Fierce Battle with the Young Wolf King

[Martial Skill: Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique (Minor Accomplishment)]

[Experience: 23421 points]

[Realm: Dao Foundation Novice]

[Lifespan: 380 years]

After shouting, Chen Xian quickly glanced at his status panel.

"Upgrade!"

[After three thousand months of diligent practice, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Major Accomplishment, your Dao Foundation is Novice, your Yuan Force is ten thousand drops, and your blood energy soars to the heavens.]

As the panel notification appeared, the mixture of blood energy and Yuan Force on Chen Xian's body instantly formed a gale, soaring upwards, reaching five to six zhang.

Ding Chen and the others, having just rushed out of Seven Li Mountain, felt the astonishing aura behind them and turned to look, each one dumbfounded.

They didn't know what Chen Xian was doing, but the blood flame Yuan Force surrounding him was truly terrifying.

Even from hundreds of meters away, they felt a sense of dread.

[After ten thousand months of arduous cultivation, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Major Accomplishment, your Foundation Casting is Minor Accomplishment, your Yuan Force is like a furnace, and your blood and Qi are like pillars.]

In an instant, Chen Xian discovered that the rotating Dao Foundation vortex in his Jade Sea was faintly taking the shape of a furnace, spinning ceaselessly. The Yuan Force density was more than ten times what it was before.

Yuan Force continuously emerged from the center of the vortex, no longer calculable in drops but pooling like puddles outside the Dao Foundation, solidifying into a fiery furnace.

"Fifty cauldrons!"

Chen Xian clenched his fists, his heart filled with immense excitement.

At this moment, his entire body was filled with boundless strength; even exhaling felt incredibly potent.

He urgently activated the [Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique], and the surging blood flames around him formed a solid Ox Demon figure behind him, its body black and red with golden patterns flowing across it.

"Ah!"

Unable to hold back, Chen Xian threw his head back and let out a low roar.

The Ox Demon figure also raised its head and let out a heaven-shattering roar, pinning the old horse beneath it so it couldn't move.

"Hmm?"

The Young Wolf King, who was galloping towards them, suddenly frowned. "Such an aura, he's at least in the Dao Foundation realm."

But how could there be a martial Foundation Casting expert among the cook soldiers?

[After ten thousand months of arduous cultivation, your Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique has reached Major Accomplishment, your Dao Foundation is Minor Accomplishment, your Yuan Force is like a furnace, and your blood flames are like clouds.]

[Experience: 421 points]

Boom!

Following the panel notification, Chen Xian's realm and strength surged again.

His realm hadn't changed, but his strength had clearly more than tripled. The rotating furnace in his Jade Sea became even more solidified, no longer in a vortex state.

This was the true casting of a Dao Foundation.

Feeling his body grow, his physical strength reached sixty-five cauldrons, his surging Yuan Force was like a tide, his Yuan Force condensed into a furnace, and his blood energy gathered into clouds above his head. He was as powerful as the demon man galloping towards him.

"Is he really in the Dao Foundation realm?"

The Young Wolf King, galloping forward, was full of surprise. However, he paid it no mind. Gripping his large saber, he charged forward and slashed at Chen Xian.

Chen Xian didn't have time to check the panel and leaped from his horse to meet the Young Wolf King.

He didn't know what kind of demon this was, but its aura was more than ten times stronger than that of a Demon Lord.

Bang!

The terrifying Yuan Force collided with the Young Wolf King's demonic energy. Chen Xian, who had been incredibly confident, found that he wasn't as strong as he had imagined.

Not only did he fail to send the other party flying with the first strike, but he himself couldn't hold on for even three breaths before being sent flying by the Young Wolf King's fierce saber.

Huh?

Chen Xian was a little stunned!

He was now at Minor Accomplishment in the Dao Foundation, with sixty-five cauldrons of physical strength. He could have killed the previous Demon Lord with a single strike.

Yet, facing this demon, he was actually at a disadvantage?

The Young Wolf King, having gained the upper hand in the first exchange, let out a cold snort. "So it's you!"

As he got closer, he could clearly sense the aura emanating from Chen Xian, the same aura lingering in the camp.

This meant that the person who killed his clan's Demon Lord was the young cook boy before him.

Of course, judging by the young man's strength, the Young Wolf King certainly didn't believe he was just a cook soldier.

From what he knew, the cooks in Demon-Slaying Pass were trash among human martial artists, not even qualified to go to the battlefield.

"Blood Moon Ten Consecutive Slashes!" The Young Wolf King gripped his large saber tightly and unleashed a blood-colored demonic energy, slashing at Chen Xian again.

One slash after another.

By the fifth slash, the armor on Chen Xian's body was on the verge of cracking.

He was extremely shocked, using his Yuan Power to protect his armor, which prevented it from cracking under the opponent's terrifying blade energy.

Eight slashes, nine slashes…

Each slash was stronger than the last, and Chen Xian retreated repeatedly.

After blocking the tenth slash, he was sent back over a hundred meters.

The final slash sent him flying back dozens of meters, landing on the ground with his internal organs churning. His throat felt sweet, and he managed to swallow the blood back down.

"Chen Xian…!"

Ding Chen and the others shouted urgently from a distance.

Chen Xian had no mood to pay attention to them. He hadn't expected that even with his Dao Foundation Minor Accomplishment, his Yuan Power like a furnace, his blood flames like clouds, and the formidable Ox Demon Body Refinement behind him, he still couldn't withstand the Lesser Demon King's ten consecutive slashes.

Clearly, this demon before him was stronger than him, and killing him wouldn't be a loss.

The key was that he didn't have any experience points to upgrade his martial arts.

No…

I still have lifespan!

Chen Xian quickly summoned his status panel and scanned it.

[Lifespan: 420 years]

"Sacrifice!"

Seeing the Lesser Demon King raising his blade to strike again, Chen Xian gritted his teeth and sacrificed a hundred years.

[You have sacrificed 100 years of lifespan to upgrade the martial art Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique. The technique has reached perfection, your Yuan Power is like a furnace, and your Dao Foundation has reached Major Accomplishment.]

[Realm: Dao Foundation Major Accomplishment]

[Lifespan: 320 years]

Chen Xian was slightly stunned. He remembered that when he first sacrificed lifespan, he had given up fifty-one years to reach Body Refinement Completion.

He was now in the Dao Foundation realm. Even a minor advancement in his realm, let alone a small advancement, wouldn't be significantly boosted by a hundred years, right?

Could it be that as his cultivation realm increased, his lifespan also became more precious?

"Sacrifice another hundred years!"

For safety and to verify his thoughts, Chen Xian sacrificed another hundred years of lifespan.

[You have sacrificed 100 years of lifespan to upgrade the martial art Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique. The technique has reached perfection, your Dao Foundation is like a heaven and earth melting pot, your Yuan Power is abundant, your blood flames form clouds, and your Dao Foundation has reached Perfection.]

[Realm: Dao Foundation Perfection]

[Lifespan: 220 years]

Boom!

An incredibly powerful surge of Yuan Power and blood flames erupted from Chen Xian's body, the terrifying force blasting the charging Lesser Demon King away.

"He got stronger?"

The Lesser Demon King was shocked. Chen Xian hadn't been his match just now, and after taking his ten consecutive slashes, how could his Yuan Power suddenly be surging like a long river?

"Hundred Cauldron Strength!"

Chen Xian straightened up from the ground, brandishing his spear, the Ox Demon Body Refinement behind him letting out a heaven-shattering roar.

The next moment, he swung his spear and charged at the Lesser Demon King.

A crazed glint flashed in the Lesser Demon King's eyes. He believed Chen Xian had consumed some kind of pill that temporarily boosted his strength, a type of pill he was familiar with that wouldn't last long.

Once the medicinal effect wore off, Chen Xian's cultivation and strength would plummet, and recovering would be extremely difficult.

He just needed to endure until the medicinal effect passed, and then he could kill Chen Xian.

Otherwise, another formidable general would appear before Demon-Slaying Pass, which would be very disadvantageous for his demon race's plan to break through it.

The Lesser Demon King began to defend throughout the entire engagement. But how could he know that Chen Xian had truly reached Dao Foundation Perfection, making him more than ten times stronger than him?

He couldn't even last a single breath before being blasted back a hundred meters by Chen Xian's spear, his chest a bloody mess.

Flee!

The Lesser Demon King flipped over, got up, and without hesitation, turned and fled towards the Blood River Forest.

"Lesser Wolf King, don't run!"

Just then, a furious roar like rolling thunder came from the northeast.

The Lesser Wolf King turned his head to look, his pupils contracting sharply: "Pei Menglong?"