Chapter 1410: Chapter 1381: Grab and Run
Li Chen is a very calm person.
The more he faces emergencies, the calmer he becomes. Until now, he has finally come to understand some of the rules of the Heaven Realm.
On the surface, it appears peaceful here, but in reality, it is still a world filled with all sorts of slaughter and injustice, a world where the strong prey on the weak. Many things, if you don’t strive for them, you will never have the chance.
Using his divine sense to cautiously observe the two strong adversaries not far away, Li Chen lay motionless in a mound of dirt.
At this moment, one of them had already fallen down, seemingly completely dead, while the other appeared severely injured and on the verge of death.
"Hehe, Hou Zhengyu, even if you obtained that item, you wouldn’t have the opportunity to search for it. In the end, it will still belong to me, Ji Dao!" The strong adversary named Ji Dao suddenly burst out laughing.
However, this laughter felt somewhat strange to Li Chen.
Perhaps others couldn’t sense it, but Li Chen, being an All Attributes Martial Artist, was extremely sensitive to the breath of life between heaven and earth. Moreover, the breath of life was a critical factor for him in assessing the strength of those stronger than himself.
He could feel that although the strong adversary named Ji Dao laughed arrogantly, his breath was actually very weak.
Clearly, he had also suffered serious injuries.
At this moment, Li Chen distinctly sensed a faint sound coming from not far away beside him.
"It’s that guy." In an instant, Li Chen identified who it was.
Guu Bugui obviously wasn’t killed by the shockwave. Although he was slower than Li Chen, this guy evidently also managed to escape unscathed. Yet, Li Chen could still sense that although this guy’s breath of life had weakened slightly, it hadn’t reached a lethal level; he just seemed injured.
And this guy lying motionless on the ground beforehand clearly had the same intention as him.
The next moment, Guu Bugui’s figure suddenly rose, and in a flash, he dashed in the direction of the battlefield.
Guu Bugui’s speed was astonishing; in what seemed like an instant, he arrived at the side of the deceased strong adversary, swiftly stripped the ring from the dead adversary’s finger, and without glancing at Ji Dao, he sprinted frantically into the distance, not sparing a thought for Li Chen anymore.
"The ring?" At this moment, even if Li Chen were slower to react, seeing these people all wearing rings and snatching them the moment things started, he realized the importance of the ring.
"Is this a storage ring?" An incredible thought suddenly flashed through Li Chen’s mind.
At this moment, he also remembered the two rings he had stripped from the two White-Robed Guards he had killed.
Hurriedly, he sent his divine sense into the rings.
Indeed!
"There truly are such things as storage rings." Li Chen’s eyes slightly flickered.
For now, he still did not move; even if Guu Bugui had obtained the strong adversary’s ring and ran a certain distance away, Li Chen did not act to intercept.
"Bang—"
A giant hand of True Yuan suddenly appeared beside Guu Bugui, directly grabbing onto him.
In the next instant, Guu Bugui, a Mid-Heaven Realm Late Stage expert, was turned into a cloud of blood mist by that True Yuan Giant Hand, unable to withstand even a second.
Including Guu Bugui’s own, two rings dropped from the air.
Ji Dao looked at the two falling rings, a cold smile appeared on his face: "An ant of the Mid-Heaven Realm dares to snatch a ring in front of me?"
However, at this moment, Li Chen felt something was even more off.
Because, after all this, Ji Dao’s breath of life had weakened considerably, almost to the point of nonexistence, as if it could extinguish at any moment.
Yet Li Chen still did not dare to make a rash move, after all, Guu Bugui was a prime example.
Although he wasn’t sure if the other party had discovered him, Li Chen understood that such a strong adversary, even with a minuscule amount of power left, could probably easily kill him.
The stalemate with Guu Bugui, where he even had the upper hand, yet Guu Bugui couldn’t last a second against the opponent’s casual strike—such an individual, Li Chen didn’t want to offend unless absolutely necessary.
"He’s dying." Cang Ku’s voice sounded in Li Chen’s mind.
"I know." Li Chen silently replied.
"Don’t you want his possessions?"
"I do, but only after he dies." Li Chen answered calmly.
"It’s difficult." Cang Ku’s voice held a note of solemnity: "A strong adversary like him definitely carries some rare Healing Pills. Once he takes Healing Pills, he’ll only get better. Once he notices you... perhaps he has already noticed you, once he can take action, he will definitely kill you first."
"Are you saying I’ve already been discovered?" Li Chen’s voice also grew serious.
Cang Ku’s voice held a hint of mockery: "Even your divine sense can detect him, do you think such a strong adversary’s divine sense won’t find you? He hasn’t taken action simply because he no longer has the ability to do so."
Li Chen remained silent for a moment, then sprang out from the dirt.
"When the time comes, you have to take action too and help me finish him off." Li Chen mentally instructed.
"What do I get in return?" Cang Ku’s voice sounded peculiar, clearly not expecting Li Chen to be so decisive, jumping out immediately upon realizing he had been discovered.
"I don’t know what benefits you will gain; I just know that if I die, you will die too." Li Chen spoke calmly.
Cang Ku fell silent for a moment: "Alright! But you must promise me, if you have the ability in the future, you must help me rebuild my body. My soul power is limited; helping you this time might require me to sleep for a long time."
"I promise you." Li Chen nodded.
Neither Cang Ku nor Li Chen mentioned anything about swearing, because Cang Ku knew very well what kind of person Li Chen was. As long as he promised something, he would strive to fulfill it. Moreover, he knew that someone like Li Chen would not make oaths lightly.
"So there was still an ant hiding here." Looking at the suddenly emerged Li Chen, Ji Dao sneered.
Li Chen didn’t even bother to respond to Ji Dao’s words; he stepped to the place where Guu Bugui had just been killed and picked up two rings.
Seeing Li Chen’s actions, even ignoring him, Ji Dao couldn’t help but become annoyed: "Didn’t you hear what I said?"
"I heard you, what can you do about it?" Li Chen replied calmly.
Ji Dao’s face turned cold and severe: "Aren’t you afraid that I’ll kill you?"
"I’m afraid." Li Chen nodded: "But, you won’t be able to kill me."
Although Li Chen appeared calm, in reality, he had already prepared his body to its optimal state, with Red Hair and Blood Fury, even the hyper regeneration cells had started to operate frantically under the boil of Blood of Heaven. Once injured, they would begin repairing the body immediately.
Hearing Li Chen’s words, Ji Dao’s face grew even darker.
No matter how unwilling, he had to admit that what Li Chen said was indeed true. The strike that had just killed Guu Bugui was already his final strength.
However, as long as he was given a bit of time to recover a little, he had confidence in killing this ant in front of him.
For him, someone like Li Chen, who hadn’t even reached the Linked Heaven Level, was no more than an ant to be easily crushed.
So, no matter the cost, he couldn’t let Li Chen get away.
"Alright, then, how about we make a deal?" Ji Dao offered indifferently.
"Not interested." Li Chen turned to leave.
"Wait!" Seeing Li Chen about to leave, Ji Dao couldn’t help but shout: "Don’t you want to know what the thing is that had two Higher Heaven Realm fighters risking their lives to fight over?"
As expected, Li Chen stopped his steps, looking hesitantly at Ji Dao.
"It’s the whereabouts of a book." Seeing Li Chen pause, Ji Dao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It’s the whereabouts of a book capable of stirring up the entire Heaven Realm."
"A book?" Li Chen asked confusedly.
"That’s right! When this book appeared, it caused a commotion throughout the entire Heaven Realm, and ultimately many Star Continent experts engaged in a battle amidst the stars, suffering heavy casualties. This book’s whereabouts have since been unknown." Ji Dao recounted slowly.
What he said was true, but he also intended to buy time.
"What book is so valuable?" Li Chen frowned.
Upon hearing Li Chen’s question, a faint trace of a smile flickered in Ji Dao’s eyes as he quietly started to activate his cultivation technique, aiming to begin recovering his True Yuan.
"This book is a pathway..."
Before Ji Dao could finish his sentence, a sudden soft sound came from behind him.
"Sshh—"
"Spatial Series?!" A piece of blade appeared in front of Ji Dao’s left chest as his pupils started to dilate: "I never thought I’d be outsmarted by an Earth Level ant!"
"Even if I die, I won’t let you have it easy!"
Before the blade could shatter his heart, Ji Dao forcibly turned around, mustering his last breath. He reversed the True Yuan within his body and sent a palm strike towards Li Chen.
"Cang Ku!!"
In the next moment, Li Chen felt an enormous power filling his body.
"Wordless!"
"Boom!!"
The blade chopped onto the palm, sending Li Chen flying out like a kite with a broken string, blood spraying from his mouth as if it cost nothing.
Li Chen clearly heard the sound of his bones breaking inside his body.
Amidst the shock, Li Chen understood that if Cang Ku hadn’t intervened, he would likely have ended up like Guu Bugui earlier, smashed into a cloud of blood.
Looking at the finger in his hand, a gleam flashed through Li Chen’s eyes. This was the finger he had managed to slice off from Ji Dao’s hand bearing the ring during the last moment with the Silent Slash.
Throwing away the finger, without any hesitation, Li Chen took a set of clothes from the ring and changed into them, then rushed toward the depths of the Remnant Cloud Forest.
If he didn’t run now, once the other experts discovered the commotion here, he wouldn’t be able to escape.
"However..."
Li Chen looked at the three rings in his hand, a delightful glint flashing in his eyes.
"This time, I’ve hit the jackpot."