The reason why the Jade-faced Mantis was so surprised was that Su Chen broke its magic sword arm with one sword.

It all stems from the Nine Nether evil creatures' power system, which is completely different from that of the cultivators.

It is different from the way cultivators become stronger by absorbing spiritual energy and comprehending heaven and earth.

The Nine Nether evil creatures, or most of the alien races, achieve the level of becoming stronger by making their life levels leap through body mutations.

That is what is commonly known as 'evolution'.

Therefore, among the alien races, there is no concept of Qi gathering, foundation establishment, or golden elixir.

The way they measure strength is simple, that is, 'unevolved', 'first evolved', 'second evolved', and so on.

The reason why the Immortal Alliance also uses terms like "Qi gathering and foundation establishment" is to measure the strength levels of alien races.

In essence, it is just to make it easier for cultivators to understand the degree of danger of evil creatures.

The Jade-faced Mantis that Su Chen encountered now was the result of an "evolution.".

It is similar to the fact that when a cultivator goes from gathering Qi to foundation establishment, both the total amount and quality of spiritual power will undergo a qualitative leap.

The Nine Nether Evil creatures complete their evolution each time.

Not only will there be a huge improvement in physical fitness, but parts of the body will also undergo mutations.

It forms a special organ similar to the monk's 'natal magic weapon'.

The special organs that the jade-faced mantis gained after its evolution are its two arms.

Although the Jade-faced Mantis is one of the Nine Nether evil creatures known for its speed.

But if we only talk about its two demon sword arms.

No matter how sharp or hard these two arms are, they are almost as good as the magic weapons that ordinary cultivators have practiced for many years.

Su Chen was able to accurately hit the weak spot on the arm of his demon sword with his first attack and directly create a noticeable crack in it.

This was no less than Su Chen destroying a Foundation Establishment cultivator's life-saving magic weapon with one strike.

How could the Jade-faced Mantis not be shocked?

The Jade-faced Mantis looked at the lotus pupils that Su Chen kept choosing and felt very annoyed.

He was careless. He shouldn't have underestimated the other person just because he was just a Qi-gathering cultivator from the human race.

This human cultivator's eyes... there is something strange!

Thinking of this, Jade-faced Blade Mantis's murderous intent towards Su Chen became even stronger.

No, he absolutely cannot let a human prodigy like him grow up; otherwise, it will be a serious threat to his race!

With this thought in mind, Jade-faced Mantis decisively became serious.

It did not choose to fight but relied on its terrifying speed to create a distance of three body lengths between itself and Su Chen in an instant.

However, its retreat was not an escape but an attempt to regain the rhythm of the battle.

Because in the eyes of the Jade-faced Mantis at this time, Su Chen should be the type who is like him, who likes to disguise himself and fight quickly.

In such a game, whoever takes the first move will undoubtedly have the upper hand.

If Su Chen was not only at the Qi gathering stage.

It is not easy for the Jade-faced Mantis to escape so easily.

However, although Su Chen has amazing swordsmanship, he also has that strange pupil technique.

But his physical fitness is very average.

It is incomparable to this Nine Nether Evil creature after its evolution.

So after keeping a certain distance.

The wings behind the Jade-faced Mantis flapped rapidly, creating a gust of wind around it.

Then the compound eyes on the triangular head of the Jade-faced Mantis stared at Su Chen, and its figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

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And almost at the same time, Su Chen seemed to have predicted the future.

Suddenly he turned around and slashed in a certain direction behind him.

Bang!

Su Chen's magic sword collided with Jade-faced Blade Mantis's magic sword again, and a large amount of sparks burst out.

But this time... Su Chen was at a disadvantage.

Because the Jade-faced Mantis's next attack was like a storm, leaving Su Chen no chance to breathe.

The two demon swords attacked alternately, like endless waves, one after another.

If it were someone else, he would have been beheaded by the Jade-faced Mantis by now.

But for Su Chen, who has the extreme state traceless sword technique.

Not only is his pure sword-drawing speed almost the same as that of the Jade-faced Mantis.

Even relying on his own extremely high attainments in swordsmanship, he is even more skilled than Jade-faced Mantis.

This allows him to use less spiritual power and launch more powerful attacks.

On one side are the Nine Nether evil creatures with obvious physical advantages, and on the other side are the human cultivators with obvious skill advantages.

This would have seemed like a one-sided battle from the outside, but now it was evenly matched in a short period of time!

Half a minute later, the man and the evil creature, who had fought hundreds of times, briefly staggered.

But neither of them seemed to want to give the other a chance to rest. As if in tacit understanding, they collided with each other the moment they stood firm.

Bang, bang, bang!

This is a head-on competition between the alien swordsmanship and the cultivator's swordsmanship. The competition is to see whose sword is faster.

This kind of wild battle, which abandons all fancy tactics and returns to the primitive state, not only makes the two warring parties feel like they have met a worthy opponent.

The teachers and investigators who were watching this scene in the conference room were also stunned.

"Is this a sword technique that a swordsman in the Qi gathering stage can possess? How did he practice it?!"

A teacher from No. 3 High School was so shocked when he saw Su Chen fighting the Jade-faced Mantis on equal terms in a short period of time that he could hardly speak clearly.

Not only him, but everyone else around him was also shocked beyond words by this scene.

Because no one knows the value of the Jade-faced Mantis better than this group of teachers.

Although the Jade-faced Mantis could only rank ninth among the ten evil creatures in the Foundation Establishment Stage in the exam.

However, due to its terrifying speed, it ranks among the top three in terms of the number of students eliminated in all previous joint entrance examinations.

He is an unscrupulous killer of candidates.

After all, due to the problem of the quantity and quality of spiritual power, it is impossible for cultivators in the Qi gathering stage to master any powerful defensive techniques.

In addition, real magic weapons cannot be used in the joint examination.

As a result, most students' performance in the joint entrance examination is much weaker than in reality.

As one gains strength while the other loses strength, ordinary candidates encounter the Jade-faced Mantis, which is famous for its speed.

There was almost no way to fight back.

Many times, the candidates who were eliminated by the Jade-faced Mantis did not even see the shadow of the Jade-faced Mantis.

He was beheaded by the other party with one sword.

Therefore, when he saw the Jade-faced Mantis approaching Su Chen, Su Chen was still alone.

They all felt that the battle would be a one-sided massacre.

The only difference is how long Su Chen can hold on.

As a result, they never expected that Su Chen's swordsmanship would be so terrifying.

So much so that in the first encounter, the Jade-faced Mantis's magic sword was damaged, and he suffered a loss.

You know, it was because of this that the Jade-faced Mantis was somewhat timid in the following battle.

Whenever it needed to use the magic sword in its right hand to attack, it would subconsciously retract its strength.

He was worried that his magic sword would not be able to withstand Su Chen's attack and would be completely chopped into pieces.

Otherwise, relying on the Jade-faced Mantis's physical fitness, which is much superior to Su Chen's, it still has several chances to break through Su Chen's swordsmanship and severely injure Su Chen with one blow.

But looking at it from another angle, this is also because Su Chen himself is powerful enough.

Even if one can discover this, whether one can do it is another matter.

All they could say was that Su Chen's strength was far beyond their imagination.

Although they all hoped that Su Chen could defeat the Jade-faced Mantis on his own.

But everyone present, as veteran Foundation Establishment cultivators, knew that this idea was just a thought.

Because the Jade-faced Mantis in the current picture... hasn't used its full strength yet!

In other words, Su Chen has not yet reached the point where he can force the Jade-faced Mantis to the point where it needs to use its precious trump card.

Don't think that the Jade-faced Mantis seems to be fighting on equal terms with Su Chen at this moment.

But up to now, the Jade-faced Mantis has suffered no substantial losses except for some consumption of physical strength.

But Su Chen was completely different.

He has been able to hold on until now, but all he has consumed is the precious spiritual energy in his body.

It goes without saying which recovers faster, spiritual power or physical strength.

Therefore, if Su Chen continued to remain in this stalemate, it would only be a matter of time before he was dragged down by the Jade-faced Mantis and his spiritual power was exhausted.

And it's not just the teachers at the conference who know this.

Su Chen and Jade-faced Mantis, who were in the battle, were also very aware of this.

"Boy, your spiritual power won't last much longer, right?"

After another encounter with Su Chen, the Jade-faced Mantis flapped its wings and flew to the glass railing on the second floor of the mall.

Half squatting on it, he looked down at Su Chen with a smile, his breathing becoming slightly faster.

Facing the ridicule from the Jade-faced Mantis, Su Chen seemed to be prepared to use this precious time to recover some spiritual power, so he did not answer.

This look of his caught the eye of Jade-faced Mantis.

This undoubtedly made the Jade-faced Mantis feel more confident of winning.

So much so that it couldn't help but want to tease Su Chen again.

"To be honest, human boy, you are the second interesting prey I have encountered since I came to this place."

"Your status among the human race should be the same as that of the royal family in our Nine Nether Clans."

"When I thought about the fact that I could kill a human genius similar to the Nine Nether royal family, I couldn't help but get excited."

"Because I like to see the unwilling and resentful look in your eyes when you, the geniuses, die. It's as if they are saying that if I give you a little more time, you can easily defeat me."

"But I just won't give you the time to practice, haha!"

After laughing, the Jade-faced Mantis looked at Su Chen with a serious look in its eyes.

Then, a large number of green lines began to appear on the emerald green insect armor on its body.

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