"What’s this, Elder Erwell? You're unable to win the argument, so you're resorting to suppressing me with your cultivation?" Even Blake found it difficult to withstand the pressure.As the two stood off, a child's figure entered the hall. With the child's arrival, the oppressive force vanished. The elders' expressions changed as they hurriedly stood up and saluted."Greetings, Supreme Elder Phoenix!""Supreme Elder Phoenix, why have you come out?"The child before them was none other than the highest-ranking elder of the Esoteric Medical Sect."There's no need for formalities, everyone. If I hadn’t come out, you two might have torn down the Esoteric Medical Sect’s hall. Elder Evans, Elder Erwell, you’re both too old to be arguing so heatedly over such matters. "After all these years of friendship, is this necessary?" The voice emanating from the child's body was unexpectedly aged."Supreme Elder Phoenix, you must stand up for Floyd. You watched him grow up, and you know his tal
As the figure turned around, Livingston saw a soot-covered face. It was then that Livingston noticed several exploded pill furnaces scattered around Floyd. Clearly, Floyd had failed in refining pills again.Seeing Livingston notice the broken pill furnaces, Floyd felt embarrassed and awkwardly said, "Livingston, why aren’t you cultivating in your pavilion? What brings you here?"Livingston quickly averted his gaze and replied, "Floyd, I came specifically to tell you some news.""Go ahead.""Elder Evans brought back a Pill Refining Master from the mortal world.""What? Is this true?""It's true. I even saw the person myself. He's currently staying with that useless disciple of Elder Evans."Upon hearing the confirmation, Floyd's expression remained unchanged, though he kept a smile. "Alright, I understand. Thank you for letting me know, Livingston.""Well, I won't disturb you any further."Only after Livingston had exited the cave and walked far away did Floyd's expression dark
"Do you really have no idea who you're facing?" Floyd asked angrily, unleashing his aura as a marquis of martial arts toward Chase.Chase sensed it lightly. Floyd was merely a third-stage marquis.Ignoring the aura pressing toward him, Chase’s eyes turned cold as he repeated, "I do. You said your name is Floyd. Do you have any other business? If not, then leave. I need to cultivate."Hearing Chase's words, Floyd was momentarily infuriated but could not find a rebuttal. He was fuming with anger. However, Floyd did not lose his reason. Seeing that Chase was unaffected by his aura meant only one thing—Chase’s cultivation was likely higher than his own.Floyd suddenly felt a surge of regret. Had he not devoted so much time to pill refining, his cultivation would not be as it was now.Knowing that staying longer would only embarrass him, Floyd left with a dark expression."I warned you, and you didn't listen. Don't blame me for what happens next. You won't live to participate in the P
When did another space get unlocked?Chase felt like a failure as the owner of the Dragon Vein Secret Realm. How could he have not noticed such changes?With that thought, he appeared in the newly revealed space.It was the same mirror-like water surface, shrouded in mist. Chase called out loudly, "I know you’re here, sir. Show yourself. My name is Chase Collins, and I'm the current master of the Dragon Vein Secret Realm!"Perhaps Chase’s introduction worked as a light melded together in front of him, gradually forming into an old man with a slight hunch. He had a flask at his waist."Boy, with just your level of cultivation, how dare you appear before me? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you with a flick of my hand?" the old man’s gaze lingered on Chase as he said."Sir, if you really wanted to kill me, you wouldn’t have shown yourself," Chase replied with a smile."Hmph, if you’re wise, let me go now, or I’ll truly kill you," the old man retorted, his eyes never leaving Chase as he
"I had no idea that he was a martial monarch. No wonder I was defeated in a blink of an eye. I didn’t even see him make a move.""Tsk. You’re useless in this regard. If I wanted you killed, you'd be dead by now. You didn’t think you could really fight me just because I lowered my cultivation to match yours?" Caspian said sarcastically."That’s true." Chase scratched his head in embarrassment. He continued saying, "If he’s a martial monarch, why was he suddenly unsealed only now?"Caspian gave this some thought before replying, "There might be a connection between you and that martial monarch. It could be triggered by his aura."This was the only explanation that made sense.Chase was voicing his agreement when Caspian said something else."Although, rumor has it that the martial monarch, Lucas Evans, is closely related to the Esoteric Medical Sect.""Do you mean to see that he was unsealed because he sensed a familiar aura?" Chase questioned."I didn’t say that’s the reason. I’
Lucas started ignoring Chase.Chase was not mad at this. He sat on the ground cross-legged and began cultivating.The spiritual energy here was slightly thicker than in Caspian’s place.A night passed by, and Chase’s cultivation enhanced slightly. He left the Dragon Vein Secret Realm after that. Chase had just left when he saw Blake coming toward his floor with Linus. He went out the door to welcome them.Something seemed to be on Blake’s mind. He looked embarrassed when he saw Chase."I’m sorry, Chase. You might have to fight to get what I had initially promised you.""What happened, Elder Evans?""I met the elders of the sect yesterday, and after our discussion, we decided to hold a Pill Refining Summit in three days. All disciples and elders will take part in it."Chase realized those two had appeared last night because of this. He smiled and said, "That’s a good thing. Why do you look so out-of-sorts, Elder Evans?""Since the death of the last Pill Refining Master of our
It was not long before they arrived at the side of an abyss."Jump down, young man!" Lucas insisted.It was a dark, bottomless abyss and Chase tried to sense inside it. He realized that it was filled with restrictive mechanisms all the way down. There were flight restrictions, true energy restrictions, sense restrictions, and many others.Chase put on a troubled look and said, "Sir, I’m just a marquis of martial arts. I'd either die or get seriously wounded if I jump down like this.""What are you afraid of? I was the one who set up these restrictive mechanisms years ago to scare off people like you. All you need to do is jump. Nothing will happen. Don’t worry, I won’t harm you!" Lucas said angrily in Chase's mind."You aren’t lying to me, are you, sir? You’ve already tried to kill me several times today, after all." Chase was reminded of how Lucas had obliterated him. He began to wonder if Lucas was trying to trick him into jumping down the abyss seeing as he could not kill Cha
"Vine Saint!"Chase was stunned to hear that.A Vine Saint existed in this world?While he was pondering this, the green light gathered in front of Chase and condensed into the figure of an old man. Chase felt a chill when he noticed the similarity this place had with the Dragon Vein Secret Realm.Where was this? Could it be…?Chase did not even have time to defend himself against the sudden appearance of the man. He did not even have time to feel alarmed. All he could do was stare at the old man warily.Fortunately, the man did not seem to have any ill intentions toward Chase. Lucas did not trick him."Don’t be afraid, young friend. I can sense the aura of another young friend from you. Are you willing to tell me who led you here?" the old man asked in a friendly manner.There was no aura from the old man at all, and he could even be a hallucination, but Chase knew that the old man was real. This was only happening because his cultivation was completely gone."I was led here
The blade contained powerful sword intent, and it sliced open a horrible wound on the Black Iron Demon Crocodile's belly. Blood gushed out from it.The crocodile roared furiously as it struggled. However, it could not escape as the blade had cut its veins, which immobilized it.Chase exhaled. He went forward and kicked the crocodile's head.A series of crisp cracks were heard before the crocodile ended up in a pool of blood. It was a horrifying sight.It was a martial nirvana beast, and even though it had been seriously hurt, it could still move. Chase did not dare waste any time. He took out some rope he had prepared earlier and wrung it around the crocodile's neck. He dragged it out of the underground palace."This Black Iron Demon Crocodile's body is massive. It must've consumed the blood essence of many human martial artists. I wonder what other surprises it has for me."Chase chuckled as he prepared to leave.However, that was when Chase paused in his footsteps and suddenly
The sinister and moist aura became stronger. Chase could even detect the rotting stench of dead bodies in the aura."Could there be more than one dead body buried in this place?" Chase contemplated this, but it did not bother him too much as victory was the only thing crucial to him.He leaped into the dark. Chase would come to some crossroads along the way, but he chose to keep going straight. The path led him underground.He had stepped into the tunnel for less than 15 minutes when he caught the sound of fighting. It did not come from outside but from below.He was puzzled and quietly snuck over.There was a loud bang, which was followed by the clanging of weapons.A massive dark shadow was on all fours in the middle of the underground palace covered in rubble. It had four limbs and a huge head. It had terrifying teeth and sharp claws while its back was covered with dark scales.It was crouching, and its red eyes looked vicious and violent. It could lunge forward and eat some
"Damn it!"Chase was enraged. He growled while madly absorbing the pure vitality and heaven and earth's spiritual energy from all around him.He sat down with great pain. He put his hands together to guide the vitality to condense it into lightning form.Purple lightning struck suddenly, tearing through the air and wrapping around the golden light.Chase's forehead was covered in sweat, and his entire body stiffened."This thing is tough to deal with. Why is it so hard to absorb it?" Chase clenched his teeth. The golden light contained incredibly powerful energy."I don't believe that you can take this."There was a cold look in Chase's eye. Thick veins throbbed all over him while limitless energy poured from within his body and into his hands. The energy gathered in his arms.The Might of Thunder and Lightning was an extremely powerful attack technique that was unbeatable.Chase was relieved to see the lightning and light vanish. Even though this was a powerful move, it exhau
"It's a voodoo bug!"The look on Chase's face changed. He instantly realized what it was and quickly waved his arms to release a raging wave of strength that caused numerous trees around him to fall.A swarm of green bugs, with each the size of a thumb, emerged in hordes. They were like swarms of locusts that filled up every space in the air.Massive sword flashes instantly sliced through them, and the bugs were crushed to dust. However, Chase had disturbed other ferocious beasts laying low in the forest with this move.In an instant, piercing howls were heard.Various beasts and birds came lunging at him.Chase's expression turned dark. He formed into a shadow fragment as he dodged the attack of these animals.He did not choose to escape because he could sense many wild dark beasts in this area.Chase had to get used to being in battle mode.That was the only way he was able to get into the rhythm of fighting the enemy while slowly training himself to uncover a combat techniq
The Sword Manual was extremely difficult to understand. Chase had spent close to two days on it before he could grasp the surface-level information it contained.He figured that it would take at least one month for him to be able to completely cultivate the first stance. As for the second and third stances, as well as the most powerful killing move, he did not dare to have much hope for now."I wonder if there are valuable medicinal herbs in this mountain range," Chase wondered.A sword flash brushed past suddenly, cutting off a huge chunk of a rock.Chase's eyes widened. He stopped and looked toward somewhere not far off.A dark, green venomous snake that was more than 20 feet long was slithering about, emanating a dangerous aura as it stared at Chase."A venomous dragon python?" A grim look appeared in Chase's eyes.The venomous dragon python was a rare snake-type ferocious beast. It was covered in lethal venom, and even a stage-four martial god would die instantly if he cam
However, Chase was not about to let him get away. He went after Thorn while wielding his sword.The sword's blade sliced Thorn's skin, causing blood to splatter everywhere. He was once again seriously wounded, and the slash on his chest looked horrible.That was a vicious swing of the blade. It had destroyed Thorn's core, and his basic martial arts skills were gone."No! This isn't possible…!" Thorn was chilled to the core. He fell to the ground and was close to death. His eyes were wide with disbelief. He had never expected to lose to a human martial god.This was a great humiliation!"The Black Feather Guards will tear you apart and turn you to dust!" Thorn cursed at Chase with clenched teeth."Exotic races like you are pretty dumb." Chase shook his head. "If I'm killed, your people will die with me. There are many factors to consider in this world. You need to be aware of the consequences."Chase spoke unfeelingly. The next moment, he lifted his leg and kicked Thorn in the th
"Scared? Haha!"Thorn threw back his head and laughed with a condescending look in his eye. "Human martial artists are nothing but ants. You only managed to obtain resources and heritage from what was left behind by your ancestors. It's because of mere inheritances that you think you're superior and know no fear. I'll teach you a lesson today about how weak humans are!"Chase grunted coldly, and the Thunder Sword appeared in his hand. Stepping forward, he lunged for the kill and swung his sword down.Weapons clashed, and sparks flew.Thorn's expression changed as he stumbled back a step. His arm was numb."The sword technique of a human is indeed exquisite. But such an unruly technique can only be used on low-level dark beasts. It won't be able to do anything to me." Thorn put his hands together, and a dark battle spear formed. The spear kept flashing with light like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.He moved quickly and lunged at Chase for the kill.The look in Chase's eye
"You shouldn't have left the sect like that, Chloe. What if the elders punish you?""This is all because of me, Kara. If I didn't leave, you would've gotten into trouble too…""Don't be silly. You're my junior. I can't stand by and watch you die."The women's words caught Chase's attention."Huh? It's them…"He raised an eyebrow, not expecting them to be hiding deep inside the valley.However, Chase quickly realized something, and a glint flashed in his eyes. He quietly said to himself, "They're martial artists too! Even though they're only early-stage martial gods, they possess the Energy of Drago Tiger. They must have taken some spiritual herbs and refined them."These were no ordinary women. They had a powerful background, so it was not unusual for them to possess some treasures. After all, a martial god had a long lifespan. Common herbs that were easily found would not be able to fulfill their needs."I don't care how unhappy you are, reveal yourself right now," Chase said
The lion's massive body flew off into the air.Chase lunged forward. His left hand was curved into a claw as he grabbed the lion's head. He pulled hard with his hand despite having a sword in his right.Blood splattered everywhere.Using sheer strength, he separated the lion's head from its body and flung it to the side.This caught the attention of many dark beasts that were martial gods."Huh? This human martial god looks really powerful. If we can get such a young elite to be our servant, we can make use of him for quite a while."Chase's slaughtering had crossed the line of most of these dark beasts.Powerful demon energy immediately burst from every corner of the valley. It gathered within the valley and formed into a dark chain of demon energy that came falling on Chase like a net to kill him.Chase swung the Purple Lightning Blade. The blade's flash exploded to every corner and destroyed the demon energy.There was a sharp look in Chase's eyes as he noticed something st