Chương 60: War God’s : — Chapter 60 - Primeval Cicada, Dimensionality-Reducing Strike. Treasure Acquired,

Leaving the inn, Wang Xian didn't rush off. He spent time asking around the camp about the surrounding relics. Training Stacking Wave Force required a high water pressure environment. Ideally inside a relic. The Malevolent Qi permeating relics would help his cultivation. Plus, relics produced high water pressure environments through multiple factors like environmental gravity, making them even more suitable for training. After asking around for a while. Wang Xian did pick up some useful information.

"The water in Tiger Roar Pool is heavy water, higher molecular mass than ordinary water. It's also called a gravity pool."

"The currents are swift and turbulent. Sometimes whirlpools form."

"For training Stacking Wave Force, it's absolutely perfect..."

"But... Tiger Roar Pool's been upgraded to a B-rank large-scale relic. The deepest core area now has a 70% infection level. Even fourth or fifth realm martial artists can't stay long without proper combat gear to resist the Malevolent Qi inside."

"There's also the Crimson Blood Mountain Lord in the pool waters. An exotic beast comparable to peak B-rank."

"Even a Sixth Realm martial artist would have trouble with it."...... Wang Xian gathered this intel from the camp's military department. Stacking Wave Force was an exceptionally powerful Secret Skill. Plenty of martial artists wanted to train in it. Which highlighted just how difficult Secret Skills were to cultivate. Even if everyone had one. Achieving perfected mastery was still extremely hard. Fourth and fifth realm martial artists already struggled to train at Tiger Roar Pool. Let alone Wang Xian.

"There is some good news, though..." The camp soldier was happy to help martial artists working hard on their Secret Skills.

"A few days ago, a Sixth Realm Martial Venerable went to Tiger Roar Pool. Specifically to deal with that Crimson Blood Mountain Lord, it seems."

"So the pool bottom should be clear of the Crimson Blood Mountain Lord right now."

"But reaching the core area is still difficult even for a fourth realm squad."

"Equipment, personnel, supplies, you need everything."

"With only first realm strength, you'd get swallowed up by C and D rank exotic beasts the moment you enter Tiger Roar Pool's outer area." After listening. Wang Xian smiled faintly.

"So what you're saying is, the pool bottom currently has no Crimson Blood Mountain Lord. As long as I reach the core area, I can train."

"Well, yes... but... you won't make it there."

"And the core pool bottom is where the Crimson Blood Mountain Lord bathes daily. The infection level's even higher there."

"Training there is way too difficult. You should switch to an easier waterfall. The City West Defense Bureau has an E-rank relic, Star River Waterfall. You can train there too. The effects just aren't as good as Tiger Roar Pool." Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author's consent. Report any sightings. Wang Xian nodded. Switching wasn't happening. But for entering Tiger Roar Pool. He had ways to protect himself.

"The infection level poses zero threat to me. It's actually beneficial."

"Inside, I can absorb the Malevolent Qi. My divine meridian cultivation speed will increase."

"I just need to avoid alerting those C and D rank exotic beasts." Wang Xian knew his own strength clearly. Going all out, he might barely handle one. The outcome would be uncertain either way. But dealing with swarms of C and D rank exotic beasts in a B-rank relic? Absolutely impossible. Third realm exotic beasts already had over 1, 000 life force points. Fourth realm exotic beasts started at tens of thousands. His current life force was only double digits. A gap of dozens to over a hundred times.

"Just avoid combat entirely." As for how. High-rank martial artists could wear powerful combat accessories to shield themselves from exotic beast perception. Those accessories were just very expensive. Wang Xian couldn't get his hands on them quickly. But.

"Modern combat accessories aren't the only things that can shield against exotic beast perception..." Wang Xian smiled faintly, looking toward Insect Valley Town.

"If I remember right, a Primeval Cicada appeared in Insect Valley Town?" The Primeval Cicada, an exotic beast with extremely strong stealth capabilities. Not powerful, but incredibly good at hiding. It was a difficult exotic beast to deal with in the early stages of the Alien Star Battlefield. Many alien powerhouses on the battlefield refined them into scout-type cannon fodder, capable of attaching to hosts and infiltrating dangerous zones.

After it died, you could strip off its cicada shell and drape it over yourself. It would form a faint membrane that blended with the surroundings, shielding you from the perception of powerhouses far beyond your realm. Now. Dealing with it, for him.

"Very easy." Wang Xian narrowed his eyes and boarded a return train. After about 7 or 8 hours, the first stop brought him to Insect Valley Town. Decades ago, Insect Valley Town was a small town in Western Shu's southern district. Later, an exotic beast outbreak swallowed it, turning it into an exotic beast town. Large numbers of native insects were infected by Malevolent Qi, transforming into terrifying exotic beasts.

Iron Armor Beetles, Sound Weaving Spiders, Corrosive Moths, many F-rank insect-type exotic beasts that were both disgusting and difficult for martial artists to handle. The terrain was covered in dense puppet ferns, black and green intertwined, clinging to old buildings from the seventies and eighties. Gray, hazy mist hung everywhere, radiating chilling killing intent. Wang Xian moved with light footwork, leaping between floors, occasionally stopping to observe his surroundings. Until he stopped at a certain spot.

His goal was simple: the Primeval Cicada. A streak of crimson appeared in his vision.

"Blood Bell Orchids. The Primeval Cicada's favorite vegetation to nest in." Wang Xian gazed at the patches of red, bewitching plants several hundred meters away. He didn't move. Instead, he placed his fingers in his mouth and blew a series of sharp whistles. The whistle vibrated, resembling cicada chirps. Over a decade later on the Alien Star Battlefield, many newly arrived martial artists were left battered and humiliated by these Primeval Cicadas.

Later, Blue Star gathered experts from various fields to research countermeasures. Then, through the research of a martial artist who inherited ancient oral techniques, they finally discovered an "ancient method" that could make the Primeval Cicada reveal itself. That's right, oral technique. Imitating the Primeval Cicada by blowing similar sounds. Making it think you were one of its own kind. Thus.

On the Alien Star Battlefield where countless high-tech devices were unusable, Primeval Cicadas were lured out and eliminated one by one. Later, every martial artist entering the Alien Star Battlefield had to learn this ancient method. To deal with similar exotic beasts. As the sharp chirping rang out, in just over 10 seconds. An identical cicada chirp echoed back. Only this chirp was filled with killing intent, intent that seemed capable of piercing through a martial artist, driving them mad, insane.

The Primeval Cicada's most classic sonic attack.

"Child's play." Wang Xian suddenly turned toward a certain direction. His toes tapped. He drew his blade directly, and from a hundred meters away, starting with a downward leap, he slashed. The blade wave swept through the air, locking on instantly. Even in this moment. A model diagram of the Primeval Cicada seemed to appear in his mind. Using Beast Butchery, he executed a single slash of exquisite, unparalleled precision to kill it. The hazy mist exploded directly. Waves of fog rippled outward in tides.

Wang Xian landed and sheathed his blade. A few meters away. An exotic beast 2 meters long and entirely silver-white bore a faint blade mark on its body. Wang Xian walked over. With each step, the blade mark deepened. By the time he reached it, the blade mark rapidly expanded. The exotic beast's corpse split cleanly in two, its internal organs completely dissected and spilling out.

"Beast Butchery's restraint against exotic beasts really is exceptionally strong and specialized." Wang Xian glanced at it once, feeling gratified by this Secret Skill's power. The Primeval Cicada was already approaching E-rank. One slash had killed it instantly and dissected it like this. This was Beast Butchery at perfected mastery. A dimensionality-reducing strike.