I Am Overlord - Chapter 121

Chapter 121

Chapter 121: Gold Serpentine Crocodile

Why had Xiang Shaoyun gone missing? Naturally, that was because he had left the group by himself . Even before arriving, he had already made his own plans . His main goal at the Battle of Towns was to train and temper himself, not honor and glory . If he stayed with the Martial Hall Palace disciples, whatever difficulties he encountered would be shared with the other disciples . It would be pointless then .

It was not that Xiang Shaoyun was an uncooperative person, but his priority right now was to grow as fast as he could . No matter what danger he encountered, even if his life was on the line, he wanted to face it himself .

Don't worry . If you guys encounter any danger, I will do my best to help, Xiang Shaoyun thought as he looked at the Martial Hall Palace above a boulder not far away .

Only after the Martial Hall Palace set off did he start moving as well .  

Apart from gold serpentine crocodiles, goldsteel stones and gold serpent fruits can also be found in the Golden River Valley . These are the actual treasures here, Xiang Shaoyun thought to himself .

The goldsteel stone was a king-grade material . Each of these stones was extremely tough and was excellent for equipment forging . If he could find some, they would be worth no less than high-grade spirit medicines .

As for the gold serpent fruit, it was even more extraordinary . It was capable of helping one form metal energy within one's body . The lowest grade this fruit could be was mid-grade spirit medicine . It also had the chance to become high-grade spirit medicine or even greater . Even Transformation Realm cultivators would covet something like this .

The main goal of the youths participating in the competition was to slay gold serpentine crocodiles . However, they all wished they could obtain some of these treasures as well . Before they arrived, the elders of the numerous academies had already briefed their respective disciples about all this .

Some also suspected that a huge secret was hidden inside the Golden River Valley, and this secret could answer the question as to why everything was gold in color . Unfortunately, many experts had already investigated and none of them could understand what was going on . As time went on, everyone moved on .

Xiang Shaoyun traveled on a remote path that very few disciples used . Because the path was filled with wild weeds and concentrated trees, visibility was low, making it a rather dangerous path to take . After all, with such low visibility, it was very hard for one to react to any danger in time .

Thus, very rarely did people select to travel on this path . But that was what Xiang Shaoyun did .  

The most dangerous place is also the best place to temper myself . I need to break through into the eighth stage as soon as possible, Xiang Shaoyun pondered to himself as he traveled .

At this moment, Little White was already perched on his shoulder, lazily stretching his body .

"Boss, the aura of this place gives me an extremely intimate sensation . I love this place," Little White said .

"The aura here is intimate with you? Are you sure?" Xiang Shaoyun asked in astonishment .

Demonic beasts had keen senses . Xiang Shaoyun was sure Little White must have discovered something .

"There, it is coming from the depths over there . Boss, can we go there? But I can also sense a thick demonic aura there," Little White said as he pointed in a certain direction .

"Sure . Just lead the way . Even if there is a Demon King, I am still going to try my luck," Xiang Shaoyun said, his battle intent surging .

They then headed toward the depths where Little White had pointed to . The depths were supposed to be the forbidden zone for disciples like them . Even Transformation Realm cultivators would not dare casually enter . In fact, the King Realm experts from Cloud Margin City had warned them about it before they had set off . It was unlikely for them to lie about this .

But Xiang Shaoyun’s strength boosted his courage . Thus, he was willingly heading straight toward danger . Not long after he started moving again, a figure leaped out from a bush . A massive jaw opened above him at a speed so fast any ordinary person would not be able to react to it .

Xiang Shaoyun seemed to have seen this attack coming a long time ago . He stepped to the side and chopped at the back of the attacking beast with his hand .

Bang!

Xiang Shaoyun's body had gone through the baptism of lightning . Every inch of his body was now extremely tough . A chop of his hand was capable of slicing even stones apart . To his surprise, this beast's body was actually even harder than stone .

The beast crashed onto the ground because of the attack, its appearance finally revealed clearly before Xiang Shaoyun . It had the head of a snake and the body of a crocodile . It was about three meters long, and its scales were gold in color . This was a rather odd looking beast .

It was a gold serpentine crocodile, the target of the disciples in this competition . This one was at the Intermediate Demon level .  

After taking Xiang Shaoyun's attack, numerous cracks had appeared on the surface of its head . But it was still alive .

It stood up again and whipped its tail at Xiang Shaoyun . With the sharp spikes on its tail, being struck by this tail wouldn't be fun at all . Against such a powerful attack, Xiang Shaoyun merely raised his foot and stomped down . He used 80 percent of his strength, causing the gold serpentine crocodile's tail to burst apart by the stomp .

The gold serpentine crocodile wailed in pain and tried to bite Xiang Shaoyun in retaliation . However, Xiang Shaoyun raised his foot and stomped down again, turning the gold serpentine crocodile's head into mincemeat .

Just like that, an Intermediate Demon level gold serpentine crocodile was stomped to death by Xiang Shaoyun . The jade plate he was carrying immediately reacted . A string of information was also transmitted to his brain: Killing a third-stage Intermediate Demon gold serpentine crocodile, 30 points awarded .

For this competition, Minor Demons would only grant a low amount of points . Even killing a ninth-stage Minor Demon would only earn one five points . Minor Demons below the ninth stage would give even fewer points . On the other hand, Intermediate Demons gave more . One could obtain 10 points from killing a first-stage Intermediate Demon, 20 points from a second-stage Intermediate Demon, and so on .  

As for Great Demons, one could obtain 200 points for killing a first-stage Great Demon, 300 points for a second-stage Great Demon, and so on . Thus, the higher the cultivation of the demonic beast, the more points one would be rewarded for killing it .

"Thirty points? This is merely the start," Xiang Shaoyun mumbled . He then continued traveling . But his travel was no longer peaceful . More and more gold serpentine crocodiles appeared . He started slaughtering his way as he traveled .

"Come! More!" Xiang Shaoyun said even as he severed the head of a gold serpentine crocodile with his Golden Wolf Sword .

Minor Demons and Intermediate Demons were hardly a match for Xiang Shaoyun . Thus, he traveled amid slaughtering, his body drenched wet with blood, looking like a grim executioner . With all the killings, the stars within him started pulsing at a greater intensity . The bottleneck of the seventh stage seemed to be swaying, as if he could now enter the next stage at any time .

Suddenly, five late-stage Intermediate Demon gold serpentine crocodiles appeared in Xiang Shaoyun’s vision . Behind them was a stalk of shiny gold orchid . The five gold serpentine crocodiles did not give Xiang Shaoyun any time to even think, as the moment he appeared, they pounced on him from five different angles .

Xiang Shaoyun did not fear these five beasts, but he could sense that an even more powerful demonic beast was approaching .