Chapter 847: One versus Three
Xiao Chen raised his head and looked calmly at the other party. Concealing something in his right hand, he asked, “Have the three of you heard of these sayings before? ‘It is better to bully a white-haired old man than to offend a youth’? ‘The river flows in the east for thirty years, then in the west for thirty years’? Today, you rely on your age and cultivation to pressure me and even gang up on me. Have you ever thought of the consequences of doing so?”
The three old men could not help being stunned. They had not expected Xiao Chen not to panic upon seeing the three of them. Instead, he was strangely calm and even said such things.
The white-clad old man snorted coldly and said, “You, as a junior, are overestimating yourself. You might frighten regular people, but this old man is an inner sect elder of the Heaven and Earth Sect, which has a Martial Emperor protecting it. Even if you really become a Martial Emperor in the future, what can you do to me?!
“Cut the c.r.a.p and hand over the Dragon’s Gate’s wars.h.i.+p as well as your cloak. Then, I will let you flee with your life. Otherwise, you can forget about leaving this place today.”
Xiao Chen’s eyes turned cold as he answered, “In that case, I shall just stand right here and see how you try to kill me.”
He projected his aura without any fear. With the sovereign overlord’s aura, he did not feel any pressure even when facing three people.
The clash in auras kicked up wild, intense winds, causing eardrums to tremble.
When the white-clad old man saw the fearless and sharp Xiao Chen, he felt doubt in his heart. He did not know why Xiao Chen was so confident and dared to be so calm.
“This is just an empty show of power. Let’s see how long you can continue pretending.”
After thinking about it, the white-clad old man still felt that with three Superior Grade Martial Sages here, they would definitely be able to deal with an insignificant Inferior Grade Martial Sage. If they could not, it would be a great joke.
The white-clad old man’s figure wavered, and two lights flashed around his body—one black and one light. Then, he charged over to Xiao Chen, as quick as a meteor.
This was the moment Xiao Chen was waiting for!
He squinted and relaxed his tightly clenched right hand. Then, he performed an action akin to that of a pretty girl tossing out flowers. A bunch of Superior Grade Astral Cores released dazzling lights, bracketing the white-clad old man.
“Bang!”
Twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores burst forth with blinding radiance. With the excitation of Xiao Chen’s energy, they promptly exploded.
The energy within an Inferior Grade Astral Core could already injure an Inferior Grade Martial Sage. With this, one could easily imagine the might of twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores exploding simultaneously.
The intense explosions merged. The sky shook and the ground trembled. Surging shock waves spread out, rus.h.i.+ng rapidly towards the white-clad old man. He simply could not dodge in time, and the shock waves struck him, catching him in the crossfire.
The white-clad old man came quickly and left even more quickly. This blast blew away all the clothes on him, leaving only a Sage Grade inner vest.
The old man’s hair frizzled, and his skin was a mess of wounds. He now looked very horrifying with none of his previous elegance.
Just a second ago, this old man had been standing proudly and magnificently. In the next second, he had fallen into an extremely sorry state. Although his internal and external injuries were not fatal, they would lower his combat prowess by at least fifty percent temporarily.
The other two old men startled violently. They clearly had not expected Xiao Chen to use the highly precious Superior Grade Astral Cores as a one-time consumable.
Furthermore, Xiao Chen had not used just one or two but twenty in one go.
“Whoos.h.!.+”
The three old men only saw a flash of light. Right after the explosion, electric light burst forth from under Xiao Chen’s feet. His figure flashed, and he kicked the half-naked old man, who had just landed on the ground, another kilometer away.
Xiao Chen had actually kicked away a bona fide Superior Grade Martial Sage.
“After him!”
The two old men reacted and waved their hands to summon a flying Spirit Beast. Then, they picked up the half-naked old man before madly giving chase to Xiao Chen.
The half-naked old man coughed intensely a few times and then put on a fresh set of clothes. After circulating his energy for a long time, his wound-riddled face recovered some color.
The sinister-looking black-clad old man could not help but ask, “Old Bai, are you alright?”
Twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores had exploded in the face of the white-clad old man. Just thinking about it made the black-clad old man tremble in fear. Fortunately, the white-clad old man wore a defensive peak Sage Grade inner vest.
Furthermore, the white-clad old man had cultivated his physical body to Rank 2 Sage Body. If it were another person or even the black-clad old man, they would be lucky if they still had any breath left.
The white-clad old man’s face sank, and he did not reply to the black-clad old man’s question. He took out the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk and carefully observed it. Then he looked up and said, “Turn around. This brat is very crafty. He actually circled back and is moving in the opposite direction.
“If not for my Heavenly Secret Divination Disk, we would have fallen for his trick and ended up moving even farther away, letting that fellow escape.”
The green-clad old man controlling the Spirit Beast waved his hand. The gigantic bird they sat on spread its wings, and a strong wind blew, banis.h.i.+ng all the white clouds. Then, it quickly gave chase in the direction of the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk’s light.
This bird was known as the White Roc. It carried the bloodline of the mystical Kun Peng of legend. It flew extremely fast. In the entire Heaven and Earth Sect, there were only two—one male and one female.
Xiao Chen executed Thunder Dragon Steps to the limit. By relying on the speed augmentation of the Heavenly Sea Cloak, he left the three old men far behind. However, when he slowed down, they immediately closed the distance.
Xiao Chen felt it was strange. He carefully examined himself, but he could not find anything on him that had been tampered with.
Left with no other choice, he consulted Ao Jiao. “Ao Jiao, are there any Secret Treasures that can determine the position of other people, or leave an indelible mark?”
She answered quickly, There are many. I myself know a few: Divine Disk Ghostly Calculator, Eight Trigram Deducing Diagram, Heavenly Secret Divination Disk…
Xiao Chen could not help but stop moving. He looked back and saw a black dot reappear once again. He frowned automatically and said, “It looks like I fell for their tricks. No wonder I felt that something was wrong while I was in the Flouris.h.i.+ng Heaven Pavilion.”
Actually, there is no need to worry. You have the Supreme Sky Emperor’s will clone. That can instantly kill these people, Ao Jiao said nonchalantly.
Xiao Chen shook his head and said, “That won’t do. I can only use the Supreme Sky Emperor’s will clone when I’m in a desperate situation. These are just Superior Grade Martial Sages. I already wasted twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores. How can I waste the will clone?”
Then what do you intend to do? You can’t run away.
“That might not necessarily be so!” Xiao Chen looked up at the vast sky. Then, he summoned out the Dragon’s Gate’s wars.h.i.+p and made it grow larger quickly. He said, “Let’s go to the starry heavens and head straight for the Supreme Sky Star. I don’t believe that three Superior Grade Martial Sages would dare to breach the barrier of the sky together with me.”
He leaped up gently and landed on the deck of the Dragon’s Gate’s wars.h.i.+p. Then he quickly entered the s.h.i.+p’s hold and placed eighteen Inferior Grade Astral Cores in the indents of the formation.
Rays of light flickered, and the entire wars.h.i.+p activated right away. It was like a ma.s.sive, hibernating dragon waking up from its dreams, filled with boundless strength.
Using his Spiritual Sense, Xiao Chen could feel every part of the wars.h.i.+p in detail, as though it was an incarnation of him; he could control it with just a thought.
Unfortunately, he had just refined the wars.h.i.+p earlier that day. He could not bring out much of its combat prowess. Otherwise, he could have simply used this wars.h.i.+p to wipe out the people chasing him.
“Whoos.h.!.+”
Xiao Chen went back on deck and controlled the wars.h.i.+p to fly upwards continuously…ten kilometers…twenty kilometers…. It slowly headed for the formless barrier of the sky.
“This is bad. This fellow wants to use the Dragon’s Gate’s wars.h.i.+p to break through the barrier of the sky.”
The White Roc looked like it was going to catch up to Xiao Chen, slowly soaring higher, going increasingly higher. However, the sinister-looking old man had an unsightly expression.
Without a King Grade wars.h.i.+p, only grandmaster-level Martial Sages and above could break through the barrier of the sky.
The white-clad old man holding the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk had an uncertain expression on his face. As he watched the Dragon’s Gate’s wars.h.i.+p breaching the barrier of the sky bit by bit, he had a conflicted expression on his face.
The bona fide Superior Grade Martial Sages had made a move personally, but they failed to catch the other party in the end. Furthermore, the white-clad old man had suffered severe injuries at Xiao Chen’s hands. Without taking half a year to recuperate, he would not be able to recover to his peak state.
“He has the strand of fate I planted on his body. I don’t believe that he will never return to the Kunlun Realm,” the white-clad old man said furiously when he saw that the wars.h.i.+p had crossed the barrier of the sky. He knew he could no longer catch up to Xiao Chen.
A faint azure barrier enveloped the Dragon’s Gate’s wars.h.i.+p, protecting it from s.p.a.ce turbulence as it coursed through the starry heavens.