by Aixia Deyu
If one were to mention that the happiest person at the moment was the Great Clan Elder, Li Xiuwen was his direct disciple. His face was like a blossoming petal, and he was almost grinning from ear to ear.
"Grand Elder, congratulations on achieving such a great achievement." The few elders not far away cupped their fists and congratulated him.
"Haha, joy, joy, haha." The usually calm Great Elder couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed at this moment.
Eastern pagoda, Li Xiuwen led the way and entered the eighth floor. To the west and south, Ruo Ying and You Zhong did not lose hope as they reached the seventh floor. And in the northern pagoda, there were actually five people that had reached the seventh floor. Xuan Fengzi was very satisfied with this result.
But just when everyone was surprised by Li Xiuwen, the northern pagoda erupted with violent energy fluctuations once again.
Everyone present was startled, and their gazes uniformly swept towards the source of the voice. The red dot on the third floor started to flicker faster and faster, becoming dimmer and dimmer.
"What's going on? Is it going to end? "
"I knew that person wouldn't be able to make it through. He's still deluding himself for a chance to climb to the fourth floor. He's too arrogant."
"That's right. Even senior Xiuwen might not be able to do it. Why should he …"
Buzz! Buzz! Suddenly, the fading red dot became extremely bright. A golden beam of light shot straight into the sky from the top of the pagoda. Chaotic energy waves swept out in all directions.
"This is?" Xuan Fengzi frowned, his hands subconsciously clenching into fists.
Following that, under countless shocked gazes, the red dot directly flew from the third level to the seventh level. In that instant, the entire dao field fell into a deathly silence. They were all so shocked that their eyes almost bulged out of their bodies.
"Huh, I succeeded?" A faint voice came out from someone's mouth.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! It was like a sudden clap of thunder that exploded in the minds of countless Mystical Peak disciples. The disciple who had raised the doubt in his words just now seemed to have been slapped in the face. Everyone began to guess who that person might be when he arrived.
When Ming Ruo saw this scene, a huge boulder in her heart was pushed down. She was eighty to ninety percent sure that the person was Han Chen.
Inside the Four Elephants Spirit Martial Tower.
Han Chen felt his body moving to another place, and when he slowly opened his eyes. What greeted him was a quiet, empty tower.
The area of this tower was relatively small, around two hundred square meters. There was a door about two meters tall on the dark wall. He could vaguely see the blue sky and white clouds outside through the tower's door.
"Which layer is this?" Han Chen muttered to himself as his mind started to replay what had happened before. He was in the environment of wind, fire, water and thunder. At that time, it felt as if it was merging with the world, and it had even comprehended four kinds of strange powers.
"Right, the Four Symbols Art." Han Chen's mind was focused as he searched through the memories in his mind. He could not help but reveal a happy expression. The four extra pieces of information in his mind were: "Four Appearances Art's Wind Slasher, Four Appearances Art's Heaven Flame, Four Appearances Art's Supreme Water, Four Appearances Art's Berserk Thunder."
These four cultivation techniques were all powerful Heaven Ranked techniques, Han Chen was ecstatic, and inwardly exclaimed at the mystical aspects of the Four Elephants Spirit Martial Tower. As expected of the treasure of the Mystical Peak.
After a brief moment of thought, Han Chen continued to observe his surroundings. It seemed like he was the only one in the tower, "Is this the fourth floor? It shouldn't be. There should be people on the fourth floor. "
Han Chen's eyes lit up as he looked around. To the far left, there was a staircase leading to the next level.
"Forget it, let's go up and take a look first."
Han Chen started walking towards the stairs. However, just as he was about two meters away, a dangerous aura came over. A ray of white light flashed on the ground, following that, a sharp sword appeared out of nowhere and aimed straight for Han Chen's neck.
Han Chen was shocked. He stepped out of the Great Void Dragon Steps and leaned backwards. The long sword slashed past his shoulder, and a strand of his long hair was cut off without a sound.
"Who are you? How dare you secretly shoot and injure people?" Han Chen bellowed, he waved his hand, and a red fiery crescent moon struck the sword blade with the force of wind.
Ding! The crisp sound produced sparks, and the figure of the attacker appeared. What appeared in Han Chen's eyes was actually Gu Tao's cold and venomous face.
"It's you?"
"Hmph, brat, I said that I won't let you go just like that."
Before Gu Tao finished his sentence, Han Chen felt another attack coming from his left and right. Just like before, two shining long swords appeared out of thin air. A sharp sword light flashed with a blinding cold light.
In his haste, Han Chen could only retreat. However, he didn't expect that just as he took two steps back … A giant golden palm viciously struck his back.
Bang! A dull sound along with a violent energy shockwave spread out. Han Chen's back was in extreme pain as his vital energy and blood surged upwards. Dark red blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
"Damn it." Han Chen's face changed, he immediately endured the pain, summoning his sword, releasing a backhand slash, causing countless of sword images to rush likide towards Gu Tao.
The latter suffered a loss at Han Chen's hands, and in his heart, he was somewhat fearful. He quickly channeled his martial elemental energy to fight back. Han Chen also saw the other party's actions, and with a move, he immediately rushed towards Gu Tao.
Naturally, Gu Tao chose to retreat, but as soon as he did so … Han Chen created a path out of the encirclement, and with a leap, Han Chen flipped his body in the air, escaping the encirclement of the crowd.
"Brat, you're quite capable." Deng Ling slowly revealed her origin, her familiar voice filled with contempt.
The other three figures also walked out of thin air. One of them was a young man with a short stature and an ordinary appearance. And those two were actually Huayun City and Mei Ling.
Han Chen squinted his eyes, holding the sword diagonally, "Who do I think it is? So it's you guys who lost again. Those who go out in the open and those who go down in the dark, all of you have to live on the bodies of dogs. "
The expressions of the five people couldn't help but change. Huayun City stepped forward and fiercely cursed, "Han Chen, you're too arrogant. You will definitely die today. "
"Heh, even a piece of trash like you, who can't even take a single move from me, dares to act so arrogantly in front of me?" Han Chen cursed coldly.
"You?" Huayun City was angered to the point that his face flushed red, the veins on his forehead were bulging together. Without waiting for her to curse again, Deng Ling stepped forward and sneered, "Han Chen, stop trying to show off. Just a moment ago, you were injured by my palm energy, but we have three people here with mastery alone.
Gu Tao also walked forward with a malicious smile, and pointed the sword at Han Chen, saying, "You stinking brat, I thought you wouldn't have the ability to reach the seventh floor! After waiting for so long, you're finally here to throw away your life, hahahaha. "
Other than Mei Ling, the other four revealed proud smiles.
Han Chen was shocked, surprise appeared on his face. Seventh level? This is the seventh floor? He actually jumped from the third floor to the seventh?
But then again, how did Huayun City and Mei Ling come to the seventh floor? They shouldn't be able to make it this far with their current strength.
Then, Han Chen found out the answer, Deng Ling slowly took out a golden halo, and looked at Han Chen with a sinister
smile: Hehe, brat, do you really want to know why we were able to reach here so quickly? "Fine, today I will let you die to understand."
With that said, the halo in Deng Ling's hand suddenly erupted with a dense light aura. Immediately after, a hidden wave of energy was released from beneath Han Chen's feet. A white light array was imprisoning Han Chen within without any warning.
"Not good." Han Chen's face changed, and immediately wanted to rush out of the array. However, it was already too late. The moment he walked to the edge of the formation, a layer of white light directly bounced him back.
"Hahahaha." Deng Ling and the others smiled even more complacently. Gu Tao's face was full of ridicule, "Haha, little brat, do you really think I was scared by you? I deliberately retreated so that you could fall into this trap array. "
"You despicable, shameless things." Han Chen was enraged, flames of anger flared up in his eyes, a strong killing intent suddenly arose in his heart.
"Hehe, if you fall into this array, you'll only have your life to be slaughtered by us." The Huayun City laughed eccentrically and turned to face Deng Ling, saying, "Senior Brother Deng Ling, what the Third Elder said is correct. Just by borrowing the power of the seventh floor's formation, we can easily torture this little punk to death. "
"Of course, how could Master lie to us? If not for his treasure, you and Mei Ling would not have been able to reach the seventh floor. " Deng Ling shook the halo in her hand, her expression becoming more and more pleased with herself.
"Hey, don't say so much. Today, this brat has fallen into our hands, so why aren't you torturing him to death? " Although Han Chen had never offended him, he still chose to be Deng Ling's accomplice.
Han Chen, who was trapped in the array, clenched his fists.
Chapter 178 - Misfortunes
On the Earth Profound Peak's Dao Pillar, the gazes of everyone present were sweeping across the eighth floor of the eastern pagoda and the seventh floor of the northern pagoda.
One was to level the highest record in the history of the Spiritual Martial Force, and the other was to create the first miracle in history to jump four levels. It was hard to say who was stronger between the two, but both were shockingly powerful.
In everyone's eyes, there was no suspense for Li Xiuwen to become the champion. And who was that person on the seventh floor of the northern pagoda? He could not help but become curious.
Currently, there werotal of six red dots on the seventh floor of the northern pagoda. Five of them stood together while the other one stood opposite them. It felt like a confrontation.
"What's going on up there? Is this a war? " A question came from the crowd.
"I don't know. Those six red dots showed signs of movement. It seems like they are fighting."
"How strange, could it be that the person who went up later offended the five people in front?"
Amongst the nearly ten thousand disciples of the Mystical Peak, there was no lack of smart people. Starting from the situation above, he could guess the answer to this question. Of course, they were only guessing, they didn't dare to be completely sure.
Xuan Fengzi and Xuan Ying Zi looked at each other, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes. With the strength of the two sect masters, they were naturally able to sense the energy fluctuations that were being transmitted from the tower. It was likely that there was undoubtedly someone fighting.
However, they did not have the intention to stop him. The Spiritual Martial Force competed against the Spiritual Force. While ascending the tower, this was also an opportunity for the disciples to settle their personal grudges.
Of all the people present, the only one who knew the answer was most likely the Third Elder. Coldly scanning the situation above, the corner of his mouth revealed a trace of an imperceptible sneer. Her lips slightly moved, and she muttered in a voice that she could hear, "Little thief Han Chen, you won't have a good ending if you go against me. "Hmph."
"Ming Ruo, what's wrong? Why does your face look so ugly? " At the side of the stage, Xiao Wen frowned as she asked Ming Ruo who had a strange expression on his face.
The little monkey Zhou Hao also turned to look with concern, only to see that Ming Ruo's face was pale white, her intelligent big eyes filled with worry. She recalled that before the start of the competition, Deng Ling, Gu Tao and the rest had blocked their threat with five people. Corresponding to the five red dots on the pagoda on the seventh floor, that was to say, it was very likely that Han Chen had met them.
"No, nothing." Ming Ruo tried her best to suppress her thoughts. Ever since they had met Han Chen, they had been through a lot, no matter if it was life or death. She had every reason to believe him.
Inside the Four Elephants Spirit Martial Tower.
who was trapped in the array stared at the few people in front of him with a face full of anger. From the information that they revealed, it could be guessed that Deng Ling and her group had already planned this beforehand.
Because of Third Elder, Deng Ling had rushed to the seventh floor. And also brought the Huayun City Hua Mei Ling here with the help of a treasure.
Furthermore, the Third Elder must have revealed the information of the Four Elephants Spirit Martial Tower to Deng Ling earlier, allowing them to come here and set up the array, in the end waiting for Han Chen to fall into his trap.
"Hehe, you stinking brat. In order to catch you, you've spent so much effort. It would be enough if you went to see Hades." Deng Ling was pleased with herself, and smiled sarcastically.
Han Chen laughed to himself, and replied coldly, "Don't tell me you want me to thank you?"
"You're about to die, and you're still being stubborn?" Huayun City raised his sword and pointed it at his opponent, and bellowed fiercely, "Brat, from the moment you entered the inner sect. If you kneel down and beg for mercy to us right now, maybe I can let you die a little faster. "
"That's right, if you want to leave behind an intact corpse, then immediately kowtow and beg for forgiveness." Gu Tao also chimed in.
Hua Mei Ling frowned slightly, and after hesitating for a bit, she said, "Senior Brothers, in consideration of the fact that we are fellow disciples, I think it's best if we spare his life!"
In regards to Hua Mei Ling's plea, Han Chen could not help but be stunned. Deng Ling and the others were also startled, but Huayun City rejected them immediately. "No, Mei Ling, you don't need to worry about this matter. This brat, no matter what happens today, I must kill him. "
With that said, Huayun City moved to the front, and slashed out a few sword beams at Han Chen. The sharp sword light pierced through the locking array and shot out explosively.
Han Chen frowned, and with a backhand slash, he neutralized the attack. He then released another stream of sword Qi, intending to counterattack. Unexpectedly, before Han Chen's attack could even be released, the ground was covered in a layer of white light, and the solid array wall directly shattered Han Chen's attack.
"Hehe, what a fool." Deng Ling said with a face full of mockery and scorn, "Not only is this Locked Locking Formation tight, it also has a strong trapping force. We're the only ones attacking you, hahahaha. "
"What are you still talking about?" "Kill him." Gu Tao and the short mastery man rushed forward at the same time, the two's Sword Qi and palm force whistled towards Han Chen through the formation.
Vicious and fierce expression surged in Huayun City's eyes, the sharp sword in his hand erupted witesplendent brilliance. The criss-crossing sword shadows had a strong killing power.
It was as if Han Chen's hands and feet were tied up as his movements were severely restricted. There was no way for him to dodge, so he could only face it head on.
"Innate divine ability, Devour."
Han Chen secretly shouted as his palm erupted with an intense devouring force. A black vortex quietly opened up and engulfed all the incoming forces.
Everyone's face changed, they did not expect Han Chen to have such a strange ability. They looked at each
other and stronger attacks followed one after another.
Colorful rays of light danced in the air, two of them were mastery, while the other was half a step into the mastery. The strength of three people was not to be underestimated. Han Chen resisted as he tried to think of a way to break it. If he kept getting beaten up like this, he would definitely be finished. The only way was to break through the barrier.
"Phoenix Cry of the Nine Heavens!" Han Chen bellowed, causing a wave of scorching heat in the air. Accompanied by the loud and clear cry of a phoenix, a phoenix made from flames burst out of Han Chen's palm and smashed heavily onto the array wall.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! The Locked Array was shaking uneasily, as if a wave had risen from the water. However, this did not achieve the effect that Han Chen had expected.
"Hehe, you brat, don't waste your energy. I used the power of this treasure to activate the Lock Array. Deng Ling shook the golden halo in his hand, his smug smile growing wider and wider.
Han Chen clenched his fists tightly, the anger in his heart had risen to another level. An icy cold killing intent spread throughout his entire body, and his pair of pitch-black eyes emitted a faint trace of scarlet.
Not long later, a few wounds appeared on Han Chen's body. The concentrated attacks made it hard to defend against, especially with his hands and feet tied.
Hua Mei Ling looked at Han Chen who was likrapped beast, and could not help but feel a little pain in his heart. Of course, this was only one point. In her opinion, whether the other party lived or died didn't have much to do with her.
"Little thief Han Chen, let's end it like this! "Heh heh." Deng Ling's face revealed a sinister smile, and then, withought, the image of a golden spear appeared behind him.
"Innate divine ability, Frost Spear!"
The golden pike split into eight, as it surged with a destructive force towards Han Chen. As for Gu Tao, Huayun City, and the shorter man, they also no longer had the intention to delay and quickly unleashed their strongest attacks.
"Innate divine ability, Lightning."