Xiao Chen and Lin Ping'an were halfway through their journey when they discovered a large group of Two-Headed Lions blocking the way ahead.
Lin Ping'an had originally wanted to take a detour.
But Xiao Chen said, "There's no need to waste time. We'll just go straight through."
Though the Azure Thorn Technique had a simple name and seemed less impressive than the Luo Tian Mysterious Fire Crow.
In truth, the Azure Thorn Technique was even more exquisite.
While the Mystic Fire Crow excelled at overwhelming the few with numbers, the Azure Thorn Technique was particularly suited for defeating many with few.
Those barbs could not only burrow tightly into their prey's bodies, but also drain their Spiritual Power, turn it into nourishment for themselves, and split into even more thorns.
In only a short while, nourished by the flesh and blood of more than thirty Two-Headed Lions, the area outside the cave had turned into a forest of thorns.
There were even so many thorns at once that Xiao Chen nearly lost control of them.
He had to actively cut off the Mana supply to some of the thorns and sever the excess branches.
Having followed all the way behind, Lin Ping'an had thought he had already witnessed Xiao Chen's methods and understood just how formidable he was.
Yet the sight before him still shattered his expectations once more.
There had been more than twenty adult Two-Headed Lions at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer among them!
But beneath the overwhelming tide of thorns, they had become piles upon piles of White Bone in less than two quarters of an hour.
Even at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, there was no way one should kill Spirit Beasts of the same level like slaughtering chickens, right?
If Xiao Chen's face had been