I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 535 Passing the test
Zhang Chen turned his head and looked at Chen Ping. At this time, Chen Ping's clothes were stained with blood and there were many holes on his body.

Even a martial arts master who has cultivated Qi and blood will be trapped in a tough battle when facing a huge crowd, and will eventually run out of strength. Especially when the soldiers on the opposite side are wearing iron armor and are as fierce as wolves and tigers and cooperating in an orderly manner, even a martial arts master who has cultivated Qi and blood will have a few more holes on his body if he is not careful.

A martial arts expert is too insignificant in the face of a mighty army. There are three blood gods guarding the carriage. The three blood gods come and go freely, passing through the gaps in the armor, and instantly absorb the armored people who approach. I'm afraid the carriage has become a beehive at this time.

“Even if a strong person possesses supernatural powers, if he does not have the ability to cause large-scale destruction, he can only protect himself when facing such a large army.” Zhang Chen said secretly in his heart.

The seventh-level Blood God Son is very powerful, but he is still stretched and unable to protect the people in the carriage.

Zhang Chen sealed the golden bowl and buried it underground. The Hupo Pass defenders, who were originally well-organized, began to lose their morale as they lost their leader. "The general was killed! The general is dead!"

Accompanied by cries of grief, the soldiers of Hupo Pass were in chaos, the armored soldiers were defeated, and the refugees surged in like a tide, rushed into Hupo Pass, then crossed the Great Wall of Hupo Pass and entered the border between Pingbei Hou and Pingbian Wang on the opposite side.

Zhang Chen walked slowly to the front of the carriage. At this time, Chen Ping was kneeling on one knee with a spear in his hand. Blood was dripping from his body. He looked extremely miserable. No one knew whether it was his own blood or the blood of the enemy.

"Brother Zhang, am I dead? I actually saw you in the legendary underworld?" Chen Ping's vision was already blurred, and his eyes were fixed on Zhang Chen who was walking towards him, his eyes full of sorrow: "I only regret that I failed your expectations and did not lead our family to fight, and I did not kill the golden bowl to avenge you."

"Hahaha, the Golden Bowl has been sealed by me, and the Tiger Soul Pass has been broken. We can pass it now." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"Bang~"

Chen Ping fell to the ground, closed his eyes and fainted. Blood God Son picked Chen Ping up. Zhang Chen looked at the injuries on Chen Ping's body with a cautious look in his eyes: "The injuries are very serious. All his internal organs are pierced. If it weren't for the strong vitality of a Qi and Blood Warrior, I'm afraid this guy would have died."

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Chen took out another pill and stuffed it into Chen Ping's mouth. Then the Blood God carried Chen Ping, and Zhang Chen led the carriage and walked away in the chaotic crowd.

"Little brother, what happened to my father?" At this time, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and the little girl's eyes were red, and tears kept falling.

"Your father just fell asleep. He will wake up again after we pass this critical juncture." Zhang Chen consoled him with a smile.

"But he is seriously injured..." The girl looked at the blood dripping from Chen Ping's body, her eyes full of worry, like a frightened deer.

Zhang Chen touched the girl's head and said, "Don't worry. After we pass this difficult juncture, I will give you a healthy father."

Hearing Zhang Chen's assurance, the girl could only shrink her head. Zhang in the carriage ignored the girl's dirty hands, grabbed her hands and comforted her, "Good girl, don't worry. Since your elder brother has spoken, there is nothing he can't do. Since he said your father is fine, then your father must be fine. Don't worry, even if your father is really dead, he will save your father."

The carriage passed through the chaotic crowd. At this time, Hupo Pass was in chaos. Zhang Chen was leading the fifth-level demon horse, and no one dared to stop him wherever he passed, so Zhang Chen successfully passed through the pass and entered the town behind Hupo Pass, and then went towards another city gate of Hupo Pass.

Hupo Pass is a border town where border troops and passing merchants live. As for the residents, most of them are the families of border troops.

At this time, Hupo Pass was breached and the people in the city hid in their houses and dared not come out.

Zhang Chen walked through the long streets and saw that the south gate of the city had been opened and the soldiers guarding the city wall had disappeared.

Zhang Chen passed through the city gate smoothly and looked into the distance, but was suddenly stunned as a long-lost dry smell hit his face.

Sniffing the refreshing air, Zhang Chen muttered, "That's right. The north should be dry and cool. The weather on the other side of Hupo Pass has been turned upside down by that bastard Pingbian Wang. It makes people think they have come to the south."

"How strange! The territories of Marquis Pingbei and King Pingbian are adjacent to each other, so why can't we see Marquis Pingbei leading a large army to defend near Hupo Pass?" Zhang Taowei asked, expressing his doubts.

"The territories of both sides are adjacent to each other, but only important towns and cities will have large armies stationed there. Only towns and cities have the meaning of stationing large armies and guarding them! Ordinary wilderness and rural areas, not to mention whether they are worth it, it is still unclear whether they can afford to support so many troops." Zhang Chen explained.

If you want to go south, you don't actually need a pass. As long as you don't enter any city you encounter along the way, no one will check whether you have a pass.

So this is the reason why the people in the north can flee to the south. Otherwise, if King Pingbian is unwilling to issue travel passes for the people in the north, how can the people leave their own territory and flee?

Of course, Zhang Chen had no intention of entering the northern towns. He just wanted to go to the Jiangnan water town to hide and develop secretly. As long as he developed, he would have the capital to compete with the imperial capital. After such a long time of walking, Zhang Chen's solar ember experience value was about to be full, and he would have his first ninth-level skill.

After the refugees entered the territory of Ping Beihou, they fled separately. Zhang Chen was aided by the magic horse along the way, so his speed was not slow. He only needed to gallop along the official road.

After walking a hundred miles in half a day, they were already far away from Hupo Pass. Zhang Chen thought about it and the Blood God Son who was following nearby disappeared quietly, returning to the Northland again to absorb blood from the battlefield in the Northland. Zhang Chen would not let the Blood God Son follow him and waste his time in vain. He only left one Blood God Son to carry Chen Ping.

When they reached the wilderness, they saw the sky gradually darkening. They stopped the carriage and said to the people in the carriage, "We have arrived at the territory of Pingbei Hou. Let's set up camp and repair for one night, and continue our journey tomorrow."

Zhang Chen is now the backbone of the family, so naturally his family has no objection when he speaks.

The family set up the tents, and Zhang started stewing the meat again. Zhang Chen placed Chen Ping in place, and the Blood God Son also turned into blood light and disappeared on the spot. Zhang Chen walked forward and carefully checked Chen Ping's injuries. After a moment, he showed a hint of joy: "Not bad! Not bad! He will recover soon."

"Uncle, how is my father?" The girl looked at Zhang Chen with anxiety on her face.

Zhang Chen touched the girl's head and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, your father will wake up tonight."

"Really? That's great!" The girl's eyes lit up when she heard that. She stood guard beside Chen Ping eagerly, observing his breathing. Even when Zhang Chen called her to eat, she refused to go and just stood there guarding.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Chen brought the stewed meat and asked the girl to eat it beside Chen Ping, and then he went aside to meditate and practice.

In the middle of the night, Chen Ping slowly opened his eyes. Zhang Chen noticed the change in Chen Ping's breath and said, "Are you awake?"

"Am I dead?" Chen Ping slowly sat up.

"Daddy!" The girl rushed over, her voice filled with tears: "You are not dead! It was your uncle who saved you."

Zhang Chen joked, "Can the dead feel physical pain?"

Chen Ping felt the burning sensation on his body, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face. Although he was grimacing in pain, his face was still full of joy. After all, he was still alive, wasn't he?
Chen Ping stroked the girl's face, comforted her tearful face, and then turned to look at Zhang Chen: "Brother Zhang, I will never be able to repay you for what I owe you in this lifetime."

"Haha, we have known each other for a while, so we don't owe each other anything." Zhang Chen came to Chen Ping with a bowl of stewed meat and said, "Eat, I knew you would wake up tonight, so I kept stewing the meat for you."

Chen Ping was not polite. He took a big piece of the stewed meat and ate it. At the same time, he said to Zhang Chen, "Brother, I was really blind. I didn't realize that you have such a skill. How did you escape from Jin Dou's hands?"

He didn't think that Zhang Chen could defeat Jin Dou, but Zhang Chen used unknown means to escape from Jin Dou.

"The golden bowl has bronze skin and iron bones, and is made of steel. It can even turn into liquid and become invisible. But it has two fatal flaws." Zhang Chen stretched out two fingers.

"Fatal flaw? Two?" Chen Ping was so surprised that he even stopped eating meat. The iron body of Jin Dou was indestructible, and he couldn't think of any flaws. Even Yang Shen Zhenren couldn't do anything about that stinky and hard iron lump, so where was the flaw? If there was a flaw, Yang Shen Zhenren would not be helpless.

"The first flaw is his soul. Although his body is strong, his soul is not as strong as his body." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"Having said that, Jin Dou is very powerful, and his soul is protected by his physical body. It is not easy to shake his soul, unless you have a unique secret method." Chen Ping replied after hearing Zhang Chen's words.

You have to know that the strength of the body determines how difficult it is to shake the other person's soul. With the other person's body made of steel and iron, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to shake the other person's soul.

"The second one is the sealing technique! Although he is indestructible and immortal, his bloodline realm is not high. As long as we master the sealing technique to seal him, we can take him down. The sealing technique is naturally able to counter this kind of magical power!" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

After hearing Zhang Chen's words, Chen Ping swallowed the stew in his mouth and said, "Sealing skills are even rarer. I have been in the martial arts world for several years and have seen a lot, but I have never heard of anyone mastering the art of sealing."

ps: Happy New Year, brothers.

(End of this chapter)