Chapter 163: Danger (6,000 words, two chapters combined into one)

  Yi Chen's speed was extremely fast, and the Heaven-Defying Heavy Sword did not bring him too much burden. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of that cultivator.

  "Die!" A calm word escaped his lips, Yi Chen's waist twisted, his body spun around in a circle, and the Tianyun Heavy Sword chopped towards the cultivator's head.

  That cultivator never thought that Yi Chen would dare to take the initiative to attack in such a disadvantageous situation, and was immediately stunned.

  "Looking for death." But he quickly reacted, his soul power surged, and he quickly wrapped his palms, drew a mysterious gesture, and then swiftly struck forward to meet the incoming heavy sword.

  That cultivator was incredibly powerful and had extensive combat experience, but just as his palms clashed with the Heaven-Defying Heavy Sword, a shockwave sent him flying.

  "Peng" heavily fell not far away, the cultivator spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at Yi Chen with a shocked gaze. Just now he had already resisted with all his might, but was still shaken and flew back.

  "Let me send you on your way." There was no hint of sympathy in his eyes, and Yi Chen smiled indifferently. He channeled his soul power into the Tianyan Heavy Sword, and with a flash of movement, he reappeared in front of him, raising the sword to strike at his head.

  "Stop him." A series of changes occurred in the blink of an eye, and Liu Nuo finally reacted, swinging his right hand forward.

  "Stop him!" The shout reminded the cultivators, who all let out a loud cry, jumped up high and exerted their strength to pounce on Yi Chen, trying to stop him.

  "It's too late." Now retreating might still have a chance to break through, but Yi Chen did not do so. Instead, he used more force with both arms, and the heavy sword accelerated again.

  Before the cultivator surnamed Peng could even react, Tianyun's heavy sword chopped down on his head. In an instant, fresh blood and brain matter sprayed out in all directions.

  It only took an instant to settle a quasi-Huangyuan realm cultivator, and his eyebrows didn't even furrow. Such means made other cultivators tremble with fear.

  "Little brat, you're looking for death!" The companion was killed under their eyelids, leaving the other cultivators shocked and furious. Their faces twisted in rage, their soul force surged out of their bodies, increasing their speed by several folds as they charged over.

  "This is just the beginning, whenever you want to play, I'll be waiting for you."

  A dozen or so quasi-Huanghun realm cultivators joined forces, and Yi Chen could only retreat. He quickly recalled the Tianyun Heavy Sword and pointed his toes at a quasi-Huanghun realm cultivator to the east.

  "Do you think you can be as lucky as before?" The cultivator's face twisted, his hand trembled, and a long sword with a cold glow appeared in his hand. His soul power surged to envelop the weapon, and he stabbed at Yi Chen.

  Just now, Yi Chen easily knocked down a quasi-Huang Hun realm cultivator. Although the visual impact was shocking, he simply thought that it was just his companion's carelessness that led to this outcome, and did not think that the former really had such strength.

  "Do we still need something as elusive as luck when beating a dog?"

  Yi Chen smiled faintly, his body suddenly leaning back, his head almost touching the ground in front of him. The long sword that was thrust at him barely grazed the top of his head, and he narrowly dodged the opponent's incoming attack.

  With a "slap", Yi Chen arrived in front of his opponent, quickly reaching out to grab the sword and striking an elbow blow to his chest.

  This strike by Yi Chen was made with 100% of his power. The opponent's face suddenly turned pale, and the long sword flew out of his hand.

  "Whoosh" Yi Chen's eyes moved quickly, and with a swift motion, he snatched the long sword that had almost slipped out of his hand. With a quick twist of his waist, he turned around rapidly, and in an instant, a sword shadow flashed by, the long sword piercing into his opponent's dantian.

  "Good, good fast." The cultivator's eyes widened in shock, the previous action was completed in a few seconds, which made him extremely shocked, and even forgot the severe pain coming from his dantian.

  "I hope you won't be a dog in your next life." A bloodthirsty glint flashed in his eyes, and Yi Chen's right hand trembled. A surge of soul power erupted, instantly shattering the opponent's dantian.

  Suffering a devastating blow, the cultivator's eyes widened in shock and he fell straight down, gazing at Yi Chen with a terrified look before his death.

  "Looking for death!" In an instant, another quasi-Huang soul realm was killed, and the remaining cultivators were shocked and angry, rushing towards Yicheng at a faster speed.

  Kill that cultivator, Yi Chen has successfully broken through, there's no need to continue wasting time with them, leaving now is the most correct choice.

  "It's just the beginning of the game, I hope you won't leave this game too early." Leaving behind these words, Yi Chen activated his soul power to wrap around his legs and dashed forward with a burst of speed.

  "After him!" Just as they were about to block Yi Chen, they didn't expect him to escape again. Liu Nuo would not give up easily and shouted in anger, then led a dozen or so cultivators to chase after Yi Chen.

  If it's a speed comparison, unless they're at least at the Yellow Soul Realm or above, they won't be able to catch up with Yi Chen. Liu Nu and the others are only quasi-Yellow Soul Realm, and soon get left behind by Yi Chen.

  "Your Highness, there is no longer any sign of him here. It seems he has left this area." One of the cultivators carefully sensed and respectfully said.

  "Hmph, you may have escaped for now, but you won't be able to escape forever. I'd like to see how long you can keep running." Liu Nuo's face was cold and gloomy as he waved his hand and ordered, "Use the Flame Triple-Headed Hound to track him down."

  "Cerberus?" Upon hearing Liu Nuo's command, those cultivators did not immediately act, but instead stared at Liu Nuo with shocked faces.

  "Your Highness, this is absolutely impermissible. That thing is far too dangerous." The cultivator following Liu Nu said with a tone of great apprehension.

  "Cut the nonsense. Today, I will kill him right here." Liu Nuo's face was cold and gloomy, he turned his head to look at the cultivator who had just spoken, saying: "Release it quickly."

  "It is Your Highness." Although he strongly opposed it, facing the imperial power, he could only obey. He responded reluctantly and immediately took out a Nascent Soul Stone from his storage ring.

  "It's been so long since it was trapped in the Nascent Stone, it's about time to let it out for some fresh air." With a slight shake of his head, the cultivator casually pressed a seal with his hand, and a burst of energy shot into the Nascent Stone.

  A moment after the roar, a shocking beast howl echoed through this land, and the terrifying demonic beast's aura spread in all directions. The surrounding demonic beasts seemed to sense danger and fled desperately towards the distance.

  "It's strange, the demons here seem to have become restless." Yi Chen, who had just escaped from being chased, naturally noticed this unusual phenomenon and furrowed his brow slightly. This situation seemed a bit off.

  These magical beasts have almost no natural enemies in the tundra, so what exactly is it that's causing them to flee in a panic? Especially among the fleeing magical beasts, Yi Chen discovered that there were quite a few fifth-level magical beasts, which made him even more perplexed.

  "Even a fifth-level magical beast would be afraid to this extent, what is the reason behind it." After thinking about it repeatedly, Yi Chen still couldn't get an answer.

  Unable to figure it out, Yi Chen stopped thinking about it and continued moving forward.

  After galloping for several hours, Yi Chen finally felt tired and quickly stopped his footsteps, sitting on a large stone, panting heavily.

  Although his physical strength was robust and his spiritual energy reserves were extremely abundant, the continuous rapid journey for several hours still made Yi Chen somewhat unbearable.

  "I don't know what's going on in the central region now." At this time, Yi Chen was still more concerned about the Ice and Snow Palace.

  This time he came, his purpose was to find Xue Jing Ling Shi, and the most likely place it would appear is in the Ice Snow Palace.

  "According to their message, the Ice Palace will open in five days, and there is still plenty of time to prepare." Taking a deep breath, Yi Chen adjusted his breathing and quickly restored himself to his best state.

  It takes only two or three days from here to the central region, but the Ice Palace will open in five days. If you go now, it will be more dangerous.

  "Dangerous places always have a certain degree of danger." Yi Chen furrowed his brow, he didn't plan on setting off to the central region now.

  The strong men sent by the Wind Shadow Empire all gathered in the central area, while Liu Nuo was being hunted down all over the world. If he were to be discovered in the central area, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  "It seems like this is how it's going to be, I'll just have to wait until the Ice Palace opens again." Yi Chen quickly made up his mind.

  "Call"

  He spat out a mouthful of turbid air and stood up, preparing to leave this place to find a safer place to take refuge for a few days.

  "Huh?" Just as he stood up, Yi Chen hadn't taken a step forward, his eyes flashing with vigilance, quickly turning around to look behind him.

  Just as Yi Chen was about to leave, he felt like something was staring at him, giving him a creepy feeling. However, when he looked back, he didn't find anything out of the ordinary.

  "Whoosh!" Suddenly, a residual shadow flashed by on Yi Chen's left side at an extremely fast speed.

  "What thing?" With a sudden shock, Yi Chen quickly looked towards the left position, but except for a row of trees, there was nothing.

  "Was it just a momentary dizziness?" The result made Yi Chen frown, but he could be certain that he wasn't dizzy, and there was indeed a residual shadow flashing by earlier.

  "It's so fast, what is it?" Yi Chen clenched his fist and vigilantly looked around.

  After a careful search, Yichen did not find anything, and all around could only hear the sound of the wind whistling, without any other movement.

  "Something doesn't feel right, it's better to leave here quickly." For some reason, Yi Chen had a sense of danger in his heart.

  Constantly experiencing life and death struggles, Yi Chen's sense of danger is extremely keen, he trusts his intuition very much.

  With a "whoosh", Yi Chen quickly dashed forward, his toes barely touching the ground. He wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

  As Yi Chen departed, a sudden burst of dark fog erupted from the spot where he had just been standing, churning and boiling like flames.

  In the dark fog, a huge figure emerged, six blood-red eyes gleamed like lanterns, occasionally flashing with a fierce and sinister light. Its appearance could not be seen clearly, but its terrifying aura made people's hearts tremble with fear.

  It let out a series of muffled roars as it gazed at Yi Chen's receding back, with visible sound waves spreading outward in all directions.

  The monsters around them let out uneasy roars at this moment, they seemed to be extremely afraid of that mysterious creature and retreated in a hurry.

  Chapter 164: An Unexpected Encounter with Princess Mina

  For some reason, the temperature of the Eastern Snowfield has continued to drop, and snowflakes are dancing in the sky.

  A figure wearing a conical hat walked slowly forward, he didn't look sturdy, but with every step, the ground would have a deep hole.

  "It's been three days already, and that feeling of being watched still exists." The figure stopped in his tracks, turning his head to look back. This person was none other than Yi Chen.

  Behind him, apart from the snowflakes filling the sky, there was nothing else, which made Yi Chen furrow his brow.

  It has been three days since he was hunted down. Yi Chen found a cave to rest for two days, and then set off towards the central region.

  During these days of rushing on the road, Yi Chen always had a feeling of being peeped at, as if something was following behind him, staring at his every move.

  But every time Yi Chen looked in the direction from which the feeling came, there was no discovery, making him more and more vigilant.

  Being able to approach him silently, his strength must be stronger than Yichens. Being stared at by such a thing, Yichen felt his scalp numb.

  "No matter what it is, I hope he doesn't have malicious intentions." Taking a deep breath, Yi Chen turned his head and continued to move forward.

  There are only two days left before the Ice Palace opens, and he doesn't want to miss this opportunity.

  After continuing forward for two hours, Yi Chen suddenly felt that there seemed to be the sound of fighting coming from ahead, and also the roars of magical beasts.

  "It seems like someone is fighting a monster up ahead." With this discovery, Yi Chen quickly calmed his breath and didn't dodge, carefully heading in the direction of the sound.

  In the distance, the silhouettes of five massive demonic beasts gradually emerged, their enormous bodies intimidating. They formed a circle around a lone figure clad in a black robe.

  "Wu Tou Xue Yuan Bing Xiong." Yi Chen's face revealed a look of shock, those five heads were indeed the Snowfield Ice Bears, possessing the strength of a fifth-level magical beast.

  It's not surprising to see a level 5 demon beast in such a place, but what surprised Yi Chen was the figure surrounded by them. He was actually being attacked by low-level five-headed demon beasts and showed no signs of defeat.

  The angry roar of the polar bear echoed through the air, unable to take down the little guy in front of them for a long time, making them extremely annoyed, and the attack began to become more fierce.

  Although it was so, the figure did not fall back because of this, but instead exerted even stronger strength to cope with it, and for a time blocked the attack of the Snowfield Ice Bear.

  "The breath he released was only at the quasi-yellow soul boundary, but it could simultaneously contend with five fifth-level magic beasts." Yi Chen exclaimed in surprise from a distance, sensing his opponent's aura.

  Ordinary cultivators can generally only withstand a demon beast of the same realm, while those with strong trump cards are capable of simultaneously withstanding multiple demon beasts.

  The person in front of him was only at the quasi-Huang Soul Boundary cultivation level, yet he could simultaneously withstand five fifth-level demonic beasts. This showed that he was no ordinary person.

  "That's strange, why does that figure look so familiar." Yi Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, the figure wearing a black robe gave him a sense of déjà vu.

  Just as Yi Chen fell into deep thought, the five-headed demon beast erupted again, its attacking speed increasing by several degrees, making that figure feel even more overwhelmed.

  Although she was very powerful and a leader among her peers, when facing a level 5 magic beast, she could only hold out for a while before ultimately collapsing.

  In the midst of the fight, she suddenly turned her head towards Yi Chen's direction. When she found someone watching the fight, she was visibly startled for a moment.

  "Hiss" but she quickly reacted, suddenly mobilizing her soul power to leave the battlefield and ran towards Yichen, looking as if she was going to drag him down with her.

  Seeing this situation, Yi Chen's eyebrows furrowed slightly. He wasn't the kind of person who would take a loss easily. The other party wanted to drag him down, and such behavior made him extremely disgusted.

  "Don't treat me like a fool." With an indifferent smile, Yi Chen raised his middle finger at the other person and then turned around to leave.

  "Help me!" Just as Yi Chen turned his head, a sweet and lovely girl's voice sounded from behind him. The voice was still tender, indicating that the other person was not very old.

  At this moment, Yi Chen withdrew his foot that had stepped out, and the sweet voice gave him a very familiar feeling, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

  "The" five-headed, fifth-level demonic beast was extremely fast. The girl had already exhausted herself from the previous battle and those beasts quickly charged up again, surrounding her in the middle.

  "It's all over." Although the girl was incredibly powerful, facing five level-five magical beasts would eventually exhaust her, and she would become their plaything.

  One of the beasts let out a roar and raised its thick claws to slap the girl, with extremely fierce momentum.

  "Peng." Faced with the attack, the girl could only choose to harden her palms, which were wrapped in soul power, and bravely met that thick beast arm, successfully blocking this attack.

  "Roar!" At this moment, the remaining three demon beasts also launched an attack, raising their thick arms and attacking from three directions.

  According to the girl's current situation, she can only respond to an attack from one direction and is destined to suffer two fatal blows.

  "The situation is terrible." The girl was somewhat desperate.

  "Despicable beast, you're going to die!" Suddenly, a furious shout came from above the girl's head. A figure leaped into the air and landed beside her - it was Yi Chen, who had chosen to intervene.

  The fifth-level magical beast had extremely high spiritual intelligence, and when it saw a reckless little guy intervening, it let out a loud roar in extreme anger, turned around to attack, and its thick beastly arm swung towards Yi Chen.

  "Scram." A indifferent character spat out from his mouth, Yi Chen clenched his fists, and the dark green veins under his skin emerged like a coiling dragon, his soul power surged, and he quickly struck one of the Snow Origin Ice Bears.

  "Hong" Yi Chen's punch was extremely ferocious, even the physically powerful Snowfield Ice Bear couldn't withstand its might. Its massive body suddenly flew out backwards.

  The girl had already used up all her strength in the previous battle, which means that Yi Chen could only face the five fifth-level magic beasts alone, and this was really too dangerous for him.

  "Let's go." Yi Chen quickly grabbed the girl's small hand and took her away, fleeing towards the distant front.

  "The" Snowfield Ice Bears would not let him have his way, they roared angrily and quickly rushed up, once again blocking Yi Chen and the others.

  "These monsters are really hateful, they won't even let us leave." The girl said anxiously.

  "They won't show you any human emotions, so think of a way to defeat them." Yi Chen's face didn't reveal even half a hint of emotional fluctuation, his soul power had already begun to circulate, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

  "How is it you." When Yichen spoke, the girl turned her head to look at Yichen. At this time, she finally had a good look at the person who helped her. After seeing his appearance clearly, a surprised expression appeared on her face.

  Although Yi Chen was wearing a bamboo hat, from his figure and the clothes he wore, the girl still recognized him at first glance.

  "I don't know if it's good luck or bad luck, Princess Weina, but we meet again." Yi Chen shrugged and said this lightly.

  From the other party's attire and tone of voice, Yi Chen had already guessed their identity earlier. What surprised him was why Wei Na would appear alone in such a place.

  "You actually didn't die, how did you escape?" Wenna also learned about Yi Chen's situation from his national teacher, and initially thought that the latter was bound to die without a doubt. But she never expected that he would reappear in front of her again.

  "Good people will be rewarded, if the princess believes in this sentence, she won't feel surprised that I'm still alive." Yi Chen said in response, nakedly boasting that he's a good person.

  "You're really shameless, you're the most self-loving person I've ever seen." Wei Nana said with a curl of her lip.

  "The" was completely regarded as a light bulb, the five-headed Snowy Ice Bear let out a dissatisfied roar, especially the one that was knocked flying by Yi Chen earlier, and it was the first to launch an attack, charging towards Yi Chen.

  "Get out of the way." Yi Chen quickly pushed Wei Na aside, his soul power surging out of his meridians like an angry dragon, gathering between his palms and striking out with a force like thunder.

  "Peng" that snowy ice bear had learned a lesson from just now, this attack was with all its might, but was still repelled by the overbearing power released by Yi Chen, however, Yi Chen also retreated several steps this time.

  "So you're also a quasi-Huang soul realm, and you've hidden it quite deeply." Xīnà's face was full of surprise as she carefully examined Yì Chén's soul power color.

  The other party's voice was still a bit childish, and judging from his figure, Wei Na was certain that his age was about the same as hers. Yet, this young man possessed a cultivation level of Quasi-Huang Soul Realm, which couldn't help but shock her.

  Weina is a princess of the Nodi Empire, possessing countless spirit stones and the Heaven and Earth Treasure's absorption, naturally able to advance to the quasi-yellow soul realm at such an age.

  But the young man in front of him didn't seem like a genius nurtured by a major power, nor did he have the backing of a powerful family. To possess such cultivation could only mean that his innate talent for practicing was terrifying.

  "Less nonsense. If you can't fight, then get out of the way and don't be a hindrance." Yi Chen said coldly, ignoring her gaze.

  "Am I in the way?" Princess Mina pouted, if she wasn't mistaken, this was the first time in her life that she had been told she was a hindrance.

  "Roar!" Just as Mina was getting frustrated, the demon beast behind her let out a loud roar and launched an attack on her.

  In this situation, Wei Na's counterattack was too late, and she was about to be hit by the Snowfield Ice Bear. However, Yi Chen suddenly moved, quickly rushing out and leaving a residual shadow, appearing in front of Wei Na.

  "Top-grade Soul Skill, Heavenly Thunder Palm, Fifth Form!" At this moment, Chen didn't have time to think much. He quickly accelerated his soul power, continuously condensing it between his palms, and then swiftly struck the Snowy Ice Bear with a loud crash.

  Two figures collided with a loud crash, and a wave of energy rippled outward in all directions, sending snowflakes swirling around them like a tidal wave.