Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile

RAAWWWR!

Just as Ye Chen was thinking, the griffin once again let out an angry roar as it defended its vital parts.

It was helpless against Ye Chen's attack because its body was big, making it an excellent target; in the end, it could only defend unwillingly while hoping Ye Chen would run out of spiritual Qi.

'Looks like I had no choice but to risk it,' Ye Chen thought to himself as he found there was nothing he could do to kill the griffin without using any trump cards.

However, it didn't mean there was no way; it was just that he would be injured seriously.

Nevertheless, he didn't hesitate and circulated his sword Qi to peak.

SHING!

In that instant, the nearby spiritual Qi got devoured, and five sturdy projections of swords as big as small cars formed in the air.

ROOAARR!

Witnessing this, the griffin roared furiously, and without any delay, it utilized the beast skill. However, before even the orbs of white light could form, the swords descended with a sharp aura. On top of that, even Ye Chen shot towards it with a powerful punch.

The griffin could only roar once again and unleash his half-prepared beast skill.

BANG!

As soon as the swords collided with the beam of light, they shattered instantly like fragile glass; there was not even any resistance.

'A decoy!' The griffin immediately understood that Ye Chen wanted it to split its strength to deal with the swords, which would leave the griffin a bit defenseless; however, this would be enough to land a threatening attack or a serious injury, which can decrease its strength.

But despite knowing this, the griffin sneered inside and looked at Ye Chen, who was about to attack his neck.

WHOOSH!

Before Ye Chen's punch could land, a tiny condensed white orb of light suddenly appeared in the middle of Griffin's neck.

The griffin, after all, knew how to fight with wits and had been prepared to sneak attack for a long time. It's just that there was no good opportunity before, but now with Ye Chen being so close to the beast skill, it was the right moment to use this attack, as Ye Chen would have no way to dodge or defend.

SWOOSH!

Not even a split second had passed when a tiny beam of white light, which was the size of a baby's fist, shot towards Ye Chen's heart. Although it was small, the destructive power was the same as the big one or even bigger, as the beam of light was concentrated in one point.

This attack could even injure an early Foundation Establishment cultivator if they were careless, not to mention Qi-Gathering, Qi-Refining, and Qi-Condensation cultivators.

However, Ye Chen's expression didn't even change at the sudden attack. He had long known that this griffin was hiding a trick, as he could sense spiritual Qi gathering here. He was, after all, a spiritual mountain, which was extremely sensitive toward spiritual Qi; there was no way he couldn't find this and be prepared.

SHING!

In an instant Ye Chen's aura rose again, and his figure moved slightly to the left and downwards. With how close he was to the beam, there was no way he could dodge it. The only thing it could do was to avoid vital parts.

Since his right hand was useless because of a broken bone, he decided to take the hit on his right shoulder.

The griffin never thought Ye Chen would be prepared for its sneak attack, so it became stunned, and a sense of crisis echoed through its head.

PFFT!

As soon as the beam of light hit Ye Chen's shoulder, it directly made a hole, almost decapitating his right arm.

Nevertheless, Ye Chen didn't stop and delivered the lethal punch on Griffin's neck.

CRACK!

There were sounds of bone cracking, and then BOOOOM, a big impact, which sent the griffin flying back for the first time.

ROOOAAARR!

The griffin crashed into the cave entrance and let out a deep, painful roar. Ye Chen's punch, although small, had crushed its throat and bones inside its neck. No matter how hard it tried to heal, it couldn't do it in a short time, which left the griffin writhing in pain.

Ye Chen was also not too different, as his left arm almost disappeared with the current attack.

"No wonder no one tries to use their body as a weapon; it's too dangerous," he muttered to himself as he used his spiritual consciousness to eat healing pills while also controlling golden needles to perform a healing needle technique.

His left arm was in the worse condition even from the right hand as the muscles and some bones had disappeared. Fortunately, with his medicine skills from myriad books, it was easy for him to regenerate broken limbs, not to mention some small pieces of bones.

"Guess I can't turn my body into a weapon unless there is really a need," he said to himself with a sigh, and after stopping the bleeding, he flew toward the griffin.

"Oh, look who is still alive after getting its neck broken? Quite a strong griffin you are, aren't you?" Ye Chen chuckled as he saw Griffin lying on the ground trying to heal itself.

With how badly its broken neck was, even standing was difficult, not to mention trying to attack, so it was defenseless now.

"Humph! Human, you better kill me now; if not, I will tear you into pieces," the griffin roared angrily.

Although it was unwilling to die, there was nothing it could do.

"You know, I am in a hurry to get that pearl; if not, I would have played with you for a while," Ye Chen smiled at its response, and once again, his sword Qi soared in his body.

"Human, before you kill me, can I ask you why you aren't afraid of death?" The griffin inquired with disappointment in its eyes.

In response, Ye Chen chuckled faintly and replied.

"The first thing is that you can't kill me, and the second is that even if you killed me, you can't kill me," he answered with a laugh, making the griffin confused.

The griffin wanted to inquire further, but suddenly it felt a force hitting its neck, and his vision darkened.

"Hiss, now my one leg is also useless," Ye Chen hissed in pain after landing a kick. Although the injury to his leg was not too much, his bones still hurt, making it painful to walk.

Nevertheless, he was flying, so he didn't care too much and took out a small cloth bag that contained the spatial rings of disciples he had killed.

There was no way he could store everything inside one ring, so he had to use these, especially since he had killed thousands of flying beasts last night.

Of course, he didn't forget to get the blood essence, which made him a little rich.

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[System Coins: 861,000]

[Fishing: Heaven Fishing (x10)]

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After killing the disciples with Li Mei, his total coins were 67,500. But after killing inside the lake, his count increased by 25,000. Then later he killed some Qi-refining disciples from the fallen sect, which gave him more than a thousand points; the total was 16,800.

Then comes the mass killing of flying beasts; it was where he earned 749,000 coins. As for the griffin, it only gave him 2,700 coins, as it was at the seventh stage of Qi-condensation.

"I still need to kill more than a hundred late Qi-gathering beasts to reach one million," Ye Chen sighed faintly; nevertheless, he was happy with this amount.

Because heaven-grade fishing costs one million.

This meant if he could find the fierce beasts who lived in large numbers, it would be easy for him to reach four or five million, maybe even more.

Just as he was thinking about this, a strange sound came from inside the cave. Without even looking, Ye Chen knew the emperor's void pearl was behind it.

He didn't hesitate and stored the body of the griffin in a spatial ring and flew inside.

The cave was dark and long. But soon Ye Chen reached the end, where he found another cave hidden behind a big boulder and some trees.

"This cave was made by some human, but the griffin enlarged it later," he muttered, looking at the floor tiles.

After taking another look to confirm if there were any traps, he didn't delay and flew inside.

The distance was short, as within a minute he arrived inside a wide area filled with illuminance. There was nothing special here except a white lump of metal ore the size of a watermelon firmly rooted into the middle.

Above the metal ore floated the emperor void pearl with faint illuminance.

"A metal ore related to the soul? No, it's not that," Ye Chen immediately discarded his conclusion as he felt the white lump was not a metal ore but something else.

However, he couldn't figure out what it was and only knew it was related to the soul, as he felt a strange energy making his soul relax. Furthermore, with the medical knowledge from the myriad book, he knew such thing would only happen if an herb or pill had the properties to heal the soul.

Thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but lock on the emperor void pearl.