Perfection of Awareness

The Ox Demon was killed, and the thousands of demons were too scared to charge.

Finally, a burly Thunder Patterned Leopard roared, "The humans are few in number, surround and kill them!"

As the roar faded, the Thunder Patterned Leopard charged towards Ding Chen and the others.

Chen Xian was too powerful, so they directly avoided him and attacked the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of demons engaged Ding Chen and the others. Chen Xian kicked the Ox Demon corpse off his spear and charged into the horde of demons, blood splashing everywhere.

In less than fifteen minutes, only a dozen or so were injured.

However, Chen Xian and the others had slaughtered nearly three hundred of the thousand-plus demons, and the demon horde retreated in fear.

They were intelligent and could see that Chen Xian was the strongest among them. He alone could kill hundreds of their kind, while Ding Chen and the others could not. If Chen Xian hadn't been there, they could have trapped and killed Ding Chen and the others.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

A demon roared, and the horde quickly retreated into the depths of the Blood River Forest.

Chen Xian led his men in pursuit, and another hundred demons died under his spear.

When they reached the edge of the Blood River, Chen Xian stopped.

Ding Chen and the others reined in their horses, looking at the rolling blood water in the river. After a moment of contemplation, they turned back.

Chen Xian, walking at the rear, glanced at his status panel:

[Experience: 51086 points]

So satisfying!

He alone had killed over three hundred demons. Besides the Ox Demon, which was a Great Demon and worth over 300 experience points, the rest were Lesser Demons and Monsters.

Monsters were worth less than 100 experience points, while Lesser Demons were worth between 100 and 300.

He needed a massive amount of experience points to advance his cultivation realm. If he didn't fight demons to gain experience, it would take him ten years to reach the Soaring Realm through cultivation alone.

From what he knew of cultivation realms, Body Refinement was a threshold for ordinary people, followed by the Jade Sea Realm, and the third threshold was the Soaring Realm.

It was not easy for a Body Refinement martial artist to reach the Jade Sea Realm, and even harder to break through the Jade Sea and establish a Dao Foundation to reach the Soaring Realm.

This was evident from the experience points required for his advancements.

The further he progressed, the more experience points he needed.

Upon returning to the site of the recent battle, Ding Chen, Wang Yan, and Qin Fei inquired about the condition of the wounded.

As the Chief Medic, Chen Xian also checked on the wounded under his command. Three out of the six had severe injuries, while the other three had minor injuries and could still ride and fight.

North of the Blood River Forest, Chen Quanwu frowned. He had heard the sounds of fighting from the forest earlier, but the sounds had ceased in a short while.

"All dead?" Chen Quanwu frowned.

He didn't care about the lives of the cook soldiers, but the key was that they hadn't lured the demons out of the Blood River Forest.

"Useless!" Chen Quanwu snorted and ordered his Lieutenant to dispatch men to scout the west.

When the messenger arrived in the west, he was surprised to see Ding Chen emerging from the forest with the wounded.

"Where is the demon army?" the messenger asked, spurring his horse forward and glancing at Ding Chen.

After Ding Chen settled the wounded, he looked at the messenger and said, "Tell the Captain that the demons are very cunning. When they saw us fleeing, they stopped pursuing, clearly knowing there was an ambush."

Upon hearing this, the messenger glanced at the dozen or so wounded and left with a look of doubt.

"Still sixty or seventy people?"

Chen Quanwu's expression darkened after hearing the report. He had thought Ding Chen and the others were all dead, but he didn't expect sixty or seventy to still be alive.

The messenger had seen seventy-three people, as Chen Xian still had twenty-six people in the forest who hadn't come out.

"Order them to continue luring the demons, still towards the Black Abyss."

"Yes, Captain!"

The messenger rode west again, delivering the order to Ding Chen.

Ding Chen agreed verbally and led his men into the forest to make a show. After the messenger left, he led his men out of the forest.

In the forest.

Chen Xian, along with Xue Qishan, Cao Fang, and twenty-six others, stood in a line not far behind him, waiting for the demon army to attack again.

[After one thousand days and nights of training, your Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art has reached Minor Accomplishment.]

[After eight thousand days and nights of arduous training, your Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art has reached Major Accomplishment, Spiritual Sense has penetrated the body, and Awareness has reached Minor Accomplishment.]

[Realm: Awareness Minor Accomplishment]

[Experience: 40086 points]

[Lifespan: 330 years]

Buzz!

In an instant, Chen Xian's body trembled. Following that, his brow felt intensely itchy. He closed his eyes and could see deep within his brow, within the golden vortex, the nascent form of a golden eye slowly coalescing.

The golden eyes were condensed from golden spiritual sense power. Although they were still in their nascent form, Chen Xian was surprised to find golden threads of light shooting out from the golden eyes. After rushing out of his brow, it was as if his entire head was covered in eyes, allowing him to clearly see his surroundings.

However, the range was limited to three meters. Beyond that, the vision of the Spiritual Sense Eye became blurry.

"This should be observing external scenery!" Chen Xian murmured excitedly to himself.

Observing internal scenery meant looking at oneself, while observing external scenery meant looking at the dynamic situations outside one's body.

This phenomenon was also quite magical, equivalent to having eyes behind his head. He didn't need to worry about his line of sight being blocked by obstacles; as long as the observation range of the Spiritual Sense Eye was large enough, any scenery could be clearly seen.

Next, Chen Xian continued to improve.

As the [Experience Points] continued to decrease, the eyes outlined by the golden spiritual sense power within the golden vortex deep in his brow became clearer. With his eyes closed, his Spiritual Sense Eye could see thirty meters away.

When the [Experience Points] were depleted by 20,000 points, which was equivalent to twenty thousand months of training, Chen Xian finally raised the [Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art] to the perfected realm.

His own realm also reached Major Accomplishment of Awareness.

[Realm: Major Accomplishment of Awareness]

[Experience: 20086 points]

[Lifespan: Three hundred and forty years]

Chen Xian's gaze lingered on his lifespan. He noticed that the increase in lifespan for the Awareness realm was very slow, but his own strength was increasing. His physical strength reached thirty ding, and the amount of vital energy in his Jade Sea was also thirty cubic meters.

The improvement wasn't significant, mainly due to the change in the Spiritual Sense Eye, which allowed him to see thirty meters away even with his eyes closed.

After putting away the panel, Chen Xian moved his consciousness. The Spiritual Sense Eye condensed within the golden vortex, and the golden threads of light penetrated his body, extending outwards towards the thirty-meter mark.

The observation range wasn't far, but with his eyes open, there were no blind spots within a thirty-meter radius around him.

Whether fighting demons or people, no matter from which angle an opponent attacked, as long as the Spiritual Sense Eye could keep up with the opponent's speed, he could detect them in advance.

Before the demon army arrived, Chen Xian continued to improve.

Another 20,000 experience points were consumed.

The [Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art] remained at the perfected realm.

However, his [Realm] advanced to Perfection of Awareness, and the Spiritual Sense Eye could observe a range of one hundred meters.

Chen Xian used the remaining 86 experience points to further enhance his cultivation technique. The technique's realm did not change, his cultivation realm did not change, and the observation range of his Spiritual Sense Eye also did not change.

This meant that at Perfection of Awareness, the range for observing external scenery with the Spiritual Sense Eye was within one hundred meters.

Unless his cultivation realm advanced to the Dao Foundation Realm, the range for observing external scenery would not expand.

After understanding this, Chen Xian didn't dwell on it. His gaze fell on his lifespan, which was three hundred and fifty years.

If nothing unexpected happened, he could live to be three hundred and fifty years old. He found it almost unbelievable.

"The demons are here!"

As he was thinking, Chen Xian slowly raised his head and stared coldly ahead.