Chapter 940: The Power of the Phenomenon
Chapter 940 -157: The Power of the Phenomenon
The two martial artists from Medicine King Valley, upon seeing the corpse of their Young Valley Master, felt an unrestrained anger and fear.
This time, the Young Valley Master came to Thousand Mechanism Sect with a mission assigned by the Valley Master, which was to go to Thousand Mechanism City and follow the Young Valley Master’s instructions.
Therefore, they watched the entire process of the Young Valley Master participating in the Alchemy Competition, knowing that he lost to Xiao Yan. Not long ago, the Young Valley Master asked them to track Xiao Yan’s whereabouts, leading them to keep an eye on the entrance and exit of the Thousand Mechanism Sect.
Upon confirming Xiao Yan had left the city, they immediately sent a message to the Young Valley Master outside the city using a special method.
They thought that when the Young Valley Master met Xiao Yan, there couldn’t be any disadvantage, perhaps Xiao Yan would be severely taught a lesson by the Young Valley Master.
Though both were in the Innate Third Realm, the cultivation techniques practiced by the Young Valley Master were all personally selected by the Valley Master for their powerful impact. Xiao Yan, before the Alchemy Competition, was an unknown figure, certainly not a match for the Young Valley Master.
To let the Young Valley Master vent properly, the two even chose to merely lock on with their divine thoughts and didn’t rush to the scene immediately.
What they didn’t anticipate was that Xiao Yan would initiate the attack upon meeting the Young Valley Master. More shockingly, the Young Valley Master didn’t even hold for an instant before dying.
Even though they arrived at the first moment, they were still a dozen breaths behind.
The Young Valley Master died, and the Valley Master will certainly be enraged.
If they cannot capture Xiao Yan and bring him back for the Valley Master’s disposition, they will face severe punishment from the Valley Master.
Their families and descendants reside in Medicine King Valley. If they fear punishment and don’t return, all their relatives will be killed. Even if they could bear losing all their family, without taking the antidote on time for the poison planted by the Valley Master, they will suffer inhumane torture.
Now, the only way to have the Valley Master spare their lives is to capture Xiao Yan.
The two didn’t even have time to collect the Young Valley Master’s body, as they pursued based on the direction Xiao Yan fled as perceived earlier by their divine thoughts.
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Three streaks of red light rapidly advanced across the Thousand Mechanism Domain.
After half a two-hour period.
Lin Chen sighed inwardly. Although his divine soul was comparable to Innate Sixth Realm and supplemented by the Immortal Technique, his speed was merely at par with those two Innate Fourth Realm martial artists, not enough to shake them off.
Unable to escape, he could only fight.
The moment he left the city, Lin Chen sensed two divine thoughts lock onto him. He could even ascertain that they were Innate Fourth Realm powerhouses, but didn’t know their origin until he saw Jiang Yaoyan, and clarity dawned within him.
Lin Chen had already witnessed Jiang Yaoyan’s narrow-mindedness during the Alchemy Competition. Unsatisfied with Lin Chen taking first place, Jiang deliberately sent people to monitor him.
Lin Chen couldn’t believe Jiang Yaoyan merely sent people to monitor him to regain face.
If that were the case, he could only strike first.
After killing Jiang Yaoyan, the two Innate Fourth Realm martial artists were bound to follow, which Lin Chen had anticipated. Fleeing with all his might was also a way for him to probe these two Innate Fourth Realm martial artists.
In terms of speed, neither of them surpassed him, yet speed wasn’t even his strongest suit.
This battle was not impossible.
“You brat dare to kill our Young Valley Master from Medicine King Valley; you deserve to die!”
Upon seeing Lin Chen stop, the two Innate Fourth Realm martial artists became delighted, then shouted furiously.
The reason for their delight was because, over the last half two-hour period, the more they chased, the more alarmed they became.
In the Innate Realm, the difference in strength between each realm is vast. Originally, they assumed they would catch up with Xiao Yan in just a few breaths. Unexpectedly, half a two-hour period later, they were still keeping a certain distance.
An Innate Third Realm martial artist managing to escape under their pursuit for half two-hour would be unbelievable if told.
And upon seeing Lin Chen stop, a common thought crossed both of their minds: Xiao Yan must have used some escape secret technique earlier to achieve such speed, which is typically at the cost of frantically burning qi blood or the innate liquid within the body. Xiao Yan didn’t stop because he didn’t want to run, but because he can’t run anymore.
At this moment, Xiao Yan must be at the end of his strength.
For this reason, one of the Innate Fourth Realm martial artists didn’t hold back, angrily slapping a palm toward Lin Chen.
Thinking of the punishment they would face for the Young Valley Master’s death, his intent to kill surged to its peak. The slap showed no reservation, as a huge green-black palm seal thundered down, attempting to destroy Lin Chen’s entire set of meridians.
Ten zhang, nine zhang…
Faced with a slap that could ruin the meridians of an ordinary Innate Third Realm martial artist, Lin Chen’s lips curled into a cold and stern arc. Behind him, a nebula vortex appeared, a bright moon hung high, its pure brilliance enveloping an independent area of ten zhang around Lin Chen, filled with supreme authority!
Aggressive, mountain-splitting green-black palm seal, once it ventured into this ten zhang “Moonlight Domain”, melted like snow meeting the scorching sun!
“This?”
The man sensed the change immediately, his pupils contracted sharply. But before he could understand what happened, Lin Chen’s attack arrived.
Lin Chen’s eyes snapped shut, a dark blue divine light suddenly appearing between his brows!
Whoosh!
The piercing dark blue light shot through the man’s chest, and the dignified Innate Fourth Realm martial artist fell to the ground the next moment.
“What?! What…what is this thing?!”
The other nearby Innate Fourth Realm martial artist, at this moment, had his rage and disdain replaced by boundless shock and disbelief!
He had never seen such eerie, powerful means!
An Innate Third Realm martial artist could so effortlessly bridge the realm gap and defeat an opponent of higher rank with a single move.
This defied his martial path knowledge!
“Who exactly are you, and what realm are you?”
The man’s voice carried a tinge of tremor; he had already surmised that Xiao Yan was definitely not in the Innate Third Realm, but rather in the Innate Fourth Realm, fooling everyone.
No wonder… no wonder he could refine the Five Elements Creation Pill, defeat the Young Valley Master in an instant, even when his comrade underestimated the situation, he was slain in one move.
With this judgment, the man, whilst horrified, chose another course of action.
His body suddenly retreated to the rear quickly, if the Young Valley Master died at the hands of an Innate Third Realm Xiao Yan, he simply couldn’t escape his fate. But now, the killer was an Innate Fourth Realm Xiao Yan, even superior in strength, then it wasn’t his lack of protection, it was simply an opponent he couldn’t contend with.
Retaining his strength to report to the Valley Master, the punishment, though present, would not be as severe as initially thought.
Seeing the opponent instantly retreat, Lin Chen showed a touch of regret on his face; his phenomenon was indeed formidable. At the moment that Innate Fourth Realm martial artist was inside the domain, all movements seemed to slow tenfold before his eyes. His Canglan’s Eyes’ power actually enhanced tenfold.
Lin Chen wasn’t sure if the power of that palm was weakened, but just this disparity was enough for him to seize the chance of the enemy’s underestimation to kill.
But his phenomenon only covered ten zhang, and now that the Medicine King Valley’s martial artist opted to retreat, he couldn’t catch him, it wasn’t practical to pursue.
“Forget it, from now on, I might as well cease using Xiao Yan’s identity.”
Unable to silence him, Lin Chen felt regret but could accept it; this battle mainly allowed him to test the strength of his Martial Soul Phenomenon.
Whoosh!
Seeing the opponent’s figure vanish into the horizon, Lin Chen also chose to leave in another direction.
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Bang!
The Medicine King Valley’s Innate Fourth Realm martial artist heavily fell to the ground, having a look of shock upon seeing the elderly man before him: “City Lord Yang, my Medicine King Valley and…”
Yet, before he could finish, his body exploded.
Yang Rongtian didn’t even glance at the corpse but turned his gaze in another direction, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.