8: peak body-refining..

Xiao Chen continued dashing towards the foot of the mountain, making sure to occasionally curse the jade-scaled roc..

Each time it was cursed, it would increase in speed and try even harder to kill xiao Chen, no one knew when it would start throwing trees at xiao Chen...

Xiao Chen has only managed to escape for so long because he had been using the environment to his advantage, if this was an open area he would have long been turned into pieces of meat by the furious bird...

"System, please help me, I'm bouta die" xiao Chen shouted...

[the system won't do this next time, but since the host is new to this world the system will help host, host should jump in the flowing river not far away from here, the roc wouldn't dare go in] the system's voice was heard...

"River?" Xiao Chen turned around in all directions, only after catching the glimpse of a flowing river did he run towards that direction with all his might..

Xiao Chen dashed out once again before turning directions, this caused the jade-scaled roc to slow down its speed to maneuver it's body, it angrily landed onto the ground, causing a huge amount of dirt to be lifted into the air..

Xiao Chen made sure to stick up a few middle-fingers before he jumped into the lake, swimming at the bottom and following the flow of the river which was moving towards the foot of the mountain...

SCREECH!!!

The loud screeches of the jade-scales roc was heard all throughout the mountain, it wouldn't be a lie even if one said it was the master of this mountain..

But after seeing it's prey disappear under a river, the jade-scales roc was enraged even further before screeching even louder, it was as if it wouldn't stop looking for xiao Chen even if it couldn't find him anywhere...

The jade-scaled roc stared at the river before with red eyes as a huge amount of killing intent poured into the river, nearly making xiao Chen who was holding the egg suffocate, ciao Chen held the egg before using his new strong body to swim along the flow of the river, he defiantly wouldn't be going back to his home anytime soon...

The jade-scaled roc aggressively flapped it's heavy wings in the air, causing the steadily flowing water to move out of control, even those winds sent by its wings would be lethal if it had hit a normal person, luckily xiao Chen managed to swim even further down the mountain, completely out of sight from the jade-scaled roc..

The huge bird stared at the river for a second before flying around in circles as if it had just lost its mind, its never ending screeches sending shivers down the spine of all living things on the mountain...

Each and every one of them thinking the same thing!!

Who the hell pissed the bird off...

...

While the jade-scaled roc was going crazy and destroying everything it could see, xiao Chen had long since swam further down the river..

He really had to thank the system this time, even after nearly dying, he felt a sense of accomplishment as he looked at the egg in his hands..

"Hehe, this ancestor here will drink to my full" xiao Chen excitedly swam even further, according to the system, the egg didn't have to be cooked to be consumed, meaning he could basically drink or devour using the primordial devouring technique never the less he would gain the same effects regardless...

Even though he had pissed off a strong beast, xiao Chen wasn't the least bit worried, with the help of the system, it wouldn't be long until he would devour it too...

Bam!!

After checking his surroundings by sticking his head out of the surface of the water, xiao Chen looked around before jumping out of the river and onto the grassy land..

He greedily held the egg in his hands as he got ready to eat, this might be what would help him breakthrough...

After all a egg with archaic ancient beast descendant blood was definitely a good treasure..

Xiao Chen held the egg which was producing a profound energy, with a light chop the eggshell slightly cracked, exposing a small open area, the inside of the egg could be seen, a sweet fragrance drifted through the air as he poured it all down his through...

Xiao Chen held the egg shells in his hand, it was best to dispose of this carefully Incase the jade-scaled roc would sniff it out..

Xiao Chen let out a burp before using the [primordial devouring technique] the energy inside his flesh and body continued to refine him and improve his cultivation at an amazing rate, the egg white and the yolk turned into sources of energy, aiding xiao Chen in his cultivation..

The next scene shocked xiao Chen, the eggshells in his hands which were releasing profound energy were also devoured by him...

Boom!!!

He had broken through once again, xiao Chen was now at the peak of the body-refining realm, directly skipping the late stage..

[mission completed!!

Task: reach the peak of the body-refining realm..

Rewards: 1x lottery ticket, (peak) grade-1 sword...

Time limit: 4 days-3 hours left] the system's notification was heard as a screen appeared..

"System, show me my status"

[status

host: xiao Chen

Age: 15

Cultivation: (peak) body-refining realm

Skills:[primordial devouring technique], [Astral Gale sword art]

Items: (peak)grade-1 sword, 1x lottery ticket]

Xiao Chen clenched his fists in excitement before looking through his stats and items, now that he realized it the system had an item bar, most likely to store items gained from system missions, he wasn't sure if he could store stuff in it..

"System, can I store items in my item bar?" Xiao Chen asked..

[the item bar is only for items gained through the system, the host would need to get a spatial treasure to hold his own items] the system's voice was heard..

As expected..

Xiao Chen was still happy today, he had broken through earlier than expected and had also gained the system rewards..