Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1135: Chapter 445: Underground Lair Battle, Thousand-Mile Pursuit_2

But they never imagined that they had the Divine Soul Defense Magic Item—the Lan Ke Black and White Chess—on them.

The methods of Soul Snatch are myriad and indescribable.

But all of them, without exception, must enter the Cultivator’s Sea of Consciousness, devour the enemy’s soul, and then seize control of their body.

Unfortunately.

Ming Sha couldn’t even enter the Sea of Consciousness before being blocked outside by the defensive aura of the Lan Ke Black and White Chess.

Moreover, without his own Sea of Consciousness for support and fighting on enemy ground, he was violently and fiercely crushed by Luo Chen, whose Divine Soul was even stronger than his.

And this time!

Ming Sha truly and utterly died a complete death!

With the fall of her Dao Companion Cultivator, Lady You Sha’s face revealed an expression of extreme sorrow and despair.

No longer caring about anything else, her Amber Scarlet Silk suddenly burst into speckles of red light, with countless blood rains spraying out, which were even filled with Evil Qi.

Luo Chen snorted coldly, and red light also emerged from his body.

The Fierce Fire Miasma gushed out!

Over the past nine years, he had cultivated the Fierce Fire Miasma to the Grandmaster Level, reaching a state of Completion.

The effect of which is no longer limited to the Sky Roc True Body.

In his human form, he could also use this Demon Technique.

The overwhelming Earth Fire Evil Qi swept across the land in all directions.

The Evil Qi within the blood rain was of a higher Quality Rank, but its quality was compromised by the mixture of too much blood of living beings, especially because a significant portion had just been devoured and not yet refined.

How could such mixed and impure matter suppress Luo Chen’s Fierce Fire Miasma?

When the two met, they immediately produced a mass of white smoke.

As the consumption continued, both were extinguished.

Seizing this gap, Luo Chen leaped out, breaking free from the encirclement of the Amber Scarlet Silk.

His entire being transformed into a beam of white light, shooting straight toward Lady You Sha.

The extremely high Speed made her feel as if her soul was palpitating.

Particularly when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw He Lianyun escaping towards the cave entrance.

Clearly, He Lianyun was now afraid and had decided not to partake in the battle any longer.

”Then let’s die together!”

Madness showed on Lady You Sha’s face, and the Amber Scarlet Silk, which she had refined to ninety percent Completion, suddenly expanded to its maximum, reaching a hundred zhang in length and spreading across the entire underground cave.

”Burst!”

When Luo Chen beheaded her with a single sword strike, killing Lady You Sha, what welcomed him was a violent explosion.

It was not just the self-destruction of the Magic Item, but also the collapse of the underground cavern.

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Boom!

An ear-splitting explosion came from behind, and waves of air gushed out from the passageways, pressing down on the old figure, who trembled and wavered.

His heart was also trembling and wavering.

”His physique is as strong as that of the Wilderness Demon Beasts.”

”His Spirit Power is more vigorous than that of an ordinary Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.”

”And just when I thought that his weakest link was his Divine Soul, it turns out he even had a Divine Soul Defense Magic Item.”

”What madness possessed me to provoke such a formidable enemy?!”

He Lianyun was filled with terror and unease in his heart.

When Luo Chen revealed the Lan Ke Black and White Chess, he knew that his opponent had virtually no flaws at the Foundation Establishment Level!

This kind of enemy was not someone they could handle.

He also finally understood why Luo Chen could come and go freely and dominate in every major battle.

How ludicrous that, blinded by greed for a slightly higher chance of Core Formation, he actively provoked Luo Chen.

If he had just followed Fu Jiusheng and left gracefully, not only could he have gotten a glimpse of the way of the Golden Core, but he could also have formed a good relationship with Luo Chen.

In the future of the Immortal Cultivation World, wouldn’t he have a strong ally?

”I was wrong!”

”This time, I really was wrong!”

Filled with regret, He Lianyun fled rapidly.

A journey which normally would take two days to complete could be escaped in at most one incense stick’s time with his mad rush.

In his heart, apart from the regret brought on by his greed, there was also a glimmer of hope.

”That You Sha must have activated some major power before dying, otherwise there wouldn’t be such a spectacle.”

”Mountains quaking, ceaselessly shaking.”

”Maybe Luo Chen will also suffer serious injuries inside, I...”

Suddenly!

He stopped in his tracks, and a tinge of impulse came over him again.

But, upon seeing large chunks of rock falling from the tunnel above, he ultimately cut off that impulse to turn back.

”First, get out!”

”If Luo Chen is dead, then so be it.”

”If he’s still alive, I can just wait outside to assess the situation, maybe even pick up some leftovers.”

As he muttered to himself.

A thunderous rumbling noise suddenly came from behind.

Only, this time!

The sound was completely different from the previous explosions.

It was someone forcefully clearing a path, rushing towards the outside.

And the only person he knew who could do this was Luo Chen.

”Damn it!”

”He didn’t die!”

He cursed fiercely and sped up, rushing outwards.

Behind him, the booming noise grew closer, and within it, Luo Chen’s chilling voice echoed.

”Lianyun, old geezer, where do you think you’re running to!”

As he spoke, a violent surge of Spirit Qi fluctuation rushed towards him.

He Lianyun turned his head abruptly, and upon looking, a huge earthy-yellow handprint bore down, unstoppable in its advance.

Wherever it passed, mountains and rocks could not resist its force, and the terrain could not trap its form.

Wild and domineering, it carried the momentum to suppress everything.

It was precisely Luo Chen’s recently acquired Third Order Technique—the Primordial Qi Great Handprint!

Facing this move, He Lianyun clenched his teeth and formed a Spiritual Secret with his hands.

A Flying Sword shot out.

Puft!

Struck right in the middle by the Big Handprint, it was suddenly pierced through by a hole.

With this hole, its power was no longer so condensed.

The remaining force of the palm struck He Lianyun’s body in full.

But he only grunted, a layer of light flickered over him, and it was clear he hadn’t sustained any serious injuries.

On the contrary!

He used the force of this palm to retreat even faster.

Inside the mountain tunnel.

Luo Chen, who was on the run, keenly noticed this with his Spirit Consciousness.

For some reason, the quickly fleeting shimmer of light gave him a sense of familiarity.

Even though He Lianyun used the force of the palm to escape even faster, forcing him to not confirm it.

Just in time, his palm strike had cleared the tunnel, and now it was unobstructed.

A pair of illusory Feathered Wings appeared behind him.

A flash of firelight!

Swoosh!

The next moment, Luo Chen appeared dozens of yards away.

This was his fastest speed without revealing his Sky Roc True Body.

Luo Chen was confident that even compared to the Five Elements escape speeds, he wouldn’t be any less swift.

No matter how fast He Lianyun was, where could he run to?

Just a few dozen breaths later, Luo Chen’s extraordinary vision caught sight of He Lianyun’s back.

”Old geezer, accept your death!”

He flicked his fingers repeatedly, and one after another, Fireball Technique spells shot out instantaneously, continuously flying forth.

Not to kill, but to hinder.

However, facing such attacks, He Lianyun ignored them completely, as if he didn’t see them at all.

The Fireballs struck him, water light shimmered, and then they were silently extinguished.

Luo Chen’s eyebrows twitched, and his Fiery Cloud Wings trembled again.

At this moment, the distance between him and He Lianyun had shrunk to only a hundred yards.

”Earth Rock Technique!”

”Entanglement Technique!”

Two First Order Techniques were instantly unleashed, blocking He Lianyun’s path.

The old man roared angrily.

”Get out of the way!”

With his Flying Sword in hand, he slashed fiercely, easily destroying the attacks created by the two Techniques.

But still, these actions ultimately slowed down his speed.

The next moment, the Xuanhuo Sword came whistling through the air.

Without looking back, he likewise summoned a Flying Sword to block the Xuanhuo Sword.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Luo Chen getting closer and closer.

He formed hand seals with his hands!

”Explode!”

”Explode!”

”Explode!”

He shouted three times in succession.

In the tunnel, suddenly three Talismans were activated.

Facing this sudden attack, Luo Chen took a deep breath, his broken Qi armor condensed once more, and then he charged forward recklessly.

After breaking through several yards, his eyebrows lifted.

His entire being, inconceivably, burst into the solid belly of the mountain, avoiding the traps in front of the tunnel.

It was a simple Array Disk that set up a Second Order Earth-series Array—the Black Marsh Array.

If trapped within it, even with Luo Chen’s speed, it would be reduced to only a tenth or a twentieth of its original.

Once inside the mountain’s belly, Luo Chen’s stride didn’t slow in the slightest.

His hands transformed into eagle claw shapes, continuously tearing at the mountain.

Hisss! Hisss! Hisss!

Large chunks of the hard rock were torn away by him, and with his powerful Spirit Power strike, he carved a new tunnel.

However, although he could advance in this way, the speed was still too slow.

After a while, Luo Chen felt he had crossed the range of the Black Marsh Array and then broke through the mountain belly, returning to the original natural tunnel.

At this very moment.

The distance between him and He Lianyun had widened again.

”I want to see just how long you can run!”

Luo Chen’s fierce expression flashed, he recalled the Xuanhuo Sword, and charged forward.