Coiling Cloud Egg

After an unknown period of time, the advancement finally ended.

The advancement this time took longer than before.

The pain Qi Chen suffered was also several times greater than before.

When he was awakened by the hunger in his stomach, it was already the morning of the second day.

Qi Chen opened his eyes to take a look. Regardless of whether it was the fig, the crystal pear, or the jade pendant, everything that he had hidden in his mouth had been spat out during his advancement.

Fortunately, nothing was lost.

Qi Chen let out a long sigh of relief and put the items back into his stomach. He left the cave and went out to look for food.

As he passed by a stream, Qi Chen noticed that the tiger pattern that had formed after absorbing the Wild Tiger was gone.

In its place was a coiling cloud pattern, which exuded a certain charm and mystery!

Wow, this is a boost to my looks!

Qi Chen couldn't help but laugh. He then opened up his stats.

As he expected, the description of evolution had changed.

[Evolution: A coiling cloud egg with profound mystery (After reaching level 10, you will obtain a single qualification for super evolution)]

"Hah… I'm still three levels away from reaching level 10. I wonder what I'll become after evolving."

After sighing, Qi Chen composed himself and jumped into the forest.

His goal today was still to hunt the demon beasts. He had to reach level ten and complete his first evolution before Liu Xingchang opened the land of inheritance!

…

Small town, Yang family.

Bang!

In the main hall of the Yang family, the Yang Family Head, Yang Wen, smashed the teacup in his hand into pieces.

"It's already been two days and my son hasn't returned yet! He must have already been killed!"

Yang Wen said angrily, "Investigate! Go find out! I want to see who dares to kill my son!"

"Master…" The old butler pondered for a moment." Could it be the people who destroyed the Liu family? "

"How is that possible?" Yang Wen said angrily," Our Yang family has never had any enmity with them!"

"Could it be the person protecting Liu Fuxue?"

"I can testify!"

A voice came from the sky. A black-robed man took a few steps in the air and landed in the courtyard.

"Who are you?"

Yang Wen stared at this person with an ominous glint in his eyes.

"It doesn't matter who I am."

The black-robed man indifferently said, "But I know who killed your son."

"Oh?" Yang Wen's eyes widened, and he asked solemnly, "Can you tell us? My Yang family will definitely reward you heavily!"

"There's no need for rewards." The black-robed man started to recount the story. "The one who killed your son was Liu Fuxue!"

"That night, when I was digging for herbs in the Dark Forest, I happened to see your son and Liu Fuxue entangled with each other. Liu Fuxue and the other person were worried that your son would expose their whereabouts, so the three of them were silenced."

"Of these two, one is Liu Fuxue, and the other is not a human, but an egg demon!"

"Good, good, good! What a daring Liu Fuxue! What a daring egg demon! To actually be so ruthless! I'll definitely tear both of you into pieces!"

Yang Wen was furious. He slammed his palm on the wooden table beside him, shattering it into pieces.

"Gather everyone and head to the Dark Forest to avenge my son!"

"Understood!"

The hearts of all the servants shook as they received their orders.

"Thank you for telling me. I don't know how to thank you."

Yang Wen cupped his hands towards the black-robed man.

"Family Head Yang is too courteous. I cannot ignore such a cruel thing. It's just that my cultivation is shallow and I was unable to stop it."

The black robed man thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "How about this? I'll go with you to the Dark Forest. I still remember the direction that Liu Fuxue left in."

"Thank you so much!"

Yang Wen was overjoyed.

"There's no time to lose. Let's set out immediately so that Liu Fuxue doesn't escape!"

A moment later, a team of over a hundred people left the town and entered the Dark Forest.

If Second Aunt or Liu Fuxue were here, they would definitely recognize that the black-robed man was Liu Xingchang!

…

In the dense forest.

Qi Chen used Shadow Kill and severed a level-seven Giant Snout Crocodile crawling by the stream into two.

Then, he laid on the corpse and started devouring the crocodile's flesh.

Ever since the tiger pattern transformed into the coiling cloud pattern, Qi Chen felt that when he used Shadow Kill, no matter if it was the power or the fluidity, it was much stronger than before.

If his score was 5 when he used Shadow Kill previously, his current score should be 8.

The improvement was very obvious.

Qi Chen opened his status.

[Level: 7/10]

[Speed: 8.9/10]

[Defense: 8.9/10]

[Attack: 7/10]

[Enhancement Points: 3]

The morning passed.

As he got closer to the unknown area, the number of demon beasts also decreased.

Furthermore, the demon beasts in the surroundings of the unknown area were clearly much more powerful than those outside.

Whether it was their offensive power or alertness, they were all outstanding.

I can level up again. At this rate, I'll be able to reach level ten in another two days.

Once Liu Fuxue returns to the Liu Clan and spreads this news, there will definitely be countless people coming. Therefore, Liu Xingchang will also come to open the land of inheritance within these few days. The longer this drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for him.

Qi Chen's eyes shone.

After preparing some meat, he returned to the cave and started breaking through to level eight.

This time, he did not rely on the help of the system. He relied solely on his own strength.

Just as he had expected, if he did not use the system, the energy would completely merge into his meridians and not disappear.

The pain from the breakthrough this time was not as intense as the last time, and it did not change much either. It was just that the patterns on his body had become even more abstruse.

Hah… As expected, was the appearance of the coiling coil pattern during my last advancement purely a coincidence?

Qi Chen thought as he gulped down the meat.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, the sky was still clear. He continued to set off and searched for prey along the edge of the unknown area.

[Prompt: Nine hundred meters ahead, one level-eight demon beast has appeared!]

After receiving the system prompt, Qi Chen immediately charged forward.

After a fight, he finally killed the demon beast.

This demon beast was a snail.

It shrank into its shell whenever it encountered danger.

The problem was that this snail's shell was extremely hard and had extremely high defense.

Even relying on Shadow Kill, Qi Chen had still spent a lot of effort to kill this snail.

Qi Chen had just caught his breath when the system notification sounded again.

[Prompt: Nine hundred meters to the right, one level-eight mutated beast has appeared!]

[Prompt: Nine hundred meters to the right, one Second Realm level-two mutated beast has appeared!]

[Prompt: Nine hundred…]

Humans? Why are there so many humans at the edge of this unknown region?

Qi Chen's curiosity was piqued.