The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2192: Chapter 2192: Racing Against Time [Second Update]

In fact, Jing Yan hadn’t considered that Lu Chun and Ke Zun hadn’t truly left, but he couldn’t keep waiting in the distance any longer.

The longer the night, the more dreams arise!

Now it seems, Lu Chun indeed hasn’t entirely left this place. This means Lu Chun, that old thing, harbors other thoughts. Even if Jing Yan hadn’t come to unearth the large ore vein, this old thing Lu Chun might have returned to investigate again. Although Lu Chun’s Divine Thought might not be able to directly detect the large ore vein below, who knows if he might go crazy and explore along the gorge?

Jing Yan’s face was dark, Divine Power surged madly, trying to pull up the large Netherworld Crystal Stone vein.

“You brat, stop your hands!” Lu Chun pushed his speed to the limit. Upon seeing the large Netherworld Crystal Stone vein, Lu Chun paid no heed to anything else. In his eyes, there was only this ore vein, he had to get it.

After closing the distance, Lu Chun directly struck at Jing Yan.

At this time, Jing Yan was focusing his mind on the ore vein. Although he knew Lu Chun was close and had attacked him, he still didn’t retract the Divine Power enveloping the ore vein. This ore vein was too large, Jing Yan found it somewhat laborious to collect it, requiring some time. If he were to retract his Divine Power at this time, he might never have a better chance again.

Jing Yan mobilized part of his Divine Power, operating the Ancient Tree Inheritance, and smoothly unleashed the Virtualization Technique with the momentum. He planned to stubbornly withstand Lu Chun’s attack and first collect the large Netherworld Crystal Stone vein.

“Boom!” Lu Chun’s attack struck fiercely towards Jing Yan.

Lu Chun’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“This kid is seeking death, daring not to fend off my attack.” Lu Chun saw Jing Yan not blocking his attack, and his heart felt wild joy.

Kill Jing Yan first, then he can collect this large Netherworld Crystal Stone vein.

Around Jing Yan’s body, the space virtualized. Lu Chun’s attack, upon encountering the Virtualization Technique’s Void Space, had its passage speed reduced, and the power contained in the attack weakened. Jing Yan’s Virtualization Technique had already been comprehended to the Nether Sky Realm level, and the effect was quite good. If a Nether Sky Realm cultivator attacked Jing Yan, Jing Yan could solely rely on the Virtualization Technique to negate the opponent’s attack.

Back when in Jing Yan’s Chaos World, he clashed with Void Divine Palace Master He Ming, the Virtualization Technique mastered by He Ming might not have reached the Nether Sky Realm, but the effect was nonetheless astonishing.

Only Lu Chun’s attack power was indeed fierce, for he was a top-tier existence among the Immortal Rhythmic Strong People. After being nullified by the Virtualization Technique, much of his attack still remained. This portion of the attack heavily struck Jing Yan’s body.

Purple patterns emerged on the surface of Jing Yan’s body.

As his body trembled, Jing Yan involuntarily retreated a distance, his qi and blood fluctuated, and his Primordial Energy boiled unsteadily. However, the Divine Power Jing Yan released covering the ore vein did not disconnect.

“What?” Lu Chun originally thought he could easily kill the defenseless Jing Yan with one strike, yet unexpectedly, after this strike, Jing Yan seemed unharmed.

“Impossible? This kid… even the Immortal Rhythm cultivators from the Ancient Land of Morning Light absolutely couldn’t withstand my strike with just the physical body.” Lu Chun’s heart was shaken.

“I want to see how many times you can withstand.” Lu Chun roared.

“Swish!”

Above the vast gorge, Shadow Tower’s Ke Zun also returned. Like Lu Chun, Ke Zun hadn’t truly departed from here either. These old folks, each and every one of them was deeply suspicious.

“A large Netherworld Crystal Stone vein?”

“It’s truly large!”

“My heavens… they’ve found a large ore vein!” Ke Zun’s eyes sparkled brightly, he called repeatedly, his body trembled with excitement.

“Lu Chun seems to be clashing with Jing Yan.”

“Could it be that this Jing Yan discovered the large ore vein earlier? He faked leaving first, then waited for me and Lu Chun to leave for over an hour before returning? This kid is truly cunning, but he didn’t anticipate that neither I nor Lu Chun really left? Just, how did he discover this ore vein? This ore vein is buried at a depth of over a thousand meters underground. The Divine Thought of Immortal Rhythm cultivators can’t probe such depths, let alone him at the Nether Sky Realm.” Countless thoughts flashed through Ke Zun’s mind instantly.

After the thoughts passed, Ke Zun took out his Communication Magical Treasure: “Hong Tao!”

Ke Zun contacted Hong Tao, who was also a Shadow Tower cultivator. The two people from Shadow Tower who entered the Yellow Spring Cave were Ke Zun and Hong Tao.

“Ke Zun, why are you contacting me? I am searching for Netherworld Crystal Stones.” Hong Tao responded from the other side.

Ke Zun took a deep breath, continued, “Hong Tao, come to me quickly, fast!”

“Elder Ke Zun, what’s the situation? Could it be you encountered danger?” Listening to Ke Zun’s tone, Hong Tao became serious and asked.

“I’m not in danger, just come quickly, I don’t have time to explain.” Ke Zun said anxiously.

“Alright, I’ll head over now.” Hong Tao agreed.

Actually, the place where Hong Tao was located was quite far from Ke Zun, but through the Communication Magical Treasure, he could determine Ke Zun’s location. As a top-tier Immortal Rhythm cultivator, even in an environment like the Yellow Spring Cave, he could use Instantaneous Movement.

Soon, Hong Tao arrived at Ke Zun’s location.

“Ke Zun, what on earth did you urgently call me here for? We entered the Yellow Spring Cave separately to search for Netherworld Crystal Stones; it’s the most efficient method. Together, it’s only less efficient.” Hong Tao frowned and said.

“Boom!” Before Hong Tao’s voice fell, he felt the ground tremble and then heard a loud sound from underground.

The yellow sand stirred by a gust of wind formed a wall of earth yellow over the black gorge.

Hong Tao’s face changed, his eyes looked towards the deep gorge.

“What’s going on?”

“Is there someone below?” While speaking, Hong Tao’s Divine Thought also spread downwards.

Then his face truly changed, first marked by shock, then with an expression of wild joy. A large Netherworld Crystal Stone vein, there was actually a large Netherworld Crystal Stone vein below.

“Hong Tao, now you understand why I called you over, right? That’s a large ore vein! At this moment, Mystic Moon Trading House’s Lu Chun is down there, and Jing Yan is below too, clashing with Lu Chun. Lu Chun’s strength is formidable, I can’t handle him alone, so I called you over, for us to join forces.” Ke Zun revealed a sinister smile.

Hong Tao’s eyes sparkled too.

“That damn brat, he’s infuriating!”

“How did he train his physical body? Damn it, the toughness of it surpassed even top-tier Immortal Rhythm Magic Treasures.” Lu Chun was truly going mad; he had attacked Jing Yan nearly ten times yet still couldn’t kill him.

Although Jing Yan appeared wounded, continuously spewing blood from his mouth, his Divine Power remained enveloping the large ore vein incessantly. And with time passing, the large ore vein had started to loosen.