Chapter 122
Chapter 122 Neidan[1]
Long Chen’s sword slashed down, bringing his terrifying Sword Qi onto the Flame Salamander’s head .
But he was startled to see that his attack only caused the Flame Salamander’s head to sink slightly and was unable to split open its thick skin .
“What terrifying defense!” Long Chen’s sword was only able to leave behind a light mark on the Flame Salamander’s head .
Although the longsword was extremely sharp, Long Chen always felt that it wasn’t suitable for him . He was someone specializing in strength . This light and lithe longsword was something he was unable to use to its full potential .
As soon as his sword had slashed down, the Flame Salamander’s huge tail had whipped across at Long Chen, the same move as last time .
Long Chen snorted and jumped onto the Flame Salamander’s huge head .
BOOM! Long Chen had only just jumped when that tail had swept across towards him . He then jumped again to avoid it, and that attack firmly slammed into its own head .
Using its own tail to whip its own head . Long Chen found that both surprising and funny .
The Flame Salamander roared angrily . Suddenly its stomach enlarged like an inflating ball . Opening its mouth, flames spurted out at Long Chen, immediately engulfing him .
“Pill Flame protecting the body!” Long Chen directly used his Pill Flame to protect his body, resisting the Flame Salamander’s flames . That was also the main reason why Long Chen had sent Little Snow away; Little Snow was still not yet able to resist such terrifying flames .
Despite using his Pill Flame to protect his body, Long Chen still found the scorching difficult to resist . It felt as if he was in a furnace and his own Pill Flame began to show signs of dissolving .
Long Chen jumped out of the flames . There was no need for him to forcibly take on the Flame Salamander’s flames . When it came to their ma.s.ses, the two were not just one level apart . It would be too disadvantageous for him to face it head on .
The ground that had been scorched started to crystallize . The sand had begun to turn into gla.s.s under the high heat .
Although he was shocked, Long Chen was also excited . It truly was worthy of being an existence capable of being on the beast flame rankings .
If he could obtain the Flame Salamander’s beast flame and refine it through his unique methods, his combat ability would definitely soar .
This was also a terrifying aspect of Pill Cultivators . They could draw out the power of a beast flame for their own use, and furthermore, they were able to draw out more power from the beast flame than its original Magical Beast owner .
“I’m not gonna play around any longer . ” The divine ring appeared behind Long Chen’s back, but as soon as it appeared, Long Chen once more put it away .
That was because the divine ring had its own limits . It could draw out the surrounding energy of heaven and earth, multiplying Long Chen’s abilities .
But within this barren desert, there was not even a single blade of gra.s.s . There was basically no spiritual qi to draw out . Without any energy from the outer world to absorb, the divine ring would only be able to draw out energy from Long Chen’s FengFu Star .
And if it was just from drawing out energy from his FengFu Star, bringing the divine ring out didn’t have any meaning . He had a method which would use his FengFu Star’s energy much better .
“FengFu Battle Armor - Appear!”
A star appeared in Long Chen’s pupils . His aura sharply increased and terrifying Qi waves soared into the sky .
Seeing that the Flame Salamander was once more striking out with its tail, Long Chen roared, his voice ringing like spring thunder . He simply used his arm to grab into the end of its tail .
“Rise!” Long Chen’s arms bulged and that Flame Salamander’s huge body was actually lifted into the air before being viciously slammed down .
BOOM! Sand exploded out, turning the surroundings into a complete mess . The distant Little Snow quickly rushed further away, but he was still buried under a huge wave of sand that had spread out .
Holding onto the Flame Salamander’s tail, Long Chen felt his body br.i.m.m.i.n.g with strength . That feeling of being overfilled with energy made him want to vent out his power before he exploded himself .
But the ground was too soft . Long Chen’s gaze fell on that small hill and then once more swung the Flame Salamander . Despite its struggles, Long Chen still managed to swing it around .
Long Chen began to spin around, turning into a revolving top, spinning faster and faster . Suddenly letting go, the Flame Salamander was like a shooting star as it slammed into the hill .
BOOM! All of that especially st.u.r.dy rock shook . A huge hole appeared on the side of the hill .
He didn’t know what rock that hill was made of, but it was strangely hard . Even the Flame Salamander’s body was still unable to smash it apart . Instead, it was its bones that shattered and its scales that fell, blood flowing out .
“ROAR!”
But Long Chen was shocked to see that despite suffering such severe wounds, that Flame Salamander had yet to die . Dragging its broken body, it charged at Long Chen, fury blazing within its eyes .
“Hmph, then let’s try it again . I don’t believe I won’t be able to smash you to death- huh?”
Long Chen was just about to charge out when he suddenly felt a burst of weakness .
“c.r.a.p, time’s up . ” Long Chen’s heart shook . He had forgotten that the FengFu Battle Armor had its own time limit . Without the divine ring’s support, that time limit was shortened even further . The star in his eyes faded away to nothing, and Long Chen’s energy once more returned to its normal level .
Seeing it charge over, Long Chen punched out .
But without the FengFu Battle Armor’s support, Long Chen’s power was not a match for the third rank Flame Salamander . He was sent flying back, sharp pains burning his abdomen . He almost vomited out blood .
“Magical Beasts’ bodies are truly terrifying!” That was what he thought to himself, but if others knew what he was thinking, they would definitely curse him .
That was a third rank Magical beast . In order to match it, it would require several Muscle Rebirth experts .
Furthermore, the Flame Salamander was an exceptional existence even amongst third rank Magical Beasts . Long Chen was only at the Blood Condensation realm, but he was still able to use his physical body to forcibly resist the Flame Salamander . Wasn’t his body even more magical than a Magical Beast’s?
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Long Chen did his best to avoid clas.h.i.+ng directly with the Flame Salamander, however it seemed to have gone crazy, and its wild attacks caused the land to continuously shake .
“Despite being this wounded, its power still hasn’t dropped by much!” Long Chen couldn’t help cursing . His longsword was unable to pose a fatal threat to the Flame Salamander . Furthermore, now that he had used the FengFu Battle Armor, his body’s physical strength was starting to sharply decline . If it continued like this, he could only flee .
He could see a true treasure right in front of him, yet he was unable to obtain it . That was one of the most painful things in the world . He was starting to long for that broken broadsword . If he had it, he would definitely be able to cut through this Flame Salamander .
More and more sections of its scales were falling off its body, revealing its naked flesh . There was one part which had fallen off its neck . Long Chen had tried using his broadsword to pierce that spot several times .
But despite the lack of scales protecting it, the flesh was still too tough and he was unable to break open a large part of it . All his thrusts did was cause it a bit of pain .
Now Long Chen’s physical strength was sharply declining, while the Flame Salamander seemed to be exploding out wildly with an inexhaustible energy . There was no sign it was weakening .
“Oh, right!” Long Chen’s eyes brightened as he suddenly remembered something he had forgotten .
Thinking of that thing, Long Chen celebrated and once more focused . Seeing the Flame Salamander charging over again, he dodged to the right and jumped up . Touching his spatial ring in midair, a large object appeared .
That was a large tail with a long stinger at its end . Long Chen concentrated his full strength into his arms and stabbed it into that opening in the Flame Salamander’s neck .
That was the Huge Desert Scorpion’s stinger . It was now firmly stabbed into the Flame Salamander’s body .
Once that stinger was thrust into the Flame Scorpion, it actually automatically began to quiver, instinctively injecting its poison . Even despite leaving the body, it still possessed this instinct .
Being stabbed, the Flame Salamander crazily roared and thrashed, wanting to escape the stinger . But that position was somewhere it was unable to reach, and no matter what, it was unable to fling it off .
Long Chen could see that the Flame Salamander’s skin was beginning to blacken quickly . He hastily jumped away . His goal had been reached . Now he just had to wait till the end . There was no need to foolishly continue fighting it .
The Huge Desert Scorpion’s poison was even more terrifying that Long Chen had expected . Even something as powerful as the Flame Salamander was unable to bear it . In just a couple minutes it had already been poisoned to death .
In any ordinary fight, even a group of Huge Desert Scorpions were not a match for the Flame Salamander because they were unable to pierce through its thick scales .
However, the Flame Salamander’s tail could easily smash through their carapace . Furthermore, the Flame Salamander’s terrifying flames could immediately roast them to death .
That was why the Flame Salamander was said to be the bane of Huge Desert Scorpions . However that didn’t represent that the Flame Salamander was unmatched . Once it lost its defenses, the poison could steal its life .
After struggling for a while, the Flame Salamander no longer moved . However, Long Chen didn’t immediately go over . Instead he and Little Snow waited for a full two hours before slowly approaching .
One reason was because they wanted to be careful . But the other reason was to let Long Chen recover a bit . When they arrived at the Flame Salamander’s corpse, it had already died .
Long Chen excavated the Flame Salamander’s abdomen . Inside he found a one foot wide ball of flame . It was completely snow white and emitting terrifying energy fluctuations .
“Hehe, I’ve obtained the Neidan . ” Long Chen celebrated, as that was the most precious portion of the Flame Salamander . Most Magical Beasts would condense all their energy in a crystal core in their heads .
But a portion of Magical Beasts were not the same . The most precious part of their essence was located within the Neidan . As for the Flame Salamander’s flame strength, that was all sealed within the Neidan .
Normally when Magical Beasts went crazy, they would end up using up all their energy . By the time they died, the Neidan would no longer contain any energy .
The most exciting thing for Long Chen though was that the Neidan was still practically full of energy . That was because the Flame Salamander had only used its Core Flame once from the start of the battle before dying .
The more energy that was contained within the Neidan, the more pure the beast flame refined from it would become . Long Chen looked upon this Neidan lovingly .
But now wasn’t the time for him to use it . In order to draw out the beast flame from within, there were still many more things he needed the a.s.sistance of . Otherwise he would lose too much of the beast flame’s core energy, wating this enormous treasure .
“Wu, wu…” Little Snow was incessantly crying out as he looked at the Flame Salamander’s corpse .
“Sorry! I had no choice!” Long Chen was apologetic . A perfect third rank Magical Beast’s corpse was right there, but he couldn’t eat it .
There was no other way . The poison was too vicious, and Little Snow would also be poisoned if he ate it . Such a powerful third rank Magical Beast’s flesh was wasted just like that . It really was a waste .
“Let’s go see its cave to see if there’s anything good in there . ”
Long Chen brought Little Snow carefully into the cave . Blazing waves of Qi continued to emerge from there, causing the air to burn .
Entering the cave, they saw the inside was quite s.p.a.cious . But Long Chen and Little Snow’s eyes both brightened when they saw a couple large eggs lying right in front of them .
[1] Literally means Inner Pill . Recall the Snow Toad Yaowan Ying Hou had back then which was made from the Snow Toad"s Neidan