Chapter 100: Meeting Su Zhaoyue Again
Passing through the white mist, Su Zhan landed on the ground.
Before he could steady himself, the commotion of his landing startled a nearby monster, which charged towards him in a frenzy.
"It's a human! Insignificant human!"
Excited mental messages were transmitted.
Su Zhan turned his head and saw a monster about five meters tall. He didn't recognize its specific species, but he could tell that it had already reached the fifth rank, equivalent to a human cultivator in the mid-stage of the Origin Elixir Realm.
With a thought, the True Martial Sword was unsheathed and held in his hand as Su Zhan struck out with a sword.
"Buzz!"
The True Martial Sword hummed and emitted a golden light. Instantly, the power of this strike was increased by thirty percent!
"Sizzle!"
The sword qi flew out, piercing through the monster's body and cutting down the trees several miles ahead.
"Boom!"
The trees collapsed, and in the midst of the swirling dust, the monster's body split in two and crashed to the ground!
"In the mid-stage of the Origin Elixir Realm and still this powerful?" Su Zhan was somewhat surprised. He hadn't even used the Firestar Sword Technique, yet a casual strike had such great power.
However, why were all the mid-stage Origin Elixir Realm cultivators he encountered so weak? Could they be defeated with just one punch? Unable to figure it out, Su Zhan simply left the scene.
The corpse of that monster might attract many Origin Elixir Realm cultivators to fight over it if left outside, but for Su Zhan, it was no longer worth his attention.
Soon, he encountered a second monster.
With one strike of his sword, it was instantly killed.
After searching for two hours in the Misty Cloud Gorge, he gained nothing.
Su Zhan began to doubt if he had been deceived. A small red dot appeared on the Sensing Spirit Copper Mirror.
Hmm? Does this indicate the presence of spiritual herbs? Or could it be the location of the dragon's blood?
Su Zhan's eyes lit up and he headed towards the direction of the red dot. t didn't take long for him to reach the spot. The light on the Sensing Spirit Copper Mirror also began to flicker intensely.
His gaze fell upon a celestial herb in front of him, and Su Zhan was somewhat surprised. It was actually a Sacred Lotus.
He had already refined one before, and he didn't expect to encounter another one here. Although the Sacred Lotus was rare, it wasn't particularly useful for Su Zhan now.
Moreover, this Sacred Lotus was obviously unable to compare with the one he had previously refined, which had already achieved spiritual communication. Feeling somewhat disappointed, Su Zhan walked towards the Sacred Lotus.
"Roar!"
Just when he was about a hundred meters away from the Sacred Lotus, a furious roar sounded. Immediately after, a green crescent-shaped wind blade flew towards him at a high speed!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Wherever the wind blade passed, it generated hurricanes that tore and shattered everything along the way!
"This power… it's at the Fish-Dragon Realm!" Su Zhan's gaze narrowed as he drew his True Martial Sword and unleashed a Firestar Sword Qi.
The sword qi collided with the wind blade and dissipated simultaneously!
Soon after, a gigantic wolf-shaped monster, about ten meters tall and green in color, appeared. Green wind currents emanated from its four legs, and it swiftly approached Su Zhan.
Wind Wolf King! A sixth-tier wind-type monster, known for its incredible speed and powerful attacks. It excelled at ambushing and sneak attacks, usually avoiding direct confrontation with enemies!
Su Zhan was surprised as he recalled the information about this monster. Wasn't it supposed to avoid direct confrontation with enemies?
Why does it look so excited when it sees me? Could it be that I look delicious or something??
As the Wind Wolf King's enormous wolf paw came down, Su Zhan activated the Limitless Stellar Body technique. With the True Martial Sword, which focused on absolute strength, his power increased even further. He struck the wolf's paw with a single sword.
"Boom!"
The Wind Wolf King's massive body toppled to the ground. Its paw was mangled and bloody!
Meanwhile, Su Zhan retreated a hundred meters away, his dragon-patterened soft armor emitting a dazzling light that absorbed the force of the Wind Wolf King's attack.
"You despicable human! How dare you ambush me!"
The Wind Wolf King's angry mental message resounded.
Su Zhan felt speechless. Indeed, monsters may not speak, but once they can, they can be even more shameless than humans.
As the Wind Wolf King rose in anger, its body emitted a surge of green light, its power much stronger than before as it charged towards Su Zhan. Seeing this, Su Zhan put away his True Martial Sword. A starlight flew out from his brow, and the Great Sun Star Sword fell into his hand.
As a divine lifesource weapon, it had grown alongside its master. With Su Zhan's breakthrough to the Mid-Stage of the Origin Elixir Realm, the Great Sun Star Sword had become even more powerful!
Firestar Sword Technique!
A single sword strike.
The intent and sword qi merged into one. A river of starlight, several miles long, appeared!
"A human at the Origin Elixir Realm, how can you be so terrifying!"
The Wind Wolf King's pupils shrank suddenly, and it released a wave of overwhelming fear in its mental message. Its body flashed with green light, and it hastily turned around to escape.
But it was already too late. The river of stars descended.
"Boom!"
Everything within several miles ahead was annihilated, leaving behind a broken and damaged path.
The Wind Wolf King's massive body was covered in blood, with many bones forcefully crushed out from within, puncturing its flesh. It was dead beyond death.
One sword, slaying a sixth-rank monster!
However, this Wind Wolf King had clearly recently broken through to the sixth rank. It was slightly weaker than Li Qingyang and the others. At present, Su Zhan, without using his divine body state, still found it somewhat difficult to slay a fish-dragon realm with a single sword.
The Great Sun Star Sword returned to its nurturing in the sea of consciousness. Su Zhan walked forward and extracted the monster core from the Wind Wolf King's body.
Only monsters of the fish-dragon realm would give birth to monster cores. These monster cores could be used to refine pills or serve as materials for special treasures. They were incredibly precious.
After extracting the monster core, Su Zhan hesitated for a moment before storing the Wind Wolf King's body in his storage ring. The corpse of a fish-dragon realm monster was considered a treasure in the eastern region.
Plucking the Sacred Lotus, Su Zhan left the area.
After another two hours, having searched nearly half of the Misty Cloud Gorge and engaged in numerous battles with monsters, Su Zhan hadn't even caught a glimpse of the True Dragon's Blood. He was feeling a bit frustrated as he moved forward at high speed.
Suddenly, intense sounds of fighting came from ahead.
Passing over a small hill, Su Zhan could clearly see the situation there.
A delicately featured girl in white attire was battling three monsters. Those three monsters were all fifth-rank, equivalent to the initial stage of the Origin Elixir Realm in terms of strength.
Yet, that girl was only in the Martial Master Realm. However, with one hand covered in icy blue flames and the other hand radiating golden flames, she was actually suppressing and overpowering the three monsters, gaining the upper hand!
Perhaps soon, the girl would be able to kill the three monsters. But she didn't have that chance.
Because Su Zhan intervened.
He didn't even need to use the True Martial Sword. With two fingers, Su Zhan lightly tapped in the direction of the girl. A majestic sword intent and a river of stars emerged, pressing down on the three monsters.
"Bang!"
In the next moment, the bodies of the three monsters exploded, turning into a rain of flesh and blood!
The girl was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Zhan, showing a surprised expression.
"Su Zhan, it's you!"
"Su Zhaoyue, long time no see." Su Zhan walked up to Su Zhaoyue, smiling.
"Not that long, but it seems like your cultivation has improved a lot?"
"Mid-stage Origin Elixir Realm."
Upon hearing this, Su Zhaoyue drooped her head dejectedly. "I thought that after reaching the later stage of the Martial Master Realm in such a short time, I had caught up to you, but it turns out I'm still far behind."
"I was lucky and obtained some treasures. If I only focus on cultivation, I might be on the same level as you." Su Zhan smiled, unfazed.
In fact, what he said was true. As someone with a protagonist template, Su Zhaoyue's cultivation speed, although slightly slower than his, was still extremely abnormal compared to other so-called geniuses in the eastern region, such as Li Changxing and Mo Tian.
Sensing Su Zhaoyue's cultivation at the Martial Master Realm, Su Zhan became curious. "Let's not talk about that. How did you end up here? It's not safe for someone of your strength to come to the Celestial Mountain Range, right?"
"I have the Dry Blue Ice Flame, and I recently learned some special concealment methods. It's difficult for those monsters to detect me. Unfortunately, that one… sigh. Su Zhan, what is your current strength?" Su Zhaoyue felt a bit down, but suddenly remembered Su Zhan's earlier display of sword intent that directly killed three fifth-rank monsters. Her curiosity piqued, she asked with some anticipation.
"My strength…"
Su Zhan pondered for a moment. "It's probably equivalent to the Fish-Dragon Realm."
"The Fish-Dragon Realm?"
Su Zhaoyue was taken aback. "If you don't mind, we can work together. I came here for the Dragon Breath Flame, and I believe you're searching for the legendary True Dragon Blood, right? The location of the Dragon Breath Flame is likely to be near the True Dragon Blood. I already know the exact location of the Dragon Breath Flame. How about we cooperate?"
Su Zhan looked at the hopeful face of Su Zhaoyue and nodded. "If Miss Zhaoyue truly has clues about the True Dragon Blood, then we can cooperate."
"Great!"
Su Zhaoyue said earnestly, "Although I can't guarantee that the location of the Dragon Breath Flame will definitely have True Dragon Blood, I can assure you that there is something carrying the power of a true dragon. Otherwise, the Dragon Breath Flame wouldn't have remained for thousands of years without extinguishing."
As she spoke, a layer of blue flame appeared around Su Zhaoyue, isolating her aura. "Su Zhan, don't you have any concealment methods?"
"No, since we're looking for True Dragon Blood, we're bound to encounter powerful monsters. Concealment wouldn't be of much use." Su Zhan shook his head.
"Well then…" Su Zhaoyue sighed in resignation and retracted the Dry Blue Ice Flame.
Su Zhan didn't have any special concealment methods, so her use of the Dry Blue Ice Flame was futile.
Afterwards, the two of them exchanged a few brief words and left the area.
Before long, they arrived at the base of a small hill.
As Su Zhan's gaze scanned the surroundings, he couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity.
"Su Zhan, not far ahead, there's a very powerful monster, probably also in the Fish-Dragon Realm!" Su Zhaoyue's expression turned serious as she leaned in close to Su Zhan's ear and whispered, "But in that area, besides the powerful monster, there's also an incompletely matured Sacred Lotus. It was when I was trying to pick the Sacred Lotus that I was accidentally seen. The Dry Blue Ice Flame can conceal my aura, but it can't make me invisible…"
Sacred Lotus?
Su Zhan hesitated a bit. "Are you talking about a fierce beast that's about ten meters tall, resembling a large wolf, with wind attributes and the ability to spit out wind blades?"
"Yes!"
Su Zhaoyue was startled. "Su Zhan, how did you know?"
Su Zhan's expression became peculiar. "If I'm not mistaken, the powerful monster you mentioned has already been killed by me."