Chapter 821: Falling Out, Battle to the Death (1/2)

Chapter 821: Falling Out, Battle to the Death

In the next instant, the gargantuan hand descended towards Xiao Chen. It spread wide, not giving him a chance to dodge.

“Bang!”

The entire stone room shook violently. Rocks fell and the room rumbled. Heat waves surged out in all directions.

The arm of the old man with the family name Liu reverted to normal as he breathed heavily. Then he looked to the front at the deeply buried Xiao Chen. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and revealed merciless mockery on his face.

So what if you are a genius? Before you advance to Martial Sage, you are nothing before me. The old man advanced with large strides, walking towards the hole where Xiao Chen was.

The old man coveted the Martial Technique that Xiao Chen used to suppress the Nascent Flame. If he could find it, he would earn big.

Xiao Chen’s body was embedded into the ground. The old man had great confidence in his palm strike. Even cultivators with a Rank 1 Sage Body would have their internal organs ruptured, dying instantly.

It would crush cultivators without a Rank 1 Sage Body directly into a meat paste, leaving them without an intact corpse.

Only someone who attained a Rank 2 Sage Body would be able to clash head-on with this move. However, generally, one had to be a grandmaster-level Martial Sage to achieve that. There were even cultivators who completely disregarded their physical body, reaching Rank 2 Sage Body only when they advanced to quasi-Emperor.

No matter how heaven-defying Xiao Chen was, there was no way he could have achieved a Rank 2 Sage Body as a half-Sage. Indeed, the old man saw Xiao Chen pressed into the ground with blood leaking out of his mouth. When he checked with his Mental Energy, there were no signs of life.

“Be more low profile in your next life.”

A suction came from the old man with the family name Liu. A strong wind blew towards him, trying to pull off Xiao Chen’s Universe Ring and bring it over.

“Hu chi!”

Just at this moment, Xiao Chen’s hand suddenly moved. He flicked his finger, and a white Astral Core flickering with electric light flew out.

The suction pulled it, and it landed smoothly on the old man’s palm.

Xiao Chen, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes. The corners of his lips curled up into a smile. His sea of consciousness surged, and his Spiritual Sense instantly ignited the electric light on the Astral Core.

All of this happened in an instant. Before the old man could react, the horrifying energy in the white Astral Core exploded.

The energy of the Astral Core surged, knocking the old man back. He had just executed a big move, and the Astral Core blasted his body full of wounds and sent him flying.

Xiao Chen leaped up, easily dodging the blast. A bow appeared in his hand; then he nocked an arrow and drew the bow. He circulated all his Vital Qi instantly.

A piercing screech came from the Soul Slayer Bow, and a cold light flashed like a meteor, pursuing the old man with the family name Liu.

The arrow pierced through the old man’s heart. Then, the huge force pinned him firmly to the cavern wall.

Xiao Chen slowly landed on the ground. He took out a Medicinal Pill for treating internal injuries and swallowed it. Then, he looked at the bottle and glanced at the headless corpse of Elder Peng.

He sighed gently, carefully wrapped up Elder Peng’s body, and placed it in the Universe Ring.

After all, Elder Peng was from the same sect. Xiao Chen should at least give him a decent burial.

He stepped forward and arrived before the Evil King’s skeleton. Then, he swept all the items that Lu Weiping had poured out earlier into the Universe Ring.

Xiao Chen flicked his finger, and a black snake puppet appeared. When the old man hanging on the wall, breathing weakly, saw this, his final hope vanished.

Originally, he thought that Lu Weiping could come back and take revenge for him. Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen still had such a rare puppet snake Secret Treasure.

Xiao Chen’s figure flashed; in three steps, he arrived below the old man. After removing the old man’s spatial ring, he told him calmly, “It is better to enrage an old man than to bully a youth. Remember to be more low profile in your next life.”

Then, Xiao Chen entered the puppet snake and controlled it to burrow into the ground, vanis.h.i.+ng from the stone room.

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“Brother Liu, have you dealt with that brat yet?”

Ten minutes later, Lu Weiping came back with a relaxed expression after finis.h.i.+ng off the two peak Inferior Grade Martial Sages.

However, when Lu Weiping saw the old man pinned to the wall by an arrow, he suddenly stopped speaking, and his expression changed drastically.

Lu Weiping initially held some hope as he glanced at the area before the Evil King’s skeleton. However, it was empty with nothing left there at all. His face turned utterly ashen.

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At a flat stretch of land fifty kilometers outside the Yellow Soil Demonic Garden, the ground suddenly burst open. Dirt flew all over the place, and a black puppet snake leaped out.

Xiao Chen opened the mechanism and jumped out. He glanced at his surroundings and discovered a forest. First, he used his Spiritual Sense to scan the area before putting away the puppet snake. Then, he rushed into the forest.

He dug out a pit in the forest and placed Elder Peng’s corpse in it. After burying the body, he made a simple gravestone and carved Elder Peng’s name on it.