"Ding!"
The black panther's spear collided with the black shadow in mid-air, producing a crisp sound. The black shadow's charging figure instantly stopped, and the black panther was also slightly pushed back by the impact.
Chen Ning quickly reached out to support the black panther. Then, everyone looked at the black shadow and saw that it was a two-meter-tall wild boar-like demon beast. However, it did not look like a wild boar. Its upper body was black, and its lower body was white. There were two half-meter-long fangs under its mouth, and its limbs and feet had sharp claws that were more than ten centimeters long. Hu Wen, who was standing beside Chen Ning, said in surprise,"Captain, it's the Tough Pig."
"Brothers, surround it. Don't let it escape."”Black Panther shouted at the other mercenaries. He then looked at Chen Ning, and Chen Ning looked back at Black Panther. The two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding. They instantly attacked the Valiant Boar with their spear and sword. Hu Wen followed closely behind. The other mercenaries also quickly spread out and surrounded them.
"Roar!"
The Tough Boar was not afraid of being surrounded. It was a Class 2 Magical Beast, and its large, turbid eyes were bloodshot. It seemed to have a deep hatred for Chen Ning and the others. It charged forward with its head, like a tank, toward Black Panther and Chen Ning.
Chen Ning and the black panther both dodged, not daring to touch the sharp edge of the Tough Boar. However, Chen Ning was only a Fourth Level Mystical Cultivator, and the black panther was obviously faster. The Tough Boar's half-meter-long fangs brushed past him, and he barely dodged. Fortunately, it only scratched his clothes and did not hurt Chen Ning. Zhou Qing and Hu Wen also attacked the Tough Boar at the same time.
"Ha!" Seeing that Chen Ning had almost been hit by the Tough Boar's fangs, the black panther let out a roar. The Celestial Chi in its body circulated on the spear, and then it swung the spear at the Tough Boar with lightning speed.
Facing the attacks of the black panther and the group, the stalwart pig's huge body jumped agilely and dodged the attacks of the group. Then, it jumped up with its two forelimbs and stomped fiercely in the direction of the black panther. Immediately, the originally flat ground in front of it collapsed and a large pit appeared. The black panther, who was about to attack again, swayed slightly and almost fell into the pit. Then, the stalwart pig's heavy body arrived in front of the black panther like lightning. Its pair of fangs pointed at the black panther. The black panther couldn't dodge in time. It swung its spear horizontally and swept towards the Tough Boar's tusks. An ear-piercing " creak " sounded. The huge impact of the Tough Boar caused the black panther's body to sway. The black panther only felt the palm that was holding the spear go numb. Its body tilted and it couldn't control its body. It instantly fell into the big pit that the Tough Boar had stepped on.
Seeing that the black panther had fallen into the pit, the Tough Boar naturally would not let it go. Its two one-meter-long forelimbs were about to leap up and stomp on the black panther. Chen Ning and Zhou Qing naturally would not let the Tough Boar succeed. Zhou Qing's weapon was a pair of black claws on his hands. The claws were filled with Celestial Chi and he clawed at the Tough Boar's belly. Chen Ning attacked almost at the same time as Zhou Qing, but Chen Ning used his sword to slash at the raised forelimbs of the Tough Boar.
"Roar! Roar!"
Feeling the pain from the attack, the Steadfast Boar let out a cry. Zhou Qing's claws had left five or six bloody gashes on its stomach, and Chen Ning's purple Sword Aura had also slashed a deep wound on its right foreleg. Its foreleg, which was about to step on the black panther, paused for a moment, and the black panther took the opportunity to kick its foot into the pit, leaving a deep footprint in the pit. It leaped up and stabbed the spear in its hand at the Steadfast Boar's head.
"Ding!"
Seeing that the black panther's spear was coming at it, the Tough Pig used its fangs to collide with the black panther's spear and knocked it away. Seeing that its attack had missed, the black panther retreated with the impact of the Tough Pig's fangs. Seeing that the black panther retreated, the Tough Pig turned around and launched a fierce attack on Zhou Qing and Chen Ning.”The Tough Pig let out a fierce roar and waved its two front claws. The sharp teeth in its front claws collided with Chen Ning's sword. The huge force of its front claws almost knocked the sword out of Chen Ning's hand. Before Chen Ning could react, it opened its mouth and bit at Chen Ning's head.
Chen Ning ignored the numbing pain in his hand. He circulated the Celestial Chi in his body and used the movement technique in the sword technique to retreat quickly. Then, he stabbed at the huge mouth of the Unyielding Boar again.
"Ding!"
Just as Chen Ning's sword was about to sink into the huge mouth of the Tough Pig, the Tough Pig's mouth instantly closed. It used its sharp and extremely hard teeth to bite Chen Ning's sword so that Chen Ning could not pull it out. Then, it tilted its head up. Chen Ning's body, which was holding the sword tightly, staggered and was brought over by the Tough Pig.
Chen Ning was shocked. He looked at the sharp fangs in front of the pig's mouth and quickly let go of the sword in his hand. However, his body still fell forward under the inertia of the force. Chen Ning's right foot stomped on the ground and his body stopped.
"Bastard, go to hell!"
Just as Chen Ning stopped and the Tough Boar was about to attack Chen Ning with its fangs, a loud shout came from beside him. The black panther had already arrived beside the Tough Boar. The spear in its hand pierced the Tough Boar's right eye with a loud sound. At the same time, the other mercenaries also attacked the Tough Boar, forcing the Tough Boar to give up on attacking Chen Ning.
The Tough Boar swung the sword in its mouth at a black panther and turned its body to defend against the attacks of the others. However, many mercenaries 'weapons that were filled with dense mystic qi smashed, stabbed, and slashed at the Tough Boar.
"Roar!"
The stalwart pig immediately let out a painful howl, but its movements did not stop. It continued to attack the mercenaries crazily. Even though the stalwart pig was injured many times and had lost a lot of blood, this did not weaken its combat strength. Instead, it stimulated the ferocity in its body. Its combat strength did not decrease, but increased instead. Under the stalwart pig's crazy attacks, seven to eight mercenaries fell to the ground in a short while. Some were dead, some were injured.
Generally, demonic beasts were divided into three levels: low level, middle level, and high level. Each type of demonic beast was different. Some were good at attack, some were good at speed, some were good at defense, and so on. The battle strength of this Steel Boar in front of them was obviously stronger than the second level demonic beast, the Black Poison Scorpion. The Black Poison Scorpion was a second level low level demonic beast, and the Steel Boar and the others were probably second level middle level demonic beasts that were good at attack.
Chen Ning, Black Panther, and the other mercenaries did not dare to come into direct contact with the ferocious pig. They blocked the pig's attack at the same time and attacked it when it attacked the other mercenaries. Chen Ning held the sword he had picked up and kept looking for an opportunity to attack the pig.
Just as everyone was in a stalemate with the stalwart pig, the stalwart pig's stamina gradually ran out. It once again launched a fierce attack on everyone, forcing them to retreat. Then, it leaped into the dense forest and fled.
"Not good, it's trying to escape."
"Quickly stop it, don't let it escape.”
The black panther saw that the Tough Pig was about to run away and immediately leaped towards it. A long spear was covered with the light of mystic qi and it quickly stabbed towards the Tough Pig. Everyone had been busy for so long and had injured Nameless. How could they let it escape with two mercenaries dead?
At the same time when the black panther attacked, the other mercenaries also rushed towards the stalwart pig. The mercenaries closest to the stalwart pig were not weak either. They had all reached the seventh stage of the mystic realm. Although they could not kill the stalwart pig, they could still block it a little. They all attacked the stalwart pig with their weapons.
"Roar!" Seeing that the mercenaries were blocking its path, the Tough Pig let out a low growl and used its fangs to attack the mercenaries. The mercenaries were so frightened that their expressions changed drastically and they dodged one after another. However, it was during this pause that Black Panther Chen Ning and the others caught up to the Tough Pig. Their weapons, which were filled with Xuan Qi, were thrown at the Tough Pig. The back of the Tough Pig's butt was badly mutilated by Black Panther and the others, especially its hind legs, which had been cut so deep that the bones could be seen.
Seeing that the Tough Boar was injured, everyone attacked together. After two mercenaries were injured, the Tough Boar's huge body fell to the ground with a bang when the black panther spear pierced into his head.
After seeing the Vigorous Pig fall to the ground, the black panther came to the front of the Vigorous Pig and kicked it, saying fiercely,"Damn, this thing is really powerful. If we didn't exhaust it to death, we really wouldn't have been able to kill it." After saying that, he called the other mercenaries to cut up the Tough Pig. When he took out a demon nucleus the size of a glass bead from the Tough Pig's brain, the black panther finally revealed a satisfied smile.
It was Chen Ning's first time seeing a Demonic Core. He took it from the black panther's hand and examined it. The Demonic Core was only the size of a glass bead and had an earth-colored color. After the black panther's explanation, Chen Ning understood that Demonic Beasts were also divided into Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. This Demonic Core was earth-colored, so it was obvious that the Vigorous Boar was an earth-type Demonic Beast. However, Chen Ning was not sure what the Demonic Core was used for. Seeing the happy expression on the black panther's face, Chen Ning asked the black panther,"Brother, what is the use of this demon core? Was it very valuable?
"Brother, you don't know this, but the most valuable thing about a demonic beast is its demonic core. The demonic core is like our dantian, where the essence of the entire body is gathered. It is filled with all kinds of energy and is extremely valuable.”Black Panther explained patiently to Chen Ning.
Chen Ning nodded thoughtfully and asked,""Since the energy contained in the demon core is so great, can we absorb the energy of the demon core to cultivate?”The two rays of light, one purple and one green, in his body had been absorbing his Celestial Chi, causing him to worry about his cultivation speed. If he could borrow the huge amount of energy in the demon nucleus to cultivate, then he would definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
However, to Chen Ning's disappointment, Black Panther shook his head and said,""No, our human bodies can't withstand the violent aura in the demon core at all. It will cause our meridians to swell up because they can't withstand this energy.”Seeing Chen Ning's disappointed expression, Black Panther paused for a moment before continuing to explain,""Brother, I know you want to improve your strength, but you must not absorb demon cores to improve your strength. As far as I know, it's not that no one in the Mysterious Sky Land has absorbed demon cores to improve their strength, but they can't live for more than three months. The violent aura in the demon cores can destroy the meridians of cultivators and make them useless.”After saying that, Black Panther patted Chen Ning's shoulder and looked at Chen Ning with a serious expression.”
Chen Ning knew that Black Panther was afraid that he would take the wrong path in his attempt to improve his strength quickly. He nodded at Black Panther and smiled."Brother, don't worry, I won't.”
After hearing Chen Ning's answer, Black Panther was relieved. He was really afraid that Chen Ning would walk down a path of no return for the sake of strength. He was sincerely doing this for Chen Ning's own good. Not long after, Hu Wen ran over and told Black Panther that everyone had taken away all the valuable things from the Tough Pig. He asked Black Panther if they should continue moving forward.
When everyone was packing up and burying the dead mercenaries, Black Panther asked Chen Ning,""Oh right, brother, what's your current strength? The Tough Boar is a Tier 2 demonic beast. Although it's only a Tier 2 low-level demonic beast, you were able to protect yourself from the Tough Boar.”
"I'm a fourth level cultivator now. If I use my sword skills, I should be able to match a seventh level cultivator. But I've never tried it before. I can teach you." Chen Ning answered Heibao's question truthfully and wanted to teach him the Azulet Sword Technique as well.
To Chen Ning's surprise, Black Panther shook his head at Chen Ning and said,""No need. My old brother is walking a path that focuses on spear dao and fist dao as a supplement. Sword dao isn't suitable for me, so you can keep it for yourself.”
Seeing that Heibao did not want it, Chen Ning did not force him. However, he secretly remembered that Heibao needed the spear and fist techniques. In the future, he would have to pay more attention to his brother when he saw this type of person.
In the next few days, Chen Ning and Black Panther hunted demon beasts in the Demon Beast Mountain Range. During this time, they encountered many mercenary groups that entered the Demon Beast Mountain Range to hunt demon beasts like them. However, Chen Ning's group was also quite large, so there was no major conflict between the two sides. In the Demon Beast Mountain Range, it was normal for powerful mercenary groups to encounter weak mercenary groups and kill them for their goods. Therefore, in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, you not only had to guard against demon beasts, but also against other mercenary groups.
At night, a crescent moon hung high in the dark sky, emitting a faint light that illuminated the world. In a relatively spacious open space in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, a group of mercenaries were sitting in front of a bonfire and roasting meat from a demon beast. It was Chen Ning and the others. "After seven or eight days of running around, I think all of you must be tired. Moreover, our harvest from this trip is quite bountiful. We have six Class 2 Demon Cores and eighteen Class 1 Demon Cores. Although we have lost more than twenty of our brothers this time, it is still a worthwhile trip. After today, we will return to Heaven's Wall City to rest and relax. Sitting in front of the bonfire, Black Panther said to everyone with a gratified expression. The mercenaries were naturally very satisfied with the results of the battle announced by Black Panther. Although many of their brothers had died, they were already used to it. Everyone sat in front of the bonfire, eating barbecue and chatting, chatting and laughing.
Chen Ning was the only one who sat by the side, enjoying the cold wind and not saying a word. Over the past few days, he had seen the mercenaries around him fall to all kinds of demon beasts. It was not because Chen Ning had a deep relationship with them, but because Chen Ning felt the fragility of humans and the coldness of human nature. The death of a person in the Xuantian Continent was like the death of an ant. It was so insignificant. In the past few days of life-and-death battles, Chen Ning's strength had also improved a lot. He had already reached the peak of the fifth level of the Mystical Realm and was only a step away from the sixth level.
Chen Ning's ears twitched as he watched the scene unfold before him. He quickly turned his head to look at a patch of grass not far away. Chen Ning's Divine Awareness could now scan a radius of a hundred meters. He had accurately sensed movement within the area. Although he could not see what it was, it was definitely not a demonic beast. He stood up and shouted at the crowd,"Everyone, be careful. There's a situation."
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