Chapter 33Chen Zhen meditated and practiced the qi flows for the two movement techniques to be able to call them out at will. He also spent time listening to the clone and practicing the qi flow for the combined movement technique. The next morning after he ate he went out to teach some Specter Monkeys a lesson. Chen Zhen had a malicious grin on his face as he thought of the different ways he was going to torture those Specter Monkeys to pay them back for his painful failed attempts at catching them. Chen Zhen pa.s.sed within a couple feet of Zhang You but didn"t sense anything there. Chen Zhen quickly sped off toward the Specter Monkey territory.
"That"s strange it"s only been about four hours, but he seems to have gotten stronger again. There must be a time enchantment inside the barrier. Since the forest is always in a state of twilight he probably never noticed this. That means his Master must be at least an Emperor realm cultivator, maybe even a G.o.d realm cultivator. This is definitely beyond my capabilities but if I plan it out correctly I might still be able to score big off of this information. The more detailed the information I can give the more valuable it will be to some of the really strong Bandit leaders. I might not be able to act personally, but that doesn"t mean I can"t sell this information to someone who can.", As Zhang You thought about this he allowed his sense to follow Chen Zhen.
The formation that Zhang You set up not only prevented him from being sensed by others, but it also amplified his sensing range. Right now Zhang You could sense hundreds of miles around the forest. Since the clearing was located a couple miles from the edge of the forest his range could only cover about a quarter of the forest. But that was plenty of distance to keep tracking Chen Zhen"s movements.
Chen Zhen climbed the tree he usually did and spotted his former tormentors. Chen Zhen knew that the Specter Monkeys were very slippery characters, so he was definitely going to use the Thunder Step to get closer to them and finally catch one. Chen Zhen wanted to catch the Specter Monkeys off guard, so he used the tree branches to get close to them as he had done before. When the Specter Monkeys saw Chen Zhen coming some of them started laughing already, and he wasn"t even close to them yet. A couple of them actually ran toward Chen Zhen. When they were about twenty yards from him they turned around and started taunting him but shaking their b.u.t.ts at him and slapping their own b.u.t.ts. Seeing their taunts and remembering how they played him for a fool before, Chen Zhen grabbed a tree branch as he ran past. Chen Zhen activated the Thunder Step and reached Mach 1 almost instantly. Suddenly the forest was filled with the sounds of howling Specter Monkeys. The rest of the troop of Specter Monkeys didn"t understand what had happened. When they saw the two monkeys who were howling they noticed they were holding their b.u.t.ts while screaming in pain. When the two howling Specter Monkeys finally moved their hands out o the way everyone could see red welts on their b.u.t.ts. When they looked back to where they were acting a fool and slapping their own b.u.t.ts they could see Chen Zhen standing there holding a tree branch and smiling with satisfaction written all over his face.
Chen Zhen remembered each and everyone of the Specter Monkeys that had made a fool out of him before and now he was here to get his revenge. With s.a.d.i.s.tic pleasure Chen Zhen flashed around the Specter Monkeys spanking them with the tree branch in his hand. Before long the entire forest was filled with their screams and howls. The troop of monkeys took off running deeper into the forest. Chen Zhen who was having too much fun returning their torture tenfold followed after them, continuing his hara.s.sment of the Specter Monkeys. Even though Chen Zhen was having fun he didn"t forget to keep his senses pealed to his surroundings. Pretty soon Chen Zhen felt a peak rank 5 beast headed his way, but for some reason it was giving off energy signals that were sometimes just as strong as a rank 6 spirit beast, and sometimes stronger than a rank 6 spirit beast.
"Do you guys feel that? Do you know what it could be?", Chen Zhen asked Shanggu Feng and Lou Tian
"It feel like a spirit beast is about to advance to rank 6. Spirit beast don"t have to cultivate like we do, they have to keep absorbing enough energy from spirit cores of other beast to make their advancement.", Lou Tian explained.
"I actually think its something much worse then that.", Shanggu Feng quickly added, "I think this is a rank 5 variant spirit beast. They are much harder to deal with. They can have abilities that others of their species don"t. And the ability can be anything, you won"t know what it is until you start fighting them. They usually have much stronger defense then their normal counterparts do. This can be a really big problem for you, you should probably leave as soon as you can!"
"Too late…..", was all Chen Zhen could say before a bright golden light ran into him.
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!
Chen Zhen was blasted back and smashed thru a couple trees before he flipped backwards and landed on his feet, sliding and leaving deep furrows in the ground. When Chen Zhen looked up he saw a golden Specter Monkey that was one and a half the size of a normal Specter Monkey. It looked at Chen Zhen and growled in anger at him. Its teeth were clenched tight and the veins on its arms and neck were bulging as it huffed and puffed, putting on a very intimidating display.
"Not good! That is a Golden Specter King. Their speed is three times a normal Specter Monkey. Where normal Specter Monkey are relatively weak for a rank 5 spirit beast, the Golden Specter King"s strength can rival that of a rank 6 spirit beast. The angrier they are the stronger they become, he seems to be incensed right now.", Shanggu Feng warned him.
"This is perfect! I can test out my strength with him. I can also see how strong I am now that I have the Blood Lion bloodline in me.", Chen Zhen said with excitement.
Chen Zhen turned around and smacked his b.u.t.t like the Specter Monkeys did earlier, trying to make the Golden Specter King angrier. The Golden Specter King threw its head back and screamed in rage before taking off like a golden bullet slamming into Chen Zhen with its shoulder. Chen Zhen braced for the impact and was surprised to see that he barely moved back at all. The first time the Golden Specter King had caught him off guard, but this time since he was prepared, the attack marginally affected him. Chen Zhen figured if he really tried to then the Golden Specter King wouldn"t even be able to move him with its current strength.
The Golden Specter Monkey was thrown into even more of a rage seeing that its attack barely moved Chen Zhen. It could feel how st.u.r.dy Chen Zhen"s body was when it slammed into him. The Golden Specter Monkey hollered at the top of its lungs and beat its chest I frustration. When it looked at Chen Zhen again its eyes were blood shot, and it seemed to have grown a few inches. This time Chen Zhen was prepared, and he activated Fire Flash at the same time that the Golden Specter King launched itself at him. Chen Zhen"s fist met the Golden Specter King"s fist causing a huge explosion.
VVRRRBBABABBOOOOM!!!
A huge fireball rose out of the forest clearing a section thirty meters in diameter. A golden streak was blasted out of the fireball smashing into some trees and stopping underneath the troop of Specter Monkeys. As the Golden Specter King picked itself back up from the ground it wiped blood from the side of its mouth. The troop of Specter Monkeys looked down dejectedly then started screaming and yelling to encourage the Golden Specter King to get up and keep fighting. Looking up at its troop the Golden Specter King sat down, lower his head and began to holler in a rhythmic pattern. As it was doing this its energy was slowly rising. As the rest of the troop heard this, it was like a signal to them, they all sat down and began to holler in rhythm with the Golden Specter King. A white mist started to flow out of the Specter Monkeys, very soon a white cloud of energy hovered among the trees. The Golden Specter King suddenly raised his head, his eyes were now glowing a bright red. The energy hovering in the trees started to swirl around forming a vortex that poured into the Golden Specter King. The Golden Specter King"s body began to grow bigger and bigger, this was its variant ability. When the Golden Specter King stopped growing it was the size of a silver back gorilla. Its power level had increased to a peak rank 6 spirit beast, it was now more powerful then the Blood Lion that Chen Zhen fought before.
Chen Zhen in no way underestimated this Golden Specter King. While it was powering up Chen Zhen and the clone were making Thunderfire in preparation to attack. Chen Zhen circulated his qi to follow the new combined technique he learned from the clone last night. The Golden Specter King stood up and roared at the top of its lungs. As soon as the last bit of energy entered its body it took off from its spot leaving an afterimage in its place. Chen Zhen activated Thunderfire Flash-step as soon as the Golden Specter King moved. The two met in the middle causing another huge explosion. This time two figures were sent flying out of the flames. Even though they both were pushed back neither of them were hurt from their clash. Chen Zhen and the Golden Specter King both looked at each other with excitement in their eyes. The Golden Specter King looked at his troop then back at Chen Zhen. Chen Zhen nodded his head understanding what it wanted and took off running into the forest. Chen Zhen"s battle l.u.s.t was slowly growing with each fight he entered. Even though this was just training for him it was also much needed experience. For some reason he couldn"t explain he knew that the Golden Specter King felt the same way. This battle wasn"t a life or death struggle for them, they were both using this as experiential training to get stronger. When they were far enough away that none of the troop of Specter Monkeys would be effected by the aftermath of their fight, the tow of them went back to bashing each other silly. This continued for many hours before they both were stopped leaning against trees to be able to stay on their feet. They were both exhausted and hurt all over, but they both also had smiles on their faces. The Golden Specter King waved at Chen Zhen, beckoning him to follow it. It took Chen Zhen on a long walk were they eventually ended up at a small cave at the foot of a mountain. There was a large boulder blocking the entrance to the cave. When the Golden Specter King pushed the boulder out of the way an extremely pure energy rushed out of the opening, just breathing in the vapor made Chen Zhen automatically start circulating the invigorating energy he breathed in.
"Oh my G.o.d…. You have got to be the luckiest b.a.s.t.a.r.d I have ever met in my life…..", Lou Tian said.