Boom--!!!
The three-foot-tall golden giant ape, like a mountain with its foundation removed, suddenly collapsed forward and hit the ground heavily, stirring up smoke, dust and gravel all over the sky.
The figure of Lu Chen had already drifted away the moment the giant ape fell to the ground, and he was not even stained with a trace of dust.
Without stopping, he walked up to the giant ape's corpse. With a twist of his wrist, Shadow Short Blade spun out and chopped out with precision. A fist-sized Demon Core, which was bright golden in color and contained tremendous energy, was picked out from the corpse and fell steadily into his hand.
Without looking at the stunned people around him, he directly put this valuable Meridian Opening late-stage Demon Core into his own Storage Bag.
The whole process was smooth and seamless, as if this was his prey.
The smoke slowly dispersed, and the place fell into an eerie silence.
Su Qingxue collapsed on the ground, panting heavily. Before he could feel the joy of surviving the disaster, his beautiful eyes were filled with endless shock and confusion.
She didn't see clearly how this person appeared or how he was killed with one blow.
As for the four team members who were originally performing, after confirming that the danger was over, the shock on their faces was quickly replaced by greed and anger.
"Boy!"
One of the tallest team members, holding a thick-backed knife, was the first to attack. He rushed forward in three steps, pointing the big knife at Lu Chen in the distance, and shouted sternly, "You are so brave! How dare you steal our Heavenly Water Demon Suppression Division prey! Hand over Demon Core!"
"That's right!"
The other three people also reacted immediately and quickly dispersed, forming an encirclement and surrounding Lu Chen in the center. Their swords were unsheathed one by one, and they were fierce.
"You can't be considered a hero just by sneaking around to pick up some bargains!"
"Hand over Demon Core, and we can pretend that nothing happened. Otherwise, we won't be able to leave this valley alive!"
The fire of greed burns in their eyes.
A Vajra Rock Ape from the late stage of Meridian Opening, its Demon Core is priceless, which is enough for them to gain a lot from this trial. They will never watch this piece of fat being taken away by an outsider.
Faced with the encirclement and threats from four people, Lu Chen didn't even raise his eyelids.
He just lowered his head and slowly wiped away a trace of demon blood on the short blade with a piece of clean cloth.
He spoke slowly, his voice was not loud, but it was as cold as the cold wind at the bottom of the stream that lasted for thousands of years. "Your prey?"
"I only saw a woman fighting for her life, and four dogs... watching the show next to her."
The moment the words fell!
An invisible pressure of the soul, as vast as a mountain and as cold as an abyss, suddenly dispersed from Lu Chen's body!
This force is not True Qi, but pure spiritual crushing, like a bone-cold invisible hand, gripping the souls of the four team members!
The arrogant and domineering expressions on the four people's faces instantly solidified, replaced by boundless fear and horror!
Under that pressure, they felt as if their souls were grasped by an invisible hand, and then immersed in the Nine Nether Ice Spring, and even their thoughts were almost frozen.
True Qi is stagnant, the blood vessels are stiff, and even the most basic breathing instinct has stagnated.
"Humph."
Chase Lu regained his momentum.
Until the pressure receded like a tide, the four of them collapsed to the ground with a "pop" almost at the same time, as if all the bones in their bodies had been taken away.
They panted heavily and greedily breathed in the blood-smelling air in the canyon. Before the joy of surviving the disaster could reach their hearts, they were overwhelmed by a deeper fear.
For the first time, they truly felt that fear could act directly on the soul without using swords.
Lu Chen didn't even take another look at these four losers who were as limp as mud.
"Watch your dog."
Lu Chen's voice didn't contain any warmth, "Next time, they won't be so lucky."
Su Qingxue moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but when he met Lu Chen's indifferent and deep eyes, all the words were stuck in his throat.
She had never seen such a pure look in his eyes. There was no anger or contempt in it, only an absolute coldness that regarded all things as stupid dogs. It was as if the four Meridian Opening level warriors just now were no different in his eyes from the pebbles on the roadside.
After saying that, Lu Chen stopped staying.
He turned around and took steps.
The figure was just a few blurry flickers, without making a sound of wind or disturbing a fallen leaf, and completely blended into the shadow of the canyon in the distance, as if he was a part of the darkness, silent when he came, and Traceless when he left.
It wasn't until Lu Chen's breath completely disappeared from perception that the four team members recovered from their extreme fear.
After the joy of surviving the disaster, what came to their hearts was endless resentment and deep-seated shame.
"He... who the hell is he! How dare you talk to us like that!" One team member gritted his teeth, his voice distorted with anger.
"A Nanling Prefecture mud-legged guy is just stronger with the power of his soul! What's so great about it!"
"Captain, let's just forget it? He killed Vajra Rock Ape, then Demon Core..."
The strong man at the head had a gloomy face that could drip from his eyes.
He slowly got up from the ground and glanced at the direction where Lu Chen disappeared. The resentment in his eyes almost turned into reality.
He did not speak, but turned his gaze to Su Qingqing, with a hint of undisguised coldness in his eyes.
Su Qingxue ignored them. She just stared blankly at the direction Lu Chen was leaving, her eyes extremely complicated.
At the same time, in a hidden cave a few miles away from the canyon, the figure of Lu Chen quietly emerged.
He leaned against the cold rock wall, his expression still as calm as before.
He didn't pay much attention to those clowns just now.
If it weren't for the sake of their colleagues, those four people would have been corpses by now.
He raised his hand and looked at the trial token in his hand.
On the token, the originally dim "eighteen" points had undergone earth-shaking changes at this moment.
[Trial points: three hundred and eighteen]
Killing a Vajra Rock Ape in the late stage of Meridian Opening, directly earned 300 points.
This number gave Lu Chen a clearer understanding of the value of Hidden Dragon Trial's points this time.
Calculated, a demon at the early stage of Meridian Opening realm is worth about one hundred points.
"Not enough."
Lu Chen whispered to himself.
Three hundred points sounds like a lot, but for his huge goal, it's just a drop in the bucket.
He needs more points to exchange for treasures that can make a qualitative difference in his strength.
More importantly, it is Demon Devil Lifespan.
He closed his eyes, and the power of the soul at the peak of the Meridian Opening realm was activated to the extreme by him at this moment.
The invisible soul power was like a giant net covering the world, silently centering on him and covering Hundred Demon Cave deeper and darker areas.
The auras of monsters clearly emerged in his perception.
Meridian Opening realm initial stage... too weak.
Meridian Opening middle stage... not enough.
Another Meridian Opening late stage... it's possible, but it's not the best choice.
The power of his soul continued to extend, passing through complex caves, passing through underground rivers, and going deep into an area where no trialist had ever set foot.
Suddenly, Lu Chen's eyebrows raised slightly.
At the edge of his soul's perception network, a cold, obscure, viscous, and terrifying Yao Qi that was many times more powerful than Vajra Rock Ape was accurately targeted by him.
That aura, entrenched deep in a huge underground water area, was like a black sun, exuding a heart-stopping pressure.
"Meridian Opening realm peak..."
Lu Chen slowly opened his eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised a cold arc.
"Found it."