Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 379: Chapter 196: Human-Shaped Tiger Demon

Seeing Liu Ruolan invite Chen Cheng, everyone else turned to look at him, curious to see what he would choose.

Throughout their journey these past few days, Chen Cheng had been brimming with energy, showing no signs of fatigue. His Essence, Qi, and Spirit were in no way inferior to the Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists in the group.

Keep in mind, he was on guard duty every day.

Meanwhile, those Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists mostly just scouted the area briefly before returning to rest.

Chen Cheng expended far more vital energy and Essence, Qi, and Spirit than the Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists.

For Martial Artists cultivating the Martial Dao, a stronger physique meant more abundant vital energy and a more powerful Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

His performance on the journey was enough to prove that Chen Cheng’s physique was formidable, no less so than a Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist’s.

Realizing this, everyone was filled with admiration for Chen Cheng.

’With such a formidable physique, Chen Cheng’s true combat power must also be immense.’

’Would he really agree to join the Liu siblings’ team?’

’After all, if he did, he would naturally have to follow Liu Ruofeng’s lead.’

’And how could a strong person be willing to be subservient to another? To take orders from someone else?’

Liu Ruofeng also wore a friendly smile. To be honest, he would very much welcome Chen Cheng to his team.

The moment Chen Cheng agreed, he would have already lost half the battle in terms of sheer presence.

Then Liu Ruofeng would be able to hold his head high.

Liu Ruofeng had even made up his mind: as long as Chen Cheng joined the team he was leading, he would venture deep into Evil Tiger Ridge and try to find and kill that Tier Two Demon Tiger.

He wanted to properly display his strength in front of Chen Cheng and make him submit wholeheartedly.

On the other side, Wang Xiongzhang was also paying close attention to Chen Cheng’s decision.

When Wang Xiongzhang had invited Chen Cheng to join his team, he had undoubtedly wanted to take Chen Cheng on as a subordinate.

Unfortunately, Chen Cheng had completely ignored him.

Wang Xiongzhang naturally didn’t want to see Chen Cheng join Liu Ruofeng’s team, as that would make Liu Ruofeng’s team seem stronger than his own group of eight Purple-clothed Guards from the Demon Suppression Department.

"Thank you for your kind offer, Miss Xiaolan, but I don’t need a team just to hunt some beasts in the mountains."

Chen Cheng smiled and politely declined.

Xiaolan hadn’t expected Chen Cheng to refuse her invitation and was slightly taken aback.

After all, it was Chen Cheng’s first time leaving the city to slay demons. He wasn’t familiar with demon slaying, so going with them would undoubtedly be more suitable.

"Lord Chen, perhaps you could reconsider. My brother and I will probably try lighting the Beast-Attracting Incense to lure out the Red-eyed Striped Tiger.

At that time, Lord Chen, you can see how we hunt Demon Beasts."

This Beast-Attracting Incense was a fragrance refined from a mixture of the fat and heart’s blood of a Tier One Demon Beast, the Flower Branch Deer.

Once lit, it would release an extremely rich and peculiar fragrance similar to the vital aroma of a Flower Branch Deer.

This peculiar fragrance could easily attract all sorts of ferocious wild beasts.

This was especially true for the Red-eyed Striped Tiger. As a Demon Beast that specialized in preying on other animals, its Perception of animal scents was extremely keen, and it had no resistance whatsoever to the Beast-Attracting Incense.

As long as it smelled the Beast-Attracting Incense, it would rush over, even from a mile or two away.

"No problem. If you manage to lure out the Red-eyed Striped Tiger, I’ll just run over and take a look."

Chen Cheng replied, still in a very casual manner.

"Alright then." Xiaolan nodded, then added, "Lord Chen, remember to stay near us. As soon as the Red-eyed Striped Tiger appears, I’ll blow two blasts on the Quails’ Whistle."

When leaving the city to slay Demons, one often entered deep mountain forests where signaling methods like Whistling Arrows were rather inconvenient.

The members of a Demon-slaying Team more often used various signal whistles to communicate.

The Quails’ Whistle was one such signal whistle used for short-range communication, capable of carrying sound for a mile or two.

Moreover, the whistle’s call sounded like a partridge’s cry, making it quite covert and unlikely to startle Demons.

"Got it." Chen Cheng gave a slight nod.

The Liu siblings’ team, intending to slay the Red-eyed Striped Tiger, would have to venture a bit deeper into Evil Tiger Ridge.

Thus, upon learning that Chen Cheng wouldn’t be joining them, Liu Ruofeng called to his little sister and the others in his team. They hurriedly entered the mountain forest, heading in the direction of Evil Tiger Ridge.

The eight-man team of Purple-clothed Guards from the Demon Suppression Department clearly also intended to hunt the Red-eyed Striped Tiger.

Wang Xiongzhang shot a glance at Chen Cheng before calling to his own teammates and heading quickly toward Evil Tiger Ridge.

Both teams obviously wanted to score their own kill, so they deliberately kept a considerable distance from each other, a distance that gradually increased as they moved on.

"Lord Chen, can I go with you?"

Sha Yu finally found an opportunity to ask.

Her Martial Arts Power was decent, and she had followed Demon-slaying Teams out of the city to slay demons many times before.

However, she rarely participated in the process of hunting Demon Beasts; more often, she was responsible for logistics.

When a Demon Hunting Team killed a Demon Beast, she would be on the spot to buy materials like the Demon Beast Meat.

This time, following the Shen Family’s Demon-slaying Team, the Sha Family father and daughter had the same plan.

Chen Cheng’s target was the Tier Two Demon Tiger deep within Evil Tiger Ridge; naturally, he couldn’t take her with him.

Coincidentally, Shen Zhiheng and the two sisters, Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang, also looked over, their expressions filled with concern.

Chen Cheng had no experience in demon slaying, and they certainly didn’t want to see him die in the jaws of a Tiger Demon.

Chen Cheng just smiled and said, "I’m just going to wander the nearby woods, see if I can scare up a rabbit or some other small game.

There’s no need for Miss Sha to come along."

"Er..." Sha Yu wanted to say that she also enjoyed hunting small game, but it was clear Chen Cheng had no intention of letting her follow.

With a few leaps, his figure shot into the nearby mountain forest and vanished from sight.

Everyone was stunned!

"Hah! Young people are certainly full of energy. After being on guard duty for several days straight, Lord Chen is still as vigorous as a dragon and fierce as a tiger.

This old man is truly impressed!"

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