parentshiftbook Chapter 2051 Why bother with him?
Chapter 2051 Why bother with him?
Chapter 2051 Why waste words with him?
The puppet's arms swung again, this time not to condense a giant sword aura, but to rapidly tap its ten fingers in the void as if playing a pipa.
With each click, a tiny destructive rune shot out. In an instant, twenty-four destructive runes formed a trapping sword array. An invisible sword intent field instantly enveloped a radius of a thousand miles, firmly locking down and slowing down the two black mists that were trying to escape.
The next moment, the power of the sword formation was unleashed, and countless fine yet incomparably sharp destructive sword threads burst forth from the void, weaving into a net that densely sliced and annihilated the two halves of the black rat monster's body.
The black mist was torn apart, and the wildly growing fleshy buds were pulverized.
"Oh!"
With a muffled thud, the two struggling black mists completely dissipated, revealing the mangled remains of the monster, cut into countless pieces and devoid of any life.
A fist-sized ball of black demonic energy floated out, and Chen Fei swept it into his merit jade tablet with a wave of his hand.
From then on, Chen Fei began his hunting journey within the seventh level of the Kun Abyss.
With his powerful divine sense and ability to anticipate danger, Chen Fei was always able to accurately locate lurking late-stage or even peak-stage 15th-tier demons, sometimes as powerful lone individuals, and sometimes as small groups.
Chen Fei himself did not make a move; the entire process was handled by the array puppets, who served to defend, harass the enemy, and set up the array.
Chen Fei did not specifically seek out monsters that were too extreme, such as those at the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation level.
Whether the opponent is a tough, strong melee monster or a mysterious monster skilled in mental attacks or ranged spells, they are all destined to be killed in front of the puppet array.
Merit points began to soar, and Chen Fei's name on the trial leaderboard began a remarkable rise.
From outside the top 1,000, it soared to 500.
From 500th place, they've broken into the top 300.
From the top 300, break into the top 100.
From the top 100, break into the top 50.
Finally, after a period of steady hunting, Chen Fei's ranking remained stable at twenty-sixth, and his momentum continued to rise slowly.
This unusually rapid rise in rankings naturally attracted the attention of the Dan Chen Sect disciples who were keeping an eye on the changes in the rankings.
"Chen Fei from Cuiping Peak has risen in the rankings so fast, he's already twenty-sixth."
"Isn't he cultivating the Heavenly Origin Technique? How come he has such a high harvest efficiency?"
"He does indeed cultivate the Heavenly Origin Technique, but the source of this Junior Brother Chen's combat power is his array formations!"
"The formation... is indeed terrifying. It seems that being able to suppress Senior Brother Shi before was not a fluke."
"At this rate, he really might be able to maintain his position in the top thirty; that's a high-ranking spiritual material..."
Amidst the lively discussion, many people wore expressions of surprise and complexity. Some astute individuals even had flickering eyes, their minds filled with doubt.
How could the disciples of Cuiping Peak, who were about to have their sixteenth-grade low-rank spiritual materials snatched away, be so patient? Just watching Chen Fei rampage through Kunyuan, his merits skyrocketing, closing in on the top twenty?
On the edge of a massive swamp boiling with black venom in the seventh layer of the Kun Abyss, Chen Fei was battling a level 15 ultimate nine-headed demonic serpent.
The serpent's body was coiled like a mountain, covered with hard, black-gold scales, each scale naturally bearing twisted demonic patterns.
Its nine snake heads, resembling small hills, each display a different color and attribute, capable of spewing poisonous fire, ice, acid, lightning, shadows, corrosive black water, mental shrieks, and two unknown, eerie energies.
The nine heads roared in unison, their power awe-inspiring.
Moreover, this nine-headed serpent has an extremely tenacious vitality. Its nine heads and its giant tail, which is also covered with barbs, seem to form a strange life cycle.
Unless its nine heads and crucial tail can be severed simultaneously in a very short time, it can instantly regenerate with the help of the dense demonic energy around it, as long as any part is not completely destroyed.
At first, Chen Fei did not notice this characteristic of the nine-headed serpent.
The puppet array deployed a sword array, and the runes formed by the destructive sword energy simultaneously severed the nine heads of the nine-headed serpent. Just as the puppet array was about to completely annihilate its body, the giant tail that had been lurking deep in the swamp suddenly lashed out.
The barbs at the tip of its tail burst forth with a blinding black light, not to attack Chen Fei, but to plunge viciously into the severed neck of its own headless body.
The next moment, a massive amount of demonic energy surged in, and while the nine severed heads were still in mid-air, flesh buds began to grow back on their necks, instantly transforming into new heads.
The aura of the giant tail quickly weakened, clearly indicating that it sacrificed part of the tail's essence in exchange for the instantaneous regeneration of the head.
The battle continued for several more breaths. Just as Chen Fei was about to launch an attack to destroy the nine heads and tail of the demonic serpent, he turned his head in surprise and looked behind him at the chaotic demonic energy and rock ruins that had been stirred up by the aftershocks of the battle.
There, three figures suddenly appeared.
The middle-aged cultivator Yue Qianshan, who was at the head of the group and had a sallow complexion, stepped forward with a look of surprise and concern on his face. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Is this Chen Fei, Junior Brother Chen from Cuiping Peak?"
His gaze swept subtly over the fierce array puppet beside Chen Fei, and the nine-headed demonic serpent that had temporarily caught its breath due to Chen Fei's distraction.
"It's down."
Chen Fei regained his composure and glanced at the three men. "How shall I address you?"
"I am Yue Qianshan, and these two are Junior Brother Wang and Junior Brother Li."
Yue Qianshan naturally took a few steps closer, his face showing a lingering fear. "Just now, we encountered a terrifying tide of demonic mist and almost perished in it. Fortunately, we were protected by our ancestor and managed to escape danger. This seventh level of Kun Abyss is indeed unpredictable and far more dangerous than the outer area."
Yue Qianshan paused, looked at Chen Fei, and his tone became even more enthusiastic: "I have heard that Junior Brother Chen's array formations are unparalleled. In such a dangerous place, having an array cultivator traveling with us would undoubtedly greatly increase our chances of survival and our gains. I wonder if Junior Brother Chen would be willing to travel with us? It would be good for us to look after each other."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two disciples who had been silent beside him immediately stepped forward, their faces beaming with sincere smiles, and invited him on.
“Yes, Junior Brother Chen, this seventh abyss is too dangerous. The three of us have worked together for many years and have a good understanding of each other. If we also have Junior Brother Chen’s array formation to enhance us, we will definitely gain a lot in this abyss,” said the tall, thin man called Junior Brother Wang, his tone urgent.
"Don't worry, Junior Brother Chen, the merits and rewards you gain will be distributed fairly, and you will never be disadvantaged," Junior Brother Li added.
Faced with the three's sincere invitation, Chen Fei's lips curled into a half-smile. He looked calmly at Yue Qianshan and said slowly, "Shall we act together?"
"Is it so that my three senior brothers can better pinpoint my location and notify others?"
Chen Fei's voice was not loud, and his tone was very calm, but this light-hearted sentence was like a red-hot branding iron, fiercely branding the hypocritical masks of Yue Qianshan and the other two.
"Junior Brother Chen!"
Upon hearing Chen Fei's words, Yue Qianshan's brows furrowed tightly, his sallow face filled with confusion.
His voice rose, tinged with anger: "What are you saying? What do you mean by locking the location? What do you mean by notifying others? Junior Brother Chen, have you misunderstood something?"
Junior Brother Wang and Junior Brother Li standing nearby also changed their expressions, revealing anger.
Junior Brother Wang snorted coldly, "Senior Brother Yue, it seems we were too enthusiastic, causing people to overthink things!"
Junior Brother Li chimed in, his face showing a pained expression: "That's right! If Junior Brother Chen thinks we have ulterior motives and doesn't trust us, he should just refuse. Why utter such baseless and slanderous words?"
The two spoke in unison, their words sharp and incisive.
"Hahaha……"
Faced with the three men's angry accusations and aggrieved explanations, Chen Fei not only didn't get angry, but instead threw his head back and laughed loudly. His laughter was clear and melodious, echoing in this abyss filled with demonic energy and danger, carrying an indescribable mockery.
Before the laughter subsided, Chen Fei's figure suddenly swayed.
The next moment, under the gaze of Yue Qianshan and the other two, Chen Fei did not hesitate to abandon the confrontation with the nine-headed demon serpent that was about to fully recover. He transformed into a stream of light and shot off in the opposite direction from the three of them.
Chen Fei's speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, he was just a barely perceptible black dot on the horizon.
The nine-headed serpent was clearly not expecting its troublesome opponent to suddenly retreat. It paused for a moment, then seized the opportunity to twist its massive body and disappear into the depths of the nearby venomous swamp. It was obviously scared and unwilling to continue the fight.
As Yue Qianshan and the other two watched Chen Fei's decisive escape, their brows furrowed involuntarily. They exchanged glances, their anger and grievances vanishing instantly, replaced by a chilling killing intent and solemnity.
"This kid... is even more cunning and decisive than I imagined," Junior Brother Wang said in a low voice, his tone somber.
"We can't let him get away again." Junior Brother Li gritted his teeth. "We lost him once because of the Demonic Mist Tide, and it took a lot of effort to find him again. Now that we've run into him again, we can't lose him again."
Yue Qianshan nodded, a ruthless glint in his eyes on his sallow face: "Those senior brothers have already arrived at the seventh level of Kun Abyss, but because they couldn't find Chen Fei's exact location earlier, they are still searching within the seventh level of Kun Abyss. We must keep an eye on him and provide the senior brothers with accurate directions."
As he spoke, Yue Qianshan flipped his hand, and a gauze-like spiritual treasure, as thin as a cicada's wing, semi-transparent gray, and emitting subtle spatial fluctuations, appeared in his hand.
He tossed the gauze-like magical artifact above the three people's heads. The artifact instantly grew larger, like a thin layer of smoke, completely enveloping the three of them.
After being shrouded in the gray veil, the figures of Yue Qianshan and his companions became extremely blurry, as if they had merged into the surrounding demonic energy and light. More importantly, all their aura, energy fluctuations, and even signs of life vanished in an instant.
"Chase!"
Yue Qianshan gave a low shout, and the three of them transformed into faint phantoms that were almost impossible to detect with divine sense. Under the cover of the gray gauze spiritual treasure, they silently and rapidly chased after the direction Chen Fei had fled.
Their speed was equally astonishing, clearly indicating that they had also mastered considerable escape techniques.
With the help of the strange treasure, Yue Qianshan and his two companions quietly tracked the enemy for hundreds of thousands of miles. The surrounding environment changed from a poisonous swamp to a wasteland filled with huge black crystals that shimmered with an eerie purple light.
Their divine senses remained locked on the aura ahead, which calmed them down somewhat.
"Didn't you say...it was just a misunderstanding?"
A calm, undisturbed voice suddenly rang out clearly from the top of a huge black crystal pillar, no more than a hundred feet away from them, to their side and behind.
"They're acting so furtively, using strange treasures to conceal their presence as they follow behind..."
The voice paused, then added a hint of mockery, "This is what you call a misunderstanding?"
The expressions of Yue Qianshan and the other two changed slightly. They turned their heads sharply and saw that at the top of the purple crystal pillar that was hundreds of feet high, there was a tall and slender figure in blue standing there. It was Chen Fei.
At some point, Chen Fei not only shook off their pursuit, but also circled around to their side and rear, where he had been waiting for a long time.
At this moment, Chen Fei stood with his hands behind his back, calmly looking down at the three people below who were shrouded in gray gauze and whose faces were filled with disbelief. The coldness in his eyes was like that of ten thousand years of ice.
"Junior Brother Chen..."
Yue Qianshan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and forced a smile, "It's a misunderstanding. We just happened to be heading in this direction as well."
Chen Fei listened to his words, but only smiled and did not reply.
But the puppet beside him silently appeared and stood steadily in front of Chen Fei.
Unlike before, this time, profound array fluctuations began to ripple across the puppet's body. Countless fine runes flickered on its surface, and then a chilling aura of destruction and sealing spread out without reservation.
Sensing the increasingly intense array fluctuations emanating from the puppet, Junior Brother Wang beside Yue Qianshan's face darkened. He couldn't help but let out a cold snort, his tone becoming impatient and fierce: "Senior Brother Yue, why waste words with him!"
He glanced around and said urgently in a low voice, "Our senior brothers are almost here. Our mission isn't to kill him, but to keep an eye on him. Just keep him confined to this area for a short while. Otherwise, if he runs around, our senior brothers will blame us for not doing a good job!"
Upon hearing this, Yue Qianshan hesitated for a moment, and the pretense on his face gradually disappeared.
He looked at the calm-looking young man at the top of the crystal pillar, then suddenly sighed, his voice abruptly turning somber and cold:
"Junior Brother Chen..."
"Why did you have to force us to take action?"
"We just wanted to follow you and keep an eye on you."
"Killing you is someone else's business!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a fierce glint flashed in Yue Qianshan's eyes. He suddenly raised his right hand, and his palm had somehow grasped a strange stone bead whose surface was covered with twisted cracks, as if it could shatter at any moment.
"Crack!"
A crisp sound came from the stone bead.
The next moment, an invisible, vast, and strange ripple, carrying the power to isolate, seal, and disrupt all connections, spread out from Yue Qianshan's center in an instant, covering an area of millions of miles in radius.
The ripples were formless and intangible. The jade pendant at Chen Fei's waist trembled violently the moment the ripples swept over it, and the spiritual light on its surface dimmed instantly, severing all connection with the Dan Chen Sect and the outside world.
Deeper into the Kunyuan Abyss, especially above the seventh level, the connection between the jade tablet and the sect is already intermittent and unstable due to the dense demonic energy and chaotic space.
At this moment, thanks to the effect of this special stone bead, this connection has been completely severed.
This means that within this area of millions of miles, no matter what happens, no one outside will know.
Sensing the complete disconnection from the outside world, as if thrown into an endless void, Chen Fei's face showed no panic or fear, but instead a smile.
Before coming to Kunyuan, Chen Fei had anticipated that if someone wanted to harm him within Kunyuan, they would definitely possess a rare treasure capable of severing connections.
Chen Fei even wanted to buy a few himself, but unfortunately, he couldn't find anything similar in a short period of time.
"Make your move!" Yue Qianshan shouted.
"boom!"
The three figures vanished from their original positions in an instant. The next moment, they appeared in three different locations around Chen Fei, forming a triangular shape, completely cutting off all possible escape routes for Chen Fei.
Junior Brother Wang raised his hands, and a golden light shot into the sky from his sleeves, instantly transforming into countless black gold chains shimmering with a cold metallic gleam.
These chains, like giant golden pythons with life, spread out from all directions, carrying a piercing sound and an immense force that could seal everything, and surged fiercely towards Chen Fei at the top of the crystal pillar.
Before the chains had fully fallen, a terrifying force, capable of crushing even a plane into dust, had already struck first, like an invisible star, slamming down on Chen Fei.
"town!"
Yue Qianshan clasped his hands together and let out a loud shout.
Above his head, a gigantic pagoda phantom, entirely black, nine stories high, and covered with countless divine soldiers, celestial generals, and sealing runes, appeared out of thin air.
The pagoda's illusory form was a thousand feet tall, reaching to the heavens and the earth, exuding a terrifying aura that suppressed and refined all things.
As soon as the phantom appeared, it brought with it the power to crush everything and pressed down hard on Chen Fei's location.
The space distorted and groaned violently under the oppressive shadow of the pagoda. It felt as if the sky was collapsing, trying to suppress and seal Chen Fei and everything beneath his feet into the bottom of the pagoda forever.
Chen Fei, at the eye of the storm, maintained his smile. The array fluctuations around the puppet in front of him reached their peak at this moment.
Yue Qianshan, Junior Brother Wang, and Junior Brother Li all possessed cultivation levels at the fifteenth level limit. More importantly, without exception, all three of them had successfully condensed their Xuan Yuan Dao Foundation.
Within the Dan Chen Sect, Xuan Yuan Dao Foundation disciples were already a backbone of the fifteenth-level disciples. While they claimed to be merely trapping him, deep down, they might have harbored the idea of taking this opportunity to kill Chen Fei on the spot.
Chen Fei, an outsider, is about to receive a precious sixteenth-grade low-level spiritual material upon his arrival. Not only are the top fifteenth-grade disciples of Cuiping Peak feeling resentful, but disciples from other peaks throughout the Danchen Sect also have their own thoughts.
(End of this chapter)