Jiang Chen frowned. This fierce beast was no ordinary creature; it was absolutely the strongest existence in this space.
Moreover, the evil aura it emitted made him extremely alarmed.
Apart from himself and Bibi Dong, he had never felt such a dense evil aura from any other living being.
That vast expanse of black qi rolled toward Jiang Chen from the center of the city, as if some demon or monster was inside it.
Jiang Chen stood motionless in place, but his heart had already become highly vigilant.
He wanted to see exactly what this thing was.
Judging by its aura, this creature was comparable to a Peerless Douluo.
Jiang Chen's fighting spirit gradually began to boil, even more anticipatory than his previous battle against Qian Daoliu.
After all, in that battle, Qian Daoliu could never have threatened his life, so he had felt no sense of life-or-death crisis at the time.
Now, facing this mysterious creature, he should be able to have an intense life-and-death battle.
The black mist stopped about a hundred meters away from Jiang Chen. The black mist dispersed, revealing the ferocious-looking creature inside.
At that moment, a line of text appeared on Jiang Chen's system interface:
Mission: Defeat the fierce beast Qiongqi.
Reward: Fierce beast submission.
Jiang Chen was startled in his heart. Only then did he realize that this fellow was actually the legendary Qiongqi from myths.
One of the four ancient fierce beasts, an extremely evil existence that preferred to punish the good and promote the evil, surviving by eating humans, and most fond of starting from the head…
Even Qiongqi had appeared. Where on earth had these fellows come from? Countless questions arose in Jiang Chen's mind.
But at the same time, he was pleasantly surprised that the system had actually issued him a mission. This was the first time such a situation had occurred.
The system seemed to have become more active recently.
In the past, Jiang Chen would only remember the system's existence when undergoing tribulations.
Now, the system reacted from time to time, making Jiang Chen feel that he was not fighting alone.
With a mysterious and powerful system supporting him, those so-called gods were not so terrifying anymore.
He gazed at this outwardly robust yet ferocious monster and suddenly felt a bit of hunting excitement.
According to the mission arranged by the system, as long as he defeated this fellow, he would gain another powerful subordinate.
Qiongqi's eyes locked onto Jiang Chen. Its mouth was enormous, filled with dense, sharp teeth. Saliva could not help but flow from its large mouth and drip onto the ground.
"You are Qiongqi?" Jiang Chen spoke first.
Qiongqi's large face clearly froze for a moment. "I didn't expect there would still be a human who recognizes me. Kid, obediently offer up your head, and I'll let you die a clean death."
Jiang Chen said nothing more. Eight deep crimson soul rings appeared on his body, and his two great domains directly acted upon Qiongqi.
Martial Soul True Body activated, he already charged toward Qiongqi.
A massive corpse poison formation took shape beneath Qiongqi's feet, and countless sharp tombstones from the sky smashed downward.
"Seeking death!" Qiongqi roared in fury. With a flap of its wings, it likewise pounced toward Jiang Chen.
Qiongqi's speed was extremely fast, like a black bolt of lightning. Ordinary people could not even see its figure clearly.
Those tombstones smashing down from the sky immediately changed direction and chased after Qiongqi.
This soul skill locked on with spiritual power; almost no enemy could dodge it.
Jiang Chen dared not be careless. He added the defense of his first soul skill to himself. That black, ferocious armor draped over his body, and his aura did not appear much weaker than Qiongqi's.
Qiongqi roared, extending its thick front legs and striking down toward Jiang Chen.
The roar shook Jiang Chen's soul, making him a bit dazed, but he immediately regained clarity.
If not for his powerful soul, he would probably have already lost the ability to resist under this single roar from Qiongqi.
Jiang Chen swung his lightning fist and met Qiongqi's strike head-on.
What he feared least was physical collision. Even the hundred-thousand-year soul beast Titan Giant Ape had had its body pierced by his fist.
Although this Qiongqi appeared much stronger than that Titan Giant Ape, Jiang Chen was not the slightest bit afraid.
Bang! It was like the collision of the hardest metals in the world. If anyone of low cultivation had been present, they would probably have been directly knocked unconscious by the sound of the impact.
A powerful shockwave erupted on the wide street. Countless floor tiles were thrown into the air, and dust and smoke rose everywhere.
In the instant the fluctuation erupted, Qiongqi's body flew backward at extreme speed, smashing through the death tombstones pursuing it from behind, then shot into a tall building to the side.
Jiang Chen only retreated more than ten steps with stomping sounds, his arms feeling a slight numbness.
He was shocked in his heart. He had never encountered an opponent with such a hard physical body, almost no inferior to his own.
That punch just now, he had felt it extremely clearly.
Although Qiongqi had been blasted away by him, the other party should not have suffered any real injury.
An angry roar sounded, and dense black qi rolled out from that tall building.
The tall building collapsed with a rumble amid the roar. Qiongqi, its entire body wreathed in black qi, stepped out.
At this moment, in its rage, its body that had originally been the size of a cow had already expanded several times over, its aura even more terrifying.
"Human, you have angered me. I will tear open your skull, suck your brain matter dry bit by bit, and let you die amid screams of terror."
Qiongqi's four limbs popped out sharp claws with a clang. Amid the cracking of the floor, it pounced toward Jiang Chen like lightning.
Extremely evil black qi followed Qiongqi, rapidly enveloping the area within a hundred-meter radius.
Jiang Chen frowned. His corpse poison formation had long since covered this area, but Qiongqi's physical body was too powerful; those toxins found it very difficult to invade its body.
Moreover, the fifth soul skill, Death Tombstones, had just now also failed to cause substantial damage to this fellow.
This Qiongqi's strength, speed, and defense were all extremely terrifying, very similar to the abilities Jiang Chen excelled in.
Black mist rolled, and intense collision sounds and explosion sounds continuously came from within.
Rumble!
A tall building nearby collapsed. One man and one beast appeared, still tirelessly colliding head-on.
An hour later, Jiang Chen's body shot backward into that fortress that was a full hundred meters thick, embedding deeply into its interior.
In Qiongqi's pair of huge eyes, the ferocious look had dissipated somewhat, replaced by several degrees of solemnity.
This human exceeded its imagination.
Crack, crack…
The human-shaped large hole spread huge cracks outward in all directions. Jiang Chen walked out from inside.
His entire body was in tattered clothes, looking like a beggar.
After continuous fierce fighting for an hour, even with his abnormal physical body, he was somewhat unable to endure.
On his body were many claw marks deep enough to see bone.
Under the wriggling of flesh and blood, those wounds were rapidly healing.
"Human, you are very strong," Qiongqi spoke again.
"You are also very strong." Jiang Chen grinned.
He had never experienced such a satisfying battle. His physical body was being bombarded by powerful force, that feeling made him a bit addicted.
"But I most like to devour the strong, especially human powerhouses." The fierce light in Qiongqi's eyes began to grow dense again.
There were also some wounds on its body, those left by Jiang Chen's sharp claws.
Its defense was extremely abnormal. After fierce fighting for an hour, Jiang Chen had only barely torn open the defense of its physical body.
The defensive armor on Jiang Chen's body began to recede, and his martial soul true body was also released.
These two skills having been maintained for an hour was already remarkable.
During the battle, Jiang Chen had simply had no time to take medicinal pills. Now, there was no more soul power in his body to unleash soul skills.
What he had left was only his zombie cultivation.
The eight soul rings on his body disappeared. His body size shrank somewhat, and his hair also changed from red to black.
"Human, you're done for?" Qiongqi opened its ferocious large mouth, seemingly mocking.
But just as the words left its mouth, its body suddenly trembled violently, and it roared in disbelief: "What kind of poison is this? How is even my body unable to resist it?"
Its body trembled slightly, sensing that it was beginning to weaken. It began to feel fear.
Jiang Chen exhaled a breath, and his mood also became relaxed.
His most formidable method, aside from powerful attack power, was precisely this unavoidable corpse poison.
Up to now, he had never met anyone who could withstand the erosion of his corpse poison.
That this Qiongqi could still stand and speak was already extremely impressive.
"This is zombie poison. Haven't you heard of it?"
"Zombie, corpse poison!" Qiongqi's eyes suddenly widened, revealing a look of fear.
From its inherited memories, it found some information about zombies. Those were existences even more evil and terrifying than their Qiongqi clan.
It did not even say a word, turned, and fled.
That dense black mist exploded with a bang, and Qiongqi's figure had already vanished before Jiang Chen.
The corner of Jiang Chen's mouth curved into an arc. Victory and defeat were already decided.
The space inside the Maze Great Canyon was only so large. Where could that Qiongqi run to?
Qiongqi's life aura was vigorous, and it still carried Jiang Chen's corpse poison; it was simply impossible to avoid Jiang Chen's sensing.
Jiang Chen took out a handful of medicinal pills, tossed them into his mouth, stepped on Three Thousand Thunder Movement, and pursued along Qiongqi's aura.
In the center of the city, in front of that most magnificent palace building, there was a huge plaza.
Qiongqi collapsed on the ground, its entire body already weak and powerless.
The more it ran, the faster the corpse poison spread within its body. At this moment, it was about to invade its heart.
In the countless years since invading this world, it was the first time it had felt the aura of death.
It had actually encountered that kind of legendary terrifying creature that even immortals feared.
Jiang Chen drifted over and landed several meters away from Qiongqi.
At that moment, the system's cold female voice sounded: "Defeat the fierce beast Qiongqi, mission completed, reward battle pet Qiongqi. Reminder: If you wish to raise the battle pet's strength, you can turn the battle pet into a zombie."
As the system's voice fell, a milky-white light shot out from Jiang Chen's eyes and landed on the weakened Qiongqi.
This process lasted only a little over ten seconds before ending, and the white light disappeared.
In Jiang Chen's sensing, Qiongqi's aura had already recovered to its peak state.
"So fast?" Jiang Chen was a bit surprised.
Receiving a battle pet in just over ten seconds—this speed was a bit too fast.
Much faster than when he had used corpse poison to control Yu Tianheng and those few disciples.
In his perception, a connection had already been added between his soul and Qiongqi's soul.
This connection was even more thorough than his control over Yu Tianheng and the others.
With just a single thought from him, Qiongqi's soul would turn to ash and vanish.
And if he died, this Qiongqi would also die along with him.
Qiongqi was already lying on the ground, its body trembling.
"Master." It called out.
Jiang Chen nodded slightly. "Get up, and tell me about the secrets within this space."
"Secrets?" Qiongqi's voice held some confusion. "Master, there are no secrets within this space."
Jiang Chen glanced at it and said, "How did you come to this world? And what kind of people are those in this city?"
Qiongqi lowered its head and answered, "I was accidentally pulled into this world by a huge spatial rift. Those fellows outside were the same.
"When I came to this world, this world was experiencing a great disaster. Mountains collapsed and the earth split; humans were almost extinct.
"I excitedly devoured humans, and finally chased the surviving humans to this place.
"Later, the so-called god of this space appeared and trapped all of us here."
Jiang Chen's heart shook, feeling it was somewhat inconceivable.
The amount of information in Qiongqi's words was too great. It meant that the Douluo Continent had experienced a great destruction a long time ago, and all humans had gone extinct.
The humans who later appeared on the Douluo Continent, whether they were survivors or had been migrated here by gods from elsewhere, were unknown.
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and said, "I will prepare to turn you into a zombie. Your strength will receive a large-scale increase."
"Everything is as Master commands." Qiongqi lowered its head.
A terrifying power controlled its soul; it had to absolutely obey Jiang Chen's orders.
Moreover, it could sense that with a single thought, Jiang Chen could decide its life and death.
Qiongqi dared not resist. Jiang Chen easily sliced open its skin, opened its mouth and sucked, and scalding blood flew out.
Such a peerless fierce beast, its blood could not be wasted. Absorbing it was equivalent to absorbing a rank-ninety-nine Title Douluo, a great increase for Jiang Chen.
This fellow's strength was terrifying. If not for Jiang Chen having previously continuously absorbed the flesh and blood essence of so many Title Douluo-level creatures, he might not necessarily have been able to defeat it.
Sensing the loss of its essence blood, Qiongqi dared not have any resistance and obediently endured it.
Jiang Chen only absorbed the greater part before stopping, transferred that toxin capable of assimilating other living beings into zombies onto his hand, and then injected it into Qiongqi's body.
"You stay here. I'm going to walk around the city."
Jiang Chen drifted away, while Qiongqi lay there, slowly transforming into a zombie fierce beast.
After transforming into a zombie, its strength would become even more terrifying and even harder to kill.
Jiang Chen walked quickly through the city, filled with curiosity about this vanished civilization.
Judging from these high-rise buildings, these humans were clearly much more advanced than the current civilization of the Douluo Continent.
He even saw all sorts of strange and peculiar soul guidance devices on the streets and in many shops.
There were soul guidance devices similar to carriages, flying soul guidance devices, and Jiang Chen even discovered some cannon-type soul guidance devices in one shop.
He browsed with great interest, collecting all the intact soul guidance devices into the system space.
"This harvest is truly abundant." Jiang Chen smiled with satisfaction, extremely pleased in his heart.
This trip to the Maze Great Canyon had not only greatly increased his strength but also yielded a battle pet of terrifying strength.
Now, there were also all sorts of soul guidance devices.
Jiang Chen believed that with these things, the technology of the Martial Soul Empire would definitely develop at flying speed.
The treasure-hunting operation continued. He even found many manufacturing blueprints for soul guidance devices.
Some blueprints had been stored in a vacuum and were still perfectly preserved to this day.
Perhaps those engineers knew that humans were about to go extinct, so they had sealed and preserved those important materials.
Life could go extinct, but knowledge could be passed down, left for the next civilization.
Jiang Chen studied them a little and discovered that the attack soul guidance devices manufactured by these humans could already threaten the lives of Soul Douluo-level powerhouses, but still could not reach the level of killing Title Douluo powerhouses.
"No wonder they were wiped out by these foreign fierce beasts," Jiang Chen sighed.
"But low-level soul masters using these soul guidance devices can threaten the lives of Soul Douluo. I wonder how they compare to Tang San's hidden weapons, which are stronger?"
Jiang Chen suddenly felt a sense of anticipation, wanting to see the scene of these soul guidance devices colliding with Tang Sect hidden weapons.
He discovered several flying soul guidance devices, all of which had dents and claw marks on them, probably having been knocked down by those fierce beasts.
After walking through the entire city and collecting all the valuable things, Jiang Chen left with the fierce beast Qiongqi.
His time was extremely pressing. Since there was no longer any exploration value here, he would leave immediately.
On the system interface, a battle pet space had already been added. Qiongqi was quietly staying inside.
Just after leaving the inner region of the Maze Great Canyon, the Asura God's voice sounded in Jiang Chen's mind.
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