“Amitabha. Benefactor Man Xiong, why haven't you joined the fray to snatch the immortal treasure?”
Master Fa Zhen, unable to restrain himself any longer, asked with a furrowed brow.
If you don't join in, how am I supposed to take advantage of the situation when you're all heavily injured!
“I’m waiting to rob you!”
Man Xiong scratched his head, looking a bit embarrassed.
Master Fa Zhen: “...”
“Benefactor Man Xiong, this poor monk has no intention of joining the fight.”
“That’s fine, I’ll wait until you change your mind!”
Master Fa Zhen felt his calm state of mind waver; he felt an restless urge to act.
He wanted to hit someone!
He didn't understand why he seemed to have a constitution that attracted idiots.
Out of all these people, this blockhead just had to fixate on him.
In the end, he decided to ignore the man, fearing he might be provoked to death by sheer frustration!
Watching the destruction caused by the battle between Baili Mo and the others, Lu Ming couldn't help but swallow hard.
They were too strong!
The secret realm was supposed to suppress cultivation, but he felt like these people weren't being suppressed at all.
“Go, go, go... let’s get out of here quickly... don't get caught in the crossfire of their big moves and kick the bucket!”
Hearing Lu Ming’s transmission, Wang Defa and the others cautiously followed him in retreat.
Ye Fan, who had been lying on the ground, kept a close eye on Lu Ming’s movements.
Seeing Lu Ming trying to run, Ye Fan grew anxious!
This wouldn't do! If you run, how am I supposed to get my revenge?
Whoosh!
With that thought, Ye Fan controlled his blade body and charged straight after Lu Ming.
His idea was simple: if he chased Lu Ming, the boy would surely become a target for everyone else.
Perhaps one of those powerhouses fighting over him would just swat Lu Ming to death.
If Lu Ming was lucky enough to escape, Ye Fan would stay by his side as an undercover agent, waiting for a chance to backfire on him or stab him in the back.
Either way, it was a win-win for him!
Baili Mo and the others, who were in the middle of their fight, all stopped when they saw Ye Fan suddenly fly off on his own.
They looked at Ye Fan in shock.
“The immortal treasure blade has birthed an artifact spirit?”
Baili Mo couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
Yan Linglong and the others were equally shocked. If an immortal treasure birthed an artifact spirit, it could cooperate with its master in battle, doubling its combat power and significantly increasing its value.
Even the usually calm Master Fa Zhen showed a look of surprise on his face.
Only Man Xiong had a look of confusion.
He didn't understand why everyone was so surprised, but seeing their reactions, he followed suit.
He immediately opened his mouth wide, faking a shocked expression.
If everyone else is doing it, then doing the same must be right!
Meanwhile, the retreating Lu Ming suddenly felt something was wrong.
He looked back, and his soul nearly flew out of his body in fright.
The immortal treasure blade everyone was fighting over was actually chasing him!
I know I’m the protagonist and I’m a real crowd-pleaser—loved by all and even by flowers—but this is not the time for an immortal treasure to be chasing me!
With so many eyes watching, isn't this just asking for my life?
Even if I have a protagonist halo and won't die, I’ll probably lose a layer of skin!
In an instant, Lu Ming realized this blade was bad luck for him. He couldn't have it—absolutely not!
Within moments, Lu Ming felt several murderous intents lock onto him.
It’s over! It’s over!
I’m in for it now!
No, I absolutely cannot openly offend so many people for the sake of this damn blade.
Thinking of this, he watched the incoming Ye Fan.
Lu Ming gritted his teeth and pulled several Thunderclap Bricks out of his storage bag.
Whoosh!
Lu Ming quickly hurled a Thunderclap Brick.
The target was none other than Ye Fan.
Bang!
The Thunderclap Brick shattered violently. As expected of an immortal treasure that was about to enter the Earth tier, it was formidable.
The Thunderclap Brick Lu Ming threw shattered instantly upon hitting Ye Fan.
Although the brick broke, it succeeded in slowing Ye Fan’s momentum as he tried to reach Lu Ming.
Just as Ye Fan tried to regain control to continue the chase, another Thunderclap Brick came flying at him.
Bang... Bang...
One Thunderclap Brick after another was hurled at Ye Fan.
Baili Mo and the others, who had been about to strike, stopped in a tacit agreement.
All their eyes were fixed on Ye Fan, waiting to see where the immortal treasure blade would eventually fly.
...
“Amitabha!”
Master Fa Zhen’s brow furrowed. He hadn't expected that the blade would be knocked directly toward him by Lu Ming’s barrage.
Without time to think, he hurriedly flew up to catch Ye Fan.
Seeing this, Baili Mo and the others simultaneously launched attacks at Fa Zhen.
Boom... Boom...
Their attacks converged on Master Fa Zhen. As he grabbed Ye Fan, immortal power surged from his body into the blade.
He swung the blade violently against the incoming attacks.
Rumble...
Then, Lu Ming saw the dazzling Buddhist light from Fa Zhen’s strike collide with the multi-colored beams of light from Baili Mo and the others.
The massive explosion, unsurprisingly, caused space to collapse once again.
The surrounding space followed suit, and in an instant, the collapse began to spread!
“Holy crap!”
Lu Ming couldn't help but curse inwardly. He seemed to have some bad luck with spatial collapses lately, as he kept running into them.
Before Lu Ming and the others could escape, the collapse covered the entire secret realm.
The entire group was sucked into the spatial turbulence of the collapse.
Thud!
A familiar pain spread through his body, and his head throbbed as he saw stars.
Lu Ming knew he had landed.
He just didn't know where he had been transported to.
Lu Ming couldn't stop shivering. It felt as if bone-chilling water from a ten-thousand-year-old ice pool had been poured into his joints, and a piercing coldness was wildly surging through his meridians.
“Damn! It’s freezing!”
Lu Ming cursed and looked up, only to see a deathly silence and a heart-pounding darkness.
In ordinary places, the spiritual energy was warm and abundant, but here, every breath drawn into his lungs was filled with bone-chillingly cold malevolent energy.
He circulated the spiritual energy in his body to resist the cold.
Only then did Lu Ming feel much better.
Thud, thud...
The sounds of heavy objects hitting the ground echoed in the distance. Lu Ming knew other people had fallen as well.
Then came the sounds of people cursing the cold.
Following the voices, Lu Ming quickly found Wang Defa.
He had no idea where the others had been sent.
At the same time, he spotted the Tianqi Ancestor, the Tiansheng Sect Leader, and a few others.
However, at this moment, they weren't fighting anymore.
They had gathered together, banding together for warmth!
As for Baili Mo and his group, Lu Ming saw no sign of them.
The immortal treasure blade was also nowhere to be seen.
“What is this place?”
Lu Ming turned to ask Wang Defa.
Wang Defa scanned their surroundings.
“The yin energy is very heavy, but I don’t know where we are!”
Lu Ming nodded, then turned and shamelessly asked the Tianqi Ancestor.
“Senior, do you know what place this is?”
Although the Tianqi Ancestor didn't care much for Lu Ming, he still answered, “I don’t know!”
Lu Ming was helpless. Well, that was a pointless question!
Afterward, the group began searching for others.
“Great Sect Master, do you feel it? The spiritual energy in my body is difficult to circulate. My cultivation has been suppressed by fifty percent!”
On the way, Wang Defa quietly sent a transmission to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming was startled, but he kept his expression neutral.
He didn't feel any suppression at all!
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