good quality, they couldn't be shot through without sufficiently strong power.

How much strength did that guy actually possess?

Every year, the Great Lan Dynasty would also have many prodigies.

In Zhao Jintian's heart, he had clearly already regarded Jiang Chen as such a prodigy.

At least he should be grateful that such a prodigy appeared on their side.

"Sir, you're injured!"

Jiang Chen, holding his hunting bow and maintaining a state of alert, came to Zhao Jintian's side.

And Zhao Jintian looked down.

Only then did he realize that his lower abdomen was stained crimson.

"Damn it, I didn't even notice!"

Zhao Jintian cursed under his breath, quickly applied some Medicinal Powder to stop the bleeding, and swallowed a Medicinal Pill.

This operation was rushed to begin with.

But unfortunately, the widespread demonic calamity led to a severe shortage of manpower, so even if they weren't fully prepared, they had no choice but to push through.

"Zhou Miaoqing, Gao Jie, you two take Lord Zhao and retreat to the rear."

"The demons inside should have mostly been killed by Lord Chu. I'll go in and take a look. You two can also guard outside to prevent any remaining demons from escaping."

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said.

Zhao Jintian did not try to act tough; he merely took out a Medicinal Pill from his embrace.

Although his injury was not severe, it was difficult to maintain full combat strength. Furthermore, Zhou Miaoqing and Gao Jie, facing Body Tempering Realm demons, didn't have much power to fight back. The only one who could fight was Jiang Chen.

Subsequently, Zhao Jintian and the other two retreated to a hundred zhang away.

Jiang Chen, alone, followed the commotion ahead.

After his body was strengthened ten thousandfold, his perception naturally improved rapidly, and he quickly found some heavily injured demons.

These rat demons were severely wounded, lying in pools of blood.

Although they weren't dead yet, it was only a matter of time.

Presumably, Chu Yun was in a hurry to kill Ding Po Yan and the other two, and did not pay attention to these demon servants.

This just gave Jiang Chen an opportunity.

"Lord Chu is truly a good person!"

Jiang Chen drew his saber and then began to harvest these immobile demons.

"Ding... Kill Value +1"

"Ding... Cultivation Value +5"

This was the true situation of the battle.

Even Chu Yun, a First Class Little Flag, when surrounded by these demons, might not be able to kill these Body Tempering Realm demons. Severely injuring them was easy, but completely eradicating them was difficult.

The powerful vitality of demons, coupled with the toughness of their Physical Bodies.

It was extremely difficult to kill them in one blow.

Most of the time, the experts would kill the main demons at the front.

And those with slightly weaker Cultivation would finish them off from behind.

This just happened to benefit Jiang Chen.

Following the demon corpses, Jiang Chen also harvested quite a bit along the way.

Kill Value: 23

Cultivation Value: 140

Among them, three were demon offspring, and the other twenty were demon servants.

Suddenly, there was a slight movement in the jungle ahead.

"Who's there!"

Jiang Chen vigilantly shouted.

Subsequently, six figures emerged from the jungle.

They surrounded Jiang Chen.

One of them was the commander of the garrison, Xu Tiedao.

"Lord Xu."

Jiang Chen's gaze sharpened when he saw that the newcomer was Xu Tiedao.

"Oh, it's Jiang Chen. I thought it was a demon."

Xu Tiedao waved his hand, signaling everyone to relax their guard.

But Jiang Chen keenly noticed that the personal guards under Xu Tiedao's command did not relax their vigilance.

They still stared at Jiang Chen warily.

At the same time, Jiang Chen also smelled a scent of blood that did not belong to demons.

Although Jiang Chen's ability to distinguish scents was not particularly strong, the Evil Qi of demon blood was overwhelming, which was different from human blood.

Looking at Xu Tiedao and the others again, they were not injured.

"Lord Xu, have you seen the whereabouts of Lord Chu Yun?"

"Lord Chu ordered us to guard this place to prevent demons from escaping and also to keep out unauthorized personnel, so as not to disrupt her demon-slaying plan."

Xu Tiedao said.

Dressed in official armor, he stood in the middle of the road, not intending to let Jiang Chen enter.

"Alright then, I'll head back first. I was originally thinking of learning a few moves from Lord Chu."

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, then openly sheathed his saber, turned around, and prepared to leave.

Just as Jiang Chen turned, a cold glint suddenly flashed in Xu Tiedao's eyes. His gaze signaled the armored soldier closest to Jiang Chen to act.

But he suddenly saw Jiang Chen execute a movement technique.

His figure flickered, and he rushed towards an armored soldier first, throwing a punch.

The armored soldier couldn't even draw the saber in his hand before his head was struck by Jiang Chen's punch.

"Bang!"

The armored soldier's head, along with the helmet on it, instantly exploded.

Jiang Chen's sudden move also astonished Xu Tiedao.

He didn't expect Jiang Chen to have such keen insight.

"Kill him for me!"

Xu Tiedao ordered.

But Xu Tiedao's speed in giving orders was far slower than Jiang Chen's speed.

By the time he finished speaking, the heads of two more of his subordinates had already exploded.

"Clang!"

Xu Tiedao's figure flickered, and he suddenly rushed forward, unleashing Saber Qi and striking down with his saber.

The Saber Qi covered the long saber, making the saber in his hand appear even larger.

This was precisely Xu Tiedao's signature Martial Skill.

Broadsword Slash!

He could enlarge the treasured saber in his hand tenfold using his own spiritual power.

At the same time, this single Saber strike would exceed ten thousand catties of force!

As long as you were in the path of this Saber Technique, you would have nowhere to escape.

"Die!"

Xu Tiedao roared, putting all his strength into this Saber strike.

He was determined to kill Jiang Chen with one Saber strike.

However, facing this Saber strike, Jiang Chen also swung his Saber to meet it.

"Clang!"

With a crisp clang, Xu Tiedao's weapon snapped.

Jiang Chen's saber swept across, instantly killing the Xu Tiedao in front of him.

Bang!

One Saber strike sent Xu Tiedao's head flying.

"Ding... Kill Value +1"

"Ding... Cultivation Value +20"

He was still at the second layer of the Houtian Realm.

Looking at Xu Tiedao's corpse, Jiang Chen initially thought this guy was a demon, but he didn't expect him to be just a scumbag colluding with demons.

The remaining two armored soldiers naturally could not escape Jiang Chen's saber.

Kill Value: 29

Cultivation Value: 185

Aside from Xu Tiedao being at the second layer of the Houtian Realm, the others were all around the eighth layer of the Body Tempering Realm.

Jiang Chen frowned and pushed aside the grass, following the scent of blood.

He clearly saw a corpse.

It was Han Zhou, an expert from the Black Yamen.

Looking at the wounds on Han Zhou's body, Jiang Chen was suddenly startled.

Although Han Zhou had many Saber wounds, inflicted by Xu Tiedao, the truly fatal one was a pitch-black blood hole in his throat.

Rat demon!

By the strength of Xu Tiedao and the others alone, they naturally couldn't defeat Han Zhou.

It was clear that a demon had also attacked.

Sure enough, just as Jiang Chen became vigilant.

Han Zhou's corpse was suddenly torn in half by a force.

Immediately, a black shadow rushed out from a hole beneath Han Zhou's corpse.

At close proximity, the opponent kicked Jiang Chen fiercely.

Jiang Chen only had time to raise his hand to block.

Sharp claws fiercely hooked.

Bang!

Jiang Chen was sent flying.

The sharp claws also tore Jiang Chen's flesh.

Jiang Chen rolled twice on the ground, and when he got up, he had already taken out his Dragon Horn Bow. With a whoosh, he shot an arrow forward.

Bang!

This arrow also pushed the rat demon back two steps, interrupting its rhythm of continuous attack.

The strength of this rat demon was the strongest Jiang Chen had seen so far!

In just one encounter, it had scratched Jiang Chen's arm.

But Jiang Chen's reaction in shooting the Dragon Horn Bow caught the rat demon off guard. After all, it didn't expect Jiang Chen to be able to dodge its precise sneak attack, and even after taking a hit, he could still react.

"A bit interesting."

"With my concealment technique, you shouldn't have been able to discover me."

"You completely withstood my attack with your body."

A slender figure, standing like a human, wearing a black training suit.

The third son of the Ding Family.

Ding Polang!

Jiang Chen's arm was bleeding profusely at this moment. Seeing this, he unhesitatingly took out a jin chuang pill, crushed it, and sprinkled it on his arm.

Immediately, the bleeding stopped.

With Jiang Chen's current knowledge of third-grade Alchemy, he could tell that this jin chuang pill should be a second-grade Medicinal Pill.

"Such a perfect Physical Body. If I eat your flesh, I should be able to Breakthrough."

Ding Polang's eyes gleamed.

The next moment, his aura erupted.

Surging Demonic Qi pulsed.

He was indeed at the seventh layer of the Houtian Realm!