Chaotic Times and Disasters: I Hunt Down Martial Arts Masters and Become a God

The group continued forward, and in the heart of the snow-capped mountain was a vast ice valley, with steep, knife-cut cliffs on all sides, covered with ice pillars that had remained frozen for millennia.

As soon as the group stepped into the ice valley, they heard a deafening roar—in the very center of the ice valley lay a colossal beast, its size comparable to a small mountain, covered in ice-blue scales, its four legs like pillars, each step it took creating a deep crater in the ice.

It has a single horn on its head, and the breath it exhales from its nostrils condenses into icy mist in the air.

A pair of icy blue vertical pupils burned with eerie blue demonic flames, staring intently at the direction of the valley entrance.

Fu Qing looked further into the distance and saw the sheep demon standing on the other side of the icy valley with dozens of demon warriors. He grinned, "What a coincidence, it's you again!"

"Meow..."

The sheep demon twitched for a moment, then quickly regained its smug expression, spreading its arms wide and shouting at Fu Qing.

"Human! Do you remember me? Last time in the desert you outnumbered me, and in the ancient city you ambushed me again—this time it's different! This Ice-Armored Giant Rhinoceros is a demon beast that the Hermit of Qingming sealed in the snow mountain before his death, and I have awakened it using the secret techniques of the demon race!"

"It only obeys my commands! Today, this icy valley will be your burial ground! I want to watch you be trampled into mincemeat! Meow!"

"You still don't learn your lesson."

Fu Qing drew his cold iron blade, sneered, "I let you escape last time, but this time you'll leave with your life and your horns. I'll skin you and use your sheep's hide as a cushion for my son!"

The sheep demon's face darkened, and he waved his hand, ordering the demon warriors to release the demonic power seal on the giant rhinoceros.

The Ice Armored Giant Rhinoceros let out a deafening roar and charged toward the group. Every step it took shook the icy valley violently, and the ice pillars on the ice walls were broken and smashed into countless pieces on the ice surface.

An Sheng charged forward with his spear, the silver spear piercing the giant rhinoceros's foreleg, the tip of the spear bouncing off its scales and sending sparks flying.

The recoil sent him staggering back several steps, nearly knocking him over.

"Damn! This beast's scales are more than ten times thicker than a snow ape's! My spear couldn't even leave a mark!"

"Xiao Anzi, you can't do it, I'll do it!"

Xiahou Jun struck the giant rhinoceros's head with both maces. The golden maces only broke off a piece of ice the size of a fingernail. The giant rhinoceros swung its head and flung Xiahou Jun and the maces away, sending them flying and sliding more than ten feet away on the ice.

An Sheng laughed heartily, "You noob, you dare laugh at me!"

Ling Yuxi's longsword was swept away by the giant rhinoceros's tail and flew out, embedding itself in the ice wall. Just as he was about to pull out the sword, the giant rhinoceros's tail swept it back and smashed it onto the ice surface.

Song Zhiwen unfolded a bamboo scroll, creating a Confucian-Taoist shield. The giant rhinoceros crashed into it, and the shield shattered like paper. The force of the impact caused blood to spill from the corner of his mouth.

Fu Qing had already rushed forward to confront the giant rhinoceros head-on.

His swordsmanship relied on speed to overcome slowness, employing wide and sweeping movements. However, the giant rhinoceros's scales were too thick, and even when he found a weak point, his blade could only penetrate less than half an inch before getting stuck.

He unleashed twelve consecutive slashes, each striking the same scale on the giant rhinoceros's neck, leaving more than a dozen shallow cuts on the scale. However, the giant rhinoceros's defense far surpassed that of any other monster he had encountered before.

"Brother Fu, I'm here to help you!"

Yu Fu rushed over, holding the Heart Lamp. The light from the Heart Lamp shone on the giant rhinoceros, slowing its movements by a fraction.

Yunnan unfolds like a scroll painting, and the power of its artistic conception transforms into a dark chain that binds the giant rhinoceros's hind legs.

【Exceptional】Triggered in front of the giant rhinoceros - facing the enemy alone, 20% combat power bonus.

[Battle! So exhilarating!] As his health and mana were depleted, the more wounds Fu Qing had, the faster his blade became.

Bloodbath effect triggered, combat power doubles for fifteen breaths.

[Enemy of the Giants] The giant rhinoceros's cultivation level is determined to be above his—peak of the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm versus the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm, further boosting their combat power.

Fu Qing unleashed his thirteenth strike in one breath. This strike was heavier than the previous twelve combined. The blade struck the same scale on the giant rhinoceros's neck, shattering the scale!

The giant rhinoceros let out a deafening scream, and fragments of scales on its neck flew off, revealing dark red flesh underneath, but it did not kill the rhinoceros.

Seeing this, An Sheng's heart sank. "Xiahou, let's take over. Fu Qing is weakening!"

Just as Xiahou drew his mace, preparing to charge forward, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Because Fu Qing immediately followed up with his fourteenth strike—this strike was his limit, a strike unleashed when all his blood and energy were pushed to their peak, tearing the air apart wherever the blade passed.

The blade sliced ​​through the shattered scales, pierced the flesh, severed the blood vessels, and emerged from the other side of the neck.

The giant rhinoceros's screams abruptly ceased, and its massive body crashed to the ground, causing the icicles on the ice wall to cascade down.

Fu Qing knelt on one knee beside the giant rhinoceros's corpse, supporting himself with his knife and panting heavily. His body was covered in blood and ice shards, and the wound on his face from the rhinoceros's tail was still oozing blood.

The giant rhinoceros's icy blue demon blood dripped down the blade onto the ice surface, each drop condensing into an ice bead that rolled far away.

Everyone stared blankly at the huge wound on the giant rhinoceros's neck that Fu Qing had cleaved, and then at Fu Qing's kneeling figure, forgetting to speak.

An Sheng, leaning on his silver spear, walked to the giant rhinoceros's corpse, reached out and touched the huge wound on the rhinoceros's neck that was still gushing demonic blood, and swallowed.

He compared his silver spear to the rhinoceros's scales. His spear had only left a white mark on the rhinoceros, while Fu Qing's fourteenth strike had shattered the rhinoceros's scales.

He took a deep breath and raised his head. "I have a trump card! I have Dragon Turn! I still have a backup plan... I also have the Silver Dragon Probes the Sea that I just learned! I can catch up with him, I really can catch up with him..."

Xiahou Jun thrust his double maces into the ice, sat cross-legged beside the giant rhinoceros carcass, and turned his head to look at Fu Qing.

"When you made your thirteenth strike, I thought that was your limit, but then you made your fourteenth. How many strikes did you actually make?"

"Just fourteen cuts..."

Fu Qing, panting, planted his sword in the ice and stood up. "Every subsequent strike was more powerful than the previous ones. If I hadn't reached the peak of my meridian cultivation, I wouldn't have been able to execute them!"

Xiahou Jun opened his mouth, "My great-grandfather was right—the Feng clan is invincible! Your ancestor instilled despair on the battlefield, and you in the secret realm instill even more despair."

Yu Fu peeked out from the corner, still holding the Heart Lamp in his hand. The flame of the lamp was so weak that it might go out at any moment.

He looked at the giant rhinoceros's carcass on the ground, at the large expanse of shattered ice, and at the rhinoceros's hind legs still twitching slightly, then suddenly turned to look at An Sheng.

"Senior Brother, I remember your family has some special techniques, right? Next time there's a monster like this, you go for it, I'll cheer you on."

"Get lost, that's a life-threatening technique!" An Sheng said without turning his head.

Not far away, the sheep demon's face turned pale instantly.

He stared at the giant rhinoceros's carcass on the ground, his lips trembling before he managed to utter a howl.

"Impossible—this is impossible! The Ice Armored Giant Rhinoceros is at the peak of the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm! It's only half a step away from breaking through to the罡气 (Gāngqì) Realm! How could you possibly kill it!"

He turned to run, but this time Fu Qing was prepared.

An Sheng flanked and blocked the other exit of the Ice Valley, forcing him back with a horizontal thrust of his silver spear.

Ling Yuxi and Song Zhiwen sealed the cracks in the ice wall.

Xiahou Jun used both maces to force him back to the center of the icy valley.

The demon warriors scattered and fled, trapped in the icy valley by Yu Fu's heart lamp and Su Xue's medicinal mist. Su Wen took out a small bottle and threw it over. Smoke billowed out, and many demons suddenly felt numb all over and fell straight down.

The sheep demon was surrounded by the crowd. Several attempts to break through were met with resistance, and despair finally appeared in its yellow vertical pupils.

Fu Qing stepped forward and slashed down with his sword. The sheep demon's head rolled onto the ice, its yellow vertical pupils still open.

Kill the sheep demon (Ninth level of Meridian Opening), plunder points...

Yu Fu squatted on the ice, looking at the sheep demon's head, and suddenly sighed, his face full of regret.

"Both horns were chopped off by Brother Fu. Otherwise, a complete pair of horns in good condition could sell for several hundred taels of silver... But even just one and a half horns can still fetch some money—after all, it's a ninth-level demon, so it can still be used to scare people."

He picked up the broken horn, stuffed it into his bundle, and patted it down. An Sheng, standing nearby, poked the giant rhinoceros's carcass with his silver spear.

"Can we peel off the scales of this thing? We could make a suit of armor from it, which would be better than any plate armor we wear."

Su Xue sighed, rolled up her sleeves, and collected the giant rhinoceros's blood. The giant rhinoceros's heart blood was an excellent medicinal ingredient and should not be wasted.

She squatted down next to the giant rhinoceros carcass, holding a pottery jar that was even bigger than herself, and began to collect the blood.

Yunnan stood behind Fu Qing, looking at the giant rhinoceros's corpse, then at Fu Qing, his heart filled with complex emotions.