Gu Chen didn't stop stacking spells in his hands. Then, he let out another roar. As he became more and more familiar with the spells, the frequency of his hand movements increased, from fifteen to thirty!
Thirty has become forty-five!
One wave after another!
--Swish swish swish
Countless violent sounds reverberated in the air. After being struck away by Gu Chen's Emperor's Ultimate Strike's Absolute, the dozen or so flying insect demons had their chests and heads torn open. As they rolled over, they also knocked down nearly ten flying insect demons behind them!
Immediately, a continuous series of screams erupted. Even though they were tiny, their cries sounded like the wailing of ghosts and wolves. Gu Chen's gaze turned cold, and without pausing, he unleashed another barrage of attacks. Bang bang bang bang—dozens more Emperor's Ultimate Strike were combined and unleashed in three separate strikes!
The powerful ripples seemed to distort the entire space, and these three attacks were even more ferocious!
Even low-level spells, after being refined and perfected, can still defeat the enemy! In that instant, Gu Chen's heart was as firm as a rock, and a sudden realization seemed to rise in his mind.
With one leg bracing against the mountain wall and the other hand unleashing a series of Emperor's Ultimate Strike attacks, the flying insects and demonic beasts that attacked Gu Chen were all defeated one by one in less than ten breaths amidst the resounding vibrations!
"Emperor's Ultimate Strike, I never imagined it was this powerful!"
Gu Chen looked at his hands, then flipped back and grabbed the mountain wall again.
The attack just now, with Gu Chen unleashing more than sixty strikes in layers, almost drained his True Qi. He himself hadn't expected to be able to cast low-level spells like high-level spells like a swift and powerful cavalry formation!
After defeating the flying insects chasing him, Gu Chen felt a surge of pride and looked up at the mountaintop under the sunlight. He was almost there!
Just as Gu Chen quickened his pace, intending to reach the mountaintop to rest, a deafening buzzing sound rang out. Behind him, the same flying insects as before suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
This time, however, there were more of them, and they were much larger!
No fewer than three hundred!
This scene was so chilling it gave me goosebumps.
"Damn it!" Gu Chen was shocked. He had already exhausted his True Qi, and it was impossible for him to attack again now. In order to avoid being caught by the flying insects, Gu Chen used all his strength, using both hands and feet, like a crab, to quickly climb towards the top of the mountain.
Finally, just as the flying insects were about to strike, Gu Chen rolled over and lay down on the grass at the top of the mountain.
Exhausted, Gu Chen gasped for breath.
"Buzzing--"
Just then, the swarm of flying insects reached the edge of the mountaintop, but their noise finally subsided considerably. Gu Chen was puzzled and turned to look. He saw that the hideous-looking "locusts" were actually hovering around the outer edge of the mountaintop, seemingly wary of something, daring not to come in.
"So you're afraid to go up to the mountaintop!" Gu Chen suddenly realized. After resting for a while, he began to regulate his breathing. When he finished, he saw that the flying insects were still reluctantly hovering around him. Gu Chen quickly used the Emperor's Ultimate Strike again and attacked the swarm of flying insects.
"Perfect for practice."
After Gu Chen's attacks, many of the flying insects were killed or injured. Unable to devour Gu Chen now and only able to take the hits, they became even more agitated. After a few more attacks, the insects finally realized that Gu Chen would not leave the mountaintop. After circling around once more, they burrowed into the crevices and holes in the mountain wall.
After they left, Gu Chen was somewhat disappointed. Emperor's Ultimate Strike's Technique. If he continued to practice, he might be able to improve further.
Gu Chen rested for a while before looking around. The summit of Dragon Spine Mountain was no different from the summit of any other mountain range, covered with trees and with rolling hills. However, as the center of the Heaven and Earth Beast Forest, connecting to the so-called Endless Sea, this mountain was merely a barrier, like a dam blocking a flood, preventing martial artists from crossing it.
However, Gu Chen still had doubts about whether it was to stop martial artists or something else; he couldn't say for sure.
"They are all rare and precious."
Gu Chen walked around Dragon Spine Mountain and found a lot of medicinal herbs and stones. These were of higher quality than the rare treasures he found in the Heaven and Earth Beast Forest. Moreover, these things were of excellent quality, at least a hundred years old. Gu Chen took them all without hesitation.
Upon reaching Dragon Spine Mountain, Gu Chen discovered that there were no traces of demonic beasts around him. A cool breeze was blowing, and the air was not filled with the strong smell of blood. After walking for a few minutes while wondering about this, he found a wooden house in front of him, perched on a small hill in the distance.
This greatly surprised him, and a thought immediately arose in his mind: Could it be that there are still people living on Dragon Spine Mountain?
There were no trees to cover the wooden house, and the bare grassy slope revealed that the beams of the house looked very old. When Gu Chen got closer, he discovered that there was a fence in front of the house, made of three planks grafted together, but it had now fallen to the ground.
"Huh."
Gu Chen had already released his Divine Sense. There was no sign of life here, meaning there were neither demonic beasts nor humans. But soon, he saw a stone tablet standing there.
"Unauthorized trespassers shall die!"
When Gu Chen touched the four characters on the stone tablet, his spirit trembled, and he was slightly dazed. At the same time, the characters on the stone tablet seemed to come alive in an instant, twisting and turning, as if a person and a sword, carrying a strong killing intent, were stabbing towards his face!
The overwhelming killing intent and sharp energy sealed off every inch of space in the void! There was no escape, only death!
Snort!
Just as the longsword was about to pierce through, Gu Chen let out a muffled groan, and his powerful Divine Sense spread out, instantly breaking through the mental constraints and shackles that Chu had imposed upon him, and his eyes regained their clarity.
"This stone tablet looks quite old; the murderous aura on it hasn't dissipated at all. Only someone who has cultivated martial arts to the extreme could have carved it like this." Gu Chen sighed. After staring at the stone tablet for a while, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. Then, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face!
When Gu Chen entered the Land of Heaven and Earth before, he entered a valley, and at the entrance of that valley, there was a stone tablet with the words "Unauthorized Entry Will Be Killed" written on it!
Of course, none of this surprised Gu Chen. After all, there are many forbidden areas, and it seems there's no other way to replace it with a sign that says "Unauthorized entry will result in death." These four words are very common. Even at the entrance to a family's secret chamber, you could put up a sign like that.
What shocked Gu Chen was not just that. The inscription on the stone tablet in front of him was exactly the same as the inscription on the stone tablet outside the valley!