A golden, one-horned rhinoceros collapsed as Chen Fan struck it with his palm.
In Chen Fan's grasp appeared a golden demon core—specifically, a first-level Yuanfu realm demon core obtained from the Golden Giant Rhinoceros.
This giant rhinoceros could innately devour metals from subterranean veins, resulting in its bones, blood, and fur becoming metallic.
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Chen Fan stored the entire corpse of the Golden Giant Rhinoceros and its demon core in his storage ring. Standing atop a mountain, he gazed into the distance.
This place was close to the Fiendish Corpse Mountain Range. The earth here was already polluted by the qi from the corpse poison, giving off a rotten, fishy odor.
The ground resembled decayed, malodorous flesh, releasing nauseating waves of a fishy odor.
One could even see white bones sticking out of the mud at intervals, with the era of the person buried in this mountain range remaining unknown.
Each outbreak of a corpse tide would unleash a formidable army of jiangshi from the mountain range. Their sole purpose was capturing and transforming living beings into jiangshi.
Chen Fan’s protective primeval force surrounded him, forming a transparent membrane that covered him entirely.
A dazzling, thunderous light flickered and cascaded across the membrane, emitting crackling sounds, rendering it impervious to all evil forces.
Chen Fan became a whirlwind as he rushed into the mountain range shrouded in corpse qi.
The noxious corpse qi, laden with deadly poison, attacked him as he advanced. And with every step he took, the various types of evil qi—nefarious, poisonous, and corpse—grew denser.
Surprisingly, within the mountain range, there were trees, albeit unusual ones without branches or leaves.
The grayish-white tree trunks resembled bones, with thin traces of blood on them like veins and blood vessels.
It was as if those weren’t normal trees but corpse trees that had turned into demons and ghosts.
Chen Fan recognized these as carnivorous bone trees, a result of the Fiendish Corpse Mountain Range's distinctive geographical conditions.
Approaching them could trigger sudden attacks, as some of these trees could launch bone spikes designed to penetrate protective primeval qi, posing a significant threat even to Qi Grandmasters.
If a martial artist were injured or dead, the well-developed root system of these trees would extend like human arms, entangling the victim and absorbing their energy, eventually turning them into mere bones.
Suddenly, one such carnivorous bone tree sprang into action, unleashing dozens of spiral-shaped bone spikes.
Spinning rapidly, the bone spikes tore through the air with fierce sharpness, like shooting stars streaking across the sky.
A few bony hands simultaneously emerged from the rotten mud on the ground, grabbing Chen Fan’s legs to pull him in.
Chen Fan unleashed his cultivation and kicked off the air. A terrifying energy rushed out, landing on those bony hands and blowing them into smithereens. Even the ground exploded, and countless bone fragments flew out chaotically.
Rubbing his hands together, Chen Fan ignited his qi into flames that burned fiercely.
Chen Fan struck out with a palm, burning the bone spikes darting toward him. Hissing noises that resembled the miserable cries of spirits filled the air.
Simultaneously, he flew higher and launched another palm strike from above.
The attack left the bone tree trembling. Chen Fan grabbed at the air, and the entire tree was pulled out along with its roots, creating a big hole in the ground.
It left a sizable hole in the ground. The pitch-black hole emitted dark qi, its depth unknown.
Suddenly, a noise like sharp claws scraping a coffin came out from the hole.
Chen Fan tried to investigate the hole with his senses, but a mysterious energy blocked it off.
The black hole below suddenly exploded as he crushed the carnivorous bone tree into powder. A skeleton jiangshi came rushing out of it, clawing at Chen Fan with its incomparably long and sharp nails.
Unfazed, he calmly struck out with a palm, unleashing a torrent of energy that clashed with the skeleton jiangshi's claws, resulting in a booming explosion and rippling winds.
The skeleton jiangshi was sent flying, falling to the ground and rolling back like a gourd. Its bones let out clanging noises like metals colliding.
It was a jiangshi general that was as strong as a third-level Yuanfu realm expert.
Rustle, rustle, rustle...
More rustling noises came from the big hole. It seemed like more corpses were trying to climb out of it.
Soon, more skeleton jiangshis crawled out from the hole.
More skeleton jiangshis crawled out from the hole with bones as strong as iron. Even after death, the essence of their cultivation remained in them, activated by the Fiendish Corpse Mountain Range, transforming them into spectral entities and skeleton soldiers.
These skeleton soldiers have varying cultivation levels. The highest were in the first level of the Yuanfu realm, while the lowest were in the third or fourth level of the Qigong realm.
Each wielded broken or rusted weapons, standing in orderly ranks like a military formation.
A light flashed in Chen Fan’s eyes.
The bone tree had attacked him because it was being manipulated by the skeleton jiangshi below.
The third-level Yuanfu realm skeleton jiangshi was the leader of these skeleton soldiers, a jiangshi general. Positioned at the forefront, it gazed at Chen Fan with ghostly flames burning in its vacant eye sockets.
“Committing evils even after death, you deserve to be killed!” said Chen Fan coldly.
With a wave of his hand, his primeval force transformed into flames, descending on them like a meteor shower.
Puff sounds resonated as the skeleton jiangshis below the Yuanfu realm were reduced to ashes, and the rotten corpse qi was refined.
The corpse tide every sixty years released a substantial amount of corpse qi. Inhaling this qi turned living beings, be they demon beasts or humans, into jiangshis. These jiangshis propagated by biting others, creating a vicious cycle.
Since Chen Fan had come to Fiendish Corpse Mountain Range, he could reduce the extent of the disaster by a little if he could get rid of more jiangshis.
Engaging in martial arts cultivation was, in essence, challenging the natural order by plundering life from the heavens.
The more powerful a martial artist was, the more calamities they would face.
Accumulating virtue could potentially garner mercy from the heavens during future calamities, increasing their chances of survival.
Although it wasn’t time for Chen Fan to undergo any tribulation, it wouldn’t do him any harm if he got rid of these harmful jiangshis in passing and accumulated some virtue and karma.
There weren’t any other people here. Chen Fan could use his powers in the Fiendish Corpse Mountain Range without any worries and kill these skeleton jiangshis.
His cultivation had reached the fourth level. He effortlessly swept through the area, encountering no resistance as he turned the skeleton jiangshis into powder.