Chapter 345: I'm talking to you about life, and you're talking to me about whether you can hold on!

"You are the same." Chen Yan looked toward Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan shrugged and flew far away.

At this moment, Chen Yan narrowed his eyes, staring fixedly at Tang Chang's corpse.

He keenly sensed the existence of danger.

But the Xun Thunder had to be obtained, whether for his own strength or to attempt to open the seal of the third layer of the Dream Abyss.

Chen Yan took a deep breath.

All the combat power within his body was fully displayed.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Golden light and cold light intertwined into wisps of smoke, overflowing from Chen Yan's body like a wild dragon rising on all sides.

The protective patterns were activated.

Chen Yan's body began to vibrate at a high frequency.

Force and chill descended, flowing down from Chen Yan's body.

Everyone could see that Chen Yan was wary of something and was gathering his strength.

Jiang Yuan's expression suddenly turned grave; Chen Yan's state was clearly not right.

The next moment.

Boom!

Chen Yan's body suddenly lunged from high in the air, the space where his feet landed stepping out spiderweb-like spatial cracks.

He exploded like golden thunder, arriving before Tang Chang in an instant, one hand reaching out, rolling chill seeping into Tang Chang's right eye, intending to pluck out this ancient divine beast eye that had condensed all the Xun Thunder.

With a crack.

The eyeball was instantly pulled out by the chill.

Chen Yan's pupils shrank.

Success!

Yet, in this fleeting moment.

With a plop!

A fair white palm, as if carved from mutton-fat jade, suddenly pierced out from inside Tang Chang's belly, grabbing toward Chen Yan.

This palm struck out like a cannonball, accompanied by thick, substantial, malicious black smoke, terrifying to the extreme.

But Chen Yan was not unprepared; the moment this palm grabbed out, his left hand had already readied an ice spear.

The Yin-Stagnation Qi and blood within his body poured out without reservation, and this long spear stabbed into the hole broken open in Tang Chang's belly.

With a boom.

A massive explosion occurred inside Tang Chang's belly; his belly bulged instantly, then quickly recovered.

And Chen Yan had already escaped over a thousand meters away, still clutching that eyeball containing the Xun Thunder in his hand.

This sudden change occurred; Jiang Yuan and San Jin hurriedly flew to Chen Yan's side, staring fixedly at Tang Chang's corpse.

The explosion caused by Chen Yan's spear just now was as if it had been pinched out by that thing in Tang Chang's belly, just like a firecracker that had just been lit.

At this moment, rolling malice spilled out.

One after another, jade-white palms reached out from inside Tang Chang's belly, six slender, delicate arms unfolding like flowers.

At the base of the arms, billions of jade-white worms writhed, combining together to transform into the roots of the arms, the underarms, the shoulders...

Tang Chang's abdomen churned incessantly, countless worms adhering to form a new body.

Just like that, the heads of three beautiful women were revealed.

With identical appearances, when the three women looked at Chen Yan, all of them slightly bared their pearly white teeth, their eyes rippling with endless charm.

They stood up, their lower bodies trailing countless white worms.

As they walked, these worms gradually turned into their legs—ice-skinned and jade-boned, slender and rounded.

Who could have imagined that Tang Chang's body was actually gestating three ancient divine beasts?

"Long time no see."

The three ancient divine beasts spoke in unison, six eyes locked onto Chen Yan's body, charming and moving.

"Holy shit!"

Jiang Yuan let out a low shout:

"How the hell are we supposed to fight this?"

He was completely speechless; no wonder almost no one could leave the third layer of the Dream Abyss.

This difficulty...

Immediately after, as if remembering something, he was about to roar.

Chen Yan's gaze, however, was turning cold.

The next moment, he directly grabbed San Jin by the collar and fled toward the distance.

His speed was extremely fast, the sound of air explosions continuous.

Chen Yan had not expected this either.

The Fei Yi he had already slaughtered had actually appeared in the third layer of the Dream Abyss.

And once they appeared, there were three of them.

He was not arrogant enough to go and fight three Fei Yi.

The reason he had been able to kill a Fei Yi before was because Xue Qi had contributed more effort.

At this moment, Chen Yan didn't notice the messy look in San Jin's eyes in his hand at all.

Behind him, seeing Chen Yan slipping away so fast, Jiang Yuan roared directly:

"Damn it!"

Arrays erupted all over his body, and as he trampled through the void, his speed was actually not much slower than Chen Yan's.

Chen Yan glanced at Jiang Yuan; sure enough, only in times of crisis would Jiang Yuan unleash his true strength.

It was evident that Jiang Yuan had caught up to Chen Yan in a very short time, and with a fierce look in his eyes, he looked at Chen Yan and laughed:

"Have you ever heard the story about two friends who met a bear in the wild, and they both started running for their lives..."

"I've heard it."

Chen Yan spoke, his protective markings circulating as he erupted with his maximum speed.

His body vibrated, instantly shaking off Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan was stunned, and he looked behind him.

Those three Fei Yi were currently chasing toward them with savage grins.

"Big sister, you aren't wearing any clothes!" Jiang Yuan roared.

But those three Fei Yi were not even human, so how could they care about such human social conventions? Instead, they sped up even more.

"Damn it!" Jiang Yuan growled.

At this moment, the look in his eyes began to change constantly, shifting between helplessness and coldness.

It was as if unleashing this level of speed made him extremely uncomfortable.

He now also knew that the only way was to head toward the blood pool.

Although Cheng Le had said before his death that Xun Ting could not allow one to leave the third layer of the Dream Abyss.

But now, there was no other way.

The combined combat power of these three Fei Yi was too strong.

As for ahead, San Jin was being carried in Chen Yan's hand like a little chick.

Although she knew Chen Yan was saving her, San Jin still spoke with some hesitation:

"Chen... Chen Yan, you... how about... you... hold... hold me."

Chen Yan glanced at San Jin in his hand and did not speak.

Carrying her was better.

Because when carrying her, San Jin's body was parallel to the ground.

This way, wind resistance was low.

At a time like this, he wouldn't care about any sense of decorum.

His speed was extremely fast, and his Word Realm was erupting.

The memory of being entangled by a Fei Yi last time and smashed into a building like a hammer was still vivid in his mind.

He did not want to be caught again.

What was even more deadly was that there were now three Fei Yi.

Yet at this moment, Jiang Yuan, who was fleeing like a white streak of light, appeared beside Chen Yan.

He had almost employed every means, including protective markings, mental power arrays, blood-Qi martial arts, hard-body techniques, and even a trace of wind elements.

His current speed was actually a fraction faster than Chen Yan's.

A smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Yuan's mouth, and he slowly turned his head to look at Chen Yan, appearing relatively stationary.

The meaning in those eyes was all too obvious.

At this moment, even Chen Yan was startled.

Jiang Yuan once again gave him a feeling of being unfathomable.

The scenes before his eyes brought Chen Yan a great sense of dissonance.

That was the illogical nature of the situation.

He had originally thought Jiang Yuan was his competitor, having lost to him time and time again.

But looking at it now, that did not seem to be the case.

Why had the other party been hiding his strength all along?

The breadth of his martial arts knowledge could actually rival Chen Yan's.

At this moment, the smile in Jiang Yuan's eyes grew even more intense, as if he had noticed the change in Chen Yan's expression, and he looked very smug.

Roar!

A low roar sounded behind Chen Yan.

Chen Yan turned his head to look behind him; a Fei Yi had appeared at a distance of only ten meters from him without him noticing.

Chen Yan's pupils constricted.

If he were caught by a Fei Yi, he would have no choice but to forfeit.

"San Jin, the forfeit token!" Chen Yan shouted in a low voice.

In his hand, San Jin's hair danced wildly, and at this moment, her clear eyes were filled with guilt.

"I... I crushed... it."

Chen Yan pursed his lips, while San Jin behind him continued to say:

"You... you put me... put me down..."

"Buddy, you'll fly faster if you take off your clothes, trust me!" Jiang Yuan said:

"Really, you can't imagine how much friction is generated between clothing and the air.

The human body's original structure is better suited for air..."

Jiang Yuan laughed out loud, but the next moment, his eyelids were twitching wildly:

"Chen Yan, you!!!!"

Just then.

At this critical moment, Chen Yan crushed the eyeball containing the Xun Thunder with one hand.

Crackle, crackle...

Countless streaks of pitch-black wild lightning swept over Chen Yan's entire body, and even San Jin, whom Chen Yan was holding, was struck by the thunder.

If not for Chen Yan's deliberate control, San Jin would likely have fared much worse.

Chen Yan's will erupted, circulating the 【Illusion Ripple Abyss Domain】.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm, ink-colored elemental energy wrapped around the Saint-Breaking Tree like an ocean.

Absorbing the Xun Thunder was Chen Yan's only chance.

The Xun hexagram is one of the sixty-four hexagrams, and its image is wind.

But Xun Thunder is the name of a lightning spirit, so it naturally contains no wind element.

The reason it bears this name is precisely because Xun Thunder possesses the characteristic of extreme speed.

Chen Yan had discovered this when fighting Tang Chang.

Explosive, rapid!

Powerful combat strength, speed that transcends limits!

With the speed of lightning, why would one need to use wind as a name?

At this moment, if Chen Yan wanted to erupt with even greater speed, he had to devour the Xun Thunder.

In the midst of this hunt, he would refine the second blood-Qi attribute for his blood-Qi path!

Lightning!

However, this scene left Jiang Yuan somewhat dazed.

"You are courting death."

Jiang Yuan's eyes became cold and clear.

Even though Chen Yan was indeed gritting his teeth at this moment, Chen Yan's speed had truly slowed down.

The distance to the Fei Yi behind them was also closing.

Even the hand holding San Jin had begun to tremble.

San Jin looked at Chen Yan with a pale face; at this moment, she reached out and hugged Chen Yan's waist.

To the side, Jiang Yuan's gaze became increasingly cold and indifferent.

He just watched Chen Yan like this, watching Chen Yan and the Fei Yi get closer and closer.

Until at one moment, the distance between Chen Yan and the Fei Yi was reduced to the final meter.

Roar!

That beautiful-looking Fei Yi curled the corners of its mouth into a charming arc, grabbing toward Chen Yan as if desperate.

A crisis emerged!

San Jin looked behind her; her breathing was rapid, and she knew she was dragging Chen Yan down.

She wanted to let go, but she was worried the young man would angrily scold her.

She was incomparably conflicted; she did not know why she had suddenly become valued.

This left her in fear and trepidation.

Jiang Yuan's gaze became detached; at this moment, he did not choose to intervene.

Yet, in this very instant.

Boom!

Chen Yan stomped his feet hard against space, and his body, which was about to fall into the Fei Yi's grasp, became a fraction faster.

Chen Yan continuously condensed the Xun Thunder, his will vibrating.

Condensing the Xun Thunder was an almost suicidal choice.

But courting death is not scary, because courting death still offers a glimmer of survival.

Being boiled like a frog in warm water is the most terrifying thing.

Thus, at that most critical moment, it was his own will that saved him.

Jiang Yuan frowned; he had not expected Chen Yan to be able to counterattack while on the verge of death.

He pondered for a long time, then looked at Chen Yan:

"Actually, if you just let go of San Jin, you would have a chance to run; oh wait, you still have the withdrawal token."

However, after his voice fell, the young man with pitch-black lightning flashing in his eyes did not speak.

The lightning was indeed causing Chen Yan intense pain, but his eyes remained incomparably cold and clear.

As if he had never suffered such agony.

Jiang Yuan was silent for a moment, then said:

"There is one thing I need to tell you."

He spoke calmly:

"Yu Changsheng came to the third level of the Dream Abyss, but he left again very quickly; this is not normal."

Chen Yan glanced at Jiang Yuan but did not speak.

Naturally, he also knew this was not normal.

Jiang Yuan continued:

"Actually, I have always wanted to slaughter you, did you know that?"

Chen Yan did not speak, though San Jin had already prepared for battle.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand while flying and said:

"Think about it, if there were such a person, who exhausted everything just to obtain one thing.

He was of supreme natural talent, almost capable of killing all the heaven-proud ones of Great Xia in seconds, what Chen Changyuan, what Lu Xunyang..."

Jiang Yuan paused, then hurriedly corrected himself:

"Only Lu Xunyang could barely compare to him."

"Such a heaven-proud one, you ask who wouldn't like him, who the fuck wouldn't value him, especially since this heaven-proud one has repeatedly performed meritorious deeds.

Even, he infiltrated the enemy, and in order to hide himself, his personality even split into two, the fuck."

Chen Yan frowned and looked at Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan, however, gave a faint smile:

"This heaven-proud one didn't ask for much, he just hoped that one day he would behead the enemy and stand above the world.

As a result, someone told him, you can't do this, you have to step down."

Jiang Yuan's eyes became cold and sinister:

"Not only do you have to step down for that person, you also have to protect him.

You tell me what the fuck kind of situation this is!"

The coldness in Jiang Yuan's eyes flashed and vanished, and he looked at San Jin:

"Isn't that right, San Jin, you should have a deep understanding of this."

San Jin looked at Jiang Yuan without speaking.

Jiang Yuan chuckled:

"Actually, this person isn't bad at heart, he actually didn't have any hostility toward the person who suddenly popped up.

He just wanted to prove to the person who said he must step down that the person he chose wasn't good enough, not as good as him."

Jiang Yuan pursed his lips:

"As a result, something even more desperate for him came, that person was actually okay, the fuck.

Really, damn it."

Chen Yan looked at Jiang Yuan gloomily:

"Why don't you just forfeit, I see you're about to reach your limit."

"Chen Yan!!!" Jiang Yuan roared:

"I'm talking to you about life, and you're talking to me about whether I can hold on!!!"

He punched his own chest and growled:

"I can hold on!"

Immediately after, however, he let out a growl like he had gone mad:

"Damn it!"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!!!!"

Jiang Yuan pointed at Chen Yan:

"Chen Yan, after I completely revert to how I was before, this personality that belongs to the present will be completely devoured by the previous personality.

Actually, there's no need to be so sentimental, but I like the current me.

But every time I use my true strength, the current Jiang Yuan is dying, dying continuously.

Until a certain moment, Jiang Yuan is killed by the other Jiang Yuan."

He spoke with extreme difficulty:

"At that time, this Jiang Yuan of mine will be dead."

As he spoke, his body paused, standing still high in the sky, the distance between him and Chen Yan growing ever greater.

Following this, a brilliant, scorching white light erupted from his body, and an aura that was intense to the extreme emerged from Jiang Yuan.

Fire!

An ability that had never appeared on Jiang Yuan before.

"Defecting to Chen Xiyuan was a lie, knowing you was the truth."

"Wanting to seize Youlan was a lie, watching over you was the truth."

"Searching for Tang Chang was a lie, wanting to see if you could save San Jin was the truth."

Jiang Yuan cursed under his breath:

"Why didn't you die on the second level of the Dream Abyss, I thought you would definitely die."

"If you died, my whole being would be at peace."

"Chen Yan, you the fuck make me complicated!"

As he spoke, flames continuously spilled from his body.

Chen Yan frowned and turned his head to look at Jiang Yuan behind him.

That standing Jiang Yuan, however, suddenly snapped his fingers.

"Let's reintroduce ourselves."

Jiang Yuan's face flickered, and deep within his pitch-black pupils, a cluster of scarlet flames burned.

"Under the seat of the Nation-Ruling Xia Qi, head of the Second-Rank General Stars, Yu Siyuan!"

He spread his arms wide, like a fire deity embracing the world.

Boom!!!

Vast flames spilled from his body, rolling and surging!

Scorching the heavens and burning the earth!