Chapter 338: Bitch

Chen Yuan wasn’t sure what Han Chang was planning.

But since Han Chang was attacking the Candle Dragon as expected, Chen Yuan couldn’t afford to hold the team back.

Forming a hand seal, Chen Yuan pushed the Qi and Blood Power throughout his body to its absolute limit.

The next moment, Chen Yuan drew his bow and nocked an arrow. He poured the supremely powerful Nether Blood Fiend Power into the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow, and the bolt began to condense with terrifying strength.

The pitch-black shaft of the arrow erupted with terrifying power fluctuations in Chen Yuan’s grasp. Even the hand holding it was trembling, and the flesh on his arm began to split, revealing fine cracks.

The true potential of the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow was extremely high. Before, Chen Yuan could use it at will, but that was only its most basic form—using his own power to condense a prototype of the arrow that could pierce the Ninefold Hell.

Its power was great, but it was nowhere near its limit.

But now, with three Seven Kills Stele Fragments under his control and possessing the Nether Blood Fiend which contained the ultimate intent of death, Chen Yuan could finally push the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow to the next level.

Arrow pierces the Nine Prisons, a relentless advance toward death!

Though the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow could pierce the Ninefold Hell which presided over death, its essence was the sliver of hope from Mulan’s quest to save his mother. The core of this Cultivation Technique was, in fact, the supreme power born from the transformation between life and death.

With a deafening, explosive ROAR, the black arrow pierced through the vision of the Ninefold Hell and shot toward the Candle Dragon!

At that moment, Han Chang’s Ten Thousand Demons Return to Origin Sword reached the Candle Dragon, its Demonic Qi aimed straight at the old man on the creature’s forehead.

But just as the Demon Sword was about to land, the Candle Dragon suddenly opened its eyes.

A pair of murky, yellow vertical pupils opened. In that instant, a myriad of golden rays burst forth, and an intensely scorching power erupted, instantly annihilating the Demonic Qi on Han Chang’s sword!

Even Han Chang was sent flying by this force, his face instantly turning deathly pale.

But in the same instant Han Chang was blown away, Chen Yuan’s Jail-Piercing Arrow arrived before the Candle Dragon’s face.

Its immense power tore through the Ninefold Hell, the pitch-black arrow wreathed in a deathly intent so strong it was almost tangible.

The power of this arrow forced the old man on the Candle Dragon’s forehead to snap his eyes open.

Just as the old man opened his eyes, the Candle Dragon abruptly slammed its own shut. Instantly, an endless blizzard of ice swept out from before it.

But Chen Yuan’s arrow was too fast, and the Candle Dragon’s eyes were simply too large.

In the split second before its eyelids could fully close, the arrow’s power shattered the ice storm and pierced straight through one of its eyeballs!

The Candle Dragon threw its head back and roared in fury. The old man on its forehead clutched his own eyes and let out a piercing shriek of agony.

“Close the array!”

Qingchen yelled, forming a hand seal. Cui Xuanye also channeled his Inner Strength with all his might, and they began to constrict the Array.

The power of the Celestial Profound Nine Extremes Trapping Dragon Array was instantly pushed to its limit. Nine beams of divine light converged, erupting with a supreme force that crushed down upon the Candle Dragon, making it howl in agony.

From behind, Luo Lie and the others also began their frenzied assault on the Candle Dragon. Chen Yuan and Han Chang struck simultaneously, hacking wildly at the beast with the Red Lotus Sin-Slaying Saber and the Ten Thousand Demons Return to Origin Sword.

The old man on the Candle Dragon’s forehead was the last Sect Leader of the Endless Immortal Palace’s Beast Taming Hall. He had used a Secret Technique to fuse himself with the body of an Exotic Beast, hoping to evolve into an Ancient Candle Dragon.

Although he had only managed to create a pseudo-Candle Dragon, at its peak it had still mastered many Secret Techniques, making it far too powerful for a group of juniors like Chen Yuan to handle.

But ten thousand years had passed. The Candle Dragon’s body had been sealed all this time, and its power had become incredibly weak. Furthermore, judging by his state, the Beast Taming Hall Sect Leader’s consciousness had been worn away, leaving only primal, bestial instincts. He had long forgotten his Secret Techniques and could only fight on instinct, which was the only reason the group had managed to suppress him.

The Array continued to tighten, and the group’s assault grew even more ferocious.

Han Chang, in particular, was attacking the Candle Dragon with absolutely no regard for his own energy consumption.

Just then, Han Chang suddenly transformed into a demonic shadow and charged toward the Candle Dragon at incredible speed.

“Han Chang! What are you doing!?”

Ming Chong roared in fury.

The Celestial Profound Nine Extremes Trapping Dragon Array already had the Candle Dragon completely locked down. All they needed to do was bombard it with True Qi from a distance to wear it down and kill it.

But Han Chang had suddenly charged in close. What if he interfered with the Array? Wouldn’t that let the creature escape?

The others hadn’t expected Han Chang to pull a stunt like this either, especially Qingchen and Cui Xuanye, who were controlling the Array.

The Array required two people to operate. Qingchen could react, but without Cui Xuanye acting in sync, he couldn’t control the Array by himself.

In a flash, Han Chang tore a slit in the Array from the outside. At the same time, his Demon Sword thrust toward the Beast Taming Hall Sect Leader’s head—not to sever it, but to dig out the iridescent, seven-colored pearl embedded in his forehead.

No one present knew what the pearl was, but it was embedded in the Beast Taming Hall Sect Leader’s forehead, and Han Chang was launching a sneak attack to seize it. Even an idiot could tell it was no ordinary item.

Everyone immediately started cursing Han Chang, but they were powerless to stop him and could only watch as he moved to gouge out the pearl.

But just then, Chen Yuan swiftly drew his bow and nocked an arrow. Though fired second, his Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow arrived first, speeding straight for the Demon Sword in Han Chang’s hand.

This wasn’t a Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow fired with the full Power of Life and Death, but even a standard one was incredibly potent. It directly blasted Han Chang’s sword away.

The others might not have noticed, but Chen Yuan had been keeping a close eye on Han Chang the entire time. He’d felt something was off, and now his suspicions were confirmed.

He had been after the pearl on the Beast Taming Hall Sect Leader’s head from the very beginning.

But just as Han Chang was sent flying, a strange smile touched the corner of his mouth.

Mei Niang, who had been by his side the whole time, had somehow appeared beneath the Candle Dragon. A red silk thread shot from her hand, catching the Demon Sword that had been knocked from Han Chang’s grasp. She controlled it remotely, swinging it at the Beast Taming Hall Sect Leader’s forehead and instantly gouging out the iridescent pearl.

The red thread wrapped around the pearl as Han Chang and Mei Niang rapidly retreated.

Without the pearl, the Candle Dragon let out a furious roar. Its aura rapidly decayed, and the Qi Blood in its massive body began to dissipate at an alarming rate.

It wasn’t just the Candle Dragon that was affected; every Exotic Beast within the Beast Taming Hall began to tremble, their bodies starting to crack and fall apart.

Even the very space containing the Beast Taming Hall began to collapse and splinter. The protective array that had shielded Cui Xuanye and the others started to explode.

Only then did everyone realize: that pearl wasn’t just the core of the Candle Dragon, it was the core of the entire Beast Taming Hall!

The so-called Candle Dragon created by the Beast Taming Hall’s Sect Leader wasn’t just a facade or a half-finished product—it was a complete and utter failure!

The pearl was its power core. Only within the Beast Taming Hall, which was built around this pearl, could these Exotic Beasts and the Candle Dragon survive.

The moment they left this space, their bodies would completely disintegrate.

Now that Han Chang’s surprise attack had removed the pearl, the entire Beast Taming Hall was disintegrating. The group scrambled toward the edges of the collapsing space.

“I knew it! You can’t trust those Demon Dao scoundrels!”

Ming Chong ground his teeth in hatred.

Qingchen said gravely, “This is no time for that. Without its power core, the Beast Taming Hall is collapsing. Let’s retreat to the edge and find a way into another part of the Endless Immortal Palace.”

They were too far from the entrance; there was no way to leave through it now.

Their only option was to flee toward the edges of the Beast Taming Hall, where the shattered Array had revealed spatial passages leading to other chambers within the Endless Immortal Palace.

Before they fled, however, many turned to shout curses at Han Chang.

But Han Chang just turned back and laughed smugly. “Without me, could you have dealt with this monster so quickly? Consider this Life Transformation Pearl my payment for helping out!”

As his voice faded, Han Chang turned to Mei Niang and smiled. “Good girl, Mei Niang. Give me the pearl. Let’s get out of here.”

But who would have expected it? Mei Niang gave Han Chang a seductive smile. The silk thread in her hand was still wrapped around the Life Transformation Pearl, but instead of handing it over, she tucked it into her robes and quickly put some distance between them.

“My dear sir, I’ve kept you company for so long. Consider this Life Transformation Pearl my payment. We’ll meet again, if fate allows.”

With that, Mei Niang’s figure transformed into a streak of red light and shot into a spatial passage in another direction.

The space in front of Han Chang was also collapsing, cutting them off from each other. Even if he wanted to give chase, he couldn’t.

“You bitch! You dare to trick me!?”

Han Chang’s face was a mask of disbelief. He couldn’t believe he had been played by a woman.

Most importantly, this woman had been utterly subservient to him the entire journey, obeying his every word.

And after all the time they had been… intimately acquainted, he had never once realized she was hiding her true strength!

Losing the Life Transformation Pearl meant losing a Secret Treasure, but what Han Chang felt now was the sting of utter humiliation at this woman’s hands.

Especially when he remembered he’d even made an enemy of Chen Jiutian for her sake. For a moment, Han Chang felt like a complete and utter fool.

Ming Chong sneered, “You reap what you sow!”

With that, Ming Chong turned and stepped into a spatial passage.

Han Chang gritted his teeth, but he had no choice but to enter another spatial passage to escape the collapsing dimension.

Chen Yuan, however, was watching Mei Niang’s retreating figure with a slight frown.

‘That sudden burst of power she displayed… it feels familiar,’ he thought. ‘I’ve definitely crossed paths with this woman before.’

But there was no time to ponder it. The space within the Beast Taming Hall was now collapsing right in front of them.

“The space within the Endless Immortal Palace is completely chaotic now,” Chen Yuan warned the others. “There’s no telling what’s on the other side of these passages, or if we’ll even end up together. Above all, be careful.”

After giving his warning, Chen Yuan stepped directly into a nearby passage.

The world spun in an instant. After a disorienting sensation of spatial transfer, Chen Yuan landed with a crash. Below him was a pool of water.

He surfaced and looked around, only to find himself in the middle of a dense, primeval forest!