Chapter 91
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Chapter 91: Poking the Hornet’s Nest
[Heavenly Merit +8]
[Heavenly Merit +6]
[Heavenly Merit +6]
A series of prompts indicating gains in Heavenly Merit brought Wang Chen no joy.
Time was running out for him!
Seeing that a consecutive barrage of over ten Falling Fire talismans had failed to break the golden-crowned young man’s defenses, Wang Chen decisively stopped, not wanting to waste any more precious time and energy.
Although talismans were powerful in battle, they could not be used without limits; one cannot just cast as many as one desires.
Any cultivator could easily cast one or two talismans.
However, once the number increased, the situation became entirely different.
It must be understood that the more talismans activated at once, the greater the demand on the caster’s mana and spirit!
Even specialized talisman cultivators can only produce a limited number of legal symbols at one time.
Moreover, the higher the grade of the talismans, the more challenging they are to cast.
Wang Chen’s current limit was ten talismans in one wave!
After launching three waves of thirty Falling Fire talismans, he already felt a heavy burden.
This couldn’t go on!
The golden-crowned young man’s protective artifacts were simply too powerful; continuing to hit with Falling Fire talismans would be futile.
"You’re dead for sure!"
As Wang Chen paused, the golden-crowned young man hidden within his rocky armor grew more arrogant. "You can’t escape; your whole family can’t escape! I’ll personally skin you, you worthless mud-born!"
Wang Chen ignored the vile words.
He gazed at the thick turtle shell in front of him, his mind racing with thousands of thoughts.
How to break it?
This guy had seen Wang Chen before and had deep-rooted connections.
Now, they harbored an irreconcilable grudge.
If he didn’t silence him, Wang Chen would have to abandon everything and flee to the alien domain.
But could he escape the soul token pursuit of the Yunyang Sect?
That was the worst option.
Suddenly, a brilliant idea sparked in Wang Chen’s mind.
He dashed forward, delivering a heavy palm strike against the golden-crowned young man’s rocky armor.
In an instant, he activated the master-level Earth and Stone Technique!
Turn Fossil to Mud!!
Among all the skills Wang Chen mastered, the Earth and Stone Technique was the highest level.
It took him hundreds of days and nights in the lightless underground to master it little by little.
His proficiency was unmatched within the entire Yunyang Sect!
Although the Earth and Stone Technique lacked any offensive power, Wang Chen couldn’t think of any better method given the current situation except for this spell.
If this didn’t work either, he would have to flee for his life.
Buzz~
As Wang Chen’s palm struck the rocky armor, a yellowish light suddenly emitted from the impact point, and the entire turtle shell shook.
The golden-crowned young man’s boasts abruptly stopped!
It was like a tape suddenly losing power.
Wang Chen quickly closed his fingers, grasping a handful of soft stone slurry.
There was a chance!
The Earth and Stone Technique really worked.
Though the effect was nowhere near as good as when he was digging tunnels, it broke through the defenses!!
As he retracted his right hand, a hole larger than a fist appeared in the golden-crowned young man’s rocky armor.
New rock formations immediately began to sprout at the edges of the gap.
"Open!"
Wang Chen shouted intensely, raising both palms to unleash a barrage of strikes on the newly created opening.
With each blow, he quickly made his claws dig deeper, expanding the gap.
Standing at the crossroads of fate, Wang Chen devoted himself wholly, disregarding the exhaustion of his mana.
One strike, two strikes, three strikes…
In just a moment, he bulldozed through two feet of rocky armor.
The upper half of the golden-crowned young man’s face emerged!
This once arrogant second-generation cultivator was now utterly devoid of his previous bravado, his peach blossom eyes filled with fear: "My grandfather is a Purple Palace master…"
As his protective armor was stripped away, his inner weakness and true ineptitude were laid bare.
At that moment, he still thought he could threaten Wang Chen with his identity!
"Die!"
Wang Chen’s right arm suddenly swelled, his muscles bulging with power.
In the next moment, he unleashed a punch, ruthlessly crashing through the opening, aiming directly at the golden-crowned young man’s face.
Vajra Fist!
Crack!
The golden-crowned young man’s face instantly shattered into pieces, and his head exploded in a gruesome display!
Ironically, before meeting his demise, this Second-generation Cultivator failed to retract his protective artifacts.
Thus, this powerful artifact became his death trap, preventing him from employing any other defensive or escape measures, leaving him utterly defenseless as Wang Chen struck him down on the spot.
【Heavenly Merit +7】
As soon as the golden-crowned young man perished, the crown atop his head instantly dimmed, losing its radiant glow.
The thick rocky armor encasing his body crumbled, disintegrating into countless grains of soil that cascaded to the ground.
Wang Chen swiftly reached out, seizing the crown and long sword, and stashed them into his storage bag. He then unleashed the Fire Crow Technique.
Erasing all traces!
In truth, a cloud-patterned pouch hung at the golden-crowned young man’s waist.
But Wang Chen didn’t even consider touching it.
It was clearly a high-level storage bag, undoubtedly marked with unique identifiers or even powerful restrictions.
After all, this individual was a direct descendant of the Purple Palace master!
Since a storage bag cannot contain another storage bag, and to avoid any potential tracking, Wang Chen decided to destroy it as well.
Even if it might have held treasures, one must never succumb to greed!
Flames from the Fire Crows danced, reducing the four corpses on the ground, along with the horse’s body, to ashes.
Following this, Wang Chen swiftly activated four Rebirth Talismans and four Exorcism Talismans.
Finally, he hurled two poison smoke bombs!
These poison smoke bombs were acquired from the defeated "Three Friends of Taize."
They emitted a thick, acrid cloud of toxic smoke, effectively masking scents and thwarting tracking by spirit beasts like hounds.
Wang Chen executed this sequence of actions with the fluidity of Cloud Walking, all within the span of ten breaths.
The moment the poison smoke bombs were deployed, Wang Chen propelled himself backward like a slingshot brimming with power, swiftly disappearing into the dense forest.
After a few leaps, his figure vanished entirely within the thick foliage.
In just half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, several figures arrived, only to find the area engulfed in swirling, dissipating poison smoke.
"What happened?"
"Where is Seventh Young Master?"
"I didn’t see him earlier, and even Uncle’s Xuan Eagle is missing."
"Someone used Rebirth Talismans and Exorcism Talismans here!"
"Search the area immediately; we must find him!"
"Something’s wrong; alert the Yin family at once!"
The cultivators were frantic, their faces pale, feeling as though their heads were on the line.
The Yin family’s Seventh Young Master was the most cherished grandson of the Great Yin Master!
If anything had happened to him, even if they bore no direct responsibility, they would likely face severe repercussions.
While these individuals scrambled to locate Seventh Young Master, Wang Chen had already slipped into a nearby little river, drifting downstream for twenty to thirty miles.
He was intimately familiar with the surrounding terrain.
After emerging covertly, Wang Chen stripped off all his clothing.
He set them ablaze, reducing them to ashes.
Donning fresh attire, he took a circuitous route spanning several dozen miles, using another tunnel to stealthily return home.
Next, Wang Chen waited in the hidden chamber on the third level underground.
He anticipated the situation to escalate and explode!
This time, he had stirred up a colossal hornet’s nest.
Wang Chen was fully prepared to flee and face whatever consequences lay ahead.
