The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

Although Ji Chen's stamina bar is not as long as that of a chimpanzee, his powerful recovery ability, which he gained through electric current propulsion and adaptive evolution, far surpasses that of a chimpanzee.

Furthermore, stimulated by the battle and with an ample food supply, his stamina and strength were increasing every moment.

The electric current propelled his body with high efficiency, stimulating his cells to metabolize rapidly, converting the flesh and blood he had just swallowed into pure energy.

Through adaptive evolution, he continuously optimized his body structure, evolving into a form of power.

Often, after a rest of ten minutes or so, he can recover more than 70% of his depleted physical strength.

This terrifying regenerative ability almost scared the chimpanzee so much that it turned white fur.

It felt like today was going to be tough.

With this shift in power, the tide of war began to turn.

When training resumed, Ji Chen launched a fierce attack in near-peak condition, while the chimpanzee still hadn't fully released the pent-up frustration in its chest.

Once, twice, ten times...

Ji Chen spared no effort in launching one sparring match after another. Each time he was exhausted, he would immediately retreat, recover quickly, make slight adjustments, and then pounce again.

This almost rogue tactic left chimpanzees, who rely on endurance, exhausted.

"No! Huff... This is unreasonable. I demand a limit on the number of wrestling matches."

The chimpanzee's strength was constantly being depleted and eroded by the intermittent impacts, and it could barely hold on, its legs trembling slightly.

"No!"

Before Ji Chen could speak, Qi Shu rushed over and pointed at the chimpanzee, saying:

"The bad gorilla broke his promise. The agreement was for one day, and you are the king of beasts. You didn't have the confidence to bully the weak, so you wanted to change the rules. You have no shame."

Qi Shu watched the two beasts' match and was amazed by Ji Chen's growth.

The gratitude received in return is ultimately superficial; what it saw today made it fully understand Ji Chen's strength.

Unparalleled adaptability, a speed of progress that sends shivers down the spines of beasts, and a profound foundation that allows it to fight against opponents of higher levels.

Therefore, it decisively abandoned the chimpanzee it had previously favored and stood up to criticize it.

The chimpanzee scratched its head, feeling utterly dejected, as if the world had abandoned it, and it seemed as if everyone was against it.

It's heartbreaking to see a beast king reduced to this state.

Under the influence of its charm, it opened its mouth several times as if to speak, but in the end it did not say anything against it and could only grit its teeth and continue.

Finally, at sunset, the setting sun cast extremely long shadows of the two colossal beasts.

When Ji Chen, with his strength fully restored, unleashed a powerful strike as fierce as in the first battle, the chimpanzee's thick arms trembled and stiffened noticeably for the first time.

"boom!"

With a low growl of unwillingness, the foundation of this fourth-tier beast king was shaken. After countless exhaustions, its massive body was finally crushed to the ground for the first time, kicking up clouds of dust.

Ji Chen trod on the ground with all four hooves, looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, feeling an indescribable sense of exhilaration.

"Hey, old black man, call me 'big brother' and let me hear it."

The chimpanzee looked miserable; it was completely exhausted and had no energy left, while its opponent, who had just reached the third tier, was still full of vigor and strength.

The difference is already clear.

"It's not impossible for me, Old Black, to call you 'Big Brother' and be your little brother, but could you please stop training with me like this in the future?"

It can't take it anymore.

After a few days of contact, it has discovered that Yoda is a Scroll King Beast obsessed with training to become stronger.

With such a powerful beast at its disposal, its future fate is predictable.

"Old Black, how could you think like that?"

Ji Chen's dragon head, hidden by the mask, became serious.

"Think about it, with me sparring with you these past few days, haven't you improved much faster?"

"Today's competition unleashed your full potential. Did you feel tired, but also incredibly refreshed and exhilarated?"

The chimpanzee instinctively stretched its aching yet strangely comfortable muscles and bones, responding in a deep, resonant voice:

"It seems... a little?"

"What do you mean by 'a little bit'? It means..."

Ji Chen's voice boomed like thunder, a wake-up call: "This is the sign of breaking free from the cocoon and becoming a butterfly! Old Hei, only by enduring hardship can one become a beast among beasts! If you don't give it your all now, when will you ever become a true overlord of the wilderness?"

"Looking across this entire wilderness, besides me, who else would help you grow so selflessly and without reservation? And what leader would allow you to push your limits in an absolutely safe environment?!"

"That's the bond between us, Old Black!"

In short, although he was intelligent, Old Black, who hadn't seen much of the tricks of the trade, was still fooled by Ji Chen.

From initial reluctance to high morale despite exhaustion.

"The day after tomorrow, at the latest, after the strange tree has evolved, I will take you into the wilderness to explore and forge a legendary path to dominance for us two brothers."

"Um!"

The bewildered chimpanzee, having been misled, nodded emphatically, full of ambition.

Ji Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.

Chimpanzees are inherently lazy, so even if their lives are threatened, it may not work.

In order to obtain a stable supply of stress-generating beasts in the future and provide conditions for adaptive evolution, he spent a lot of effort to fool Old Black.

. . . . . .

Travel is always something you can do on a whim. During the window of opportunity before the Qishu was about to evolve, Ji Chen practiced with the chimpanzee several times, verifying his abilities while also stabilizing his position through adaptive evolution.

After several encounters, Ji Chen had roughly determined the scope of his own strength.

If he doesn't use electricity to propel himself, relying solely on his physical body, he is roughly invincible among third-tier evolved creatures, possessing about half the strength of a chimpanzee in its normal state.

But if all methods are used, lightning will cascade down like a waterfall, and the power of twenty-five volts will erupt, with magnetic wheels cutting through everything, even a chimpanzee would have to flee in panic.

A current of 250,000 volts is still too exaggerated; within the range of the power grid, the earth itself could be melted into a crystalline, glassy substance.

In this lightning domain, even a fourth-tier beast king would suffer from paralysis and difficulty moving.

Combined with the Zhou Tian magnetic wheel, which can disintegrate and cut at the microscopic level, ordinary beast kings who fall for its tricks will be severely injured at best, and beheaded at worst.

With this kind of intimidation, the chimpanzee completely submitted.

On the third day, Ji Chen, carrying one of the three new exotic fruits produced by the evolved tree, led the chimpanzee straight towards the eastern wilderness.

The exotic fruit was only the size of a normal person's palm, and Ji Chen could easily hide it between his teeth and take it away.

"Great King of Thunder, please don't forget Little Tree. Next time you want to eat fruit, Little Tree will be here waiting for you."

After evolving, the strange tree, now five meters tall, swayed its branches and leaves, reluctant to leave.

Ji Chen didn't look back, his four hooves galloping like the wind as he sped away.

Before leaving, the chimpanzee waved goodbye to the strange tree.

In its heart, it felt somewhat sorry for the strange tree.

After all, if it hadn't failed in its attempt to show off and instead been brutally beaten by Ji Chen's large-scale attack, it wouldn't have had to expose the Qishu, leaving it trapped in this place.

. . . . . .

The river flows swiftly, its waters roaring. The sparse vegetation on the banks, bathed in bright sunlight, is crystal clear and breathtakingly beautiful.

But beautiful sights often conceal terrible dangers, and the chimpanzee suddenly stopped.

The dangers lurking in river and sea basins are far more terrifying than those in the wilderness. The current calm can only mean that some beasts have taken control of the situation.

The mutated plants on the shore also testify to the danger of this place.

Otherwise, given the vitality and survival ability of mutated plants, how could they not extend their offshoots and even roots in this direction?

This only shows that the danger here is somewhat beyond the scope of the curriculum.

"Old Black, didn't you say you'd seen this place from afar? What did you discover back then?"

Ji Chen paced back and forth, still not daring to go directly into the water, intending to test the bottom first.

"At that time, the river was blood red, fish and sharks were leaping, it was a complete mess, and there were fish carcasses everywhere."

The chimpanzee was still shaken as he recounted the story.

In this river, the fish fight to the point of crossing the river to dominate, with the intensity of the battles far exceeding that of the wilderness.

"I speared a few dead fish and left without daring to linger, afraid of being dragged into the water."

It can still be fierce and aggressive on land, but once it enters the water, it is like a lion falling into shallow water, its strength greatly diminished. Moreover, its meat is of good quality, so when it enters the water, it is like Tang Sanzang baring his shirt and shaking off Sun Wukong to enter the Women's Kingdom.

It looks incredibly tempting.

Fortunately, the activity ranges of aquatic and terrestrial evolved organisms are currently clearly distinct, and they will actively avoid each other, so no large-scale conflict has broken out yet.

As Ji Chen listened, he casually released a wave of energy outwards.

Adaptive evolution gave him the ability to perform thermal imaging analysis using infrared light, and ultrasonic and infrasonic detection are also in his secondary skill bar.

Immediately, observable information about the nearby waters entered his mind, which he analyzed and organized to obtain useful intelligence.

Ji Chen was somewhat surprised.

What did he discover during this exploration?

There was no life whatsoever; the entire kilometer-long waterway was devoid of life, and not even aquatic plants could be seen.

Who would drain the pond to catch all the fish? It's such a waste.

Amidst the swirling lightning, Ji Chen plunged straight in.

In an instant, a massive electric current spread rapidly through the water.

Large amounts of river water were directly ionized, creating surging clouds and continuous explosions.

Even though the chimpanzee already knew that Ji Chen's lightning power was strong enough to fight against opponents of higher levels, he was still shocked to see it with his own eyes.

If it dares to fight Ji Chen in the water, even if Ji Chen doesn't use any other methods, he can kite it to death just by discharging electricity.

But the next second, the chimpanzee's eyes widened.

Ji Chen's bluish-gray exterior was now stained with a layer of ink, which was spreading to other parts of his body. He emerged from the water in a panic, his face pale.

"The water is poisonous!"

Ji Chen sneezed several times in a row, his nasal cavity burning, which made him so angry that his nose almost crooked.

"Which heartless bastard spilled so much poison into the water?"

Ordinary poisons are no match for him.

However, this deadly poison not only dissolves completely in the river water, but it is also unaffected by his electric current.

Logically, high-voltage electrolysis combined with instantaneous high temperature should decompose all toxins and proteins.

Just then, a strange movement was heard on the water in the distance.

A wave several meters high suddenly surged up and was sweeping towards us at an astonishing speed!

Ji Chen's eyes flashed with lightning, knowing that this was probably the mastermind behind it all.

However, even when he was not in good condition, he only took two steps back, but he did not back down.

Adaptive evolution gradually took effect. Stimulated by the toxins, his powerful physique quickly developed corresponding toxin resistance. Coupled with his vigorous vitality, the toxins in Ji Chen's body rapidly subsided.

Outwardly, the ink faded at a visible speed before it could spread, and when the water surged in, less than half of the toxins in Ji Chen's body remained.

The water surged, revealing a huge black fish head.

The black fish stared coldly at the two beasts on the shore, especially the blue behemoth that had been stained with ink. It seemed to be able to feel the nourishment from Ji Chen's flesh and blood, and couldn't help but feel excited.

But soon, its eyes gradually turned from expectation to disappointment, because the black color of the poison was disappearing rapidly and was no longer visible in a short time.

The chimpanzee didn't tolerate it either. Since the leader had been humiliated, how could the underling not retaliate? It didn't even bother with the prelude of pounding its chest; it simply pulled out a large tree and threw it at the chimpanzee.

Bang!

With a deafening roar, the tree trunk crashed into the water like a torpedo, instantly sending up a towering column of water several meters high.

At the crucial moment, the blackfish nimbly dodged.

The next second, the black fish tail slammed into the water and then rolled up, instantly creating a wall of water the size of a small mountain that crashed directly into the two beasts on the shore.

Based on Ji Chen's previous behavior, the chimpanzee already knew that the water was highly poisonous, so it dared not be careless and immediately avoided it.

But when it looked back, it saw that Ji Chen neither dodged nor avoided the water wall, and actually let it crash into it.

Ji Chen was directly submerged by the river, and the toxins in the river entered his body through his body.

Blackfish couldn't help but show a look of anticipation again, feeling as if it had encountered a foolish beast today, having fallen for its trick once before, and now it could fall for it again.

But this time, the anticipation vanished even faster. The ink had just begun to spread when it faded rapidly within seconds, without even a ripple.

Ji Chen opened his eyes; the double membranes allowed him to remain completely unaffected by the river water.

Feeling the increasingly strong resistance to the toxins, he even stuck out his tongue and drank the river water that had gotten on his mask.

Seeing Ji Chen's nonchalant expression, Black Fish was enraged.

This was its most prized skill, yet it was completely ignored by the beast; it was as if the beast didn't take it seriously at all.

As if the Dragon King were enraged, the entire body of water was suddenly filled with towering waves and surging tides.

call--

The next moment, the black monster fish suddenly opened its huge mouth, and with a piercing gasp, it swallowed a massive amount of river water into its belly.

Then, with the help of his own innate abilities, a thick green jet of water, resembling that emitted from a high-pressure water gun, suddenly shot towards Ji Chen on the shore.

Chi-

Faced with this fierce attack, Ji Chen no longer dared to be careless this time.

His thick sword tail suddenly rose up, and intense blue light condensed at the tip, instantly transforming into a giant sword surging with lightning!

"cut!"

With a furious roar, the lightning sword's tail, carrying the force to split mountains and shatter peaks, fiercely slashed towards the water column.

The thunderous sword's tail collided violently with the poisonous water!

laugh--!!

A piercing vaporization sound erupted instantly.

Wherever the lightning struck, it carried a deadly poison. A high-speed water column, capable of piercing through mountains and rocks, was cleaved in two, sending up a cloud of white mist.

The terrifying impact blasted the river surface apart, centered on Ji Chen and the black fish, sending countless water droplets flying.

However, the impact force contained in that water column was truly astonishing. Even after being cut open, the residual force still pushed Ji Chen backward several meters, carving two deep trenches in the ground.

The black fish went berserk, and the powerful jet of water only paused for a moment before spraying towards Ji Chen again.

Ji Chen was fearless, even full of fighting spirit. He stomped his hooves and charged towards the black fish in the river!

"Yoda, boss, don't be so reckless!"

The chimpanzee hiding behind was shocked, intimidated by its charismatic leader, but could only throw two trees at him to cheer him on.