Supreme Sword God

Chapter 925: Chapter 924: First Battle with the Evil Spirit

After bidding farewell to Lu Li, Ye Chen set off on his own.

When he was by the Outer Sea, he had already heard from his uncle, Liu Mubai, about how dangerous the Forbidden Zone was.

After entering the Inner Sea, the worried and tense expression on Lu Li’s face further illustrated the terrors of the Forbidden Zone.

Therefore, even though he was still within the range covered by the lighthouse and everything seemed safe, Ye Chen didn’t show the slightest carelessness.

The slightest negligence could lead to unimaginable serious consequences.

The Forbidden Zone is where the God Corpse was uncovered.

The Inner Sea’s Three Alliances, including the Ten Thousand Islands Sect, extract Divine Power, Divine Perception, and Divine Blood from the God Corpse.

The biggest difference between the Ten Thousand Islands Sect and the scattered forces within the Inner Sea lies in the aspects of Divine Power, Divine Perception, and Divine Blood.

It can be said that the Forbidden Zone, to a large extent, influences the situation in the Celestial Burial Sea Inner Sea.

He moved forward all the way.

Not long after, Ye Chen had already left the area bathed in the lighthouse’s glow.

…

At the same time.

Liu Yang from the Body Alliance, accompanied by several people, also entered the Forbidden Zone.

“Everyone, you’re aware of the situation, so I won’t say much. My only goal this time in entering the Forbidden Zone is to ensure that once Ye Chen goes in, he never comes out!”

Liu Yang’s tone was extremely hostile.

As soon as he finished speaking, he erupted into a violent cough.

The injuries inflicted by Ye Chen were too severe, and although he came from a well-off family and even consumed Divine Blood, he couldn’t fully recover in a short time.

“Liu Yang, both Vice Alliance Leader Zhang and the Great Guardian have turned their attention to Ye Chen. If we act, the risk we’re taking is not ordinary.”

“Indeed, it’s not that we don’t want to help, but helping you, in the event that things go south, could mean that no one will be able to escape unscathed.”

“It’s really unfortunate, we’re sorry, but we are powerless.”

Liu Yang had anticipated these reactions long ago; he said, “Everyone, I know there’s some risk this time, but I won’t let you help in vain.

If it’s done, within a year, I’ll give each of you ten drops of five percent purity Divine Blood as thanks.

Moreover, at the critical point when you need resources to achieve sanctification of the flesh, the Liu Family can cover half.

Additionally, within three months, each of you will receive a handy holy weapon!”

The promise Liu Yang made was quite enticing. Those who had been saying they couldn’t help were now considering it.

Actually, their reluctance wasn’t genuine; they just wanted to see what Liu Yang was willing to offer.

Clearly, Liu Yang’s conditions had moved them.

“Liu Yang, is this your intention, or the Liu Family’s?” a woman asked.

If it was only Liu Yang’s promise, they’d listen but not act on it.

Though the Liu Family could afford those items, whether they were willing to give them was another matter.

Liu Yang waved his right arm, revealing a crimson-gold token in his palm, and said, “This is the Young Master’s Token of the Liu Family. I just got it not long ago; you all didn’t know it.

Now, you should believe that I can represent the Liu Family!”

“Hahaha, congratulations Brother Liu on attaining the status of family young master. Rest assured, Brother Liu, we will definitely do our utmost to deal with Ye Chen.”

“Ye Chen indeed has great potential and extraordinary talent, but all that means something only if he has a future. If he’s dead, then all that potential becomes meaningless, and no one will truly investigate his death. In the Celestial Burial Sea, any genius who dies is just forgotten; nobody has time to mourn a dead man!”

“Killing someone on their first entry into the Forbidden Zone is really too easy. With a little manipulation, we can lure a pack of evil spirits near him, and have them deal with him. Even if someone investigates, it won’t trace back to us.”

Liu Yang clasped his hands towards the group and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. Let’s proceed according to plan!”

…

Ye Chen, moving alone within the Forbidden Zone, encountered quite a number of people in half a day.

Some appeared to be novices, traveling alone like Ye Chen, most likely people from the Body Alliance.

Because, only the Body Alliance would send newbies into the Forbidden Zone alone; the Martial Alliance, Spirit Alliance, and the Ten Thousand Islands Sect would arrange for experienced guides to lead new teams.

That’s just the situation.

The Flesh Dao training is the most difficult and has the least number of people. The mentoring approach isn’t very suitable for the Body Alliance, which also indirectly indicates that the Body Alliance has suffered a high number of casualties recently.

The Body Alliance’s arrangement does not prohibit newcomers from teaming up within the Forbidden Zone, but Ye Chen has no intention of forming a team.

The hundred-mile outer area was nothing significant, and having others join would just be a burden.

“When I came in, it was midday outside; it should be nighttime now,” Ye Chen muttered to himself.

Inside the Forbidden Zone, there’s no distinction between day and night.

Time can only be judged by one’s own intuition.

Ye Chen found a spot filled with large craters and then settled down at a relatively flat place.

Body Alliance Guardian Lu Li had specially emphasized that newcomers to the Body Alliance weren’t there to fight, but to survive, to get familiar with the environment. Just staying in one spot for ten days and leaving would count as completing the new task of the Body Alliance.

In the Storage Ring, there were three drops of Divine Blood with five percent purity, personally gifted by Lu Li.

With nothing better to do, Ye Chen simply took out a drop of Divine Blood and began refining it.

Being of triple cultivation, his main practice in the Elemental Martial Dao lagged behind the Flesh Dao and Spirit Dao, so he could only improve where conditions allowed.

After all, one is naturally meant to be strong.

The improvement in the Flesh Dao was consistently more swift and convenient than in the Martial Dao and Spirit Dao.

One drop of Divine Blood took Ye Chen half a day to completely refine.

His Qi Blood thickened and expanded.

The glow of his Qi Blood became even more radiant.

As Ye Chen was about to refine the second drop of Divine Blood, suddenly, his eyes opened wide, his profound gaze landed on a large nearby pit.

He saw a ghastly pale hand devoid of blood, slightly decomposed, clawing through the gravel and dirt at the bottom of the pit, dragging up a damaged body.

“Evil Spirit?”

Ye Chen’s heart tightened.

He had actually encountered an evil spirit!

Clearly, this was the body of a human who had once explored this Forbidden Zone and died here in battle. The body wasn’t disposed of in time and now it was occupied by the evil spirit’s will.

The battered evil spirit swayed its ragged neck, emitting a teeth-aching sound of clashing bones, and its hollow eyes fixed on Ye Chen’s position.

Ye Chen’s gaze also focused on the evil spirit.

It was his first encounter with such a thing, yet he was not the least bit tense.

Just treat it like a foreign race.

Destroy it!

The evil spirit stared at Ye Chen for a moment, emitted a low growl like a broken bellows, and then suddenly pounced forward.

A strange power instantly emanated from the evil spirit’s body.

The evil spirit’s arm flailed like a long whip, lashing out fiercely!

Facing the evil spirit’s attack, the corner of Ye Chen’s mouth slightly raised. In an instant, from stillness to movement, he launched a punch.