Chapter 313 When did the Nascent Soul stage become so weak?
When Sun Jiuchou launched the "Abyss," Zhou Jue also picked up his weapon.
Zhou Jue's body tensed instantly; she gripped the Boundary-Breaking Shovel tightly, ready to fight at any moment.
"Boom—!"
Directly in front of them, a giant tree that required five people to encircle suddenly collapsed, crashing to the ground with a thud, splintering wood and branches everywhere.
Then came the second tree, and the third tree.
A path carved out by pure violence was stretching straight toward her through the jungle.
The shadows rolled in.
A massive body emerged from behind the shattered trees.
Its size is comparable to that of a heavy truck, and its body is covered with layers of dark gold scales that shimmer with a metallic texture in the dappled light and shadow in the forest.
It resembled a pangolin, but its head was unusually ferocious, with two half-meter-long, pale fangs protruding from its mouth, and a pair of turbid eyes fixed on Zhou Jue.
It saw her as food that had invaded its territory.
Zhou Jue's eyes turned cold.
Even without the system or the space, she still possessed the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage.
In this unfamiliar world, it's a good opportunity to test one's own abilities.
Instead of retreating, she stepped forward, braving the foul-smelling wind.
The spiritual energy within his dantian circulated wildly, converging in his right palm, which he then struck out with.
A golden spiritual force instantly traversed a distance of tens of meters, striking the armored beast precisely between its chest and abdomen.
"clang--!"
A deafening explosion resounded through the forest.
The sound didn't seem to strike flesh and blood; it was more like a heavy hammer slamming into a giant bronze bell.
Zhou Jue's brows furrowed suddenly.
The smoke and dust cleared.
Where the armored beast was hit, only a faint white mark remained on its dark golden scales.
It couldn't even shatter a single scale.
The armored beast shook its enormous head, as if it had just been bitten by a mosquito.
It was not injured, but it was enraged.
Those cloudy eyes instantly became bloodshot.
"roar--!"
It let out an even more ferocious roar, its four thick, short legs digging into the ground, its massive body transforming into an unstoppable dark golden torrent that charged forward with a thunderous roar!
The earth trembled violently under its trampling.
Zhou Jue's pupils contracted.
That's too fast!
Before she could think, she pushed off with her feet and moved sideways like a ghost.
"boom!"
The spot where she had been standing was smashed into a deep crater by the giant head of the armored beast, sending dirt flying everywhere.
When its first attack missed, the armored beast displayed agility that was completely disproportionate to its size. With a flick of its tail, the thick tail, which was also covered with scales, swept across the area with a sharp shriek that tore through the air!
Zhou Jue dared not take the attack head-on, so he channeled his spiritual energy into his legs and dodged again.
Its tail brushed past the hem of her clothes, and a tree as thick as a thigh was snapped in half by the blow.
A layer of cold sweat seeped out from Zhou Jue's back.
What kind of hellish place is this?
How could a wild beast that just appeared out of nowhere have such ridiculously high defensive capabilities?
Her full-force attack at the Nascent Soul stage only resulted in a minor scraping sensation? Isn't that a bit too outrageous?!
There was no time for her to think.
The armored beast had adjusted its posture, locked onto her again, and launched a second charge.
This time, Zhou Jue did not confront him head-on.
She turned and ran into the depths of the jungle.
Her fighting instincts told her that she had to find this guy's weakness first.
Fighting head-on will only drain your spiritual energy.
A deadly chase ensues between a human and a beast in this primeval jungle.
Zhou Jue was ahead, his figure elusive, constantly changing direction using the thick tree trunks and entwined vines to evade the devastating pursuit from behind.
The armored beast charged ahead, smashing anything in its path, whether it was a boulder or an ancient tree, into pieces.
Zhou Jue spread his divine sense out completely, carefully observing every movement of the armored beast.
Scales!
Its entire body was almost completely covered by that layer of dark golden scales, which were airtight.
The eyes! The eyelids also have a layer of dark gold, which can be used as an alternative, but it must be done quickly!
Continuing to observe, Zhou Jue's gaze fell on the connection between the armored beast's neck and body.
There, the scales didn't seem to be connected as tightly as elsewhere; when it turned its head, a tiny gap would be revealed.
Opportunity only lasts for a moment!
Zhou Jue made a decision in an instant.
She stopped running and instead, while running, suddenly changed direction and rushed towards an exceptionally thick, towering ancient tree that would require more than a dozen people to encircle.
Seeing that its prey was no longer fleeing, the armored beast behind it let out an excited roar and increased its speed once again!
Fifty meters.
Thirty meters.
Ten meters.
Zhou Jue could even smell the foul stench, tinged with blood, emanating from its mouth.
She could feel the terrifying aura behind her, an aura that seemed to want to crush everything.
Now!
Just as the armored beast's fangs were about to touch her back, Zhou Jue gathered all her spiritual power in her feet, pressed her body against the rough tree trunk, and soared into the sky!
"boom--!!!"
An unprecedentedly loud bang.
The massive, out-of-control armored beast crashed solidly into the towering ancient tree.
The entire ancient tree shook violently, and countless branches and leaves fell down.
The armored beast was also struck by this enormous reaction force, making it dizzy and its massive body stiffened for a moment.
The old forces have been exhausted, and the new forces have yet to emerge!
This is the opportunity!
While in mid-air, Zhou Jue spun like a top, channeling all the momentum from his fall, along with the last remaining spiritual energy in his dantian, into the Boundary-Breaking Shovel in his hand!
Instead of using the spatula, she concentrated all her strength on the sharpest corner of the spatula!
"Die!"
She let out a roar, and her whole body transformed into a streak of light, descending from the sky!
With all her strength and will, the sharp edge of the Boundary-Breaking Shovel pierced fiercely into the neck of the armored beast, into the gap in the scales that had just slightly opened due to the impact!
"Pfft—!"
This time, it wasn't the loud clang of metal colliding.
Instead, it was the dull sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh.
The boundary-breaking shovel penetrates even without the handle!
"Awooo—!!!"
The armored beast let out an extremely shrill wail, a sound filled with pain and disbelief.
Dark red, scalding hot blood gushed out from its neck like a fountain.
Its massive body writhed and struggled wildly, leaving the surrounding ground in a mess.
Zhou Jue had already used the force of the impact to bounce away the instant he was hit, landing dozens of meters away.
She knelt on one knee, panting heavily, the Boundary-Breaking Shovel still inside the armored beast's body.
She watched as the giant beast, after a period of frenzy, collapsed to the ground with a thud. It wasn't dead yet; it was still struggling in a pool of blood.
Zhou Jue cautiously refrained from approaching. The armored beast's struggle lasted for several minutes before gradually subsiding.
The forest returned to silence.
All that remained was Zhou Jue's breathing and the thick, pungent smell of blood.
She slumped to the ground, the pungent smell of earth and the salty taste of sweat making her feel alive.
There was no sense of relief at surviving such a disaster.
There is only one sense of security: the feeling of having your destiny firmly in your own hands, having given it your all.
It turns out that even without the system and the space, she can still fight and survive.
After resting for a while, Zhou Jue stood up, dragging his tired body, and walked step by step to the huge corpse of the armored beast.
She needed to leave quickly, not knowing if the smell of blood would attract other animals.
But as she looked at the enormous corpse, a thought struck her.
Since it's a strange beast, could it have something like a demon core inside its body?
She raised the boundary-breaking shovel, enduring the stench of blood, and sliced open the armored beast's chest along its neck.
She patiently and carefully searched through the items.
Soon, her hand touched a warm, hard object that was emitting a faint glow.
Zhou Jue dug it out.
It was a fist-sized, irregularly shaped, dark gold crystal, its surface stained with blood.
Even through the blood mist, she could sense the pure and powerful energy contained within it.
Is this the inner core? It doesn't seem like it; it looks more like a crystal core.
Without hesitation, she grasped the crystal core in her palm.
The moment she grasped it, a pure and gentle energy, like a warm stream, flowed down her palm and into her somewhat parched meridians.
The spiritual energy that had just been consumed in the dantian was rapidly recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The fatigue in my body is being quickly dispelled.
Zhou Jue looked at the crystal core in his hand, then at the enormous corpse, and a flash of understanding appeared in his eyes.
In this world.
Hunting and devouring may be the only way to survive and become stronger.
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