Chapter 1848: 1845: Lightning Leopard!
Chapter 1848: Chapter 1845: Lightning Leopard!
After entering the Hundred Beast Mountain, those cultivators who were weaker or more timid stayed on the first level for training.
As for those cultivators who were stronger or bolder, they felt that cutting down those first-level small monsters on the first level was meaningless, so they went directly to the second level, or even the third level.
Li Chen and Aqing also directly skipped the first level and came to the second level.
After a short stay on the second level, they felt that the Demon Beasts here were no different from weak chickens, and they went directly to the third level.
“This is the third level of the Hundred Beast Mountain!”
For Aqing, this was not her first time here, and she seemed very familiar with the place.
Li Chen gazed into the distance, where the mountain forest stretched for thousands of miles, with occasional violent roars from afar, sending chills down one’s spine.
Obviously, this place was filled with danger everywhere.
Sure enough, Li Chen and Aqing had just entered the third level when they encountered two Third-level Demonic Beasts.
Lightning Leopards!
As the name suggests, these were leopards with lightning-fast speed.
Moreover, these creatures were very adept at lightning attacks, and ordinary cultivators would have no chance to escape if they encountered them.
Even the Heavenly Pride students from the academy would feel their scalps tingle when encountering a Lightning Leopard.
However, Li Chen and Aqing did not have such a feeling.
On the contrary, they both felt very excited.
Aqing glanced at Li Chen and said, “These are Third-level Demonic Beasts, Lightning Leopards. There should be one male and one female. The two of us, one for each, let’s see who finishes first?”
Li Chen readily agreed without hesitation.
“Alright, I’ll take the one on the left!”
Before his words fell completely, he stepped out swiftly, heading straight for the larger Lightning Leopard on the left.
Obviously, this was a male Lightning Leopard.
The male Lightning Leopard saw a tiny human daring to challenge it and flew into a rage.
It raised its paw abruptly, lightning flickering on top, tearing through the void, and pounced towards Li Chen.
Li Chen did not use any weapons but clenched his fist tightly, his five fingers grasped together, his fist like thunder, akin to a cannonball, and blasted straight forward.
“Boom!”
Li Chen’s Invincible Iron Fist and the Lightning Leopard’s sharp claws collided in mid-air, sparking countless sparks.
“Roar!”
The Lightning Leopard’s advantage lay in its speed; in terms of power, it was no match for Li Chen.
As a result, after just a round of confrontation, it was violently sent flying.
Its massive body crashed directly into a thousand-year-old tree, breaking it before coming to a halt.
Seize the opportunity when it’s down to finish it off!
Before the Lightning Leopard could get up, Li Chen charged forward at lightning speed.
The male Lightning Leopard was shocked and hurriedly swung its tail like an iron rod, sweeping towards Li Chen’s legs in a sweeping motion.
Li Chen stood firm like a mountain, swiftly repositioning his feet, dodging the Lightning Leopard’s attack with profound skill.
“Beast, meet your end!”
Without waiting for the Lightning Leopard to make another move, he kicked its head fiercely.
“Crack!”
The Lightning Leopard’s skull, as hard as granite, was crushed into a pulp by Li Chen’s kick.
Blood mixed with white brain matter splattered in all directions.
The unfortunate Lightning Leopard let out a despairing whimper before collapsing heavily to the ground.
Obviously, it had died.
Seeing Li Chen so easily and brutally deal with the male Lightning Leopard, Aqing, who was entangled with the female Lightning Leopard, was greatly taken aback.
Although she had long known that her skills were inferior to the prodigious Li Chen,
she thought it was only a matter of degree—ten to eight or nine at most.
As long as she worked twice as hard, she still had a chance to surpass him.
But now, it seemed like it was not ten to eight or nine; it was a difference of ten to three or four.
Wasn’t this too demoralizing?
Thinking of this, Aqing got distracted, her moves became chaotic, revealing a not-too-small flaw.
The female Lightning Leopard, seeing its mate killed, was already in a state of extreme fury.
Now, seeing the chance for revenge, how could she miss it?
Therefore, when she keenly caught the flaw in Aqing’s sword move, she opened her bloody maw, exposing her grim and terrifying fangs, spitting out thunder, and pounced directly.
“Watch out!”
Seeing the danger, Li Chen quickly rushed over.
“Swish!”
A Sword Shadow broke from its sheath, drawing a brilliant arc of light.
“Pfff!”
The female Lightning Leopard was cut in half on the spot, blood everywhere, a horrible sight.
Seeing this unbelievable scene, Aqing was stunned, her already large eyes almost popping out.
“What a fast sword!”
She had never seen Li Chen use a sword before, assuming that Li Chen did not know Swordsmanship at all.
Little did she expect his swordsmanship to be so sharp.
She hadn’t even seen how he made his move, even from such a close distance.
Li Chen sheathed his sword, hiding it in his sleeve.
After confirming that both Lightning Leopards were dead and no other Demon Beasts were around, he turned his gaze to Aqing.
“Aqing, are you alright?”
Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Aqing snapped back from her daze, hurriedly shook her head, and said, “I’m fine, thank you just now!”
Li Chen waved his hand nonchalantly and said, “It was nothing, no need to mention it!”
After speaking, he took out a dagger and extracted the Demon Cores from the two Lightning Leopards.
He kept one for himself.
The other he handed to Aqing.
“Here, take this!”
Aqing refused to accept the Demon Core that Li Chen handed over.
“No, you took both of those Lightning Leopards down. The Demon Cores should belong to you; I can’t take it!”
Li Chen said, “We are a team. Without you, how could I have defeated them individually?”
“Besides, if you insist on not taking it, then continuing to team up doesn’t make sense, does it?”
Hearing Li Chen’s words, Aqing was visibly taken aback.
She hesitated for a moment before finally taking the Demon Core from Li Chen.
“Thank you!”
Li Chen waved his hand again, nonchalantly saying, “No need for thanks, we’re friends!”
Afterward, the two of them continued their adventure in the third layer of the mountain forest, searching for new prey.
By the time the sun set behind the western mountains, through the tacit cooperation between Li Chen and Aqing, they had already slain fifteen Third-level Demonic Beasts and over a hundred Second-level Demon Beasts.
Aqing’s brother had also been a student at Imperial College.
She still remembered clearly how her brother had bragged about killing thirteen Third-level Demonic Beasts and ninety-seven Second-level Demonic Beasts during a trial.
For that achievement, her brother had been very proud, boasting about it to her with great satisfaction.
If her brother knew about her achievements of just one day, surpassing his total for seven days,
I wonder, what would his reaction be?