You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chen Yang and Jiang He, along with the other team members, continued deeper into the dense forest.

"Chen Shuai, how are you feeling?"

Jiang He asked in a low voice.

He could also sense that Chen Yang was more serious this time than before.

"Still haven't found it yet."

Chen Yang snapped out of his daze and said in a deep voice, "The calmer things are, the more careful we need to be. Tell everyone to stay alert!"

"understand!"

Jiang He immediately agreed and then explained the situation to the others.

Everyone else also became serious, cautiously observing their surroundings.

The team moved on.

We were very careful the whole way.

Once you leave the dense forest, all you can hear is their breathing.

There wasn't even the sound of insects chirping.

More than ten minutes later.

The trees ahead began to thin out.

We can already see open areas.

A cold glint flashed in Chen Yang's eyes.

"found it!"

Chen Yang looked ahead and said in a deep voice.

His keen eyes had already spotted people on the mountainside ahead.

Those were the assassins in black.

Their numbers far exceed those of theirs.

"how many people?"

Jiang He immediately asked.

"There are quite a few people, dozens of them!"

Chen Yang gritted his teeth and continued, "Guo Ren used a method of concealment, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to find them."

If it weren't for his keen eyesight, he would never have been able to spot these men in black.

"call out!"

"Whoosh."

"..."

It was at this moment that the men in black also discovered them.

Dozens of people gathered around from all directions.

The leader of the men in black stood at the very front of the group, coldly looking at Chen Yang and his companions: "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"We also guessed you would be here."

Chen Yang was not afraid at all and said with a cold smile.

The leader of the men in black looked at Chen Yang as if he were nothing special: "So what if you guessed it? Since you're here, you might as well stay!"

"Don't you know what happened to those who came to hunt us down before?"

Jiang He stepped forward and looked at the men in black: "They have all been killed by us!"

"know."

The leader of the men in black didn't care and said silently, "Those idiots deserved to die."

"Just because they can't kill you doesn't mean we can't either."

"Today is your death day!"

"In that case, let's see who's spouting nonsense."

Chen Yang's momentum suddenly surged.

We are already prepared for World War I.

"Overestimating yourself!"

The leader of the men in black raised his arm and shouted to his men, "Attack!"

"kill!"

"..."

Dozens of assassins in black shouted and charged towards Chen Yang and his group.

"Quick victory!"

Chen Yang gave Jiang He a low shout.

"it is good!"

Without hesitation, Jiang He immediately ordered, "Everyone, be alert! Strike quickly and show no mercy!"

"Yes!"

"..."

The team members were not afraid and readily agreed.

"Today, you will all die!"

Chen Yang had already arrived at the leader's side.

A pair of cold eyes stared at him.

"Chen Yang, it's still uncertain who will emerge victorious!"

The leader sneered and looked coldly at Chen Yang.

"bring it on!"

The Pure Subtle Essence Descent Technique was activated within Chen Yang's body.

He pointed a finger at the leader: "Arrest!"

Invisible chains converge.

It carried a chilling aura and went straight for the leader.

However, just as the chain touched the leader, it suddenly stopped.

A burst of light suddenly erupted from the leader of the men in black.

They forcefully shook his iron chains off.

Chen Yang's face showed disbelief: "What happened?"

My soul-binding technique failed?

Upon seeing this, the leader of the men in black wore a mocking expression: "Chen Yang, do you think you can control us by killing a few of our trash?"

He suddenly unleashed a powerful aura and took a step forward.

"You! You also know martial arts!"

Chen Yang then realized it.

"You think we weren't prepared after you killed so many of us?"

The leader of the men in black sneered and said disdainfully, "Those trash were just there to die. All your underhanded tricks were just to test them."

"Now you'll die knowing why."

"They actually know cultivation techniques? And can use spiritual energy?"

Chen Yang's gaze sharpened, and he finally understood what was going on.

be cheated.

"Hmph, you only realize that now? Too late!"

The leader of the men in black roared and charged forward: "Die!"

He transformed into a blur and charged straight at Chen Yang.

He now held a cold blade in his hand.

It was clearly also blessed by spiritual energy.

Chen Yang's pupils contracted, and he darted away.

"laugh!"

The cold blade grazed past Chen Yang's chest.

It smashed a huge rock behind him.

"So fast!"

Chen Yang sighed inwardly.

Meanwhile, the surrounding battlefields also intensified.

Under Jiang He's command, the team members he brought all used the Soul-Binding Technique.

"Hunting!"

"Go to hell!"

"..."

Invisible chains shot out one after another.

Soon, Jiang He and his team realized that something was wrong.

"What's going on? My Soul-Binding Technique didn't work on him!"

One of the team members exclaimed in surprise.

The same result as Chen Yang's occurred.

"mine too!"

The other teammate did the same.

"what!"

A scream rang out from the side; a man in black had been struck by an iron chain.

The soul leaves the body, resulting in immediate and sudden death.

Upon seeing this, Jiang He squinted.

This is clearly taking the current situation into consideration.

"Be careful!"

After a moment, he hurriedly said, "Not everyone can break through our attack; some people can't either."

"Let's try to find an opportunity first, and if that doesn't work, we'll fight back with all our might."

"understand!"

"Yes!"

"..."

The team members responded enthusiastically and quickly adjusted their tactics.

"boom!"

One of the team members was shot by a man in black.

Fly out upside down.

"court death!"

Jianghe roared and charged forward.

They forced the men in black to retreat.

"Chen Shuai, how are you doing over there?!"

Jiang He asked while engaged in fierce fighting.

At this moment, Chen Yang was entangled by the leader of the men in black and was unable to break free.

"I'm fine!"

Chen Yang dodged the men in black and shouted back, "You guys hold on! I'll help you after I've dealt with this bastard."

"Huh, that's not a bad tone!"

Upon hearing this, the leader of the men in black sneered, "You? You overestimate yourself."

Then, the long sword in his hand suddenly burst forth with a blue light.

"This is... a blade of light that can directly stimulate spiritual energy?"

Chen Yang's eyes sharpened, revealing a wary expression.

"You have some sense."

"Then prepare to die."

The leader of the men in black sneered repeatedly.

He swung his sword down at Chen Yang's head.

"Since the Soul-Binding Technique is useless against you, then I'll just have to expend some spiritual energy."

Chen Yang shook his head, finally deciding to launch a full-scale counterattack.

He clenched his fists and suddenly activated the Pure Subtle Primordial Descent Technique.

Suddenly, a blinding light burst forth from his entire body.

Under the night sky, it was as bright as day.

Then, they charged toward the leader.

"Die!" The leader retorted defiantly, brandishing his long sword.

Another burst of blade light erupted.

"Generate light."

Chen Yang let out a low growl.

A light barrier suddenly erupted around him, protecting him within it.

Immediately afterwards, he waved his hand: "Riding the Wind."

With that roar.

A chilling wind blade suddenly erupted from his hands.

Riding the wind means being able to travel away on the wind.

Similarly, one can use the wind to create a blade and counterattack the enemy.

The two wind blades flew out as he flicked his hand.

They suddenly attacked the leader.

"when!"

His longsword steadily blocked a wind blade.

However, another attack went straight for his neck.

Chen Yang had fought them twice before, so he naturally knew how to deal with him.

The neck and head are the weak points in their armor defense.

"Shh!"

"puff!"

In an instant, the leader, who had just been full of energy, had his head fly into the air.

Blood gushed out, streaking across the night sky under the moonlight.

It attracted the attention of many people around.

The leader's body also fell downwards.

Chen Yang seized the opportunity before his armor self-destructed.

Swoop down.

In the past, he would simply kill these people to make the armor sense that its master was dead.

That's why it self-destructs.

However, this leader gave him a chance.

He was also considered a cultivator, so his soul had been cultivated.

That's why Chen Yang's Soul-Binding Technique was ineffective against him.

It was precisely because of this that Chen Yang seized the opportunity.

They rushed to his body.

They took out the parade banners.

"Imprison him."

Chen Yang roared and immediately imprisoned the leader's soul inside his corpse.

Can't escape.

"what!"

The spirit began to scream in agony; it sensed a threat.

"receive!"

Then, Chen Yang directly stuck the parade banner into the bowl-sized wound on his neck.

Immediately afterwards, his body was put into a storage bag.

After dealing with the leader of the men in black, Chen Yang looked around.

Another person engaged in a fierce battle with the river.

From this perspective, he and the leader are evenly matched in strength.

In addition, they possess armor and are equipped with special weapons.

Only then did we have the strength to fight them.

"I am coming!"

Chen Yang roared and charged forward.

They suddenly arrived at this side of the river, and at the same time, the wind blades had already condensed again.

"Alright! Watch me hold him off."

Jiang He laughed loudly and launched a full-scale counterattack.

"I'm not playing with you guys anymore!"

Upon seeing this, the man in black immediately tried to flee.

After all, the leader had already been killed by Chen Yang.

He wasn't confident he could take on two opponents at once.

"Want to leave? It's not that easy!"

The rivers and lakes would not let him escape.

They tried their best to catch up.

"Jiang He, watch out!"

Chen Yang gave a low shout and caught up.

Jiang He understood immediately and, instead of retreating, advanced to meet him.

"not good!"

It was too late for the man in black to avoid Chen Yang.

"Wind Control!"

Chen Yang once again condensed two wind blades, which roared towards the man in black.

"laugh!"

He killed the man in black in the blink of an eye.

Blood gushed out, staining the night sky red.

Chen Yang swayed, and the procession banner was summoned again, once more controlling the corpse.

"Come!"

Chen Yang gave a low shout and summoned them.

"receive!"

Chen Yang put the body into his storage bag.

"Brothers, follow me!"

Jiang He raised his arm and launched another attack.

"kill!"

The team members' morale was greatly boosted.

They charged forward in droves.

"boom!"

One team member was repelled by the men in black.

"let me help you!"

Another team member came over to help.

Chen Yang was also charging forward with all his might, showing no sign of stopping.

Jiang He was also blinded by rage.

The more they take action, the less likely their own people will be killed.

Finally, half an hour later.

The last man in black fell to the ground, and all the men in black were dealt with.

Under the moonlight, the ground was littered with the corpses of men in black.

"Take a headcount and bring the wounded back!"

Jiang He immediately gave the order.

"Yes!"

"..."

Soon everyone had finished cleaning up.

All the team members are injured.

However, only two people were seriously injured, but neither was fatal.

Everyone else sustained minor injuries.

Jiang He walked up to Chen Yang and said with a wry smile, "Commander Chen, these bastards, some of them even know martial arts."

Chen Yang nodded and looked ahead: "It seems the other party has really gone all out."

"Chen Shuai, should we still go check the entrance?"

Jiang He followed Chen Yang's gaze and saw that he was looking at the entrance to the Heavenly Road.

"Now that I'm here, I'm going to see for myself."

Chen Yang nodded, his expression turning serious.

"Good! Commander Chen is right! We've come this far, there's no reason to back down!"

Jiang He didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement. Then, as if remembering something, he asked, "This time we got two complete corpses, along with their armor."

"Once we get back, we can study their armor carefully!"

"Not bad!"

Chen Yang nodded and said with a smile, "After we get back, I'll leave it to you to study carefully."

"We need to know how they enhance their armor with spiritual energy. We can't fall behind these foreign powers. We must develop equipment that is comparable to theirs as soon as possible!"

"We can't stay this lucky forever; they're getting stronger too."

Jiang He nodded heavily and said in a deep voice, "We have been researching this, but we have been unable to make a breakthrough."

"With these people's armor and weapons, we will definitely succeed this time."

"Alright, have your men prepare to evacuate to prevent an enemy sneak attack."

"Let's go and see this so-called Heavenly Road."

Chen Yang nodded, and Chen Shuai said.

"it is good."

After Jiang He agreed, he turned around and went to make arrangements for his people.

Chen Yang waited for him not far away to make arrangements.

"Commander Chen, are you ready!"

"let's go."

A few minutes later, Jiang He came over and greeted Chen Yang.

Chen Yang nodded and looked ahead: "Let's go!"

"it is good!"

Jiang He nodded and then followed.

Some of their teammates waited in place.

Some followed suit and left.

Meanwhile, Chen Yang and Jiang He had already arrived in the valley.

The valley was filled with pebbles, clearly indicating that it had been altered by human hands.

In the center of the valley, there is a strange formation.

The formation was surrounded by stones that had lost their luster.

"It's a spirit stone."

Chen Yang glanced at it, walked over and picked up a piece, saying in a deep voice, "A spirit stone that has had its spiritual energy drained."

"Not bad!"

Jiang He also came over and said, "This... could be done by the Wang family, or other families."

"Does it require triggering the formation to activate?"

Chen Yang looked around at his surroundings and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

"That's right, this definitely needs to be stimulated."

"Only after the formation is activated can we access the entrance to the Heavenly Road."

Only then can we find out the truth.

Jiang He nodded and looked at Chen Yang: "We don't know if our spirit stones are enough."

As he spoke, he took out his own spirit stones.

However, it's only a dozen or so yuan.

This is clearly not enough to activate the formation. (End of Chapter)