Turns Out Being Thick-Skinned Feels This Good!

Whoosh!

Zhao Chen gave his opponent no chance to resist and decisively fired another arrow.

The Firewood Stick, bursting with blood-red blade light, shot at tremendous speed toward the head of the wounded Fourth-Grade spirit beast, the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast.

Roar!

The Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast knew it could wait no longer. Even if it had to swallow the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit now, it absolutely could not let itself be killed and allow someone else to take it afterward.

Its nostrils suddenly twitched.

A glint flashed through its blood-red eyes as it discovered that the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit it had guarded for so long was beginning to ripen!

By all expectations, it should not have ripened at this time.

The Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast did not understand what was happening. It had only one thought now: swallow the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit as quickly as possible!

With one leap, it dodged the Asura Bow's attack and pounced toward the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit.

It had long prepared to swallow the fruit and had chosen the closest possible spot.

"Not good, the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit is about to ripen. It wants to swallow it!"

Wu Yingying noticed this as well and hurriedly shouted to Zhao Chen.

She was somewhat excited. She had not expected the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit to ripen at this moment.

That fragrant aroma undoubtedly confirmed it.

"Not bad luck. I can spare you some."

Zhao Chen did not care that his arrow had been dodged. He suddenly slashed at the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast.

The blade of the Asura Bow burst forth with extreme blade light, forcing it to stop immediately.

If it took even half another step forward, the blade light would not leave a deep mark in the ground—it would sever the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast's head.

Roar!

The Fourth-Grade spirit beast, the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast, was completely enraged. Before the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit ripened, it could endure the other party's repeated provocations and even endure having four of its grayish-white venomous snakes severed.

But it absolutely would not allow Zhao Chen to touch the ripened Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit. That was its hope of breaking through to become a Fifth-Grade spirit beast!

Its enormous, razor-sharp hoof claws came whistling down at Zhao Chen.

The brute force of the blow left Zhao Chen's arms aching and legs numb even though he blocked it with the Asura Bow.

"As expected of a Fourth-Grade spirit beast. Even injured, it still has such strength to fight back."

Zhao Chen felt that he had still underestimated it. He held the Asura Bow in his left hand while taking the opportunity to immediately draw the Asura Sword with his right.

A streak of blood-red sword light fiercely slashed toward the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast's neck, which was right before him.

How could it have expected Zhao Chen to possess another weapon?

And this weapon's close-combat power was beyond imagination!

Slash!

Even the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast's tough, hardened hide was instantly torn open under the Asura Sword's strike, blood spraying out continuously.

The Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast still reacted quickly. Its thick lion tail directly smacked the Asura Sword, knocking its killing strike off course.

Nine Heavens Thunderclap Steps!

Seeing this, Zhao Chen held nothing back.

He decisively used the movement spiritual art he had just obtained. A portion of the immense power in his body immediately gathered in his legs.

Every step he took became explosively powerful.

Moreover, he moved at incredible speed, like roaring thunder and flashing lightning.

In the blink of an eye, he had reached the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast's back. Raising the Asura Sword high, he aimed at its head and drove it down!

Slash!

The Asura Sword met no resistance. Propelled by even greater force, it cleanly pierced the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast's skull.

Even its hard skull cracked apart at that moment.

Roar!

With an unwilling howl, the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast finally crashed heavily to the ground and lost consciousness.

A golden Fourth-Grade spirit beast essence slowly rose up, containing a miniature Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast.

Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief and used the Crimson Token to absorb it.

A vast and powerful energy continuously tempered his body, and his Fourth-Grade Spirit Body rapidly improved.

He estimated that he was only one step away from the peak of the Fourth-Grade Spirit Body.

And after eating the ripened Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit, he would basically have a chance to reach the Fifth-Grade Spirit Body!

Theoretically, the further one advanced, the harder it became to improve one's Spirit Body.

But a precious spiritual medicine like the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit, which could elevate a Fourth-Grade spirit beast to a Fifth-Grade spirit beast once ripened, could naturally raise Zhao Chen's Fourth-Grade Spirit Body to the Fifth-Grade Spirit Body as well.

"You... was that a movement technique just now?"

Wu Yingying was dumbfounded. She had nearly thought Zhao Chen would be swallowed by the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast.

Yet he had suddenly displayed incredible explosive power and movement speed. His technique was so fast that the Fourth-Grade spirit beast, the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast, had no time to react before the offense and defense were reversed, leaving it to be slain.

"Never seen it before? I just learned it. If you can learn it too, that'd be pretty awesome."

Zhao Chen wiped away the blood, put away the Asura Bow and Asura Sword, and walked toward the ripening Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit.

"How long does it usually take to ripen?"

The fragrance in the air was exceptionally strong.

The Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit became even more crystal-clear, as though juice might drip from it at any moment.

Its thin skin looked so delicate that it could be broken with a breath.

"I think I know why the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit suddenly ripened."

Wu Yingying glanced at the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast's blood on the ground, which had flowed beneath the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit and had its energy absorbed by it, then continued:

"It'll ripen very soon. It just happened by chance."

The Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast itself probably did not know that spirit beast blood could hasten the ripening of the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit.

Otherwise, it would have become a Fifth-Grade spirit beast long ago!

Crushing Zhao Chen and Wu Yingying would have been effortless.

"So that's how it is. I forgot about that."

Seeing this, Zhao Chen's expression turned strange.

"You go deal with the Lion-bodied Snake-dancing Beast's corpse. Be careful—the grayish-white venomous snakes are poisonous."

After reminding her, he stared at the increasingly luscious Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit.

A Fifth-Grade Spirit Body—this round was in the bag!

"Big brother, can you save me a little?!"

Wu Yingying looked longingly at the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit as well. Though she had neither contributed nor suffered, she still wanted a share.

She had never done something so shameless before.

But after following Zhao Chen for a while, she felt she could do it now.

The Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit was an extremely precious spiritual medicine even within her clan.

Even getting a taste of its juice would be fine.

Zhao Chen rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Sure. Later, I'll even mix in some spirit beast blood for you. That'll help improve your strength even more."

Wu Yingying wore an aggrieved expression, but her eyes were filled with delight.

Turns out being thick-skinned felt this good!

As long as she could get a portion of the Crimson Cloud Scarlet Tempering Fruit, she would already be more than satisfied!

She directly ignored the part about spirit beast blood.

If it were the blood of a Heavenly Ranking Divine Beast, Zhao Chen would not even need to remind her—she would gulp it down without hesitation!

As long as it did not kill her, she would keep drinking!

Divine beast bloodlines would definitely bring enormous benefits.