[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-can-travel-between-two-worlds":3,"chapter-i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-388":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Can Travel between Two Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1084418,1411,"Chapter 388 - 101: Fourth Tier Demon Beast, Serpent of the Cold Pool!","i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-388",388,"\u003Cp>Wang Lishan took out a map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drawing circles and marks on the map, he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To establish a safe zone spanning a hundred miles in radius, it will take at least a year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen frowned slightly upon hearing this and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why so long? We’ve already advanced at least thirty miles today...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lishan chuckled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is just the preliminary pioneering phase, our elite force of a thousand is leading the charge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to ascertain the conditions within this hundred-mile radius and purge all discovered demon beasts...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that alone is not enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We also need to clear out potential demon beasts, develop the terrain, construct high walls... This entire series of processes will take at least half a year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, this cannot be accomplished solely by our thousand-strong troops.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the subsequent development, at least thirty thousand more people need to be dispatched... Spending a year on this land might bring it to completion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen was taken aback upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly remembered a special profession he had seen in Kyoto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pioneer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This profession involves accompanying the army to pioneer and construct a new safe zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pioneers do not require high strength, anyone above Martial Artist can participate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there is certainly a risk, for reports of pioneers dying have occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the wilderness cannot compare to Kyoto, even though the army has cleared away demon beasts, nevertheless, some unfortunate pioneers still encounter demon beasts and meet their demise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the probability of this is not low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, pioneer wages are exceptionally high, and even in the event of death, they provide a significant compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Martial Artists from poor backgrounds choose to go outside the safe zone to take a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that several hundred years ago, the area of Kyoto was only half of what it is now, with a population of less than three hundred million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over hundreds of years and through extensive exploration by countless pioneers, Kyoto reached its current scope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now boasts a Capital Metropolitan Area with nearly one billion people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, pioneers have not appeared in several decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper one ventures into the wilderness, the harder it is to pioneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, in the past twenty years, this situation has changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emergence of cultivation resources has prompted the Great Xia Country to further develop the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially, they require large tracts of land to cultivate spiritual medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, in twenty years, they’ve advanced over three hundred miles northward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve built five new Immortal City strongholds for the cultivation realm of Great Xia Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, they intend to push another hundred miles northward in one go...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Wang Lishan said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pioneering a hundred miles north at once has never happened before...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the past, managing to seize a few miles from the hands of demon beasts was already considered a great success.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because danger lurks everywhere in the wilderness, no matter how advanced the exploration equipment is, it cannot fully ascertain the demon beasts hidden therein...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, Wang Lishan grinned and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, the situation is different now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divine Sense makes exploring the wilderness and purging demon beasts simpler...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This thousand-strong dispatched troop, all of them are above Grand Martial Master level in the Martial Path. Their cultivation is also above the Foundation Establishment Stage...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are the elite of the Great Xia Country, ensuring the success of the pioneering.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, even Martial Arts Technology finds it challenging to detect demon beasts hidden dozens of feet underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Divine Sense can do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some sense, Divine Sense is more advanced than Martial Arts Technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides... we have prepared three thousand Earth Spirit Root cultivators!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are tasked with constructing a wall ten feet high, one foot wide... with a total length of three hundred miles within a year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the wall is completed, dispatching the City Guard Army to watch day and night, this safe zone will be established!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk, tsk, in the past, the mere thought of it was beyond imagination... A three hundred mile wall needed tens of thousands of people and a large team working night and day for several years...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Earth Spirit Root cultivators, combined with instruments, are extraordinarily efficient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lishan spoke at length, then patted Lin Chen’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression clearly said, child... the times have changed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night was quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, the Martial Artist team encountered no less than ten waves of demon beast attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen had no idea where these demon beasts came from, they seemed to be omnipresent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were First Tier demon beasts, and even Third Tier demon beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just so, spending three days in the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen and the others purged two mountains, a patch of woodland, and a swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten Third Tier demon beasts had died by Lin Chen’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of demon beasts exterminated by the Martial Arts Team was over thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is hard to fathom, within a mere hundred-mile radius, demon beasts were so numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Lin Chen thought that with such large-scale purging, the demon beasts should almost be cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until that day, Wang Lishan received a piece of information, then with a joyous expression, he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The dominant beast of this region has been found.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dominant beast...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen pursed his lips, showing a look of puzzlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Wang Lishan explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on thousands of years of experience, in the wilderness... every certain distance, there exists a powerful demon beast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This distance might be a hundred miles or several hundred miles. And this dominant beast is the absolute ruler of this region, demon beasts within a hundred miles all bow to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the strength of the dominant beast is naturally exceptionally high...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Fourth Tier demon beast is the basic! Occasionally encountering a Fifth Tier Demon King is not impossible...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Wang Lishan smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re in luck, the dominant beast in this region is a Fourth Tier demon beast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Chen, would you like to give it a try?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Lin Chen felt quite tempted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fourth-level demon beast, equivalent to a Nascent Soul stage demon beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Lin Chen, it’s a certain challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not a great threat, with Max the Martial Emperor guarding, Lin Chen’s life risk can be minimized...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it’s a perfect opportunity for refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Lin Chen eagerly asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is the fourth-level demon beast now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lishan got up at his words, waved, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, I’ll take you there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Lin Chen and the others set off again, following Wang Lishan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rushed westward for a full thirty miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, Lin Chen saw a fully-armed troop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief!\" The leading Golden Core cultivator saluted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then said: \"According to the exploration of the Enlightenment Puppet, the ruler, the fourth-level demon beast, is at a pool two miles away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the video intelligence sent before the puppet was destroyed, it should be a serpent-like beast...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Lin Chen pondered, sending his divine sense towards the northwest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he detected a cold pool two miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A fourth-level demon beast... hiding in this pool?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen almost thought he made a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lishan said at this time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, thank you for your hard work... Next, you just wait here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Wang Lishan waved at Lin Chen and Max.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Involving fourth-level demon beasts, these Martial Spirits or Golden Core stage soldiers are no longer suitable to directly participate in the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Lin Chen and the others, there were more than a dozen Martial Arts Puppets to assist in guarding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three headed towards the cold pool...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few breaths later, Lin Chen stood on a giant stone, looking at the cold pool tens of yards away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cold pool isn’t very large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s roughly ten yards in circumference, calling it a pool is an overstatement... it looks more like a small pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourth-level demon beast, often of large size... really hiding in this small pool?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen frowned slightly, somewhat incredulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, let’s take a look first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen’s divine sense released like a tide, quickly diving into the deep pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One yard, ten yards, a hundred yards, three hundred yards...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen raised an eyebrow, feeling somewhat incredulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ten-yard diameter cold pool is actually so deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lin Chen’s divine sense already probing a thousand meters deep yet still not seeing the beast’s trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help but wonder aloud:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Wang, is the beast really inside this cold pool?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lishan scratched his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It shouldn’t be wrong, I sent three Golden Core mid-stage Martial Arts Puppets inside... they all died. Only a shadow was captured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The instrument shows that the beast’s life force is about the initial level of a Martial King...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen nodded after hearing this, thus continued to probe deeper with his divine sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand meters, two thousand meters, three thousand meters...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probing as deep as over three thousand meters, Lin Chen felt the scene underneath noticeably changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold pool initially narrow suddenly became vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this... a lake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An underground dark lake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen blinked, soon realizing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Wang, the fourth-level demon beast should be underground... but the cold pool is too deep. Below, there’s a large dark lake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must find a way... to get the fourth-level demon beast out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lishan nodded after hearing this, his divine sense could barely perceive the underground lake’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But far less clear than Lin Chen’s perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Max beside them said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use the nuclear weapon! Detonate it underground... force the fourth-level demon beast out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That fourth-level demon beast’s strength must be significant in the dark lake, we must drag him out to fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen and Wang Lishan exchanged looks, agreeing with this idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, two Martial Arts Puppets carrying a 100,000-ton equivalent nuclear bomb submerged deep into the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diving all the way down...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen, while using his divine sense to detect the position of the fourth-level demon beast, directed the Martial Arts Puppets’ descent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, on the shared screen of the instrument, a pair of green eyes appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourth-level demon beast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Wang Lishan reacted without hesitation, directly triggering the nuclear weapon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a turbulent wave appeared on the deep lake before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook lightly, but soon it was still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over three thousand meters deep in the underground lake, the nuclear bomb’s power hardly reached the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it...\" Wang Lishan wanted to inquire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Chen’s expression subtly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s coming out soon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen sensed a gigantic dark shadow rapidly surging out from the underground dark lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About a few breaths later, a huge, terrifying head appeared above the cold pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the beast’s appearance, Lin Chen paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this... really still considered a snake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1824,"2026-06-03T10:50:41.490Z",1,"novelbin.me","f04939a234b2fe3567229b0211ad486ebfd741c95bf16d4c012312d1f1c5f56f","i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-95","i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-94",422,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-can-travel-between-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]