Mysterious Fruit

"It is the Aura of a monster-level powerhouse."

Long Chen was startled. That Aura was incomparably powerful, shooting straight into the clouds. Only a monster-level powerhouse could possess such a formidable Aura.

Furthermore, this eruption of Aura was extremely intense, even more so than when Lei Qianshang and Tang Waner were battling earlier.

"Let's go take a look."

Long Chen set off, sprinting at full speed. That location was very far from here, and it took Long Chen an hour of rapid running to gradually approach it.

"No way, it is this lively?"

Seeing the scene before him, Long Chen could not help but be shocked. Lei Qianshang, Qi Xin, Yue Zifeng, Tang Waner, and Ye Zhiqiu were actually all present.

What made it most unbelievable for Long Chen was that they had already split into two factions and were engaged in a frenzied battle. The terrifying combat shook the firmament and made the earth tremble.

What Long Chen could not understand was that the scene was a three-on-two battle. He did not know when Tang Waner had joined forces with Ye Zhiqiu to go against Lei Qianshang and the other two.

Lei Qianshang, Qi Xin, and Yue Zifeng were currently firing on all cylinders. Thunder roared and lightning flashed, air currents overlapped, and Sword Qi soared into the heavens as they battled the two women.

This was the first time Long Chen had seen Yue Zifeng make a move. He held a longsword, which erupted with a ten-zhang radiance, slicing through space, whistling and crisscrossing with extreme lethality.

Tang Waner had hundreds of wind blades swirling around her, resembling a hundred flowers in full bloom, frantically blocking the opponent's attacks.

Beside Tang Waner, Ye Zhiqiu wore a cold expression. Her jade hands moved, and faint frost appeared on her palms. Every palm strike she sent out brought with it a sky full of phantoms.

In reality, those phantoms were condensed from terrifying cold energy. Each palm strike sent cold energy surging, chilling one to the bone. The three people opposite her were extremely wary of this cold energy and dared not approach.

"The five great monsters are secretly running here to spar; could it be to compete for the title of number one in the world?"

Long Chen felt his brain was not working quite right. He looked around and suddenly saw a cave not far away, his pupils constricting.

"So that is how it is."

That cave was only a dozen zhang in circumference. In the center of the cave grew a small tree over three feet tall, and on the small tree hung a fruit the size of a fist.

It was actually a Mysterious Spirit Fruit. No wonder they were fighting so desperately. Long Chen finally found the reason for their intense battle here.

The Mysterious Spirit Fruit was an extremely rare treasure. The fruit tree was very strange; it blossomed and bore fruit once every three years. If the flowers withered, the tree would immediately die.

And after bearing fruit, when the fruit ripened, if it was not picked in time, it would rot and disappear within an hour.

This strange fruit had a very Heaven-Defying effect: it allowed a Martial Artist in the Blood Condensation Realm a great chance to perfectly advance to the Tendon Transformation Realm.

A perfect advancement was the dream of countless Martial Artists. Cultivation was like building a high-rise; the more solid the Foundation, the further one could go in the future.

Usually, only those with a Spiritual Root reaching the Silver Grade had a probability of a perfect advancement. However, this probability generally meant only about thirty percent of people could achieve it, while seventy percent could not.

No wonder they were fighting so desperately. These people were all monster-level Geniuses. Was suppressing their cultivation so hard just for this Mysterious Spirit Fruit?

Long Chen noticed one thing: while everyone was fighting, they stayed far away from that cave. Long Chen suddenly noticed a line of large characters written at the entrance of the cave.

"Destroyers of the tree will die."

The four large characters were very obvious, the strokes vigorous and filled with a warning tone.

Long Chen understood that for a rare treasure like the Mysterious Spirit Fruit, there was probably only one such tree in the entire Xuantian Branch. Perhaps the triennial Disciple selection was also related to it, so they had to be careful, fearing that the applicants might destroy the tree.

Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu joined forces to resist the three, but they were still at a major disadvantage, retreating step by step. Clearly, they were at a great disadvantage.

Long Chen hesitated for a moment. He felt that just watching the show was not very good; after all, he was quite familiar with Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu.

Besides, even if he did not consider the Face of the two beauties, he had to give Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin some Face, right?

After all, both of them were his mortal enemies. If they obtained the Mysterious Spirit Fruit, he would feel as disgusted as if he had eaten a dead fly.

"Hey, you three shameless guys! In broad daylight, under the bright sky, how can you bully two weak women like this? Seeing this seat arrive, why do you not stop immediately?"

Long Chen swaggered out and shouted loudly, his hands behind his back, looking quite like an expert.

Hearing Long Chen's shout, Qi Xin's Face turned black, and his body trembled involuntarily. This voice had already left an indelible mark on him.

"Long Chen!"

Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang gritted their teeth as they shouted this name, while Tang Waner looked surprised.

Long Chen winked at Tang Waner and turned to say to Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin, "The two of you have hideous expressions and killing intent in your eyes; these are the Faces of vicious people. This seat walks the Jianghu to uphold justice and punish the wicked. If you do not stop now, do not blame this seat for taking action to subdue you two Prodigies." Long Chen only said two, which was aimed at Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang; he had no grudges with Yue Zifeng, and he did not want to paint everyone with the same brush.

This bastard, does he never feel fear? Tang Waner suppressed a laugh and called out to Long Chen, "You do not need to fight. You guard the cave entrance. The Mysterious Spirit Fruit is about to ripen. You pick it the first chance you get."

Although she felt that Long Chen's combat power was strong, it still could not compare to them. Now, in order to fight for the Mysterious Spirit Fruit, everyone was no longer holding back their strength, and she was afraid Long Chen would get hurt.

"Dream on! Go to hell!"

Qi Xin roared and actually quit the battle directly, rushing towards Long Chen like a gust of wind. Because of the honey incident last time, he was about to go crazy.

After working so hard for so long, in the end, it became a wedding dress for Long Chen. If the real Wei San had not appeared later, he would not have known how Long Chen had stolen the honey.

His group had been played so hard, he was so angry his liver hurt and his lungs felt like they were exploding. He wished he could swallow Long Chen alive.

And having suffered such a big loss, he did not dare to publicize it; he really could not afford to lose that Face. Now seeing Long Chen, with his cultivation, he was actually trembling all over, which showed how angry he was at Long Chen.

"Bold Prodigy, how dare you make a move against your Lord Long? Then do not blame your Lord Long for upholding justice today." Long Chen pointed at Qi Xin and shouted coldly.

"Go to hell!"

Qi Xin's Face turned green with anger. A huge water blade in his hand, like a guillotine, slashed fiercely at Long Chen.

This weapon condensed from the power of water was different from before; it had strange patterns on it, which was a sign of the eruption of Origin power.

"Be careful!"

Tang Waner exclaimed. She did not expect Qi Xin to be crazy; that strike was clearly a full-power attack. He actually really wanted to kill Long Chen.

Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu were both shocked. They did not know about the grudge between Long Chen and Qi Xin, and it was too late to rescue him.

"You are still alive, why would I die?"

A black long spear appeared in Long Chen's hand, which was a confiscated trophy weighing over five thousand catties. At this moment, Long Chen no longer held back. His Fengfu Star operated at full power, and a violent Aura rose up, like a lion Awakening, as he smashed the spear forward.

"Boom!"

The explosion shook the heavens. The terrifying power overlapped, and both of them flew back several zhang. Long Chen pointed his spear at Qi Xin:

"Come again!"

This strike shocked everyone, but they finally discovered a fact: this guy Long Chen had actually been hiding his strength all along.

You have to know that in the previous strike, Qi Xin had not held back at all, yet Long Chen took it just like that without appearing injured in the slightest.

"This bastard, he was actually this strong."

Tang Waner was also full of shock, her heart racing. Looking at that figure who was like a war god possessed, looking down on the firmament, was this still the Long Chen in her impression?

Qi Xin was also shocked and angry, but looking at Long Chen's provocative eyes, anger immediately overcame his reason. He shouted, and the giant blade in his hand slashed at Long Chen again.

"I tell you to come and you come, you are really obedient."

Long Chen's spear danced, erupting with full force. This was the first time in a long time that Long Chen had attacked with full power.

Since entering the Blood Condensation Realm, every time he advanced, Long Chen felt his power rising rapidly, but he did not know what Realm he had reached himself.

Now that he met such a powerful opponent as Qi Xin, his power surged out like a raging sea.

"Boom, boom, boom…"

The fighting style of the two was very savage and direct. In his anger, Qi Xin only thought about hacking Long Chen into meat paste; the moves had no technique.

Long Chen was the same, holding the long spear with both hands and using it as a big club, smashing it violently, just like a reckless man going crazy.

Once the fight started here, Lei Qianshang's side slowed down. They focused most of their attention on Long Chen's side.

The most surprised was Lei Qianshang. He clearly had planted a Lightning Seed in Long Chen. Even if Long Chen had Tang Waner's help, it would take at least nearly a month to expel it.

But even if the Lightning Seed was expelled, Long Chen's body would have been ruined by the power of lightning and would need a long recovery period. But now Long Chen was full of vigor, not looking injured at all.

"Bang!"

Another explosion. The two had been fighting for a full half an hour, like a storm, without stopping.

There was another collision just now, and the two retreated slightly, staring at each other. Both were panting; the previous intense attack was too fierce.

It is really satisfying, Long Chen thought to himself. He is indeed a monster-level Genius; have to say, Qi Xin is indeed formidable.

"Hmph, no energy left, right?"

Qi Xin snorted coldly, pointing the water blade at Long Chen, and said coldly.

"Tch, what is this? For a fight as easy as this, I can completely hold on for three days and three nights. This is nothing!" Long Chen flicked his spear and said disdainfully.

"Hmph, then why are you panting?" Qi Xin naturally did not believe him and snorted.

"Idiot, is that panting? That is called breathing, understand? Rapid breathing can accelerate a person's cultivation. Someone like you will never understand such a profound cultivation method. It is useless to tell you." Long Chen blathered nonsense.

Although he said that, he had to admit in his heart that he was exhausted. Monster-level powerhouses were too strong; they could completely and easily kill Martial Artists in the Tendon Transformation Realm in the secular world.

"Stop the nonsense. Even if I do not kill you today, I will cripple you."

Qi Xin shouted and rushed towards Long Chen.

"Your dream is great, but unfortunately you will never be able to realize it."

Long Chen's spear smashed down at Qi Xin, and the two fought again, bombarding each other crazily.

Suddenly, a strange sweet smell drifted over. Long Chen was slightly startled: The Mysterious Spirit Fruit had ripened.