Chapter 330
Chapter 330 Want to Die? Then Come!
“As expected, Long Chen, you didn’t die!”
The three Chosen’s expressions were extremely ugly when they saw Long Chen smas.h.i.+ng a brick into the coffin .
Guo Ran had caused two Favored to die and then ignored them . Then the lightstone had been taken away, causing the pa.s.sageway to become completely dark again . They had no idea what Guo Ran was doing . But thinking of the possibility of Guo Ran finding a pile of riches and throwing them into his pocket, they were all filled with pain .
However, they had had to endure it . With the terrifying mechanisms set up, perhaps only Chosen had a chance of pa.s.sing through .
However, that chance wasn’t necessarily high . A slight mistake would cause them to die . To risk their lives without even seeing any treasure was stupid .
So the three Chosen had been unwilling to test it out . As for the Favored and other disciples, that went without saying . Those two Favored that had been tricked by Guo Ran had only lasted for a couple breaths before being killed miserably within the pa.s.sageway . Who would dare try it again?
And so all the disciples had been waiting up there, suffering endless torment . Each breath had felt like an hour, but they were also unwilling to leave just like that .
But later, they began to hear loud noises from inside . That had been the sound of Long Chen and Guo Ran collecting the bricks .
Hearing that noise, their hearts began to burn . Although they couldn’t see what was going on, that was most likely the sound of Guo Ran collecting treasures .
They had become like agitated ants, clenching their teeth and glaring down the pa.s.sageway . But they didn’t have the courage to barge in .
Finally, when Long Chen started using the brick to smash the stone coffin, shaking the entire tomb, there had been someone who hadn’t been able to hold back any longer . He felt as if he was going crazy .
There was someone inside getting treasures, while they were like idiots, standing outside the treasure house . That feeling nearly drove them insane .
“f.u.c.k it!”
He had finally thrown in a lance into a wall of the pa.s.sageway . That naturally activated the mechanisms .
But this time, the mechanisms only half activated, and stopped midway . Despite how cleverly the mechanisms had been set up, the tomb had existed for too long . The pa.s.sage of time had still affected them slightly .
With some portions of the mechanisms having degraded, then adding on the crazy impact Long Chen had caused the pa.s.sageway, the mechanisms were now half broken .
As a result, everyone now saw that in truth, the mechanisms were only able to activate partway . They were all jammed, unable to do anything . After killing those last two Favored, it seemed the mechanisms had finally been unable to bear any more impacts . As long as they went down carefully, they wouldn’t be struck .
“AHH!”
One of the Righteous core disciples suddenly let out a cry as someone threw him directly into the pa.s.sageway .
The one to throw him was a Corrupt Favored . None of the Righteous disciples showed any anger at one of them being used as an experiment . Instead, seeing that he was completely fine after reaching the bottom, they all celebrated and charged through .
The fastest ones were the three Chosen . No one else dared compete with them .
Those three people had arrived just in time to see Long Chen smas.h.i.+ng a huge coffin with a brick .
“Kill them!” ordered Zhao Mingshan furiously . He charged at Long Chen, his terrifying aura causing the entire tomb to tremble intensely . His fist smashed at Long Chen .
The other two Chosen also went to attack Long Chen after a pause .
They had decided to first kill Long Chen and take his treasures before investigating what the other treasures were .
“Guo Ran, you run away in the mess . Wait for me somewhere far away,” Long Chen whispered stealthily to Guo Ran . Then, with a cold shout, he raised a brick to receive Zhao Mingshan’s fist .
BANG!
The entire tomb rocked . Zhao Mingshan felt a burst of pain on his fist, feeling as if his wrist had almost broken .
The next thing he knew, Long Chen was smas.h.i.+ng a brick at his head at an incredible speed .
Zhao Mingshan was shocked by that brick . But he didn’t have time to be shocked . Long Chen’s attack speed was inconceivable, and he hastily tried dodging back .
However, he had still underestimated Long Chen’s speed . That brick managed to clip Zhao Mingshan’s forehead .
Although it wasn’t serious, the powerful force caused him intense pain . If it had been a Favored, they probably would have had their head split open from it .
A large b.u.mp appeared on Zhao Mingshan’s head, almost looking like a bizarre horn .
Feeling that b.u.mp, Zhao Mingshan was infuriated . In his carelessness, he had ended up wounded, and in an extremely humiliating manner .
“Die!” Zhao Mingshan took out a dark gold saber and slashed it down on Long Chen .
At this time, the other two Chosen also arrived . They were both startled by Long Chen’s combat strength .
Although they had heard Long Chen was extremely strong, he had clearly just broken through to Tendon Transformation . His aura had yet to stabilize, and he couldn’t even count as having reached the first Heavenstage .
And yet, in their very first exchange, he caused Zhao Mingshan to suffer . Long Chen was clearly not as easy to deal with as he appeared .
“Everyone be careful . That brick in his hand is a powerful treasure!” warned the other Righteous Chosen .
Hearing that, Zhao Mingshan was extremely grateful . That ‘warning’ was just to cover up his embarra.s.sment at having lost out to Long Chen .
Long Chen sneered and was too lazy to expose them . He put away the brick and summoned out Devil Decapitator . Devil Decapitator was now covered in nicks from pa.s.sing through the mechanisms in the pa.s.sageway .
Long Chen was filled with killing intent towards these three Chosen . Previously, he had almost died because of them .
He roared, his voice like heavenly thunder in their ears . Devil Decapitator swung out at the three of them .
BOOM!
The entire tomb rocked . Sand and dirt began to rain from the ceiling .
Long Chen was forced back dozens of meters, but he was filled with excitement .
After advancing to Tendon Transformation, his strength had completely transformed . He was now able to control his physical strength even more precisely .
The three Chosen were shocked . Even the three of them working together had been unable to injure Long Chen . Instead, they were knocked back a couple steps because of his power .
In other words, Long Chen should be on the same level as them when they all used their full strength, despite the fact that they had a huge advantage due to their cultivation bases which were all in the late Tendon Transformation realm .
“We can’t leave Long Chen alive!” The Corrupt Chosen now fully understood why Long Chen had been ranked number two on their must-kill list, second only to Han Tianyu .
His talent was too terrifying . Once he matured, then it would definitely be Han Tianyu who was ranked second to him .
“You two, as long as we are able to kill Long Chen, then the Corrupt path will not take a single piece of this tomb’s treasure,” offered the Corrupt Chosen .
Hearing that, the two Righteous Chosen were shocked . They instantly understood he was offering a reward for Long Chen’s head . However, inside, they cursed the Corrupt path for being idiots and not knowing how to be subtle .
“How could us members of the Righteous path work together with someone despicable from the Corrupt path? The reason we want to kill Long Chen is to remove a scourge from our Righteous path, not because we’re working with you . Stop spouting nonsense and kill him,” said Zhao Mingshan .
He was saying this to emphasise that he had no relation with this Corrupt Chosen . Working with Corrupt disciples was an intolerable crime for Righteous disciples .
That Corrupt Chosen sneered in ridicule . The Righteous disciples were forever a bunch of self-righteous hypocrites .
“You guys go capture that little brat . Remember, I want him caught alive- eh? Where’d he go?” The Corrupt Chosen suddenly realized Guo Ran had somehow disappeared now .
“Reporting to senior apprentice-brother, he… fled,” replied a Corrupt disciple with an unnatural expression .
“Fled? How did he get away so fast?” The Corrupt Chosen couldn’t believe it .
“He… that b.a.s.t.a.r.d’s too crafty . ” All of them were looking at each other . One of the Corrupt disciples finally summoned the courage to explain .
Guo Ran had known that he wasn’t able to help Long Chen here with his little strength . Instead, he would hold him back .
So the instant Long Chen struck Zhao Mingshan with a brick, he took advantage of everyone’s attention being focused on Long Chen to stealthily slip away into the pa.s.sageway .
However, in the end, he was still noticed by a few Righteous disciples . They had immediately raised their weapons and charged at him .
At that time, Guo Ran had suddenly taken out a strange cylinder, and a rain of needles had shot out over a huge area . More than a dozen people had been hit .
All those needles had poison on them, and those who were hit all consumed ant.i.toxin pills .
However, they had then had to stop and had to circulate their spiritual qi to suppress the poison and force it out . That was because they realized their ant.i.toxin pills were unable to completely suppress the poison .
Taking advantage of everyone’s panic, Guo Ran had already succeeded in getting up the pa.s.sageway . He had taken out some ball and thrown it down the pa.s.sageway, where it had exploded into a cloud of smoke so thick that they couldn’t even see their own hands .
Those disciples who had started chasing him had all retreated, afraid the smoke also had poison or that Guo Ran would shoot more poison needles from within .
By the time the smoke dissipated, Guo Ran had long since disappeared . None of them had really cared about Guo Ran getting away, as they just considered him a random weakling .
But now that this Chosen asked about him, they immediately felt apprehensive .
All the Chosen’s expressions were ugly now . They didn’t care about Guo Ran’s life, but it was very likely Guo Ran was holding a portion of the treasures from here . In fact, he could be holding the majority of them .
However, he had already run, and it wasn’t likely for them to be able to catch up . The three of them now focused completely on Long Chen .
Long Chen lazily rested Devil Decapitator on his shoulder, indifferently looking back at the three of them .
“Want to die? Then come!”