Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 166: Hell Has No Gate
Escape!

Song Kai had only one thought in his mind.

That was to flee as far as possible!

This disciple of Sunset Peak truly regretted to the extreme.

Why on earth had he believed in Du Yuankui’s evil, going so far as to make things difficult for Wang Chen?

Wang Chen had already yielded the spoils of battle.

Everyone could have been well; how nice that would have been!

Just now, he had stood beside Senior Brother Qiao and witnessed the moment when the latter was killed by a single strike from Wang Chen.

What a terrifying spell that was!

One must know that Senior Brother Qiao was a cultivator with a cultivation level of the eighth layer of Qi Cultivation, the strongest in their group of four.

Moreover, Senior Brother Qiao also carried a body protection magic artifact.

The magic artifact had activated automatically, yet it had not exhibited any effect at all and was easily pierced through.

The strongest among them, Senior Brother Qiao, was gone just like that!

Du Yuankui!!

Song Kai wished he could flay his skin and devour his flesh, using Du Yuankui’s bones to extract oil.

But at this moment, Song Kai could no longer afford to have more thoughts; his whole mind was filled with the desire to escape, wishing fervently that he could grow an extra leg.

He dared not take out the flying artifact from his storage bag.

Because any moment of delay could potentially cost him his life!

However, although Song Kai’s reaction was correct, he had ultimately missed the best chance to escape.

The next moment, a gigantic Heavy Winged Fire Crow swooped past between two large trees, its two pairs of flaming wings outspread, as it suddenly pounced towards the fleeing Song Kai.

By the time Song Kai sensed the danger coming from behind him, it was too late to dodge.

He was directly pinned down by the Heavy Winged Fire Crow.

Boom!

The disciple from Sunset Peak’s Spirit Light Armor didn’t even last a moment before shattering into oblivion.

Song Kai immediately let out a scream of agony as he was engulfed by the intensely hot flames.

In the blink of an eye, he turned to ashes!

Such was the terrifying power of the Fire Crow Technique at the Great Perfection level.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Du Yuankui had already escaped more than two hundred steps away.

He had cultivated a special movement technique called “Shrinking Ground into Inches,” which allowed him to instantly flee at an astonishing speed by forcefully stimulating his potential in critical moments.

With this technique, Du Yuankui had escaped mortal peril several times.

But the downside of “Shrinking Ground into Inches” was also very clear—the excessive mana consumption.

The limit for Du Yuankui was three hundred steps.

Within three hundred steps, he was confident that even the Purple Mansion Superior would have a hard time catching up!

Wang Chen would be even less likely.

Du Yuankui also had regrets.

He regretted not being able to see through Wang Chen’s true nature, not expecting that a mere Spiritual Plant Farmer at the fifth layer of Qi Cultivation, with no background or power, could possess such formidable strength.

Without a doubt, Wang Chen had concealed his cultivation level!

Then the question arose, what was the purpose of hiding his cultivation level?

Du Yuankui speculated that Wang Chen must harbor an enormous secret, one that he absolutely didn’t dare let others know about.

That’s why he hid it so deeply!

While regretting, Du Yuankui also harbored intense malice.

He resolved to immediately report to the sect elders.

He wanted the Purple Mansion Superior to personally take action to capture Wang Chen and then force the secrets out of him.

Although Du Yuankui wouldn’t be entitled to share in the spoils,

the crime of killing a fellow disciple would undoubtedly subject Wang Chen to soul-searching and spirit-breaking cruel torture before he stepped onto the Sins Execution Platform.

Only then could Du Yuankui release the hatred in his heart!

And as long as the Soul Lamp was there, Wang Chen would have no chance of escape.

In any case, he was as good as dead!

With a vengeful heart, Du Yuankui’s mana, which he had forcedly stimulated, rapidly depleted, and his speed inevitably slowed down.

Just as he hesitated for a brief moment and was about to use “Shrinking Ground into Inches” again.

A Flying Sword of resplendent golden light shot from the right direction, slashing past Du Yuankui’s lower back with the swiftness of thunder that doesn’t give time to cover one’s ears, and immediately disappeared into the dense forest!

The next moment, Du Yuankui’s lower half shot forward.

While the upper half of his body crashed heavily to the ground, the severed surface perfectly smooth.

“Ahh~”

He involuntarily let out a tragic scream, his arms flailing wildly, attempting to grab onto something.

However, life, like the blood gushing out from within him, was quickly slipping away.

About to reach its end!

In his final moments, Du Yuankui, lying on the ground, saw Wang Chen.

Wang Chen held the Fire Crow Sword, his expression calm as he looked down at this senior brother who had once been haughty and domineering towards him!

“Uh~”

Seeing Wang Chen, Du Yuankui suddenly grew agitated, his mouth wide open as if wanting to say something.

Instead, he coughed up blood and immediately his head slumped to one side.

[Heavenly Merit +7]

Wang Chen shook his head.

He didn’t want to kill.

Alas, though hell had no gate, some just didn’t know whether they were alive or dead.

So Wang Chen had to help them transition!

He reached out and collected Du Yuankui’s lower half, removed the Storage Bag, and threw the two halves of the body together.

A Fire Crow Technique, a Rebirth Talisman, and an Evil-Repelling Talisman, the departed soul returned to the great earth!

After cleaning up, Wang Chen quietly left.

The forest quickly returned to tranquility.

Only some residual bloodstains on the ground proved that someone had met a violent death here!

Almost an hour had passed.

Not far from where Du Yuankui had fallen, a patch of vine-covered bushes suddenly shook.

A middle-aged Cultivator with a treacherous appearance peeked his head out.

He looked around warily.

After making sure there was no danger, he crawled out of his hiding place.

The Cultivator searched the nearby grass and quickly found a square Copper Seal.

This Copper Seal was three inches square, topped with a golden tiger knop, the body of the seal was covered in complex runes, and it was imbued with Spiritual Light—it was clearly no ordinary Magic Artifact.

“What a treasure!”

The middle-aged Cultivator couldn’t contain his joy and quickly placed the Copper Seal into his Storage Bag.

He was one of the Loose Cultivators who had escaped from Five Tiger Stockade, hiding in the bushes and relying on his excellent hiding techniques, hoping to wait until nightfall before continuing to flee.

Without the cover of night, running around aimlessly like a headless fly made it too easy to be tracked and caught.

In this respect, the middle-aged Cultivator was an expert.

But he had not expected that he would actually witness an entire process of fratricide among sect members!

The middle-aged Cultivator naturally dared not provoke Wang Chen, who seemed to be a Sword Cultivator. He held his breath and concealed his presence, wishing he could hide underground.

And when he saw Du Yuankui sliced in two by a Flying Sword, an object that Du Yuankui was holding flew out of his hand.

Wang Chen, who came afterward, seemingly didn’t notice and ignored it.

So the middle-aged Cultivator waited until Wang Chen left and continued to hide for a while before coming out to pick up the windfall.

As it turned out, he really did pick up a great bargain!

Not only that, but if he didn’t see wrong, both Wang Chen and Du Yuankui were disciples of the Cloud Sun sect.

Fratricide was a grave taboo!

The middle-aged Cultivator stroked his goatee, a sly glint in his beady eyes.

He felt there was a great story to be spun from this incident!

Clank!

Just as he was lost in wild thoughts, he suddenly felt light, as if he had flown into the air.

Then he heard the ringing of a sword.

Piercingly clear!

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