High Martial Arts: My Blood Qi Can Be Increased Infinitely

Chapter 122 The Troublesome Monster Self-Destructs, the New Gray Demon King

In the land of Dark Nest, a blazing red sun forever hangs overhead, its scorching rays baking this eerie land.

On the other side of the earth, a straight line dividing yin and yang splits the sky in two, one black and one white. The eerie howls emanating from that dark and sunless place inflict unimaginable mental torment.

Chu Wen lightly touched the dark red ground with his toes, and his figure soared up like a swallow.

The three monsters before him worked in perfect unison, blocking all his escape routes—

The blue monster in the lead bulged its chest and spewed out a foul-smelling, dark green venom, while the other two green monsters flanked it from the side, their venom precisely covering the spot it had predicted to land.

Boom!

The venom exploded on the ground, creating a corrosive cloud of smoke, and three twisted figures tore through the smoke as they attacked.

Their limbs stretched wildly like decaying vines, their joints twisted at angles that defied common sense, and their withered claws, accompanied by a whooshing sound, were about to strike Chu Wen's throat!

"Clang!"

The moment the sword was drawn, a faint black mark appeared in the flowing firelight on the blade.

Chu Wen flicked his wrist, and a dazzling flash of fire streaked through the air, forming a graceful arc—

He sheathed his sword at the edge of the abyss!

At the same time, the momentum of the blade surged like a tide, and before the blade even arrived, the chilling aura had already plowed three deep furrows into the ground.

The two green monsters suddenly froze, their bodies shattering and collapsing like weathered terracotta figures, leaving only two light green crystal cores floating in the strong wind of the sword energy before finally falling to the ground.

Although the blue monster tried to block with both hands, it was still sent flying several feet by the residual force, its chest armor cracking open and gushing out dark green liquid.

"Hiss~~ La~!"

It let out a strange roar, its muscles shrinking as it transformed into a rapidly moving skeleton. With a cracking sound, its whip-like leg swept towards Chu Wen's temple, while its bone fist struck straight for his heart, actually dispersing the subsequent blade light.

Just as the monster was about to turn around and launch another attack, three black marks appeared on its body at the same time.

A cold glint flashed in Chu Wen's eyes as he delivered another fatal blow! He then turned and leaped into the air, ignoring the flames of the explosion behind him. His figure moved swiftly, already out of the blast radius, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

It's too difficult. Turning these monsters into crystal cores is not a simple task.

The liquid splattered by that blue monster can burn a martial artist's meridians. Even Chu Wen would be affected and his combat power would be greatly reduced if he fought for a long time!

"Well, now you understand why the human race suffered such heavy losses in the great war, right?" Song Chang'an stepped forward and patted Chu Wen, who was standing in the distance reviewing the battle. "These monsters are much more disgusting than demonic beasts. To be honest, they're like the mechanics of a computer game."

"When warriors kill them, as long as they don't just reach the kill threshold, it will trigger the monsters to self-destruct. The power of the green monsters' self-destruction is enough to threaten ordinary War Kings. Even if ordinary War Generals can kill the monsters with their equipment, they cannot escape the aftershocks of the self-destruction."

"As the number of monsters increases, the shockwaves from their self-destruction will also amplify, making it extremely difficult for warrior-level monsters to survive; the only way to save them is through human sacrifice..."

"But... if your attack isn't powerful enough, the monster can heal itself in a short time. The only way to deal with them is to kill them with a single blow."

Chu Wen nodded slightly. He could imagine that in a great battle, if a powerful martial artist were to strike, a single strike could cause tens of thousands of green demons to explode simultaneously. Such power should not be underestimated.

Even the aftershocks of the explosion could cause these fluids to disperse in the air, affecting the subsequent attack formations of the warriors.

Only by using gentle methods like condensing crystal cores can the kill be achieved with minimal cost.

However, this kind of killing method requires absolute control of the martial artist's own strength; even a little bit of force when striking the blade is not enough!

Once a self-destruction is triggered, even a slight impact from the aftershocks will severely damage combat power. Even a typical War King-level fighter would struggle to deal with just a few green monsters.

Even though Chu Wen dared not engage in a prolonged battle with the blue monster, even though the blue monster was far weaker than him, if he overexerted himself or was affected by its juices, his meridians would feel a burning sensation.

"Practice a little more, it's okay. It's only the third day. It's already amazing that you can condense the core of a green monster to 100%. I could only do that after I reached the God of War level."

Song Chang'an was telling the truth. It was already quite good if an ordinary War King could ensure that he would not be seriously injured in the aftershocks of an explosion. To condense a crystal core was purely a matter of luck and trial and error.

Someone like Chu Wen, who can obtain a green crystal core after just two days of practice, truly deserves to be classified as a super genius!

"That's not enough. What I want to do is make sure that blue monsters can also condense crystal cores, and I need to be at least 60% confident in that."

While killing demons, Chu Wen was also constantly refining his own martial arts essence. He could feel the huge improvement he received from these battles, both in combat awareness and the breakthrough in his swordsmanship.

Currently, "Lin Yuan Feng Dao" has broken through the limit 3 times. It will take about 80 more Origin Energy Points to break through the limit 4 times. After that, you can only break through the limit on your own.

Real combat greatly helps in mastering the Breakthrough Level, so Chu Wen naturally cherishes every battle in the Dark Nest.

"Teacher Song, I want to try going deeper, preferably where there are a lot of blue monsters gathered. Of course, I can't beat them, so I'll definitely run away. Don't worry about that."

Chu Wen expressed his thoughts, which startled Song Chang'an, but then he felt that it made a lot of sense.

After all, these green monsters were a piece of cake for Chu Wen. One or two blue monsters were not enough to hone his skills. Only a group of blue monsters would be effective.

"Alright, but as we go deeper, visibility will get worse and worse, so you can't go too far each time you make a move."

The two continued deeper into the Dark Nest, unaware that a red monster was walking along a corner of their path.

This red demon did not have a withered vine-like body; instead, it resembled a human martial artist more—robust and robust. And on its shoulder sat a little boy.

The little boy's skin was like cement wrinkles, grayish-brown, but the light in his eyes was no different from that of a human child. What was even stranger was that there was a golden Bodhi leaf pattern between his eyebrows.

"Lord Saye, if Lord Runo finds out that you've sneaked out, you'll definitely get a scolding."

"Brother Runo wouldn't bear to scold me, and I came out to evolve better. Brother Runo was born under very poor conditions and could only reach the Star Lord level."

"But I'm different. I can enhance my martial arts essence by killing human martial artists."

"Each of us Demon Lords has our own unique characteristics. Brother Runo is our eldest brother, responsible for guiding us into birth, while I am the Demon Lord with the strongest growth potential. I have my own evolutionary path, so you don't need to worry too much."

"I need to come into contact with more human martial artists and absorb their power."

"Lord Runo said that you cannot attract the attention of powerful humans; it's too dangerous." The red demon, with its instinct to protect those in power, felt that this was inappropriate, but it could not stop the gray demon king's travel plans.

"I only kill cultivators below the Star Warrior level; nothing will happen to me."

Saya chuckled, his gaze piercing through the entire Dark Nest, landing on a War King who was battling several blue monsters.

"That human war king, he seems like a genius, with a strong aura of bloodlust, which I like."