Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2758 - 2778: Deep Malice

Chapter 2758: Chapter 2778: Deep Malice

Lin Chen’s Star Cloud Sword instantly erupted with endless Sword Intent, as powerful streams of Sword Qi slashed out, colliding with the Crystal Scorpion’s large claws.

The terrifying Sword Qi, upon hitting the large claws, did not manage to cut through them but instead shattered completely.

The large claws continued to wave towards Lin Chen, and even though he had concealed his real strength, he could not help but inwardly exclaim that these magical beasts were simply abnormal!

For a Demonic Beast to reach a level Above Daluo was not an easy task, but for those transformed by Demonic Qi, it was easy to attain the strength of the Great Luo Realm.

Although the individual strength of Starry Sky Demon Beasts was not comparable to that of a Quasi-Saint, their ability to transform other beasts and change the world was incredibly powerful.

A single Starry Sky Demon Beast could alter a whole part of the world!

Lin Chen raised his Star Cloud Sword, blocking it in front of himself. The large claws struck the Star Cloud Sword, and Lin Chen flew backward like a meteorite, smashing into the ground and creating a huge crater.

Although Lin Chen concealed his strength, his bones were like the Sword Bone, indestructible, so naturally, he was unharmed. Seeing the Crystal Scorpion about to escape, Lin Chen, with a desperate look, rose again from midair and blocked the Crystal Scorpion’s path.

A stream of water, as if alive, swept over and entangled the Crystal Scorpion, while Zuo Dongxu’s concerned voice rang out: "Lin Xi, are you alright?"

Lin Chen cleared his throat and rubbed his chest, replying, "I’m fine."

Zuo Dongxu said with a laugh, "Be careful."

Below them, Gu Maduo seemed like a humanoid ferocious beast, himself a weapon. He dashed close to the Crystal Scorpion and then smashed his fist onto the Crystal Scorpion’s hard head shell.

The Crystal Scorpion’s outer shell, which could withstand magical treasures, shattered in an instant, and the immense destructive power penetrated directly through the broken shell into the brain, blowing the entire head to pieces.

Instant kill!

Gu Maduo took them out one punch at a time, cleanly slaughtering the Crystal Scorpions. Soon, he finished off the ones around him, shot up into the sky, and brutally finished off those Crystal Scorpions that were already half-dead, wrapped in the water current.

Fierce!

After this battle, Lin Chen had more or less understood the strengths of Zuo Dongxu and Gu Maduo—Quasi-Saints at most, or possibly even Lower-grade Great Luo Immortals.

All the Crystal Scorpions were killed, and their tail stingers were pulled out one by one, gathering in a pile.

Lin Chen volunteered to take on the task of plucking the tail stingers and organizing them, as his own strength was minuscule, so naturally, he had to do more of the leg work.

"Eighteen in total."

After organizing all the tail stingers, Lin Chen stood up, his gaze filled with joy.

This joy wasn’t feigned; how long had it been since they had arrived, and they had already found a nest? Eighteen stingers meant one hundred and eighty points!

If they found ten or twenty nests, wouldn’t that be two or three thousand points?

As for how many of these points he would ultimately be able to get, that would only be known with time.

Zuo Dongxu handed nine tail stingers to Gu Maduo and said to Lin Chen with a smile, "I’ll hold onto them for now. After the day ends, we’ll divide them up. We can’t really split them right now... is that okay with you?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "No problem."

Zuo Dongxu put away the tail stingers and continued, "This is a good start for us. Let’s continue, once we’ve searched this Land of Demonic Energy, we might have a large sum of points and perhaps gather enough to leave directly."

Gu Maduo didn’t say a word, but his face was unable to hide his happiness.

Nine stingers, that’s ninety points, and all in such a short amount of time?

If they had taken other tasks and scrimped for each point, how long would that have taken?

"Let’s move on!"

The three split up and continued their search.

There were truly a significant number of Crystal Scorpions in this Sand Sea, and throughout the day, the three parties found three nests, one of which was discovered by Lin Chen.

The Crystal Scorpions burst out from the Sand Sea very suddenly, but Lin Chen was not at all panicked.

To him, these Crystal Scorpions were no more than creatures he could crunch to death effortlessly; the Demonic Qi concealed him, enabling easy encounters with these attacks, then feigning to be on the brink of death to draw over Zuo Dongxu and Gu Maduo.

Zuo Dongxu repeatedly reminded Lin Chen to be cautious, his words sincere, yet Lin Chen always felt that there was deep malice hiding behind this concern.

It didn’t seem like a genuine warning; it was more like an expectation of his speedy demise.

After one day, the three had gathered a total of 45 tail stingers, which was a considerable haul.

Zuo Dongxu handed nine tail stingers to Lin Chen, saying with a smile, "Rest well today, and let’s continue to work hard tomorrow."

Lin Chen accepted the tail stingers and expressed his thanks politely, "Thank you, Brother Zuo!"

The three set up camp to rest, and the night passed without incident.

The Second Day, the three continued their search. During the process, they also encountered other adventurers who were hunting Crystal Scorpions.

"There are quite a few people searching, so we need to speed up, or else all the Crystal Scorpions will end up in Others’ pockets!"

Zuo Dongxu suggested, "I checked the terrain before. There is an Abyss ahead; I don’t know how deep. I think there might be a lot of Crystal Scorpions beneath it. Shall we go check it out?"

Gu Maduo was succinct, "Go!"

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