The Great Ruler: Reborn as Mu Chen, sweeping across the vast world!

"See you on the final spiritual path. Don't refuse my invitation to cooperate then."

Mu Chen waved to Luo Li, and before Luo Li could react, he took a step forward and disappeared into the light gate.

Luo Li stood there, gazing in the direction where Mu Chen had disappeared. Her glass-like eyes reflected the afterglow of the light gate. She pursed her lips, her thin, soft lips almost forming a straight line.

He's a strange person... but I don't dislike him.

……

As the light and shadow shift, the sense of spatial distortion gradually fades.

The sky was a clear, deep blue, with a few wisps of thin clouds hanging lazily on the horizon. The sunlight shone down without any obstruction, carrying a primitive and pure atmosphere.

As he expected, the space around him was empty and desolate, with no one else in sight.

Looking around, the distant mountains are like dark eyebrows, stretching endlessly, while nearby vegetation is lush and ancient trees reach for the sky.

With the babbling brook and the faint chirping of birds, one might almost mistake this place for an undeveloped paradise if they didn't know its history!

But Mu Chen knew very well that beneath this calm and peaceful appearance lay a far more dangerous killing intent than that of the outer spiritual path... which, to him, should not be considered a killing intent.

According to the hints in the Crimson Token, there will be a large number of high-level spirit beasts in the final Spirit Path, and there may even be spirit beasts that can step onto the Earth Ranking.

This did not put pressure on Mu Chen; on the contrary, it stirred up his long-dormant passion.

His level four spiritual body has stagnated for some time now. The essence of ordinary spirit beasts has little effect on him. If he wants to go further and break through the shackles, he needs a more powerful essence and spirit object!

"A spirit beast on the Earth Ranking..." Mu Chen muttered to himself, a hopeful smile playing on his lips. "I hope it won't disappoint me."

He leaped onto the canopy of an ancient tree that was tens of meters tall and gazed into the distance.

The mountain ranges, the winding rivers, the distribution of forests... the general terrain is all in sight.

Lightly descending from the treetop, Mu Chen chose a direction and began to move forward.

Before they had gone far, a foul stench wafted out from the bushes on their side!

It was a leopard-shaped spirit beast with a jet-black body, moving as fast as lightning, its sharp claws aimed straight for Mu Chen's back.

Mu Chen didn't even turn around; he just casually snapped a photo!

"Waaah—"

With a short, mournful howl, the sizable black leopard spirit beast was slammed into the trunk of an ancient tree that required two people to encircle, as if it were a sandbag.

"Snap!"

A sickening cracking sound rang out, and the black panther spirit beast's spine twisted into a bizarre angle, dying instantly.

"A mid-level spirit beast, better than nothing." Mu Chen absorbed the essence with his token, shook his hand, and continued forward.

The journey ahead was fraught with attacks, and the variety of spirit beasts was vast.

Venomous crocodiles lurking in the mud; swarms of wire snakes disguised as vines; fierce birds with iron feathers swooping down from the treetops; and packs of red-eyed wolves...

There are also quite a few high-level spirit beasts, such as the Phantom Cat, the Earth Boar, and the True Fire Beast...

For ordinary Spiritual Path Trial participants, this might be a great test, but for Mu Chen, these attacks were child's play!

His movements were concise and efficient; the battle was often over the instant the spirit beast pounced.

Fists, palms, fingers, elbows, knees... a unique set of techniques, combined with meticulous control over terrifying power, easily reaped the spirit beasts along the way.

With the continuous accumulation of his essence, he actually succeeded in advancing to the fifth level of spiritual body!

But Mu Chen's brows gradually furrowed.

The sense of improvement from slaying these spirit beasts is becoming increasingly weak, like a trickle flowing into a deep pool, leaving almost no ripples.

Not enough, still not enough!

"Where exactly is the Earthly Ranking Spirit Beast?" Mu Chen stood by a stream, washing the blood that had gotten on his arms, his gaze sweeping over the vast, desolate mountains and forests in the distance.

Along the way, he deliberately slowed down, expanded his search area, and even actively sought out places with fierce auras, but the strongest he encountered was only a top-tier spirit beast that was close to the threshold of the Earth Ranking, far from being a true Earth Ranking being!

Just as he was feeling slightly irritated, a towering, continuous shadow at the edge of his vision caught his attention.

It was an extremely majestic mountain range, with its main peak soaring into the clouds. Even from a great distance, one could feel its imposing presence.

Above the mountains, faint clouds and mist swirled, shimmering with a strange, pale golden luster under the sunlight.

What stirred his heart even more was that, in his spiritual sense, he sensed a faint sense of oppression coming from the direction of that mountain range, completely different from other places!

"Let's go take a look there!" Mu Chen's eyes lit up. Such a place where spiritual energy gathers must contain extraordinary things.

Without further delay, he moved, his speed suddenly increasing, transforming into a blurry black line, sweeping across the mountains and streams, heading straight towards that thousand-foot mountain range.

The closer he got, the clearer the sense of oppression became. Mu Chen chose the highest peak and began to climb it!

The steep rock face moved as if it were flat ground beneath his feet, and he easily dealt with any poisonous insects or strange snakes that occasionally lurked in the crevices of the rocks.

About half an hour later, he was standing on the mountaintop shrouded in clouds and mist.

The wind howled, billowing his black clothes.

Standing here, the view opens up dramatically, taking in most of the magnificent scenery of the entire mountain range.

The mountains rise and fall, the forests stretch endlessly, and the clouds and mist flow slowly along the mountainside, creating a dreamlike scene.

He focused his mind, narrowed his eyes, and carefully sensed and searched.

The aura of ordinary spirit beasts is like fireflies; that of slightly stronger ones is like flickering candlelight; while the aura of some powerful beings hidden in caves or deep pools is like a blazing torch.

Suddenly, his senses abruptly stopped as he passed over the northern foothills of the mountains!

There lurked there, a life force as hot and heavy as the sun, full of rage and majesty!

Following his senses, Mu Chen leaped across the ravine and saw a colossal creature lying dozing on a dark, mountain-like boulder.

The beast was as large as several giant elephants, its entire body covered with palm-sized rhomboid scales. The scales had a thick, noble dark gold color, which shimmered with a cold, hard luster in the sunlight filtering through the clouds.

It resembles a fierce tiger, but has a head that is more like a dragon's head, with two short but sharp dark gold horns on the top of its head and a bushy beard under its chin.

A long tail covered in bone spurs lay casually on the rock, occasionally sweeping unconsciously, leaving deep grooves on the hard rock surface.

It merely lay there, and a terrifying aura, as imposing as a mountain and as majestic as the king of beasts, emanated from it...

"Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast!"

Mu Chen silently recited the name of the spirit beast in his heart, and his eyes instantly burst forth with a dazzling light.

The Earthly Ranking Spirit Beast! We've finally found it!

Without the slightest hesitation, Mu Chen took a deep breath, and even the fierce wind on the mountaintop seemed to pause for a moment. He lightly touched the rocks with his toes.

"Snap!"

The rocks beneath our feet are cracked.

The next moment, he was like a black meteor tearing through the sky, plunging down from the top of the thousand-foot peak toward the giant rock on the north slope!

His robes fluttered as he plummeted downwards, but the flames in Mu Chen's eyes burned ever brighter.

The long-suppressed excitement erupted like a volcano; this was the opponent he needed!