Devouring: Starting with an innate sacred body and Dao embryo

Chapter 7 Perfect Movement Technique, Surprise Attack

Hundreds upon hundreds of monsters stirred at the sound: iron-haired wild boars, tiger mastiffs, pangolins, ground thorn lizards...

The various monsters were of all kinds, and they roared and charged at Jiang Chen.

With his longsword held horizontally in front of him, Jiang Chen shifted his feet lightly and twisted his body, slaying a monster that pounced on him.

He then took three steps forward, dodging the attacks of several monsters, and then forcefully cleaved and swept the monster in front of him.

Then his body bent and twisted at an incredible angle, bursting forth with powerful force like a spring, and killed several more ferocious beasts.

Jiang Chen moved among the wild beasts, which looked extremely dangerous, like walking a tightrope on a precipice.

But he remained clear-headed and determined. Every movement he made was clearly reflected in his mind, allowing him to summarize his gains and losses and make improvements.

The terrifying comprehension brought to him by his innate sacred body and Dao embryo allowed him to gain new insights and grow every moment.

Every mistake I've made, I will never make again.

At first, Jiang Chen was able to dodge the monster's attacks, but he was in a sorry state and was often hit by the monster's claws.

If one's body is not strong enough, even with an S-class combat suit, it will cause bodily shock and blood turmoil.

However, as time went on, Jiang Chen's movements became more and more skillful.

Within a small space, maneuvering and dodging monster attacks greatly reduces the chances of being struck by a beast's claws.

By this time, his movement technique had reached the pinnacle of mastery.

As the battle intensified, the number of monsters gathering also increased.

At first, they were all just Beast Soldier-level monsters, but then Lower-level Beast General-level monsters also appeared here.

However, for Jiang Chen now, a low-level beast general is just a matter of one strike and poses no threat.

But this was, after all, the lair of monsters. As time went on, intermediate-level and advanced-level monsters appeared one after another and joined the horde hunting Jiang Chen.

With the appearance of a total of four high-level beast general-level monsters, Jiang Chen's pressure increased sharply.

However, for Jiang Chen, this kind of pressure was exactly what he wanted.

The four high-level beast general-level monsters are a two-horned wild boar, a gray-backed wolf, a silver-scaled giant python, and a four-clawed poisonous scorpion.

They formed a pincer movement, surrounding Jiang Chen in the middle, while behind them followed more than a dozen mid-level beast general-level monsters and more than thirty low-level beast general-level monsters.

As for the Beast Soldier-level monsters, there are countless of them.

The four-clawed scorpion attacked first, its tail stinger lashing out with a sudden, intense blue barb, clearly indicating its deadly venom.

Jiang Chen crouched down, instantly shrinking into a small ball, and rolled to the side. He unleashed the power of his longsword, activating the fourth level of the Ninefold Thunder Blade, and slashed at the oncoming gray-backed wolf.

The gray-backed wolf's claws were as large as flour jars, gleaming with a sharp, cold light, as it clashed head-on with Jiang Chen.

boom!

Jiang Chen's figure flew backward, and a bloody gash appeared on the gray-backed wolf's claws.

The other two high-ranking beast generals acted according to the situation.

The silver-scaled python's tail, like a long whip, lashed through the air with a sonic boom.

The two-horned wild boar pawed at the ground and charged forward, its two sharp horns like barbs that could pierce even several meters of steel alloy in an instant.

As for the intermediate-level and novice-level beast generals and monsters, they all swarmed forward, giving Jiang Chen no chance to escape.

Faced with such a life-or-death crisis, Jiang Chen remained expressionless, his mind as calm as still water.

As he watched the monsters charging towards him, Jiang Chen suddenly noticed something.

That is, no matter how many of these monsters there are, or how closely they cooperate, there will always be gaps and loopholes.

This reminded him of a sentence he had once seen in the ancient book "Zhuangzi: The Principle of Nourishing Life" in the chapter "Butcher Ding Carving an Ox".

"The joint has gaps, but the blade has no thickness. By inserting the blade into the gaps where there is no thickness, there will be ample room for maneuver."

Jiang Chen seemed to be deep in thought, and then he recalled that there were related words in the Tao Te Ching.

"The softest thing in the world can overcome the hardest thing in the world. Nothing can penetrate the gap between them..."

"Without thickness, one enters into space; without existence, one enters into without space."

Jiang Chen seemed to have a sudden realization. Facing the oncoming monsters, he moved through them with ease, as if strolling in a leisurely garden, like a skilled butcher dissecting an ox.

No matter how many monsters tried to surround and block him, they could not stop him. Instead, he found gaps and loopholes and harvested and slaughtered them one by one.

The four high-level beast generals also tried to surround Jiang Chen, but they were unable to do anything to him. In the end, they became angry and used their ultimate moves.

The giant silver-scaled python, as thick as a water bucket, formed a large circle, head to tail, trapping Jiang Chen inside.

Gray-backed wolves, two-horned wild boars, and four-clawed scorpions stood on three sides, completely blocking Jiang Chen and giving him no chance to escape.

"Now that we can achieve the level of 'entering the space between the thin and the thick,' if we can achieve the level of 'entering the space between the thin and the thick,' then it will definitely be a movement technique at the level of artistic conception."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Jiang Chen had already entered the perfect level of movement technique, and even touched a trace of the essence level of movement technique.

With continued practice and improvement, I believe it won't be long before I can successfully enter the realm of artistic conception-level movement techniques.

Having achieved their goal, there was no longer any need for these monsters to continue their charade.

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes, and eight throwing knives suddenly flew out, catching the gray-backed wolf that was pouncing first off guard.

Two of the throwing knives were aimed at his eyes, while three others slashed at his body.

The remaining three throwing knives held off the two-horned boar.

Jiang Chen himself used the Ninefold Thunder Blade to repel the stinger of the four-clawed scorpion.

Taking advantage of the moment, he stepped onto the shield, leaped into the air, and broke through the encirclement formed by the silver-scaled giant python's body.

The giant silver-scaled python would not allow its prey, which it had finally managed to trap, to escape.

Its body suddenly rose up, its blood-red mouth opened wide, emitting a pungent stench, and its sharp fangs were a ghostly green, clearly also highly poisonous.

"court death!"

The remaining four throwing knives on Jiang Chen's body hummed and trembled, then suddenly flew out and shrieked as they fell into the mouth of the silver-scaled giant python.

Instantly, the silver-scaled python writhed in agony, and many monsters around it were crushed into a pulp by its massive body.

Clumps of green blood coughed up from its mouth, and soon the silver-scaled python became still.

With one of the four high-level beast generals gone, Jiang Chen's pressure eased considerably.

The remaining three high-level beast generals were defeated one by one by Jiang Chen using his perfect-level movement technique.

Seeing that even four high-level beast generals had died at the hands of this human, the remaining monsters couldn't help but feel immense fear.

They scattered and fled in all directions, and many monsters even suffered heavy casualties from trampling each other.

"it's over."

Jiang Chen looked at the mess in front of him and prepared to quickly clean up and collect his spoils.

boom!

Suddenly, a loud gunshot rang out; even with a silencer to suppress the sound, it was still enormous.

Before the sound was even uttered, an anti-material armor-piercing round flew straight towards Jiang Chen at several times the speed of sound, striking him squarely in the temple.

(End of this chapter)