Chapter 721: Encounter on the Road

At the edge of the crack, deep green viscous liquid seeped in, accompanied by a strange gurgling sound from within.

Chen Chuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he immediately released a burst of Spirit Power.

This approach proved useful. Upon contact with the Spirit Power, the viscous liquid immediately dissipated like melting snow, but it also consumed his own Spirit Power.

Although this method was feasible, it would make it difficult for to continue Cultivation in peace. It would be better to simply eliminate the Fissure.

Therefore, after a change of thought, picked up the Snow Emperor Blade and, using the method of eliminating Fissures, slashed at the continuously seeping liquid. With one strike, these things vanished into nothingness.

"s Spirit slightly vibrated.

It seemed this method worked.

After another thought, raised his right hand, the back of the blade resting on his left shoulder. After a moment of channeling, suddenly slashed forward. This strike passed through the Fissure, directly hitting the thing on the other side.

seemed to hear an unpleasant, shrill scream, and then the light on the opposite side intensified for a moment. The countless eyeballs shook, and then suddenly disappeared.

Over the next few hours, although similar things occasionally appeared, had gained experience and managed to drive them away with the Snow Emperor Blade.

The night passed in this way. As dawn approached, saw that the fading signs of Second Self were becoming more pronounced, and faintly heard some strange sounds coming from a distant place. His Spirit also felt a severe sense of threat, and knew he could not continue.

However, the Fissure showed no signs of dissipating even now, after nearly twelve hours.

In Central City, there was the Influence of the Mother Field, so Fissures would be suppressed as soon as they appeared. Here, there was no such thing. Although he could see the Fissure weakening over time, it was clear that it would continue to exist if he didn't deal with it.

immediately raised the Snow Emperor Blade and slashed, instantly extinguishing the light in front of him, and the sense of threat disappeared in an instant. At this moment, realized he had gained a lot this night.

Such Cultivation depended on the length of time spent and the amount of essence absorbed. This Cultivation was equivalent to three or four times the usual amount. Although it was more dangerous, the rewards were also greater.

Originally, his target was to push his Spirit Power to the perfect state before the end of December. If he could Cultivation like this every day, perhaps the time could be greatly advanced.

sheathed the Snow Emperor Blade, stood up, and returned to the surface. Zhao Ming should still be curled up asleep there because had been flying all day yesterday, but woke up immediately at the slightest movement and chirped softly at him.

Chen Chuan took some food and water for him, then opened the tent and walked out. By this time, the sky outside was already bright, and the three bonfires had been extinguished, with only faint smoke still lingering.

The morning in the Convergence Zone was damp. saw a fog rising from the forest opposite and drifting towards here.

This looked normal, but he could tell that the so-called fog was actually composed of tiny, indistinguishable insects.

His eyes flashed, and as his gaze swept over, the fog instantly dispersed and fell to the ground. At this moment, a sound came, and the trees near the insect fog in the forest suddenly trembled.

The bark of those trees actually slid off piece by piece, quickly absorbing the tiny insects, then climbed back onto the trees and became as they were at first.

Chen Chuan watched for a moment, then after a change of thought, suddenly looked at Zhao Ming. Zhao Ming immediately ran out of the tent and came to his side. tried to check him and quickly found that the underside of Zhao Ming's wings was completely occupied by tiny, down-like Parasites.

The heads of these Parasites had already burrowed into Zhao Ming's flesh and were continuing to penetrate deeper. Even if Zhao Ming had Mutated Tissue, it could not stop this penetration.

Such things were bound to happen in the Convergence Zone. Only by adapting to this environment for a period of time could one gradually develop the ability to resist.

took out a pill from his pocket and fed it to Zhao Ming. After a while, Zhao Ming opened his wings and shook his body, and a layer of black ash immediately fell from under his wings. These were all Parasites that had been killed by the medicine.

Chen Chuan walked out and fed each of the horses several pills with different effects, then led them to the river to drink water.

However, as soon as he reached the riverbank, his gaze fell upon it. saw creatures resembling black asphalt wriggling under the riverbed. The slender, eye-like things that had turned out were looking upwards, but he calmly looked back.

The thing stared at him for a while, then closed its eyes again, and its asphalt-like body slowly seeped into the riverbed, disappearing from view in a moment.

After the horses finished drinking water, he packed up the tent and all the items, then mounted his horse again, flicked the reins, and drove the horse forward.

According to the current pace, if he did not encounter any problems along the way, then he estimated that he could reach that Native camp before noon today.

After riding for more than three hours, Zhao Ming suddenly issued a warning in the sky.

At this moment, he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, approaching rapidly.

Chen Chuan was not sure of the other party's origin, so reined in his horse by a stream. After a while, he saw several Dragon Nose Horses appear on the opposite bank of the stream.

The riders were all clad in black Armor, wearing iron masks, and wielding spears. They were all sturdy and robust. It was clear at a glance that they were cavalry soldiers from the Old Imperial Family.

The other side seemed to not expect to see Chen Chuan here. Although Chen Chuan was dressed in plain clothes, these people could tell from the mount under him that he was from the Da Shun military, so they stopped immediately.

The two sides looked at each other across a distance of half a mile.

However, the people on the opposite side only looked at Chen Chuan from a distance and felt an unspeakable pressure, so after only a moment, the leader shouted and turned his horse to run back.

But he was not blindly running away. Two cavalry soldiers held Spears at the rear, but at this moment, it seemed that some invisible shock swept across this area.

The cavalry soldiers swayed on their horses and fell off.

The leader of the warrior also shook his body, but then he lay on the back of the horse. It seemed that there was a Spirit protective object, so he was not greatly Influenced, but before he could run too far, a burst of sound came from behind, and a large hole suddenly appeared in his back, along with the head of the horse in front.

Then the headless horse corpse rolled forward. The leading cavalry warrior was also tough. Knowing that he could not escape, and seemingly afraid of leaking information, he immediately pulled out a short knife and stabbed it into the upper part of his mouth, instantly piercing into the brain. He shook and then stopped moving.

Chen Chuan slowly stepped over from the stream. Wherever he passed, many white, foam-like things floated on the surface of the water.

After the horse's hooves landed on the shore, many insect corpses were turned out from the soil. A large area of things that looked like weeds on the surface also fell down. These were all creatures that had been killed by his Spirit Power.

Arriving in front of the corpses of the cavalry soldiers, he glanced over them. An elite warrior plus three cavalry soldiers was the most common four-person team of the Old Imperial Family. Judging from the Armor coverage, they should only be soldiers who had come to scout.

Judging from the direction of the other party's advance, it was likely that they were also heading towards the Union's camp.

thought for a moment. It seemed that the Old Imperial Family was fighting against Da Shun's garrison with the Union, but it did not mean that they could really cooperate sincerely. It seemed that they also had their own small actions.

However, he didn't need to think too much. No matter where the other party came from, as long as they were enemies, then they should be eliminate upon sight.

turned the reins and continued forward.

As for these corpses, he had no time to deal with them, and in this place, everything would disappear completely in less than an afternoon.

After another half an hour, he finally arrived at the Native settlement marked on the map, but what he saw was a burned-out ruin.

Judging from the remaining bonfires, it may have been five or six days since the camp was destroyed. The camp had long been occupied by a group of giant insects with hard chitinous exoskeletons.

took a few glances. In some places, there were still shrapnel and bomb craters. This place had clearly been bombarded by artillery fire.

Within this area, the only ones currently capable of this should be Union and Linax.

From the motive, it should be that these people were consciously clearing out potential threats on the periphery, or they simply did not want the Natives in these places to be used by the Ministry of Defense's garrison.

However, even if the Base was destroyed, he was sure of the location of this camp, which meant that he had not gone astray.

And the route of the attackers' retreat could still be faintly discerned. In this way, he might be able to find the camp's location by following these traces.

raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was one o'clock in the afternoon. He could still travel for three or four hours, find a place to camp, and then set off early tomorrow morning to continue traveling along the road marked by Chen Bitong. If there were no dangers or obstacles along the way, then he should see that camp around noon tomorrow.

Just as he was thinking this, Zhao Ming once again issued a warning in the sky, and then he saw a gray-feathered bird suddenly rushing towards it, and it was much larger than Zhao Ming.

But Zhao Ming was not afraid at all. Instead, engaged in a fight with it in mid-air, soaring and dodging very nimbly.

Chen Chuan knew at a glance that this bird must have been raised by someone. Fearing that Zhao Ming would be in danger, called out and summoned him back, and the big bird did not chase after him.

After a while, dense figures appeared in some of the forests ahead.

A group of people with paint smeared on their faces and wrapped in airtight jackets walked out from the opposite side. The man leading them immediately attracted his attention, because what the other party was wearing was actually an old Exploration Team uniform.

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