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Chapter 826: A Brush with Intrusion Should be Reported
Chapter 826: A Brush with Intrusion Should be Reported
Lu Chen sighed softly as a white jade array plate appeared in his hand. With a slight fluctuation of his spiritual sense, the array plate lit up with runes, causing the Myriad Impediment Mystical Crystal Array outside his cave abode to shift and change.
On the outermost perimeter of the array, three translucent demon insects flapped their wings rapidly, soaring through the countless icy mountains.
These demon insects seemed to possess an uncanny intuition for the flow of spiritual energy, always managing to find the weakest points in the array and inching their way deeper.
Suddenly, the icy mountains began to shift. Peaks moved, filling the entire world with frigid air, causing the three demon insects to slow down significantly.
Delicate ice flowers drifted down, and an almost imperceptible layer of frost began to form on the bodies of the demon insects.
By the time the insects realized something was amiss, it was too late. Two of them stiffened and fell, shattering into countless icy shards upon impacting the icy mountains.
The remaining insect, its body nearly frozen stiff, struggled to escape the grasp of the Myriad Impediment Mystical Crystal Array.
This was, of course, a deliberate move by Lu Chen, who intended to use the surviving insect to track down the intruding cultivators.
Recently, numerous cultivators had been spying on his cave abode, and while he was displeased, he could just about tolerate it.
However, attempting to break into his abode was something he absolutely could not accept.
The demon insect, despite its injuries, maintained a terrifying speed as it fled in a particular direction. However, its every move was being watched by a large, grayish-white eye that loomed in the sky, hidden yet ever-present.
Over twenty li away from the cave abode, two Foundation Establishment cultivators hid themselves within a subtle thunder-based array, their figures obscured by countless tiny bolts of lightning.
Suddenly, one of them, a burly young man, paled.
"Brother Wang, what's wrong? Did your spirit insect meet with an accident?" his middle-aged companion asked with concern.
"Two of them are dead," the young man replied, his expression dark.
The three insects were linked to his spiritual sense, and their destruction caused him pain.
"The array outside that spirit herb cultivator's cave abode is truly fearsome to be able to destroy your spirit insects so easily," the middle-aged cultivator said, surprised.
The two of them had explored secret realms together numerous times, and he was well aware of the capabilities of his friend's spirit insects. They were incredibly stealthy, making it difficult for even Foundation Establishment cultivators to detect them. They were also exceptionally fast and had an uncanny sense for arrays and restrictions. Despite their lack of offensive power, they were invaluable to the pair.
He never expected that these spirit insects, which had survived countless array restrictions in secret realms, would be wiped out by the array outside this spirit herb cultivator's abode.
"It's just a matter of leveraging the advantages of an array," the young man said.
"For a spirit herb cultivator to have reached his current level of cultivation is already a stroke of luck. In terms of pure strength, either one of us could handle him."
"Once we break through that large turtle shell of an array outside his cave, the rest will be easy. That seventh-grade spirit herb will be ours for the taking." The middle-aged cultivator spoke slowly, his eyes gleaming with greed.
"Something still doesn't feel right," the young man said, his eyes narrowing.
A sharp, almost inaudible sound wave emanated from his mouth, and the surviving demon insect, its body still bearing traces of frost, flew to the edge of their array.
He reached out, and the insect landed in his palm. The warmth of his blood energy melted the remaining frost, and the insect recovered slightly.
The young man swept the area with his spiritual sense, again and again, but he couldn't detect anything amiss.
"It's good that at least one of them made it back," the middle-aged cultivator said reassuringly.
"That spirit herb cultivator can't hide in his array forever. As soon as he steps out, we can easily capture him."
Both cultivators had the same worried thought.
Before they could react, invisible sword energies filled the area around them, changing unpredictably and striking from every angle, leaving them helpless.
Even a fifth-grade protective artifact was easily pierced by the countless sword energies.
In an instant, countless more sword energies surged like a tsunami, each imbued with endless killing intent, as if they were in an ancient battlefield.
The killing intent was palpable, like a meat grinder, turning any living thing within into minced meat.
Under this onslaught of soaring killing sword energies, the two Core Formation cultivators lost their balance for a moment.
In that brief instant, they were caught off guard by two top-grade flying swords and the corresponding sword techniques.
"Are you two looking for me?"
A soft laugh sounded in their ears, and then a figure flashed by like lightning. Accompanied by a crisp phoenix cry, a phoenix illusion flew out from the layers of flames, and under its immense pressure, a crystal-like palm directly penetrated the burly cultivator's heart.
The other middle-aged cultivator was terrified. He threw out dozens of high-grade talismans and immediately used an escape secret technique.
Before he had flown a hundred zhang, a streak of ink-green sinister thunderbolt, like a long snake, followed closely behind, faster than him. In just a few breaths, it struck the cultivator's head, obliterating his soul, which had intended to escape.
"These two Core Formation cultivators in the middle stage are a bit too weak."
After a few exchanges, Lu Chen easily eliminated the two Core Formation cultivators in their middle stage, giving him a more intuitive sense of his current strength.
"These two fifth-grade sword grasses and their corresponding sword techniques are extremely rare treasures, surpassing most fifth-grade flying swords."
"In addition, my physical body, comparable to a low-grade magical artifact, has been nourished by seventh-grade treasures like the Liuliu Chihuo Bone, sixth-grade treasures like the Five Zang Organs' Yuan Temple, and the Taishou Meat, making my physical body strong enough to deal with them on its own."
"Lastly, there's the thunder-attribute secret technique recorded in the Shenxiao Zhenfa."
Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh.
To be included in the Shenxiao Zhenfa, this sinister thunderbolt was naturally extraordinary. When used, it was silent and suited the current situation perfectly.
At the same time, it could cause immense damage to a cultivator's soul, instantly shattering it.
"What a waste of their souls."
"I can only use their flesh and blood as fertilizer."
Lu Chen thought with some regret.
He swept his spiritual sense over the surrounding area to confirm that no cultivators had noticed the commotion. Only then did he return to his cave abode with the two corpses.
"I guess it's your fate to die."
"It's normal to have some designs on the seventh-grade spirit herb, but to put those thoughts into action crosses the line for me."
"Moreover, since they intended to intrude into my cave abode, it means they wanted to harm me. Leaving them alive would only spell future trouble, so it's better to turn them into fertilizer for my unorthodox spirit field."
"However, constantly being spied on doesn't feel good. I need to put a stop to this."
Lu Chen thought to himself.
As for how to solve this problem, he could only rely on the guardians of the Thunderfire Cave.
"Either don't have any designs on the seventh-grade spirit herb, or just be decisive and have a big battle, and then come directly to become fertilizer."
"Loitering outside the cave abode, being indecisive, will only affect my mood."
"This kind of borderline behavior should be reported."
(End of Chapter)
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