HCB Chapter 2603 Extreme Survival Challenge in Progress
Chapter 2603 Extreme Survival Challenge in Progress
"There's definitely something fishy going on!" Wang Qi's eyes sharpened, and the Golden Spirit Sword transformed into a golden sword light, slashing towards the demonic snake. Although Wang Qi was only an eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator, the power unleashed by using the Golden Gate Metal elemental true qi to activate the Golden Sword Technique was very strong.
It's a pity that the spirit sword in his hand is just an ordinary spirit sword. If it were a high-level spirit sword, it could unleash even greater power.
Although this demonic serpent was only a late-stage first-tier demonic beast, its strength had obviously been greatly enhanced.
The demonic serpent opened its mouth and spat out an ice spike, which collided with the golden sword light like an ice sword.
boom!
With a loud bang, the golden sword light shattered, and the ice cone turned into ice shards flying everywhere.
However, the next moment, dozens of ice spikes appeared around the demonic serpent and shot towards Wang Qi with a sharp whooshing sound.
"It has indeed been greatly strengthened." A glint flashed in Wang Qi's eyes. He activated the Five Elements Sword Formation, and five spiritual swords appeared beside him. Then, streaks of sword light rushed towards the demonic serpent.
At the same time, he displayed the speed of his armor and, in conjunction with his Five Elements Flowing Light Technique, transformed into a blur as he charged toward the demonic serpent.
Seeing Wang Qi charging towards it, the demonic serpent's blood-red eyes gleamed with a crazed light, and it suddenly condensed ice spikes that shot towards Wang Qi once more.
However, Wang Qi dodged all the ice spikes and rushed to the side of the demon snake in the blink of an eye.
hiss……
A fierce glint flashed in the serpent's two faces, and this time it opened its mouth and spewed out a chilling mist of ice that enveloped Wang Qi.
The icy mist spread very quickly, and before Wang Qi could react, he was engulfed by it, the terrifying cold seeming to devour him.
Upon seeing Wang Qi being swallowed by the ice mist, the demonic serpent immediately condensed hundreds of sharp ice spikes around the mist and then shot them all toward Wang Qi inside.
Each ice spike emitted a powerful aura, equivalent to a full-force attack from a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage.
Just as the ice spikes were about to pierce the icy mist, a powerful sword light suddenly cleaved through the mist and shattered several ice spikes. Wang Qi rushed out with astonishing speed, following the sword light.
At this moment, Wang Qi was enveloped by the Five Elements Barrier, and his body was covered with ice shards, but his gaze was extremely sharp.
After bursting out of the icy mist, his blade wings unfurled, and he activated the Five Elements Flowing Light Technique to its fullest extent, transforming into a blurry afterimage as he charged toward the demonic serpent.
Before the person even arrived, the Five Elements Sword Formation was already fully activated.
A giant sword descended from the sky and slashed down at the demonic serpent.
Upon seeing this, the demon serpent instantly conjured an ice-soul barrier around itself, which resembled a transparent sphere protecting the ice serpent.
A strong aura of coldness emanated from this barrier.
Wang Qi's condensed giant sword slammed into the Ice Soul Barrier, but it was blocked by the Ice Soul Barrier, and a powerful shockwave swept around.
"This is no ordinary late-stage Tier 1 demon beast; it's stronger than many Tier 2 demon beasts."
Although Wang Qi was shocked by the power displayed by the demonic serpent, he reacted immediately, his hands flashing with light as two Heaven-Opening Blades appeared in his hands.
With a fluid movement, he unleashed the Heaven-Opening Blade Technique, unleashing terrifying blade energy that slammed fiercely into the Ice Soul Barrier.
Wang Qi cultivates all three paths simultaneously, and his physical body is also quite strong. He has also diligently practiced the Heaven-Opening Blade Technique, which complements his physical strength, so his close combat ability is also very powerful.
Two sharp blades of energy struck the Ice Soul Barrier, causing it to tremble violently.
The demonic serpent hissed and snarled, conjuring ice spikes that shot towards Wang Qi. However, Wang Qi was extremely agile, constantly dodging the serpent's attacks while unleashing his Heaven-Opening Blade Technique.
Under Wang Qi's frenzied attacks, the Ice Soul Barrier that enveloped the demonic serpent quickly shattered. Wang Qi closed in and struck the demonic serpent's vital spot with all his might.
This was the serpent's weak point. Although the serpent had strong defenses, Wang Qi still managed to sever its neck with a single strike, and its head flew off.
After severing the snake's head with a single stroke, Wang Qi remained vigilant and instead pulled out a black flag to collect the demonic snake's soul.
Only after the demonic soul was extracted was the demonic snake truly destroyed.
Wang Qi collected the demon snake's corpse, then picked some spiritual herbs and quickly left.
He didn't want to attract other demonic beasts with such a commotion, as the demonic beasts in this virtual secret realm were all formidable.
Soon Wang Qi slipped into a cave and hid there, once again using his concealment technique.
After checking his physical condition, he found that his internal energy, which had not yet fully recovered, had been greatly depleted after the battle.
"Sigh, I haven't fully recovered yet, and I've already used up so much of my true energy. This extreme survival challenge is just too difficult."
"We must find a way to refine a elixir to restore true energy as soon as possible."
"This virtual secret realm is rich in spiritual energy and contains many spiritual herbs. The Battle Sect's intention is probably to encourage everyone to refine spiritual pills here."
"I'm afraid alchemy is one of the hidden requirements for participating in the extreme survival challenge. Fortunately, I have practiced alchemy."
"It's not easy to gather all the spiritual herbs; we'll definitely need to fight monsters."
"It seems we need to do more preparation."
After analyzing the situation for a while, Wang Qi took out the corpse of the demon snake and began to process it. The snake's skin could be used to draw talismans after being tanned, and its blood was ready-made ink for drawing talismans.
Next, Wang Qi began to focus all his efforts on refining the materials from the demon snake into various talismans.
He discovered that creating talismans in the virtual secret realm was exactly the same as drawing talismans in reality, as if this were not a virtual space.
It took Wang Qi quite a while to draw all the monster hides into talismans, and then he left the cave after making preparations.
Next, he used the talismans he had drawn to start a fierce battle with the demons in the virtual secret realm. He quickly collected the medicinal materials to refine the Rejuvenation Pill and then refined the Rejuvenation Pill to restore his true energy.
After recovering his true energy, Wang Qi began collecting quest items. Only by collecting a certain number of quest items could he obtain the rewards for extreme survival.
However, the quest items in the virtual secret realm are placed in relatively dangerous locations, making it very difficult to collect them all.
The fastest way to collect quest items is by stealing them from each other; cultivators in the virtual secret realm can steal quest items from each other.
Therefore, cultivators in the virtual secret realm not only have to deal with the demon race, but also compete with other cultivators participating in the virtual secret realm, which is extremely cruel.
Wang Qi persevered for two months, but still perished in a siege by the demon race.
Back in the virtual space where he was choosing his magical artifact, Wang Qi looked unwilling to give up. He was only a month away from receiving the reward, and he decided without hesitation to continue participating in the extreme survival challenge.