Xu Chuan's vision went black. When he could see again, he found that his surroundings had changed.
He had entered the small world.
However, Ning Youci, who had been teleported with him, was not by his side.
This must be a random teleportation array, and they had been sent to different locations.
Xu Chuan didn't overthink it. He first observed his surroundings.
It was a dense forest, with lush vegetation, shrouded in a thin mist. The heaven and earth spiritual energy was rich, several times stronger than outside.
Vaguely, he could hear the roars of some demonic beasts.
This proved that there were demonic beasts in this small world.
This forced Xu Chuan to be cautious.
"The spiritual energy concentration in this small world is quite high, I fear there are some powerful demonic beasts. I must rendezvous with Ning Youci quickly!"
Xu Chuan mused inwardly.
He stopped lingering and began to walk out of the dense forest.
Previously, Ning Youci had given him a jade slip that recorded her aura, allowing Xu Chuan to find her location at any time.
She must have known that the teleportation array was random, hence her arrangement.
This greatly saved Xu Chuan's time.
He didn't travel at full speed.
Instead, he remained vigilant of his surroundings at all times.
After all, this was an unknown small world, and Xu Chuan didn't know what dangers it might hold.
But it was always better to be careful.
If he moved too fast and encountered danger, he wouldn't be able to evade it in time, which would be disastrous.
However, things turned out as Xu Chuan had anticipated.
Not long after he started walking, Xu Chuan sensed movement in the grass ahead.
Immediately, a huge lizard-like demonic beast charged out.
It was a Flame Lizard at the first level of the Transcending Mortal realm. Xu Chuan recognized it.
Upon seeing Xu Chuan, the charging Flame Lizard opened its bloody maw and lunged at him.
Seeing the Flame Lizard's action, Xu Chuan's expression turned cold.
"Seeking death!"
He swung his God Killing Blade towards its head.
Boom!
After a loud bang, the lizard's head was crushed and embedded in the ground.
With just one strike, the Flame Lizard met its demise.
Dealing with demonic beasts at the first level of the Transcending Mortal realm was now effortless for Xu Chuan, usually one strike per beast.
After killing the Flame Lizard, Xu Chuan dug out its demonic core.
Then, he walked towards the grassy area.
Where there are demonic beasts guarding, there are bound to be spirit herbs growing.
This was almost a theorem.
He pushed aside the grass.
As expected.
A spirit herb appeared before Xu Chuan.
The spirit herb was entirely verdant green, with oval leaves the size of a thumb. At its tip, however, was a fiery red fruit, shaped like a candle.
"A thousand-year-old Spirit Candle Fruit!"
Xu Chuan recognized it at a glance.
This was a rather precious spirit herb. Consuming it raw could increase one's cultivation and condense spiritual energy. It was also the main ingredient for refining the Creation Pill.
The Creation Pill, when consumed, induced hallucinations, allowing one to experience different lives, condense their soul, and with a certain chance, awaken their Martial Soul!
Outside, a single Creation Pill was worth a million low-grade spirit stones.
As the main ingredient for the Creation Pill, the Spirit Candle Fruit was also extraordinarily valuable, fetching a price of at least 400,000 low-grade spirit stones.
Four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones!
The Chen family, such a large clan, had accumulated only slightly more than that amount of spirit stones over centuries!
And Xu Chuan had achieved such a harvest just after entering the small world.
"The small world is indeed rich in resources!"
"No wonder so many factions and rogue cultivators go mad whenever a small world appears. The wealth within is immense!"
Xu Chuan sighed with emotion.
Unlike secret realms.
Small worlds were generally formed naturally, or were fragments of shattered worlds that drifted in the void and were captured by powerful individuals, thus becoming private property.
Moreover, small worlds had complete yin and yang and the five elements, with mild spiritual energy and weather. They contained numerous life forms and rare treasures.
Unlike secret realms, which were artificially created, with chaotic rules, and everything within was placed there beforehand by someone.
Generally, the harvest from small worlds far surpassed that from secret realms.
Xu Chuan picked the Spirit Candle Fruit and stored it in a jade box.
He left the verdant green plant untouched.
He let it continue to grow there, waiting for the next destined person.
After completing these tasks, Xu Chuan continued forward.
Two hours later, Xu Chuan finally arrived at Ning Youci's location, guided by the jade slip.
However.
Before Xu Chuan could get close.
He felt a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
In the distance, dust clouds rose, and the sounds of battle continued.
"Something's happening?"
Xu Chuan immediately moved stealthily in that direction.
Upon reaching the vicinity, Xu Chuan finally saw Ning Youci.
However, her situation was not good at the moment.
She was surrounded by a group of lions, struggling to move.
These lions were all at the Transcending Mortal realm, and the leader among them possessed an extremely powerful aura.
Clearly, this was a Divine Ability realm male lion.
These lions continuously pounced at Ning Youci.
However, she did not show any panic, her bow and arrows constantly shot out.
The arrows pierced the sky, striking the lions, which immediately disintegrated into dust.
Soon, these lions were all eliminated by Ning Youci alone, leaving only the Divine Ability realm lion.
"Roar!"
Seeing its pack perish under the arrows, the Divine Ability realm lion let out a heaven-shattering roar and lunged at Ning Youci.
Its massive claws aimed to strike Ning Youci down in one blow.
However, Ning Youci was not intimidated by this sudden attack.
She dodged the attack with a swift movement and then shot an arrow at the lion.
The arrow hit.
The Divine Ability realm lion cried out in pain and became even more frenzied, launching countless attacks at Ning Youci.
However, Ning Youci dodged them all methodically.
"As expected of a princess of Great Wei, her strength and awareness are indeed remarkable!"
Xu Chuan watched from not far away, sighing with emotion.
Just then, a Divine Ability realm lioness suddenly darted out from the adjacent woods and launched a sneak attack from behind, unnoticed by both of them.
Ning Youci was struck by the lioness's claw, and a mouthful of blood spewed from her mouth.
She was sent flying backward, heading directly towards Xu Chuan.
Seeing this, Xu Chuan immediately stepped forward to catch Ning Youci, preventing her from suffering secondary injuries from hitting the ground.
Ning Youci was also startled and turned to find Xu Chuan catching her.
Feeling the warmth in Xu Chuan's embrace, her face flushed slightly. She struggled a few times before standing up from his arms.
"Are you alright?"
Xu Chuan asked.
"I'm fine, thank you!"
Ning Youci was wearing soft armor underneath, so the lioness's sneak attack didn't cause her significant injury, only making her spit blood due to the immense force.
Being held in a stranger's arms, however, made her feel quite shy.
Seeing this, Xu Chuan nodded.
Then.
He stepped out with his blade, facing the two Divine Ability realm lions together with Ning Youci.
Clang!
The long blade sliced through the air, its terrifying blade aura lashing towards the male lion, accompanied by boundless killing intent.
Behind him, Ning Youci was not to be outdone.
Streams of cold light followed closely, joining Xu Chuan in confronting the female lion.
Roar!
The two lions roared. The male lion suddenly lunged at Xu Chuan, a gust of foul wind preceding it.
Xu Chuan's expression was calm.
The Great Sun Spiritual Energy surged within him. The moment the male lion pounced, he unleashed the strongest killing move of his God Killing Blade technique!
Life or Death.
The God Killing Blade, carrying extremely intense killing intent and malevolence, directly slashed at the male lion.
With a *ch* sound.
The male lion was cleaved in two mid-air by the God Killing Blade.
The skin of the Divine Ability realm demonic beast offered no resistance to the God Killing Blade, as if slicing through tofu with ease.
Meanwhile, Ning Youci also unleashed her strongest killing move, cleanly and efficiently dispatching the female lion.
Thus.
Both Divine Ability realm demonic beasts met their end at the hands of two Transcending Mortal realm martial cultivators.