Martial Master

"What the hell is going on?" Qin Chen looked at the completely destroyed spirit herbs, almost ready to unleash his sword energy again.

"Young Master Chen..."

"Stop, don't call me that in such a disgusting way."

Seeing the two bugs looking at him with flattering eyes, Qin Chen harshly reprimanded them. Hearing them call him Young Master Chen felt quite awkward.

"Weren't those guys outside calling you Young Master Chen? And that beautiful fairy also called you Young Master Chen. Why can they do it, but we can't?" The two bugs looked innocent.

"Then how about we call you Master? That black skeleton also calls you Master," said one of the energy-eating ants.

"No way, how can I be called Master? That would make me no different from that black skeleton. I think calling you Boss sounds better," the other fire-refining bug replied.

The skeleton captain nearby had a face full of dark lines. Black skeleton? Are they talking about him? Have these dead bugs had enough of living?

"Alright, alright, call me whatever you want, Master or Boss is fine. Now, tell me, what exactly happened?" Qin Chen said.

"Boss, after we were baptized by your lightning tribulation, we underwent mutations and became like this. We also gained spiritual intelligence. When we woke up, we felt really hungry, and these spirit herbs had a comforting aura, so we couldn't help but eat a little bit." The two bugs said pitifully as they sensed Qin Chen's anger.

"A little bit?"

Qin Chen was about to curse. Was that really just a little? All the spirit herbs he had collected in this continent had nearly been eaten clean.

Then, he scrutinized the two bugs, furrowing his brow. He knew that some blood beasts would undergo mutations during their evolution, but he never thought these strange spirit bugs would mutate because of his lightning tribulation.

"Do you remember how you ended up in this gourd?" Qin Chen asked.

"We don't remember. We only remember you taking us to battle and sleeping in the warm blue flames, it was very comfortable," the two bugs replied in unison, as if rehearsed.

Qin Chen wanted to learn about their origins from them, but after asking a few questions, he realized it was a wild hope.

These bugs had no memories of following him, and they didn’t even have the memories of being black slaves. Their memories only started after they were struck by heavenly lightning when he broke through to the seventh rank Martial King in the Heavenly Demon Secret Realm.

"What is your current strength?" Qin Chen asked, frowning.

"Uh? We don't know," the two bugs shook their heads.

"Don't move."

Qin Chen activated the Sword Domain, and immediately, strands of sword energy appeared in the world, slashing at the two bugs.

Clang! Clang!

The sword light fell, and surprisingly, the two bugs were completely unharmed.

"Eh!"

Qin Chen was astonished and increased the power of the sword light. Thud, thud, thud, these energy-eating ants and fire-refining bugs didn’t have a scratch on them.

"How do you feel?" Qin Chen asked.

"Feel? What feeling?"

The two bugs looked confused, their four little eyes rolling around in a comical way.

Qin Chen broke into a sweat and said, "I mean, what does it feel like when the sword energy lands on you?"

"Oh, Boss, you mean this?"

The two bugs finally reacted. "It's very comfortable. Are you scratching us, Boss?"

Pfft!

Qin Chen nearly spat out blood, utterly shocked. His Sword Domain could directly slay typical early-stage peak Martial Kings, but to these strange spirit bugs, it was just a tickle. What kind of defense was this?

The skeleton captain’s eyes also widened. These little things were so powerful; could they be boasting?

"Be careful."

Clang!

Qin Chen drew his mysterious rusty sword and swung it down.

Bam!

At first, Qin Chen didn’t use much force, but when he struck the two spirit bugs, it felt like hitting two pieces of star iron—hard to an unbelievable extent.

"How does it feel?" Qin Chen asked.

"A bit of vibration."

"Feels tingly."

The two bugs responded.

Qin Chen was speechless. He increased the power of his attack.