Chapter 526: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

This pressure was something he had only felt from the Sect Master and the Grand Elder!

No! It was even more terrifying than the feeling the Sect Master gave him!

Could it be… an Immortal Emperor?!

This "Zhou Chens disguise" was actually an Immortal Emperor powerhouse disguised as an ordinary Disciple!

An utterly absurd thought exploded in his mind.

He wanted to flee.

But his body, his Immortal Spiritual Power, and his Divine Soul, under the lock of the other's pressure, were like insects frozen in amber, unable to even move a finger.

"Who I am, you are not worthy to know."

Zhou Chen walked toward him step by step, his expression indifferent, as if looking at a dead object.

"I originally just wanted to quietly stock up on some goods, but it was you who insisted on jumping out to seek death."

"Se… Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life!"

Liu Wentian completely broke down; all his arrogance and malice vanished in the face of absolute fear of death.

He wanted to kneel, but his body couldn't move, so he could only wail in a voice distorted by terror.

"I was wrong! I failed to recognize greatness! I beg Senior to spare my life for the sake of my grandfather being the Sect's Law Enforcement Elder! I am willing to be your slave, to serve you like an ox or a horse!"

"Law Enforcement Elder?"

Zhou Chen's steps stopped.

A flicker of hope flashed in Liu Wentian's eyes.

"Ant."

Zhou Chen lightly spat out two words.

In the next moment, Liu Wentian's body, along with his Divine Soul, silently turned into the tiniest particles, blown away by the wind and completely dissipating into this savage world.

As if he had never existed.

From beginning to end, Zhou Chen never truly made a move.

It was merely a single thought.

"Alright, the fly has been cleaned up."

Zhou Chen brushed off non-existent dust from his hands and turned his gaze in another direction.

On the Opportunity map, the nine-colored light representing Ling Xiao was moving rapidly.

And his destination was precisely the Blood-Colored Canyon prompted by the System.

Zhou Chen's figure blurred, turning into an imperceptible breeze and vanishing from the spot.

…

Half a day later, Savage Battlefield, Blood-Colored Canyon.

This place was named for its rocks, which were stained dark red year-round by demonic blood.

Deep within the canyon, in front of a massive cave.

"Roar!!!"

A world-shaking roar, accompanied by violent demonic power, echoed from within the cave.

Immediately after, a giant ape a hundred zhang tall, covered in long black fur with a hideous face, charged out of the cave.

It radiated the terrifying aura of the Tenth Layer Immortal King Realm Great Perfection, its blood-red eyes fixed on the dozen or so figures outside the cave.

The leader was none other than the Young Lord of the Xuantian Sect, Ling Xiao.

At this moment, Ling Xiao looked solemn, holding a golden dragon spear, surrounded by over ten high-level Immortal King Realm guards.

"Form an array! This beast is at the end of its tether. Once we kill it, the treasures inside will be ours!"

Ling Xiao shouted and was the first to charge forward.

A great battle broke out instantly.

On a mountain peak several thousand meters away, Zhou Chen's figure quietly emerged.

He watched the battle below, which was tearing the heavens and earth apart, with a calm gaze.

Zhou Chen had already arrived inside the demonic ape's lair.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for intercepting the King Rank Top-Grade Medicinal Pill: Six-Revolution Commanding Pill! Triggered Ten Thousand Times Critical Return! Obtained the Imperial Rank Top-Grade Medicinal Pill: Nine-Revolution Commanding Pill!]

Zhou Chen looked at the [Nine-Revolution Commanding Pill] in his hand and swallowed it without hesitation.

Boom!

A medicinal power ten times more vast than before exploded within Zhou Chen's limbs and bones.

Under the wash of the Nine-Revolution Commanding Pill's majestic energy, the world barriers of the Small World within him, which had already expanded to its limit, let out an overburdened hum.

The Bottleneck of the Immortal Emperor Realm Sixth Layer was as fragile as thin paper before this overbearing and peerless medicinal power.

Crack!

A crisp cracking sound echoed from the depths of his Divine Soul.

Zhou Chen's aura did not stall for a moment; he crossed that threshold as naturally as water flowing in a channel, officially stepping into the Immortal Emperor Realm Seventh Layer!

Surging power filled every cell, giving him the illusion that he could punch through the entire Savage Battlefield.

Zhou Chen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air; the breath condensed into substance in the air, actually corroding a small black hole in space that failed to heal for a long time.

He did not immerse himself in the pleasure of his power increase, but immediately turned his gaze back to the System panel in his mind.

At the very moment of his Breakthrough, the opportunity panel suddenly flashed wildly, and Zhou Chen quickly opened it.

[Ding! Detected a key Opportunity for the Child of Destiny, Night Without Trace!]

[Opportunity Person: Night Without Trace]

[Opportunity Location: Core of the Savage Battlefield, Eternal Night Altar.]

[Opportunity Details: Night Without Trace is performing a blood sacrifice at the Eternal Night Altar on the descendants of the Five Ancient Clans who possess Inscription Fragments to extract the Inscription shards. Together with the three Inscription Fragments previously obtained in the Asura Path, totaling the power of eight Inscriptions, Night Without Trace will use his own demonic blood as a catalyst to forcibly fuse the Inscription Fragments with his demonic body. Upon success, Night Without Trace will break through his shackles, reach the sky in a single step, and attain the Tenth Layer Immortal Emperor Realm Great Perfection, with combat power comparable to an Immortal Emperor!]

[Opportunity Countdown: One stick of incense.]

Zhou Chen's pupils contracted slightly.

Good grief.

Here he was, working hard to kill monsters and level up, passing one stage at a time.

But Night Without Trace was doing great, directly playing the "sacrifice style," bundling three "experience packs" plus two "spoils of war," preparing to reach the goal in one go.

"One stick of incense…"

Zhou Chen's gaze pierced through layers of space and fell upon the canyon below.

At this moment, more than half of the guards led by Ling Xiao were dead or wounded.

Under its death throes, the black giant ape displayed an astonishing ferocity. Drenched in blood, its aura grew increasingly violent, and its massive body was swelling at an abnormal frequency.

Self-detonation.

The self-detonation of a Tenth Layer Immortal King Realm Great Perfection Archaic Demonic Ape would be powerful enough to level everything within a hundred-mile radius.

Ling Xiao and the others obviously realized this as well; their faces turned ashen as they retreated frantically, yet they were locked down by the giant ape's demonic power and could not move.

Zhou Chen withdrew his gaze, not sparing them another look.

He wasn't a babysitter.

If not to intercept the Medicinal Pills, he wouldn't have stayed here for even a moment.

As for the life or death of Ling Xiao and the others, what did it have to do with him?

He was about to set off for the Eternal Night Altar.

But a thought made him stop.

No.

The commotion would be too big.

The self-detonation of a Tenth Layer Immortal King demonic ape would surely attract the attention of all the powerful experts in this area and might even alarm the Elders at the Xuantian Sect Camp.

He was still in the identity of "Zhou Chens disguise," and it would be hard to explain.

If it alarmed Night Without Trace, who was in the middle of fusing the Inscriptions, and made him prepared in advance, that would be bad.

Zhou Chen's gaze fell below once again, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes.

Truly troublesome.

He casually picked up a pebble the size of a fingernail from the ground and flicked it with his finger.

Swish!

The pebble made no sound as it broke through the air, ignoring space and distance. As if teleporting, it appeared above the head of the giant ape that was swelling frantically.

In the next moment, the pebble fell gently.