Chapter 138 - 95: When You Let Me Get This Close, You Are Already Dead

Chapter 138: Chapter 95: When You Let Me Get This Close, You Are Already Dead

As the words fell, the four Foundation Establishment Stage Corpse Dragons lunged viciously at Lu Chen.

Facing this ferocious attack, Lu Chen finally made his move.

BANG!

He leaped into the air, activating his Cyan Lotus Pupil.

While staring at the few Lotus Marks on the Corpse Dragons, he triggered the special Superpower he had previously Copied from the Gold-devouring Ant-man: Hundred Battles Body.

[Special Superpower: Hundred Battles Body]

[Effect: Upon activation, significantly enhances physical attributes. Allows the user to store 25% of all received damage within the body and unleash it all at once.]

With the Hundred Battles Body, Lu Chen’s physique was still far inferior to the Corpse Dragons, whose strength rivaled the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Stage. However, he could now match an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage Body Cultivator.

And that alone... was enough.

ROAR!

One of the Corpse Dragons opened its gaping maw and snapped directly at Lu Chen.

The rancid stench of rot and its razor-sharp teeth were all clearly captured in his vision. He focused entirely on the creature. Once it entered his range, he threw a fierce punch right at the Lotus Mark on its head.

A punch... to shake a thousand mountains!

A massive illusory mountain abruptly materialized around Lu Chen. Immediately after, the Corpse Dragon’s movements slowed drastically, as if an actual mountain was crushing it down. It was so sluggish that it couldn’t even attempt to dodge Lu Chen’s fist.

BANG!

Lu Chen’s punch struck the Lotus Mark right between the Corpse Dragon’s brows. A terrifying fist aura instantly surged from that point, spreading throughout the creature’s entire body.

CRACK CRACK CRACK...

As if the Corpse Dragon had swallowed a string of firecrackers, an endless series of bone-shattering explosions echoed from within its body. In the next second, the creature violently burst apart, turning into a rain of flesh and blood.

Pang Xiao, who was shouldering the Dragon-locking Golden Tripod, instantly felt the burden on his shoulders lighten, slowing the Golden Tripod’s descent.

However, although Lu Chen’s punch yielded great results, there were still four Corpse Dragons in total! At the exact moment he blew up the first one, the remaining three launched their attacks on him.

At this point, he had virtually no room to dodge. After all, his speed was originally far slower than these monsters.

SQUELCH!

Although Lu Chen managed to evade two of the Corpse Dragons at the last possible moment, the third one bit his left leg clean off at the thigh.

If his evasion had been just a fraction slower, he wouldn’t have just lost a leg—he would have lost his entire lower body!

Naturally, losing his left leg had a massive impact on him. Fortunately, he had expected this. He knew that defeating this Little Golden Dragon would require a heavy price. Therefore, even after losing a limb, he seized the opportunity to blast a punch at the nearest Corpse Dragon!

Thanks to the enhancement of the Cyan Lotus Pupil, the Corpse Dragon’s speed appeared significantly slower in Lu Chen’s eyes, allowing him to strike the Lotus Mark on its head with unerring accuracy. The attribute boost from the Hundred Battles Body, the targeted weak point of the Lotus Mark, and the terrifying force of the Mountain-Shaking Fist combined... causing the second Corpse Dragon to explode into pieces in a split second.

But for this punch, Lu Chen paid a price yet again.

Missing a leg disrupted his execution of the Flowing Cloud Step, preventing him from dodging the remaining two Corpse Dragons. One clamped its jaws onto his left arm, while the other bit into his right leg.

SNAP!

Making a ruthless sacrifice, Lu Chen shattered his own left arm and right leg using internal force on the spot to break free. As he fell, he blasted a punch squarely onto the head of the Corpse Dragon below him.

BANG!

The phantom image of a massive mountain crashed down onto the creature’s head, causing its body to violently rupture. Amidst the raining shower of flesh and blood, Lu Chen’s body plummeted heavily to the ground.

Watching Lu Chen willingly trade both legs and an arm just to destroy three of its Corpse Dragons, the Little Golden Dragon on the Dragon-locking Golden Tripod fell silent.

It looked at Lu Chen, who lay pale on the ground from massive blood loss, and couldn’t help but speak. "Kid, why go to such lengths?

"Even if you win, so what? All I lose is a hundred years of freedom, but what you lose... is your precious life.

"Are all you Cultivators of the Cyan Cloud Sect this reckless with your lives?

"This is a world that even Immortals and Buddhas couldn’t protect, yet you fools throw yourselves into the fray one after another, desperately trying to save it.

"The Cyan Sect on earth was like this, and the Cloud Sect up in the Thirty-Three Heavens was the same. Do you really believe in that bullshit reincarnation theory?

"You should know that in the past ten thousand years, I’ve never seen any sort of Underworld. If I haven’t seen it, what makes you think you will?

"Wake up. Aside from a few Great Powers with extraordinary Divine Techniques, when most people die... they are truly dead!

"So, just go back. Seeing how hard you’ve tried, I won’t kill you this time. Besides, the corpse poison has already invaded your body. You don’t have long to live anyway."

Lying on the ground, Lu Chen took a deep breath. Using his sole remaining right arm, he propped himself up, sitting in a puddle of foul blood.

He looked up at the Little Golden Dragon on the Dragon-locking Golden Tripod just five steps away and said calmly, "I never said I was doing this to protect the world..."

"Hmm?"

The Little Golden Dragon gave Lu Chen a surprised look. Perhaps feeling that it was already in an invincible position, it decided to seriously listen to what Lu Chen had to say. After all, it had barely spoken to anyone in the past ten thousand years. Only in the last millennium had it been able to occasionally exchange a few words with Pang Xiao, a man of few words.

"Then why are you risking your life like this, kid?"

Lu Chen looked at it. After a moment of silence, he spat out two words.

"For revenge."

"Revenge? Do we have a grudge?"

The Little Golden Dragon’s face was filled with question marks. It knew very well that this was its first time meeting Lu Chen.

They had never even seen each other before, so what revenge was he talking about? Could a grudge just materialize out of thin air?

Lu Chen naturally wouldn’t tell the Little Golden Dragon how it had mercilessly swatted him to death with just a few claw strikes the first time they met. As a man who held grudges, even though every resurrection inside the Dungeon counted as a fresh start, Lu Chen would never forget how the Little Golden Dragon had initially killed him.

Therefore, not only was there a grudge between them, but it was a deep-seated blood feud!

He had thrown a million punches just to avenge that one claw strike. And right now, he was not far from achieving that goal.

Looking at the bewildered Little Golden Dragon, Lu Chen said abruptly, "Five steps..."

"What about five steps?"

"...The moment you let me get within five steps of you, you were already dead."

"???"

The Little Golden Dragon stared at Lu Chen in utter confusion, having no idea what he was talking about again.

So what if it was five steps? You don’t even have legs anymore. Are you going to crawl over with one hand and beat me to death?

What a joke!

But soon enough, the Little Golden Dragon could no longer laugh. Because behind Lu Chen, an Outer Path Incarnation suddenly appeared. Meanwhile, a black longsword materialized in Lu Chen’s own hand.

Immediately after, both the man and his clone assumed a stance that struck absolute terror into the Little Golden Dragon’s heart.

"Five steps... is enough."

As the words fell, Lu Chen and his clone swung their swords simultaneously.

The chilling gleam of the Outer Path One Sword instantly slashed through the Little Golden Dragon’s true body and the Corpse Dragon beside it...

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