163: Trial Realm (Part Two)

Gu Yuchuan had now cultivated the Physical Body Cultivation Technique, the Scales Art, and his Physical Body strength was terrifying. This full-strength collision instantly stripped the tiger of its combat capability. However, this was not a true death after all. The tiger actually let out a laugh.

"Master Gu is indeed formidable; I admit defeat. I am the Mystic Tiger Demon General from the outer reaches of the Cloud Sea Marsh. Let's get to know each other outside when we have the chance. At that time, I'll treat Master Gu to some wine. Go ahead, Master; I'll leave this point to you."

Gu Yuchuan nodded. He quite admired the tiger's open-mindedness. It made sense; although they were fighting for their lives, they wouldn't truly die, so there was no reason to harbor deep grudges. "Fine, then I won't be polite."

Suddenly, not far away, a purple poison arrow shot toward the tiger.

Gu Yuchuan's gaze instantly turned cold. He had fought for so long and was about to harvest this point; if it were stolen by someone else, it would be a huge loss. He struck out with a beam of golden light, blocking the poison arrow. The Golden Light Incantation had a strong restraining effect on such obviously sinister mana.

Seeing its strike miss, the frog immediately leaped up and began to flee.

The tiger shouted, "Kill me quickly and go after it!"

He had also thought about using this chance to escape, but his injuries were too severe. Even if he ran, there was no way out. It was better to do Gu Yuchuan a favor here; perhaps it would be useful in the future. Gu Yuchuan's Long Spear pierced through his body, which then turned into dust, leaving a green Medicinal Pill on the ground.

"Clear Heart Pill, instantly restores thirty percent of a Cultivator's Qi."

It was also the tiger's bad luck. If he had obtained a Blood Recovery Pill and consumed it just now, there might have been a chance to escape. After killing him, the points on Gu Yuchuan's jade token changed to two. He quickly gave chase in the direction the frog had fled.

This frog was a Mystic Yin Five Poisons Frog, a Mid-grade Spirit Beast from the inner regions of the Cloud Sea Marsh. However, its cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer. It had originally intended to reap the benefits of the fight, but after realizing Gu Yuchuan's strength, it could only try to snatch the prey from the tiger's mouth. Now that it had failed, it could only run. Fortunately, it possessed a secret technique for escaping.

A purple light flashed across its body. Its jumping speed was extremely fast, but Gu Yuchuan was also chasing very quickly behind it. The distance between them was slowly shrinking.

Now, the frog was a bit frightened. Having just witnessed Gu Yuchuan's power, it naturally didn't dare to make any reckless moves.

"Azure Scale Demon General, I know I was wrong. I didn't actually manage to steal your points just now. We'll still see each other after we leave; why make our relationship so tense?"

Gu Yuchuan hated people like this most. "Listen to yourself. I could hunt you down even after we leave. The Demon Sovereign spent so many resources to open this illusory space so that we would forget our external identities and truly determine the winner through strength. Yet you say such things. It seems your character is indeed problematic. Prepare to die."

Gu Yuchuan caught up and threw his Long Spear. Although the Long Spear didn't hit the frog, it landed right in front of it. Gu Yuchuan performed a hand seal, and a streak of blue Qi blocked its path.

Now without a weapon in hand, Gu Yuchuan transformed into his true form. His twenty-meter-long body was full of power as he swiftly coiled around the frog. Gu Yuchuan knew this most common hunting method of pythons; he wasn't just skilled in Spells.

He gradually applied pressure, constricting the opponent tightly. The frog slowly began to lose its breath.

"If you treat me like this, I definitely won't let you off once I'm out!"

Gu Yuchuan was never afraid of such threats. "Fine. After we leave and I pass through the dragon gate, my strength and Bloodline will rise again. To you, I will be like a deity. Even if you have a Demon King backing you, so what? Who would offend a Prodigy for the sake of a subordinate? You are a fool, but the Demon King behind you isn't. And even if he is, it's not like I can't afford to offend a Demon King. Now, get ready to die."

Obviously, the frog didn't want to die. It was a Mid-grade Spirit Beast and desperately wanted to use this opportunity to become even stronger. It had only been inside for an hour; it couldn't die here.

A large amount of venom appeared on the surface of its body. It tried to use this to free itself, but using poison in front of Gu Yuchuan was truly like showing off slight skills before a master. Back when he was weak, he had also been a poison expert.

His own toxicity was not low, and his poison resistance was very high. Even if he took the poison head-on, there wouldn't be any issues for a while. Furthermore, there were two layers of protection on the surface of his skin. The first was the Scales Art he had just mastered; the defense of these scales was now very high, capable of blocking both physical and magical attacks. Mere poison was not worth mentioning.

The second was the Golden Light Incantation. There was no need to say more about its defensive power; it also had an elemental advantage over poison, which could not break through the Golden Light Incantation at all.

With these three layers of defense on his body, the poison couldn't even bypass one, so it naturally wouldn't cause any harm to Gu Yuchuan. The escape method the frog had pinned its hopes on ended up being completely useless.

Gu Yuchuan slowly increased the pressure. The frog felt its Physical Body gradually collapsing. It was filled with regret; if it had known, it wouldn't have been so greedy. It had been very confident in its concealment techniques; if it hadn't revealed itself voluntarily, it certainly wouldn't have died there.

But now, regret was useless. Its fate was already sealed. Before long, it died under Gu Yuchuan's Death Coil. With his Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment cultivation, killing a Cultivator weaker than himself was truly easy. If it weren't for such an instant kill, how could the Earthly Fiend Dao Foundation have such a great reputation? This frog couldn't even defeat the Ink Scale Demon General.

After the frog died, its body also turned into dust. A blue Talismanic Incantation appeared beneath it. It was actually blue; Gu Yuchuan was very happy. His blue Long Spear was very powerful, so this Talismanic Incantation shouldn't be weak either.

"Weakening Talisman. Can reduce an enemy's Physical Body strength by twenty percent. One Talismanic Incantation can only be used once."

This was good stuff. If two opponents of equal strength were fighting and one suddenly used this Talismanic Incantation, the battle would change instantly. In a sense, this could influence a fight even more than the Long Spear.

The reason the frog didn't use it just now was that the gap between them was too large; it would have been useless. Of course, the bigger reason was that Gu Yuchuan had restrained it, so it couldn't activate the Talismanic Incantation at all.

At this point, the points on his jade token had reached three. He was very happy; he was determined to get a good ranking. He was set on claiming the opportunity at the dragon gate.