Chapter 9: Beast Heart Fury

## Chapter 9: Beast Heart's Fury

Seeking refuge in a mountain cave, Ye Chen, with considerable effort, managed to crawl inside.

He wasted no time and immediately retrieved the hunched old man's storage pouch.

It must be said, as a cultivator of the Human Yuan Realm, the old man's collection was quite substantial.

Without pausing to examine the rest, Ye Chen grabbed several bottles of spirit liquid and tilted his head back, draining them all. At this moment, with his Dan Sea depleted, he desperately needed to replenish his True Essence. The Demon Beast Forest was teeming with dangers, and he needed to maintain a peak state at all times.

The spirit liquid coursed through his body like a refreshing spring, swiftly flowing to every corner.

Simultaneously, the True Fire in his Dan Sea ignited, aiding Ye Chen in refining the absorbed spirit liquid. The refined, pure True Qi surged into his Dan Sea, and his pale face quickly regained its color at a visibly rapid pace.

In a short while, Ye Chen's Dan Sea was once again filled, his golden True Qi billowing like an ocean.

However, he still hadn't broken through to the second layer of the Condensing Qi Realm.

"Advancing is truly arduous," he murmured, a slight click of his tongue, before opening his eyes.

Although he hadn't advanced, the several bottles of spirit liquid hadn't been consumed in vain. Ye Chen distinctly felt his power had grown considerably.

A sigh escaped his lips as Ye Chen's gaze returned to the hunched old man's storage pouch.

Due to the consumption for advancement, only three or four bottles of spirit liquid remained. The rest were spirit stones, the common currency of cultivators, a full five hundred of them, which could be considered a small fortune.

Besides these, there was a pile of sinister poisons, dozens of bottles in total, making Ye Chen click his tongue repeatedly.

"They might come in handy," Ye Chen didn't destroy the poisons, setting them aside for potential future use. Perhaps they would be needed at some point.

After a moment of searching, the remaining contents of the storage pouch were a collection of low-grade spirit tools. Then, a yellowed ancient book caught his eye, and he immediately recognized the three large characters on its cover: Beast Heart's Fury.

"A profound technique!" Ye Chen's eyes blazed with excitement. This was precisely what he lacked the most.

Upon reflection, including those obtained from the Zhengyang Sect and now the Hengyue Sect, the profound techniques he knew were only the most basic Imperial Qi and the formidable Thunder Palm.

Imperial Qi was the most fundamental method for cultivators, adequate against ordinary foes but largely ineffective against strong opponents. The Thunder Palm possessed significant power but was too energy-intensive. Thus, at this moment, profound techniques were what Ye Chen desperately needed.

"It's as if I willed it into existence," he thought to himself, already opening the ancient book and eagerly delving into the Beast Heart's Fury.

Upon studying it, Ye Chen discovered that this Beast Heart's Fury, being a profound technique introducing combat maneuvers, was more accurately a profound technique focusing on the fighting aspect.

He hadn't realized it before, but upon examination, he was startled. The Beast Heart's Fury was divided into six chapters, yet the first three chapters were entirely dedicated to coordinating the parts of the human body and how to maximize their coordination to unleash greater power.

Only the later three chapters contained the actual skills.

As for why it was called Beast Heart's Fury, it was naturally related to beasts.

The predecessor who created the Beast Heart's Fury must have been a keen observer, for this profound technique was directly inspired by beasts. He had thoroughly grasped their techniques of pouncing, grabbing, colliding, and so on, and thus imitated beasts to create this Beast Heart's Fury.

When beasts fought, they primarily relied on their primitive physical bodies.

Humans should sometimes learn from them. Coordinating legs, feet, hands, and knees could, at the same time as maximizing power, facilitate close combat. Coupled with his increasingly strengthened physical body, it would undoubtedly yield unexpected results.

"Marvelous, truly marvelous," Ye Chen couldn't help but praise, reading on, his mindset being sublimated.

Too many cultivators, in their cultivation, relied too heavily on True Qi and pursued the flashy forms of profound techniques, thus neglecting the most primitive fighting techniques. To the extent that most cultivators, despite their high cultivation, were utterly inept in close combat.

"I've stumbled upon another treasure," Ye Chen chuckled, slapping the ground and leaping up. The cultivation method of the Beast Heart's Fury was already imprinted in his mind.

With a shout, Ye Chen immediately threw a punch, then turned his body and unleashed a sweeping kick, followed by a slanted palm strike.

A series of actions completed in a single breath.

Subsequently, Ye Chen's movements continuously accelerated, sometimes like a wolf pouncing on a rabbit, sometimes like a fierce tiger soaring, and sometimes again like a swift ape leaping. His movements were strange, yet they incorporated many of the fierce beasts' fatal actions.

Ye Chen didn't use True Qi, only the various limbs of his body. As his body continuously stretched, he comprehended the mysteries of the Beast Heart's Fury.

He practiced for nine hours.

It wasn't until nightfall that Ye Chen, covered in sweat, finally sat down on the ground.

Over the next few days, Ye Chen didn't return to the Hengyue Sect. Instead, he focused on close combat and engaged in rigorous cultivation.

During the day, he would jump out of the mountain cave and battle powerful demon beasts, gaining transformation through actual combat. Each time he emerged, he was covered in bloodstains.

Waiting until night, he would then go to a place dense with mountain spiritual energy to nourish his body and cultivate the Incinerate Heaven secret art.

Ye Chen was surprised to discover another unique aspect of this barbaric body refining; it could actually heal his entire body's wounds during the refining process, and the recovery speed was significantly faster than before.

Day and night alternated, the sun and moon cycled.

After several days, Ye Chen gradually comprehended the essence of the Beast Heart's Fury. Through continuous fighting, the strength of his physical body also reached another new peak, giving him a sense of confidence that he could confront a peak Condensing Qi cultivator head-on.

In short, obtaining the Beast Heart's Fury was a form of fortunate encounter.

On another night filled with stars, Ye Chen stretched lazily and appeared at the entrance of the mountain cave. He had been out for several days and planned to return tonight.

Hm?

Just as Ye Chen was about to leap into the mountain forest, his eyebrows furrowed slightly. He involuntarily looked up at the night sky. A rainbow streak was cutting across the sky, and as it drew closer, he realized it was a white-clothed female.

"Empty Nether Realm," Ye Chen's heart trembled.

In the path of cultivation, cultivators of the Condensing Qi Realm and Human Yuan Realm needed to rely on flying spirit beasts to ascend to the sky. True Yang Realm cultivators needed to control flying swords. Upon cultivating to the Spirit Void Realm, they could control divine rainbows. Only upon reaching the Empty Nether Realm could they truly fly in the air without relying on spirit beasts, flying swords, or divine rainbows.

The white-clothed female could fly in the air, indicating her cultivation had already reached the Empty Nether Realm.

Forcefully suppressing his shock, Ye Chen caught a glimpse of the white-clothed female's appearance.

So beautiful!

For an instant, Ye Chen was lost in a trance.

The female's clothes fluttered, her white robes whiter than snow. Three thousand strands of green hair flowed like water, each strand shimmering with light. Her peerless face was breathtakingly beautiful, like a descended immortal, completely untouched by the dust of the mortal world.

However, the white-clothed female's state wasn't good. Her speed sharply decreased as she passed through this void, and the glow surrounding her body nearly extinguished.

"Being pursued," Ye Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. Only then did he discover that behind the white-clothed female were actually three people, and each of them was flying in the air. Needless to say, their cultivation was also at least at the Empty Nether Realm.

"Retreat is the best policy," Ye Chen realized. This place was not safe.

But just as he moved his feet, the white-clothed female fell from the void, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and landed directly in front of him without deviation.

Puff!

A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out. The white-clothed female hastily glanced at Ye Chen, then turned and hid in the dense forest, her entire aura converged. Standing here, Ye Chen couldn't feel any fluctuations from her.

Behind her, the three pursuing individuals arrived in a flash: a gray-haired old man, a middle-aged man in a python robe, and a white-robed youth. Their powerful auras pressed down on Ye Chen, almost forcing him to prostrate.

"Boy, did you see someone pass by?" The white-robed youth's gaze was like a torch, fixed on Ye Chen.

Ye Chen's heart tightened. He didn't dare to move at all. In the white-robed youth's eyes, his entire body seemed transparent.

"Answer my question!" The purple-robed middle-aged man shouted sternly.

"She went in that direction," Ye Chen casually pointed in a direction. His only thought was to get them to leave quickly.

"Don't let me find out you lied to me, or your death will be miserable."

"Chase," the gray-haired old man ordered. The three of them stepped onto the void once again. "She is severely injured and has been hit with Hehuan Powder. I reckon she won't be able to run far. If we catch her, Lord Prime Venerable will surely be pleased."

Huff!

After the three left, Ye Chen heavily exhaled a breath, feeling completely exhausted.

Soon, the hiding white-clothed female stumbled out, her appearance extremely disheveled. Her eyes were hazy, her face as pale as paper, and her aura weak. Even walking was unsteady.

A gust of wind blew, and the white-clothed female ultimately fell down.

Hey!

Ye Chen hadn't originally planned to intervene, but he still took a step forward, supporting her just as she was about to fall.

(End of Chapter 9)