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Chapter 322 [Without anyone noticing]

Chapter 316 [Without anyone noticing]

The demon's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly retreated!

At that moment, Chen Yan took a big step forward and raised his left hand, simultaneously shooting two energy finger swords with his thumb and forefinger toward the face of the ghost.

The demon's face turned ashen. He flipped his body backward and raised his hands, revealing a short knife in each palm.

With two clangs, the Yuan Qi Finger Sword was deflected by him wielding his short sword. Then, the man took a lunge and twisted his body, shouting as he raised his sword to slash at Chen Yan!

A golden light shone from Chen Yan's body, triggering a Golden Light Technique, which allowed him to forcefully block the opponent's attack.

With a hum, the blade could not penetrate the golden light protecting the body of the Golden Light Technique, causing the ghost to stagger backward. Looking at Chen Yan again, he had a three-colored duster in his right hand.

brush!
The three-colored duster swept down, and after a single sweep, the short knife in the demon's hand shattered into pieces. At the same time, the demon groaned, his knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground.

He spat out blood, clearly indicating that the dagger was his natal magic weapon, and its shattering had caused him considerable damage.

However, this man was also remarkable. After kneeling on the ground, he suddenly raised his head. As blood spurted from his mouth, a ball of crimson flame shot out from between his teeth and rushed towards Chen Yan!

The golden light protecting Chen Yan's body was instantly melted away upon contact with the flames, as if it had encountered its natural nemesis. After being burned by the flames, Chen Yan quickly shrank back.

With a flick of his wrist, he pulled out a robe from his storage jade pendant—his Yin-Yang Water and Fire Robe.

He didn't have time to put on his robe, so he used it as a cloak to shield himself. When the flames rushed up the robe, the Yin-Yang Water and Fire Robe, which had the effect of repelling water and fire, seemed to block the flames for a moment, and the momentum of the flames also slowed down.

The demons had already stood up, continuously spewing flames from their mouths, and roared at Chen Yan.

Flames burst forth from the cave, spreading in all directions. Gu Tongbing had already quickly lay prone on the ground, his body pressed tightly against the earth.

The water and fire robe in Chen Yan's hand could only resist ordinary fire. The fire spewed by the ghost clan contained some kind of magical power. The robe only blocked it for a short while before the fabric began to melt and disintegrate, and it was burned to a pulp.

However, this brief obstruction was enough for Chen Yan!

Chen Yan roared and pounced forward with his arms outstretched. He was still holding the Water and Fire Robe in his hand. At such close range, he pounced on the ghost clan member and used the robe to cover the ghost clan member's body and head. Then, he gave him a bear hug and threw him to the ground!

Seeing that the ghost's head and upper body were covered by the already burned robe, and although the robe was torn and many flames were coming out from the gaps, Chen Yan took the opportunity to raise his fist and smash it down on the head!

The demon struggled frantically, but was ultimately restrained by the robes and was forcibly controlled for seven or eight seconds.

In just seven or eight seconds, Chen Yan's fists and elbows rained down on the ghost clan member like a storm.

Through the robes, Chen Yan continuously attacked the ghost clan member's head, chest, and abdomen!

With a few cracking sounds, bones in his head and chest broke one after another! Chen Yan was as fierce as a mad tiger. In addition, his body had been nourished by vital energy and tempered and improved by the sap of the divine tree. In terms of physical strength alone, he was already no weaker than a body cultivator of the same level. How could this ghost clan person resist him?

After Chen Yan broke several of the Ghost Clan's ribs, he finally ripped off the Yin-Yang Water and Fire Robe covering his face with a hiss, revealing his head, which was covered in blood.

His nose was crooked to one side, and the bridge of his nose was broken. At the same time, a piece of his left cheek was dented, clearly indicating that his facial bone had been broken by Chen Yan.

Blood was seeping from the man's mouth, nose, and eyes. In excruciating pain, he could no longer breathe fire, but could only whimper in agony.

Chen Yan grabbed the other man's throat with one hand, while clenching his fist with the other and continuing to pound on his chest.

The ghost struggled with both hands, grabbing Chen Yan's arm and trying to push him away, but after being punched a few more times by Chen Yan, his strength gradually diminished.

Chen Yan let out a long breath, stood up from him, and looked at the guy while panting heavily.

At this moment, the demon lay on the ground, his body gradually curling into a ball, his breathing sounding like a broken, leaky bellows, as if he would stop breathing at any moment.

Without any hesitation, Chen Yan squatted down, grabbed a handful of dry grass from the ground and stuffed it into the mouth of the ghost, then grabbed the other's arm with one hand and twisted it forcefully!
Click!

The demon's painful roars were muffled by the dry grass stuffed into his mouth, so he could barely utter a sound.

Chen Yan's expression changed, and he methodically broke the bones in the man's arms and calves before he could truly relax.

"You were ruthless." Gu Tongbing had already gotten up from the ground, quickly walked to the cave entrance and glanced outside: "There's no movement outside."

"There won't be any movement. Their plan is to lure us to a deserted place to make our move. The pastor's actions are unpopular and a major taboo. He would never dare to make a move within the tribe, as leaking the news would be a serious crime."

Seeing the demon writhing on the ground, he pulled the dry grass out of the man's mouth, lifted him up, and whispered, "Where are you planning to make your move?"

The demons made gurgling sounds, but their eyes were filled with resentment and venom, and they couldn't utter a single word.

"Not going to talk?" Chen Yan didn't hesitate or struggle, and grabbed the other person's neck and twisted it forcefully.

With a snap, the venom in the man's eyes froze.

Chen Yan let go and threw the body on the ground. Gu Tongbing frowned and said, "If we can't get any information out of them, where do we go? What if their men are lying in ambush at the entrance of the valley..."

Chen Yan stroked his chin: "If you don't know where the other party will make a move, just guess a place where they would never make a move, and then run away in that direction."

Gu Tongbing's eyes lit up immediately!
After exchanging a glance, the two simultaneously uttered the same sentence:
"White Elephant!"

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If someone intends to cause damage in their own home, regardless of where they choose to do it, one thing is certain: they will deliberately avoid places where valuable items are kept!
For the White Elephant Tribe, the most precious item is undoubtedly their sacred beast: the White Elephant!

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This herding caravan of white elephants has about forty white elephants.

At night, these white elephants roost in the southwest corner of the valley.

This is the outer edge of a forest, and what's even more remarkable is that a mountain spring gushes out from underground, forming a shallow pool about twenty meters in diameter.

White elephants are so large that they cannot lie down even when resting; instead, they sleep standing up.

Under the cover of night, dozens of white elephants, each as large as a mountain, stood outside the woods, silent as stone, but with the wind, one could faintly hear their heavy breathing rising and falling.

Clearly, each white elephant was well cared for, with piles of various fruits and plants stacked high around their habitat.

In addition, there were more than a dozen herding ghost tribesmen resting by the mountain spring pool.

The white elephant was very clean. Every night, the ghost tribe members responsible for herding it would fetch spring water to wash away the dust and dirt from its body. They would even take out the herbs that the tribe had stored year-round to wipe the white elephant's body to clean any ailments caused by wild parasites or minor wounds.

Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing made their way out of the village in the dark, without encountering any obstacles along the way.

The village was silent at night, with only a few campfires remaining outside some of the wooden huts. However, most of the flames had been extinguished, leaving only a few embers, their light flickering dimly.

There were no patrols or guard posts set up within the tribe, and the two walked to the edge of the village almost without any hindrance.

While passing through the woods, they encountered a little trouble—the demons who cared for the white elephant had left some to keep watch, probably to get up at night to feed the white elephant.

These guys consider taking care of the white elephant the most important thing in the world.

Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing lay under a big tree, watching as the two elephant herders on night watch painstakingly carried bundles of what looked like bananas under the cover of darkness, piled them near the white elephant, and then walked back to the edge of the woods to find a grassy nest to sleep in.

"What are you thinking about?" Gu Tongbing tilted his head to look at Chen Yan, and when he noticed that Chen Yan was staring into the distance, he asked in a low voice.

“I’m thinking these guys are living too comfortably and too complacently. In this situation, a hundred elite soldiers could easily wipe out this village or tribe with a single surprise attack,” Chen Yan sighed.

He thought of the area beyond Snow Cliff Pass, and of the ferocious beast tribes who lived in extremely harsh conditions.

Gu Tongbing shook his head: "This place is deep inside the Ghost Clan's territory, and there has never been a war here for many years. If it were closer to the City of No Return or the border of the Demon Clan's territory, the Ghost Clan tribes would not be so lax."

"Then let's teach them a lesson," Chen Yan said calmly.

He patted Gu Tongbing on the shoulder: "You stay here and hide."

After saying that, he quickly crawled forward, using the shadows under the big tree, the cover of the bushes, and the darkness to move forward.

Gu Tongbing squinted as he watched Chen Yan's figure approach step by step, and his eyes gradually brightened.

This guy even used the heavy breathing of the white elephant carried by the wind. He used the sound of the wind generated by each breath of the white elephant to conceal his footsteps as he moved forward.

Then, in the brief interval between the sounds of wind and breathing, it immediately stopped and carefully observed its surroundings.

Chen Yan was patient enough; he took several minutes to get close to where the white elephants were sleeping.

He even stepped over the elephant herder's sleeping area, easily crossing over the herder's head, and casually slapped a talisman on his body. The herder instantly woke up but was unable to move or make a sound.

He was then slapped unconscious by Chen Yan.

And so, Chen Yan finally made his way to the white elephant herd.

He didn't get too close, but instead reached a pile of food for the white elephants, using the mountain of food to hide his figure, and then he began to bend down.

As if taking something out and burying it deep in the pile of food, Chen Yan calmly left and reached for another pile of food.

At the edge of the white elephant herd, five piles of food were placed, and Chen Yan lingered for a while next to each pile.

After doing all that, he quickly and calmly retreated back into the woods, climbed up to the big tree, grabbed Gu Tongbing, and scrambled up the tree. The two hid in the lush canopy of the tree, using the gaps in the branches and leaves to continue watching the surrounding forest.

Chen Yan smiled and pulled a wad of dry grass from his pocket. He quickly tore it apart and pinched it into several small balls. He used two of the balls to plug Gu Tongbing's ears, and then quickly plugged his own ears with the grass.

Gu Tongbing looked at Chen Yan with a puzzled expression.

Chen Yan smiled and opened his left hand with five fingers. Then he changed it to four fingers.

Three fingers, two fingers, one finger.

boom!
Boom boom boom! !

Several bursts of fire and explosions came from outside the woods. Five piles of food were blown away one after another, and broken fruits and leaves were overturned and scattered everywhere! The explosions were not large, but the fire was quite big. Most of the five piles of food were blown apart, and the rest were quickly ignited and turned into a ball of flames!
The roar of the explosion startled the sleeping white elephants. These enormous creatures opened their terrified eyes after waking from their slumber, and then, overwhelmed by the flames, let out a series of panicked roars.

Then, the white elephant herd went into chaos!

The giant elephants began to scatter and run in all directions in a frantic rush!

Once their massive bodies begin to move, they resemble giant tanks or road rollers—clumsy and slow.

Some white elephants collided head-on with their companions, like two mountains colliding, and then both fell down with a crash.

Some of the white elephants, in the chaos, charged into the woods, their massive bodies crashing into several large trees before tripping over the trunks and collapsing with a thud.

Some of the white elephants, in their panic, ran into the pool. The shallow water only reached their feet, but the wet, slippery mud caught them off guard and caused them to lose their balance.

The fall of one white elephant will soon trip up another, and then many more...

The burning pile of food was trampled by the white elephant, and the remaining flames were scattered everywhere.

In just a few minutes, it seemed that flames were everywhere!
On the other side of the woods, the direction of the village was finally alerted!
The roar of the white elephant and the flashes of fire left the faces of the demons emerging from the wooden sheds filled with bewilderment and panic. Those who reacted quickly had already fled at breakneck speed toward the other side of the forest where the white elephant's aura emanated.

Meanwhile, some women were frantically calling out for their family and relatives in the darkness.

Exclamations, screams, children's cries...

Finally, after a period of chaos, torches were lit, and more and more demons ran into the forest, heading towards the location where the white elephant roosted...

They rushed through the woods, running towards them and then running away again. Several groups of people even ran past the big tree where Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing were hiding.

Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing remained motionless, calmly lying in the tree canopy, quietly watching, their eyes scanning the crowd.

Finally, Chen Yan's eyes lit up; he saw the figure he was looking for!
A tall figure, over two meters tall, as imposing as a mountain, with broad shoulders and a round waist!
The man wore a white linen robe and a crown woven from some kind of dried twig, with traces of paint on it and an egg-sized gemstone inlaid on it.

Beside him were four or five demons exuding a menacing aura, dressed in the tight-fitting, narrow-sleeved robes of the demon race. Each of them wore a blood-red belt around their waist, clearly indicating that their status was different from the others.

These several people, surrounding the giant man, came swiftly from afar, rushed through the forest, and ran towards the white elephant...

Chen Yan was relieved.

That enormous creature must be the shepherd!

The few ghost clan members who closely followed him, exuding a murderous aura, were likely his confidants and also the most skilled members of their tribe.

Chen Yan noticed that the shepherd and his men came from the northwest corner of the valley, which meant that... that was the ambush site they planned to lure Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing there tonight.

Taking advantage of the chaos outside the woods, Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing finally managed to climb down the tree, cross the woods, slip out from the edge, bypass the village in the valley, and head northwest.

Now that the shepherd and the others have been lured back, the northwest direction should be safe.

Just as the two bypassed the village and reached the northwest entrance of the valley...

A furious roar came from far behind!

The voice was filled with rage and fury, and even more so with deep resentment and hatred!

Chen Yan recognized it; it was the shepherd's voice.

He grabbed Gu Tongbing and rushed out of the northwest corner of the valley without looking back, heading into the vast wilderness.

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First they headed northwest for an hour. Then they headed west for another hour, and then south.

This kind of running is equivalent to going in a huge circle around the valley of the White Elephant tribe.

Chen Yan had been running around all night, and it wasn't until dawn that he pulled Gu Tongbing, who was almost out of breath from running, to sit down by a tree in the woods.

Gu Tongbing was panting so hard he looked like he was about to vomit his lungs out. His face was deathly pale as he gasped, "I can't go on. I really can't run anymore. If I keep running like this, even if I don't get caught, I'll die from exhaustion."

Chen Yan glanced at Gu Tongbing, put him down, and handed him a pot of water.

Gu Tongbing took a breath, opened the kettle, and gulped down the entire kettle of water in one go. He then took out an antidote pill and swallowed it. After that, he lay sprawled out on the ground, completely disregarding his image, stretching out every muscle in his body as much as possible.

Chen Yan silently calmed the boiling emotions in his chest. After a night of running around at full speed, even with his extraordinary physique, his blood and qi were churning violently.

He leaned against a big tree to catch his breath for a while, then glanced at Gu Tongbing, who looked like a dead dog: "I suddenly realized that ever since I met you, I've always been being hunted down."

I was being chased by you, by your accomplices who ambushed the flying boats, and now I'm being chased by the White Elephant Tribe.

Tell me, is it because you're cursed with bad luck that you've dragged me down with you?

Gu Tongbing rolled his eyes: "Why don't you say that I started having bad luck after I met you? I was doing just fine as my 'Lord,' decisive and ruthless. But after meeting you, everything went wrong."

Your grand scheme was foiled, then you poisoned him, captured him, and seized all his possessions.

After they finished speaking, the two looked at each other and then laughed at the same time.

After resting for a while, Chen Yan helped Gu Tongbing up from the ground. He looked at the direction of the sun, then at the forest, and slowly said, "If we go a little further west, we can head south. If we go in a big enough circle, we should be able to get far away from the White Elephant tribe's herding caravan."

Gu Tongbing thought for a moment and said, "For the White Elephant Tribe, the White Elephant is their most valued sacred beast. We attacked the White Elephant, and right now, their most urgent and important task is to appease it."

"Unless that herdsman is completely insane, he would never abandon the White Elephant and disregard everything to chase after us. If he dared to do so, even if he returned, he would face fierce opposition from his people. If word got back to the other herdsmen in the White Elephant tribe, or to the tribe's leader, even the Heavenly King himself couldn't protect him."

Chen Yan sighed: "I hope he's not that heartless... Quick, get out of there!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed drastically!

He heard a gust of wind howling in his ears, and all he remembered was slapping Gu Tongbing. Gu Tongbing's body was immediately sent flying by the slap, falling seven or eight meters away!
Chen Yan suddenly turned around and saw the light in front of him dim!
A huge object flew in from afar and crashed down on us!

It was a huge boulder!

Chen Yan had no time to dodge, so he could only grit his teeth and suddenly unleash a golden light from his body, instantly triggering the Golden Light Technique. Just as the golden light had spread all over his body, the flying boulder crashed down!
With a loud bang, Chen Yan's body suddenly swayed!
The protective golden light was extinguished instantly by the shock, leaving only a thin, weak layer; most of it had been dissipated!
The immense force slammed Chen Yan's foot so hard that he was smashed into the ground, like a nail being hammered into a giant sledgehammer, disappearing up to his thigh!

Chen Yan felt his chest churning and his whole body aching. Even though the Golden Light Technique was activated, the enormous shockwave still injured him. He felt a sweet taste in his throat, and a clump of blood with a rusty smell flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Chen Yan looked up and saw a huge figure slowly walking towards the edge of the woods in the distance!
Its massive body, over two meters tall and nearly three meters high, moved through the woods like a giant.

A giant hand reached out and forcefully ripped open a rotten tree in front of it.

The shepherd's white linen robes were tattered, clearly from a long journey, and torn in many places. His jeweled crown was askew, and his face was covered in black grime.

His eyes were filled with rage. After staring at Chen Yan, he roared and slammed his fist into a tree next to him, breaking the trunk in two!
Then he grabbed the tree trunk, snapped it in half, and hurled a section of it at Chen Yan with all his might!

hum! !

The tree trunk was thrown at him by the shepherd, like a javelin.

Chen Yan's body was pinned to the ground up to his thighs, and he couldn't pull himself out for a while. Seeing that the tree trunk was about to reach him, Chen Yan had no choice but to grit his teeth, let out a low roar, and lift his hands up.

He used the Golden Light Technique again.

boom! ! !
Wood chips flew everywhere, the tree trunk that had been used as a javelin shattered, and the golden light on Chen Yan finally dissipated completely.

His vision blurred, and when he looked up into the distance, he saw the shepherd striding towards him.

Chen Yan struggled fiercely, feeling as if a stone was pressing on his chest. After being hit hard, a surge of energy accumulated in his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Suddenly, Chen Yan's eyes hardened, and he slapped his chest hard. With a snap, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of thick, sticky blood.

The stagnation in his chest immediately eased, and his breathing became smooth again. Chen Yan struggled to pull his body out of the pit and climbed out.

But then, although his breathing became easier, a knife-like pain shot through his chest.

Chen Yan stood there with difficulty, not saying a word, watching the herdsman approach from afar. He first took out a White Bone Pill and swallowed it with a cold face, then silently circulated his vital energy in his chest.

"I will kill you, but before I do, I will tear every single one of your bones apart and crush them!!"

The shepherd stared intently at Chen Yan.

As Chen Yan watched the shepherd approach step by step, he suddenly smirked: "This place is far from your territory. Where are your people? Did they get separated from you after coming out to hunt them down?"

"Ha! So what? I alone am enough to kill you!" The shepherd's face was filled with murderous intent.

Chen Yan laughed, then shook his head: "No, that's not what I meant."

He paused for a moment, then chuckled softly, "What I'm trying to say is... since there's no one here, I can kill you without anyone knowing!"

(End of this chapter)