Chapter 700 - 700: Celestial King Realm Expert

"Damn that Chu Qingyun... We were played by him!"

Zhou Jianxiong's face twisted with rage. He viciously stomped the insectoid Demon Beast that had been tracking the scent, crushing it to powder.

After days of frantic work, it had all been for nothing. Not only that, but they had been set up and made a mockery of!

As for Zhou Yongyang, his expression changed drastically.

The Chu Qingyun they were promised was gone.

How was he supposed to explain this to the people from the Martial Soul Hall?

And how could they possibly let him off the hook?

But just then, the expressions of Zhou Jianxiong and all his men changed in an instant.

They all sensed more than twenty frenzied, bloodthirsty auras rushing toward them at extreme speed.

It was Blood Corpses—Martial King Realm Blood Corpses!

"This is bad! Get out of the cave, now!"

Zhou Jianxiong was the first to snap back to his senses, roaring out the command.

The cave's terrain was complex and extremely narrow, a landscape that definitely favored the Blood Corpses, not them.

Blood Corpses fought primarily with their bodies, and the cave was perfect for them to get in close.

Meanwhile, Zhou Jianxiong and his men relied on Primordial Power and Secret Manuals like their Sword and Saber Techniques. If they unleashed their full power, they could easily cause the cave to collapse and bury them all alive!

However, it was already too late.

The cave was deep and winding. Even for those in the Martial King Realm, escaping would not be easy.

Chu Qingyun lowered his altitude, dismissed his Black Wing Martial Soul, and landed smoothly at the cave's entrance.

Behind him, more than twenty furious, crimson-eyed Martial King Realm Blood Corpses burst out from the forest, all of them roaring as they lunged at him.

The long chase, coupled with Chu Qingyun's constant provocations, had already pushed the Blood Corpses' fury to its absolute peak!

Ignoring the Blood Corpses behind him, Chu Qingyun charged directly into the cave.

"Shadow Martial Soul!"

It was very dark inside the cave.

The moment he entered, Chu Qingyun immediately activated his Shadow Martial Soul to conceal his form. As for his Hidden Qi Technique, he had kept it active this entire time.

Once his presence was masked, Chu Qingyun leaped up lightly, grabbing a protruding rock and hanging from the ceiling of the cave.

The Blood Corpses charged into the cave after him, but they immediately lost all trace of him.

After all, they had been tracking Chu Qingyun entirely by sight.

However, even though they had lost track of Chu Qingyun, the Blood Corpses detected the auras and Primordial Power fluctuations of Zhou Jianxiong and his men deeper within the cave. They also sensed the life force emanating from them—a scent that drove Blood Corpses and Blood Beasts into a frenzy.

With furious roars, all the Blood Corpses charged into the depths of the cave.

They couldn't care less about finding Chu Qingyun. All they wanted was to vent their rage and attack a different species.

As for who they vented it on—in their eyes, there was absolutely no difference between Chu Qingyun and Zhou Jianxiong!

Soon, shouts, roars, and the thunderous booms of Primordial Power and Soul Techniques echoed from deep within the cave, causing the entire cavern to tremble.

'Nearly thirty Martial King Realm experts are fighting in there, and more than half of them are in the Earth King Realm. This mountain probably won't survive...'

Chu Qingyun shook his head, immediately jumped down, and flickered out of the cave.

With Zhou Jianxiong's group keeping them occupied, the Blood Corpses wouldn't be able to return anytime soon.

But Chu Qingyun didn't waste any time after leaving the cave. He immediately activated his Black Wing Martial Soul and flew at top speed toward the Array Platform.

He hadn't flown far before he looked back and saw a beam of exceptionally pure Primordial Power shoot diagonally out from the mountain above the cave.

That entire section of the mountain collapsed with a deafening ROAR...

When Chu Qingyun returned to the valley, it was completely empty. Only the Array Platform stood there alone, surrounded by pulsing, milky-white light.

Dismissing his Black Wing Martial Soul, Chu Qingyun landed steadily before the Array Platform.

"Thunder Sword Intent!"

"Blood Slaughter Sword Intent!"

"Wind Shadow Sword Intent!"

Chu Qingyun already had a deep understanding of the Array Platform's defenses. He immediately drew his longsword and began to unleash his Sword Intent, striking the platform again and again.

Under the continuous bombardment of the giant sword phantoms, a powerful Sword Intent surged throughout the valley. Hundreds of meters above, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Power seemed to faintly coalesce into the shape of a sword.

The milky-white light on the Array Platform also began to tremble violently.

This time, however, having learned his lesson, Chu Qingyun devoted a portion of his attention to his surroundings even as he bombarded the Array Platform with his full power.

After seventeen strikes of Sword Intent, the milky-white light on the Array Platform was on the verge of shattering.

But at that moment, Chu Qingyun's expression suddenly changed.

He detected an abnormally powerful aura that had suddenly entered his range of perception. Moreover, the speed at which this aura was advancing was simply astonishing.

Chu Qingyun froze for a moment. By the time he snapped out of it, before he could even react, a figure had already rushed into his line of sight.

It was... that Level Seven Martial King from Deng Xuan's team in the Saint Extreme Sect!

A Celestial King Realm expert!

Seeing this person, however, Chu Qingyun quietly breathed a sigh of relief. The Primordial Power he had gathered to activate his Black Wing Martial Soul was guided back into his meridians.

He had offended a few people in the Saint Extreme Sect.

But the only ones who truly had the intention and the guts to kill him were Zhou Jianxiong, Elder Huang, and their ilk.

As for this man, they had only met once. He probably wouldn't try to kill him.

'Recklessly exposing my Black Wing Martial Soul would not be a good thing.'

The Celestial King Realm expert was incredibly fast. After appearing in Chu Qingyun's vision, he flickered two or three times and was already in the valley, standing opposite him.

He shot Chu Qingyun a disdainful glance and completely ignored him.

Then, his gaze shifted to the Array Platform, and his expression immediately became one of intense interest.

With his sharp eye, he could naturally tell that this Array Platform was extraordinary.

And it was true. An Array Platform like this contained Primordial Power equivalent to over ten million units of Primordial Spirit Liquid. If dismantled and sold, its value could reach twenty or even thirty million units of Primordial Spirit Liquid!

Obtaining such an Array Platform would grant a fortune comparable to that of a Level Nine Martial King!

He couldn't help but get excited over such a treasure.

"Ahem, Senior Brother, I was the one who discovered this Array Platform first," Chu Qingyun said from the side.

At this point, he was also starting to feel a bit anxious.

Against a Level Seven Martial King, a Celestial King Level expert, he stood no chance in a direct confrontation.

Moreover, now that he had stopped bombarding it with Sword Intent, the milky-white light on the Array Platform was slowly beginning to recover. It was now impossible to take it by force!