Even after three days of searching, there werenât the slightest vibrations from the sensor device. To search for the two of them, Long Chen had picked out nine paths they could have gone after parting with Wilde.
These nine paths were all paths to the trial regions. With the Ten Thousand Beast Forest at the center, these nine paths were the most likely ones they would have taken.
But after three days, he had already gone through eight of them without finding anything. If he still didnât find anything on this ninth path, he would have to extend his search region on each of the nine paths again. That would waste even more time.
It had been over seven months since the Immemorial Path had opened. There were less than five months until it closed. He was pressed for time.
All the experts were in the midst of a metamorphosis. Once they came out of their seclusions, they would be true experts, and there would definitely be a bloody battle fought in the Immemorial Path. At that time, the Righteous and Corrupt paths would fill the sky with blood.
But this time, the Righteous path was clearly too weak. Furthermore, because of his enmity with Xue You, the next time they fought would be to settle everything.
Even facing such opponents, Long Chen wasnât afraid. The thing he was afraid of was losing his brothers. So he had to find them. Even if they were dead, he had to bring back their bones. He couldnât let them rest forever in this foreign world.
A day later, Long Chenâs expression was dark. The sensor device still hadnât found anything on the ninth path. In this huge Immemorial Path, searching for a person was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
The nine paths he had picked were just the ones the two of them would most likely have chosen. But who could say for sure just where they had gone?
Long Chen stood in front of a barren desert. There was a trial region below, but Long Chen had no heart to check what treasures there were. With the sensor device Guo Ran had made, he would be able to sense them if they were within three thousand miles.
If it didnât sense anything here, it meant they werenât in this desert. Long Chen sighed deeply. Calming his mood, he prepared himself to start a new search.
Just at that moment, space shook. A terrifying attack shattered the void as it came for Long Chenâs back.
The attack had practically broken spacetime. It had come without the slightest premonition. Long Chen was startled. The attack only accumulated energy for the blink of an eye before possessing such power.
With a thought, Blooddrinker appeared in his hand. His spiritual yuan poured into it, and without looking back, he slashed his saber behind him.
BOOM!
Heaven and earth shook. Long Chen felt a burst of pain in his arm and blew back like a lightning bolt. He shot three hundred miles across the ground.
He was absolutely shocked. Just who was so terrifying? Right now, everyone had only just advanced to Sea Expansion. But this personâs power had already reached such a monstrous level.
Suddenly, sword-light filled the sky. Like falling stars, they shot toward Long Chen, and an aura of death enveloped him. This attack contained boundless killing intent.
Long Chenâs heart shook. He knew he had encountered a terrifying opponent. His saber danced, forming a web of Saber Qi.
The Sword Qi crashed onto his defensive net, causing heaven-shaking explosions. That power turned Long Chenâs arms numb, and he was forced to repeatedly fall back.
When the Sword Qi faded, Long Chen finally saw a figure wearing a black cloak. But before he could clearly appraise that figure, a huge sword-image pierced the sky, parting the clouds. With boundless killing intent, it once more slashed at Long Chen like a devilâs blade.
Long Chen frowned. His divine ring appeared behind him. The three-thousand-meter, four-color ring shook heaven and earth.
Blooddrinker pointed toward the sky, and its blood-colored runes lit up. âSplit the Heavens 2!â
BOOM!
A saber-image crashed with a sword-image. This was a world-shaking collision. Screens of light appeared in the void, constantly twisting and appearing incredibly shocking.
The cloak his attacker was wearing couldnât bear the force of this attack, and it was torn to pieces. His attackerâs face was revealed, stunning Long Chen.
An elegant, jade-like figure with hair that fell to her waist. The most stunning part of her was her blue eyes that were like sapphires. They shone like the skyâs stars had fallen into them. In this world, only she possessed such a look.
âLeng Yueyan!â Long Chen was first stunned, but then he raged, âDo you have a mental illness?!?!â
Leng Yueyan had attacked without the slightest mercy. Her attacks had been full of killing intent, and there was no way she could argue that she had not been trying to kill him.
Leng Yueyanâs delicate mouth curved into a smile. She resheathed her bone sword behind her back and said, âDonât be so angry. Didnât I say that Iâd give you a greeting before killing you?â
âYouâŚ! Let me warn you, stay further away from me! Iâm not the old me. If you provoke me again, even I donât know what will happen. When I get mad, sometimes I even beat myself!â raged Long Chen. He truly was intimidated by this crazy woman.
Leng Yueyan had also reached Sea Expansion and now her spiritual yuan was extremely strange, completely different from before. It contained Death Qi.
Furthermore, there was something else to her spiritual yuan. There was some hidden energy within it. When fighting against her, it was like there had been a death god staring at him from behind. That was an extremely strange feeling.
âHahahaâŚâ Long Chenâs words caused Leng Yueyan to laugh. âYou really are different from before. I can sense it just from the test I did. Excellent. I was originally going to kill you this time to finish up everything here before leaving, however, your growth has exceeded my expectations. If we fight to the end, the most likely result is that weâll both die. Thatâs not the result I want, so, I can only say goodbye to you now.â
âYou want to leave? Great! Cough, I mean, itâs great you can have a good rest. After all, for a lady to wander outside must be tiring. If you can find a suitable person, you should just go marry them and leave it at that instead of spending all day fighting and killing,â advised Long Chen.
Leng Yueyan smiled. âDonât be so happy yet. Youâre the man Iâve set my sights on. It took a long time for me to find such an excellent target. Iâll be relying on your support to live in the future. Other than that, let me give you a piece of bad news. Iâve looked through this entire world and finally found what I wanted. Once I return, Iâll go into seclusion. Let us meet again once I come out!â
After saying that, Leng Yueyan winked at Long Chen amicably and flirtatiously. For a beauty to do such a thing was an extremely moving sight. But Long Chenâs hair stood on end and cold sweat covered his back. Hearing that this crazy woman had actually had her own goal in coming into the Immemorial Path and that she had obtained that goal, her power once she came out of seclusion would beâŚ
âDo you really have to kill me?â sighed Long Chen.
âYes. Youâre the greatest target Iâve found in my life,â said Leng Yueyan.
âIf you one day die beneath my hands, will you feel regret?â
âNo regret. To die to the man I acknowledge would be my best fate,â said Leng Yueyan, her gaze just as staunch as Long Chenâs.
âThen sorry!â sighed Long Chen.
âWhy?â
âMy life isnât just my own. My life belongs to my brothers, my beauties, to each person who cares for me. If you kill me, theyâll be hurt, aggrieved, and pained. I definitely wonât allow anyone to hurt the people by my side. So the next time you come to kill me, I will go all-out killing you. I definitely wonât be merciful!â said Long Chen.
Long Chen was furious. If Leng Yueyan wasnât so terrifyingly powerful, perhaps he wouldnât have to kill her. But Leng Yueyan had the power to kill him, and he couldnât play with his life nor could he play with the emotions of his comrades.
Leng Yueyan looked at Long Chen for a long time before sighing. âLong Chen, you might be the most outstanding man Iâve seen, but I canât abandon my goal. Perhaps thatâs very selfish, but there isnât anyone in this world that isnât selfish, including gods. Perhaps you donât understand, perhaps you think Iâm crazy, but as long as you can continue to live until the end, you will understand the reason behind this.â
Long Chen really was unable to understand her ridiculous goal. But the Eastern Wasteland Bell had said that she had her own reason that forced her to act like this.
Long Chen wasnât someone who wanted to be friends with everyone. He was a selfish person. No matter what his opponentâs reason was, as long as they wanted to kill him, he wouldnât be merciful with his counterattack. This time would be Leng Yueyanâs last warning.
âBe careful. When Xue You and the others advanced to rank four Celestials, they awakened their bloodline power, and their combat power has greatly increased. Regretfully, Iâm in a hurry to leave, otherwise, I really would want to see his power. Remember, you are mine, and you can only die to my hands. Donât get slaughtered by anyone else!â Leng Yueyan reached out her hands and helped Long Chen tidy his slightly disarrayed robes.
Long Chen was shocked by her actions. Even this killing goddess had a warm side?
BeepâŚ
Long Chen didnât recover for a long time after Leng Yueyan left. But suddenly, a soft sound woke him.
âTheyâre here?!â cried Long Chen. The sensor device had actually sensed something.