Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 174 Severing the Nine-Turn Golden Core with a Blade, the Blood-Eyed Demon's Pursuit!

Old Wu had lost all desire to fight.

After its spirit fled back to its original body, it commanded the martial arts puppet to fight on its own.

"Run, run quickly..."

Wu Laoguai didn't have time to think about anything else and hurriedly flew away into the distance.

Lin Chen glanced at Old Monster Wu and sneered inwardly.

"Trying to run away? You think you can get away...?"

Lin Chen's heart stirred slightly, and his true essence gradually condensed and compressed, eventually converging on the Demon-Slaying Blade.

The art of sword control!

Lin Chen unleashed one-third of his true essence, making this strike more powerful than twelve times the power of the Zhen Dao!

Just as Lin Chen was about to unleash his strike, he suddenly sensed an extremely terrifying aura rapidly approaching.

Lin Chen was not the only one who sensed this aura.

The dozen or so Core Formation cultivators who remained present all sensed it.

"It's the Blood-Eyed Demon King!"

"There's no time...run!"

The peak master's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said:

"Run! Run into the Misty Mountain Range! Everyone scatter and run..."

Upon hearing this, more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators scattered and fled.

This battle was a great victory; there are very few Golden Core demon cultivators left alive.

It's a pity that Old Monster Wu escaped...

"Brother Xu, hurry and run with us..."

Li Zhenqian hurriedly came to Lin Chen's side and urged him on.

"You guys go first, I'll be there shortly..."

Lin Chen said in a deep voice.

His gaze remained fixed on Old Wu in the distance.

He was unwilling to let Wu the Old Monster go unkilled.

"Even in front of a Nascent Soul cultivator... you will die!"

Lin Chen gritted his teeth and said.

The compression of true essence finally reached its limit at this moment and attached itself to the Demon-Slaying Blade.

"Demon-Slaying Flying Knife!"

Lin Chen said in a low voice.

Then, the Demon-Slaying Blade hummed softly as it slashed towards Old Monster Wu, who was ten miles away.

……

At this moment, Wu Laoguai, who had already fled the battlefield, was pounding his heart.

He sensed the aura of the Blood-Eyed Demon and his face immediately lit up with joy.

"Ancestor, save me!"

"Don't let them get away..."

Before he could finish speaking, a long black sword cleaved Wu Laoguai's body in two.

The demon-subduing thunder, brimming with true essence within the blade, instantly shattered Old Monster Wu's soul.

Before he died, Wu Laoguai had an expression of disbelief in his eyes.

The joy of escaping death, but the terror of being killed in the end...

At the same time, a presence rapidly approached from afar.

It's the Blood-Eyed Demon!

He was stunned when he sensed Wu Laoguai's rapidly dissipating life force.

"How dare...how dare they kill someone right in front of me!"

"What audacity!"

"Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect!"

The Blood-Eyed Demon King, his face contorted with rage, charged toward Lin Chen.

Without hesitation, Lin Chen left five martial arts puppets behind to hold off the enemy and put away the rest.

Looking at the puppet Luo Ming who had lost its master, Lin Chen gritted his teeth and put the entire puppet, along with the two spears, into his storage bag.

After that, Lin Chen had only one thought in his mind.

run!

If you've already killed someone, why keep them alive instead of running away?

Is it going to kill me?

Lin Chen fled frantically toward the direction of the Misty Mountain Range.

Behind him, the Blood-Eyed Demon Lord was frantically chasing after Lin Chen.

Without hesitation, Lin Chen flew towards the Misty Mountain Range.

Fifty li, forty li, thirty li...

Twenty li, ten li...

This is the distance between Lin Chen and the Blood-Eyed Demon.

The speed at which a Golden Core cultivator can escape is still far behind that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The move that killed Old Monster Wu wasted more than ten precious breaths of Lin Chen's escape time.

Seeing the Blood-Eyed Demon King approaching from behind, Lin Chen replied without hesitation:

"burst!"

At Lin Chen's command, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

A martial arts puppet exploded, and terrifying nuclear energy surged wildly in all directions.

This puppet wasn't far from the Blood-Eyed Demon.

The force of the explosion forced the Blood-Eyed Demon to slow down.

The distance between the two sides widened again.

But it didn't last long, and the Blood-Eyed Demon King came chasing after them again.

Without hesitation, Lin Chen shouted, "Explode!"

boom!

Boom!

Lin Chen detonated five martial arts puppets in succession.

The continuous explosions slowed down the Blood-Eyed Demon once again.

But soon, he caught up with us again...

"Damn it, it's really persistent..."

Lin Chen cursed under his breath.

Fortunately, the stronghold was not far from the Wushan Mountains, only a little over a hundred miles away.

After detonating several martial arts puppets in succession, Lin Chen finally bought himself some time and escaped into the misty mountains.

A few seconds before entering the misty mountain, the black knife returned to Lin Chen's hand and was put into his storage bag.

Without hesitation, Lin Chen plunged straight into the misty mountain without even turning his head.

……

The Fog Mountain Range is shrouded in fog year-round, and the fog generated by the earth's veins can greatly interfere with a cultivator's perception.

Even Nascent Soul cultivators will be greatly affected.

But this doesn't mean that you're safe once you're inside the misty mountains...

In fact, after Lin Chen entered the Misty Mountain, the Blood-Eyed Demon King quickly followed him in.

"You brat! Let's see where you run this time!!"

The Blood-Eyed Demon's skeletal body trembled slightly, and a long-lost excitement flickered in his lifeless eyes.

"A young body...top-tier talent..."

"Possession! Incarnation as a True Lord!"

At this moment, the Blood-Eyed Demon had only one thought in his mind.

He caught up with Lin Chen and possessed his body!

His body, "Ghost Eye Child," which he had painstakingly prepared for hundreds of years, died at Lin Chen's hands.

Fortunately, Lin Chen was a more perfect vessel for him.

Although there is no blood connection, the effect of possession will be much weaker.

But Lin Chen's talent is enough to make up for all of that.

"In just a few short years, he has grown from a Foundation Establishment cultivator to a seventh-level Golden Core cultivator!"

"This brat definitely has a Heavenly Spiritual Root! And it's highly likely he has a Heavenly Grade Golden Core!"

With a look of longing in his eyes, the Blood-Eyed Demon Lord relentlessly pursued Lin Chen through the vast, misty mountains.

At the same time, Lin Chen was also frantically fleeing through the misty mountains.

He is very familiar with the terrain of Wushan!

Over the past few years, whether it was setting up a fog array or Lin Chen digging a tunnel underground in Fog Mountain, he had explored the terrain of Fog Mountain.

Even with his divine sense greatly interfered with, Lin Chen was still able to determine the location of the underground safe house through the locator.

"In the misty mountains, the nearest safe house... is less than a hundred miles away!"

Lin Chen took a deep breath.

For him, a distance of 100 li (approximately 50 kilometers) is only a minute or two to reach.

But this was a minute of life or death... because the Ghost Eye Monster behind them was even faster.

At this moment, in Lin Chen's perception, the Blood-Eyed Old Monster was less than ten miles away from him.

Perhaps we'll catch up in a few more breaths...

"Damn it, that old devil..."

"Huh? This place looks familiar..."

Lin Chen's heart stirred slightly. Instead of heading directly to the safe house, he took a slightly detour.

With this turn, the Blood-Eyed Demon King behind him got even closer.

……

The Blood-Eyed Demon King's eyes grew increasingly excited as he watched Lin Chen approach.

"Young body, here I come..."

The Blood-Eyed Demon couldn't help but lick his lips; he had had enough of his current aged body.

But after turning around, Lin Chen, who was only a few miles away from the Blood-Eyed Demon, suddenly disappeared from his senses.

"Hmm? This... is a maze!"

The Blood-Eyed Demon King panicked immediately, his eyes turning bloodshot.

They used magic to try and break the formation.

……

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief after successfully luring the Blood-Eyed Demon into the fog array.

"Fortunately, the illusion array set up by the Righteous Alliance has finally come in handy."

Lin Chen thought to himself.

He had personally helped set up this fog formation back then, so he was naturally very familiar with its routes and how the formation was triggered.

After leading the Blood-Eyed Demon into the mist formation, Lin Chen ran for more than twenty miles in one go.

He had to escape quickly; the mist formation alone couldn't hold the Blood-Eyed Demon for long...

The moment this thought crossed Lin Chen's mind, he sensed the aura of the formation being broken behind him.

The Blood-Eyed Demon locked onto Lin Chen once more and chased after him.

A fog formation only bought Lin Chen a few breaths of time.

But that's enough!

Behind them, the Blood-Eyed Demon was still relentlessly pursuing them.

But suddenly, Lin Chen disappeared from his divine sense again.

"Huh? Where did it go...?"

Blood-Eyed Demon was stunned. He went to the place where Lin Chen last disappeared and searched the surroundings carefully for a long time, but still could not sense Lin Chen's presence.

"Could it be that we're trapped by the formation again?"

Blood-Eyed Demon frowned, but he could still detect whether there were any formations around him.

After searching for a while, the Blood-Eyed Demon became even more insane.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"How did that brat get away... I was already catching up with him!"

The Blood-Eyed Demon Lord went mad, frantically searching through the Misty Mountain Range.

He was destined never to find Lin Chen, who had already disappeared underground.

However, he found many Golden Core cultivators from the Righteous Alliance who were on the run.

The result is self-evident...

……

Meanwhile, underground in the Wushan Mountains.

Lin Chen used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the earth) to flee frantically.

With his current seventh-stage Golden Core and his peak-level Earth Escape Technique, his escape speed is astonishing.

In just a few breaths, Lin Chen vanished to a depth of a thousand feet underground.

Lin Chen dared not linger and fled all the way.

One hundred li, five hundred li...

Lin Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief after escaping to a safe house thousands of miles underground.

"Phew, it's finally over..."

Lin Chen took out spirit stones and pills to restore his true essence and magical power, and began to heal his injuries.

Lin Chen was injured in the battle with the puppet Luo Ming.

Half an hour later, Lin Chen's injuries had almost healed, but he still dared not return to the ground.

They simply burrowed directly underground beneath Qinghe City.

Lin Chen did not return directly to Qinghe City, but instead took out the spoils of the battle.

The storage bags of a dozen or so Golden Core demonic cultivators, and two magical spears...

And, the puppet Luo Ming!

Lin Chen broke the seals on more than a dozen storage bags and took out the valuable resources inside.

For example, spirit stones, elixirs, ancient books...

Lin Chen destroyed all the magical artifacts, along with more than a dozen storage bags.

Magical artifacts are the easiest to leave behind restrictions and tracking marks.

After doing all this, Lin Chen looked at the two red spears in his hands.

He reached out and gently stroked the gun; it was icy cold to the touch, yet he could vaguely sense an overwhelming fighting spirit within it.

"So heavy!"

The moment Lin Chen held the gun, he felt its extreme weight.

He estimated that these two spears alone weighed nearly a million pounds.

Ordinary cultivators would find it difficult to even lift it, let alone use it.

"Although I am very strong, using this gun for a long time... is a bit tiring."

"However, once I break through to the Martial Lord level, this weight should be just right."

Lin Chen thought to himself, and observed for a while longer.

Sensing a slight anomaly coming from the gun, Lin Chen's heart stirred.

"These two spears seem to possess a spirit..."

At this moment, the Heavenly Pearl spoke.

"Master, the spirit of this spear is dead..."

The spirit is dead?

Lin Chen asked curiously, "Hmm? What do you mean?"

Tianyan Pearl then explained:

"These two spears are both spiritual artifacts... they must have possessed spirits a long time ago!"

"Of course, the spirit of this gun is definitely not as advanced as mine... but it should have developed some basic intelligence."

"However, it must have been during the battle that the spirit within the gun died along with its master... leaving only a trace of its spirit behind."

After a pause, Tianyanzhu continued:

"However, the material of these two spears is truly extraordinary!"

"If a suitable spirit could be found to nurture it within... perhaps this spear could regain its former power."

Lin Chen's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this, and he asked:

"Oh? You mean... the material of this spear has a nurturing effect on spiritual energy?"

"Then, what if I were to melt down those two spears and forge them into a sword...?"

Upon hearing this, Tianyanzhu hesitated for a moment.

For him, it was about reforging the spear, which was also a magical artifact.

That's roughly equivalent to chopping a person up and then remaking them.

However, after thinking about it, he agreed:

"Yes, the most important thing in weapon forging is the material... The material of these two spears is very rare even in Qingzhou."

"I reckon it must have been passed down from above."

"However, if the craftsman's skill in reforging is insufficient, this material would be a huge waste."

"Besides, this rare treasure cannot be forged by ordinary flames; one would need to find at least one of the top fifty spiritual flames to have a chance..."

Lin Chen, however, did not take it seriously.

The top 50 spirit flames?

It basically means that extremely high flame temperatures are required!

In nature, the temperature of earthly fire is limited, making it difficult to melt and forge...

But isn't this just a coincidence?

In the weapon-refining chambers of the Great Xia Kingdom, even flames with temperatures of hundreds of thousands or millions of degrees can be produced.

"Hmm, there might be a restriction on this spear as well."

"Let's take it back to Earth and have experts recast it..."

Lin Chen thought to himself.

Then, he turned his gaze to the puppet Luo Ming.

After Wu Xingkui, the leader of the Puppet Hall, died in battle, the puppet lost its master and ceased to move.

He sat motionless in front of Lin Chen, expressionless and without any movement, like a dead man.

Lin Chen reached out and tapped on the puppet's body.

Then a look of amazement appeared on his face:

"As expected of a Nascent Soul body cultivator's physique... both its recovery ability and resilience are astonishing."

Lin Chen looked at the injuries he had sustained earlier, and realized that they had already healed considerably in less than an hour.

"And the surface of this skin also seems to have been refined with special rare and precious materials."

"Its defensive capabilities are terrifying..."

If it weren't for that old freak Wu's cleverness in entering the puppet's body...

Based solely on the instincts left by this physical body, Lin Chen might not necessarily be able to win.

"If a mere physical body can be so powerful, just how strong was Senior Luo Ming in the past?"

Lin Chen couldn't help but think to himself.

"However, no matter how powerful it is... this puppet cannot appear in the cultivation world for the time being..."

(End of this chapter)