Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 236: The fourth-level monster, the cold pond snake!
Wang Lishan took out a map.

After drawing some circles on the map, he said:
"It will take at least a year to open up a safe zone of a hundred miles in radius."

After hearing this, Lin Chen frowned slightly and said:
"Why did it take so long? We have advanced at least thirty miles today..."

Wang Lishan smiled and said:
"This is just the initial development. Our elite thousand men will lead the charge."

"We need to investigate the situation within this area of ​​100 miles and eliminate all the monsters we find..."

"But this alone is not enough!"

"We also need to clear out potential monsters, open up new terrain, and build high city walls... This series of processes will take at least half a year."

"Of course, we cannot accomplish this with just our thousand-man army."

"For the subsequent reclamation, at least 30,000 people will have to be sent to this land... It will take a year to complete it."

Lin Chen was surprised after hearing this.

And suddenly I remembered a special profession that I had seen in Kyoto.

Pioneer!
It means to open up new land and build a new safe zone as the troops go out.

The strength requirement for pioneers is not high, and anyone above the level of warrior can participate.

But there is a certain degree of danger, and there have been reports of pioneers dying.

After all, this wilderness is not as good as Kyoto. Even if the army has cleared out the monsters, there will still be some unlucky pioneers who will be attacked and killed by monsters.

Moreover, the probability is not low.

However, the pioneers' salaries were extremely high, and even if they died they would receive a generous pension.

Many warriors who come from poor families and want to go out and fight will choose to open up new land outside the safe zone.

According to legend, hundreds of years ago, Kyoto's area was only half of what it is today, and its population was less than 300 million.

After hundreds of years of expansion and exploration by countless pioneers, Kyoto today was established.

This is why we now have the Beijing metropolitan area with a population of nearly one billion.

However, the pioneers have not appeared for decades.

The deeper you go into the wilderness, the more difficult it becomes to open up the land.

But in the past two decades, this situation has changed.

The outflow of immortal cultivation resources prompted the Great Xia Kingdom to further develop the wilderness.

In particular, a large amount of land is needed to grow elixirs.

Therefore, over the past twenty years, we have advanced more than three hundred miles to the north.

Five new immortal cities and strongholds were built as the immortal cultivation world of the Great Xia Kingdom.

And this time, they had to advance a hundred miles northward in one go...

At this time, Wang Lishan said:

"Opening up a hundred miles of wasteland to the north at one time is unprecedented..."

"In the past, being able to snatch a few miles of land from monsters was considered a great success."

"Because the wilderness is full of dangers, even with the most advanced exploration equipment, it is impossible to fully detect the monsters lurking in the wilderness..."

After a pause, Wang Lishan grinned and said:

"But now the situation is different!"

"Divine awareness makes it easier to explore the wilderness and eliminate monsters..."

"The thousand-man troop sent out this time all have martial arts realms above the Great Martial Master stage. Their cultivation is also above the Foundation Establishment stage..."

"They are the elite of the Great Xia Kingdom and can smoothly ensure the success of the land reclamation."

Lin Chen nodded after hearing this.

Indeed, even with martial arts technology, it is difficult to detect the monsters lurking dozens of feet underground.

But spiritual consciousness can.

In a sense, spiritual awareness is more advanced than martial arts technology.

"In addition... we have also prepared three thousand earth spirit root monks!"

"We are going to build a city wall within a year that is ten feet high and one foot wide... with a total length of three hundred miles."

"Once the city wall is built, we will send out the city guards to guard it day and night, and then this safe zone will be opened up!"

"Tsk tsk, this was something we couldn't even think of in the past... A 300-mile city wall would require at least tens of thousands of people and a large team working day and night for several years..."

"But the efficiency of earth spirit root monks, combined with instruments, is exceptionally high."

Wang Lishan said a lot and patted Lin Chen on the shoulder.

The meaning of that expression was clearly, kid... times have changed!

……

The night is quiet.

That night, the warrior army was attacked by no less than ten waves of monsters.

Lin Chen didn’t know where these monsters came from, they seemed to be everywhere.

There are first-level monsters and even third-level monsters.

We stayed in the wilderness for three days.

Lin Chen and others cleared two mountains, a jungle, and a swamp.

No less than ten third-level monsters died at Lin Chen’s hands.

The number of monsters annihilated by the martial arts troops was over thousands.

It is hard to imagine that there are so many monsters within a radius of just a hundred miles.

Originally, Lin Chen thought that after such a large-scale purge, the monsters should have been almost eliminated.

Until this day, Wang Lishan received a piece of information, and then he said with joy:
"The demon beast overlord in this area has been found."

Monster Overlord...

Lin Chen pursed his lips, revealing a puzzled look.

At this time, Wang Lishan explained:

"According to thousands of years of experience, in the wilderness... there will be a powerful monster every certain distance."

"This distance may be a hundred miles or several hundred miles. And this demon beast overlord is the absolute ruler of this area. All the demon beasts within a hundred miles are subject to him."

"And the strength of the Monster Overlord is naturally exceptionally strong..."

"A fourth-level monster is the most basic! It's not impossible to encounter a fifth-level monster king occasionally..."

Speaking of this, Wang Lishan smiled.

"We are lucky. The demon beast overlord in this area is a fourth-level demon beast."

"Lin Chen, do you want to give it a try?"

Lin Chen was quite excited after hearing this.

A fourth-level monster is equivalent to a monster in the Nascent Soul stage. For Lin Chen, it is quite challenging.

But the threat is not great. With Max, the Martial Emperor, on the side, the danger to Lin Chen's life can be minimized...

Therefore, this is a perfect opportunity to hone your skills.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen was eager to try:
"Where is that fourth-level monster now?"

Wang Lishan stood up upon hearing this, waved his hand and said:

"Let's go, I'll take you there."

So, Lin Chen and his companions set out again, following Wang Lishan.

They rushed westward for a full thirty miles.

A moment later, Lin Chen saw a fully armed troop.

"Chief!" The leading Jindan cultivator saluted.

Then he said: "According to the exploration of the Enlightenment Puppet, the fourth-level demon beast overlord is in a pool of water two miles away."

"According to the video information sent before the puppet was destroyed, it should be a snake monster..."

After hearing this, Lin Chen seemed to be thinking about something, and his spiritual sense probed towards the northwest.

Soon, he found a cold pond two miles away.

"A fourth-level demon beast... is hiding in this pool of water?"

Lin Chen almost thought he had made a mistake.

Wang Lishan then said:

"Okay, thank you for your hard work... You just need to wait here."

As he spoke, Wang Lishan waved towards Lin Chen and Max.

When it comes to fourth-order monsters, these martial spirit or Jindan-stage soldiers are no longer suitable to participate directly in the battle.

In addition to Lin Chen and the other two, there were more than ten martial arts puppets who went there to protect the formation.

The three of them ran towards the cold pond...

After a few breaths, Lin Chen stood on a huge rock, looking at the cold pond dozens of feet away.

The area of ​​this cold pond is not large.

It is only about ten feet in radius, and it can hardly be called a pool... It looks like a small pond.

"A fourth-level demon beast is usually huge... Are they really hiding in this small pond?"

Lin Chen frowned slightly, somewhat incredulous.

"Well, let's take a look first."

Lin Chen's spiritual sense was released like a tide and soon dived into the deep pool.

One foot, ten feet, one hundred feet, three hundred feet...

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, feeling a little unbelievable.

This cold pond, which is ten meters in radius, is surprisingly so deep.

Even after Lin Chen’s spiritual sense had penetrated to a depth of a thousand meters, he still did not see any trace of the monster.

He couldn't help but wonder:

"Uncle Wang, is that monster really in this cold pond?"

Wang Lishan scratched his head and said:

"It shouldn't be wrong. I sent three martial arts puppets in the middle stage of the Golden Core Stage in there... and they all died. I only captured a black shadow."

"The life force of the monster shown on the instrument is also at the primary level of Martial King..."

After hearing this, Lin Chen nodded, and his spiritual sense continued to probe downwards.

One thousand meters, two thousand meters, three thousand meters...

When the exploration reached a depth of more than 3,000 meters, Lin Chen felt that the scene underground had changed significantly.

The cold pond, which was originally very narrow, suddenly became vast.

"Is this... a lake?"

"A dark underground lake?"

Lin Chen blinked and quickly realized something.

So he said:
"Uncle Wang, that fourth-level monster should be underground... But the cold pond is too deep. There is a large dark lake underneath."

"We have to find a way... to get that fourth-level monster out."

Wang Lishan nodded after hearing this. His spiritual sense could barely sense the existence of the underground lake.

But it was far from as clear as Lin Chen's perception.

At this time, Max said:

"Use nuclear weapons! Blast it underground... and force that fourth-level monster out."

"That fourth-level monster in the dark lake must be very powerful. We must drag him out and fight him!"

After hearing this, Lin Chen and Wang Lishan looked at each other and agreed with this idea.

Soon, two martial arts puppets, carrying a nuclear bomb with a yield of 100,000 tons, dived deep into the bottom of the lake.

Diving all the way down...

While Lin Chen used his spiritual sense to sense the location of the fourth-level monster, he directed the martial arts puppet to dive.

Suddenly, a pair of green eyes appeared on the shared screen of the instrument.

"Fourth-level monster!"

Wang Lishan on the side detonated the nuclear weapon without hesitation!

A moment later, a surging wave appeared on the deep pool in front of him.

The ground shook slightly, but soon there was no movement.

The underground lake is more than 3,000 meters deep, and the power of the nuclear bomb can hardly be transmitted to the ground.

"How is it..." Wang Lishan was about to ask.

Lin Chen's expression changed slightly.

"He's coming out soon!"

Lin Chen sensed a huge black shadow rapidly emerging from the underground dark lake.

After about a few breaths, a huge, terrifying head appeared above the cold pond.

After seeing the appearance of the monster clearly, Lin Chen was stunned for a moment.

"Is this... is this thing really still a snake?"

(End of this chapter)