Chapter 215: Counter-kill (1)

[A/N: We are just a few more golden tickets away from reaching another milestone!!]

Inside the Cave Dwelling, the lingering warmth had not yet fully dissipated. Chen Chuan held Ji Siyu, feeling the peace he had regained.

Outside the window, the artificial light from the pearls gradually brightened, signaling the arrival of a new day.

Chen Chuan gently stroked Ji Siyu’s smooth hair and whispered, "Si Yu, I need to leave the Holy Land today to handle some matters."

Hearing this, Ji Siyu’s delicate body snuggled closer in his arms. She raised her head, and a faint, hard-to-detect worry flashed in her cold, beautiful eyes.

But she didn’t ask much. She simply reached out her jade-like hand to straighten his slightly wrinkled collar and softly urged, "Be careful with everything. Come back early; I’ll wait for you."

She knew well that Chen Chuan carried secrets and had his own way of doing things; asking too many questions would be unbecoming.

This unreserved trust sent a warm current through Chen Chuan’s heart.

"Don’t worry, I’ll return as soon as I’m done. I won’t make you wait long."

Chen Chuan pressed a kiss onto her smooth forehead, his smile gentle.

A moment later, Ji Siyu tidied her appearance and went to find her Master, Mu Qingyu, for her daily cultivation.

Watching that beautiful figure disappear beyond the Cave Dwelling’s Restriction, the tenderness on Chen Chuan’s face slowly faded, replaced by a look of depth.

With a flash of his body, he transformed into an inconspicuous stream of light and quietly left the Taiyi Holy Land.

However, Chen Chuan did not know that his departure from the Holy Land had been caught by a pair of eyes filled with resentment.

Gu Chen was walking from the direction of the Pill Hall, his expression dark.

Ever since Chen Chuan appeared, his status in the Taiyi Holy Land had plummeted.

Humiliated in the Pill Hall competition, and with no hope of pursuing Ji Siyu.

He blamed all of this shame on Chen Chuan!

At this moment, seeing Chen Chuan leaving the Holy Land alone and secretively, Gu Chen was first stunned, but then an uncontrollable malice sprouted from the depths of his heart.

"A perfect opportunity!" Cold light flickered in Gu Chen’s eyes. "Inside the Holy Land, people protect you, and I cannot touch you. Now that you dare to go out alone, you are simply seeking your own death!"

His killing intent toward Chen Chuan had been building for a long time.

More importantly, he had long coveted the extraordinary Spirit Fire on Chen Chuan.

If he could seize it, his Alchemy skills would surely reach a higher level, and his cultivation could also improve because of it.

"An ant at the Spirit Transformation Realm First Level deserves to possess such a great treasure? It should be mine!"

Gu Chen sneered inwardly. No longer hesitating, he immediately suppressed his Aura and, like a ghost, silently followed Chen Chuan.

He calculated in his heart that as long as they were far enough from the Holy Land and found a deserted place, it would be Chen Chuan’s time to die.

With his Saint Realm cultivation, crushing a Spirit Transformation Realm was no more difficult than crushing an ant.

Leaving the range of the Taiyi Holy Land, Chen Chuan did not rush at full speed but flew at a leisurely pace.

Soon, his eyebrows twitched slightly as he quietly activated the Eye of Wisdom, and an invisible insight swept backward.

"Oh? There really is a tail." Chen Chuan sneered inwardly. "This Gu Chen really has designs on me."

Through the feedback from the Eye of Wisdom, he clearly saw Gu Chen’s supposedly hidden figure following him, as well as the undisguised killing intent and greed for the Spirit Fire on the other man.

"I intended to deal with this later, but since you’ve come to my door and harbor ill intentions, you can’t blame me." A sharp look flashed in Chen Chuan’s eyes. "I happen to need your Ice Heart Cold Flame as well."

After Fusion of four types of Spirit Fire, he could feel that the power of the Fire Lotus was already terrifying. If he obtained one more, the Fusion of five types of Spirit Fire would surely undergo a qualitative leap in power.

This Gu Chen was practically delivering himself to his door!

In a flash of thought, Chen Chuan had already made a decision.

Without showing any sign, he deliberately adjusted his direction and flew toward a deserted, mountainous abandoned range in his memory.

The Spiritual Qi there was thin, and Cultivators rarely set foot there, making it a perfect place for murder and robbery.

Seeing Chen Chuan flying toward such a remote place, Gu Chen had no suspicions and was instead overjoyed: "Heaven is helping me! This kid is walking to his own death!"

He increased his speed and followed closely.

Entering deep into the abandoned mountain range, the surroundings were dead silent, with only the wailing mountain wind blowing across the bare stone walls.

Chen Chuan stopped on a relatively open rocky beach, standing with his hands behind his back as if admiring the desolate scenery.

Just then, a figure arrived like a bolt of lightning, suddenly landing and blocking Chen Chuan’s path. It was Gu Chen.

"Junior Brother Chen, what a coincidence to meet you here."

Gu Chen had a playful smile on his face, his gaze like a cat looking at a mouse under its claws.

Chen Chuan turned around, his face showing the appropriate amount of surprise and panic: "Senior... Senior Brother Gu? Why are you here?"

Seeing Chen Chuan’s frightened appearance, the pleasure in Gu Chen’s heart grew even stronger, and he laughed loudly: "What? Is Junior Brother Chen surprised?"

Chen Chuan shrank back, his voice trembling: "Senior... Senior Brother Gu, don’t... don’t laugh like that. It’s... it’s scary."

"Scary?" Gu Chen’s smile vanished, his gaze instantly becoming bone-chillingly cold as his killing intent erupted without reservation.

His Saint Realm pressure surged toward Chen Chuan like a tide: "This is scary? The scarier part is yet to come. Chen Chuan, today is your death day. If I don’t kill you, it will be hard to dispel the hatred in my heart."

"You... you’re a sore loser!" Chen Chuan pointed at Gu Chen and cursed in frustration: "With a Saint cultivation, you’re actually making a move against a Spirit Transformation Realm like me. Have you no shame?"

"Shame?" Gu Chen sneered, approaching step by step:

"The winner takes all; a dead Genius is no longer a Genius! Once I kill you and seize your Spirit Fire, who will know what happened today?"

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being reckless and offending me."

He thought he had the victory in his grasp, enjoying the fear and struggle of his prey before death.

However, at the moment he was about to strike, all the fear and panic on Chen Chuan’s face instantly vanished, replaced by a cold calm and a faint mockery.

"What a coincidence!" Chen Chuan spoke slowly, his voice so steady it was chilling. "I also took a liking to your Ice Heart Cold Flame. Since you’ve brought it to me, I’ll accept it with a smile."

Gu Chen was stunned, then as if hearing the biggest joke in the world, he spoke with utter disdain:

"What arrogance! You dare to speak such big words when death is at your door! A Spirit Transformation Realm defeating a Saint? You’re dreaming. Now, die!"

He stopped talking, and the Spiritual Power in his body erupted. The powerful Aura of the Saint Realm swept in all directions, stirring the clouds.