Beside the raging river lay a barren gravel bank, where an enormous, pitch-black crocodile prowled, looking almost indistinguishable from the ground.
The giant crocodile circled several times but failed to find its enemy, because its enemy was even better hidden than it was.
"Hah-"
Yue Wen suddenly appeared above the giant crocodile's head, and the Giant Gate Sword Art, his strongest single-target attack, descended once again-he had always treated ambushes and instant kills as standard procedure.
Any other Fourth Realm cultivator who used such an astral qi-intensive supernatural sword art this way would soon have to stop and circulate their energy to recover after exhausting their astral qi. But Yue Wen's True Dragon Method was powerful, balanced, and enduring. The perfect astral qi he had cultivated was vast and abundant, and it recovered quickly. Even if he spent a little more, he could replenish it fully while traveling to his next destination.
Shhk!
This giant crocodile's official name was the Tuoshan Great Demon. It was already a Fourth Realm demon beast, with thick armored scales and a massive maw that could swallow mountains.
The Giant Gate Sword Art descended, driving viciously into the giant crocodile's back and slicing through its scales, nearly severing half its body. Yet the giant crocodile still did not die.
"Roar-" It bellowed, opening its enormous maw, which turned into a black vortex that swept toward Yue Wen to devour him.
Yue Wen circulated his energy through his heavenly circuit, his entire body blazing with an aura of flame as he instantly activated the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art.
Whoosh-
His figure flashed, and he appeared on the other side of the giant crocodile. The Azure-Purple Flying Sword, trailing brilliant sword light, pierced its enormous eyeball! Boom-
The strike blasted its eyeball apart. Sword qi shot straight through