Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Jiang Chen’s eyes glinted with a cold light.

The ambush by Xu Qilin and his group had nearly cost Jiang Chen his life, and he was thoroughly enraged.

’Once my injuries are healed, I’m going to the Beast Nest. Lin Yu, Chen Fan, Xu Qilin, and you, Jiang Ziyou... The Beast Nest will be your grave!’ Jiang Chen took a deep breath. Clutching a wound that was still bleeding freely, he sat cross-legged on the ground and began taking pills to recover.

The Profound Yellow Undying Technique itself possessed incredible restorative abilities.

Once he began cultivating, his absorption speed for Spirit Medicine was several times faster than normal.

As a result, his injuries recovered at an astonishing rate.

’A life-and-death battle truly is a shortcut to improving one’s strength. I feel like I’m about to break through. I’ve been stuck at this stage for too long... I can finally break through!’ Jiang Chen took a deep breath and circulated the Profound Yellow Undying Technique to its absolute limit.

Surging True Qi coursed through his Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Spiritual Power surged like a river. With each circulation, the incredibly pure Profound Yellow True Qi nearly went berserk, forming an indestructible vortex in his Dantian that spun manically.

After three full hours of arduous cultivation, his cultivation finally took another step forward.

BOOM—

Jiang Chen’s entire body trembled. Within his Dantian, seven condensed clouds of True Qi suddenly broke apart and reformed into eight.

His cultivation advanced another step as he entered the Martial Arts Eighth Stage!

’The Eighth Stage of Martial Arts... I didn’t think I’d break through this fast. Jiang Ziyou, I hear you were so proud of reaching the Seventh Stage of Martial Arts, weren’t you? I wonder what expression you’ll make when you find out that the good-for-nothing you look down on has already reached the Eighth Stage?’ A cold smile played on Jiang Chen’s lips.

He took a deep breath, a fiery light appearing in his eyes.

Back in Spiritual Monkey Valley, he had already broken through to the Martial Arts Seventh Stage. Furthermore, his Martial Soul had awakened a second time, granting him a heaven-defying Innate Divine Technique!

Now that his cultivation had reached a new level, he could even fight and defeat a master of the Martial Arts Ninth Stage.

’Once I cultivate the Instant Sword to the Perfection Realm, the state of Sword Traceless, I’ll even be able to last a few rounds against a master who’s just entered the True Martial Realm!’

An excited look spread across Jiang Chen’s face as he tightened his grip on his sword hilt. "Lin Yu, Xu Qilin, Chen Fan, Jiang Ziyou... I’m coming for you!"

With a murderous glint in his eyes and a sharp longsword in hand, he raced toward the Beast Nest at the center of the Jiang City ruins.

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「The Beast Nest.」

This was the home of a Tier One Advanced Demon Beast comparable to a warrior at the Peak of Martial Arts Ninth Stage—the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast!

The Green Water Golden-eyed Beast was incredibly powerful, possessing the Water Control Skill. It could hide in a puddle the size of a fist or conceal itself within a rushing river.

Even a Martial Artist at the Martial Arts Ninth Stage would be helpless against it.

Moreover, the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast was the most powerful Demon Beast in the Ancient River City ruins. It was a Beast King with one hundred Tier One Intermediate Demon Beasts and five hundred Tier One Low-level Demon Beasts under its command. To provoke the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast was to face a siege of hundreds of Demon Beasts at once.

It was truly a difficult foe to face.

Its lair truly lived up to the name Beast Nest!

If Jiang Ziyou and her group succeeded in their joint assault on the Beast Nest, they stood to gain a reward of over one thousand points.

It was a prize well worth teaming up for.

"Miss Ziyou, are you certain that the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast just laid its eggs and is in a weakened state?" Lin Yu asked.

Chen Fan also looked worried. "If your information is wrong and we face the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast at its Peak, we’ll be nothing more than a snack for it!"

Although Xu Qilin said nothing, the worry on his face was plain to see.

Jiang Ziyou looked unconcerned. "Relax," she said. "I wouldn’t gamble with my own life." After a pause, she frowned. "Xu Qilin, why aren’t your men back yet? Could they have run into some trouble?"

"Perhaps Jiang Chen hasn’t found the Battle Arena yet," Xu Qilin said. "Relax. We already laid a Heaven and Earth Net. Even we would have no chance of survival if we fell into that trap, let alone a good-for-nothing like Jiang Chen. He’s dead for sure!"

Jiang Ziyou considered this and relaxed, a faint, cold smile on her face. "I suppose I was worrying for nothing. Our preparations were perfect. He couldn’t have escaped that trap even if he sprouted wings. We’ll attack the Beast Nest shortly. When the battle begins, Lin Yu, Chen Fan, and Xu Qilin, you’ll follow my lead and charge the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast. We need to kill it as quickly as possible!"

"Shadow, you will lead the rest of our forces and eliminate the Middle and Low-level Demon Beasts!" Jiang Ziyou said, looking toward a patch of darkness.

A figure shrouded in a black cloak stood there. He nodded, his eyes flashing with a dangerous glint. "Rest assured, Miss. I will complete my mission flawlessly."

"Good. Then let’s move out!"

With a wave of her slender hand, the Battle Sword in Jiang Ziyou’s grasp flared with a terrifying light.

Shadow immediately led the affiliated experts of the Four Great Clans—a force of more than a thousand—charging into the Beast Nest. A horrific battle erupted against over a thousand Tier One Middle and Low-level Demon Beasts.

The battle ignited in an instant!

Countless Demon Beasts and humans clashed in a chaotic melee.

Rivers of blood flowed, and corpses littered the ground.

Jiang Ziyou’s imperious, queen-like aura was on full display. She and her sword rampaged through the horde of beasts. Her blade was incredibly fast, her Swordsmanship as fluid as running water, surpassing even the men like Xu Qilin. Alone, she carved a bloody path toward the deepest part of the Beast Nest.

’This woman is terrifying. For Jiang Chen to make an enemy of her is like an egg throwing itself against a stone!’

’No wonder she’s the kind of monstrous talent who could become a disciple of the Saint Martial Sword Sect. Cooperating with her is like asking a tiger for its hide—I can’t tell if this will be a blessing or a curse!’

’Let’s not worry about that now. First, we kill the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast. If she’s right and it laid a Beast Egg, we’ll get a piece of the pie!’

Lin Yu, Xu Qilin, and Chen Fan exchanged a look, then charged out after Jiang Ziyou.

The four of them possessed extraordinary combat prowess.

Each of them could fight opponents beyond their own cultivation level, and they moved through the beast horde as if it were empty.

They carved a bloody path.

The four quickly arrived at the deepest part of the Beast Nest, which had once been the City Lord’s Mansion. Amidst a bed of scattered jewels and treasures lay the beast’s lair. There, they saw a creature shaped like a Qilin, wreathed in a hazy blue mist. It had a pair of green eyes with golden pupils.

This was precisely the Tier One Advanced Demon Beast—the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast, the Overlord of the entire Jiang City ruins!

Jiang Ziyou and the three men watched from a distance. As they felt the incredibly powerful aura radiating from the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast, shock appeared on the faces of Chen Fan and the others. "Such a powerful aura."

"Miss Ziyou," Xu Qilin said with a frown, "judging by its aura, this Green Water Golden-eyed Beast doesn’t seem weak in the slightest!"

But Jiang Ziyou only gave an enigmatic, cold smile. Her dark eyes flashed with a sinister light as she sneered, "It’s precisely this powerful aura that confirms my information is correct. The Green Water Golden-eyed Beast must be in a weakened state. Otherwise, it would have already charged at us in a rage for getting this close."

"Oh?"

"That makes sense!"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Suddenly, Lin Yu’s eyes lit up. "Quick, look! Beneath the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast’s belly, there’s a jade-green glow. Those must be its Beast Eggs!"

"You’re right, those are definitely the Beast Eggs!"

"Attack!"

A flash of greed appeared in Jiang Ziyou’s eyes. At her command, the four of them charged toward the Green Water Golden-eyed Beast...