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Chapter 511: I Could Tell at a Glance That You're Not Human
Chapter 511: I Could Tell at a Glance That You're Not Human
Without the protection of any formations, the Treasure Pavilion, the last sanctuary within the Ghost Domain, instantly succumbed to the encroaching yin energy, transforming into a sinister and eerie realm.
Lu Chen felt the bone-chilling tendrils of yin energy seeking to invade his body. He produced a Yunshan Jade Register from his waist, purifying the yin energy that surrounded him and protecting his body from its corrupting influence.
Amidst the chaos, Lu Chen had no time to contact his senior brother, Ge Pu. His immediate priority was to escape this ghostly domain.
Green light emanated from the Qingfu Shoes on his feet, and he swiftly followed the fastest and most powerful cultivators—over a dozen of them—as they rushed towards the periphery of the ghostly domain.
Within the domain, paper figurines and sinister objects lurked everywhere.
Lu Chen suddenly looked up as a paper house, spanning several meters in length and width, descended from the sky. Adorned with depictions of flowers, birds, insects, and fish, the paper house emanated a startling suction force, threatening to pull Lu Chen inside.
Several meters away, a pale paper simian, resembling a ghostly monkey, floated towards him with deceptive speed. In an instant, it appeared before Lu Chen, maintaining a slow and graceful pace.
Unfazed by the threat, Lu Chen summoned over ten fiery red stones that floated before him. These were the third-grade Blast Flame Pearls he had obtained from the Fiery Flame Fruits.
He had long realized that these paper figurines and sinister objects were extremely troublesome, so he didn't hold back, using ten pearls at once.
The fiery red stones formed a fan-like shape as they entered the paper house from below. With a thought from Lu Chen, a scarlet red flame soared into the sky, incinerating the paper house, leaving behind only black ashes.
Lu Chen brandished the Wind and Thunder Sword, and a black whirlwind howled forth, filled with innumerable minute sword auras. Electric arcs danced within the wind, coiling towards the paper simian.
The ghastly monkey maintained an unnerving smile, allowing its body to be pierced by the sword auras.
Lu Chen coldly huffed. Among the numerous sword techniques he knew, he had the deepest understanding of the Wind and Thunder Sword Scripture, having absorbed the most sword intent and experience packages. Combined with the inherently impressive fourth-grade Wind and Thunder Sword and the Xuntian Thunder Sword Pill he had acquired earlier, which complemented the sword scripture perfectly, this was one of his most powerful techniques.
As expected, under the relentless assault of countless sword auras, the pale simian's body disintegrated into countless fragments, and it took a long time for a new paper figurine to condense.
Assuming he had dealt with the monkey, Lu Chen was about to leave when he immediately noticed that the countless paper fragments transformed into slender paper ribbons, like monstrous worms, attacking him from all directions.
"What a nuisance," Lu Chen sighed.
A scarlet red talisman silently slid into his palm.
He activated his spiritual power, invoking the Great Sun Sword Talisman. From the center of the talisman, a brilliant sword aura shone like a scorching sun, causing the dense yin energy within the ghostly domain to sizzle and crackle as if melting away the snow on a clear day.
The monstrous worm-like paper ribbons sensed the danger and attempted to retreat, but countless scarlet red sword auras, like rays emanating from the sun, burst forth, slicing through and reducing the ribbons to nothingness.
This respite allowed Lu Chen to swiftly flee the ghostly domain.
With his mediocre cultivation, the only paper figurines that had locked onto him were the paper house and the ghastly monkey, so he managed to escape the domain unscathed.
As soon as he emerged, he didn't have time to relax. The mud and rocks beneath his feet quickly softened, forming a narrow passage just large enough for one person. Lu Chen's body was enveloped in a layer of dark yellow spiritual light as he dove into the ground and disappeared from view.
After a moment, Lu Chen, having expended a considerable amount of spiritual power, floated up from the soil.
He scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense to confirm that the area was relatively safe before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
"Cultivating the Great Five Elements Technique was indeed the right decision. The Five Elements Escape Technique within it suits me perfectly." Lu Chen mused to himself.
A slender fissure appeared in the sky above, and the Void Nightmare, with Lu Chen as its center, continued to prowl the vicinity, keeping watch for any signs of sinister objects or cultivators.
He concealed his aura and swallowed a pill to replenish his spiritual energy.
"Fellow cultivator, fellow cultivator!"
After a short rest, a hurried voice called out from behind him.
Lu Chen turned around and saw the female cultivator from Hehuan Zong, the one named Fan, with whom he had traded earlier.
She was in a miserable state, her clothes in disarray, revealing alluring glimpses of her snow-white skin, crimson lips, and jet-black hair.
"Fellow cultivator Fan, stop right there," Lu Chen said softly.
"We've only met once, and in this situation, it's best we maintain a safe distance from each other."
Upon hearing this, the female cultivator named Fan stopped and gently patted her glistening body, her chest heaving as she caught her breath.
"Fellow cultivator, we just made a transaction worth tens of thousands of spirit stones. There's no need to be so cold and heartless," she said.
"Transactions are transactions," Lu Chen replied coldly. "In this wilderness, even fellow sect members should be wary of each other, let alone strangers who have only met once."
"Fellow cultivator, I barely escaped from the clutches of a xiezhu. I've exhausted all my talismans, pills, and artifacts. Now, with xiezhu everywhere, it's difficult for a weak woman like me to survive in this situation," Fan pleaded.
"I don't know if I can rely on you, fellow cultivator. I've mastered the Hehuan secret technique, and I can provide you with endless pleasure and enhance your spiritual power cultivation. If you're willing to protect me, I'll obey your every command," she continued, lowering her head and tightly clutching the corner of her robe. A faint blush appeared on her face, making her look endearing.
Seeing that Lu Chen didn't respond, she accentuated her alluring figure and slowly moved closer to him.
"Alright, you can stay by my side for now," Lu Chen relented, seemingly softened by her pitiful appearance.
As the female cultivator drew closer, about to express her gratitude, a sudden whooshing sound filled the air, and a tidal wave of sword energy swept towards them. In the female cultivator's astonished gaze, she was engulfed by the sword energy.
In the blink of an eye, Fan's curvaceous body turned into countless fragments, revealing a paper puppet that had been shredded by the sword energy.
"Hehe, fellow cultivator, why are you so ruthless?"
Lu Chen leaped backward, and a fourth-grade Dajian Fu appeared in his hand.
"You audacious xiezhu, I could tell at a glance that you're not human!"
Countless scarlet sword energies shot out, reducing the already tattered paper puppet to smithereens, obliterating it from existence.
The Xiaohai Jianfu's sneak attack, combined with the Dajing Fu's restraining effect on the xiezhu, easily destroyed the paper puppet, and with the combined power of two fourth-grade talismans, he effortlessly eliminated the female cultivator possessed by the xiezhu.
"The Void Nightmare has been observing the surroundings for so long, and yet it didn't detect any cultivators. It's suspicious that one suddenly appeared out of nowhere," Lu Chen muttered to himself.
"More importantly, I'm just a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and it wasn't easy for me to escape from the Ghost Domain. I had to repeatedly use the Five Elements Escape Technique and the fourth-grade Qingfu Shoes artifact to get this far," he added.
"As for you, a female cultivator skilled in the Yin-Yang Hehuan technique, it's understandable that you escaped from the Ghost Domain, but how did you manage to do it faster than me?"
"How is that possible..."
Lu Chen stared at the female cultivator, who had been completely annihilated by the countless sword energies, his thoughts lingering on the mysterious turn of events.
(End of Chapter)
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