Chapter 11: Big Trouble

Nine Abyss Mountain Range.

Lu Chen arrived at the mountain foot, suddenly feeling a chill behind his back.

Before he could react, the sound of a sword being drawn rang out from behind him.

At the same time, Wang Qun's usual arrogant voice came over.

"Don't say I don't observe martial virtue; I'll kill you quickly so I can go drink with my brothers!"

Seeing the long blade already close to his back, in the next instant he shifted several meters to the side with astonishing speed.

"Blood Escape Technique?! His reaction is pretty quick!"

Wang Qun watched Lu Chen dodge several meters away, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He originally thought that with his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation, he could finish him with a single strike.

He hadn't expected to be dodged.

"Wang Qun? Is that really you?"

At this moment, Lu Chen had reacted, turned around, and faced Wang Qun head-on.

"So what if it's me?"

"Cut the talk, take my blade!"

Wang Qun was confident that even in a direct confrontation, he could defeat Lu Chen within three moves.

Seeing the opponent's long blade about to thrust again, Lu Chen didn't have time to think and immediately drew his demon sword to block in front of him.

"Clang!"

The clash of blade and sword produced a huge sound that instantly attracted the attention of many nearby demons.

Noticing this, Lu Chen frowned slightly and quickly retreated several dozen steps.

At this point, Wang Qun still thought he had driven him back and planned to use his demonic skill to pursue the advantage.

He was certain that Lu Chen's strength would definitely not allow him to react in time.

"Frenzied Demon Strike!!"

In an instant, demonic light flared all around him, his muscles suddenly bulging by a fraction, and he immediately lunged at Lu Chen.

After three moves, he gave Lu Chen no time to think, but at the same time he gave himself no time to think either.

"What a reckless fool."

Seeing this, Lu Chen's expression grew solemn, but from that brief exchange he judged that the gap between them was not large; in fact, he faintly felt he had a slight edge.

"If I play it steady I should be able to win; if I really can't, I'll just use Blood Escape to flee!"

Taking advantage of the small opening in the opponent's attack, he decided on his tactic.

The opponent had a demonic skill that strengthened his flesh, and the Heart-Crushing Sword was his only killing move; if he couldn't break through the opponent's defense, he would have only flight as an option.

"Heart-Crushing Sword!"

As the Spirit-Slaughter dual qi rose to the Dao Foundation, dark purple demonic light suddenly appeared all over Lu Chen's body.

Unlike Wang Qun's, this demonic light was more intense, and the Spirit-Slaughter qi it contained was purer.

Seeing Lu Chen react, Wang Qun secretly thought, 'Not good.'

Although he had mastered this Frenzied Demon Strike to great accomplishment, it was still somewhat difficult to hard-resist metal.

At the moment before colliding with Lu Chen, he shifted his body to the side, trying to dodge Lu Chen's attack.

However, as he moved, Lu Chen's figure suddenly blurred for a moment.

"What?!" Wang Qun's pupils contracted sharply, his heart sinking.

He hadn't expected the opponent's speed to actually be greater than his own.

In an instant, Lu Chen's figure appeared on Wang Qun's other side, his demon sword brimming with icy killing intent, thrusting straight at Wang Qun's heart.

"Burning Soul......"

By the time Wang Qun reacted and tried to use some demonic skill to block, it was already too late.

"Pfft!"

The demon sword had already pierced Wang Qun's chest, and a large amount of blood flowed out.

"How could you......?!"

Wang Qun still wanted to say something, but he simply couldn't make a sound.

"......"

After a long while, looking at Wang Qun lying lifeless on the ground, Lu Chen stood frozen in place, still feeling somewhat dazed.

Although he was in the Demonic Sect, this was his first time killing someone.

Including both proactive and forced killings, etc., this was indeed the first time.

Because everything had happened too suddenly just now, he hadn't had time to think much; everything relied on his first reaction.

So, only after confirming that Wang Qun was dead did he finally come to his senses.

"Wang Qun is dead...... big trouble."

Thinking of Wang Qun's connections in the Inner Sect, he felt a headache coming on.

If he could do it over, he truly wished his sword strike just then hadn't hit the heart.

"What should we do? The Nine Abyss Sect is probably no longer an option to return to."

"Run? Where could I run to?"

Lu Chen couldn't help but fall into a panic.

After all, he was still young; although he was a demonic cultivator, he had spent years abiding by the rules and had never experienced such an unexpected incident.

"......"

Standing in silence for a long time, his state of mind underwent another subtle change at this moment.

Finally, he finally decided to run.

After all, given his current realm, turning back would be a dead end.

Although the demon sect is everywhere outside, at least there is still hope of survival.

He turned his gaze to the already cold Wang Qun, his expression changing.

Demonic cultivators usually keep their treasures close; given Wang Qun's background, he definitely has plenty of good stuff on him.

Thinking so, Lu Chen began to search the corpse.

Soon, three storage bags were in his hands.

Seeing the storage bags full of killing qi bottles, a large amount of spirit stones, and a considerable quantity of various pills and cultivation methods, Lu Chen couldn't help but smile.

"I didn't expect this guy's family background to be so rich; this gives me confidence to run away."

After his calculations, he found that the opponent had as many as thirty bottles of killing qi on him, and the killing qi content was hardly different from that of the Killing Qi Hall.

Lower-grade spirit stones also numbered in the hundreds.

Various first-grade pills were present in great quantity, though unfortunately, according to the system's judgment, their negative effects were not too significant.

What surprised him most was that these cultivation techniques on Wang Qun's person are those that only core cultivators can access.

【Detected demonic art, Burning Soul Technique!】

【Original effect: Executing this technique can raise one's own realm by a small level in a short time. However, after execution, there is a high probability of reducing one's potential.】

【Reversed effect: Executing this technique can raise one's own realm by a small level in a short time. After execution, there is a high probability of increasing one's potential.】

"Nice treasure! It seems this is the cultivation technique that Wang Qun didn't manage to unleash just before his death."

"With such a trump card, if he really managed to unleash it, I'd probably have only the option to run."

Lu Chen felt a wave of lingering fear.

He was pondering, and his originally happy expression suddenly turned solemn.

Because he discovered that the surrounding demon beasts had, at some point, already completely encircled him.

"As expected of demon beasts in the demon sect's territory, they are truly cunning; I didn't even notice them approaching."

Several meters away from him, several dozen azure leopards were staring at him with tiger-like gaze.

"Good, they are only first-rank demon beasts......"

After carefully observing the realm of these demon beasts, Lu Chen slightly relaxed.

Since the prey came to him on its own, he naturally wasn't polite.

In the previous battle, his stamina wasn't overly consumed; dealing with these first-rank demon beasts is more than enough.

"Whoosh!"

He immediately drew his demon sword and charged toward one of the azure leopards.

But just then, a blurry figure suddenly appeared in the sky.

In an instant, a feeling of unease welled up in his heart.

Before he could clearly see the other's gaze, a female voice came from afar:

"Lu Chen...... where are you going?"