I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#345 - Containment

Chapter 343: Ambush

The spatial storms outside the world barrier grew larger and larger, faster and faster, more urgent and more violent, forcing Zhang Chen to stop cultivating, get up, and dodge.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen's escape speed was very fast.

As Zhang Chen inhaled and exhaled the power of the mental storm, black gravel continuously poured out from the Heng acupoint within Zhang Chen's body. As Zhang Chen devoured more and more mental storm energy, the black gravel accumulated more and more. Accompanied by the rotation of the Yin wind vortex, the black gravel transformed into runes, continuously linking together to form chains of order. Then, countless chains of order twisted and began to transform into a vortex, quickly gathering together within the Yin wind vortex, gradually forming a vortex.

A rotating, weak vortex!

Coaxial and resonant with the Yin wind vortex.

Where was that black gravel just gravel? It was clearly runes, the most basic vortex particles.

"Not bad, not bad! You actually managed to cultivate it. I just don't know what level of power this mental storm belongs to."

Zhang Chen looked at the storm vortex within the Heng acupoint, a hint of relief in his eyes.

Although the mental storm vortex was weak, merely in its nascent state, it already had a foundation. Soon, Zhang Chen's speed of devouring the mental storm would only increase, and Zhang Chen wouldn't be far from cultivating the second stage of the Sand Unification Art.

The vortex had two layers. The outermost layer was the vortex of Yin wind belonging to the Underworld, and the innermost layer was the vortex of the mental storm.

The outer Yin wind vortex rotated, driving the inner mental storm vortex to rotate. At this time, the second layer of the Sand Unification Art already had some semblance of a prototype.

With the formation of the mental storm vortex, Zhang Chen's speed of devouring the mental storm also began to accelerate sharply. Without Zhang Chen needing to deliberately manipulate the incantation, as long as Zhang Chen breathed, the vortex within his acupoint would automatically draw the power of the mental storm in the air, pouring it into the acupoint and being devoured by the rotating vortex.

Zhang Chen retreated continuously, the mental storm pressing closer step by step. Finally, after ten days, Zhang Chen's Heng acupoint vibrated, and the mental storm vortex completely formed, fully transforming into a stable form, fitting together with the Yin wind vortex, and then gradually merging.

Although it was a fusion, they were still distinct.

"It's done!" Zhang Chen felt a burst of joy in his heart at this moment, sensing the vortex formed within his acupoint. Looking again at the mental storm in the distance, sweeping faster and faster, he transformed into a vampire bat without a word and ran.

Now, the speed of the mental storm had reached three meters per breath, more than ten times faster than at the beginning.

Zhang Chen transformed into a vampire bat and rushed out of the storm's range, heading all the way towards the space entrance. He didn't want to be buried in the spatial turbulence.

"When the first heaven is destroyed, there will definitely be essence left behind. If you can obtain it, you might be able to open up a human body world."

The Great自在Heavenly Devil ran out to mutter.

"Do you think I can withstand the spatial turbulence outside the world?" Zhang Chen retorted.

Although he had the Wind-Calming Pill to prevent the mental storm from harming him, if the entire first heaven of the mental world disappeared, he would be trapped in endless spatial turbulence. What difference would that make from being dead?

"Of course you can't resist it," the Great自在Heavenly Devil said, his voice full of regret. "What a pity!"

Zhang Chen's greatest advantage was that he knew his own limits, knowing how big his stomach was and how many bowls of rice he could eat. Once the mental world was destroyed, the mental storm would turn into spatial turbulence. At that time, the Wind-Calming Pill would lose its effect, and Zhang Chen would inevitably be strangled in the spatial turbulence.

Zhang Chen arrived at the entrance, looking at the laborers and soldiers carrying objects from afar. He revealed his figure, and after a moment of contemplation, he gathered some wild grass to use as camouflage, put on a bamboo hat, and walked towards the entrance.

He didn't use the invisibility talisman. There were Yang God Realm experts watching the space entrance, and using invisibility would only attract more attention.

However, although Zhang Chen wanted to avoid trouble, ripples still arose.

Zhang Chen stepped out of the space channel. As soon as he appeared, a person who looked like a steward immediately walked up and blocked Zhang Chen's path.

The steward blocked Zhang Chen, and dozens of other people dressed as stewards stood aside and watched.

"This brother, I am a steward of the Sun family. Did you obtain anything good in the immortal realm? My Sun family is willing to buy it at a premium," a middle-aged man in his thirties looked at Zhang Chen with a smile, his face full of amiability.

"No! I didn't get anything! Only this grass. Do you want it?" Zhang Chen looked at the Sun family steward who had surrounded him and said unhurriedly.

The Sun family steward saw that Zhang Chen was wearing a bamboo hat, looking like he couldn't be seen in the light, and said with a smile:

"Of course! How about ten taels of silver?"

Ten taels of silver for a bundle of grass. Zhang Chen was stunned. No wonder those people would go to work in the mental world regardless of everything.

The two sides completed the transaction, and Zhang Chen turned around and left directly, without lingering at all.

However, Zhang Chen hadn't gone far when he was stopped by a group of people in a wilderness area.

It was a young master, looking to be around twenty years old, wearing a white robe that remained spotless in this desolate wilderness.

His face was like jade, without any flaws on his handsome face, looking like he was pampered and well-cared for.

Behind him followed dozens of warriors in armor, standing respectfully behind him, blocking Zhang Chen's path.

"Please stop, sir," the young man blocked Zhang Chen and said with a smile.

Zhang Chen paused, his eyes sweeping over the people in front of him. Recalling the words of the Sun family steward earlier, he knew that trouble had come.

"May I ask for your name?" the young man said.

"What is it?" Zhang Chen asked.

Although he was wary of the Yang God Realm experts here and didn't want to provoke trouble, he wasn't necessarily afraid of trouble. The Surveillance Office and Xie Lingyun were nearby, so he wasn't too afraid of trouble.

“You still haven't answered my question.” The young man said slowly, “My name is Gong Bao. You should know my background just by hearing my name! To avoid further trouble, please take off your hat and state your name. If the power behind you is greater than mine, I will apologize and let you pass. If you don't have any background…”

“What if I have no background?” Zhang Chen frowned.

“I'm going to search you!” Gong Bao smiled wickedly, “To prevent any fish from slipping through the net and causing the leakage of mysterious objects, everyone leaving the Northern Territory must be checked by us. Of course, if the power behind you is greater than mine, then pretend I didn't say anything.”

Zhang Chen was speechless upon hearing this. He had taken so many precautions, but he didn't expect these dignitaries to be so shameless, completely denying ordinary people the chance to muddle through.

Moreover, this guy in front of him was an extreme example, taking snobbery to the extreme!

Gong Bao said with a smile, “To prevent you from being ignorant and hurting our harmony, I must also remind you that as long as you don't have a powerful force behind you, you will definitely be intercepted and searched by various forces when you leave later. All directions have already been covered by the nets of various families. Even if you don't meet me, you will meet others. If you have obtained a mysterious object, it will definitely be bought and sold by the other party against your will. If you have mastered the power of abilities, you will definitely be recruited by various families as thugs!”

Zhang Chen didn't want to cause trouble, nor did he want to be searched, so he looked at the young man in front of him and chose to lie: “I am from the Pingbian Royal Mansion. How dare you block my way?”

The largest forces in the Northern Territory were the Pingbian Royal Mansion and the Inspection Division. Zhang Chen didn't believe that the other party's power could be greater than the Pingbian Royal Mansion.

“Do you have any proof?” Gong Bao asked.

“No!” Zhang Chen replied.

“Then I'm sorry, I can only search you!” Gong Bao waved his hand, signaling the armored soldiers to step forward and search him.

Zhang Chen frowned upon seeing this. Of course, he couldn't let them search him, because whether it was his slingshot or the Golden Wind Flower, once discovered, they would attract covetous eyes.

So, looking at the approaching warriors, Zhang Chen sighed softly and drew the long knife from his waist: “So, I can only fight, right?”

Although the warriors were wearing armor, their movements were still agile, aiming for Zhang Chen's vital points.

If it were before, Zhang Chen might have found it tricky to encounter warriors wearing armor, but since he had cultivated the Mountain Moving Technique, he felt like he could do it again.

Although the initial stage of the Mountain Moving Technique only allowed Zhang Chen to move 12,000 catties of weight, rather than saying that Zhang Chen had 12,000 catties of strength, it could still do many things.

For example, when the armored soldier in front of him attacked Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen dodged the armored soldier's attack, then grabbed the other party's belt and directly used the Mountain Moving Technique. The mere two-hundred-catties armored soldier was like a ball of cotton in his hands, directly smashed towards another person.

Zhang Chen's Blood Control Technique had evolved to the fifth level, and his physical fitness far surpassed human warriors. Whether it was reaction speed or attack speed, coupled with ultrasound, it turned him into a martial arts master.

The warrior had already refined his strength, but he had no resistance in Zhang Chen's hands and was directly lifted up by Zhang Chen and turned into a weapon.

Then there was the sound of iron armor colliding, and screams rang out continuously. Zhang Chen swung the armored soldier like a whirlwind, no matter how dozens of armored soldiers around him were wearing iron armor and holding sharp weapons, they could not get close to Zhang Chen at all.

“Use crossbows! Kill him!”

Gong Bao ordered coldly after seeing Zhang Chen's actions, not caring about the life or death of the armored soldier held by Zhang Chen.

Dozens of warriors distanced themselves, wanting to take out their crossbows, but how could Zhang Chen give them a chance?

The armored soldier in his hand was like a cannonball, wrapped in a whistling wind, and smashed towards the group of armored soldiers. Then Zhang Chen turned and pounced towards Gong Bao.

“You want to catch me?” Gong Bao shook his head upon hearing this, his eyes full of mockery: “My Gong family is born sacred, mastering the power of the gale. How can you mortals understand? Although you have a bit of strength, you are still a mortal, just fireflies.”

Looking at the approaching Zhang Chen, Gong Bao stood still and didn't even move a hand, grabbing towards the void. The next moment, dozens of wind blades silently shot towards Zhang Chen.

He was no longer holding back at this time and had already launched a deadly attack on Zhang Chen.

“Mastering the power of the gale?” Zhang Chen's eyes were a little strange when he saw the other party's methods.

The thing Zhang Chen feared the least was the power of wind. Did he think his Wind Stabilizing Pill was just for show?

The wind blade was invisible and without form, and there was no whistling sound, which was truly hard to defend against.

Zhang Chen didn't block it, but let the wind blade stab at him and continued to pounce towards Gong Bao. Gong Bao shook his head as he watched Zhang Chen's actions, then chuckled: “Little ant, how ridiculous.”

However, when the wind blade approached Zhang Chen by a meter, the Wind Stabilizing Pill within his mana flickered slightly, and Gong Bao's wind blade directly dissipated.

Gong Bao was waiting to see Zhang Chen torn into eight pieces, but then he saw that Zhang Chen had directly rushed in front of him. Then, before Gong Bao could react, Zhang Chen had already landed a palm on Gong Bao's shoulder.

“Stop! Don't hurt the young master!”

The surrounding armored soldiers were shocked to see this scene and rushed towards Zhang Chen, but it was too late.

“Ant!”

Facing the approaching Zhang Chen, Gong Bao was not surprised or panicked. A cyan light罩 appeared around his body, which was a gale formed by high-speed circulating wind.

If Zhang Chen's hand dared to land on his shoulder, it would definitely be shattered and torn into powder by the gale.

But at the moment when Zhang Chen's palm fell, the gale disappeared out of thin air. Before Gong Bao could react, Zhang Chen had already grabbed the other party's shoulder, and the Body Immobilization Talisman turned into golden light and directly drilled into the other party's body.

Then Gong Bao was stunned, staring blankly at Zhang Chen in front of him, his eyes full of disbelief.