Chapter 657: Fighting a Pseudo Tier Six

The next day.

Early in the morning, Xiao Yingluo set up a small, purple Medicine Furnace to concoct the Organ Refining Internal Medicine Herbs.

Two Tier Four Demon Rats squatted before the bonfire, craning their necks to greedily sniff the wisps of medicinal aroma escaping from the top of the furnace.

Xiao Yingluo was dressed in a cyan skirt and top, wrapping herself up tightly. She had also deliberately smeared her face with the juice of crushed leaves, making it look dark and bruised.

With such a disguise, she looked anything but attractive.

She had been constantly worried about being forced to serve him in bed. Recently, that senior had been frequently appearing at the cave entrance in the middle of the night, seemingly searching for her.

This feeling of danger was growing ever stronger!

‘If that senior comes looking for me again tonight, I’ll have to find a way to escape.’

‘No matter what, I can’t let him defile me!’

At the thought of fleeing this place, Xiao Yingluo couldn’t help but sigh softly to herself, reaching out to stroke the smooth, dense fur of the two Demon Rats.

‘Sigh… what a pity to leave this treasure-filled land, and these two good and obedient little Demon Rats!’

Amid this unease, time passed quickly. One hour later, the Organ Refining Internal Medicine Herbs were fully concocted.

Xiao Yingluo lifted the lid, removed the dregs, and casually tossed them aside. The two Demon Rats’ eyes immediately lit up as they pounced on the dregs, and they were soon wrestling with each other over them.

“Hey… can’t you two just sit down, discuss it properly, and each take half?”

It would have been better if she hadn’t tried to mediate. The moment she spoke, the two Demon Rats started fighting even more fiercely.

“Alright, stop fighting!”

Xiao Yingluo picked up the dregs, split them in two, and threw the pieces in opposite directions.

But the two Demon Rats had gotten worked up and continued to wrestle without stopping.

“I can’t be bothered with you!” Both exasperated and amused, Xiao Yingluo picked up a stone bowl for herself and began to drink the Herbal Decoction.

Just then, the two Demon Rats suddenly stopped fighting. Their eyes widened in unison as they stared toward the outside of the cave.

Xiao Yingluo also turned and looked at the blue-robed figure emerging from the opposite cave, and she immediately froze!

The man had a fair complexion, phoenix-like brows, and star-bright eyes. He was beautiful to the extreme. His every move exuded an air of dashing elegance and untamed nonchalance.

And beneath that untamed nonchalance, there seemed to be a hint of devil-may-care wickedness.

It was the first time in her life Xiao Yingluo had ever seen such a beautiful man, and for a moment, she was completely mesmerized.

She had imagined what this senior looked like countless times, but her fantasies were nothing like the man before her now.

In her mind, a senior who enjoyed smashing people with a giant hammer should be a rugged, unrestrained, and heroic figure—a mighty warlord!

He absolutely shouldn’t look like this—a peerless beauty whose face could topple nations!

If he were to put on women’s clothes, Xiao Yingluo would probably call him ‘sister’!

Seeing Xiao Yingluo’s reaction, Chen Cheng gave a faint smile. Carrying his Military Dao Combat Killing Hammer, he walked toward the Cold Pool not far away.

Upon reaching the edge of the pool, he carefully extended his senses. Just as he expected, he detected the faint but tyrannical aura of a Demon Beast deep within the center of the Cold Pool, more than ten zhang from the bottom.

‘Time to take its Demon Heart. Best not to let this drag on.’

With that thought, Chen Cheng activated his Qi Blood Power and condensed the aura of the Second Layer of the Xuanshuang Realm. A watery mist surged around him, transforming into transparent ice crystals that covered his entire body as he strode toward the pool.

Xiao Yingluo had just snapped out of her daze when she saw this, and her heart leaped in shock once again!

She clearly hadn’t expected this senior to have also cultivated the Second Layer Realm of the Gui Water Lineage!

But her heart quickly tightened with worry, and she shouted a warning:

“Senior, the Three-headed Demon Python in the Cold Pool is a Pseudo Tier Six Demon Beast! It’s invincible in the water!”

But Chen Cheng paid her no mind, continuing to stride into the Cold Pool.

Where he stepped, the Cold Pond Water gradually solidified into ice crystals. Within the ice, dark, watery mists swirled faintly, spreading outward in a state of coexisting ice and water.

By the time he reached the center of the Cold Pool, Chen Cheng was completely submerged.

There, he saw a Three-headed Demon Python, its body as thick as a water bucket, coiled atop a massive boulder below.

The Three-headed Demon Python had long since sensed Chen Cheng’s arrival. It feared him, but its fear stemmed more from the sheer spectacle he had created when he faced the lightning on the cliffside!

Here in the Cold Pool, however, it truly did not fear Chen Cheng.

“ROAR!”

All three of its heads opened their mouths in a deafening roar. It then churned the pool water, gathering a wild and violent force as it lunged at Chen Cheng.

Its speed in the water was astonishing; it crossed the distance of more than ten zhang in an instant.

It whipped its massive trunk, sweeping it toward Chen Cheng. The Demon Beast’s own tyrannical power, combined with the dense weight of the frigid water, struck with the force of a ten-thousand-jin hammer.

Measured in terms of Realm Power, the attack was worth at least five or six thousand units—it was absurdly fierce!

“Nice one!!”

Chen Cheng, naturally, was not afraid of such an attack. With a great shout, his body moved like a swimming dragon, diving down to meet the blow.

The True Intent of Heaven and Earth rapidly condensed between his fingers. He combined it with the aura of his Xuanshuang Realm, forming an Ice Crystal Longsword that he swiftly slashed downward.

BOOM!

The Longsword struck the trunk of the Three-headed Demon Python, erupting in a violent collision!

The Cold Pool erupted in giant waves several zhang high, and Chen Cheng was blasted out of the water by the wild and violent force!

The Three-headed Demon Python didn’t fare much better. The blow sent it plummeting downward, and it smashed deep into the massive boulder, roaring in fury!

‘Whoa! My sword strike couldn’t even break its defense. As expected of a Pseudo Tier Six Demon Beast!’

Like a flood dragon entering the sea, Chen Cheng plunged back into the Cold Pool. A massive Ice Crystal Long Spear condensed between his fingers, and he thrust it forward violently!

The Three-headed Demon Python, its fighting spirit now fully roused, had no time to swing its body. Instead, all three of its heads opened their mouths and suddenly unleashed a series of sonic booms, blasting out a surging torrent of heavy, solidified frigid water!