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Chapter 538 I was so angry I almost lost my soul! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

To be honest, if the true form of Immortal Venerable Taixing were here, he would probably be so angry at Li Chen that he would vomit blood.

What do you mean by doing everything I could think of in my head?

If Li Chen knew what he was thinking, he would say: "I did all the things you didn't even think of."

The projection of Immortal Venerable Taixing was so enraged by Li Chen that it almost caused his soul to be scattered.

He was merely a conscious projection, not the real Tai Xing Immortal Venerable.

I never imagined that I would be so humiliated by lowly mortals in the human realm.

I originally wanted to use the dirtiest words to describe Li Chen.

But Li Chen didn't care about the words he used at all, and said: Every word you say will become my motivation tonight.

These words silenced even the illusory image of Immortal Venerable Taixing.

Not cursing would feel stifling, but cursing his wife would only lead to more humiliation.
As a Celestial Venerable, he is the first person to live such a miserable life.

The projection of Tai Xing Immortal Venerable also seemed to be subject to some kind of restriction, only able to linger in place and unable to move freely within the hall.

Li Chen didn't pay much attention to Tai Xing Immortal Venerable. Since he had already come all this way, he couldn't go back empty-handed, could he?

Li Chen did indeed gain something after his thorough search of the main hall.

For example, a spiritual pearl imbued with a hint of celestial aura was discovered in a side hall, and a very profound body-refining technique was found in a secret chamber.
These things might be very beneficial to ordinary Saint Realm cultivators, but for Li Chen, who is already at the peak of the Saint Realm, they are nothing more than tasteless food that is hard to eat and a pity to throw away.

It's possible to keep it, use it as a reward, or do someone a favor.

Things from other places don't have much value.

The item that Immortal Venerable Taixing took out earlier must be the so-called supreme inheritance in this ruin.

He looked down on those things, let alone these things placed in the side hall.

After a quick looting, Li Chen, feeling utterly bored, walked into the side hall on the left.

The walls of the left hall were covered with sword marks and ravines. At this moment, those sword marks gathered in the void into beams of sword intent that shot toward Yue Shuang, who was sitting cross-legged in the center.

Sixteen longswords hovered around Yue Shuang, forming a defensive sword formation, deducing and comprehending the sword intent.

A sword intent transformed into a stream of light and attacked, instantly filling the sky with killing intent, and faintly echoing the sound of a tiger's roar.

"when!"

The sword intent struck Yue Shuang's sword formation, producing a mesmerizing sound like metal and stone intertwining.

A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of Yue Shuang's mouth. The aura of a flying sword above her sword formation suddenly shifted, and a phantom of a white tiger emerged from the flying sword, seemingly bearing a slight resemblance to the sword intent from before.

Upon seeing this, Li Chen couldn't help but nod slightly. He had to admit that she did indeed have some talent in swordsmanship, as she was able to comprehend some of the true meaning of sword intent in just a short time.

However, in Li Chen's eyes, this was far from enough. With Yue Shuang's strength, if she continued to delve deeper into the mysteries, she might bring about her own demise.

Just then, a sword mark lit up faintly again, and complex inscriptions appeared in the void, then transformed into a raging torrent of light that slashed downwards.

A white-robed sword immortal appeared in the void, holding a long sword horizontally in front of his chest. Boundless sword intent tore through the void, causing the heavens and earth to darken and mountains and rivers to collapse.

Before the sword intent even arrived, Yue Shuang had already begun spitting out blood.

Startled, she opened her eyes and desperately urged the surrounding flying swords to resist the sword intent.

However, her flying swords were utterly insignificant under that sword intent, and even after seven flying swords were broken in succession, she still could not withstand the attack of that sword intent.

Just as her life hung by a thread, she caught a glimpse of Li Chen standing quietly in the distance. As if grasping at a last straw, she cried out, "Senior Li, save me!" "The sword is me, and I am the sword." Li Chen remained standing in place, and his words seemed to possess a special magic that made Yue Shuang close her eyes and meditate in contemplation.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" All of Yue Shuang's flying swords landed with a metallic boom.

In the next instant, Yue Shuang's entire being became clear and serene.

The sword intent that was attacking suddenly stopped, as if it had sensed some other kind of aura. It just hovered around her without any killing intent, and made a "zhengzheng" sword sound like a child who had found a playmate.

As time passed, a tremendous sword intent suddenly erupted from Yue Shuang's body, as if a divine sword had been placed in the world.

With a casual flick of her finger, the sword intent surrounding her suddenly swirled and shot towards the distant golden stone ground.

"Boom!" Boundless sword intent erupted, carrying dust that shot out in all directions, causing the entire Left Hall to tremble.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Li." Yue Shuang opened her eyes, her face full of astonishment and gratitude, and her knees buckled as she knelt down.

No one understood better than her, a sword cultivator, how profound Li Chen's words were for sword cultivators. Even their sect leader didn't have such insights; this was the ultimate essence of the sword!
Originally, Yue Shuang thought that Li Chen might be a genius on par with Jun Shenzi, but now she sees that his swordsmanship alone is far superior to Jun Shenzi's, not to mention Li Chen's cultivation that can easily kill immortal soldiers!

"Continue to study it. These sword marks left at some unknown time will be of great benefit to you." Li Chen nodded slightly and strode towards the right hall as he spoke.

In the right hall, Yunhe was standing in a fighting arena, locked in a life-or-death struggle with a thunder beast of the same realm.

The thunder beast resembled a white horse but had dragon horns on its head and was covered in deep blue scales. With every move it made, violent lightning surged around it, scorching the surrounding ground.

At this moment, the Thunder Beast's hooves pounded the ground repeatedly, causing the stone floor to crack.

With each stomp, the lightning on its body didn't become any stronger; it would simply transform into an electric ball in a matter of moments.

"Hiss!" The Thunder Beast let out a harsh roar, then transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards the Cloud River.

Yunhe was already covered in blood and was clearly at his limit. Seeing the thunder beast charging towards him, he became even more ferocious and immediately shouted, "Return to the Void Thunder Formation!"

Streaks of purple lightning surged from the ground around Yunhe, forming a complex array that trapped the thunder beast within.

"Boom!" A muffled sound came from the center of the formation, followed by a thunderstorm.

"Die!" Yunhe roared, his robes billowing and crackling with lightning.

The thunder and rain in the formation became even more violent, with lightning balls resembling hailstones continuously crashing down on the thunder beast.

However, the Thunder Beast strolled among them as if it were unaware of anything. Each thunderball that struck it only made the lightning on its body even more violent, and it charged towards the Cloud River despite the thunder and rain.

Yunhe was shocked. He hadn't expected that using all his methods would only make the Thunder Beast more ferocious, and it seemed to be providing it with nourishment.

"Shift the Qian position three inches to the left, and the Kun position half an inch upwards!" Li Chen said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Yunhe felt relieved and quickly did as instructed.

As the adjustment ended, the purple lightning balls that descended from the lightning array transformed into sharp lightning nails. The lightning beasts that were already in the array were struck by them, causing them to bleed profusely and be smashed into a bloody pulp in just a moment.

A series of mechanical clicks echoed, and a blue stone platform slowly rose up. On the platform lay a pair of wristbands emitting faint lightning, clearly a reward for Yunhe's success in clearing the level.

Yunhe withdrew his imposing aura, disregarded his bloodied body, quickly picked up the wrist guard, and respectfully handed it to Li Chen, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Li. Please accept this."

"These wristbands will be of great benefit to you. Are you sure you want to give them to me?" Li Chen nodded slightly, his interest piqued.

This is a high-quality spiritual artifact. If Yunhe were to wear it when activating lightning magic, its power would likely be increased by 50%.

For cultivators, a weapon that can increase their strength by 50% is enough to cause brothers to kill each other and masters and disciples to kill each other.

(End of this chapter)