CHAPTER 616: CHAPTER 529: DESERTION ON THE EVE OF BATTLE

On the battleground.

Chen Fan raised his head, his gaze colliding with the Winged Black Snake King in the middle.

Strictly speaking, this was his first time facing a Beast King-level Fierce Beast.

The last time he encountered a Beast King-level Fierce Beast was during a trip to the rainforest.

Later, the Liang Family Ancestor, known as the Sword Saint of Liang Country, appeared and used a single move, the Ten Thousand Swords Attack, to turn the Beast King-level Fierce Beast guarding the Cyan Dragon Fruit into mincemeat.

But honestly, if the Liang Family Ancestor hadn’t shown up, it wouldn’t have been easy for him to snatch the Cyan Dragon Fruit from that Beast King-level Fierce Beast.

Of course, now he’s no longer the same person he used to be.

If he were to face that Beast King-level Fierce Beast again, he could crush it to death with a single move of the Giant Spirit Hand.

As for the Winged Black Snake King in front of him, it would be the same.

Unfortunately, the opponent can fly, and the distance of over ten miles is beyond the attack range of the Giant Spirit Hand. No matter how powerful it is, if it can’t reach, it’s useless.

Luckily, he had more than one way to kill a Beast King-level Fierce Beast.

Indeed, using archery against these flying Fierce Beasts was the most suitable method.

The two major secret techniques of Nine Provinces Archery are the Heaven-Piercing Arrow and the Nine Provinces Arrow.

The former consumes one million points of True Qi to shoot an arrow with a hundredfold power, with a maximum attack range of ten thousand meters.

Those Winged Black Snakes in the sky, knowing the attack range of his Vajra Lion’s Roar, kept a distance of six or seven kilometers, unaware that this was still within the effective kill radius of the Heaven-Piercing Arrow.

As for the second secret technique, the Nine Provinces Arrow, its power reaches five hundred times, with a range of fifty thousand meters! Even if one arrow can’t kill, it can seriously injure.

Of course, exposing this skill in front of everyone also risks revealing his identity.

After all, there are few people in Yan Country skilled in archery, and even fewer who can kill a Commander-level Fierce Beast with one arrow. It would be easy for someone to investigate and find out.

But then again, the reason he donned a disguise back then was, firstly, due to insufficient strength and the worry that his true identity would be discovered by the people of Jiulong City, causing a series of troubles.

Secondly, he wanted to acquire higher-level martial arts to increase his strength.

Now, the first goal has been achieved. Not to mention the people of Jiulong City, whose graves are already overgrown, even if they were still alive, would they dare to come looking for trouble? They’d probably be too busy trying to please him.

His second goal, acquiring martial arts below the Supreme level from the Awakened Association, has also been largely completed. He has even exchanged for some Supreme-level Martial Arts, and getting the rest shouldn’t be too difficult.

As for the Divine Demon Martial Arts above the Supreme level, even the Awakened Association hasn’t collected much. If they found out the truth and expelled him, he could accept it. At worst, he’d gather them himself.

Those Divine Demon Martial Arts are tightly controlled by noble families. Sooner or later, he would visit them one by one, and borrow some Supreme-level Martial Arts. He believed those families wouldn’t refuse.

That’s the worst-case scenario.

However, he speculated that the people at the Awakened Association weren’t that foolish.

Not to mention that he had passed the Awakener assessment, proving himself to be a genuine Awakened one. Even if they discovered he wasn’t truly an Awakener, they’d probably turn a blind eye as long as everything remained peaceful.

So, if his identity were exposed, so be it. His strength had grown so rapidly that he no longer needed to be overly cautious.

Just then, the twenty or thirty Winged Black Snakes in the sky began to move.

They opened their mouths, and streams of venom, like javelins five or six meters long, rained down toward Chen Fan in a frenzy.

Chen Fan’s lips curled into a cold smile.

The enemy’s attack, to him, appeared like a slow-motion scene from a movie, offering no pressure at all.

With just a quick sidestep, dozens to hundreds of poison arrows missed their target.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The poison arrows hit the ground like bombs.

The venom corroded the ground, making a sizzling sound. White smoke rose as the soil rapidly vanished before everyone’s eyes, soon leaving behind deep pits more than ten meters deep.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Winged Black Snakes continued to relentlessly spray poison arrows, resembling bombers more than Fierce Beasts.

The intense explosions drew the attention of everyone on the city walls.

One by one, their mouths gaped in exaggerated expressions of shock.

Cold sweat dripped from their foreheads and down their backs.

Is this the power of dozens of Commander-level Fierce Beasts attacking together? It’s so terrifying!

In just the blink of an eye, a few kilometers of land had sunk down, with no living creatures left.

If they reached Yu Feng City and unleashed such an attack, how long could the seemingly tall and sturdy city walls hold?

"What about that man? Is he okay?" Someone, alarmed, searched nervously with their eyes.

"He... he should have escaped, right?" someone said in terror.

If he hadn’t escaped, he would be dead for sure!

If that man died, what would they use to fend off these creatures?

"Look, there he is!"

Someone shouted in surprise.

They saw a figure standing about one or two kilometers from the center of the explosion—who else could it be but Chen Fan?

But unlike before, he now held a bow and arrow in his hands.

The City Lord of Yu Feng City and others, engaged in battle with the Commander-level Fierce Beasts, didn’t dare to relax for even a moment. They only glanced over occasionally, praying that Chen Fan was safe.