Gao Yuan sat back on the leisure chair, his spiritual consciousness reached out and swept towards the jade slip he had just received in his hand.
A moment later, a top-down map with an irregular long rectangular shape, accompanied by a description of more than a thousand words, appeared in his mind out of thin air.
According to the distance ruler marked at the bottom of the map, Gao Yuan did some conversions in his mind.
The area marked on this map is more than 800 miles long from north to south and about 300 miles wide from east to west, with a total area of more than 60,000 square kilometers.
Within this rectangular area, there are a total of twelve large and small mountain ranges.
Whether it is the overall trend of these mountains or the scale of the internal peaks, they are clearly marked on this map.
With the corresponding text information, Gao Yuan soon had a very intuitive understanding of the general features of this area located on the southeast side of the Northern Territory.
Among these six mountain ranges, the two mountain ranges that are farthest from each other and are also the largest have a special red mark somewhere.
Surrounding these red marks, there are two pieces of detailed label information.
[Race]: Ape-shaped monster
[Realm]: Early stage of third level
[Information]: A monster specializing in metal, specializing in a variety of powerful metal attack and defense spells.
Appendix: After years of tempering with demon power, his two arms have become extremely powerful.
Although the corresponding magical power has not yet been developed, the power of its treasured arms is no less than that of low-grade magic weapons that have been cultivated to the 'initial completion' stage. Whether used for attack or defense, they are extremely powerful.
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[Race]:Tiger-shaped monster
[Realm]: Early stage of third level
[Information]: A monster specializing in the wind attribute. It is good at a variety of powerful wind attribute attack spells. It is especially good at wind escape and its speed is extremely amazing.
Appendix: The specific part of this monster's treasure is unknown, but its roar is accompanied by a powerful soul attack effect, which can cause a strong shock or even stun effect on targets within a certain range.
This monster has already mastered the "supernatural" ability, so its roar is extremely penetrating.
Even if you master the means of soul defense, it is difficult to completely avoid the impact of its roar.
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"There are actually two third-level monsters in this area!"
"Before, I saw the distribution density of the territories of the second-order monster beasts hundreds of miles apart in the depths of the wild forest. I thought that the territories of the third-order monster beasts would further expand, resulting in only one third-order monster beast in this area!
"
After digesting the information in this map, Gao Yuan said to himself with excitement.
In particular, the description of the tiger-shaped monster in this map information intrigued him even more.
After all, the magical power 'Roar of the Giant Spirit', which he has not yet begun to practice, requires the body material of a third-level monster beast as a basis before he can start subsequent practice.
And like this tiger-shaped monster, it is a monster that is born with the ability to roar and attack.
If it is used to practice the 'Roar of the Giant Spirit', it will have an extremely huge amplification effect on the power of the latter after it is completed.
"Well, even though this tiger demon seems to have mastered the 'supernatural' ability, after all, the level of cultivation is only in the early stages."
"Even third-level monsters have a natural advantage in combat effectiveness compared to human monks."
"But with my current level of cultivation at the fourth level of the Hunyuan Realm, and supplemented by the Blue Sky Sword, which is approaching the 'Dacheng' stage, if I want to kill this tiger-shaped monster, the attack power should be more than enough."
"As for the sound of its roar, there shouldn't be much of a problem with the soul's attack power with the help of the new version of the top-notch 'Soul Seal' that uses a seventh-level talisman array."
"What's more, the 'Tian Jue Ning Yuan Gang Jin' itself also has a certain soul defense effect, plus the assistance of various puppets equipped with seventh-level talisman arrays."
"Even if I am not completely immune to the impact of its roar, its final impact on me should not be exaggerated!"
"What's more, as my cultivation realm improves, the power of the master-level skills has gradually emerged."
"Although there is no suitable actual combat target to confirm the combat effectiveness, with my current 'spiritual power concentration' and 'spiritual power storage limit', coupled with the condensation of the 'advanced crystallized magic core' at critical times, the benefits brought by
Powerful 'spiritual energy' endurance."
"Now, even if I face the monsters in the middle stage of the Three Realms, I'm afraid I'm still strong enough to fight!"
"Well, to be on the safe side, before setting off, we should go to the depths of the gray desert and practice with the 'Weird Demon'."
"Let's see how my strength progresses after this breakthrough."
"If everything goes well, we can leave for this no-man's land tomorrow."
"When the time comes, we'll start with the giant ape monster first. If there aren't any big problems in the battle, let's go after the tiger monster!"
After sitting on the leisure chair and thinking about it for a while, Gao Yuan quickly made up his mind.
Then he no longer delayed, and after leaving the underground stronghold, he quickly flew away in the direction of the 'grey desert'.
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Three hours later.
Gray Desert, North 16th District.
Gao Yuan's luck was quite good today. Not long after entering the 'yellow zone', he encountered his first 'weird demon'.
Looking at the 'weird demon' that appeared and flew toward him quickly, he had no intention of retreating.
Instead, he stood on the spot and quickly circulated his spiritual power, stimulating a burst of majestic 'Tian Jue Gang Jin'.
"Collapse style!"
Gao Yuan shouted loudly in his heart. At the same time, his right palm stretched out, wrapped in an unusually dense layer of invisible energy, and suddenly collided with the five-fingered black claw of the 'weird demon' opposite.
"boom!"
Accompanied by an excited muffled sound, Gao Yuan's expression did not change at all. He stood still and slightly shifted his shoulders, which offset the huge counter-shock force coming from his right arm.
Unlike his calmness, the 'devil' on the opposite side was much more embarrassed.
I saw that his body, which had not yet had time to activate the 'crystallization' ability, was like a sandbag that had been hit hard, trembling violently and flying backwards.
Before it even landed, fragments of different sizes scattered all over the ground along its flight trajectory.
After flying forty or fifty meters, it fell to the dark ground like a puddle of mud, completely lifeless.
Kill instantly with one palm!
So much so that this 'weird demon' didn't even use its 'clone' ability until it died!
"Breath of Another World 4..."
Even though he had expected this, Gao Yuan still felt a bit shocked when the gray-white system prompt message flashed in front of him.
Thinking back to the time when a strange demon was only at the level of 'Breath of Another World 3', he had to spend millions of intermediate spirit stones to kill it more safely.
But now, even the stronger 'Breath of Another World 4' level monster can't even resist a palm in his hand!
"So, am I already so strong without knowing it?"
Looking down at the palm of his right hand, he murmured subconsciously, and then a look of excitement appeared on his face.
"This way, I will feel more at ease about tomorrow's hunting operation!"
With his thoughts turning, he quickly stepped forward and dug out the high-level crystallized magic core from the body of this 'weird demon'.
Then he stopped stopping and started to patrol in this "yellow area" again.
…
night.
The dark clouds covered the moonlight and stars in the sky, making the ground below dark and invisible.
Outside the Mirage Mountains.
On the west side of the original Shilitai Town ruins, there is a large gathering place of scattered cultivators.
In a somewhat simple house.
"Squeak~"
Accompanied by a heart-wrenching sound of the door opening, figures one after another filed out of the courtyard gate of this house.
These people range in age from old to young, and their styles of clothing are also very different.
But the expressions on their faces were all roughly the same, gloomy, revealing the slightest hint of fear and anxiety.
Among these people, the three Zheng Song brothers were prominently listed.
Like everyone else, they all had deep sorrow in their brows and walked silently towards the house belonging to Zheng Song in the distance.
And as many figures, including Zheng Song and the other three, dispersed, the small house once again fell into silence.
Inside the house, among the two ordinary-looking houses, the one on the right is located.
Two egg-sized moonstones each emit bright moon-white light, illuminating everything in the room and also illuminating a figure sitting on an armchair in the corner of the room.
He was an old man with a thin face, he looked to be at least seventy years old.
He was wearing an ordinary, unremarkable robe, and his long, sparse hair was mostly white and black, barely covering his scalp.
A beard as straight as straw and a pair of swollen and dark bags under his eyes gave this old man the impression that he was about to die soon.
He was seen quietly sitting on the armchair with his eyes closed, and his eyeballs moved slightly from time to time under his eyelids, indicating that he had not fallen into trance or fallen asleep.
After a while, the body of this thin old man, who had been sitting still, trembled slightly.
He reached into his arms and quickly pulled out an iron-gray token with a strange shape and a regular square shape.
At the same time, he used his right hand to knead the secret and lightly tapped the token. A layer of cool blue light suddenly appeared on the surface of the token.
These blue halos surged up and soon turned into a blue light curtain that looked like a real substance.
A burst of obscure energy fluctuations, centered on this iron-gray token, continued to project out, and was soon introduced into the surrounding void.
A moment later, a layer of bright blue light suddenly erupted from the surface of the solid blue light curtain.
At the same time, a blurry figure emerged from the center of the blue light curtain.
"Senior, this junior has just followed your instructions, gathered together a group of Kaiyuan Realm casual cultivators around you, and planted all the 'God Control Gu' given by senior."
"Now among the Kaiyuan Realm casual cultivators in the nearby area, except for the two casual cultivators who escaped secretly during the day and were caught and killed in public by the juniors, the rest have all been brought under the control of the juniors."
"Just now, the junior has issued an order on behalf of the senior. From tomorrow on, these people will follow your instructions, senior, and begin to hunt down all the monks who appear in the surrounding areas!"
"It's just that after the number of these monks has been rounded up, I would like to ask the seniors to make it clear what the juniors should do next!"
After the figure in the blue light screen appeared, the old man in black stood up hurriedly, knelt on the ground with a respectful look on his face, and at the same time took the initiative to report aloud.
"very good!"
In the blue light curtain, a hoarse and low voice came from the direction of the blurred figure, and he continued:
"As for what to do next, you don't need to know yet. I will tell you after you complete the current task."
When the old man in black heard this, he leaned down even more. He bowed twice with a respectful look on his face, and then said softly:
"The junior understands that the junior will do his best and live up to the orders of the senior!"
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After hunting the 'weird demon' for a day in the depths of the gray desert, Gao Yuan did not immediately leave for the no-man's land on the east side of the Northern Territory the next day.
Although he has fought against different levels of 'devils', he already has a sufficient understanding of his own strength.
Now, even if he is facing a 'Breath of Another World 8' level monster, he can kill it with one blow by superimposing the 'Burning Sky Style'!
Coupled with the more powerful Blue Sky Sword, which is approaching the 'Dacheng' stage, he will not be under much pressure even if he faces three or four 'weird demons' at the same time.
Nonetheless, given that this time we were going to hunt down a third-level monster that was rumored to be much stronger than human monks of the same level.
To be on the safe side, he still made a lot of preparations at home.
Including various puppets equipped with new eight-level talismans, as well as various 'jade talismans' that have been promoted to the third level after deduction and promotion.
He has made sufficient backup of various auxiliary combat items. He expects that even if there is a protracted battle, he can use these items to directly kill these two third-level monsters!
After all preparations were in place and nothing was missed, Gao Yuan finally left the underground stronghold on the eighth day after receiving the information about the two monsters and quickly flew away in the north direction.
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I was speechless all the way.
More than an hour later, Gao Yuan arrived at the outskirts of the Mirage Mountains.
He hovered nearby for a while, and finally floated in mid-air more than a hundred meters above the ground.
There was a layer of strange energy field surrounding his body, which completely distorted his figure and became extremely faint.
This is the 'Concealing Talisman Array' that he independently researched based on the spiritual pattern principles of the 'Escape Talisman' and the 'Breathing Talisman'.
After systematic and continuous deduction, the latter's level has been promoted to the eighth level, which is the benchmark for the middle stage of Hunyuan Realm.
Its function is also very simple, that is, all movements within the scope of the convergence talisman array, whether it is visual images or corresponding breath fluctuations, will be forcibly converged by the talisman array.
Unless one has the consciousness corresponding to the Hunyuan realm and above to search carefully, it will be difficult to discover everything shrouded by it through the 'obscure talisman array'.
Therefore, even if it is daytime with the sun shining brightly, and I am standing high in the sky, I have no worries about my whereabouts being discovered.
Looking at the completely destroyed ruins below, compared with the Shilitai Town he inherited from the original owner's memory, apart from the specific location, there were almost no similarities.
"Tsk, that snake demon was completely destroyed back then!"
"It's a pity that the information on the two third-level monsters obtained this time does not include the snake monster. Otherwise, if we kill it, we will have fulfilled our original promise!"
As his mind wandered, Gao Yuan focused his attention on the construction area not far from the ruins of Shilitai Town, which seemed to have been built not long ago.
Although the scale of these buildings is not small, the distribution of various buildings is very messy, like an enlarged version of a shanty town.
He guessed in his heart that the owners of these buildings should be casual cultivators who made a living in this area.
Looking around casually, Gao Yuan moved and quickly fell towards the ruins of Shilitai Town below.