Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

This time, Chen Tian didn't conceal anything, but released all his strength. He was like a meteor, flying rapidly through the vast Yue Li Mountain Range.

As Chen Tian sped along, he released his spiritual sense, enveloping all the demon beasts that appeared below.

Whenever he saw a demon beast, Chen Tian would stop and fly towards it without hesitation. The moment Chen Tian appeared, those demon beasts would explode and die. Chen Tian didn't take their flesh, only extracting their demon cores before flying deeper into the mountains.

As he went deeper into the Yue Li Mountain Range, the level of the demon beasts Chen Tian encountered also increased, from the initial fourth and fifth ranks to the later sixth and seventh ranks…

By the time Chen Tian flew to the outer edge of the core area of the Yue Li Mountain Range, eighth-rank demon beasts were everywhere.

At this moment, Chen Tian suddenly discovered a very strange phenomenon.

Usually, demon beasts only began to develop intelligence and become demon kings after reaching the ninth rank or higher.

However, in this Yue Li Mountain Range, seventh-rank demon beasts could develop intelligence and learn to absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth. By the time they reached the eighth rank, they were all cunning, knowing how to use the terrain and spells to attack Chen Tian.

Therefore, it took Chen Tian several days to kill an eighth-rank demon beast, exhausting it before releasing the two corpse puppets to kill it with a sneak attack.

After a hard-won victory, Chen Tian didn't bother to take the demon core, but first sat down under a tree, panting heavily.

This wasn't the first time Chen Tian had discovered such a peculiar phenomenon. Back in the Ling family, Chen Tian had seen a demon beast that had developed intelligence before reaching the ninth rank.

But what Chen Tian didn't expect was that in such a short period, these demon beasts had undergone another transformation, and their strength was even higher than before.

Chen Tian certainly knew that the reason for this mutation of the demon beasts on the Qian Yuan Continent was related to Ji Ao, whom Duanmu Ya had summoned from the upper realm.

As powerful figures of the demon race, Duanmu Ya and Ji Ao naturally wanted to enhance the strength of the demon race.

Especially since, for tens of thousands of years, the demon race on the Qian Yuan Continent had been greatly suppressed by human cultivators, and could only be trapped in small areas, unable to go out.

Such humiliating experiences made Duanmu Ya and Ji Ao very angry, so they formed the Demon God Sect, vowing to revitalize the demon race.

Now that the demon beasts were developing intelligence ahead of time, it must be because Ji Ao had used some special method.

But no matter what this method was, for Chen Tian, he could no longer go any further.

Because he discovered that the eighth-rank demon beasts here already had the strength equivalent to the early stage of the凝海 (Ning Hai) realm. As for the ninth-rank demon beasts and even the demon king level demon beasts further inside, Chen Tian didn't dare to imagine how terrifying their strength would be.

However, Chen Tian was already very satisfied that he could kill an eighth-rank demon beast with the strength of the early stage of the Ning Hai realm with his cultivation in the Huaquan realm.

So Chen Tian decided to stop here and kill more sixth and seventh-rank demon beasts on the periphery before leaving Yue Li Mountain.

After making this decision in his heart, Chen Tian stopped talking nonsense, took out the Azure Phoenix Sword, and walked to the side of the Thunder Emperor Crocodile, which he had just killed, intending to take out its demon core before retreating.

Seeing this strange phenomenon, Chen Tian was first surprised, but then he was overjoyed.

You must know that Chen Tian's Azure Phoenix Sword had been refined into a Xuan-grade magic weapon in the Fallen Immortal Valley.

But even so, the Azure Phoenix Sword still couldn't break open the Thunder Emperor Crocodile's abdomen, which meant that its armor was definitely not an ordinary thing, and should also be a good treasure.

Since it was a treasure, why wouldn't Chen Tian take it?

Chen Tian decided to peel off the Thunder Emperor Crocodile's armor and refine it into a magic weapon when he had the opportunity in the future.

Thinking this way, Chen Tian injected a strong spiritual power into the Azure Phoenix Sword, and then, holding the sword, carefully began to peel off the armor from the Thunder Emperor Crocodile's body.

However, the hardness of this armor far exceeded Chen Tian's expectations. It took him most of the day to only cut open three feet, and the closer he got to the abdomen, the harder the armor became, and the more time Chen Tian Xu Yuan spent.

Fortunately, Chen Tian was not an impatient person. He calmed down and slowly peeled it off, following the texture of the armor, bit by bit.

After two days, Chen Tian finally completely peeled off the entire armor.

Looking at the armor that shone with white light in the sun, an uncontrollable smile appeared on Chen Tian's face.

He gently stroked the armor, and felt more and more that it was a good treasure, so he carefully put it into the storage ring.

After collecting the armor, Chen Tian wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then turned his attention to the Thunder Emperor Crocodile's corpse on the ground.

Without the protection of the armor, the Thunder Emperor Crocodile was only left with a pile of fat, and at this time, it would be much easier to peel off the demon core.

After staring at the Thunder Emperor Crocodile, Chen Tian smiled slightly, and then walked towards it with the Azure Phoenix Sword.

However, just as Chen Tian swung his sword and was about to pierce into the Thunder Emperor Crocodile's abdomen, a rumbling sound suddenly came from under his feet. At the same time, the soil on the ground where Chen Tian was standing began to fluctuate violently up and down, like an earthquake.

Chen Tian was startled by this sudden anomaly. Just as he was staring at the ground, at a loss, suddenly, a dangerous feeling suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.

"Not good!"

Just as this dangerous aura grew stronger and stronger in Chen Tian's heart, he suddenly shouted in a low voice, and without bothering to take the Thunder Emperor Crocodile's demon core, he stretched his body and quickly retreated.

Just as Chen Tian had retreated five zhang, accompanied by a huge beast's howl, a giant snake suddenly sprang out from the ground, and broken mud fell like a black rain in this mountain forest.

Seeing this scene, Chen Tian was stunned, because the giant snake that emerged from the ground was a full fifty zhang in size, its body standing upright, straight into the sky.

Moreover, its tail was still buried deep in the ground, obviously its specific length was not limited to this.

As soon as the giant snake appeared, its eyes, flashing with a faint red light, stared closely at Chen Tian, and a monstrous killing intent emanated from its body!