I come to see Bai Yujing today

Chapter 295 I Died

Xia Tu's voice echoed across the vast Xiaotai.

Suddenly, a series of auras flowed and filled the Xiaotai platform.

Chen Zhian looked up and saw that the mountain pass in the distance had formed a large array. Blood light bloomed within the array, and its aura soared into the sky, scattering the clouds in the void.

However, thousands of soldiers, wielding long spears and clad in armor, were glaring menacingly at them.

The Great Qian Mystic Sect raises many Mystic Soldiers!
A single Xuanmen (mysterious sect) is a considerable fighting force.

Chen Zhian squinted slightly and turned his head to look at the buildings in the Xiaotai.

Above those pavilions and palaces, strange phenomena such as celestial gates and heavenly passes appeared, drawing many gazes to Chen Zhian.

Chen Zhian's expression remained unchanged; instead, he looked at Xia Tu beside him.

Seeing Chen Zhian's calm demeanor, Xia Tu nodded slightly and said, "Despite such a scene, you remain undaunted."

"I suppose you have some backing, after all, you're someone who dares to compete for the opportunities of the Immortal Palace below the Dao."

At this point in his speech, he remarked with emotion, "It's been a long time since Yahai County has been this lively."

I had only been away from Xiaotai for a little over ten days, yet I had already met many extraordinary people.

For example, there was that young woman who came from the Dragon Pool, accompanied by a real dragon, and carrying two precious swords.

Even figures like Fu Changsheng and Lu Zhange personally came to Ya Hai County.

Xia Tu spoke with emotion, but his gaze was fixed on Chen Zhian: "However, it was also a stroke of luck that I was able to meet Senior Brother Li Chao."

As he finished speaking, he lightly snapped his fingers.

In the distance, a large building stood with its doors wide open.

But inside was an empty palace.

Three people were imprisoned inside that palace.

The first person was sitting cross-legged, with a huge cauldron floating high in front of him, burning with mystical fire, refining pills.

This person looked old and rather haggard, with his hands and feet shackled, as if alchemy was a last resort.

The second person was in an even worse state; his bones and muscles seemed to be broken, and he lay on the ground like a lump of mud, covered in filth, with disheveled hair, making it impossible to see his face.

The third person was a woman dressed in white armor, with a somewhat unruly look in her eyes.

She also sat cross-legged, her hands and feet also shackled, but her face showed little fear.

At this moment, the door was wide open, and the woman's gaze swept over, looking at Xia Tu with a cold smile.

"Xia Tu, I heard that you went out of your way to find out about me."

Did you find anything?

Xia Tu laughed and said, "Miss Lin, I know you have an extraordinary background and important connections."

Your father alone could destroy my Xiaotai a hundred times over.

But you are also a great opportunity for me. You yourself are a great tonic. Once I cultivate to the highest level, I will swallow you and be able to reach the Heavenly Palace.

He even witnessed the true nature of creation!

"Such a precious opportunity, what does it matter if it involves risks?"
Miss Lin, please be patient and wait while I select the treasure.

"When my cultivation advances further, that will be the time when you will be of great use to me."

As he finished speaking, he gently pointed at Chen Zhian, a smile on his face, and said, "I've also found you a companion, so you won't be too lonely among my treasures."

This person is about your age; you two can often do some enjoyable things together to relieve boredom.

As soon as Xia Tu finished speaking, a thought crossed his mind.

Suddenly, the entire platform shook violently, and blood-red array patterns appeared on the ground.

A thousand soldiers filed out from the distant mountain pass.

Their armor was covered with dark red runes, and the long spears in their hands gleamed with a ghostly light.

Eleven more figures leaped out from different buildings.

Chen Zhian glanced around and found that the lowest level of these voices was the peak of the Innate Realm.

Xia Tu clapped his hands lightly.

Among the eleven figures, an old man stepped forward, holding two shackles in his hands.

"Senior Brother Li Chao, with your Xuanlou cultivation, why bother struggling?"

"You might as well willingly put on these two shackles and step into my mystical treasure, thus avoiding some physical suffering."

Xia Tu said, "Normally, you only need to forge treasures for me, and I will naturally not treat you unfairly. If you need anything, just let me know."

"However... I am quite curious about Senior Brother Li Chao's background."

But I don't know which country you come from, or which sect of Taoism you come from.
That method of refining treasures in the void is truly astonishing.

At this moment, the woman surnamed Lin frowned and looked at Chen Zhian.

True essence flowed around Chen Zhian's body, and several strands of divine energy drifted away.

The woman surnamed Lin could immediately tell that Chen Zhian was a Xuanlou cultivator.

At the Xuanlou realm, facing so many powerful figures from the Xiaotai realm, it would be difficult for them to muster any desire to resist.

But at this moment... there was not a trace of fear on Chen Zhian's face.

He stood not far from Xia Tu, looking around to make out everyone in front of him.

"A thousand earth soldiers formed a formation, plus one Xuanchi, one Xuanlou, two Tianmen, two Tianguan, and five peak Xiantian!"

"Senior Brother Xia Tu's Xuanmen is indeed quite impressive."

Chen Zhian nodded in approval.

Such arrogance aroused Xia Tu's suspicion.

"Could it be that Li Chao has some great backing? Otherwise, why would he be so calm?"

Xia Tu muttered to himself.

But he could also clearly sense the Xuanlou fluctuations emanating from Chen Zhian, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Even if one has some reliance at the Xuanlou realm, what does it matter?"

Li Chao is merely bluffing!
If we're intimidated by him, how can we even begin to compete for a great opportunity?

As soon as he finished speaking, a mysterious mansion suddenly appeared behind him.

In an instant, blood spurted from the vertical wound between his eyebrows, the entire platform trembled, hundreds of blood grooves cracked open in the ground, and viscous blood plasma writhed and gushed out like living things.

Blood instantly filled the air within the command platform!
"Outsider! Come and see the terror of my Great Qian!"

As Xia Tu spoke, three short swords floated behind him, dripping with blood, their blades a testament to the countless lives they had slain.

"Your legs are useless for forging treasures."

Since you are unwilling to step into my mysterious treasure!

I will cut off your legs and drag you into this treasure!

Xia Tu grinned maliciously, and a cloud of blood mist appeared behind him. The blood mist shrouded the figure, making it indistinct, but it turned out to be a divine image.

Blood dripped from the divine image, then transformed into a phantom of a short knife, landing on the first short knife behind Xia Tu.

The short sword flashed with light, instantly filled with a chilling killing intent, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a blood-red blade of light, slashing towards Chen Zhian's legs.

"A third-grade divine ability!"

Chen Zhian raised an eyebrow, sensing the immense power of the crimson blade light.

"Huangtianmen has an extraordinary foundation. Any disciple who walks out of here will inherit a third-grade divine ability, and the power of this divine ability... is stronger than many divine abilities of the same level."

At that moment, the woman surnamed Lin sighed inwardly.

Xia Tu's gaze was piercing, and his aura was terrifying to the extreme.

"This is my great opportunity!"

Since the Huangtianmen Foundry is unwilling to help me, I will keep such an extraordinary craftsman within the Xiaotai! This person is from out of town; regardless of his origins, they wouldn't dare venture into the heart of the Great Qian Dynasty to find him!

His thoughts flashed by quickly, but his spirit had already locked onto Chen Zhian.

But at that moment, he suddenly realized that things had come to this point, and the blood was about to fall on Li Chao, yet there was still no fear or panic on the man's face.

"Ok?"

Xia Tu was puzzled.

He didn't hesitate for long, because when the blood-red blade flashed, Chen Zhian finally moved.

But then a bolt of lightning flashed across Chen Zhian's body, and a surge of true energy burst forth from his Xuanlou.

An unimaginable spirit was unleashed.

Numerous golden lines appeared on his body, adorning Chen Zhian's skin like scales.

The same extremely thick blood energy flowed from Chen Zhian's thirty-six hidden orifices.

It instantly filled every pore and every inch of Chen Zhian's skin.

Baxia's dragon body!

Chen Zhian threw a punch at that moment!
This punch was incredibly fast, just like the crimson sunset falling from the horizon.

A dragon's roar came from Chen Zhian's bones!

Roar!
The long fist swept across, and the powerful and terrifying blood energy seemed to transform into a dragon's tail, fiercely striking the blood-red blade light.

This punch incorporated the power of the Baxia dragon's physical body, which had been transformed by the dragon vein's spiritual energy.

It also contains the profound true essence of Chen Zhian's Purple Yellow Green Sheep True Scripture, and is further fused with Ling Ye's thunder!
Click!

With a crisp sound, the blood-red blade light was easily shattered by Chen Zhian's punch!
The short sword, a third-grade Xuanbao (mysterious treasure) level weapon, was also struck, sparks flew, and then embedded itself in the ground far away!
Xia Tu's expression changed instantly!

The bloodstains dissipated at that moment, revealing Chen Zhian's figure.

But then Chen Zhian gently turned his wrist, and in the blink of an eye, a longbow appeared in his hand.

"Indeed, you possess the cultivation level of the Profound Tower!" Xia Tu's eyes narrowed slightly. "I didn't expect you to have such a level..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Zhian's divine aura suddenly exploded.

"Senior Brother Xia Tu, I have just mastered a supernatural power."

It's called the Heavenly King's Killing Technique!

This is a technique for enhancing true essence; the more lives one kills, the more intense the killing, and the stronger this technique becomes!

I only recently grasped this supernatural power, and I have yet to use it.

Today, I'm taking advantage of my senior brother's demonstration to put what I've learned into practice!

As the divine essence flowed, a divine image suddenly appeared behind Chen Zhian.

The divine figure was dressed in white, exuding a holy aura. His face was exactly the same as Chen Zhian's, just like a divine general, with awe-inspiring presence!

"What kind of divine form is this?" Xia Tu wondered.

At that moment, Chen Zhian drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

A sacred aura emanated from the divine image and flowed into the Chu Emperor's Bow in Chen Zhian's hand.

Suddenly, lightning flashed on the Chu Emperor's bow!
Chi!
A long arrow was shot out!

Xia Tu's expression suddenly changed!

It was because he clearly sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the long arrow.

The short sword that had pierced the earth in the distance soared into the air, while two other short swords behind it also unleashed a burst of bloody energy and slashed out hastily.

At the same time, the eleven disciples and elders of the Xiaotai Sect made their move.

Numerous terrifying supernatural powers permeated the void.

Numerous supernatural powers coalesced into a large net, blocking the arrow!
but!

At this moment, Chen Zhian attacked with all his might!

With a light tap of his toes, thirty thousand lightning patterns suddenly lit up on the surface of the Azure Emperor Armor.

With his left hand, he held the Chu Emperor's Bow and fired nine arrows in quick succession. The arrows, imbued with the true essence of killing, aimed straight for the throats of the three elders charging at the forefront. With his right hand, he unleashed three hunting blade energies with his Tiger Soul Blade.

"clang!"

A dull sound came.

However, the thousand earth soldiers formed a battle formation, thrusting out their long spears. The myriad flowing true essences converged into one, making it look like a centipede with a hundred legs!
A phantom of a centipede suddenly sprang from the ground, its venomous jaws crushing several arrows.

Xia Tu retreated, hovering above the formation's core with a cold laugh: "My Heavenly Gate Formation is nourished by the lifeblood of a thousand young boys and girls. What do you think, Senior Brother Li?"

As he made a hand seal, the earth soldiers' bodies were covered in runes that seeped blood, which intertwined in the air to form a blood-red heavenly gate.

Chen Zhian's pupils contracted.

At this moment, he could clearly see that three blood leeches were coiled inside each soldier's body.

"This is the so-called Heavenly Gate Formation?"

Chen Zhian shook his head slightly.

The Chu emperor's bowstring twanged like a dragon's roar.

As the bowstring twanged, seven lightning arrows tore through the blood-red curtain.

The jade on the shoulder of the Azure Emperor Armor emitted a blue light, completely blocking the bloody aura emanating from the Heavenly Gate Formation.

Chen Zhian teleported to the west of the formation on the light of Lingye Thunder, and the Tiger Soul Blade was instantly drawn!

The sword, imbued with spiritual lightning, struck down, instantly turning the three disciples controlling the array flags into charred remains.

"Stop him!" Xia Tu shouted, and the centipede split into thousands of segments to block his path.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Tenth Elder formed a hand seal, unleashing a Blood Raven Obscuring the Sun divine power that instantly manifested countless blood crows, obscuring the light of the sky. Amidst the swirling illusions, countless bloody hands reached out to grab Chen Zhian's eyes.

The Azure Emperor's armor gleamed, and azure energy condensed around Chen Zhi'an, who was three zhang tall.

With his left hand, he swept the bowstring across, severing the centipede's limbs as it attacked. Then, with a sudden change in his right hand's sword technique, the Azure Emperor's Sword Soul erupted instantly, transforming into a blinding blade of light.

The long-dormant "Mountains and Rivers at Ease" technique is unleashed at this moment.

The "Mountains and Rivers at Ease" technique is only a fourth-grade divine power.

But at this moment, when paired with the Azure Emperor's Blade Soul, even though it is only a fourth-grade divine ability, its power is still unparalleled!

But then, not far away, many soldiers' blood runes exploded one after another, and the entire Heavenly Gate Formation was cleaved open by this terrifying blade light!
"Li Chao, what is your background?"

Xia Tu's eyes flashed with a fierce light!

Chen Zhian remained silent, and the Azure Emperor Blade Soul swept across once more, erupting with a thunderous roar.

As the blade flashed, the blood-red Heavenly Gate collapsed with a deafening roar, and the eight hundred earth soldiers were engulfed in bluish-white lightning and fire.

"Senior brother! Inviting someone over for a visit, yet intending to do something improper—shouldn't you pay the price?"

Chen Zhian's momentum was unstoppable!
The Heavenly King's Killing Technique flowed continuously, and the true essence that fell into his body, which originally shimmered with purple, yellow, and blue colors, was now mixed with white light.

Under the terrifying power of the Heavenly King!
Chen Zhian crashed into Xia Tu like a meteor, his Tiger Soul Blade leaving nine afterimages.

Xia Tu hurriedly summoned a blood jade ruyi to defend himself, but the lightning and fire invaded his meridians through the magic weapon.

Upon seeing this, the ten elders roared in unison, each burning their life essence to activate their natal magic weapons.

A cold glint flashed in Chen Zhian's eyes. In the blink of an eye, his figure flashed, and the light of his sword scattered in all directions. At the same time, he drew his longbow and fired seven arrows at once!
Amidst screams, blood rained down, mixed with fragments of magical artifacts.

Chen Zhian seized the opportunity to rush in front of Xia Tu!

Without uttering a single word, his longsword, imbued with countless profound powers, cleaved through Xia Tu's protective true essence, then through his armor, and finally pierced into his body!
The illusory image of the Heavenly King appeared behind Chen Zhian, and the surging true essence completely crushed the snake gu.

Xia Tu stared in disbelief at the blade in front of his chest, his body disintegrating inch by inch under the Azure Emperor's sword spirit.

"Am I going to die like this?"

(End of this chapter)