Beast Taming: I can even raise gods and demons!

Chapter 144 One Slash Kills a Level 9 Monster, Then Encounters Four Mysterious Women (11155-Word Chapter)

If they encounter the enemy, they might exchange a few words...

But a monster is a monster. When the three-tailed fire fox discovered that its den had been invaded, it did not hesitate to launch an attack!

Where can we hide inside the cave?

Chen Fan roared and crossed his arms, creating two shields!

Jade was still behind and didn't have time to rush forward and unleash the storm!

Even if Emerald arrives, the storm might not be able to stop the level 9 monster's skills!

At the critical moment...

Chu Xuan suddenly stepped forward, his cloak billowing out like a red storm!

"call!"

The red cloak billowed in the wind, instantly sealing the entrance to the cave!

On the other side of the cloak, flames suddenly surged!

The cloak billowed out as if propelled by a gale!

A single flame from the three-tailed fire fox was completely blocked by Chu Xuan's cloak!

Three seconds later...

Chu Xuan groaned, pulled his cloak back, his face pale, and staggered backward, only to be supported by Ye Hao behind him!

"boom!"

Almost the instant Chu Xuan withdrew his cloak and retreated, Chen Fan's longsword flashed, the ground beneath his feet exploded, and he flew out like a missile, slashing wildly down at the three-tailed fire fox!

"Xiao Fan!"

"Uncle-Master!"

Shen Hongxiu and Bai Rugo, who were behind them, exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Ye Hao placed Chu Xuan in front of Fang Qingqing, picked up his axe, and wanted to charge forward as well!

"Little Black!"

Chen Fan shouted.

Little Black flapped its wings and suddenly took flight, crashing into the rocks above the cave with a bang before plummeting to the ground!

"call!"

A fierce glint flashed in the three-tailed fire fox's eyes, and it opened its mouth to spew out a stream of flames at Chen Fan!

This flame was not as large as the previous flames.

But it is even more condensed, like a red iron pillar!

"brush!"

Xiao Hei messed up at the crucial moment, but Chen Fan had no way out!

His longsword crackled with blinding lightning, and with a single slash, he cleaved the pillar of fire in two, splitting the three-tailed fire fox in two!

Amidst screams, blood splattered everywhere...

"Bang!"

The two halves of the three-tailed fire fox's corpse fell to the ground.

Chen Fan, like Chu Xuan, was panting heavily!

Inside the cave, all was silent.

A level 9 monster, killed so easily?

Shen Hongxiu and Bai Rugo were filled with disbelief!

At this moment, the long sword in Chen Fan's hand was still wreathed in electric snakes, radiating a dazzling light.

An eerie silence lasted for a moment...

Suddenly, Little White darted out with a flash of lightning, pinned Little Black down on the ground, and slapped Little Black with its little paws, making Little Black howl in pain!

Chen Fan shouted its name just now, wanting it to use "Mental Spikes" to interrupt or interfere with the Three-Tailed Fire Fox's skill.

As a result, after this idiot flew up, he crashed into the rock above and almost passed out!

"Alright, alright, stop hitting. It's pitch black here, don't blame Xiao Hei."

Chen Fan stopped Xiao Bai from continuing to hit Xiao Hei.

Little Black's eyes welled up with tears: "My master understands me the most!"

Everyone smiled.

Chen Fan took two steps forward, dug out the three-tailed fire fox's crystal core, wiped it clean with a towel, and said loudly, "Oh, so it's not a level 9 monster... it's a level 7 monster."

As he spoke, he put the three-tailed fire fox's crystal core into his pocket.

Shen Hongxiu, who had walked up behind him, snatched the crystal core from his hand: "Are you crazy!"

"That's a level 9 monster! Why are you taking such a risk!"

Ye Hao and his group behind him took a closer look...

On the shimmering crystal core in Shen Hongxiu's hand, there were clearly nine distinct lines!

Bai Rugo, Fang Qingqing, and the others all had their pupils shrink sharply...

It's a level 9 monster!

Chen Fan killed a level 9 monster with a single strike!

At this moment, Chu Xuan, his face pale, said, "You... you've already broken through to the second rank?"

Everyone was startled again!

Chen Fan grinned and said, "I broke through the barrier the night before last... You're allowed to break through, but I'm not?"

"A second-grade cultivator, wielding a high-grade Xuan weapon bought for over 100 million, kills a level 9 three-tailed fire fox whose defense isn't particularly strong. Is that strange?"

"What kind of look is that?"

Bai Rugo walked over and said, "Uncle-Master, this is too risky for you..."

Everyone nodded.

"It wasn't exactly an adventure."

Chen Fan shook his head and said, "I'm wearing this armor, plus the two layers of armor from Gangzi and the Dragon Turtle. The flames of the Three-Tailed Fire Fox can't break through my defenses."

"If even a level 9 monster can break through my defenses, then I've really wasted my money buying this armor."

Everyone subconsciously glanced at the armor on Chen Fan's body.

The two suits of armor that Gangzi and the Black Iron Dragon Turtle had been wearing were mostly melted by the flames of the three-tailed fire fox!

But in the end, the armor on Chen Fan's body blocked all the remaining power of the flames!

There wasn't even a trace of burning on the armor!

If it were anyone else without this armor, even if they could cleave the three-tailed fire fox in two with a single strike, they would probably be burned to a crisp!

After all, even with Gangzi and the Black Iron Dragon Turtle's two suits of armor stacked together, they couldn't stop the flames!

Then, Fang Qingqing said in a low voice, "I...I'll use the remaining money to buy a powerful suit of armor when I get back."

Her current armor has pretty good defensive capabilities, but it's still several levels below Chen Fan's armor.

If it had been her who made the move, she would be severely injured, if not dead!

Chen Fan raised his hand, glanced at the longsword in his hand, flicked his finger lightly across the blade, and said calmly, "The Heaven-Sealing Armor and the Heaven-Severing Demon Blade—you deserve to possess them!"

"Heaven-Sealing Armor, Heaven-Severing Demon Blade?" Li Fengxing was stunned for a moment: "Brother Fan, why do the armor and longsword you bought have such cringeworthy names? The names the seller came up with are just too... weird!"

Shen Hongxiu chuckled silently.

Chen Fan said with a dark face, "I named it myself."

Li Fengxing remained silent.

Immediately, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Wow, Fengtian, Duantian, what an imposing name!"

Enraged, Chen Fan raised his foot and kicked Li Fengxing away.

Shen Hongxiu laughed so hard she was shaking.

Fang Qingqing and Bai Rugo also grinned from ear to ear.

Chu Xuan remained expressionless.

Ye Hao and Shen Daodao tried their best to hold back, their faces turning red.

Li Fengxing touched his stomach, his eyes filled with resentment, and walked back.

Even sarcasm is not acceptable.

Praise won't work either.

Being a person is really too difficult.

Shen Daodao kicked Li Fengxing.

Li Fengxing was baffled: "Why did you kick me again?"

Shen Daodao sneered and said, "Didn't you tell Fan Ge to get a big box to store the armor? Didn't you tell him to put it on only after encountering a monster?"

"If Brother Fan listened to you..."

"I didn't even have time to put on my armor before I was burned to death!"

Li Fengxing shook his head: "Not necessarily. After the flames burn through Gangzi and the others' armor, they might only burn Fan Ge half to death, not necessarily burn him through completely."

Damn it, these two idiots… Chen Fan’s face immediately fell.

Seeing Chen Fan about to explode, Bai Rugo stepped forward and kicked both Li Fengxing and Shen Daodao, saying, "Can't you speak properly? Can't you speak properly! If you can't speak properly, then shut up!"

Shen Daodao sighed, "Oh dear, I forgot again. I should just quietly be a handsome man."

Everyone: "..."

Ye Hao laughed and said, "Brother Fan's strike was really powerful... I feel like it could kill a level 10 monster."

Fang Qingqing and the others nodded in unison.

"You're overthinking it..." Chen Fan sighed and said, "If I were to freeze a level 10 monster there and let me kill it, I could indeed kill it with one strike."

"Back when I was in the first secret realm, the crater, before I had even broken through to the second rank, I had already killed a second-rank, third-level beast tamer."

"But monsters of this level are incredibly fast; it won't be easy for you to cut them down."

"Like that three-tailed fire fox just now, I was only able to kill it because I had the advantage of timing and location..."

"If you weren't wearing this armor, you'd either be burned to death or swatted to death by its claws."

Everyone nodded.

That's true...

The three-tailed fire fox was quite large, making it impossible to dodge to either side of the cave, and retreating was also troublesome... Of course, perhaps the monster never intended to retreat or dodge at all.

Chen Fan turned to Chu Xuan and asked, "Is this cloak for sale?"

Everyone: "..."

Chu Xuan remained expressionless: "Not for sale."

Chen Fan nodded: "How much?"

Chu Xuan glanced at Chen Fan, too lazy to say anything.

Bai Rugo said with a smile, "Uncle, please don't covet his cloak. That cloak was left to the Chu family by his second uncle, Chu Qingcheng. It's a combination of offense and defense... Not to mention our Donghai City, you probably can't find another one like it in the entire Tang Kingdom."

"It's only because his cultivation level is still too weak to activate this cloak, otherwise..."

Chen Fan was taken aback: "Chu Qingcheng, is she Chu Xuan's second uncle?"

"Yeah, you didn't know?" Bai Rugo raised an eyebrow.

At this moment, Li Fengxing suddenly said, "Chu Xuan's cloak is too powerful. He actually wears it around town every day. My personal suggestion is that he should put it away. What if someone sets their sights on it and tries to kill him to steal it?"

This idiot is at it again...

Chen Fan and the others were all a bit of a headache.

Bai Rugo sighed and said, "This cloak has already recognized Chu Xuan as its master. Even if someone else steals it, they can't use it."

"Besides, would anyone in this world really dare to steal Chu Qingcheng's things?"

Chen Fan touched his chin.

I've heard the name Chu Qingcheng many times, and the more I hear it, the more impressive she seems.

Are they really that strong?

Suddenly, Li Fengxing coughed lightly and said, "Ahem, is it really okay for us to chat like this in the monster's lair? What if there are monsters..."

"You bastard!" Shen Daodao roared, "This is the lair of the Three-Tailed Fire Fox. Brother Fan killed the Three-Tailed Fire Fox; it's much safer here than outside!"

Li Fengxing blinked: "What if the people living here are a group of three-tailed fire foxes?"

Ye Hao couldn't hold back any longer: "The Three-Tailed Fire Fox isn't a social monster; it's impossible for a group of them to appear..."

Li Fengxing: "What if the three-tailed fire foxes are a male and a female? And then the male comes back later?"

Shen Daodao got even angrier. "How do you know it was female? Couldn't it have been male?"

Li Fengxing: "My intuition tells me that the one who was just struck down was female."

Everyone: "..."

Chen Fan: "..."

"You two idiots... I'm ashamed to be associated with you!" Ye Hao sighed, saying helplessly, "Even if there's another male, Brother Fan can just chop it up again, right?"

"Outside, if he encounters a level 9 monster, he might not be able to hit it. But inside the cave, the monster has nowhere to hide; one strike is all it takes!"

"Shut up, all of you. Load up this three-tailed fire fox corpse and let's go!" Chen Fan waved his hand. "Gangzi, Dragon Turtle, give me another suit of armor."

Gangzi and the Black Iron Dragon Turtle immediately came over and put armor on Chen Fan.

Whether it's armor or other skills, they all have time limits.

After breaking through to level 6, Gangzi and the Black Iron Dragon Turtle's armor can last for about 7 minutes on Chen Fan and the others.

However, Chen Fan's double-layered armor had just been burned with a large hole by the flames of the three-tailed fire fox, so he had to put it back on.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

Emerald leaped and landed on Chen Fan's head.

Just now, the Three-Tailed Fire Fox breathed out flames, and Emerald was lying on the back of the Black Iron Dragon Turtle, so it didn't rush to the front immediately, which made it feel a little sad.

This time, it was determined to stay on Chen Fan's head and refused to get down no matter what.

Only in this way can it help Chen Fan in the event of a crisis as soon as possible!

Chen Fan sensed the jade's apology and smiled as he gently patted it.

Xiao Bai and the old ape walked to Chen Fan's left and right sides respectively, looking cautious and careful.

Li Fengxing and Shen Daodao stepped forward, took out a bag, and put the blood-soaked corpse of the three-tailed fire fox into it.

The bags they brought were made from special materials, making them both flexible and very sturdy.

Even if you drag it on the ground for a long time, you won't be afraid of it getting worn out.

But before they even reached the cave entrance, Li Fengxing, carrying large and small bags, ran up to Chen Fan's side again.

Li Fengxing: "Brother Fan, how did you figure out that the three-tailed fire fox was level 9?"

This thing doesn't seem so stupid after all...

Before Chen Fan could speak, Shen Daodao explained, "That's because Brother Fan has opened his third eye."

Li Fengxing was taken aback: "The Heavenly Eye?"

Shen Daodao nodded: "Yes, Brother Fan has already taught me, but I haven't mastered it yet."

Shen Hongxiu and Fang Qingqing, who were behind them, were speechless.

Ye Hao caught up and nudged Li Fengxing: "Give me 50,000 Alliance Coins, and I'll teach you the incantation for the Heavenly Eye."

Li Fengxing frowned: "So expensive?"

Shen Daodao was very frustrated: "Damn it, how could that bastard Ye Hao think of something like this... Why didn't I think of it?"

Ye Hao scoffed, "Fifty thousand Alliance Coins is too expensive? This is the Heavenly Eye!"

"Think about it yourself, being able to see through invisible monsters and know their level, how amazing is that? And it's expensive? When Brother Fan taught me, he charged 100,000 Alliance Coins!"

Chen Fan: "..."

"Fine!" Li Fengxing gritted his teeth. "But I don't have any money right now..."

Ye Hao waved his hand and said, "It's alright, we'll have money once we get out, right? Remember to give it to me when we get out. A man's word is his bond... If you don't give it to me, I'll kill you!"

Li Fengxing patted his chest: "Don't worry, my word is my bond!"

Everyone: "..."

Is making money really that easy now?

Get 50,000 Alliance Coins with just one sentence?

That Ye Hao... I'll have to be careful around him next time!

Ye Hao gave Li Fengxing a deep look, and said seriously, "I will teach you the incantation now, but whether you can master it depends entirely on your own fate, understand?"

Li Fengxing nodded: "I know. Some peerless martial arts techniques are so difficult that some people can't master them even in their entire lives. I understand."

Everyone: "..."

They're too easy to fool.

Ye Hao stepped forward, his hands forming a sword shape, placed in front of his eyes, then pulled them outwards, shouting, "Heaven's way is Qian, Earth's law is Kun, Gods and demons are separated into two realms, open your eyes, see the true form!"

Li Fengxing muttered to himself, "That's it? It's that simple?"

"Easy?" Ye Hao sneered. "I've been practicing for almost a month and I still haven't even scratched the surface. Easy?"

"Brother Fan started cultivating as soon as he was old enough to understand things. He practiced while eating and while sleeping. It took him more than ten years to achieve this."

"You don't know, do you... A few days ago, Brother Fan encountered an assassin at the entrance of the Beast Tamer Association, but before the assassin could make a move, he was spotted by Brother Fan and eventually caught by the experts from the Beast Tamer Association!"

"Think about it..."

"Brother Fan has already opened his third eye, and he's still cultivating!"

"Even when he walks out of the Beast Tamer Association's gate, he has to use his Heavenly Eye to refine and enhance it!"

Chu Xuan blinked, then turned to Chen Fan and asked, "You even need to use your Heavenly Eye to exit the Beast Tamer Association's main gate?"

Chen Fan: "Of course... Didn't Haozi say that I practice while eating, while using the toilet, and even while sleeping... What if some ghosts come to haunt me while I'm sleeping?"

Henry Chu: "..."

Li Fengxing nodded excitedly: "Understood, I will work hard to cultivate!"

Beside him, Shen Daodao sighed somewhat dejectedly: "Sigh, another competitor has arrived. It seems I need to work even harder to cultivate my Heavenly Eye."

This guy is really cooperative... Ye Hao smiled and his eyes narrowed.

Chen Fan grabbed Ye Hao's shoulder and whispered, "Give me half!"

Shen Hongxiu rolled her eyes and covered her face with her hands.

Previously, only Shen Daodao believed it, but now Li Fengxing has also joined in.

These guys are all incredibly stupid; the future of this team is bleak.

Li Fengxing suddenly said again, "But Brother Fan didn't recite the incantation just now?"

Ye Haofeng said casually, "Oh, he thought it in his mind... I said it out loud because I felt it would be more imposing that way."

Li Fengxing nodded: "Understood."

However, something was strange; he felt like he had heard the incantation somewhere before, a strange sense of familiarity.

Bai Rugo walked to Chen Fan's side and whispered, "Uncle-Master, is this spell really effective? Can it open that... Heavenly Eye?"

Chen Fan glanced at Bai Rugo silently.

He felt that his assessment of his niece's intelligence should be lowered by half.

Is this really Senior Brother Bai Tianyu's daughter?

Bai Rugo, the daughter of the Lord of Donghai City?

Could I be possessed?

The person who possessed the body also had intellectual disabilities...

When Bai Rugo saw Chen Fan's strange look, she immediately realized what was going on, her face flushed red, and then she turned around and glared fiercely at Ye Hao.

Ye Hao turned away, pretending not to see.

The group quickened their pace.

Upon reaching the cave entrance, Li Fengxing suddenly put down his bags and strode forward, shouting, "Heaven's way is Qian, Earth's law is Kun..."

"Bang!"

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Rugo kicked him in the butt, sending him sprawling face-first into the mud.

Shen Daodao, standing behind, smirked slightly...

When I had my armor custom-made, I reinforced the area protecting my buttocks significantly. How clever I am... I was indeed prescient.

No, even though that spot is impervious to cuts and fire, being kicked like that will still send you sprawling face-first into the mud.

So what should we do?

Shen Daodao's eyes lit up... If I just hide behind them, I won't fall for this trick, right?

Thinking of this, Shen Daodao took a few steps back and stood at the back.

Shen Hongxiu and Fang Qingqing were baffled.

"Let's go to the next mining site on the map!"

Chen Fan waved his hand, then couldn't help but glance again at the fire demon stone that Li Fengxing was carrying on his shoulder.

Such a big piece...

Ye Hao couldn't help but say, "If all the fire demon stones we find later are this big, we'll be rich!"

Shen Daodao shook his head and said, "How could that be? The ore at each mining site is bound to vary in size. The ore at the next site might only be the size of an egg."

Chen Fan and the others' expressions changed, and a sense of foreboding rose in their hearts.

……

The second mining site was located at the foot of a cliff.

Near the cliff, there are five level 8 "Thorn Predators".

These "Thorn Predators" have four blade-like legs that allow them to run incredibly fast, but their skills are relatively limited, mainly consisting of physical skills such as biting, horn stabbing, and slashing.

After observing from behind a pile of rubble, the eight people...

Chen Fan began giving orders: "Old Ape, take Little White and sneak over there first. Little White, don't use the Lightning Armor, it will destroy the Shadow Canopy..."

"After receiving my order to attack, the old ape first turned one of them into a frog, and then attacked the one that was sleeping on the rock."

"Little White is dealing with the one gnawing on the bark under the big tree."

"Chu Xuan, you and Ye Hao team up to deal with the bigger one by the stream."

"Give the one right in the middle to me and Xiao Hei."

Why isn't I here... Gangzi was taken aback and gently tapped Chen Fan's foot with his little paw.

Chen Fan said with a smile, "You're going to put 'Magic Crystal Armor' on us all, which consumes a lot of energy... and this kind of enemy is too weak, there's no need for you to participate at all."

The little black fly landed: "Bullshit, obey orders!"

Gangzi was furious and bared his teeth at Xiao Hei.

If it weren't afraid of being exposed, it probably would have pounced on it and bitten Little Black.

Fang Qingqing blushed slightly and said, "We...we can help too."

Shen Hongxiu glanced at Fang Qingqing and said, "That's an 8th-level Thorn Predator. Although it doesn't have any magical skills, its body is incredibly tough. Our few beast tamers have no chance against it."

"We can win, but some of our beast tamers will probably be seriously injured."

Bai Rugo said in a deep voice, "Let's follow my martial uncle's arrangements. We'll keep watch on the perimeter and preserve our strength."

Li Fengxing said, "Don't worry, Brother Fan is a level 9 Beast Tamer, and Chu Xuan and Ye Hao are level 8 Beast Tamers, so there won't be any problems."

Chen Fan, Chu Xuan, and the other two turned around and silently looked at Li Fengxing.

Li Fengxing was startled and timidly lowered his head.

Bai Rugo covered her face and said, "You can say their strength is equivalent to something like a Beast Tamer, why do you have to say... is?"

Li Fengxing felt wronged: "That's exactly what the Dean of Students at the War God Academy said back then..."

Ye Hao was furious: "If the head of student affairs ordered you to eat shit, would you go?"

Li Fengxing shook his head: "Of course not..."

"He's not the dean of students in our college, why should I listen to him?"

Everyone: "..."

Chen Fan lowered his voice and said, "Let's get ready to move. Stop wasting time talking to him. If we keep talking to him, I feel like he's dragging down my IQ too."

Right then and there, Gangzi and the Black Iron Dragon Turtle added armor to Chen Fan and the old ape. Then, the old ape used the Shadow Sky Curtain to quietly sneak up next to the five "Thorn Predators" with Xiaobai.

Chen Fan and Chu Xuan, along with the others, also began to secretly gather their strength.

After a few breaths...

Chen Fan made a hand gesture, and he, Chu Xuan, and Ye Hao simultaneously stood up and jumped out of the pile of rocks!

Almost the instant the three of them jumped out, one of the five thorn predators croaked and turned into a large frog!

"call!"

The old ape appeared behind a sleeping thorn predator, its right claw slashing down like a whirlwind!

"laugh!"

The thorn predator's head was severed and tossed into the air!

At the same time, Xiaobai flashed with lightning and flew past the thorn predator under the big tree.

With a flash of lightning, the thorn predator's neck was severed in one strike!

Meanwhile, two thorn predators charged toward Chen Fan and Chu Xuan respectively.

Relying on the powerful defense of his armor, Chen Fan didn't even dodge and stepped forward!

The little black creature in the air unleashed a sharp spiritual spike, striking the thorn predator!

The thorn predator let out a scream and collapsed!

Chen Fan slashed down with his sword, easily splitting it in two!

Seeing this, Chu Xuan and Ye Hao, who were standing nearby, were unwilling to fall behind, so they simultaneously increased their speed!

"brush!"

The light of swords and axes flashed simultaneously!

Before the relatively larger thorn predator could react, it was chopped into several pieces!

On the field, only that "big frog" remained!

The frog transformation takes 7 seconds...

The other four thorn predators were killed in less than a few seconds!

"Old ape, let me do it!"

Eager to claim credit, Ye Hao lunged forward, leaped into the air, grabbed the axe, and chopped at the giant frog!

"Pfft!"

In a flash of light, the giant frog transformed back into a thorn predator.

The thorn predator's head was cleaved open by the violent force of the axe, killing it instantly!

"Hooray!"

Behind them, amidst the pile of rubble, Li Fengxing's eyes were filled with disbelief: "When did Ye Hao become so strong? He can kill an 8th-level monster with a single axe blow?!"

"Nonsense!" Shen Daodao said, "His axe is only two levels below Brother Fan's 'Heaven-Slaying Demon Blade,' it should be a low-grade Xuan weapon... What's so special about a low-grade Xuan weapon cutting down an 8th-level monster?"

Li Fengxing felt like crying.

On the day he was beaten up in the hospital, he was taking the subway back to school when the "crying demon incident" happened at the hospital.

Later, Chen Fan and Ye Hao became heroes of Donghai City and received rewards from the City Lord's Mansion.

Grandmaster Yun Canghai also bought the captured Crying Demon and gave them a huge sum of money.

Li Fengxing thought back to that day: he was brutally beaten, and an old lady even took a picture of him on the subway and posted it on her WeChat Moments, while those guys got hundreds of millions of yuan and ended up buying weapons and armor...

Why is human destiny so unpredictable?

Later, after finally managing to get a million from his family, he lost everything during a sparring match between Chu Xuan and Shangguan Canglong...

Thinking about these things, Li Fengxing felt a deep sadness.

……

Just as Li Fengxing was reminiscing about his tragic past, Chen Fan had already located the Fire Demon Stone Mine based on the map.

The Fire Demon Stone Mine was located in a recessed area below the cliff, concealed by a sharp, three-meter-long blue stone.

"How did that guy who made the map discover such a secluded place?"

When Chen Fan, Chu Xuan, and the other two found the ore, only a small, fiery red coin the size of a copper coin was visible on it.

But the stone was quite large, about two feet long.

"call!"

Chen Fan let out a heavy sigh.

Fortunately, Shen Daodao's jinx didn't come true this time.

After tapping the ore twice with his longsword, Chen Fan switched the sword to his left hand and slammed his right palm down.

"Bang!"

The stone, about two feet long, broke and fell to the ground.

The fractured area was grayish-black and dull.

This Fire Demon Stone Mine is indeed not very large, and it does not extend into the cliff face.

Chen Fan walked out carrying the stone.

Outside, Shen Hongxiu, Fang Qingqing, and the others had already dug out the crystal core of the Thorn Predator.

But they didn't collect the thorn predator's corpse.

This monster belongs to the rock type, and its flesh is extremely unpalatable. Taking a bite is like biting into a rock, and neither humans nor beasts like it.

Although it is already level 8, its corpse is only suitable for making some special materials, and its value is not particularly high.

"Bang!"

Chen Fan placed the ore in his hand on the open ground in the pile of rocks.

He then took a hammer out of his package and began to hammer the ore.

Ye Hao said, "This ore is far smaller than the one in the Three-Tailed Fire Fox's cave, but it's still quite large..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Chen Fan's hammer knocked a rock off its surface.

The stone that was knocked off was grayish-black and dull.

Chen Fan frowned, and the banging became faster and faster.

But after he finished tapping it, everyone present was stunned...

The ore was about two feet long and was covered entirely with bluestone. Only the fiery red piece we saw earlier was a fire demon stone!

It's only... the size of an egg!

Chen Fan and Chu Xuan both widened their eyes, then silently looked at Shen Daodao.

This is fucking...

That jinx really came true!

Shen Hongxiu and the others also glared fiercely at Shen Daodao.

Under the murderous gazes of everyone, Shen Daodao squatted down, clutching her head: "I only said it might be the size of an egg, I didn't say it definitely would... I'm not a god..."

Chen Fan glanced at Shen Daodao, then at the egg-sized fire demon stone in his hand, and was speechless.

I always feel like fate is playing a joke on me.

Shen Daodao, that's the joke!

Chen Fan said with a dark face, "Everyone should keep an eye on him from now on, and make sure he doesn't say anything out of line."

Ye Hao and Chu Xuan nodded silently.

Sudden……

Four agile figures, like shadow cheetahs, landed on the small hill in front of the pile of rocks!

Four unfamiliar women dressed in armor!

"Who goes there!"

Shen Hongxiu was the first to see it and immediately drew her longsword.

Chen Fan and Chu Xuan quickly stood up as well.

The group of people slowly dispersed to both sides.

The beasts scattered and stood ready for battle.

The old ape used the Shadow Curtain to disappear without a trace with Little White.

Chen Fan, carrying a long sword, walked to the front and tilted his head: "Who are you people?"

One of the four women glanced at the "Thorn Predator" corpse not far behind them, then bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle: "Good morning!"

"..." Chen Fan was stunned for a moment.

I can't understand this language, but it feels so familiar.

Shen Hongxiu, who was behind her, immediately said, "They seem to be... from Yang Kingdom?"

Everyone's expression changed, and they became even more cautious.

Gangzi and the Black Iron Dragon Turtle started putting armor on everyone again.

Even people from Donghai City have to be wary of things inside the secret realm.

Let alone people from Yang Kingdom?

"People from Yang Kingdom?"

Chen Fan suddenly realized, his expression turning serious as he said, "Hello, let's dig together!"

The people behind were taken aback.

Chen Fan actually knows the Yang language?

Chen Fan stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Where do we dig for potatoes?"

The four from Yang Kingdom: "..."

Chen Fan: "Potatoes, go dig them up in the suburbs!"

The four from Yang Kingdom: "..."

Shen Hongxiu blinked: "Xiao Fan's Yang language seems quite fluent?"

Ye Hao nodded, his eyes filled with admiration: "I've watched countless movies, and I've only learned a few 'hiss... over... ee' phrases. How many movies must Brother Fan have watched?"

Shen Daodao and Li Fengxing looked at each other and laughed, their laughter extremely lewd.

Shen Hongxiu and the others: "..."

Chen Fan continued, "Can we dig up a whole sack?"

The four from Yang Kingdom: "..."

Chen Fan: "One dig and a whole sackful!"

The woman from Yang couldn't hold back any longer and spoke in the language of Tang: "Hello, I am Chiyoko from Yang... Please speak in Tang script, we can understand it."

Chen Fan: "Damn it, I was talking about Tang Wen, clear and standard Tang Wen."

Everyone: "..."

Chen Fan sneered: "Ignorance is truly terrifying. It seems I'll have to communicate with you in your Yang country's language... Arigato, my auntie died (thank you), how many floors do you have to carry a bag of rice up (feel the pain), how many floors do you have to carry a bag of rice up to (think about the pain), if you give too much rice (accept the pain), I washed a bag of rice (understand the pain), I washed so much mud off a bag of rice (those who don't understand pain), and that pile of black tiles, clods of earth (cannot understand true peace)! Every mouth is covered in mud (starting now), who's giving you a bag of rice (let the world feel the pain), alright, add water (Shinra Tensei)!"

[Note: "How many floors must a bag of rice be carried up...?" These are words Pain said when he attacked Konoha.]

The three people behind Chiyoko were all bewildered in the wind.

Only Chiyoko remained, a smile on her face, and said, "I didn't expect Chen Fan-jun to remember Pain's lines so clearly."

Chen Fan's expression shifted slightly: "You know me?"

Chiyoko smiled slightly and said, "We've been in Donghai City for over half a month now, so we've naturally heard of Chen Fanjun's great name."

Then, Shen Hongxiu said coldly, "Why would people from Yang Kingdom appear in the second secret realm of Donghai City?"

Chiyoko bowed to Shen Hongxiu and said, "We are second-year students from Shanghai Martial Arts University, and exchange students from Kyoto Martial Arts University in Japan."

"All four of us are Star Warriors."

"Please rest assured that we have gone through all legal procedures and obtained authorization before entering the secret realm."

A second-year student at Shanghai Martial Arts University...

Shen Hongxiu and the others' expressions shifted slightly.

These four are all second-year university students, and it's highly likely that they are already at least at the second-grade level!

Four second-grade realm cultivators...

If these four people are from the Tang Dynasty, then there's nothing to say.

But they are not!

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow slightly: "Why are you beating up dogs? (What exactly happened?)"

Chiyoko smiled and said, "We came to the second secret realm of Donghai City, intending to go to the Misty Swamp in the D area of ​​the second secret realm to kill a level 12 'Ghost Face Giant Lizard'. We didn't expect to run into you here."

Chen Fan nodded: "I see!"

Chiyoko and four others: "..."

The crowd behind: "..."

Chiyoko paused for a moment before continuing, "After arriving in Donghai City, we heard of Chen Fanjun's great reputation. We wonder if Chen Fanjun would be willing to help us kill that level 12 'Ghost-faced Giant Lizard'?"

"No way!" Chen Fan refused outright.

Chiyoko glanced at Chen Fan's armor and the long sword in his hand, and said softly, "Chen Fan's sword flashes with lightning light. Even from this distance, I can feel a destructive power..."

"I believe that with Chen Fanjun's strength, he can kill a level 12 Ghost Face Giant Lizard with this knife."

Li Feng walked up behind Chen Fan and whispered, "Brother Fan, they seem to have their eyes on your knife and the armor you're wearing."

Chen Fan: "..."

Bai Rugo rushed over in two steps and slapped Li Fengxing to the ground.

Chen Fan smiled slightly and said, "Sorry, I'm not interested in any ghost-faced monitor lizards."

It's not that I'm not interested, it's that I simply can't beat them.

Am I out of my mind to go fight level 12 monsters with you?

I can fight, but what about my partner?

Chen Fan looked at Chiyoko with a half-smile.

Chiyoko bowed slightly and said, "Excuse me!"

She lowered her head and took a few steps back, then led the three behind her away quickly, like ghosts.

As soon as they left, Shen Hongxiu immediately came over and said, "While you were talking to them, there was someone behind us who kept looking us up and down, and their eyes were unfriendly."

"Moreover, Chiyoko smiled like a spring breeze from beginning to end, and she was extremely cunning."

"We need to be careful."

"Hmm." Chen Fan nodded slightly.

Bai Rugo is the city lord's daughter, and the group behind her are all scions of prominent families in Donghai City.

Who dares to touch these people within the territory of Donghai City?

Moreover, there is no conflict of interest.

But the people of Yang Kingdom...

Chen Fan said in a deep voice, "It's better to be safe than sorry. Everyone, stay alert."

"Haozi, summon the Holy Moon Morning Glory and have it walk with the Darkblood Stone Golem. Keep a close eye on the surroundings."

"Okay!" Ye Hao nodded and summoned the Holy Moon Morning Glory.

Then, Chen Fan looked at Li Fengxing with a dark expression and said with a hint of helplessness, "With this kind of intelligence, how could he sign contracts for three beast tamers?"

Li Fengxing was beaten and dared not speak.

Shen Daodao said, "Brother Fan, beast taming talent has nothing to do with intelligence. Some people who can't even graduate from elementary school can awaken their beast taming talent, while others go on to get a doctorate but never awaken it. Sometimes, the lower your intelligence, the more beasts you can sign contracts with..."

As he was talking, he noticed Xiaobai and Gangzi around Chen Fan and suddenly fell silent.

Chen Fan looked at Shen Hongxiu: "Can I beat him up?"

Shen Hongxiu touched her forehead: "Go ahead and beat him up. If he dies, I'll bury him for you."

Shen Daodao quickly ran to the back.

Chen Fan ignored Shen Daodao and took out the map to check the location of the Fire Demon Stone Mine.

There are two circles on the map, one is the territory of the Dire Wolves, and the other is the territory of the Thorn Predators.

The Fire Demon Stone mining site is located in the common area where these two circles intersect.

The nearest mining site is a cave five miles away...

Another cave!

Chen Fan was also having a bit of a headache.

As the saying goes, "Never enter a deep pool, never venture into a cave."

This is mainly to tell everyone that many deep pools and caves are often places where monsters roam.

In such places, both beast tamers and star warriors are greatly restricted, and it is difficult to use their powerful techniques or magic weapons effectively.

Therefore, it's best not to venture out unless absolutely necessary.

Previously, when they encountered the three-tailed fire fox in that cave, although Chen Fan eventually used the terrain to kill it with a single strike, he was initially fortunate to have Chu Xuan's cloak.

Without that cloak, if the three-tailed fire fox's fiery storm swept over, even if Chen Fan and Ye Hao had powerful armor to defend themselves, the others behind them would probably be burned half to death!

In that kind of terrain, there's nowhere to hide!

"Let's play it safe and take down the monster first!"

Chen Fan nodded secretly.

Just then, Li Fengxing, who was behind him, suddenly muttered to himself, "Isn't the D area of ​​the Second Secret Realm the territory of the Demon Wolves and Thorn Predators? The highest-level monsters in these two areas are basically only level 9, aren't they?"

"Why are there level 12 monsters?"

Chen Fan and his companions were startled!

It was such a simple thing, yet they completely missed it before!

Everyone silently looked at Li Fengxing.

Li Fengxing thought he had said something wrong, and immediately shrank back.

Bai Rugo reached out and tapped Li Fengxing on the head: "You weren't wrong this time..."

As she spoke, she turned to Chen Fan and said, "Now that he mentions it, I remember... In Zone D, the highest level monster is indeed level 9."

"And I remember that the Misty Swamp was very small, with only some level seven or eight bloodthirsty giant lizards inside."

"These bloodthirsty giant lizards are relatively low-level, so they don't dare to leave the Misty Swamp to compete with the Demon Wolves and Thorn Predators."

"Why did Chiyoko say there was a level 12 Grimacean Giant Lizard inside?"

"If there really are level 12 monsters in the Misty Swamp, why don't even the three major pioneering groups in East Sea City know about them...?"

"But Chiyoko and the others from Shanghai already knew?"

Shen Daodao nodded slightly and said mysteriously, "Perhaps..."

"Shut up!" Everyone shouted in unison at Shen Daodao.

Shen Daodao: "..."

So sad, it won't even let people speak.

Am I really that scary?

If I were that scary, I would curse my enemies to never have little chicks, then I would be invincible!

These few easily frightened birds have been scared of me... Sigh, actually I was scared too. I'd better just be a quiet and handsome man.

Shen Daodao gazed silently at the heavens.

Chen Fan stood up and said, "Secret realms are inherently strange and mysterious places, so there's no need to overthink it. Just be careful, everyone."

"Let's go to the third mining site; hopefully, we'll find a surprise."

"Little Black, you and the Desert Wind Eagle fly higher and keep an eye on the surrounding area."

"Understood!" Little Black and the Desert Wind Eagle took off at the same time, circling continuously in the sky.

(End of this chapter)