Chapter 445: Immortal Emperor Sword Intent, Sudden Betrayal

"Who exactly are you?"

"How can a mere True Immortal Realm cultivator comprehend Immortal Emperor Sword Intent?"

Zhou Chen did not answer.

He swung his sword once more.

A streak of azure Sword Qi gushed out from the Heavenly Gate, aimed straight at Gu Sky-soaring's phantom image.

The Sword Qi contained power at the Immortal Emperor level; everywhere it passed, space shattered inch by inch.

The expression on Gu Sky-soaring's Law Body changed drastically.

"Not good!"

He wanted to perform a secret technique, but found that the surrounding space had already been locked down.

It was as if he were isolated from the world; any method he tried was in vain.

Puchi!

The Sword Qi pierced through the phantom.

Gu Sky-soaring's phantom instantly shattered, turning into a sky full of light specks before dissipating.

Zhou Chen put away the qingping sword and turned his head to look at Gu Ming.

Gu Ming sat paralyzed on the ground, his eyes filled with terror.

The life-saving Talisman left by the Old Ancestor was actually shattered by a single sword strike?

Just how strong had this Zhou Chen become?

Right at that moment.

Gu Ming's figure suddenly turned into a streak of white light and disappeared from the spot.

He had been teleported out.

Zhou Chen's brow furrowed.

"He ran quite fast."

He had intended to take the opportunity to humiliate Gu Ming further, but he hadn't expected the other party to be teleported out directly.

"Forget it, there's plenty of time ahead anyway."

Zhou Chen shook his head and put Gu Ming's Storage Ring into the System space.

He opened it to take a look.

Inside, besides some Immortal Crystals and Medicinal Pills, there were also several decent Magic Treasures.

The most eye-catching among them was a bead emitting a seven-colored glow.

It was precisely the Top-Grade Immortal Rank Soul-Fixing Bead.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for intercepting the Top-Grade Immortal Rank Soul-Fixing Bead. You have received a ten-thousand-fold return: one strand of chaos bell Origin.]

Zhou Chen was delighted and used this strand of Origin on the chaos bell without hesitation.

The chaos bell flashed with white light and condensed into a light cocoon, sinking into Zhou Chen's Small World.

Zhou Chen sensed the state of the chaos bell; it seemed to need a period of time to evolve, so he simply stopped worrying about it.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of the Gu family's direct descendant; his wealth is indeed abundant."

Zhou Chen nodded in satisfaction and continued harvesting other Children of Destiny and Life Tokens.

Outside the Small World.

Gu Ming had already been teleported out and subsequently informed the Gu family Elders of the sequence of events.

"Fellow Daoist Zixia, your Zixia Sect has quite the nerve!"

"To actually dare to harm a direct descendant of my Gu family!"

The white-haired Elder of the Gu family had a livid face, his eyes filled with venomous resentment.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, those words are incorrect."

"The Ten Thousand Sects Grand Competition is inherently a matter of the strong preying on the weak."

"Your Gu family's Disciple's skills were inferior to others; who can you blame?"

True Person Zixia said indifferently.

"Good, very good."

"When the Grand Competition ends, my Gu family will certainly demand an explanation!"

The white-haired Elder sneered, endless fury hidden in his eyes.

True Person Zixia did not answer, secretly communicating with the Zixia Sect Old Ancestor.

He was also calculating how to deal with the Gu family's retaliation.

The Gu family's foundation was unfathomable; if they truly had a falling out, the Zixia Sect might not be able to handle it.

"It seems I must find a way to send Zhou Chen out to lay low for a while."

True Person Zixia thought to himself.

Inside the Small World.

Zhou Chen roamed everywhere, specifically picking those lone Children of Destiny to target.

In just half a month, the Life Tokens in his hand exceeded three thousand.

This number had already broken the historical record of the Ten Thousand Sects Grand Competition.

Zhou Chen found a hidden cave and sat cross-legged.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and the hour for the Small World to close arrived.

All participating Disciples were teleported out.

Zixia Sect Plaza.

As streaks of white light flashed, the Disciples appeared one after another.

Some were full of excitement, clearly having gained much.

Some were dejected, returning empty-handed.

Others were seriously injured and were supported by their companions as they walked out of the teleportation array.

On the high platform.

True Person Zixia and several Elders were counting the number of Life Tokens.

"Heavenly Sword Sect, eighty-three tokens."

"Jinyang Sect, ninety-seven tokens."

"Mystic Ice Sect, one hundred and two tokens."

The Elders called out the number of Life Tokens for each Sect one by one.

When they reached the Zixia Sect.

"Zixia Sect, three thousand and thirty-eight tokens!"

The entire audience went into an uproar.

"Over three thousand tokens?"

"How is that possible?"

"Just how many people did the Zixia Sect send?"

The Elders of various Sects discussed fervently.

A smile appeared on True Person Zixia's face.

"Fellow Daoists, thank you for your concessions."

The white-haired Elder of the Gu family had a livid face.

"Fellow Daoist Zixia, did your Zixia Sect cheat?"

"Over three thousand Life Tokens—this is simply impossible!"

True Person Zixia said indifferently.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, those words are incorrect."

"My Zixia Sect has always been open and upright; how could we cheat?"

"If you don't believe it, you are more than welcome to inspect them."

The white-haired Elder snorted coldly.

"Fine, then we shall inspect!"

True Person Zixia nodded and turned to look at Zhou Chen.

"Zhou Chen, bring out your Life Tokens."

Zhou Chen stepped forward and took out a huge pile of Life Tokens from the System space.

The Life Tokens piled up like a small mountain, and the entire venue fell into a dead silence once more.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at that pile of Life Tokens as if they were looking at a monster.

So many Life Tokens…

Were they all seized by a single person?

How was this possible?

The Gu family white-haired Elder's expression was ugly to the extreme.

He inspected them carefully and found that these Life Tokens were indeed all real.

There were no traces of cheating whatsoever.

"This… this…"

The white-haired Elder was speechless.

True Person Zixia said with a beaming smile.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, do you believe it now?"

The white-haired Elder took a deep breath, suppressing the fury in his heart.

"Good, very good."

Right at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

"Zhou Chen, give me your life!"

A violent shout came from the high platform.

Lin Potian's figure instantly appeared behind Zhou Chen, and pressure close to the Third Layer Immortal King Realm poured down without reservation.

His right hand formed a claw, with blood-colored lightning wrapping around his fingers, aimed straight for Zhou Chen's heart from behind.

This strike contained all of his rage and killing intent.

He had already investigated the matter of Lin Tian's death clearly.

The Zhou Chen before him was the murderer who killed his son!

Zhou Chen's pupils constricted.

This old thing actually dared to launch a sneak attack in broad daylight?

True Person Zixia's face changed drastically, and he was about to step in to stop it.

The white-haired Elder of the Gu family suddenly blocked him, while simultaneously raising his hand to strike with a golden palm print.

"Fellow Daoist Zixia, don't be in such a hurry."

A cold sneer hung on the white-haired Elder's face.

Two attacks, one from the front and one from behind, pincer-attacked Zhou Chen.

The Disciples in the plaza cried out in alarm and retreated one after another.

Facing the attacks of two Immortal King Realm experts, there wasn't the slightest panic on Zhou Chen's face.

With a flip of his right hand, a Talisman emitting spatial fluctuations appeared in his palm.

It was precisely the Great Shift Talisman that True Person Zixia had given him.

"Hmph, as long as I do not wish to die, who can kill me? Who dares to kill me?!"

Zhou Chen crushed the Talisman without hesitation.

Boom!

Terrifying spatial fluctuations erupted instantly.

Lin Potian's attack and the white-haired Elder's palm print both missed simultaneously, booming against the ground.

Two bottomless pits were blasted into the entire plaza.

Zhou Chen's figure had already vanished.

"Damn it!"

Lin Potian roared, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Seeing this scene, fury surged in True Person Zixia's chest.

"Lin Potian, Elder Gu, you have quite the nerve!"

"To actually dare to make a lethal move against a Disciple of my Sect on Zixia Sect territory?"

Immortal King Realm pressure erupted from his body, and with a wave of his right hand, two purple streaks of Sword Qi were slashed out.

One slashed toward Lin Potian, and the other toward the white-haired Elder.

Lin Potian's face changed, and he hurriedly raised his hand to block.

Bang!