Dragon-Marked War God

The man in black had come and gone in a hurry. Although he had said barely two sentences, Jiang Chen could feel his urgency.

“You’d better go find them quickly.”

In his mind, Red Lotus’s voice rang out again, somewhat cold, even disappointed.

Jiang Chen could hear that, deep down, she had hoped he would go with her, but there was no way to change what lay before them.

Red Lotus knew Jiang Chen would not go with her, because Jiang Chen had someone more important to save, the most important woman in his life.

“I’m sorry, Red Lotus.”

Jiang Chen sighed. A red-robed figure appeared before Jiang Chen and Yan Qingcheng. Yan Qingcheng narrowed her eyes and looked at the red-robed woman with an inexplicable trace of hostility.

Red Lotus also glanced at Yan Qingcheng, her expression calm and indifferent.

“I’m leaving.”

With that, Red Lotus vanished from in front of Jiang Chen and Yan Qingcheng.

“You really do leave a trail of romance wherever you go. Your luck with women is really not bad.”

Yan Qingcheng said with a cold laugh. Jiang Chen smiled bitterly, but he knew that this cold laugh from Yan Qingcheng was aimed at him.

“There’s nothing between her and me.”

Jiang Chen said, feeling very wronged.

“There’s not one good man in the world.”

Yan Qingcheng said coldly.

Jiang Chen was extremely embarrassed. At a time like this, he was being mocked by a “stranger.” If it had been the Yan Qingcheng of before, that would be one thing, but now he had become an out-and-out scumbag, a philanderer who forgot kindness and loyalty.

“There’s no time to lose. Let’s go. I hope the Profound Connection Divine Palace has some clues, like that friend of yours said. If he lied to us, I definitely won’t let him off.”

Yan Qingcheng was impatient, but Jiang Chen was even more anxious than she was. Still, their first step was to go to the Profound Connection Divine Palace.

Watching Red Lotus’s departing back, Jiang Chen sighed. It seemed his fate really was extremely twisted, especially when it came to women. Just as Yan Qingcheng said, his luck with women was not bad, but it was all romantic debt.

Time flowed on, and Jiang Chen and Yan Qingcheng rushed to the Profound Connection Divine Palace without stopping.

At this time, the Profound Connection Divine Palace had once again regained its former glory. Thirty thousand li of mountains and rivers crisscrossed, and eight hundred li of mountain ridges were swept by flying wind and snow. The whole Profound Connection Divine Palace was just as it had been back then, with a constant stream of disciples and talent in abundance.

Jiang Chen could not help sighing. Every generation produces its own talents, each leading the way for a few decades. His appearance might not have been much of a ripple for the Profound Connection Divine Palace. Although he had killed the Second Palace Lord and the Third Palace Lord, the Profound Connection Divine Palace was still running as usual.

The moment Jiang Chen appeared once more before the gate of the Profound Connection Divine Palace, he knew that inside the Profound Connection Divine Palace, things were no longer the same as before. An extremely powerful aura was spreading out from within the Profound Connection Divine Palace.

“Jiang Chen, you’ve finally come.”

Someone appeared in the void above the Profound Connection Divine Palace, a Late Hierarch expert. Jiang Chen looked up and recognized him at a glance.

“Lin Youkang. It seems your Palace Lord has been waiting for me for a long time.”

Jiang Chen knew the Palace Lord of the Profound Connection Divine Palace must have returned. Otherwise, how would Lin Youkang dare to be so fearless? To Jiang Chen, Lin Youkang was nothing more than a passerby, and Jiang Chen had not killed him. But his appearance now made Jiang Chen feel that they had someone backing them again. That loathsome Profound Connection Divine Palace had once again appeared before his eyes after all.

“Your strength has actually become this great. Sigh.”

Lin Youkang sighed. When Jiang Chen had left the Profound Connection Divine Palace back then, killing two of the Palace Lords, he had only been at the Hierarch Realm. How many years had it been? He had already become a Divine Emperor expert. But the Palace Lord’s strength was even greater. It seemed this was bound to be a clash between titans.

“The Palace Lord has indeed been waiting for you for a long time. It seems you’ve come prepared for today’s battle.”

Lin Youkang looked at Jiang Chen with piercing eyes.

“Jiang Chen, since you came rushing here, it seems I really underestimated you.”

A deep shout made Jiang Chen’s whole body shake. A middle-aged man came toward him through the void. He wore a black cloak, his long hair draped over his shoulders, his eyes as sharp as swords. His figure was enormous, nine feet tall and incomparably mighty. Yet he was no clumsy brute, but carried a domineering bearing as if he alone were supreme, one that inspired awe at a glance.

“Mid Divine Emperor!”

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes. This person’s strength was no weaker than Jun Tianchou’s, if not stronger. And the pressure he brought was completely different. That domineering air that crushed everything left Jiang Chen with lingering fear. It seemed this guy was far more terrifying than Jun Tianchou.

“Back then you killed my second and third brothers. Did you ever think that one day you would be brought to justice at my hands?”

The Palace Lord said coldly. His icy gaze met Jiang Chen’s, the two locking together. That aura of holding the power of life and death kept pressing down on Jiang Chen.

“Whatever comes, I’ll deal with it. You lured me here, presumably to wipe me out in one stroke. Where is she?”

Jiang Chen frowned deeply. He badly wanted to know whether the woman the man in black had spoken of was Sister Ning or Xiao Yu.

“You’re quite clever, and well informed too. I hadn’t even put out word yet, and you’ve already come. It seems I really underestimated you.”

The Palace Lord stood with his arms folded and shrugged, a brilliant smile at the corner of his mouth. But that smile only made him seem more and more frightening, because nothing but endless killing intent surged at the corner of his mouth.

Jiang Chen’s heart stirred. It seemed the man in black really had not lied to him. He just did not know where he had gotten the news.

“Let her out.”

Jiang Chen said calmly.

“You say let her out and I let her out? Wouldn’t that make me lose too much face? Heh heh heh. When you killed my two younger brothers, were you this bossy too? Today, I want to see what you’re really made of. I, Niu Tianlang, will crush your bones to ash and scatter your soul today.”

Niu Tianlang said very domineeringly. He stretched out his hand, and bursts of explosive cracks rang out. His fist was truly as big as a casserole pot, his aura overwhelming the universe, domineering beyond compare.

“Enough nonsense. If you want to fight, then fight. Do you think I’m afraid of you?”

Jiang Chen said coldly. But he could not help worrying about who exactly the woman Niu Tianlang had captured behind the scenes was.

“You seem very confident in yourself. You were the most talented disciple our Profound Connection Divine Palace ever had. Too bad you were born with a rebellious bone. If you hadn’t betrayed our Profound Connection Divine Palace, perhaps you would have become one of its Palace Lords too. You’re truly disappointing.”

Niu Tianlang sighed, seeming somewhat regretful about Jiang Chen.

“You have only the time it takes for one incense stick to burn. When that incense stick goes out, if you can’t defeat me, the woman you love will be pushed into the Heavenly Dragon Prison. You should know how terrifying the Earthly Fire Hell in the Heavenly Dragon Prison is, right? Even a Divine Emperor expert would be reduced to ashes.”

Niu Tianlang’s smile grew more and more sinister.