C13

Bai Chen had walked out of the cave to delay the appearance of the magical beast, but he had underestimated the strength of the Spirit Sect's magical beast. Bai Chen had walked out of the cave to delay the appearance of the magical beast, but had obviously underestimated the strength of the Spirit Sect's magical beast.

"Roar!"

With a roar filled with anger and unwillingness, the Spirit Sect magical beast chased after Bai Chen, raising a claw in his direction.

A claw from a Spirit Sect magical beast was no joke if it was hit. Its sharp, dagger-like claws could easily tear a person apart.

Facing such a powerful attack, Bai Chen did not dare to hesitate. He narrowed his eyes and hurriedly placed his axe in front of him.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

As the claws of the magical beast swung out, Bai Chen held the axe horizontally in front of him. As the claws struck the axe, a metallic sound could be heard, as well as sparks.

Such a strong power!

Bai Chen was secretly amazed in his heart. As expected of a Spirit Sect magical beast. If it wasn't for this axe blocking him, just a single swipe could have instantly taken half of his life!

After the blow missed, the Spiritual school rank magical beast became even angrier. It didn't even give Bai Chen the chance to catch his breath before it ran towards him again.

When Bai Chen saw this, he became even more flustered. The nervousness between his brows was obvious.

Run! His speed isn't as fast as a magical beast's!

Fighting, he was not a match for her at all!

The difference in strength was too great. No matter what he did, it would all be in vain. In the end, it was still because he wasn't strong enough, or because he was too weak!

Right at this moment, a sense of powerlessness arose in Bai Chen's heart. He had once felt this sense of helplessness before, when he had gone from being a genius to being a trash. Now, this feeling of powerlessness rose up in his heart once again, and Bai Chen hated himself for being too weak.

Bai Chen subconsciously tightened his grip on the handle of the axe. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he no longer ran, directly lifting his axe to meet the magical beast's attack.

Bai Chen used all his strength to use his axe to draw an arc in the air. At the same time, the magical beast rushed over, the sharp blade and claws striking against each other's body.

The claw of the magical beast directly slammed into Bai Chen's chest, ripping apart his clothes and flesh. A bone deep claw wound appeared on his chest, and as for the magical beast, its fur was split open by the sharp edge of the axe.

"AHH!"

Bai Chen let out a hysterical cry, as a scorching sensation spread throughout his body. Fresh blood continued to flow from the wound, making it difficult for even Bai Chen to withstand the pain of his flesh being torn apart.

Looking at the Spirit Sect's magical beast, although it had been hacked by the axe, its defense was terrifying. Even with Bai Chen's full strength, he had only managed to cut off a little bit of its fur, and this was under the circumstances where the magical beast was careless. Otherwise, Bai Chen wouldn't have been able to do this.

The difference in strength was still too great. Bai Chen had just advanced into the elementary stage of a Spirit Master, and since the magical beast was of the Spirit Sect rank, it was already a heaven defying thing for him to cut open a hole in its fur.

Bai Chen was sent flying by the claw, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face. The wound on his chest caused Bai Chen's face to look extremely pale and weak, it was already difficult for him to withstand the pain of the wound, and he could not even stand up.

It was clear that the magical beast did not want to give Bai Chen any chance to retaliate. Immediately, it opened its bloody maw and pounced towards Bai Chen to bite him.

"Mother, your son was unfilial and was unable to find you!"

Bai Chen sighed lightly in his heart. He had initially thought that he would have to find his mother after cultivating, but now it seemed that that wish of his had failed.

Seeing the sharp teeth of the magical beast close in on him, Bai Chen shut his eyes tightly and didn't even have the strength to stand up. No matter how unwilling he was, he didn't have the strength to fight again, and Bai Chen wasn't afraid of death.

"Bam!"

The next moment, the scene he imagined did not come true. Bai Chen heard a dull sound of impact, and opened his eyes. He saw that the Spirit Sect magical beast had been sent flying by a powerful fist, and there appeared Yan Le.

Bai Chen had originally accepted the arrival of death, but now seeing Yan Le rushing over filled him with an indescribable emotion. This was a joy that came from the joy of surviving a calamity. He knew that his life had been saved!

"Brother, are you alright?" After sending the magical beast flying with a punch, Yan Le rushed to Bai Chen's side. When he saw the wounds on Bai Chen's body, he was extremely worried.

"Never mind." Bai Chen shook his head and smiled.

"Bro, it's been hard on you. You rest here first, leave the rest to me!"

As he spoke, his gaze had already shifted to the magical beast, and the killing intent in his eyes seemed to be on the verge of materializing into a solid form.

He picked up the axe from the ground and slowly walked towards the magical beast. At this moment, Yan Le was like the god of death from hell, his aura incomparably cold.

"Roar!"

The two sides were evenly matched and although Yan Le had just broken through to the Spirit Sect and his strength had not stabilized yet, that magical beast had been carelessly chopped by Bai Chen, so there was not much difference in his true combat strength.

Bai Chen watched the battle nervously. Unknowingly, however, he felt his eyes growing increasingly sleepy, and his eyelids grew heavy.

The loss of blood left him with less and less strength. It was already difficult for him to hold on until now, and his vision gradually turned blurry. At some point, Bai Chen's vision had turned black and his body fell flat on the ground.

As he slowly opened his eyes, what entered his vision was a very familiar scene. At this moment, Bai Chen's consciousness was in his sea of consciousness.

When he opened his eyes and saw himself in his sea of consciousness, Bai Chen immediately frowned. What was going on? He clearly remembered that he was battling a magical beast, and even Yan Le was rushing over. How did he appear here in the blink of an eye?

Did he die?

This thought suddenly flashed through his mind, but he immediately dismissed it. If he was already dead, then he wouldn't have appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

Bai Chen wanted to withdraw from his sea of consciousness and return to his body, but he realized that he was unable to do so. His consciousness and his body was blocked by an inexplicable force, causing his consciousness to be unable to return to reality.

He wondered how the situation was going outside.

With that in mind, Bai Chen could not get out no matter what. Thus, he went to his Echelon Tower and entered the second level that he had just opened.

On the jade tablet of the second floor, the words' Spirit Communication Hall 'were written in large, eye-catching characters. Bai Chen sat down cross-legged beside the jade tablet.

He began attempting to communicate with his spiritual energy. Thankfully, even though his consciousness was not within his body, he was still able to absorb the energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy that entered his body was not absorbed by the tower, but was slowly circulating within Bai Chen's body.

Success, the spiritual energy was circulating in his body!

Sensing this situation, Bai Chen was secretly pleasantly surprised. It had been four years since there had been any spiritual energy flow in his body.

The reason why he had gone from being a genius to being a trash was because his body was no longer able to store spiritual energy. Now that the situation had changed to its original state, it meant that he had gone from being a trash to being a genius.

The opening of the first level of the tower had allowed Bai Chen to regain his ability to continue cultivating. Now, the second level had restored the flow of spiritual energy in his body. If one were to say that the first level allowed Bai Chen to upgrade from a trash to a cultivator, then the second level would allow Bai Chen, an ordinary cultivator, to return to the position of genius.

He was already beginning to look forward to what would happen if he were to open the third level of the tower. Of course, Bai Chen knew that these things were still very far away and he had just opened the second level, so it was unlikely that he would be able to open the third level within a short period of time.

At this moment, the happiness in Bai Chen's heart could not be expressed with words. His body had returned to normal, allowing him to circulate his spiritual energy. He could now cultivate like a normal cultivator.

Bai Chen was confident that he would grow stronger step by step in the future. He wanted to find his mother and those people who had insulted him in his time of decline. Just you wait, one day, I will repay this humiliation!

He continued to train on the second level of the Pagoda. After an unknown amount of time passed, Bai Chen gradually felt that he had regained his physical connection, and his consciousness could finally return to his body.

Bai Chen did not waste any time in recovering his spiritual sense and returned to his body. When he opened his eyes, he saw a starry night sky.

The surrounding space was very bright. Not far away, there was a bonfire with flickering flames. Yan Le was sitting next to the bonfire. He was holding a hare that had been roasted by a tree branch, roasting it on the bonfire.

Yan Le, who was roasting the rabbit meat, suddenly saw Bai Chen's eyes open. He was stunned for a moment before a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Bro, that's great. You finally woke up. You didn't know that your two unconscious days had killed me." It could be seen that he was very happy because Bai Chen had woken up.

Upon hearing these words, Bai Chen realized that he had been unconscious for two days.

That day, during the battle between Yan Le and the Magic Beast, Bai Chen fainted due to the pain he was unable to bear. After that, Yan Le finally beheaded the Magic Beast. Yan Le then hurriedly brought Bai Chen to the foot of the Dark Night Mountain Range.

Initially, he had planned to bring Bai Chen back to Qiu City. However, Bai Chen's injuries were too severe, so Yan Le brought him to the foot of the mountain to recuperate.