Life-or-Death Crisis, Ye Chen Enraged, Wood Dragon Technique

Zanghai City had the sea on one side and mountains on the other, and lay in the south.

Ye Chen left alone, naturally not foolish enough to head toward the seaside.

In this era of spiritual energy revival, the sea was far more dangerous than the land.

As for the outskirts of Zanghai City, the mountains were not very high, consisting mostly of shrubs and the like.

Low-level mutant beasts would occasionally appear, so Ye Chen's target was precisely the Lianhai Mountains.

The Lianhai Mountains consisted of the many mountains west of Zanghai City. Some might ask: Ye Chen's home was in the south of the city, so why not leave through the south gate?

Why insist on taking the west gate in the west?

Nonsense... Didn't I say one side was the sea? What do you think was to the south?

The Lianhai Mountains—just as the name implied—were a mountain range stretching all the way to the sea.

Furthermore, a Lion King guarded the mountains, with strength comparable to the Myriad Stars Realm.

At present, it would still be fairly easy for the Human Race to subjugate this mutant beast, but...

A being in the Myriad Stars Realm could destroy a city with a casual wave of its hand. Since the Lion King did not act recklessly, the Human Race did not dare to make any rash moves either.

If a mutant beast in the Myriad Stars Realm knew it was certain to die and decided to fight to the bitter end, Zanghai City feared that eight or nine out of every ten lives would be taken away by this Lion King.

The moment Ye Chen stepped into the forest at the foot of the mountain, he sensed that something was wrong.

The atmosphere in the forest was far too strange.

One enormous tree after another blocked out all the sunlight.

Although it was broad daylight, the gloom was terrifying.

"Is this what a real forest is like?" Ye Chen did not dare lower his guard in the slightest.

He understood that perhaps these trees had also mutated after being baptized by spiritual energy.

The forest's extreme darkness was likely one of the reasons for that as well.

Ye Chen began exploring the forest aimlessly. Before long, the strange creatures and bizarre plants—

left him thoroughly shocked. "As expected, in a world where spiritual energy has revived, everything is strange."

"Looks like the forest isn't all that dangerous either." Ye Chen looked into the distance. "Should I go a little deeper?"

Blue-Tailed Rabbits and Demon-Eyed Pigs were the mutant beasts Ye Chen had seen most often so far.

They were both the most basic level-one mutant beasts. They had little offensive power and were relatively docile.

At present, Demon-Eyed Pigs and Blue-Tailed Rabbits were both artificially bred, so they were not worth much.

Moreover, Blue-Tailed Rabbit meat was not particularly tasty. Its nutritional value was decent, but its price was even lower than that of Demon-Eyed Pig.

Just as Ye Chen's mind wandered, a black shadow suddenly flashed past in front of him.

Ye Chen widened his eyes and stared fixedly at the shadow that had stopped not far away.

"Major General Bai, we've already searched within ten kilometers outside the west of the city... There's no sign of Ye Chen."

A man in military uniform reported to Bai Zhan with an ugly expression.

"Keep searching! Bring over that Heaven's Eye talent user from the City Defense Bureau!" Bai Zhan was extremely anxious.

Then, as though he had suddenly thought of something, he took out his phone and called Zhang Daosheng.

"Teacher... We haven't found any trace of Ye Chen. I suspect..."

"He entered the Lianhai Mountains?" Zhang Daosheng's face went pale.

A freshman who had only reached the Awakening Fourth Realm—and was even an auxiliary type...

If he encountered a high-level mutant beast, he would certainly die!

The two of them hurried toward the Lion King's residence.

At that moment, Ye Chen still had no idea that leaving the city had caused such a huge commotion.

He was completely focused on the mutant beast before him—a cheetah...

A creature as fast as a cheetah appearing within the territory of Great Xia, where the Human Race lived, was already absurd enough.

Why was its strength only at the Awakening Sixth Realm? That Shadow Cat yesterday had already been in the Seventh Realm...

"Really stupid. This is a Wind-Chasing Cat that has undergone an ancestral reversion, so it's now a Windchaser Leopard. Also, a friendly reminder: you'd better kill it, because you can't outrun it."

The system's voice rang out at that moment, and Ye Chen's expression changed drastically.

Damn it, he actually ran into a mutant beast that he had no choice but to fight to the death.

There was no way to run.

The Windchaser Leopard seized the instant Ye Chen's mind went blank. Grasping that fleeting opportunity, it vanished from before Ye Chen.

Ye Chen felt utterly miserable.

What should I do? What should I do?

This question filled Ye Chen's mind. It was obvious that this was different from what had happened yesterday.

Although he had killed a Shadow Cat, that Shadow Cat's target had been the other two people.

But now... he was truly experiencing death.

The Windchaser Leopard had survived in the forest for so long and had naturally committed countless killings.

It knew exactly how to hunt its prey. At that moment, Ye Chen was the prey it was toying with.

"Whoosh!"

The grass in the distance suddenly rustled.

Ye Chen whipped his head around, but saw nothing unusual.

Yet a chill ran down his back, and his eyes instinctively flicked behind him.

The Windchaser Leopard's claws were just about to slash through Ye Chen's neck.

"Wood Release: Exploding Spear Tree!"

At the critical moment, Ye Chen circulated the spiritual power within his body.

This was a powerful Wood Release technique that combined offense and defense. It could not only defend, but also possessed astonishing offensive power.

"Roar!" The Windchaser Leopard was stunned by the sudden attack.

Multiple woody vines and branches extended from Ye Chen's body, instantly growing into a great tree that swallowed the Windchaser Leopard.

Ye Chen watched as the enormous tree blocked the Windchaser Leopard's attack and inflicted a considerable injury on it.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he widened the distance between them. His face turned slightly pale. If he had failed to evade that strike—

he feared his corpse would already have been separated into two pieces.

Ye Chen subconsciously touched his neck.

At the thought of this, his face filled with murderous fury. "If I don't kill you today, I won't deserve to use Hashirama Senju's Wood Release anymore!"

He clapped his hands together!

The Sage Chakra Orb in his mind activated, and several Sage Facial Markings appeared on Ye Chen's face.

Eyeshadow also emerged around both his eyes.

Ye Chen was enraged.

As he looked at the Windchaser Leopard before him, his killing intent surged.

The Windchaser Leopard specialized in speed, but at that moment, it still had not broken free of the Exploding Spear Tree's restraints.

Watching it struggle desperately to break free, Ye Chen laughed without the slightest sympathy.

It had to be known that from the beginning until now, all the Wood Release he had used had been Yamato's ninjutsu. None of it had been the true techniques of Hashirama Senju.

That was also because the consumption of his techniques was simply too great.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, sensing the spiritual power in his body swell several times over.

He formed hand seals. "Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

From the ground behind Ye Chen, enormous trees suddenly burst forth.

After breaking through the earth, the tree actually curved down like a dragon.

The Wood Dragon's eyes lit up, and it looked down imperiously at the Windchaser Leopard before it.

Unlike Hashirama Senju's Wood Dragon, Ye Chen's Wood Dragon had actually manifested four limbs.

This filled Ye Chen with delight. The Wood Dragon Technique was certainly powerful.

But it could only bind, strangle, and tear at enemies with its teeth.

Now that it had four limbs, however, it had other means of attacking.

The enormous disturbance attracted the Border Defense Force members exploring the forest.

A huge, bizarre creature broke through the forest and looked down from above at the entire woodland.

And Ye Chen!

was standing atop the Wood Dragon!

The Blue-Robe Envoy of the Beast God Cult, who had been concealing his tracks while following behind the Border Defense Force, also widened his eyes.

Everyone was dumbfounded!

The person standing atop the Wood Dragon was precisely the Ye Chen in the Awakening Fourth Realm they had been searching for!