Chapter 796 - 362: Crown of the People, The Frustrated Wu Zhe

The monster’s aura was terrifying, far exceeding the Golden Core Limit.

Xiao Yuan and the others looked at each other, their eyes filled with lingering fear and relief.

"Thank goodness we surrendered. Otherwise, we’d be dead for sure."

"That Lin Fan doesn’t know what’s good for him. We kindly tried to persuade him, but he refused to listen. There’s no escaping death for him today!"

In their eyes, Li Chang’an likely couldn’t even withstand the first blow.

However, what happened next made them all widen their eyes in disbelief.

The seemingly ferocious monster failed to hit Li Chang’an, crashing headfirst into the golden stone wall beside him instead.

"BOOM!"

A loud crash rang out.

The monster instantly shattered, turning into a wisp of black smoke.

’What’s going on?’

Wu Zhe’s expression darkened. He had actually missed!

He was a powerful cultivator with vast experience in Magical Combat. He had fought countless Holy Sons and Saintesses, but nothing like this had ever happened before.

Behind him, Xiao Yuan and the others exchanged glances, finding the scene unbelievable.

’He’s the esteemed Saint Child of the Nether Soul Sect, not some three-year-old child. How could he possibly miss?’

Then, a series of even more incomprehensible events unfolded.

Wu Zhe’s Magical Power surged around him, his aura blazing as he unleashed more than ten Magic techniques in quick succession. But not a single one hit Li Chang’an!

Li Chang’an just stood there, using no defensive Treasures, not even casting a single Magic technique.

’Something’s wrong with this place!’

With a flicker, Wu Zhe immediately fell back, trying to exit the secret chamber.

However, Li Chang’an had already sealed the entrance to the secret chamber.

Retracing his steps, he failed to exit and instead slammed hard into a solid stone wall.

"Lin Fan, are you behind this?"

Wu Zhe’s expression was grim as he stared intently at Li Chang’an.

"Did you really think a mere secret chamber could trap me?"

Without the slightest hesitation, he sent his Divine Sense into his Storage Pouch, planning to use his Tier Four Card and forcibly break out of this place with Tier Four Power.

’According to the records, the strongest expert in the old Chu Country was merely a Nascent Soul.’

’The power of this place is equivalent to Tier Four at best. After being weakened over countless years, it should be possible to break through.’

However, Wu Zhe suddenly froze.

His Storage Pouch had vanished without a trace!

"Looking for this?"

Li Chang’an produced the man’s Storage Pouch and swept his Divine Sense inside.

Soon, he found his target.

The Purple Heart Stone!

The stone was completely purple and resembled a heart.

With a mere thought, he took it out and tossed it into his own Storage Pouch.

The Storage Pouch also contained many High Tier Treasures, the highest-Tier item among them being, of course, the skull wreathed in the Ten Thousand Souls Fire.

It was the card his master, the Ten Thousand Souls True Monarch, had bestowed upon him—an item of astonishing power.

Years ago, Gu Yunqi had died to that same Ten Thousand Souls Fire.

’Unfortunately, this skull, along with most of the High Tier Treasures, bears the brand of a Nascent Soul Powerhouse.’

To prevent any mishaps, Li Chang’an didn’t touch these Treasures.

He only took some useful Low Tier Treasures and made copies of all the Cultivation Techniques and Magic techniques within.

Furthermore, there were over five million Souls, which he took as well.

’As expected of the Nether Soul Sect’s Saint Child. He certainly has a lot of Souls.’

A smile touched Li Chang’an’s lips. As it happened, he was in short supply of Souls.

Wu Zhe’s expression, on the other hand, was unbelievably foul.

This battle today... from the very beginning, nearly every development had been beyond his expectations.

"Who exactly are you?"

Wu Zhe demanded, refusing to believe Li Chang’an was just some Mountain Wanderer Cultivator.

Even the top Saint Children from Righteous Sects like the Purple Mist Sect and the Yellow Sand Sect were far inferior to this man.

Beside him, the expressions on Xiao Yuan and the others were just as grim.

The situation had developed in a way that was the complete opposite of what they had expected.

’Something’s wrong. Wu Zhe seems to be no match for that Lin Fan. What should we do now?’

’Should we have really sided with the Demon Sect?’

"..."

They exchanged glances, their eyes flickering with regret and anxiety.

If they had known Li Chang’an was this powerful, they would have stood firm on the side of the Righteous Dao and helped him vanquish this demon.

Now, they could only hope that Wu Zhe still had a card up his sleeve to get them out of this place.

But they were clearly destined for disappointment.

Spiritual Light flickered in Li Chang’an’s hand as Quasi-Tier Four Treasure Swords appeared one after another.

An instant later, a full eighty-one Quasi-Tier Four Wood Element Treasure Swords were circling around him, forming an astonishingly powerful Sword Array.

These were Treasure Swords he had casually refined in his spare time, and the power contained within each one surpassed the Golden Core Limit.

Sensing this terrifying power, Wu Zhe’s expression changed drastically. He asked in disbelief, "The Great Five Elements Yin Yang Sword Formation! Can it be that you are one of the reawakened from the Nine Great Immortal Sects?"

"You’re quite knowledgeable."

Li Chang’an didn’t answer, merely giving a casual wave of his hand.

"Go!"

The Sword Array shot forward, transforming into an unstoppable beam of sword light.

Knowing he couldn’t take the hit head-on, Wu Zhe immediately transformed into a ghostly shadow and shifted away, reappearing in another part of the secret chamber in the blink of an eye.

But the moment he materialized, the Sword Array was already upon him!

"BOOM!"

Wu Zhe’s entire body shuddered violently as alarming cracks suddenly spiderwebbed across a Treasure floating in front of him.

After that, no matter how he dodged, he always managed to run right into the Sword Array!

It was as if Li Chang’an could predict the future, knowing in advance exactly where he would dodge.

Before long, he had been bombarded by the Sword Array dozens of times, the Treasures protecting him shattering one after another.

"How can this be!"

Wu Zhe roared, his voice filled with both fury and indignation.

The Magic techniques and Treasures he launched always veered off course, making it impossible to hit Li Chang’an.

Yet Li Chang’an’s Sword Array managed to collide with him every single time.

At this point, he was nothing more than a sitting duck.

In the blink of an eye, the Treasures protecting his body were almost completely shattered, with barely any left.

After being struck by the Sword Array yet again, his final Treasure shattered. He was sent flying backward, slamming heavily into the stone wall and spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

"I understand now..."

His expression was bleak as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"The reason I can’t dodge your attacks, and why my own can’t hit you... it’s because of the Heaven and Earth Shifting Technique. You’re actually a Tier Four Divination Grandmaster!"