LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 526: Destroyed Nest
Back then, Wang Chen served as a Guarding Heavenly Master in the Cloud Sun Sect, and he had interactions with the Martial World of the Mortal Realm.
Through this, he collected a vast array of Cultivation Manuals to study, supplementing his own combat strength.
Compared to the celestial spells, mortal martial techniques were much easier to master. Although Wang Chen wouldn't dare claim proficiency in all eighteen categories of weapons, with the Hidden Dragon Staff in hand, he could still unleash an earth-shattering power.
The staff technique Wang Chen used was not a simple display of brute force; he channeled powerful mana into this high-tier Spiritual Artifact, fully unleashing the potential of the Hidden Dragon Staff.
With one swing of the staff, it brought about total annihilation, pulverizing all the withered branches and vines attacking him into dust.
The next moment, the long staff struck heavily onto the ground.
Bang!
The muffled sound was like thunder; the earth trembled as a trench three feet deep appeared instantly before Wang Chen.
It extended for over ten yards in front of him!
The indestructible force penetrated deep underground, turning the black tentacles resembling giant pythons beneath the rotting swamp into mush.
There were faintly audible, miserable screams!
At that moment, the Yin Sha Energy swept in from all directions.
Wang Chen stood unwavering, swinging the Hidden Dragon Staff from side to side.
This high-tier Spiritual Artifact shone with a golden light, and its fully yang and unyielding energy burst forth, with fiery flames roaring through the air, shredding and destroying the nearly tangible Yin Sha Energy.
"Thunder Come!"
In the instant of shattering the evil wind, Wang Chen suddenly retracted the staff and stood at attention, his eyes flashing with a sudden purple light.
Boom!
A thunderbolt as thick as a hug suddenly descended from the sky, striking a hundred paces ahead, atop the tall mound covered by countless dead trees and black vines.
This strike, the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, contained all of Wang Chen's strength, completely piercing through the mound in a single blow, instantly creating a huge hole that continued into the ground.
An uncontrollable force burst forth, blowing up and shattering the entire mound, with countless splinters of branches flying in all directions.
The Evil Nest had been breached by Wang Chen!
The evil spirits hidden inside the Evil Nest could no longer hide.
Accompanied by piercing shrieks, streams of black liquid gushed forth from the ground, shooting up dozens of meters high, then pouring down like heavy rain in all directions.
The air immediately filled with a strong, pungent stench!
Although Wang Chen possessed Vajra Invulnerability, he had no desire to test whether he could resist the erosion of the evil spirits' poison and immediately retreated hundreds of steps using the Shrinking Ground into Inch technique.
The black poisonous liquid fell onto the swampy ground, immediately emitting puffs of grey smoke.
The next moment, a dark green Evil Monster burst forth from the earth!
Its appearance was extremely grotesque, resembling a giant toad with eight tentacles, its body covered in pustule-ridden bumps, and each tentacle ended in a mouth full of sharp teeth.
The toad's head bulged high, its blood-red compound eyes staring dead at Wang Chen, flickering with a sinister light.
"Guhah!"
The giant monster suddenly opened its wide maw and let out a deafening roar at Wang Chen.
The invisible blast was like a cannonball shot from its barrel, carrying countless droplets of greenish-brown poison, enveloping the space with an overwhelming force.
"Heh!"
This time, Wang Chen did not dodge; he leapt into the air, facing the gigantic beast and swinging the Hidden Dragon Staff in his hand.
In an instant, the high-tier Spiritual Artifact extended dozens of yards forward, the staff cleaving through the air and splitting the sky full of flying poison, bringing down a force of ten thousand jun upon the giant monster's head.
Boom!
The colossal creature's huge toad head caved in instantly, skin splitting, flesh bursting, and fluid splashing in all directions. Its entire body followed, plummeting straight back into the burrow.
The ground shook with the impact.
"Thunder Come!"
Nine Heavens Divine Thunder struck again, a direct blast from above that illuminated a vast area with its flashing brilliance.
The giant monster, just smashed back into the Evil Nest, suffered another heavy blow. Its shrieks and wails could be heard clearly even ten miles away as several tentacles exposed outside thrashed wildly, whooshing through the air.
But this creature's vitality was indeed tenacious: struck by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder twice in succession, it still had not perished.
Wang Chen, however, gave no opportunity for the opponent to recover. He moved like a phantom above the Evil Nest and plunged the Hidden Dragon Staff straight down into the deep burrow.
Boom!
With this strike, Wang Chen unleashed the full might of the Mysterious Fire Flying Crow, channeling all his mana into the staff. He used the Spiritual Artifact to invoke the utmost positive fire, akin to dropping a large incendiary bomb into the burrow. Explore new worlds at My Virtual Library Empire
The sudden explosion of Mysterious Fire shot up more than ten feet high, instantly evaporating the sludge within the burrow and broiling the badly injured monster, inflicting even more dreadful damage inside its body.
This time the monster was driven mad; its tentacles flailing in convulsions, it desperately struck at Wang Chen, trying to knock him down.
However, a streak of crimson sword light flashed by, and all the thrashing tentacles were severed in two.
Wang Chen had brought out the Red Nether Sword.
Although he was multitasking, dealing with a monster at the end of its rope was more than manageable for him. The last desperate struggles of the beast, under the unrelenting flood of Wang Chen's powerful mana, accomplished nothing.
The forcibly breached Evil Nest quickly returned to calm, leaving only broken branches and remnants on the ground, along with lingering wisps of gray smoke as testament to the fierce battle that had just occurred.
The corpse of the monster began to rot, emitting a foul stench that gushed from the burrow.
Wang Chen kept his distance, applied the Object Attracting Technique in the air, and dug out large clumps of mud along with the remnants of the Evil Nest.
Although the task was somewhat arduous, the silver-white crystal he ultimately excavated from the sludge made up for everything.
Evil Nest Stone!
Evil Spirits and Evil Nests in the Yin Nether Realm always give rise to a Nest Stone, similar to the Yin Qi Pearl bred by Evil Wraiths, and it was a condensate of Yin Sha Energy, which is also a valuable natural treasure.
The Nest Stone represented the essence of the Evil Nest, continuously drawing on the Yin Sha Energy from the outside to strengthen itself.
If it were allowed to grow, it would no doubt pose a significant threat.
Because the Yin wind tide brought massive amounts of Evil Qi, providing the best conditions for the "growth" of the Evil Nest, that's why the Sect's Law Hall had summoned Pioneering Disciples to issue a nest clearing task.
To nip these threats in the bud!
The Nest Stone that Wang Chen found was larger than an adult's fist and could easily be exchanged for over three thousand merit points.
But he wasn't satisfied with just that, going on to widen his search perimeter.
For safety, Wang Chen focused his search towards the mountains, where the most Monster Spirits and Evil Wraiths lay in wait, and the likelihood of new Evil Nests was greater.
This time around, Wang Chen didn't easily resort to the global mode that consumed a substantial amount of Human Virtue.
He relied solely on his own Divine Sense for the meticulous and deep probing.
He moved cautiously, boldly yet carefully.
By the afternoon of the following day, Wang Chen had made a discovery!
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PS: Resuming normal updates. In the past few days I've bid farewell to two elders, and I have also been unwell, coughing for over a week and still not recovered—truly difficult to put into words.