Martial Master

That's not right. It's not just because of the power enhancement; this mysterious rusted sword seems to have some unique suppression effect on this blood-colored strange beast.

Qin Chen put away the mysterious rusted sword. As expected, the once fearful blood-colored strange beast returned to normal and started to roar frantically at Qin Chen.

Qin Chen pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and struck out with the Sky Seal. The black seal spun rapidly in the void and, in an instant, grew to the size of a small mountain, crashing down on the blood-colored strange beast with a loud thud.

With a crack, the blood-colored strange beast was smashed apart, and many blood-colored crystals shattered. However, after falling into the air, these blood-colored crystals quickly vanished, as if they had vaporized.

Yet, the blood-colored strange beast continued to roar, not dead yet.

Qin Chen continued to activate the Sky Seal, hammering down on the blood-colored strange beast repeatedly. After smashing it more than ten times, he finally reduced the strange beast to fragments, leaving behind only a core blood crystal.

Just as I thought!

Qin Chen nodded. The earlier feat of slaying the blood-colored strange beast in a single strike was indeed thanks to the mysterious rusted sword. Using the Sky Seal, however, was much more difficult; it took more than ten strikes to finally finish it off.

Afterward, Qin Chen took out the Demon Suppressing Cauldron, eager to see its power.

However, as soon as he took out the cauldron, the skeleton helmsman, sensing the commotion, was immediately astonished. "This is... the source beast essence? Master, how is there source beast essence here?"

Whoosh!

It flew out from the cauldron, staring at the blood-colored strange beast in shock, its eyes wide as saucers.

For the first time, Qin Chen saw such an astonished expression on the skeleton helmsman’s face, exclaiming, "Source beast essence? What source beast essence?"

He suddenly realized, frowning, "Are you saying it's the blood-colored strange beast unique to the Ancient Yu Realm?"

"Unique to the Ancient Yu Realm?" The skeleton helmsman shook its head. "This is clearly the source beast essence from our Demon Continent."

As soon as those words fell, the skeleton helmsman rushed towards the blood-colored strange beast.

"Devil Blood Technique!"

It bellowed, and a strange power immediately erupted from its body. This power enveloped the blood-colored strange beast, and strands of red blood crystal essence were quickly drawn out from the beast’s body, merging into the skeleton helmsman’s own.

To Qin Chen’s surprise, the once lifeless skeleton helmsman now showed signs of vitality, while the blood-colored strange beast, having lost that bit of blood crystal essence, shattered with a crack and turned into nothingness, not even leaving behind the blood crystals it should have.

"Indeed, this is the source beast essence from our Demon Continent."

The skeleton helmsman affirmed confidently.

"What exactly is source beast essence?" Qin Chen asked, puzzled. "Source beast essence is the essence released by the top-tier source beasts of our Demon Continent, which are beneficial to our Demon race. A live source beast can continuously provide source beast essence which is crucial for our healing and cultivation..."

The skeleton helmsman explained extensively. Qin Chen finally understood that the source beast was a unique creature from the Demon Continent, vital to the Demon race, and considered a strategic resource of war with immense power.

One could say that a source beast in the Demon Continent held a status equivalent to that of a Demon Lord.

"What do you mean? There’s a source beast from your Demon Continent in the Ancient Yu Realm?" Qin Chen asked earnestly.

"That’s absolutely certain." The skeleton helmsman nodded, its eyes gleaming with excitement. "If we can find a source beast, I’m confident I can recover my previous cultivation within a century."

Qin Chen inhaled sharply.

A century!