Huangxiu

Chapter 1121 Route
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

His wishful thinking failed; the two giant monsters did not engage in a fight.

This is actually understandable.

The giant monster is equivalent to a top human being, and like top human beings, it does not easily engage in combat to avoid mutual destruction.

Chu Zhiyuan stood atop the mountain, lost in thought.

At the same time, the light shines over a radius of hundreds of miles.

Then, after a brief flash, it appeared at the foot of a mountain and floated forward.

As he walked, ten flying knives transformed into clusters of ethereal shadows, roaming in all directions, reaping the lives of demons one by one.

However, the Jade Heaven Sword was not activated.

Even when encountering a powerful pig demon, it only sped up its escape without activating the Jade Heaven Sword.

They passed a giant bear in a cave, which was two sizes larger than the giant bear demon they had killed earlier.

The giant bear slept soundly in the cave, undisturbed.

This confirmed Chu Zhiyuan's speculation that the Jade Heaven Sword would alarm the giant demon.

Ordinary power, even if the Demon-Subduing Blade annihilates demons one by one, emitting such shrill screams, still cannot awaken them.

Only the aura of the Jade Heaven Sword could make them feel threatened and thus awaken them.

So it seems that the Azure Lotus Sea isn't that dangerous, as long as the Jade Heaven Sword and the Bright Moon Divine Sword aren't used.

If you encounter a powerful demon, use the Glazed Blade and the aura of the Demon-Subduing Divine Tree to kill it.

But there is still danger; if they encounter a giant demon, it will be difficult for the women to escape.

……

When he gracefully arrived in front of Qi Qingmei and the other women, and bowed with clasped hands in greeting, Lu Xiaolu exclaimed in surprise, "Junior brother, you've improved again?"

She could clearly sense the changes in Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile.

Qi Qingmei laughed and said, "Congratulations! Your progress is quite astonishing."

Chu Zhiyuan said embarrassedly, "It's probably because I've killed so many demons that my skills have naturally improved."

Qi Qingmei said, "It would be even better if we could improve our skills by killing demons."

Lu Xiaolu asked, "How many did you kill?"

"There are at least a hundred," Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, and then began to describe the situation inside.

They heard that there was a giant demon and other great demons about fifty miles away.

They were startled.

This density far exceeded their expectations.

If there were really so many powerful demons and giant demons, they would absolutely be unable to wipe them out.

Qi Qingmei was deep in thought.

Lu Xiaolu asked curiously, "Junior brother, are there so many of those giant demons?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I didn't expect there to be so many giant demons... If we really encounter them, apart from the Jade Heaven Sword and the Bright Moon Divine Sword, they'll just be tickling us."

“The Bright Moon Divine Sword can’t be used forever, and neither can your Jade Heaven Sword,” Lu Xiaolu said. “Then aren’t we just sending ourselves to our deaths?”

Then, curiously, he asked, "You can really find them?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "We couldn't detect the great demons before, let alone the giant demons, but now we can detect them in advance."

Lu Xiaolu turned to Qi Qingmei and said, "Then let's go around them and get rid of the ordinary demons first?"

Qi Qingmei rolled her eyes at her.

How could killing other demons not alert the great demon?

Lu Xiaolu tilted her head and thought for a moment: "How about I go and lure away the great demon and the giant demon?"

This earned him another eye roll from Qi Qingmei.

Another terrible idea.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Senior Sister Lu, both the Great Demon and the Giant Demon are extremely fast and cunning."

“If you can escape, junior brother, why can’t I?” Lu Xiaolu said.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

“…Fine, then what do we do? We can’t just go back like this, can we?” Lu Xiaolu snorted.

She remembered that Chu Zhiyuan's lightness skill was so much better than hers, and now that he had improved, it must be even stronger.

This kind of progress is too unsettling.

Chu Zhiyuan took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Qi Qingmei.

Qi Qingmei glanced at her, then looked up at her curiously.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "This is the route map I drew. By taking this route, we should be able to avoid the giant demon and the great demon, but there are still huge risks."

Lu Xiaolu peeked out and asked curiously, "Can you avoid those giant demons?"

It seems that the great demons are no match for them, but the giant demons are the real threat.

What I fear even more is that when I fight the great demon, I might awaken the giant demon.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Great demons and giant demons each have their own territories. This route can barely avoid their territories, but it can only go about a hundred miles forward. Further in, we need to explore it more thoroughly."

"That's great!" Lu Xiaolu exclaimed excitedly. "It doesn't matter if we can't beat them, as long as we can get around those giant monsters."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "In my opinion, it's better not to go in. This map isn't foolproof; there are many variables and it's extremely dangerous." Qi Qingmei handed the map to the others.

After they read them one by one, they all fell silent and could not discuss them.

After all, they had never seen what was depicted on it before; it was completely unfamiliar to them, and there was nothing to say about it.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "If we want to go further in, we need to recover first. The Jade Heaven Sword can only be used again tomorrow. Senior Sister Qi, what about your Bright Moon Divine Sword...?"

Qi Qingmei said, "The Bright Moon Divine Sword will also take a night to recover."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Then let's scout ahead tomorrow. Once everything is clear, then the senior sisters can set out."

"Very good." Qi Qingmei nodded slowly.

This is the safest approach.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at her, then at the other women, and gently shook his head.

Doing this is actually fraught with danger.

Judging from their attitude, they are not going to back down; they are determined to go in.

This is already the safest approach.

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They found a mountaintop, sat cross-legged, and quietly waited, each adjusting their breathing.

Chu Zhiyuan went alone to the woods not far away, jumped onto a tree branch, and sat cross-legged.

Lu Xiaolu and Qi Qingmei sat together.

As time passed, the sun began to set in the west, dusk deepened, and then the moon rose.

Qi Qingmei drew the Bright Moon Divine Sword and placed it horizontally on her lap.

A beam of moonlight descended and landed on the Bright Moon Divine Sword.

The moonlight enveloped the Bright Moon Divine Sword perfectly, neither too big nor too small.

The Bright Moon Divine Sword was visibly bright, as if all the moonlight had penetrated into the sword.

Chu Zhiyuan's insights were even more profound.

Under the super-sensory illumination, the Bright Moon Divine Sword has nine small vortexes on its blade, rapidly drawing in the moonlight.

This situation is very similar to Chu Liezhao's Heavenly Dragon Whale Absorbing Spiritual Energy stance.

They differ only in scale, but are very similar in principle.

He withdrew his Insightful Eye and began to examine his Jade Heaven Sword.

The Jade Heaven Sword is also recovering.

He had already completed the forging of this sword, so its operating speed was determined by him.

By expending mental energy, one can accelerate its recovery.

Its path to recovery is through the absorption of power.

It absorbs two kinds of power: one is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the other is the light of merit.

He followed the light of merit, but the direction he traced was the location of Heavenly Sword Peak.

He immediately understood that the light of merit originated from the Heavenly Sword.

He tried to infuse his own merit into it and found that the recovery speed increased dramatically again.

So he poured the light of merit from the Demon-Subduing Palace into the sword without any hesitation.

By daybreak, the Jade Heaven Sword had been restored to its original state and was able to unleash three strikes.

The Bright Moon Divine Sword has returned to its warm and smooth state, and all its aura has been completely concealed.

As the sun rises, its golden rays shine forth.

Chu Zhiyuan floated down from the tree branch and came to Qi Qingmei's side.

Qi Qingmei opened her bright eyes, sheathed her sword, and gracefully rose to her feet: "Let's go."

She turned to look at Lu Xiaolu and the others: "You guys should conserve your energy, be vigilant about your surroundings, and don't be careless."

"Yes," the women replied solemnly.

Qi Qingmei looked at Lu Xiaolu.

Lu Xiaolu took out a silver tube from her sleeve and said with a smile, "If there is any danger, I will send a signal immediately."

Qi Qingmei nodded in satisfaction and looked at Chu Zhiyuan: "Let's go."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and nodded, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the women, and then floated away with Qi Qingmei.

Qi Qingmei took out the map and compared it with her as she sped along.

After walking ten miles, Chu Zhiyuan pointed to the left and said, "There is a great demon over there, a wolf demon."

Qi Qingmei glanced to her left and lowered her voice, "They're not coming over, are they?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "He's resting and doesn't seem to be coming over."

Qi Qingmei said, "You can sense things so clearly now?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "After my mental strength increased significantly, my senses are indeed much clearer."

"This step is crucial," Qi Qingmei said.

The terrifying aspect of a great demon lies in its ability to conceal its aura. Being able to sense a great demon is the most important step in dealing with it.

The threat posed by the great demon has been reduced from ten points to six points.

(End of this chapter)