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Chapter 285: This One, Cannot Be an Enemy!
Chapter 285: This One, Cannot Be an Enemy!
After Luo Chen's decisive annihilation of the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the surrounding spectators along the Qinghua River's banks and amidst the surrounding green mountains fell into a hushed silence.
Only on the Li Clan's side, after a brief moment of tranquility, did cheers of admiration erupt.
"Senior Luo, you're so mighty!"
"Senior Luo is so powerful, invincible among peers!"
"Killing three Foundation Establishment Cultivators without even using a magical artifact, what a display of prowess!"
"Our President is the strongest."
The last sentence was clearly Yuan Dongsheng's enthusiastic shout.
Luo Chen gave a light laugh and manipulated the Thorny Bone Spike Flower's vines to gather his spoils of war.
A high-grade flying sword, a pair of supreme artifact gauntlets, a half-used talisman treasure, and a storage bag.
That was all there was.
Hu Changnu and Hu Changle's storage bags had been destroyed by the eruption of the Blazing Sun Technique.
Items like magical robes and defensive artifacts were often the first to be damaged in such attacks.
No wonder protective treasures were always so expensive.
Looking at these spoils of war, Luo Chen didn't even bother to open the storage bag.
Just three poor devils!
His gaze shifted downstream of the Qinghua River.
Soon, a faint glow flew back, piercing through the scorching sun.
Seeing Li Jinhuang, Luo Chen's eyebrows furrowed.
"Where's your corpse?"
Li Jinhuang smiled calmly, "Killing a Pill Essence Master always comes at a cost."
Indeed.
After all, he was a strong mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator!
"Here, this is your reward for your assistance."
To Luo Chen's surprise, a storage bag exuding the fragrance of medicinal pills flew towards him, accompanied by a sword.
"But what you gave me before was already more than enough."
"Pill Essence Master was also a second-tier pill refining master with exceptional skills. His storage bag will definitely be of help to you."
Li Jinhuang smiled as he spoke, then looked towards the distant Li Clan members cheering for him.
"Moreover, being able to protect the Li Clan, no matter how much reward I give you, it won't be too much."
"This Chi Long Sword, after Ying Zhang achieves Foundation Establishment, give it to him! If he fails... you can use it yourself!"
Hiss...
As he spoke, wisps of blue smoke rose.
Under the scorching sun, Li Jinhuang's ethereal corpse was gradually dissipating, like melting snow.
He was indeed a Foundation Establishment Divine Soul.
However, before he cultivated the Ghost Path Cultivation Technique, the born divine soul was merely a low-level Yin Soul Ghost Soldier.
Moreover!
He had also used the Vitality Severance Technique, a third-tier secret art.
His current state was deteriorating, unable to resist the mighty force of the Immortal World's Heavenly Dao.
Luo Chen put the storage bag in his chest and looked at the calm-faced Li Jinhuang.
"Do you have any last words?"
"Sigh..."
With a long sigh, Li Jinhuang shook his head.
"I've said everything I needed to say."
His gaze wandered, landing on the green mountains and wilderness, where his spiritual sense had reached its peak before his soul scattered.
Under his watchful eyes, powerful divine souls shone like stars in the pitch-black night, dazzling to behold.
Without turning back, he said, "Daoist Friend Luo, I'll have to trouble you with the matters that follow."
Watching the ethereal corpse gradually dissolve, Luo Chen opened his mouth.
In the end, he only said, "Daoist Friend, may your journey be smooth!"
Li Jinhuang didn't turn back; he just waved his hand.
The blue smoke curled, and the ethereal corpse returned to the Azure Void.
One could only wonder if the journey to the underworld would be peaceful.
Luo Chen took a deep breath, his gaze following the direction Li Jinhuang had been looking before his death.
A figure, seemingly afraid of being outdone by others, eagerly flew towards them.
"Brother Li!"
"Sigh... Why did you leave in such a hurry? Even your old friends didn't have time to see you off."
The newcomer stood on a cloud, his hair and beard all white, indicating advanced age.
He stood on the cloud, pounding his chest and stamping his feet, his expression filled with sorrow.
However, Luo Chen just looked at him coldly.
Feeling this indifferent gaze, the elder's expression changed, and he put away his previous grief.
"Is it Little Brother Luo?"
"I'm Veda, from Dusty Mountain. Isn't it a coincidence that my name also has the word 'Chen,' just like yours? It seems we're destined to meet."
"Moreover, I've been friends with Brother Li for many years. A friend of a friend is also a friend, so you can call me Brother Wei."
Brother Wei?
I call him Brother Wei! Luo Chen's smile didn't reach his eyes, "I don't know what Brother Wei wants to teach me?"
Veda quickly waved his hands, "It's not a lesson."
He pointed to the Li Clan members below, eagerly awaiting his arrival.
"Brother Li's departure... was heroic!"
"But he left behind this whole family waiting to be fed, and I feel guilty."
"I'm late for the send-off, but I should at least help with the aftermath."
Veda smiled at Luo Chen, "Little Brother Luo, you still have to manage the Celestial Assembly, and you might not have the time to take care of the Li Clan. I'm a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator with considerable strength, so let me take care of them!"
"Hehe, Brother Wei worries too much." Luo Chen chuckled, "My Celestial Assembly is vast and powerful, and we can spare a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator to settle here."
Veda's smile gradually turned cold.
"You don't think that by killing a few insignificant fellows, Tianlan has no one capable left?"
"I don't know if Tianlan has any capable people, but from this day forward, Tianlan will no longer have the name of Veda from Dusty Mountain."
Luo Chen slowly raised his hands.
Veda's eyebrows furrowed, "You refuse a friendly offer and instead choose punishment. Even a mere Foundation Establishment Novice dares to be so shameless!"
He reached out and summoned a nine-ringed tin staff into his hand.
Luo Chen glanced at the nine-ring tin staff, a magical treasure?
But he remained unmoved!
His hands rose to the sky, then suddenly pressed down with great force!
A surge of spiritual power erupted without any concealment, unleashing a violent torrent.
At this moment, Veda's expression changed.
"Not good, you're a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator!"
In his perception, as Luo Chen's hands pressed down, the hidden spiritual power surged, skyrocketing from the third layer of Foundation Establishment to the fourth layer!
Not only that, but his spiritual power was incredibly vast, like a vast ocean.
It seemed not like a fourth-layer cultivator but rather a sixth-layer one.
What a terrifying surge of spiritual power!
The terror didn't just come from the revealed cultivation realm.
Deep within Veda's soul, a constant warning signal of danger sounded.
He sensed something amiss and, without even attempting a probing attack, turned and fled without hesitation.
However, it was already too late!
A pressure as heavy as a mountain suddenly descended.
The immense spiritual pressure crushed him.
A phantom mountain appeared above Veda's head, flickering in and out of existence.
"Ahhhh!!!"
A roar erupted from his mouth, and his body trembled with surging spiritual power as he slammed the nine-ring tin staff upwards.
The phantom mountain actually shook under the force of his blow.
The suppression slightly eased.
Instinctively, he tried to escape from this range.
However, just as he took a few steps, the Qinghua River surged with raging waves, and huge waves knocked him back.
The suppression and delay continued.
Under the influence of these two forces, he struggled to move an inch.
Veda's heart was filled with dread as a golden bell appeared above his head.
He turned around, "Fellow Daoist Luo, I have no intention of getting involved with the Li Family. Why are you going to such lengths to wipe them out?"
Luo Chen stared at him coldly, not uttering a word.
His hands had somehow come together without him noticing.
All the prerequisite spells were already prepared.
This wasn't something that could be stopped halfway!
Moreover, if he didn't strike with thunderous force, how could he intimidate the four directions?
Everything had been predetermined since Veda came out to take advantage of the situation.
Luo Chen wanted to make an example of him, like killing a chicken to scare the monkey! The Hu Family Triple Brothers weren't the chicken; this Veda from Dust Mountain was the chicken!
"Mountain Collapse!"
The incantation left his lips.
In Veda's terrified gaze, the phantom mountain above him suddenly crumbled.
It was like a volcanic eruption!
In the moment the phantom mountain collapsed, a scorching, boiling energy burst forth.
It was the power of water and fire, merging into a destructive force after continuous accumulation and collision.
Under this destructive force, everything in the world seemed to lose its significance.
Veda went insane.
The nine-ring tin staff erupted with dazzling light, charging towards the destructive energy flow.
The might of the treasure was terrifying.
But how much of its power could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator unleash?
Luo Chen's Mountain Collapse, however, was a genuine second-tier top-grade attack spell.
It required his Fireball Technique, Earth Mountain Spell, and Wave Spell to be at the pinnacle of perfection.
Three spells merged into one!
At this moment, Luo Chen's Mountain Collapse surpassed all cultivators who had ever used this technique in history.
No one would cultivate three low-level spells to such an extreme level.
At most, they would reach the Great Accomplishment stage.
Under these circumstances, the terror of Luo Chen's Mountain Collapse exceeded the limits of his cultivation realm.
Foundation Establishment Mid-stage?
Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment grand cultivator couldn't withstand this attack head-on.
And he dared to block it with an imperfectly controlled treasure?
Blocking a chariot with one's arms, how foolish and reckless!
Under Luo Chen's gaze, Veda desperately tried to unleash the full power of the nine-ring tin staff, but it was still unable to stop the Mountain Collapse.
Bang!
Under the terrifying impact, the staff slipped from Veda's spiritual control and shot out.
His face was filled with horror as he activated the Golden Bell, trying to block the surging crimson energy flow.
However, it was all in vain.
Boom...
The energy flow swept through everything, leaving nothing but devastation in its wake.
Veda vanished in an instant, consumed by the onslaught.
After killing him, the torrent didn't stop but crashed into the Qinghua River.
Boom!!!
Another deafening explosion followed.
A giant cave appeared in the Qinghua River, which was over ten thousand feet wide, with a diameter of several hundred feet and a depth of a hundred feet.
The cave was empty inside, filled only with endless high-temperature steam.
On the green mountains along the river, countless loose cultivators watched in shock, gasping in awe.
Their eyes were filled with terror.
As their hearts trembled with fear, a sense of dread spread.
Even Foundation Establishment True Cultivators were horrified.
In their usual battles, they used flying swords and other magical artifacts, attacking and defending, focusing on concentrated power and conserving spiritual energy.
The damage they inflicted was often limited to small areas, at most a few dozen feet.
No one had ever seen Luo Chen's style—lightly stirring up giant waves or uprooting mountains and overturning seas.
Now, it was even more terrifying.
He had unleashed a super-large-scale attack with a range of several hundred feet.
Even the vast Qinghua River was blasted open, revealing the riverbed beneath.
With such a massive attack, who could possibly escape?
Moreover, they could also sense the suppressing and delaying force.
Almost simultaneously, the nearby Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, whether early or mid-stage, had the same thought.
"This person is not someone we can fight against!"
After this thought, their minds were in turmoil, like waves and tides.
"Who the hell said that the Celestial Assembly's leader was kind and benevolent, willing to befriend others?"
"Killing the Hu Family Triple Brothers is one thing, but killing Veda... He barely spoke three sentences in total!"
"This motherfucker, he just kills without a word, not even listening to pleas for mercy!"
"Fine, fine, it seems I have no fate with the Li family's possessions."
"I'm at the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment, I wonder how my chances compare to his? Can he still use that move?"
"This person's strength is unfathomable, he didn't even use a magical artifact. No! As a leader of a region, he definitely has talismans, I'd rather not provoke him."
"Let's get out of here, quick!"
On the banks of the river, amidst the twin green mountains.
After the silence of the birds and insects, a deafening uproar ensued.
As Lu Chen's cold gaze swept over, the clamor once again turned into silence.
Loose Cultivators at the Qi Condensation Stage fled in panic, no longer daring to take advantage of the chaos.
Most Foundation Establishment Cultivators left directly.
A few nodded at Lu Chen, familiarizing themselves with him, and then departed.
Lu Chen stood tall, overlooking the four directions.
His majestic presence was unstoppable!
...
One minute ago.
On an unnamed barren mountain.
A middle-aged Daoist with a sallow complexion took a step forward.
However, he immediately retracted his step.
A figure holding a staff descended from the clouds in the distance.
The middle-aged Daoist looked at the other person, his pupils shrinking.
"Sky Dominator!"
Chu Kui held his long staff, helplessly saying:
"Huangsha Daoist, you didn't even have any thoughts when Li Jinhuang was alive. Now that he's dead, why bother going after him? Isn't this tarnishing your reputation?"
Huangsha Daoist spoke in a deep voice, "You and I both know that while he was alive, he had a connection with Verdant Pill Valley, both in terms of incense offerings and business dealings. No Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator would dare to make a move."
Chu Kui smirked but nodded.
This was how the cultivation world operated.
When someone was alive, due to mutual benefits and relationships, others would look out for them.
But once they died, those relationships ceased to exist.
As for benefits?
Others could still collaborate, so it was natural for people to turn their backs on the deceased.
Seeing this, Huangsha Daoist's tone softened, "Was it Li Jinhuang who paid you to come? He's about to die, and you've already taken action. There's no need for you to stop me now."
"Unfortunately, no!"
Chu Kui shrugged.
Huangsha Daoist's eyebrows furrowed, and his gaze fell on the distant great river.
Just then, he saw Veda approaching the Foundation Establishment junior.
It was better this way, letting this fool make the first move, and then he could swoop in like a hawk and effortlessly seize the Li family's legacy.
However, his gaze fell on the Foundation Establishment junior.
"Was it Lu Chen who hired you?"
"Congratulations, you guessed right." Chu Kui planted his staff in the ground, "Since he's not dead, I still have to do this job."
At this point, his eyebrows twitched.
"Actually, I recommend you take action, so I can stretch my muscles. Otherwise, the Spirit Stones I can obtain might be greatly discounted."
"Let me tell you, that Lu Chen is incredibly stingy, not as generous as the rumors outside suggest."
Huangsha Daoist's face darkened.
His complexion was already not good, and this made it even worse.
Chu Kui's title of Sky Dominator was not given to him; he earned it through countless battles.
In the Celestial Wave Immortal City, he was known as the leader of loose cultivators!
In the absence of competition from sect disciples, no one could challenge him.
There were even rumors that his losses to the sect's Foundation Establishment True Disciples were intentional.
With Huangsha Daoist's strength, if he competed with Chu Kui, the odds would be 40-60 at best.
Huangsha Daoist had a 40% chance, while Chu Kui had a 60% advantage.
The reason for this high probability was that Chu Kui's cultivation realm was one level higher.
"If I may say, at your age and with your Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivation, instead of focusing on breaking through to the Golden Core Stage, you're wasting your energy on these petty gains?"
"It's not worth it!"
Huangsha Daoist suppressed his anger and gazed into the distance, saying lightly, "Unlike you, I have a family and descendants."
"The original Spirit Land can no longer meet the needs of my family, so it's natural to expand our reach."
Chu Kui scoffed, muttering, "But you can't just take what others have built! It's like being a bandit, tarnishing our reputation."
Pretending not to hear the sarcasm, Huangsha Daoist spoke coldly, "The cultivation world is a place where the strong prey on the weak. If you can't protect it, it's better to let it go."
Chu Kui became interested.
"So, do you think Lu Chen can protect the Li family?"
"Hmph, that Veda is not an easy opponent..."
Huangsha Daoist didn't finish his sentence.
Because he felt the terrifying surge of spiritual energy.
Even from such a distance, he still felt a chill! Chu Kui's heart trembled, but his words remained firm.
"Look, do you still think he can protect them?"
Huangsha Daoist took a deep breath, "If I take action..."
Hearing this, Chu Kui's eyes lit up.
He quickly withdrew his staff.
"Come, come, come!"
"Hmph!"
Huangsha Daoist brushed his sleeves and left.
He no longer had any interest in the Li family's resources.
If Lu Chen could hire Chu Kui once, he could do it again.
If they truly offended Chu Kui, given his money-driven nature, he might even target their family.
Moreover, that Lu Chen...
Watching his departing figure, Chu Kui sighed repeatedly.
He had lost a few hundred thousand!
He picked up his staff and flew towards the Qinghua River.
As he passed by a green mountain, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
"Hmm?"
Apologies, I overslept, will edit later.
(End of Chapter)
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