Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

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Boom!

Mounted on the Guardian Mountain Rhinoceros, Wang Chen felt as if he had been smashed by a hammer weighing tens of thousands of pounds.

An unstoppable force shattered the defensive array in an instant, flinging him fiercely into the air.

The Heavy Light Shield Armor that had been augmented on Wang Chen's body suddenly extinguished, his protective robe shredded to pieces, and his internal organs suffered the most brutal impact, causing him to spew out hot blood.

At that moment, Wang Chen felt incredibly weak!

Below the Golden Core, all are ants.

Compared to Qi Cultivation, the Purple Mansion was merely a larger ant.

Facing such a high level of power for the first time, he truly understood the words that Chang Chun had once said to him.

Wang Chen fell to the ground and vomited blood again.

At this moment, his qi-blood was tumultuous, and his head buzzed, feeling as if all the bones in his body were shattered.

It was solely by his strong will that he did not faint.

Even in such a state, Wang Chen violently bit his tongue, using self-mutilation to force himself to stay conscious.

Splat!

Just then, a cultivator covered in blood fell beside him.

The cultivator's body and limbs were twisted beyond recognition, his chest cavity was sunken in, staring out with eyes wide open in death!

Wang Chen recognized him, a Purple Mansion second-tier cultivator who had exchanged a few words with him!

Now he was dead beyond doubt.

Around Wang Chen, there were scenes of abject misery everywhere!

The sudden appearance of the earth dragon, which broke through the Mountain Rhinoceros Formation, also caused a large number of casualties among the Mountain-Breaking Team.

Wherever Wang Chen's gaze landed, he could see cultivators who lay on the ground, wailing in agony.

Some were left with nothing but their remains!

Wang Chen even saw a few Ferrymen who were severely wounded and on the brink of death.

Of the entire team, only about one in ten cultivators had survived unharmed!

"Senior!"

A Ferryman screamed, "Do you intend to break the Jade Dragon Oath?"

The Jade Dragon Oath referred to the ceasefire agreement reached between the three Great Monsters of Jade Dragon Mountain and the Nascent Soul True Immortals of the four major sects, its core content being that neither the Great Monsters nor the Demon Kings would attack the Qi Cultivation and Purple Mansion cultivators entering the mountain.

In return, the Golden Core True Persons and Nascent Soul True Immortals also refrained from hunting the Monster Race in the mountain.

This agreement ensured that the warfare between the humans and the Monster Race within the Jade Dragon Mountain range was limited to the lower echelons.

Below the Golden Core, all are ants, and no matter how many die, it would not shake the foundation.

But what had just attacked them was clearly a Golden Core entity; otherwise, it could not possibly have broken through the Mountain Rhinoceros Formation!

"I don't know what you're talking about."

A sharp, thin voice reached everyone's ears, "Go away!"

The last two words sounded incredibly ethereal, as if they came from a great distance.

The Monster Race Golden Core True Person had really left.

The Ferrymen of the Overmountain Association, though filled with immense sorrow and anger, were powerless to do anything.

Many Great Monsters possessed high intelligence but lacked morality and sense of honor, acting entirely on their own likes and dislikes.

Encountering such a Great Monster meant one could only consider themselves unlucky.

In this world, the law of the jungle prevailed; relying on a mere oath to make all the Great Monsters and Demon Kings comply was undeniably unrealistic.

Even if the Nascent Soul True Immortals of the four major sects found out, they would not stand up to seek justice for them.

Moreover, everyone should feel fortunate that this Great Monster did not have the intention to kill to the last.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The next moment, a familiar whizzing sound made all the cultivators' complexions change.

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The Three-eyed Stone Monkeys had actually regrouped and struck back!

And at this time, the Mountain-Breaking Team, with the Mountain Rhinoceros Formation entirely shattered, had their combat strength reduced by more than half.

Facing the troop of monkeys once again was to have no advantage whatsoever!

"Turn over the mountain!"

At the critical moment, the Ferryman who had challenged the Great Monster shouted in a deep voice, thrusting a Stone Seal towards the sky.

This Spiritual Artifact swelled with the wind and in an instant transformed into a small mountain, emitting a yellowish glow.

The stone balls that had just been thrown toward them were immediately drawn by this Spiritual Artifact, changing their trajectory.

They entered the glow, and instantly turned into dust and fell.

But more and more Three-eyed Stone Monkeys appeared nearby, and the number of stone balls thrown increased sharply.

"Turn over the mountain!"

The other Ferrymen who still had the strength to fight began to conjure the same kind of Spiritual Artifact.

In a flash, four Stone Seals took positions on four sides, hovering in midair, fending off attacks from all directions.

However, everyone knew that against the ever-emerging Three-eyed Stone Monkeys, they would not be able to hold out for long.

If they wanted to live, they only had one option—fight!

While other Cultivators were desperately defending and counterattacking, Wang Chen, who had recovered most of his injuries, summoned the Wind Thunder Sword.

He had practiced the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method to the peak of the fourth tier; had it not been for the sake of stabilizing his foundation, he could have broken through to the fifth tier long ago.

Wang Chen's Physique was so strong that he could completely crush those of the same tier.

That's why his injuries were not that severe just now, and after swallowing a second-tier Healing Pill, the medicinal power spread rapidly, calming most of the tumultuous Qi-Blood inside him.

He had already recovered enough to continue fighting.

The sword flashed like a rainbow, streaking a hundred paces in an instant, piercing through the throat of a Three-eyed Stone Monkey.

This Monster Beast had just balled up some dirt and was about to harden it with its stone eye when its life was taken away by the Spirit Sword.

At that moment, rumbling thunder swept through the mountains and forests, shaking everyone's eardrums.

[Human Virtue +105]

With the first victory from his sword, Wang Chen's hands formed sword seals, attentively controlling the Wind Thunder Sword to shuttle back and forth among the monkey troop, cutting down one Three-eyed Stone Monkey after another.

His Four Seasons Sword Technique was just at the beginner stage, but the Thunderbolt Sword Technique was already cultivated to the Great Perfection level; within a distance of five hundred paces, the sword moved as he desired, with a speed that was alarmingly fast.

There were indeed second-tier Spirit Monkeys within the monkey troop that tried to intercept the Wind Thunder Sword, but before their claws could reach out, the Wind Thunder Sword had already flown off and attacked a new target.

The Mountain-Breaking Team included Sword Cultivators, and Wang Chen was not the only one among them.

At this life-or-death juncture, no one dared to hold back. They brought out all their Talismans and Magic Artifacts.

Whether useful or not, they threw everything at the Three-eyed Stone Monkeys.

In just the span of half a cup of tea, more than a dozen Cultivators had fallen in battle, but the number of Three-eyed Stone Monkeys lying dead was several times larger!

A Nascent Soul Cultivator rose into the air, though his height did not surpass the treetops.

With his hair and beard billowing, he roared repeatedly and struck palm after palm toward the troop of monkeys.

A single palm covered a thirty-foot radius, simultaneously annihilating several or even a dozen Three-eyed Stone Monkeys.

As time passed, the Cultivators regained their footing and their counterattacks grew increasingly fierce.

Many harbored a fury in their hearts, now venting it squarely on these oblivious members of the Monster Race.

As casualties rose sharply and the earth was dyed crimson with fresh blood, the Three-eyed Stone Monkeys finally could not hold on, and amidst a chorus of howls, they retreated, vanishing without a trace.

Watching the last Three-eyed Stone Monkey disappear from sight, the surviving Cultivators couldn't help but let out cheers!

But Wang Chen felt that their celebrations were a bit premature.

After all, they hadn't even completed half of their journey!

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The second update is here.