Chapter 59 First Battle!

There was no intense gunfire as Master Wang had anticipated.

The moment he pulled the trigger, the hairs on his arms stood on end, and a signature blue beam of light appeared in his vision.

Ugh!

The rifle-shaped miniature laser cannon made a noise, and the bladed beast that was being targeted was unable to react at all. Suddenly, a bright green slime exploded from the top of its mouth!

It really works!

The bladed beast rolled forward and fell, its three-meter-long body struggling and convulsing.

The place where the power of the demon soul is active is their vital point: the inner layer of the upper part of their mouthparts!

Wang Jixuan immediately pointed his gun at another bladed beast.

Blade Beasts all possess basic intelligence.

It had already noticed Wang Jixuan. Its terrifying mandibles hissed, and its scarlet tongue protruded outwards. A visible ripple, illuminated by the corridor lights, swept towards Wang Jixuan!

The four people on the miners’ cart screamed in agony.

This is a psychological shock!

A foul stench filled the air, and my eardrums throbbed!

Wang Jixuan’s ears were ringing continuously!

If it were an ordinary human soldier, he would certainly be unable to stand at this moment.

But now, Wang Jixuan, kneeling and holding the gun, did not shake at all, and the sight had the indicator light pointed above the mouth of the bladed beast.

Just one more second, and the energy will be unleashed…

The bladed beast suddenly leaped sideways!

Its powerful bladed limbs unleashed astonishing force, its body slamming against the smooth stone wall of the mine. Then it sprinted forward, leaping and running towards the fork in the road where Wang Jixuan was, directly overtaking the mine cart that was moving at a steady speed!

The Blade Beast and the minecart crashed into each other almost simultaneously!

Wang Jixuan steadily pulled the trigger.

Dark green blood burst from the left side of the Blade Beast’s mouthparts, and its two forelimbs were cleaved off like large blades!

Wang Jixuan held the miniature laser cannon in his right hand, rolled forward, and used the alloy box on his back to withstand the attack.

Sizzle—

Two figures passed each other, one above the other!

The scraping sound of metal was incredibly harsh, and the Blade Beast’s forelimbs drew two sparks across the alloy box.

The mine cart rushed out of the fork, turned along the track, and plunged into the main tunnel above, carrying four miners to safety.

The bladed beast lunged forward more than ten meters due to inertia, then turned around and roared at Wang Jixuan.

Wang Jixuan, carrying the alloy box on his back and stepping on the power armor, took two slow, sideways steps.

Master Wang turned off the walkie-talkie that came with the power armor to make sure that he wouldn’t send the spell back to Wan Xiaoqi later.

He casually tossed a high-explosive grenade, which landed precisely in the mouth of the still twitching blade beast, and then jumped backward.

Thump!

With a muffled explosion, the bladed beast spat out streams of green blood from its mouth, but cracks appeared only on its tail and waist.

The bladed beast finally stopped trembling;

It achieved liberation from the inside out.

The Blade Beast at the entrance of the passage was clearly enraged. It roared again and released a mental shock. It exerted force with all six limbs at the same time, its body lunged forward and curled up, with the spikes on its back standing upright one by one!

It charged toward Wang Jixuan in the form of a wheel!

There were several bladed beasts deeper in the horizontal passage, and Wang Jixuan dared not venture too far in rashly.

He steadily raised the miniature laser cannon in his hand, disregarding accuracy, and pulled the trigger for the third time.

A hole has appeared in the Blade Beast’s shell!

Wang Jixuan leaped, his legs, powered by a motor, forming a split in mid-air, then lowered his head and braced his back against the top of the passageway.

The blade beast’s spikes were only a few centimeters away from his vital parts at their closest point;

The Vajra talisman stuck to Wang Jixuan’s inner thigh was almost activated.

hiss–

The bladed beast roared again, spread its limbs, and screeched to a halt as its bladed limbs scraped against the ground and the mine walls. It then turned to look at Wang Jixuan.

Master Wang landed steadily, fixed the miniature laser cannon to the armor bracket on his chest, squinted slightly, and waved to the bladed beast.

The Blade Beast leaped and charged again, drops of green juice spurting from its two wounds.

Wang Jixuan casually tossed out more than a dozen talismans.

In the dark, unmonitored passage, more than a dozen fireballs exploded in succession.

The bladed beast was blasted around and swayed, roaring as it charged forward.

Wang Jixuan rapidly formed hand seals, chanted incantations, and used the Seven Stars Rushing Moon Step in reverse, retreating at a speed comparable to charging forward, maintaining as much distance as possible from the Blade Beast and constantly looking for an opportunity!

The Blade Beast roared once more!

call out!

Whoosh!

Three bone-piercing nails shot out!

The bone-piercing nail, made from the exoskeleton of the Blade Beast, was firmly driven into the Blade Beast’s mouthparts under the infusion of spiritual power and the enhancement of restrictions!

A ritual implement is called a ritual implement because a cultivator can use it to cast spells.

The Blade Beast continued its charge, while Wang Jixuan steadily retreated, his sword fingers flashing rapidly as he chanted incantations incessantly.

Three bone-piercing nails embedded in the mouthpiece of a beast shone with a blue-green light!

“The Way of Heaven and Earth is profound; all impurities must be dispelled!”

“Purple Mansion Cavern, chant my Great Origin!”

“All directions are in motion, the six divine swords shine!”

“When the evil spirits vanish, the true nature of the Tao is revealed!”

“Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!”

He pointed his sword forward and pushed out a ray of light, while the three bone-piercing nails simultaneously exploded with a blue light!

The blade beast’s mandibles snapped shut, its charging body tumbling to the ground. It tried desperately to raise its head, but it couldn’t utter a single scream before its body crashed to the ground limply.

The demon’s spirit vanished!

Wang Jixuan swept his left hand lightly, and three bone-piercing nails slowly flew out and landed in his palm.

A magic spell drained one-fifth of his vital energy.

‘This monk is still pretty weak.’

Wang Jixuan dared not delay. He looked around and spotted several miners hiding in a corner.

He immediately shouted, “Run! Major Ling Tong is here to save you!”

The miners hurriedly got up and helped each other run toward the fork in the road.

Wang Jixuan waited for a while, and once no one was around, he quickly turned around.

Where is the Blade Beast’s crystal core?

Ignoring the dirt, he pressed his right hand on the back of the beast’s corpse, carefully sensing the location of the crystal core, and pulled out the alloy dagger from beside his leg.

Although the dagger couldn’t cut through the beast’s outer armor, it could pierce the joint at the edge of the armor.

Wang Jixuan could only try to pull it out with his bare hands.

Then it turned into stepping on it with my feet and pulling it with my hands, with spiritual energy flowing into my whole body.

More than ten seconds later.

“open!”

With a low growl, Wang Jixuan raised his hands high, and the skull of a blade beast, along with a small part of its carapace, was directly ripped off!

It’s full of a viscous green liquid!

Boundless Heavenly Venerable!

When has the Taoist priest ever done such dirty work!

He suppressed his discomfort, carefully sensed the energy, held his breath, and reached in with his right hand, grasping the area where the spiritual energy fluctuations were most concentrated…

Found it!

Wang Jixuan pulled out a crystal core the size of his little finger.

Uh, the spiritual energy doesn’t seem to be very abundant.

This crystal core, also from a low-level basic blade beast, is larger than the six he obtained from the House of Spiritual Abilities, but it has one-third less spiritual power.

‘This thing even has a “selected product from the Psionic House” label?’

Wang Jixuan raised an eyebrow and smiled.

He felt a sense of peace and satisfaction he had never experienced before.

He used the sealing talisman to wrap the Blade Beast’s crystal core and rushed to another Blade Beast that had swallowed a grenade in its dying moments.

Having already gained experience, opening the shell and digging out the crystal core becomes much faster.

Furthermore, the blood of a living Blade Beast is green and full of spiritual energy;

After peeling back the blade beast’s exoskeleton, the green muscles also contained spiritual energy;

Their internal organs are too.

If he were in a more stable environment, Wang Jixuan would definitely have already taken action, making some talismans, setting up a barbecue grill, making a couple of small pancakes, sprinkling some cumin and sweet bean sauce… using any means necessary to obtain spiritual energy!

However, the current environment does not allow it. He has already sensed traces of other bladed beasts on the edge of his mind, and they are chasing after the miners who did not have time to escape.

‘Poor mortals.’

The real battlefield is further down; there are probably six more Blade Beasts in this horizontal passage.

The explosions below were incredibly frequent; Ling Tong was slaughtering the Blade Beasts…

Wang Jixuan pondered carefully.

He couldn’t very well collect crystal cores in front of Ling Tong.

Given Ling Tong’s personality, she would definitely report this matter to the war zone. In that case, the fact that he could improve his strength would inevitably be known to the higher-ups of the war zone, and most likely to the Thirteenth Institute.

Wang Jixuan leaned against the wall, mentally organizing his experience fighting the Blade Beast, and turned on the walkie-talkie of his power armor.

The sound of Wan Xiaoqi sobbing could be heard from the other end.

Master Wang immediately looked puzzled.

“Dad, Mom, there’s really no sound from Wang Zheng’s side. He’s probably been eaten by the Blade Beast. The location signal is still active, so he’s probably inside the Blade Beast’s belly! Tch, tch! What a handsome young man!”

“Sigh,” Uncle Tai sighed, “how are we going to explain this to Ling Tong?”

Sister Wan sighed: “Xiao Wang was a good boy. If Ling Tong knew that he died to support her, she would definitely be very upset… Did he not have a pulse signal? Alas, we haven’t even had time to install a pulse detection chip on him yet.”

Wang Jixuan: ……

Should we let them continue to misunderstand?

He used his senses to find his next hunting target and whispered, “The signal was jammed just now, but I’m fine.”

“Xiao Wang!”

“Wang Zheng is still alive!”

“Don’t shout, don’t let Ling Tong hear!” Uncle Tai hurriedly called out.

Wang Jixuan asked softly, “How is Ling Tong doing?”

“In the suppression of the Blade Beasts, a tunnel was dug out by the Blade Beasts in the rest area of ​​the middle level of the mine, and another small group of Blade Beasts rushed out, but they were all suppressed by the leader!”

Wan Xiaoqi asked quickly:

How are things going on your end?

“I’m fine. Can you see how many Blade Beasts are ahead of me?”

“We can see an energy reaction. There’s one small one, and six more! They ran over from the middle rest area! They’re in groups of three!”

“I’ll try to solve them, but don’t tell Ling Tong, so as not to distract her.”

Wang Jixuan said calmly:

“This laser cannon isn’t very useful, and the Blade Beast knows how to dodge. Are there any other high-powered individual combat equipment? I mean, for later use.”

“Huh? You can really defeat the Blade Beast?” Uncle Tai’s voice was full of shock.

“I have some unique combat tips… That’s all for now, I’ll keep you updated! If any new Blade Beasts enter this horizontal passage, or if support troops rush into this area, please let me know immediately!”

“Okay, okay!”

Wan Xiaoqi’s voice trembled slightly.

They have discovered that two bladed beasts behind Wang Jixuan have completely lost their energy signals.

Wang Jixuan turned off his microphone, stepped onto his powered mecha, and charged forward with his laser cannon in hand.

Around the corner ahead, three bladed beasts were devouring human corpses, and the screams of several humans whose waists had been severed could be heard.

Master Wang has already formulated a battle plan.

First, set up a simple ambush, then use this miniature laser cannon to launch a sneak attack, lock onto the active location of a Blade Beast’s demonic soul, and burn through it with the laser cannon.

Then, using the Bone-Piercing Nail and the Demon-Slaying Technique as the main fighting methods, they eliminated the other two.

For the rest, adapt to the situation.

Wang Jixuan did not put down the alloy box on his back. This thing was indeed hard enough, and could be used as a shield in critical moments.

For Master Wang at present, cultivation level is the only limiting factor in his combat power.

Jump! Charge forward!

Talisman, incantation, body, and weapon—all four methods are activated simultaneously!

Exterminate demons and uphold justice!

…

well!

Even a skilled cook can’t cook without rice.

Standing beside the three skeletons of the bladed beasts, Wang Jixuan finally experienced the pain of limited cultivation and insufficient magical power.

In order to save time, Wang Jixuan could only set up a few simple traps. Apart from using a laser cannon to cripple one of the Blade Beasts, he killed the other two Blade Beasts in a head-on battle.

The situation was dire, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

He could have been killed by these lowest-ranking basic blade beasts by the slightest mistake.

After he finished dealing with the second wave of three bladed beasts, he only had one-third of his energy left. His talisman stockpile was almost exhausted, one of the three bone-piercing nails exploded, and the other two restrictions were also unstable.

After he pried open the skulls and exoskeletons of these bladed beasts and dug out their crystal cores…

The energy in the dantian vortex has decreased.

When all hope is lost, one should not force the issue.

Five crystal cores are enough. Three will be used to advance to the Spirit Gathering stage, and two will be used to make a magic weapon with spirit stones.

Wang Jixuan was making these plans.

The three bladed beasts were still some distance away, and were still attacking other humans.

Wang Jixuan looked around and saw that the dozen or so human corpses were even more pitiful, most of them with their heads or limbs severed.

According to Wan Xiaoqi’s feedback, military support will arrive in about three minutes.

“Very well, I must act according to my abilities. Going now, I’m no match for those three demonic beasts. As long as I’m alive, I can always make a comeback.”

Wang Jixuan hardened his heart and was about to turn around and leave.

Guh—

What’s that noise?

Am I hallucinating?

It was as if a pair of eyes were watching him from behind the thick rock layers of the mine wall.

Wang Jixuan felt a chill run through his body.

At the edge of his spiritual sense, the three-headed bladed beast, which was originally far away, suddenly abandoned the miners and rushed toward him!

Taoist priest uses vulgar language!

Wang Jixuan turned and ran, as the amount of energy in his body was simply not enough to kill the three-headed bladed beast!

Unless it’s a sneak attack or there’s no teammate to cover you, a miniature laser cannon wielded by one person is practically useless!

An even more horrifying scene unfolded within his spiritual perception range:

The three-headed beasts were originally running in a triangular formation—Master Wang simply labeled them A, B, and C—Beast A suddenly pounced on Beast B. A’s mouth opened, and a tongue that looked like a tentacle appeared inside, sucking onto B’s back. Beast B’s back flashed with a brilliant light, and this light quickly flowed into A’s body.

Spiritual energy converges!

The spiritual energy was transferred to the Armored Beast!

The absorbed beast collapsed, powerless.

The Armored Beast pounced on the Blade Beast in front of it, and the same thing happened in two seconds.

Wang Jixuan kept running at top speed, and it was too late to take off his power armor.

The Armored Beast’s six bladed limbs swelled up, while its bloated abdomen shrank considerably. A layer of crystal appeared on the outside of its mouthparts, and its forward speed increased significantly.

Low-level mutated bladed beast!

It chased after Wang Jixuan, and within five or six seconds it saw Wang Jixuan’s back and transformed into a wheel!