The Azure Sword God
Dangerous Places

Deathly Forest

Jian Chen's gaze was fixed on the Skull Hill which looked extremely sinister. The trees on the hill had dried up, and emitted a reddish-black steam. It was like the tree was originally contaminated by a strange qi that made it wither in an instant.

“Jian Chen, are we going there?” Xiao Yu asked curiously.

“Ya.” Reply Jian Chen. He immediately moved towards the Skull Hill by jumping one tree to another without explaining to Xiao Yu.

Since Jian Chen was only replying like that, Xiao Yu immediately followed. He was actually very curious about a place called Skull Hill.

As he drew closer to the Skull Hill, Jian Chen noticed the many cultivators who were stalking the place. They were all unwilling to come to the place that Jian Chen and Xiao Yu were aiming for.

Some of the cultivators stared at Jian Chen and Xiao Yu. There was only contempt in the eyes of all those who were there when staring at the two young men who were coming to a dangerous place.

Jian Chen did not care at all about their gazes. He continued to move and when he reached the location where the pile of bones was, he jumped down along with Xiao Yu from the top of the tree.

The scenery that can be seen by the eyes in Skull Hill is indeed very creepy. If it was him when in the past when he was on earth in 2022, he would not dare to come to such a place.

Having already killed for several times, Jian Chen was no longer afraid of such a thing.

Jian Chen's eyes swept across all the places around the Skull Hill. He could faintly see the qi fluctuations in several places.

“This place is not simple at all. If it was ordinary qi that existed in heaven and earth, it was certain that everything would look the same. However, there were several different traces of qi. Does this come from spirit animals?” Inner Jian Chen.

“Did you find something Jian Chen?” Xiao Yu asked curiously as Jian Chen seemed to pay attention to all the places around the Skull Hill.

“I see faintly there are some traces of qi in many places. Some traces of that qi had the same color. In other words, it was likely that this place was filled by ferocious spirit beasts and made cultivators try not to enter this place. Also, I made certain speculations about this place. It is certain that many strong cultivators are investigating it but have yet to find anything special in it aside from the dangerous spirit beasts.”

“But, according to my calculations, there can't be anything of value in this place. Otherwise, my previous speculations about spirit beasts in this place would not have been possible to remain silent in one place if there was nothing special.” Jian Chen explained patiently.

The explanation made by Jian Chen made Xiao Yu think and nod in agreement afterward. “The spirit animal will not want to stay in one place, even if it is a nest of spirit animals, he will definitely settle there if there is something special.”

Jian Chen gazed back to all the places then spoke, “Be careful Xiao Yu. Don't relax your vigilance.”

After Xiao Yu nodded in agreement, the two of them immediately shot towards the Skull Hill whose distance had now been very close.

When the two had been nearly 5 meters away from the foot of the Skull Hill, with Jian Chen and Xiao Yu's tracking skills, both of them immediately jumped to the side from detecting something, there was also a sense of danger they felt so they immediately reacted.

From the ground that felt a little soft, something round black that had a diameter of about a meter shot towards the air with a part of the body still embedded in the ground.

Jian Chen who jumped to the side instantly whipped out the Azure Sword from its scabbard then shot out at the highest speed he had.

“Freedom Style Speed Lightning!”

The sraing!

Srak!

The strange animal that looked like a worm was instantly split into two and black-colored blood spurted out.

A very pleasant smell was also smelled in the air. It's a very unpleasant stench.

Jian Chen and Xiao Yu stared towards the spirit beast which was definitely a worm species with slightly disgusted faces.

“Is this the spirit animal you mean Jian Chen? If it was this weak, then there would be no difficulty to walk through all the places in this Skull Hill.” said Xiao Yu who covered his life with a cloth because of the very pungent smell of the blood of the spirit animal.

“If you were caught by that mouth, you would definitely die Xiao Yu. I've read the records about this spirit animal. Just of size, he could kill an eighth stage Martial Master cultivator with just once voraciously. He was a brutal predator. All these bones are human and spirit animals digested by this worm spirit animal.”

“The defense is indeed very fragile, but the attack is very strong. After all, the mouth that seemed to contain only those teeth was poisonous. That is why anyone who is caught, will definitely die in a short time due to exposure to poison.” Jian Chen said.

“Oh? There are still such dangerous spirit animals?” Xiao Yu was a little surprised.

“Yes. After all, their numbers are very large. I understand at this moment why cultivators avoid this place. However, what was on the Skull Hill was definitely something else. In my opinion, if we move to a random place here, it is likely that there will be other spirit beasts that will try to devour us.” Jian Chen said.

“So what should we do?” Ask Xiao Yu. He knew from Jian Chen's words that if they killed more worms, it was certain that all those spirit beasts would come out of the ground and hunt them down.

Hearing Xiao Yu's question, Jian Chen only smiled a little mysteriously. “Because that's why your role is so important Xiao Yu. Use your Birth Form, and take us flying there a considerable distance in the sky.”

Xiao Yu was silent for a moment. For itself, it required an enormous qi if it flew far in the air. The higher, the more qi needed. And to bring Jian Chen with him, it was certain that he would consume a minimum of half of his qi supply to reach the top of Skull Hill.

“Beach, this will save time. It is better if there is a valuable object up there.” Xiao Yu said as he pulled out the butterfly wings on his back. From the shape alone, it was certain that it was a fragile wing and according to the characteristics of the butterfly spirit beast that was unlikely to carry a heavy burden with it. The form of the birth of Xiao Yu is not a kind of eagle or other birds that have tough wings.