Chapter 290

Chapter 290: Foundation Establishment Succeeded

Facing the treasure, Zhou Chang An had no fear at all.

He swung his sword, stirring up a large amount of sword light, and sharp sword energy surged from all directions, attacking the opponent.

With the boost from the Explosive Spirit Potion, he unleashed extremely terrifying power.

But in front of that man, these forces were completely futile like an ant trying to shake a tree.

With a smirk on his lips, he channeled spiritual energy into the treasure.

As the treasure was activated, dazzling golden light radiated out, and a grand and heavy aura spread.

A golden mountain suddenly appeared before Zhou Chang An, carrying an indescribable power, awe-inspiring to behold.

Instead of retreating, Zhou Chang An advanced. He had to block the opponent’s attack to buy time for his kin behind him to withdraw.

When he saw someone betraying them and secretly helping the Lu Family to appear here, he realized that the spiritual mine could not be defended tonight.

In this situation, fighting for escape time was what he, as the eldest brother, had to do.

The overwhelming sword energy couldn’t shake the golden mountain at all. Hardening his heart, Zhou Chang An gathered all his spiritual energy and unleashed a brilliant, endless sword light.

Bang——

With the power of the ninth level of Qi Refinement, the golden light smashed onto the sword energy, surprisingly leaving a shallow sword scar.

The Lu Family cultivator was greatly shocked, never expecting this guy to have some skill.

He manipulated the golden mountain and smashed it down.

The overwhelming might dispersed outward, pressing down on Zhou Chang An until he couldn’t breathe.

He faced the challenge head-on, enduring the power of the treasure, and charged directly at the man.

As long as he killed the opponent, the source of the treasure’s power would dissipate.

But how could the other side give him such an opportunity?

The man, holding a large blade, flashed out and engaged in battle with him.

……

On the other side, Xu Changsheng watched as countless cultivators from the Lu Family emerged from the gap in the array, and Zhou Chang Le struggling alone.

He urgently sent a mental message: "Chang Le, withdraw immediately, we go to Jiang City."

Zhou Chang Le had a look of unwillingness, but by then, there was no turning back, so he fought his way through and came to his side.

"What about the other brothers?" Zhou Chang Le asked in a low voice.

Just then, spiritual light rippled not far away; others were also rushing over here.

Xu Changsheng exchanged a glance with him and immediately charged over.

A moment later, the two groups successfully gathered.

"Third Sister, where is Big Brother?" Seeing that Zhou Chang An wasn’t there, Zhou Chang Le quickly asked.

Third Sister Zhou Shi Yi immediately gave a brief account of the matter.

"How could Big Brother resist the treasure? No, I have to go support him."

After listening, Zhou Chang Le immediately said.

"Together, we have to abandon this spiritual mine. We take him and leave directly," Xu Changsheng added.

Immediately, a group of people headed towards Zhou Chang An’s direction.

Boom——

Before getting close, they saw a large patch of golden light and intense power fluctuations surging in the distance.

Rocks flew and trees were shattered.

Their hearts tightened, and they quickly sped up.

Then, they arrived at a scorched black ground, with over a dozen corpses lying on it. At first sight, they saw Zhou Chang An lying beside, his aura feeble.

"Brother!"

Zhou Chang Le shouted first, and the others also showed anxious expressions as they came to his side.

At this moment, Zhou Chang An was at death’s door, his breath exhausted. The most fatal thing was that his meridians were shattered all over, and even his Qi sea was blasted apart, beyond saving.

Zhou Chang Le scooped him up at once, his eyes reddening. "Brother."

Zhou Chang An tremulously opened his eyelids, his gaze dim. He moved his lips slightly.

"Chang Le, tell… Father… I won’t be going back…"

In the next moment, his last breath completely dispersed, and he lost vitality.

Everyone present looked sorrowful, their eyes red, and they clenched their fists tightly.

"I’m going to kill these Lu Family bastards to avenge Brother." Zhou Chang Le held the top-grade magical artifact and was about to charge towards the Lu Family cultivators who were rushing here.

Xu Changsheng grabbed him tightly. "Chang Le, don’t act recklessly. Do you want to cause more deaths? Let’s leave quickly."

Seeing Zhou Chang An die before him, he was equally heartbroken. But reason told him that if they didn’t leave now, they would all end up trapped here.

Tears streaming down, Zhou Chang Le knew he was right. He could only take out the long-prepared flying shuttle and said sternly, "Let’s go. We will avenge Brother in the future!"

…

At Qinyuan Immortal City, somewhere in the core district’s cave residence.

Zhou Luo was at the final stage of Foundation Establishment.

The spiritual energy in his Qi sea was continuously condensing into liquid magical power.

The resulting spiritual energy fluctuations also made cultivators in the surrounding cave residences notice something abnormal.

"Someone is tackling Foundation Establishment, and they’re about to succeed."

As the heaven and earth’s spiritual energy converged towards one spot, and the aura emanating from within, they couldn’t help but feel surprised.

Most cultivators in the core district were there to attempt Foundation Establishment, but ultimately, only a few succeeded.

Now, a strong cultivator who had succeeded in Foundation Establishment was about to appear.

Two hours later, above a cave residence, the heaven and earth’s spiritual energy suddenly began to gather frantically, even forming a vortex. In that vortex, there was lightly shimmering colorful light.

Heavenly phenomena occurring was a sign of successful Foundation Establishment.

Inside the cave residence, Zhou Luo, still as an old monk in meditation, abruptly burst forth with an extremely terrifying pressure. That pressure rolled out like a tide, surging through every corner of the cave residence, causing the rocks to tremble and shake loose countless fragments of stone.

Foundation Establishment, achieved!

"Hahaha, after three years of arduous cultivation, this Foundation Establishment has finally been achieved!"

Zhou Luo laughed heartily, simply feeling refreshed and uplifted.

He rose from the Dao platform, concealing his whole aura within himself like an ordinary person.

At this moment, his heart of the path was clear and pure, his eyes shone brightly, and his power reached an unprecedented level of strength.

At the same time, the cultivators outside the cave residence were startled in their hearts.

He had actually succeeded in breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

Unknown was which side’s strong person?

Could it be the Li Family that had shown no sign all along?

Or perhaps someone else?

Endless doubts flooded the minds of these cultivators, and some even actively stepped out of the cave residence, intending to glimpse the background of this newly risen Foundation Establishment strong person.

But after succeeding in Foundation Establishment, Zhou Luo departed at once, allowing no chance for others to spy on him.

The other cultivators could only leave resentfully.

A moment later.

Zhou Luo appeared in a certain alleyway of the Immortal City. He took off his mask, restoring his original appearance.

Now, after stepping into Foundation Establishment, he no longer needed to rely on qi-concealing talismans to hide his aura. As long as he wished, unless it was a Golden Core master above him by a major realm, no one could uncover his true strength.

Not even a fake golden core master could do so.

"It has been three years without me appearing. I wonder how my family is doing."

He strolled along the streets of the Immortal City, pondering silently.

Before returning to his family, he first visited Yao Yuan Pavilion.

Here, it remained bustling with business as in the past.

Faintly, he could see Wang Lang inside busily greeting customers.

He stepped inside.

"Brother Zhou!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Wang Lang froze for a moment, then was overjoyed and promptly approached.

"It’s been many years without meeting. I trust you’re doing well." Zhou Luo chuckled softly.