Chapter 45: Chapter 43: Luuo Xue Delivers Medicine

The Spirit Beast stampede came too quickly. No one could have possibly imagined that such a thing would occur in the outer region of the Moonlight Forest. Everything about it felt wrong.

These Spirit Beasts had charged out from the central region of the Moonlight Forest. They were incredibly powerful; the weakest among them was equivalent to a Seventh-level Mortal Warrior Realm Cultivator, while the strongest was on par with an Innate Third Layer expert.

No wonder the group on the mountain peak had turned pale. Some were so terrified their legs trembled, nearly forgetting to flee for their lives.

"Run! Any later and we’ll die here!"

Someone shouted, and then everyone held nothing back. They unleashed their most powerful life-saving and escape techniques, scattering in all directions.

Most of these people were, after all, heirs of Great Families and possessed formidable life-saving measures. They would never have been willing to use them unless it was a matter of life and death, but now, they didn’t hesitate for a second, using all their escape methods to flee the area.

In a single instant, the rampaging Spirit Beasts trampled the land. The mountain peak was flattened, and countless ancient trees were destroyed, transforming the area into a true wasteland.

RUMBLE...

The frenzied Spirit Beasts stampeded into the distance. Even the older, stronger experts above the Innate Third Layer had no choice but to flee, not daring to hinder them in the slightest.

At the entrance to the waterfall valley, right where the rampaging Spirit Beasts had passed, a patch of earth began to churn on its own. It then parted, and several figures emerged from within.

"Good thing I reacted quickly and buried us with the Earth Splitting Secret Technique. Otherwise, we’d have been torn to shreds by those Spirit Beasts!"

Han Qing said, his voice still shaking with fear.

Jiang Jichen glanced at Little Yue’Er in his arms. Seeing she was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief. But at that moment, a jolt shot through his chest, and it felt as if his heart was about to split open.

"The Sealing Spirit Escape Technique is about to wear off. We need to leave this place as soon as possible!"

Jiang Jichen said.

His gaze swept across their surroundings. He saw only the ruined valley, where several powerful Spirit Beasts still lingered. They were foraging, eating the mangled corpses of what Jiang Jichen recognized as some of the elite disciples from the various Sects.

Many had been trampled into paste, but some had merely been knocked into pits in the ground. They hadn’t died instantly, but they couldn’t escape their fate in the end. They were still found by these Spirit Beasts, torn apart, and devoured.

After the stampede, these Spirit Beasts scattered throughout the outer region of the Moonlight Forest. They were now everywhere, and an encounter could happen at any moment.

The outer Moonlight Forest was now incredibly dangerous, as it was crawling with powerful Spirit Beasts that should have been in the central region.

The moment Jiang Jichen and his group appeared, four Spirit Beasts roaming the waterfall valley spotted them.

These were four Seventh-level Profound Beasts, with combat power equivalent to a human Eighth-Level Mortal Warrior. If Jiang Jichen were uninjured, he could have definitely killed them with a single punch. But his condition was poor, and Han Qing, having just used the Earth Splitting Secret Technique, had not yet recovered his Spiritual Power.

Zhang Xiaoyu was awake but was also extremely weak and needed to be looked after.

As for Little Yue’Er, she was just standing to the side, looking cute... and was absolutely useless.

There was no time for Jiang Jichen’s group to think. The four Seventh-level Profound Beasts were already lunging at them, their eyes glinting with savagery.

They were four gray wolves, known for their powerful bodies. Their close-quarters combat strength far surpassed that of a Cyan Wolf, and they were much more ferocious.

Jiang Jichen took a deep breath and said to Han Qing, "You take Little Yue’Er and the others and fall back first. I’ll finish off these four beasts and catch up."

Han Qing didn’t hesitate. He took Little Yue’Er and Zhang Xiaoyu and left. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to stay and help Jiang Jichen; he just knew that if they remained, they would only be a burden, making an already dangerous situation even more perilous. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Seeing that Han Qing and the others had reached the edge of the dense woods, Jiang Jichen turned to face the four charging gray wolves. Instead of retreating, he advanced.

"Kill!"

The previous use of the Ancient Attack and Defense Sword Skill had consumed too much of his Spiritual Power. Jiang Jichen’s available Spiritual Power was now depleted, and the effects of the Sealing Spirit Escape Technique could wear off at any moment. Therefore, he didn’t even consider using his Spiritual Body Power, opting instead to engage the four ferocious gray wolves in close-quarters combat using only his physical body.

Using Shadow Step combined with the Seven Stars Sky-Breaking Fist, Jiang Jichen fearlessly battled the four savage gray wolves.

Blood splattered, wolves howled endlessly, and a heavy gasp for breath could be heard.

AWOO!

As the third gray wolf let out a tragic cry, its head forcibly twisted off by Jiang Jichen, the last remaining wolf immediately turned and fled. It didn’t dare to get close to him, its blood-red eyes filled with terror.

While fighting this human boy, they felt he was more wolf-like than they were—fierce, calm, and cruel.

If you managed to leave a wound on him, you would find an even more terrifying wound on yourself. In the end, you would be the one to fall.

Covered in blood and wounds, the effects of the Sealing Spirit Escape Technique completely vanished at that moment. The backlash from forcibly using the Ancient Sword Technique began to set in. Cracks appeared all over his body, and Jiang Jichen felt like he was about to collapse.

But Jiang Jichen’s expression remained calm. He took a handful of Healing Spiritual Pills from his Mid-Level Storage Bag and tossed them into his mouth, simultaneously circulating the Undying Scripture and the Source Character Qi Condensing Technique.

The wounds and cracks, which had been continuously appearing and spreading, finally stopped. Moreover, the injuries began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If he had enough time, Jiang Jichen could definitely heal his entire body and even advance his Cultivation.

AWOO!

However, a wolf’s howl echoed out. Jiang Jichen knew it was the gray wolf that had escaped, calling for its pack.

’This place is dangerous. I can’t stay long!’

Once his wounds had recovered slightly, Jiang Jichen activated Shadow Step and quickly gave chase after Han Qing and the others.

「For the next two days」

Jiang Jichen focused on recuperating. Thanks to Han Qing’s Earth Splitting Secret Technique, they managed to avoid one Spirit Beast after another.

「On the third day」

Jiang Jichen and his group finally ran into a pack of Earth Profound Serpents they couldn’t avoid. These Earth Profound Serpents could burrow, rendering Han Qing’s Earth Splitting Secret Technique useless against them.

Over twenty Eighth-level Profound Serpents and three Ninth-level Profound Serpents slithered around them, flicking their crimson tongues. Their bodies were as thick as an adult’s arm.

Jiang Jichen sighed internally. ’My injuries have only recovered by sixty percent. Even though I can handle these Eighth and Ninth-level Profound Serpents, fighting them will only make my injuries worse.’

He had spent the last two days consuming all his Healing Spiritual Pills just to barely overcome the backlash from forcibly using the Secret Skill and the Ancient Sword Technique. Given another two days to rest, he could have fully recovered without any more pills and would have even grown stronger.

But if he were to fight now, he would be thrown right back to his most injured state.

Just then, a commotion came from the distance, and a group of people appeared.

Jiang Jichen looked over and saw that most of them were familiar faces.

It was a group of more than ten people, including Murong Qingshu, Murong Qinghe, Shen Yuqing, Luuo Jie, Hex Feng, and some of the Four Beauties of Qingcheng.

"Damn, it’s Earth Profound Serpents! Let’s get out of here!"

"That’s Jiang Jichen! How is that possible? He’s still alive?"

"Still, he’s badly injured and surrounded by over twenty Earth Profound Serpents. He’s a dead man for sure this time."

"Don’t let the Earth Profound Serpents notice us. Quick, fall back!"

"A shame we can’t stay and watch Jiang Jichen get swallowed alive by the Earth Profound Serpents."

...

The group conversed in low voices using sound transmission. They were all heirs of Noble Families who had survived the Spirit Beast stampede. They had also witnessed firsthand how dangerous and terrifying the outer Moonlight Forest had become; it took two of them working together to kill even a single Level 8 Spiritual Beast.

Therefore, seeing the twenty-plus Earth Profound Serpents surrounding Jiang Jichen’s group, they had no choice but to give up on the idea of killing him themselves, however much they wanted to. They had to leave quietly, careful not to attract the serpents’ attention.

The group quickly retreated, but Luuo Xue fell behind. A Spirit Pill Bottle appeared in her hand, and she threw it toward Jiang Jichen from a distance.

"These are Primordial Qi Spirit Pills. They can heal your injuries quickly. The effect is best when taken with a Condensing Spirit Pill!"

Her voice, carried by the Clear Wind Sound Transmission Technique, entered his ears and echoed without fading.

Jiang Jichen caught the Spirit Pill Bottle. As he watched the ethereal, white-clad figure recede into the distance, an unexpected warmth spread through his heart.