Snake King Valley

Tang Mu was helpless as well. Their strength was simply too weak, and they could not help Jiang Chen at all.

Besides, Jiang Chen did not want the two of them to come along either. If they encountered danger, Jiang Chen might not be able to save Tang Mu and Nan Feng.

Nan Feng was at the Martial Master Realm, Second Level, but after the battle just now, Jiang Chen considered his own combat strength no weaker than Nan Feng's.

"Brother Jiang, this is our Tang Family's movement martial skill, Traceless Steps. It's at the Third-tier, Top Grade level. I'm giving it to you as repayment for saving my life this time." After thinking it over, Tang Mu took out a martial skill and held it out in front of Jiang Chen.

"Miss." Nan Feng was shocked when he saw this.

Movement martial skills were extremely precious, especially a Third-tier, Top Grade movement martial skill. Its price outside was fifty thousand spirit stones.

He had never expected Tang Mu to be so willing to give Traceless Steps to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was also startled when he heard this. He had not expected Tang Mu to be so generous as to give him a Third-tier, Top Grade movement martial skill.

"Such a valuable movement martial skill isn't appropriate, is it?" Jiang Chen said, although he really wanted it.

"Compared with saving my life, what is one martial skill worth? Take it." Tang Mu directly placed the martial skill in Jiang Chen's hand.

"Then I'll accept it. Thank you, Miss Tang." Jiang Chen expressed his thanks.

He had never expected that after saving Tang Mu, he would also obtain a Third-tier, Top Grade movement martial skill.

"Be careful when you head to Snake King Valley. If you come to Yunluo City, you can find me at the City Lord's Mansion," Tang Mu said.

"Alright." Jiang Chen nodded.

"I'll be leaving first. Until we meet again." Jiang Chen's figure flashed, and before long, he vanished without a trace, moving extremely fast.

"Miss, he's already gone," Nan Feng said.

"Mm, I know. Let's go back too. Sorry for the trouble this time," Tang Mu said.

Nan Feng had protected her the entire time this time. After returning to Yunluo City, she would ask her father to reward Nan Feng.

As for the other guards who had died, their families would also receive a certain amount of compensation.

This time had truly been an accident. They had simply been unlucky. They had originally intended to stay active around the outskirts and had not planned to enter the depths, but they had encountered a wave of beasts and been forced here.

It was impossible to go any deeper. It was too dangerous.

The two soon left.

Jiang Chen came to a cave. It was relatively safe here, so he began studying Traceless Steps.

After looking it over, Jiang Chen discovered that this movement skill was indeed far more powerful than the Soaring Wave Steps he currently used.

Thus, Jiang Chen began cultivating it. After half a day, he had already reached the Minor Accomplishment level.

The levels of mastery for martial skills were divided into Initiation, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, Perfection, and Transcendence.

Jiang Chen's comprehension of martial skills was now extremely high, making cultivation exceedingly easy.

"With Traceless Steps, I'll have a much better chance of entering Snake King Valley." Jiang Chen was overjoyed.

A day later, Jiang Chen arrived near Snake King Valley. The trees in the area were dense, and the roars of beasts could be heard from nearby every now and then.

"I wonder what Elder Huo wants the Red Snake Flowers for. He actually wants a hundred stalks." Jiang Chen wondered inwardly.

However, for the subsequent moves of the Hegemonic Blade Art, Jiang Chen was willing to fight for it.

At that moment, a black bird appeared in the sky.

"Not good. That's a Scouting Bird." Jiang Chen's expression changed when he saw the black bird in the sky.

A Scouting Bird was a flying demonic beast used for reconnaissance. Although its strength was not great, it was extremely intelligent and could scout routes and search for targets.

The Scouting Bird discovered Jiang Chen's whereabouts in midair and let out a sharp cry.

Jiang Chen had also heard that the Bloodfire Mercenary Group possessed methods of using Scouting Birds for reconnaissance.

This Scouting Bird was very likely from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

"We have news. The target is to the east." The Bloodfire Mercenary Group received the Scouting Bird's signal, and they immediately headed east in a group.

Jiang Chen also quickened his pace and dashed toward Snake King Valley.

"That kid is heading toward Snake King Valley?" The Bloodfire Mercenary Group also noticed that something was wrong.

Snake King Valley was home to a Fourth-tier Snake King. The Bloodfire Mercenary Group would not set foot there lightly unless a Martial Grandmaster Realm expert from their group led the team.

"Forget about that for now. Let's catch up first. If he really enters Snake King Valley, we'll guard the outside. We don't believe he can stay in Snake King Valley forever."

"Snake King Valley has only one entrance and exit. If he hasn't come out after five days, then he probably died inside, and we can leave as well," the Bloodfire Mercenary Group's captain said.

The captain was named Chen Luo, and he was at the Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level. His strength was quite formidable.

The previous squad captain, Chen Wei, was Chen Luo's younger brother. The two brothers were both members of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

This mercenary team numbered roughly fifty people, and they gave chase in the direction Jiang Chen had gone.

Soon, another squad caught up with Jiang Chen. By then, they had already reached the entrance to Snake King Valley. Some snake-type demonic beasts had appeared nearby, but these snake beasts were not weak and were directly slain by the group.

"Kid, where else can you run?" Chen Wei shouted, and more than a dozen mercenaries immediately fired arrows.

"Hmph." Jiang Chen's figure shifted, and he dodged the attacks one after another. Those arrows could not hit him at all.

Jiang Chen charged rapidly into Snake King Valley and soon vanished from sight.

"Damn it, we let him escape. But we'll guard this place for a few days. I don't believe he won't come out," Chen Wei said with a cold snort.

There were countless snake-type demonic beasts inside Snake King Valley, and they were quite powerful. The mercenaries did not dare enter lightly.

They did not believe Jiang Chen could enter and still come out alive.

Even if he could, there were still all of them guarding the outside.

Before long, Chen Luo and the others arrived as well. After hearing that Jiang Chen had entered Snake King Valley, they were also quite helpless and could only wait outside.

"He killed so many people from our Bloodfire Mercenary Group. We must kill him, or it will be difficult to answer to the hall master," Chen Luo said coldly.

"Yes." The mercenaries all nodded.

Thus, they began assigning duties and took turns guarding the exit of Snake King Valley.

The others began clearing out the demonic beasts in the vicinity.

After entering Snake King Valley, Jiang Chen encountered quite a few Second-tier snake-type demonic beasts, but most were First-tier. He occasionally encountered Second-tier snake-type demonic beasts, but he killed them all.

Jiang Chen's cultivation also surged to the Martial Artist Realm, Seventh Level.

After Jiang Chen entered Snake King Valley and killed quite a few snakes, he attracted the attention of some of the valley's stronger snake-type demonic beasts.

Jiang Chen noticed movement behind him. When he turned around, he saw three giant snakes, each roughly ten meters long, rushing toward him at high speed.

These were Third-tier Giant Snakes.

"Not good." Jiang Chen's expression changed. He circulated Traceless Steps and sprinted forward.

The three giant snakes pursued relentlessly, breaking many small trees as they passed.

"Snake King Valley really is dangerous. How long has it been since I entered? Three Third-tier Giant Snakes are already chasing me." Jiang Chen cursed.

Soon, there was no road ahead. Helpless, Jiang Chen could only turn around and face them. He did not know whether he could defeat three Third-tier Giant Snakes in his current state.