You Promised to Be an Idle Son-in-Law, How Could You Become a Land Immortal?

At this moment, they carefully followed Zhang Dabao, retreating several miles to reorganize the scattered horse and camel carriages that had fled in all directions.

Meanwhile, the three men in black from the Five Poison Sect who had narrowly escaped death returned to where Yan Jingchen and the others were. All of them looked at Chen Yi with solemn expressions.

In contrast, Chen Yi’s face was completely calm. Without Zhang Dabao and the others by his side, he no longer had any worries holding him back.

Yan Jingchen stared at him for a moment, the smile having long vanished from his face.

”I haven’t been in Shu State for long, yet I have heard your name several times.

”Jianghu People in Shu State call you a Spearman rarely seen in a century, with extraordinary talent on par with Xiao Jinghong.

”The Bright Moon Building highly regards you; any mission involving you uniformly charges silver coins at the gold-medal standard.

”Poshisu Country says you are a Wei Thief, and an old friend of mine hates you to the bone.

”I originally thought you were just an ordinary rising star of the Jianghu. Now it seems I underestimated you.”

Yan Jingchen paused. His eyes swept over the corpse of the man in black lying on the ground before looking back at Chen Yi, sighing as he spoke.

”Spear Dao Perfection, Great Success in Fist Dao, Great Success in Step Dao... and the Medical Dao you just used to treat Sword Madman...

”With such talent, even Gongye Bai, who has stood at the pinnacle of the Jianghu for decades, is probably no more than this, right?

”Heh heh, but I suppose this can be considered a stroke of good fortune.”

Xue Chong shook his head. ”Sect Leader, how is this a stroke of good fortune?

”With such a peerless genius appearing in the world, if we cannot kill him today, the future troubles will be endless.”

Beside him, a petite figure in black took off her bamboo hat, revealing an exceptionally soft and charming face.

”The Sect Leader means that it is our good fortune to stumble upon ’Dragon Tiger’ before he has fully matured.

”If we let him grow, forget about our Five Poison Sect—even if all the other Evil Demonic Dao factions in the Jianghu joined forces, I’m afraid it would be difficult to slay him.”

”Heh, who do you think he is? Immortal Bai?” Xue Chong retorted.

The two of them chatted back and forth. They seemed to be bickering, but in reality, Poisonous Insects had already crawled all over the ground beneath them.

Snakes, bugs, rats, ants, centipedes, and lizards—there was no shortage of them. They densely swarmed up and down the rocks, the venom secreted from their bodies corroding tiny ravines into the stone.

Amidst HISSING sounds, dark green smoke rose, gradually forming a thick miasma that was then concealed by Yan Jingchen’s Fist Intent. Only a pungent, foul stench spread through the air.

The other men in black acted similarly, bringing out Poisonous Insects, Poison, and hidden weapons. Even Yan Jingchen, who led them, drew a pair of claw Blades from his waist, crossing them in his grip.

”After today, there will be no more ’Dragon Tiger’ in this world.

”But don’t worry, I will definitely make your name renowned in the Jianghu in the future.”

A ferocious sneer appeared on Yan Jingchen’s face. Shedding the arrogance he had shown when toying with Liu Lang, killing intent wrapped around him like frigid ice.

”The title ’Dragon Tiger’ isn’t great. How about ’Dragon Tiger Leopard’?”

The question boomed like thunder, exploding in all directions!

A cloud of Evil Poisonous energy surged from Yan Jingchen’s body, surprisingly enveloping the miasma previously formed by the Poisonous Insects corroding the rocks. It coiled like smoke, forming long, pitch-black snakes that hovered around him.

At the same time, Xue Chong and the others struck in unison, charging and launching a coordinated assault toward Chen Yi. Their lowered bodies mimicked the Poisonous Insects below; some slithered like snakes, some crawled on all fours, while others launched themselves into the air.

Chen Yi quietly watched them, completely ignoring the gradually approaching Poisonous Insects around him.

”Tell me, what is your purpose in spreading the plague toxin in Shu State?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he shook his head. ”Forget it. With the brains of people like you, even when scheming, you can only think three steps ahead.

”Any more than that, and...”

Chen Yi took a step forward, facing the incoming Xue Chong and the others, and said in a calm tone, ”...it would be too difficult for you.”

A gentle halo of light suddenly appeared around his body, rippling outward like waves.

The surrounding world instantly began to transform.

The gray and gloomy miasma floated into the sky, forming a dark cloud.

With a RUMBLING sound, the mountain rocks shot up rapidly, as if an earth dragon were rolling over. Stretching for hundreds of miles, they formed a jagged, undulating mountain range.

The forest trees instantly shot up hundreds of feet high. Dangling vines and branches sprouted new shoots all around, and in the blink of an eye, they covered the newly uplifted mountainous terrain.

Even the Chishui River was caught in these changes in heaven and earth, transforming into a mighty, rushing river. It looked like a cascading milky way, suspended in the heavens.

It wasn’t until this moment that a massive chessboard, hundreds of feet wide, materialized in front of Chen Yi, hovering and pressing down between him, Xue Chong, and the others. It also crushed all the Poisonous Insects that were crawling toward him.

Amidst continuous CRUNCHING sounds, the Poisonous Insects were struck as if by a massive force, their heads exploding as they died.

Seeing the scene before them, Xue Chong and the others stood frozen in place, staring in astonishment at Chen Yi, who was now hundreds of feet away.

”Is this... Qimen Dunjia?”

”Idiot!” the woman who had spoken earlier cursed. ”This is the fucking worldly manifestation of Chess Dao Perfection!”

Another burly man stared wide-eyed at their surroundings, asking in a muffled, booming voice, ”Isn’t Chess Dao just a useless trick for scholars? Why does it look so powerful...?”

”There are thousands of Dao Realms; how could any of them be useless?” The charming woman licked her lips, completely unconcerned about the deaths of the Poisonous Insects. Flicking the whip in her hand, she said, ”Everyone, be careful. This ’Dragon Tiger’ is even trickier to handle than the Little Daoist we slaughtered earlier.”

”Do you even need to say that?

”I...”

These people were considered highly experienced and knowledgeable. Although they were wary and astonished in their hearts, at this moment of life-and-death struggle, they naturally did not want to weaken their own momentum.

On the contrary, Yan Jingchen, who had fallen to the back, frowned as he looked at the motionless Xue Chong and the others: