Chapter 176

"Kid, you're courting death!" Xiao Shan was the first to rush up. His entire body transformed into a Black Iron Body, and his two-meter-tall frame lunged at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan had originally had a good impression of this person, but he hadn't expected it to be all an act.

"You deserve to die!"

His gaze was icy. His figure instantly appeared in front of Xiao Shan, and he threw a punch.

The power of this punch completely pierced through Xiao Shan's Black Iron Body.

Xiao Shan lowered his head, looking at the bowl-sized hole in his chest, unable to believe it.

"You... how could you... be so... strong?" he said with difficulty.

"It's you who are too weak." Chen Fan said coldly, and the next moment, he slapped the man's head into pieces.

This explosive and bloody scene completely shocked everyone.

Especially Lin Qingfeng and Gao Qiang on the ground; they simply couldn't believe it.

A Black Iron Body pierced through by a single punch—how much force must that take?

This mercenary group was also ruthless; after the panic, they rushed to kill Chen Fan again.

"No matter how strong he is, can he be stronger than me?!" The leader of this group was a square-faced man.

Third-tier late stage cultivation!

A Buddhist Vajra phantom appeared behind him, his aura extremely fierce, already approaching the third-tier peak!

"Kid, you killed two of my brothers; you deserve to be hacked into a thousand pieces!"

"Remember, the one who kills you is the Thunder Vajra—Wang Zhenyue!" He held a massive ring-blade in his hand and lunged at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan sneered and unleashed the Tiger Form Technique from the Twelve Paths of True Spirit.

A giant tiger appeared behind him, its aura soul-stirring.

"Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain!" "Hungry Tiger Seizes the Sheep!"

Chen Fan was like a human-shaped fierce tiger; every attack was accompanied by bursts of tiger roars from his muscles and bones.

After a few moves, Chen Fan shattered the man's weapon with a punch, and the next moment, his long fist turned into a claw, easily twisting off his neck.

"The boss is dead!" Seeing the Thunder Vajra fall, the mercenaries were scared out of their wits.

By then, it was too late for them to escape.

Chen Fan unleashed the Leopard Form Technique. His figure was like an agile leopard, and after a dozen breaths, he had killed all the mercenaries.

Lin Qingfeng and Gao Qiang were completely shocked by this scene; this was simply a one-sided slaughter!

Too strong!

Looking at the mercenaries all dead in a pool of blood, the two were overjoyed.

"Thank heavens, we survived."

But soon, fear returned to their eyes; they were worried that Chen Fan would kill them too.

After all, they hadn't given Chen Fan a good look throughout the journey.

At this moment, the two felt extremely regretful.

Seeing Chen Fan walking toward them, the two were shaking with fear and simply started kowtowing to Chen Fan.

"Brother Xiao, I was wrong, please don't kill me!"

The two were sobbing, never having regretted anything so much in their lives.

Chen Fan sneered in his heart; he really had no interest in dealing with such clowns.

Of course, it was also because these two hadn't attacked him; otherwise, they would already be two cold corpses.

"Do you know the way to Qingyu Forest?"

"We know! We know!" The two nodded hurriedly.

"Lead the way. If you perform well, I won't kill you," Chen Fan said indifferently.

The two looked at each other, almost weeping with joy.

Along the way, the two were respectful to Chen Fan, fearing that Chen Fan would go back on his word and kill them.

After traveling for half an hour, a massive primeval forest appeared before them.

"Young Master Xiao, this is Qingyu Forest. Qingyu Forest is unimaginably huge. The deeper you go, the stronger the strange beasts are. People like us only dare to operate in the ten-kilometer outer perimeter," Lin Qingfeng said respectfully with his head lowered.

"Mm." Chen Fan nodded and said, "You two can leave now."

"Thank you, Young Master Xiao!" The two bowed in thanks and ran off, fearing Chen Fan would change his mind.

After entering Qingyu Forest, Chen Fan headed straight into the depths.

He didn't deliberately hide his aura; any strange beast that dared to approach, he would kill.

This way, he could accumulate Killing Points while also training his abilities.

It wasn't until he had gone more than twenty kilometers deep that he felt a hint of pressure.

The strange beasts appearing here were mostly around the fourth tier.

Chen Fan took out the Hidden Soul Bead and wore it on his chest.

The Hidden Soul Bead could conceal his aura; as long as the strange beasts didn't see him with their own eyes, they wouldn't be able to detect his existence.

Chen Fan carefully searched in this area.

According to the information Dean Su gave him, there were four types of strange beasts in Qingyu Forest that contained dragon bloodlines.

Chen Fan set his primary target on the Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake.

This type of strange beast liked to inhabit water pools, so it was relatively easy to find.

In the next two hours, Chen Fan found four water pools in total, yet he didn't discover any Red-Scaled Mysterious Snakes.

It wasn't until he appeared at the fifth water pool that he finally found traces of the Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake.

"There are traces of a large snake crawling on the ground!" Chen Fan observed the edge of this small lake for a moment and was immediately pleasantly surprised.

"I just don't know how strong this guy is."

A mature Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake can generally reach the fourth-tier early stage, with a small number reaching the fourth-tier mid-stage.

Chen Fan threw a giant rock into the lake. With a splash, water scattered, and the deathly silent lake was suddenly stirred up.

However, after the splashes settled, no strange beast rushed out.

"Hm? Did that guy go out to forage?" Chen Fan frowned slightly and immediately manifested Thunder Wings behind his back.

He spread his wings and flew above the lake.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Movement!" Chen Fan shouted in a low voice, and two thunder dragons appeared behind him.

"Since you won't come out, I'll force you out!" Chen Fan snorted coldly.

Violent thunder continuously bombarded the lake surface.

This lake wasn't large, only about a hundred square meters. Under the bombardment of Chen Fan's terrifying thunder, the interior of the lake was filled with terrifying blue-purple electric arcs.

Water itself is a conductive medium.

If there were truly strange beasts in the lake, unless they were immune to lightning, they would definitely suffer the torture of the thunder.

Sure enough!

With a splash, the lake surface exploded, and a giant python as thick as a bucket drilled out.

Roar!

It looked ferocious, its bloody mouth biting toward Chen Fan in the air.

Although Chen Fan was flying in the air, it didn't affect his agility in the slightest.

He moved his Thunder Wings, and his figure arrived at the shore.

"It really is a Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake!" Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

This mysterious snake was only at the fourth-tier early stage; Chen Fan could easily handle it.

This Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake didn't realize the severity of the problem at all. It swam to the shore and lunged at Chen Fan again.

If Chen Fan wanted to finish it off as quickly as possible, he could directly use Death Gaze, but Chen Fan didn't do so.

He had another purpose for this trip, which was to polish his abilities and prepare for advancing to the second-tier peak.

Therefore, Chen Fan chose to adopt an extremely violent fighting style.

At this moment, his entire body was covered in thunder, two thunder dragons circled his body, and as he unleashed the Twelve Paths of True Spirit, he continuously attacked the Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake.

With Chen Fan's current means, without using the enhancement of the Elementary Thunder Battle Domain, he only had the means to fight a fourth-tier early-stage strange beast.

But that was enough!

The Twelve Paths of True Spirit gave him extremely fierce fighting techniques.

Not long after, he completely suppressed this Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake.

Its hard scales were all shattered by Chen Fan.

At this moment, it felt fear and had already birthed the idea of fleeing.

It suddenly raised its head, and its mouth spat out a terrifying beam of energy straight at Chen Fan.

However, Chen Fan was prepared. After easily dodging with Thunder Flash, his fist energy turned into a thunder dragon, and he punched straight into the Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake's massive mouth.

The thunder dragon carried powerful destructive force, and with a bang, it pierced straight out from the back of the snake's neck.

The light in the Red-Scaled Mysterious Snake's eyes vanished instantly, and its body collapsed to the ground with a thud.