As his strength grew, spiritual power could enter into his viscera, and he felt a certain sluggishness.
It seemed to be impurities formed by the residual primordial force inside his body after his Dantian was damaged.
If the Nine-Leaf Purple Flower could eliminate these impurities, his cultivation speed would increase significantly!
If he could make another ten percent breakthrough, even if there were Visceral Refinement Realm martial artists on both sides, he would have no fear!
Otherwise, no matter what, Lu Chen would have to temporarily give up on the Nine-Leaf Purple Flower!
Zhao Chang’s words rang true: as long as one lived, what was there to fear about not having opportunities?
"Doctor Zhao, until we meet again!"
When the western glow completely vanished, Lu Chen clasped his hands towards Zhao Chang and then disappeared into the night!
Only after running a distance did he lift his eyepatch and place it over his right eye!
This place was still some distance from Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, but Lu Chen’s pace was incredibly fast, especially since he was dressed in dark clothes.
With spiritual power at his command, to any commoner who saw him, it would look like a gust of wind had passed by.
However, on the streets of Ten Thousand Demon Town, not a soul wandered, while Lu Family martial artists could be seen patrolling back and forth from time to time.
Seeing Lu Chen sprinting away, they might shout for him to halt a couple of times, but none dared to follow.
Lu Chen was as clear as a mirror about this; the strongest among these people was merely at the Bone Refinement Realm, and they feared that chasing after him would only lead to their deaths!
Just as he was about to enter the mountain, the sound of a fight erupted not far away!
Mixed with it were familiar roars, surging towards him!
Lu Changkong?
Lu Chen was slightly startled when Lu Changkong and a man in black burst out from a house and happened to see him!
"Lu Chen?"
Lu Changkong and the man in black exclaimed in unison!
Lu Chen was very clear.
Lu Changkong wanted to kill him.
And the people from the Polar Treasure Meeting wanted to know the location of his Pupil Bead.
Although he didn’t know how they started fighting, it was clear that at this moment their target was the same!
It wasn’t that he was afraid of them, Lu Chen was worried about being delayed and thus affecting his opportunity to gather the Nine-Leaf Purple Flower!
Right then and there, without any hesitation, he dashed into Ten Thousand Demon Mountain!
"If I had known, I would have asked Wu Er about shortcuts into the mountain, so I wouldn’t have run into them here!"
Lu Chen was slightly annoyed, but then he suddenly remembered that he hadn’t killed Wu Er, yet three Marrow Refinement Realm members from Polar Treasure Meeting had followed after!
Could it be that Wu Er also encountered someone from the Polar Treasure Meeting and then the information about himself had been relayed back?
A chill crossed Lu Chen’s heart, signaling that in the future, any potential threat to his survival had to be swiftly dealt with, without the slightest bit of mercy!
Even...
Wu Er also knew that it was easy to run into people from the Immortal Sect in these deep mountains, yet he hadn’t told me!
As Lu Chen regained his focus, he saw as expected that Lu Changkong and his companion were radiating primordial force, rapidly chasing after him and even seemingly closing the distance.
The spiritual power he commanded, though stronger than primordial force,
was problematic because Lu Chen lacked movement techniques or bodily techniques that could utilize spiritual power.
And his physical realm was actually still lingering at the Bone Refinement Realm.
"This won’t do," Lu Chen thought carefully, "Escaping like this uses less spiritual power, but it will run out eventually. If they’re not shaken off by then, I’ll be unable to wield the Heavenly Inquiry Spear Art, leading to greater trouble! Better to kill them and be done with it once and for all!"
Recalling the lesson given by Wu Er just moments ago, a murderous intent flickered in Lu Chen’s eyes!
He quickly drew the Heavenly Inquiry Spear from his hand, all the while glancing back to find a suitable chance to strike!
Whether to kill Lu Changkong or the man in black first, it made no difference to him!
A Marrow Refinement Realm martial artist? He had killed such before!
Yet these two were among the top within the Marrow Refinement Realm, so Lu Chen had to be cautious!
Unexpectedly, Lu Changkong and the man in black were even more cautious than him!
Seeing him take out the spear, aware that he was ready to fight, they suddenly slowed!
"Elder Lu, this boy is extremely sly; let’s not be divided and conquered!"
The man in black said in a mocking tone.
"Hmph, do you think I, Lu Changkong, don’t realize that? Don’t preach to me with your condescending tone!"
Lu Changkong responded unreservedly, as they were only temporarily allied because of Lu Chen. Once Lu Chen was dealt with, they would turn against each other fiercely, showing no courtesy whatsoever.
Lu Chen frowned; this was not a good situation!
The man in black clearly knew that he was capable of killing three Marrow Refinement Realm martial artists.
If he didn’t move, Lu Changkong certainly wouldn’t make the first move.
This posed quite a dilemma for Lu Chen.
Perhaps they were waiting for him to run out of spiritual power...
"If that’s the case, then I will have to turn their plan against them! Otherwise, I have no chance of surviving!"
This road through the mountain was shrouded in darkness, flanked on both sides by dense ancient trees and shrubbery, preventing Lu Chen from making the most of his Heavenly Inquiry Spear Technique.
It also stopped him from fully utilizing the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique!
After deciding to take action, Lu Chen had a plan in mind.
The valley was wide and suited for a one-on-one duel.
But by the stream, there were numerous boulders, providing cover for him to hide!
And with the uneven ground, he could definitely kill one of them first, and then deal with the other on flat terrain!