100: Chapter 100 Exterminating the Ghost Lizard

Among them, Tier 2 Spiritual Veins were garrisoned by Tier 2 Monster Beasts, while Tier 3 Spiritual Veins were guarded by Tier 3 Monster Beasts. This not only prevented infighting among the tribes within the Yao Race but also allowed them to mobilize the low-tier monster beasts on those Spiritual Veins by directly commanding these high-tier monster beasts.

The task of Cultivators like Chen Changqing was to slay these high-tier monster beasts, making it difficult for the Yao Race's commands to be executed in the upcoming war while simultaneously reducing the top combat strength of the Yao Race.

Master Moxuan led ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators, including Chen Changqing, with their first destination being Ziteng Mountain in the State of Zheng.

Stationed here was a tribe of Ghost Lizards. Ziteng Mountain was a peak perpetually wreathed in purple mist. This purple mist was actually the pollen of the wisteria flowers inside the mountain, which was poisonous—specifically, a toxin targeting the Divine Soul. For Cultivators, this place was a restricted zone.

Of course, this toxin was practically useless to the Ghost Lizards, as they naturally possessed poisonous bodies and were immune to all poisons. Having them garrisoned here was a match made in heaven for the Yao Race.

However, the advantage of this arrangement was that if Chen Changqing and the others uprooted this Ghost Lizard tribe, the Yao Race probably wouldn't expect anyone to strike against them.

The strength of this Ghost Lizard tribe could not be considered strong. Under the Divine Sense observation of Master Moxuan, there were only a mere three Tier 2 Ghost Lizards here, with the strongest being no more than the Tier 2 Medium Grade level.

This intelligence delighted everyone, as they hadn't expected the first battle to be so simple. However, they still didn't dare to be too careless, fearing an ambush. Previously, when the Yao Race and the Human Race went to war in the State of Zheng, such harassment tactics had also been employed; however, the Yao Race was equally prepared and wouldn't allow the Human Race to achieve their goal so easily.

As their first objective, their team did not plan to commit all their combat strength from the very beginning. Instead, Master Moxuan would first select five people to participate in the battle, while the other five, together with Master Moxuan, would stand guard and provide support for the rest.

Among the five selected, Chen Changqing was prominently included. The other four all looked at Chen Changqing simultaneously, some with curiosity in their eyes, and others with disdain.

Chen Changqing knew in his heart that Master Moxuan was giving him an opportunity to prove his strength, preventing these Foundation Establishment Cultivators from delaying matters later due to resentment.

Under Master Moxuan's instructions, several of them picked their targets. They only had the time of one incense stick; if they failed to resolve the enemy within this time, reinforcements from the Yao Race would arrive.

"You'd better show your true strength and not hold us back." Zhang Zheng's tone was displeased. He hadn't expected to be paired with Chen Changqing, and what he worried about most right now was that Chen Changqing would drag him down.

Chen Changqing simply remained silent and did not reply.

The two quickly arrived not far from where a Tier 2 Low Grade Ghost Lizard was located.

Entering Ziteng Mountain, their expressions began to turn somewhat unsightly. Although they used their spiritual power to keep the pollen at bay, this wisteria pollen seemed omnipresent and could not be completely isolated, so they still inhaled a little bit of it to varying degrees.

Zhang Zheng struck first. A three-foot azure-edged sword in his hand flew out of its sheath, slashing towards the Ghost Lizard and instantly tearing open a terrifying wound on its body.

Just as he was feeling pleased, the Ghost Lizard suddenly spat out venom, spraying it at Zhang Zheng. Sensing that this venom was somewhat terrifying, Zhang Zheng immediately soared several zhang into the air to dodge the attack.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing at the side sent the Tier 2 Low Grade mother-and-child swords flying out from his Storage Pouch. Combining seven swords into one, he slashed towards the Ghost Lizard, severing one of its legs.

After losing a leg, the Ghost Lizard stopped the action of spitting venom. With a painful expression on its face, it retreated several steps, blood continuously seeping from its severed wound and dyeing the earth a blood-red color.

The Ghost Lizard flicked its forked tongue with a few hissing sounds. Before long, a swarm of Tier 1 Ghost Lizards swarmed over and surrounded the Tier 2 Ghost Lizard in the middle, then vigilantly watched Chen Changqing and the other person.

Chen Changqing and Zhang Zheng exchanged a glance. Zhang Zheng's heart felt somewhat anxious; with so many Tier 1 Ghost Lizards, if they attacked them simultaneously, it really would be impossible to kill that Ghost Lizard in a short while.

However, they could not afford to ponder over it too much and had no choice but to bite the bullet and attack.

The purple pollen continued to invade their bodies, causing a considerable impact on their Divine Souls. Moreover, the venom of this group of Tier 1 Ghost Lizards made it difficult for them to approach that Tier 2 Ghost Lizard.

Zhang Zheng slashed out with a sword, tearing apart more than a dozen Ghost Lizards. However, even more Ghost Lizards swarmed around, and coupled with the attacks from that Tier 2 Ghost Lizard, it made it impossible for him to approach it in a short time.

While feeling annoyed, Zhang Zheng glanced out of the corner of his eye at Chen Changqing with anger in his eyes. "He truly is a piece of trash who can't help at all."

However, Chen Changqing merely flicked his fingers, and thirty-six bolts of Azure Thunder instantly erupted from his fingertips, killing over twenty Ghost Lizards at the front in the blink of an eye.

The power of this strike made Zhang Zheng, who was still growing angry, look at him sidelong in astonishment.

"He actually really has the combat strength of the seventh level of Foundation Establishment!" Zhang Zheng's anger was also calmed by this strike, and a trace of astonishment flashed through his mind.

"However, with your Foundation Establishment third-level cultivation, you surely can't unleash another strike," he was still muttering to himself inwardly when—

Chen Changqing released another thirty-six bolts of Azure Thunder, instantly killing over twenty more Ghost Lizards.

Zhang Zheng was already somewhat speechless at the side. "He can actually still release this kind of Move? Could he be a Foundation Establishment Cultivator who advanced with a supreme-grade Dao foundation?!"

Although he was only at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment and any casual Move of his possessed destructive power exceeding the Perfection of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, for him to unleash destructive power of the seventh level of Foundation Establishment was not that easy and required expending a certain amount of spiritual power to achieve.

Zhang Zheng looked at Chen Changqing once more, this time carrying apprehension and apology. Fortunately, he hadn't directly cursed out loud just now, otherwise things would be very difficult to handle next. He closely followed behind Chen Changqing, joining forces to accelerate the clearing of the Ghost Lizards before them.

Chen Changqing continuously used the thirty-six bolts of Azure Thunder. Deploying Spells of this power at such a high frequency, his spiritual power still hadn't bottomed out, causing deep shock in Zhang Zheng's heart. No matter how abundant a Foundation Establishment third-level Cultivator's spiritual power was, there would be a time when it bottomed out, but looking at his appearance, he completely didn't look like his spiritual power was about to run out.

After the time of a quarter of an hour, one to two hundred Ghost Lizards were completely wiped out, leaving only the final Tier 2 Ghost Lizard. Its body surface also had some scars, which were caused by Chen Changqing and the other person while they were clearing out that group of Tier 1 Ghost Lizards just now.

The two joined forces to fiercely battle the Tier 2 Ghost Lizard for a while longer. Following Zhang Zheng's sword strike that severed the head of the Tier 2 Ghost Lizard, the task of the two of them could be considered complete.

Returning to Master Moxuan's side, that group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators all looked at Chen Changqing with surprise on their faces. When Chen Changqing made his Move earlier, every single Move was completely exposed under the detection of their Divine Sense.

Zhang Zheng flew forward, cupped his fists apologetically, and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, what happened before was my fault. Please forgive me."

"He is indeed a person who can hold things up and put them down," Chen Changqing thought to himself, but on the surface, he still politely said, "That can't be blamed on Fellow Daoist Zhang; my cultivation level really does easily cause misunderstandings."

The other few people also successively stepped forward to interact with Chen Changqing. To be able to match the combat strength of the seventh level of Foundation Establishment with the cultivation of the third level—as long as such a Genius did not fall, the probability of achieving the Purple Mansion in the future was very high. Since that was the case, they would naturally forge a good relationship with him.

Chen Changqing handled them one by one, feeling even more deeply about the Law of the cultivation world where the strong were supreme. Previously, these people hadn't bothered with him along the way, but now they were scrambling to befriend him one by one.

Not far away, Master Moxuan paid no attention to these people's petty thoughts; obviously, he had experienced this kind of thing quite a bit.