Chapter 148 - 100: Black Lotus Descends, Demon Fiends Siege the City

Chapter 148: Chapter 100: Black Lotus Descends, Demon Fiends Siege the City

"Ugh... what happened?"

Lu Chen rubbed his slightly dizzy head and sat up.

When in doubt, check the interface. He knew the game interface would explain anything he didn’t understand! Almost instinctively, he snatched up his phone lying nearby. But as he read the messages that had scrolled across the game interface before he lost consciousness, his expression turned unprecedentedly grave.

Ancient Immortal... Dao Seed?

Staring at the black vortex icon next to the Dungeon icon on the screen, Lu Chen’s mind raced. Logically, as an orthodox Cultivator, he shouldn’t have any connection with the Ancient Immortals. After all, his only apparent encounters with them had been across his three game Dungeons.

However, his game Dungeon character not only featured infinite resurrection but also recorded every special situation he encountered. Therefore, if he had come into contact with this Ancient Immortal Dao Seed within a Dungeon, he should have noticed it on the interface long ago. It was impossible for him to be completely unaware of it until his awakening today.

As for whether he had accidentally come into contact with this Ancient Immortal Dao Seed in the Cyan Cloud Sect, Lu Chen thought it was highly unlikely. After all, when he first entered the Sect, he was just a lowly handyman. Later, upon becoming a disciple of Danyang Peak, he spent the vast majority of his time in Seclusion within his cave dwelling.

The only people he had contact with were his master, Spirit Fire Taoist Jing Gong, and his senior brother, Ji Chang. He had already learned about the lives of these two in his subsequent Dungeon experiences.

Although Jing Gong had left Danyang Peak with the vast majority of his disciples due to special circumstances, his Life Token remained within the Sect, proving that the Cyan Cloud Sect still recognized him as the former Protector of Danyang Peak. It was highly improbable that he had left the Sect because he colluded with the Ancient Immortals.

As for his senior brother Ji Chang, there was even less need to mention him. Given the Cyan Cloud Sect’s later stance of fighting the Sinisters to the bitter end even at the cost of annihilation, if Ji Chang was genuinely involved with the Ancient Immortals, there was absolutely no way he could have become the Peak Master of Danyang Peak later on.

"So, this Ancient Immortal Dao Seed... is the special fruit I ate when I first crossed over ten years ago?"

The more he thought about it, the more Lu Chen felt this speculation was highly probable. Moreover, he believed the reason he hadn’t noticed the Dao Seed’s influence on him for so many years was likely because the power system of the Ancient Immortals was completely different from the Cultivation system. This fundamental difference made it incredibly difficult for him to detect the existence of the Ancient Immortal Dao Seed within his body using Cultivation methods.

Aside from figuring out how he obtained the Ancient Immortal Dao Seed, Lu Chen also recalled the recent movements of the Black Lotus Sect within the city. "Could they... be looking for me?"

At this thought, Lu Chen’s face instantly grew grim. If this was true, then First High School might no longer be safe. Who knew if the commotion he had just caused had already attracted the Black Lotus Sect’s attention?

Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately took out his phone, intending to explain the situation to Yu Tianqi. After all, with two Golden Core Stage cultivators present, he felt the Black Lotus Sect wouldn’t be able to do much to him.

But when he saw the "No Signal" display on his phone, Lu Chen abruptly stood up. How could there be no cell signal on the First High School campus?

Something must have happened outside!

Stepping out of the Cultivation Chamber, his eyes were immediately met with a blood-red sky hanging over First High School. Appearing alongside that crimson sky was the School Protection Array, triggered for only the second time in the five hundred years since the school was founded.

One must know that the last time this Grand Array at Luocheng’s First High School was triggered was during the Black Lotus Chaos ten years ago. And now, this Grand Array was activated once more.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen’s pupils transformed into the shape of lotuses as he gazed into the distance at the blood-red sky continuously spreading toward the campus. Spotting a few silhouettes in the sky, he muttered in a low voice, "...They’re here."

At the same time, an old man in the back mountain of First High School suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward the bloody sky outside the campus. "...Causing trouble on my turf. Do they really think I don’t exist?"

A Compass suddenly materialized in the hand of First High School’s principal, Meng Chuanping. In the next second, an invisible Array further fortified the School Protection Array of First High School.

Ten minutes ago, in a public hospital in the West City District.

"He has appeared! The Saint Heir has finally appeared! Hahaha!" A doctor performing surgery on a patient suddenly stood up and cheered excitedly.

Seeing his bizarre action, the medical staff next to him looked over in confusion. "Dr. Chen, you..."

Before the staff member could finish speaking, Dr. Chen, his face still covered by a surgical mask, casually waved his hand. In the next second, the body of the medical worker who had questioned him began to rapidly swell, abruptly exploding like an overinflated balloon.

BANG!

Dripping blood and shattered flesh instantly coated the entire operating room, terrifying the others inside into a stupor.

After an unknown amount of time, they finally snapped back to their senses. The sheer instinct for survival drove them to fiercely dash toward the door, desperate to get as far away from this bizarre male doctor as possible.

But before they could even reach the door, they felt a sickening wrongness erupt within their bodies. They desperately clutched their throats with both hands, staring hopelessly toward the exit.

BANG!

When the sound of explosions finally ceased, the originally noisy operating room fell into a deathly silence. That bizarre Dr. Chen walked straight out of the room, smiling pleasantly as he headed toward the others in the hallway.

A moment later, horrific screams began echoing throughout the entire hospital as countless ferocious centipedes suddenly swarmed from all directions, mercilessly attacking every living thing inside the building.