Chapter 2

The disciples were completely baffled by this move!

Without paying attention to the shocked and stunned gazes around him, due to Lin Chen offending Liao Jianhua, no one dared to approach him.

Lin Chen continuously picked up various attribute light balls throughout the entire outer sect training ground!

[Host: Lin Chen.

Cultivation: Eighth Stage of Body Tempering.

Limit Strength: 22 Tiger Strengths.

Qi and Blood Energy: 782 points.

Martial Technique Essence: 491 points.

Spiritual Power: 0 points.

Heart Method: None.

Martial Techniques Learned: Wind Splitting Leg, Dust Stirring Step.

Martial Techniques Possessed: Starfire Spear Technique.

Fire Attribute Energy: 185 points.

Water, Metal, Wood, Earth Attribute Energy: None.]

Seeing the string of rich values, Lin Chen couldn't help but laugh wildly to the sky!

What a thrill! It's simply too thrilling!

"Killing someone and still being so arrogant, you've got guts. But those who offend Senior Brother Jianhua have no good end. You, a small man getting ahead of yourself, will die here today!"

Under the setting sun, the training ground on the waist of the Divine Martial Sect's mountain was dyed red. Two men in green robes walked out from the training ground, their steps like fierce dragons and tigers, releasing a wild killing aura!

The two men blocked Lin Chen's retreat from both sides, and their true identities shocked many disciples.

"It's Yu Leng and Xia Fei, the top hundred disciples of the outer sect!"

These two men's Body Tempering cultivation had reached the eighth stage, with 18 and 19 Tiger Strengths, capable of capturing leopards and tearing tigers with their bare hands, and their punches could split mountains, making them overwhelmingly powerful!

"This kid has some tricks up his sleeve; even I can't gauge his depth. No wonder some say Xue Hu died at his hands. It seems to be true. Let's go together, don't make Senior Sister Su Qing'er angry."

The man with the knife-like eyebrows, Yu Leng, said grimly. Xia Fei crouched low, like a fierce leopard about to pounce.

Lin Chen's Body Tempering realm was already at the eighth stage, and peers of the same level might not be able to see through his true strength!

"Huh, do you think two people can win?"

Lin Chen shook his head and laughed. As he took a light step, his afterimage flashed by!

"What incredible speed! Could this kid be cultivating a body technique at the Body Tempering stage?!"

Yu Leng was shocked in his heart and was about to defend, but Lin Chen suddenly attacked Xia Fei!

"Fei, be careful, this kid is coming for you!"

Yu Leng shouted, and Xia Fei's fierce face showed a hint of disdain and mockery. "Overestimating yourself, thinking a bit of speed makes you invincible?"

Xia Fei's hand bent like an eagle's claw, emitting a torrent of blood qi, and shot out like lightning!

"Blood Eagle Claw!"

Bang!!

Fist and claw met, Lin Chen's fist was scratched with a few blood marks, but the powerful qi still forced Xia Fei back several steps, dropping two red light balls, which Lin Chen quietly caught. It seemed to be a draw.

[Host obtained 83 points of Qi and Blood Energy.]

Lin Chen was excited, but Xia Fei was shocked. This kid's strength had already reached 22 Tiger Strengths, and he could face Xia Fei head-on without using martial techniques!

Whoosh!!

When Lin Chen's retreating figure stabilized, he changed his movement, his figure slicing through the air like the wind, twice as fast as before!

"What, even faster..."

Before he could finish, Lin Chen's Wind Splitting Leg swept in reverse, breaking his neck and twisting it outward, killing him on the spot with his eyes wide open!

Two moves! Just two moves, and the top hundred elite disciple of the outer sect of the Divine Martial Sect was dead at Lin Chen's hands!

This scene left the outer sect disciples who remained in the training ground stunned and pale!

If Lin Chen defeating Xue Hu was just hiding his strength, then killing Xia Fei in two moves was truly monstrous!

Lin Chen was only 16 years old, while Xia Fei had reached the top hundred disciples of the outer sect at 20. This wasn't just a matter of resources; innate talent was also essential!

On Xia Fei's dead body, besides four attribute light balls of different colors, a purple light orb floated, containing a light purple wooden box. Lin Chen grabbed it without hesitation.

[Host obtained a Purple Wooden Treasure Box.]

Without time to check the contents of the treasure box, Lin Chen's figure turned into a hurricane, his steps like the wind, light and swift, heading towards Yu Leng!

Killing one is killing, killing two is also killing!

Since the enemy won't let me go, why should I show mercy?

A fierce and overwhelming aura rolled out, and Lin Chen turned sharply, unstoppable like a coiling dragon emerging from the earth!

"Damn, this kid is hiding his strength too deeply! I'm not his match!"

Having seen Lin Chen's speed, Yu Leng was drenched in cold sweat. As a top hundred disciple of the outer sect, he didn't immediately flee but prepared to fight!

"Starfall!"

With 19 Tiger Strengths, his punch was like a meteor falling, colliding head-on with Lin Chen's Wind Splitting Leg!

Boom!!

The shockwave from the collision was like an explosion, lifting a hundred-meter wind, and the ground cracked. A bloody arm flew out!

Lin Chen retreated several steps, and when he stabilized, Yu Leng was already holding his broken arm, using the momentum from Lin Chen's attack to quickly flee!

"He's running, but it doesn't matter. Today's harvest is already enough. In a month, I'll personally return to the Divine Martial Sect and destroy that scoundrel Liao Jianhua!"

Surveying the scene, Lin Chen picked up two egg-sized red attribute light balls and another Green Wooden Treasure Box from the broken arm.

Then, he ran away, and no one dared to stop him. He left the training ground on the mountain waist alone!

The news of him killing two major outer sect disciples would inevitably be exposed. If Liao Jianhua knew, it would only take a word to have him killed.

Staying in the Divine Martial Sect was not a wise choice. Lin Chen had to choose a faster and more extreme path to become stronger!

The Divine Martial Sect was located within the Qingxia Mountain Range. As long as he entered the mountains, no one could find him!

...

Night, Qingxia Mountain Range; Red Peak Forest.

Lin Chen sat on an ancient pine tree, communicating with the system and opening the Purple Wooden Treasure Box.

[Opening the Purple Wooden Treasure Box, congratulations, Host obtained a first-stage low-grade weapon: Silver Thread Dragon Spear.]

A silver-white spear, over half a zhang long, with a silver thread pattern like a dragon, and a sharp, cold tip, fell in front of Lin Chen.

"Silver Thread Dragon Spear? Perfect! System, I want to learn the Starfire Spear Technique."

[Host learns the top Yellow-grade martial technique Starfire Spear Technique, consuming 230 points of Martial Technique Essence and 70 points of Fire Attribute Energy.]

In less than ten breaths, Lin Chen successfully inherited the Starfire Spear Technique, skillfully handling the Silver Thread Dragon Spear with one hand.

Lin Chen absorbed over a thousand points of Qi and Blood Energy, advancing his Body Tempering realm to the ninth stage, with a limit strength of 40 Tiger Strengths!

One Tiger Strength is equivalent to 4500 kilograms, or about 4.5 tons.

If this were on Earth, 40 Tiger Strengths would be equivalent to 180 tons!

Lin Chen's punches could sink a small ship, making him a monster-level strength!

However, on this Nine States Continent, everything seemed exceptionally resilient. Even a piece of blue flower stone required tons of force to break, so 40 Tiger Strengths weren't something for Lin Chen to be proud of.

"40 Tiger Strengths, theoretically should be the ninth stage of Body Tempering, but I'm still at the eighth stage. Is this what the ancient texts mean by a solid foundation?"

Lin Chen surveyed himself and then connected with the system to open another Green Wooden Treasure Box.

[Opening the Green Wooden Treasure Box, Host obtained a semi-finished treasure 'Windwalking Shoes,' increasing movement speed by 30%, applicable only up to the fifth stage of Qi Condensation.]

A pair of exquisite green-patterned soft leather shoes appeared in front of Lin Chen. Seeing the effect, his eyes immediately lit up!

With the Windwalking Shoes, he had a better chance of self-preservation in these dangerous mountains! In the Body Tempering realm, almost no one could catch his movements!

"The Qingxia Mountain Range is full of fierce beasts, danger and opportunity coexist. If I encounter two second-stage fierce beasts, I'm done for."

Wearing the Windwalking Shoes, Lin Chen squinted his eyes and saw a dark red attribute light ball on a slope a hundred meters away.

Carrying the Silver Thread Dragon Spear, Lin Chen leaped down from the tree, carefully bending down to pick up the dark red light ball.

[Host obtained 80 points of fierce beast Qi and Blood Energy.]

This dark red light ball was dropped by a fierce beast!

Lin Chen looked around and found that there were many more of these dark red light balls! Additionally, there were many attribute light balls scattered around, and he was overjoyed, picking them up as he went. There were far more attribute light balls here than in the Divine Martial Sect's training ground.

[Qi and Blood Energy 65 points, Martial Technique Essence 15 points, Wood Attribute Energy 50 points, Fire Attribute Energy 30 points...]

Lin Chen followed the direction of the dark red light balls.

Just entering the Red Peak Forest, Lin Chen picked up 17 dark red light balls, obtaining 970 points of Qi and Blood Energy.

Following the final direction of the dark red light balls, he discovered a mysterious cave at the bottom of a cliff!

The cave was overgrown with weeds and emitted a stench of rotting corpses, which ordinary people would never notice.

If it weren't for the light from the attribute light balls, Lin Chen would have also missed this strange cave entrance.

The cave emitted an ancient and fierce aura, as if a prehistoric beast was lurking inside!

Most importantly, Lin Chen saw a bright, intense greenish-blue light inside! This light was identical to the attribute light balls he had picked up earlier, but it was dozens of times brighter!

"There's a great treasure inside!"

Almost instinctively, Lin Chen rubbed his hands in excitement.