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Chapter 215: Pursuit, Counterattack, and Retaliation!
Chapter 215: Pursuit, Counterattack, and Retaliation!
The night owl's mournful cry echoed through the howling wind.
Tu Shan was enveloped in an earthen yellow spiritual light, swiftly pursuing his target with unimaginable speed, guided by his spirit sense.
Earth Escape Technique!
The second-tier Five Elements Escape Technique allowed cultivators to briefly merge with the scattered earth-attributed essence energy in the world.
This way, when flying, one could reduce resistance.
Moreover, these earth-attributed essence energies would even become his aid.
If within the earth's soil, his speed would be even faster.
Ever since he serendipitously mastered this technique, Tu Shan's life as a loose cultivator had been carefree.
Occasionally, he would raid and rob others, obtaining abundant resources, then purchasing pills and finding secluded places to cultivate.
He wasn't afraid of being pursued.
With the Earth Escape Technique, he could fly over a dozen zhang during the Qi Condensation stage.
After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, this effect was multiplied several times, reaching dozens of zhang in a flash.
It was like shrinking space.
The only limitation was the technique's significant consumption of spiritual power, making it unsustainable for long periods.
"I don't need to sustain it for long. As long as I catch up to Dan Chenzi and hold him off until Wang Haichao arrives, that's enough."
"I've caught up!"
His eyes lit up, and Tu Shan burst out of the earth.
The moment he emerged, he launched an attack.
A small seal rapidly expanded, pressing down from below.
It was as if the world had turned upside down!
However, what he saw was Luo Chen, calmly smiling coldly.
"Why is he smiling?"
Just as Tu Shan was puzzled, Luo Chen made his move.
His hands crossed, and a ten-zhang-tall earthen yellow mountain suddenly condensed.
From top to bottom, it struck the large seal.
In the instant they clashed, a stalemate occurred.
Luo Chen lightly stepped on the mountain's peak, and with surging strength, the small seal was pressed down with a loud rumble.
Seizing the opportunity, Luo Chen spat out a sword orb, and golden light burst forth.
Countless sword lights surged towards Tu Shan.
Tu Shan had no time to check his repeated seal and hastily manipulated his defensive artifact to block the golden light rushing towards him.
"He can actually control a sword orb? Could he be a Jade Cauldron Sword Cultivator?"
As doubt and surprise filled his mind, a skyward giant shield tightly enveloped him.
Clang!
Outside the giant shield, sword lights flashed, creating a clanging sound.
But at least, he had blocked the most dangerous attack.
"Dan Chenzi, surrender, and you'll be spared. Fellow Daoist Wang will be here soon."
Just as he felt triumphant, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a dark shadow.
"Huh?"
In the moment of his surprise, the dark shadow suddenly pounced, like a ghost, piercing through the skyward giant iron shield.
"Roar!"
"What is this...?"
Chilling, cold, and unlike anything human.
As Tu Shan felt fear, the dark shadow passed through.
Then, it crouched on the ground, holding something, and devoured it voraciously.
Thud! Thud!
The repeated seal and the skyward giant iron shield, without their owner's control, fell heavily to the ground.
Luo Chen tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Looking at the limp body on the ground, devoid of any signs of life, he said, "You're quite brave!"
"You actually dared to come alone."
Luo Chen reached out, and the small seal, iron shield, Tu Shan's storage bag, and even his intact, flawless robe fell into his hands.
Luo Chen glanced at them and shook his head.
This iron shield was a bit trashy, only upper-grade quality. Under his sword orb's attack, it was almost on the verge of being scrapped.
However, the small seal was extraordinary, with several array patterns engraved on it, making it a supreme magical tool.
For a newly entered Foundation Establishment cultivator, this wealth might be impressive.
But in front of Luo Chen, it was nothing.
Although he had been caught up to, he had already set up the Soul Refining Banner in advance.
The little black one had been summoned and was hiding nearby.
He only needed to launch an attack, catching Tu Shan off guard, and the little black one could seize the opportunity to strike.
It seemed like two Foundation Establishment cultivators were pursuing Luo Chen.
In reality, it was Luo Chen and a ghost general comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, creating a time difference to besiege Tu Shan.
"This way, the offense and defense will be reversed!"
Luo Chen suddenly raised his head, staring straight ahead.
Wang Haichao hurriedly stopped in his tracks, looking at Luo Chen with uncertainty.
"Instant kill?!"
"Fellow Daoist Wang, why are you so far away? Come over here, and let's catch up."
Luo Chen approached Wang Haichao with a seemingly slow but swift pace. The gentle breeze condensed, and in an instant, a fierce wind swept through.
With Supreme Freedom Wind Riding, he enhanced himself, surrounded by golden light, and his sword tip emitted sword qi.
Witnessing this, Wang Haichao shivered.
He retreated step by step.
"Luo Chen, this must be a misunderstanding!"
"A misunderstanding?"
Luo Chen smiled slightly, then his face twisted.
"I'll go to your mother's misunderstanding!"
His fingers became like swords, and the sword orb unleashed thousands of sword lights that covered the sky and earth.
The speed was astonishing, leaving one speechless.
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
Wang Haichao coldly snorted and swung his sword, releasing a blue wave that surged like a crashing tide.
The originally fast sword lights slowed to a crawl under the layers of waves.
Gradually, the tension dissipated.
"I'm not a true Sword Cultivator, so I can't utilize the Sword Orb to its full potential."
"If a genuine Sword Cultivator were here, they might be able to instantly gather the sword light, condense it into a single strike, and slash through the waves."
Luo Chen sighed inwardly.
With a sweep of his wide sleeves, he cleared away the residual energy from the sword strike, leaving not a trace behind.
The water droplets, infused with spiritual energy, fell gracefully like a shower of light.
Luo Chen's gaze intensified.
Through the rain, he saw Wang Haichao's attack fail, and instead of advancing, he retreated and fled back the way he came.
Wang Haichao's heart was filled with terror.
Luo Chen's strength far exceeded his imagination.
He had managed to annihilate Tu Shan in the blink of an eye.
"I thought he had only tamed a second-tier Explosive Ape, but it seems he also has a Ghost General under his command!"
"The Soul Refining Banner, isn't this the magical tool that Li Da secretly refined?"
"Could it be that during his three-year seclusion, he ventured into the Ghost City?"
"No wonder Li Da disappeared without a trace. I thought he had left Da He Fang, but I never imagined that Luo Chen had killed him and taken his treasures..."
Countless thoughts flooded Wang Haichao's mind.
He no longer had the desire to compete with Luo Chen.
With the combined strength of Luo Chen and the Ghost General, he had no chance of victory.
Moreover, Luo Chen's previous burst of speed had been incredibly fast. If a real battle ensued, he might not even have a chance to escape.
He decided to return and join forces with Huo Hu before confronting Luo Chen again.
With Huo Hu's Foundation Establishment cultivation and the support of a magical treasure, he should have already killed Wang Yuan!
Just as he was thinking this, a sudden sense of intense danger gripped his heart.
He abruptly halted, and a defensive light barrier enveloped his body.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
The deep roars reverberated in his ears.
Three enormous dragon heads struck the defensive light barrier with lightning speed.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three azure dragons were instantly repelled hundreds of meters away by the powerful backlash.
Even their bodies shrank significantly.
Wang Haichao looked on, his heart sinking.
Nine azure dragons surrounded him from all sides, trapping him in the middle.
From behind, a figure approached like a soaring phoenix.
With a leap, he landed on the head of the last dragon, which was formed from spiritual energy.
"Tsk, tsk, not bad. A defensive magical treasure with built-in backlash."
Wang Haichao took a deep breath and gripped his blue supreme-grade flying sword.
When had Luo Chen set up this hidden trap?
The answer no longer mattered.
He knew Luo Chen wouldn't give him a response.
Staring at the figure standing atop the dragon, Wang Haichao spoke with a chilling voice, "Do you really intend to wipe us all out?"
"What else?" Luo Chen chuckled, his hands lifting slightly in the air as he continuously executed spirit formulas.
As an alchemist, Luo Chen's wealth far exceeded that of most people.
Having experienced several major battles, he selectively absorbed various spoils of war into his body.
Among these magical tools, Luo Chen was most adept at using the Sword Orb, which was fast and responsive, allowing him to move swiftly.
The most powerful one, however, was the Soul Refining Banner.
It wasn't that the banner itself was strong, but rather, it housed a second-tier Ghost General named Little Black.
But controlling Ghost Generals was no easy task, and after just devouring Tu Shan's Foundation Establishment soul, Little Black couldn't be commanded at the moment.
In fact, this was also the reason why Luo Chen wasn't yet fully familiar with the Soul Refining Banner.
If he had given prior instructions to prevent Little Black from devouring souls during battles, this situation could have been avoided.
Aside from the Sword Orb and the Soul Refining Banner, Luo Chen possessed another magical tool with exceptional power.
During the Qi Refinement stage, its might may have been limited by his cultivation level, preventing it from displaying its full potential.
However, after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, this tool surpassed the others and became one of his most lethal weapons.
Green Musk Dragon Summoning Banner! This supreme-grade magical tool, when infused with sufficient spiritual power, could summon several spirit energy dragons and even spew out green musk poison fragrance.
In the hands of others, its power would be ordinary.
But Luo Chen possessed the Great Perfection in Traction Technique.
For individual magical tools, he could only control them with greater ease.
However, after the Green Musk Dragon Summoning Banner summoned the dragons, it exhibited the effects of a complementary magical tool.
Thus, its true power was fully revealed today.
As Luo Chen continuously executed spirit formulas, the three dragons that had been repelled by Wang Haichao's defensive tool and shrunk due to backlash, instantly regained their spiritual energy and returned to their massive size.
The nine green musk dragons became agile in an instant.
They circled around Wang Haichao, swimming and dancing gracefully.
Witnessing this scene, Wang Haichao's heart sank.
Today, he feared he would be locked in a fierce battle!
But he would never surrender without a fight!
He channeled his spiritual power, and his flying sword burst into a brilliant blue radiance.
From a distance, Luo Chen observed this scene, his heart as calm as a well.
With a flick of his finger, he commanded, "Go!"
One of the spirit energy dragons lunged forward, biting and tearing.
This was merely a test.
Behind them, the seven other dragons caught up, swaying their heads and tails.
"Slash!"
Wang Haichao roared, and a sword beam slashed horizontally.
Wherever it passed, the first Spirit Energy Dragon was instantly annihilated.
The second, the third... In total, five out of the eight Spirit Energy Dragons vanished in an instant.
Only three remained, colliding with his body.
"Buzz..."
A buzzing sound rang out, and a light shield appeared once more, pushing back the three dragon heads several zhang away.
"Luo Chen, you think..."
Just as Wang Haichao was feeling smug, he saw several more dragon heads emerge from the surrounding void, shaking their heads and tails as they stretched out their claws and heads.
The Spirit Energy was endless, an unending flow.
It was indeed a Top-grade Magical Treasure!
Wang Haichao stopped his lucky guesses and focused his mind, facing the oncoming dragons.
It was just a contest of Spiritual Energy!
At the third layer of Foundation Establishment, his Spiritual Energy far surpassed Luo Chen's second layer.
He didn't believe that even with such extreme control over the Top-grade Magical Treasure, Luo Chen could last longer than him.
The Flying Sword consumed far less Spiritual Energy than a Banner-type Magical Treasure.
The Spirit Energy Dragons continued to fall one after another.
The light of the Flying Sword continued to bloom.
From the initial fierce clash, it seemed to turn into a contest of Spiritual Energy endurance.
However, after half an incense stick's time...
Wang Haichao's expression changed.
The Spiritual Energy within his body seemed to freeze, and he couldn't mobilize it at all.
Even with his full concentration, he felt a sense of awkwardness and hindrance.
With each breath, a faint musk scent lingered around his nose.
Poison!
"Despicable!"
Luo Chen's eyebrows twitched. Had he been discovered?
"The same to you!"
He stomped his foot.
The Spirit Energy Dragon beneath his feet, which had remained still, suddenly dispersed.
A large cloud of green musk poison spread out without any attempt to conceal it.
At the same time, the eight dragons self-destructed.
Boom!
A violent Spiritual Energy fluctuation erupted.
Luo Chen reached out and grabbed the Green Musk Dragon Summoning Banner from the clouds above, and it fell into his hand.
He glanced at it and saw several cracks on its surface, teetering on the brink of destruction.
In this battle, Luo Chen had pushed this Top-grade Magical Treasure to its limits.
The unending flow of the dragons, their repeated annihilation and rebirth, had a cost far greater than just Spiritual Energy.
However!
Under such intense attacks, Wang Haichao probably didn't have it easy either!
Putting away the nearly destroyed Green Musk Dragon Summoning Banner, he swallowed the Sword Orb, transforming it into a giant sword that he gripped in his hand.
The explosion of the eight dragons created an extremely terrifying destructive force.
Smoke and dust rose, and a blue light continuously expanded, only to be suppressed again and again.
In the end, it disappeared without a trace.
"Is he dead?"
Just as Luo Chen was about to launch another attack, a scorching Spiritual Energy fluctuation erupted from within the smoke and dust.
A fiery red sword qi swept through the smoke and dust, tearing through the heavens and earth!
"A Magical Treasure?"
"It's that Mystic Flame Sword!"
Luo Chen's expression changed slightly.
Within the smoke and dust, Wang Haichao was in a sorry state.
His hair and beard were gone, and his head was completely bald.
A turtle shell, now covered in cracks.
This Top-grade Defensive Magical Treasure, even a strange Magical Treasure, was destroyed!
He couldn't afford to feel the pain, his hands gripping a fiery red Flying Sword. The scorching heat had burned his flesh and blood, revealing white bones.
"It's a pity that I've only had this Magical Treasure for a short time and haven't successfully refined it, so I can only unleash a third of its power."
"However, even with just a third, it should be enough to severely injure Luo Chen!"
Muttering to himself, he peered through the smoke and dust towards the outside.
The next moment, he was stunned.
Within the smoke and dust, a figure approached without any attempt to dodge, charging towards him.
The crimson sword qi that met him slashed mercilessly at his body.
This was the sword he had unleashed, disregarding everything, mobilizing all the Spiritual Energy he could, even sacrificing his hands to slash out!
However, Luo Chen didn't dodge, his eyes cold and piercing, as if staring right through the smoke and dust at him.
"How dare he be so bold?"
Amidst Wang Haichao's shock, a black chess piece suddenly flew out from Luo Chen's body.
A black glow spread out.
The Mystic Flame Sword's attack dissipated inch by inch upon contact with the black glow.
It was as if it had never existed.
"Ghost Spirit Valley, Uncle Hua Mi, Worn Chess..."
Whoosh!
A golden giant sword danced, and a head flew into the air.
Luo Chen grunted and sent a palm strike at the headless corpse from afar.
Mountain Splitting Stone Crushing Palm!
Boom!
The corpse exploded into countless fragments.
With a wave of his hand, the storage bag and the Mystic Flame Sword flew into his grasp.
Holding the still-glowing Mystic Flame Sword, Luo Chen exhaled a turbid breath.
"I've only had it for a few days, and I've barely managed to refine it to the point of being able to use it."
"It's probably thanks to Huo Hu as well!"
As he spoke Huo Hu's name, Luo Chen no longer hesitated and soared into the sky.
Like a soaring roc, he headed straight for the Highland Plain!
(End of Chapter)
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