Chapter 279: This child, one must not be his enemy!

When Luo Chen wiped out the three Foundation Establishment cultivators in one fell swoop.

On both banks of the Qinhua River, amidst the green mountains on all four sides, countless watching cultivators were silent.

Only on the Li family grounds side, after a brief silence, did roaring cheers erupt.

"Senior Luo is mighty!"

"Senior Luo is so powerful, invincible at the same level!"

"Killing three Foundation Establishment cultivators without even using magic artifacts, what kind of demeanor is this!"

"Our Society Leader is the most powerful."

That last sentence was clearly the loud shout of Yuan Yuan Dongsheng.

Luo Chen smiled slightly, manipulating the vines of the Thorn Bone Spur Flower to search and seize his spoils one by one.

One top-grade flying sword, one pair of top-grade magic artifact gloves, one half-used Talisman Treasure, and one storage bag.

Apart from these, there was nothing else.

The storage bags of Hu Hu Changnu and Hu Hu Changle were destroyed in the explosion of the Scorching Sun Technique.

Items like magic robes and defensive magic artifacts were often the first to be damaged in such attacks.

That's why the price of treasures with defensive attributes has always remained high.

Looking at these spoils, Luo Chen didn't even have the interest to open the storage bags.

Just three poor ghosts!

His gaze looked toward the downstream of the Qinhua River.

Before long, a ghostly light flew back against the sky-filling scorching sun.

Looking at Li Li Jinhuang, Luo Chen frowned.

"Where is your corpse?"

Li Li Jinhuang smiled frankly, "Killing Danyuanzi always requires paying a price."

That's true.

After all, he was a living mid-Foundation Establishment powerhouse!

"Here, this is your reward for taking action this time."

To Luo Chen's surprise, a storage bag emitting the fragrance of medicinal pills flew in front of him, accompanied by a precious sword.

"But what you gave before was already enough."

"Danyuanzi was also a second-grade alchemist with no small attainments; his storage bag will definitely be helpful to you."

Li Li Jinhuang said with a smile, then looked at the Li family clansmen cheering and jumping for joy in the distance.

"Moreover, being able to protect the Li family, no matter how much reward I give you, it is not too much."

"This Chi Dragon Sword, after Li Yingzhang reaches Foundation Establishment, you give it to him! If he fails... use it yourself!"

Hiss hiss hiss...

While speaking, green smoke rose slowly.

Under the scorching sun, Li Li Jinhuang's ghostly soul body was continuously melting, just like snow melting.

It was true that he had a Foundation Establishment soul.

But before transforming into a ghost cultivation technique, the soul born was only at the level of a low-level ghostly soul ghost soldier.

Moreover!

He had also used the third-grade secret art "Life-Severing Finger".

His current state was continuously sliding, completely unable to resist the great power of the Heavenly Dao of the cultivation world.

Luo Chen tucked the storage bag into his bosom, looking at the frank Li Li Jinhuang.

"Any last words?"

"Sigh..."

With a long sigh, Li Li Jinhuang shook his head.

"Everything that needed to be said has already been said."

His gaze wandered, landing on the green mountains and wilderness; at this moment, his spiritual perception had reached its peak before his soul scattered.

Under his gaze, powerful souls were as piercing as stars in the pitch-black night.

He said without looking back: "Daoist Friend Luo, I will have to trouble you with the matters that follow."

Watching the ghostly soul continuously melting, Luo Chen opened his mouth.

In the end, he only said one sentence.

"Daoist Friend, have a safe journey!"

Li Li Jinhuang did not look back, just waved his hand.

Green smoke curled, and the ghostly soul returned to the blue void.

On the road to the Yellow Springs, who knew if he could walk steadily.

Luo Chen took a deep breath, his gaze following the direction Li Li Jinhuang had looked before he died.

A figure, seemingly afraid of being beaten to it by others, flew toward this side impatiently.

"Brother Li!"

"Sigh... why did you leave so hurriedly; this old friend didn't even have time to see you off."

The person who came stepped on white clouds, his beard and hair all white, looking quite old at first glance.

He stood on the white cloud, beating his chest and stamping his feet, his expression mournful.

However, Luo Chen just looked at him coldly.

Feeling this cold gaze, the old man smiled awkwardly, putting away that mournful expression from before.

"It's Little Brother Luo, right!"

"I am Wei Tuo, from Mount Xuchen Mountain; you say, isn't it a coincidence, I also have the character 'Chen' in my name, which shows we have affinity!"

"Moreover, I was also a long-time friend of Brother Li. A friend's friend is a friend; you can call me Brother Wei."

Brother Wei?

I'm even your Brother Wei!

Luo Chen smiled without warmth, "I don't know, Daoist Friend Wei, what advice do you have now?"

Wei Tuo waved his hands repeatedly, "Advice is not the word."

He pointed to the Li family clansmen waiting expectantly below.

"Brother Li left... heroically!"

"But leaving this whole family waiting to be fed, I truly feel uneasy."

"Sending him off a step late, I should at least contribute a bit of effort to the aftermath."

Wei Tuo looked at Luo Chen with a smiling face, "Little Brother Luo, you still have to manage the Luo Tian Society, I'm afraid you can't spare any thought to take care of the Li family. This old man is at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and has quite some strength; why not let me take care of them!"

"Hehe, Daoist Friend Wei, you worry too much." Luo Chen sneered, "My Luo Tian Society has a large family and a big business; we can still spare one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators to sit in this place."

Wei Tuo's smile gradually turned cold.

"You don't think that after killing a few insignificant little fellows, you can walk sideways in Mount Tianlan, do you?"

"I don't know if there are any capable people in Mount Tianlan, but after today, there will be no name of Wei Tuo of Mount Xuchen Mountain in Mount Tianlan."

Luo Chen raised both hands slowly.

Wei Tuo frowned, "If you refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, a mere early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and you dare to be so arrogant!"

He reached out and beckoned, and a nine-ringed tin staff fell into his hand.

Luo Chen glanced at that nine-ringed tin staff, a magic treasure?

He remained unmoved!

Raising his hands to mid-air, he then pressed down fiercely!

Violent spiritual power fluctuations, without the slightest concealment, poured out!

At this moment, Wei Tuo's expression changed.

"No, you are mid-Foundation Establishment!"

In his perception, the moment Luo Chen pressed his hands down, the hidden spiritual power fluctuation surged wildly from Foundation Establishment Level 3 to Foundation Establishment Level 4!

Not only that.

Its spiritual power was incomparably surging, like a vast ocean.

It didn't even look like Foundation Establishment Level 4, but rather like Foundation Establishment Level 6.

What a terrifying spiritual power fluctuation!

The terror didn't just come from the realm the opponent revealed.

From the depths of Wei Tuo's soul, dangerous signals came continuously.

He sensed something was wrong, and without even launching a probing attack, he turned and fled without hesitation.

However, it was already too late!

A pressure as heavy as a mountain smashed down.

The massive spiritual pressure suppressed him.

An illusory mountain peak appeared and disappeared above Wei Tuo's head.

"Ah!!!"

A roar erupted from his mouth, his entire body's blood energy surging, and the nine-ringed tin staff smashed upward.

That illusory mountain peak was actually shaken until it trembled.

The suppressing force loosened slightly.

He subconsciously wanted to escape this range.

However, before he could take a few steps, the Qinhua River surged with angry waves, and large, large giant waves slapped him back.

Suppression, delay.

Two great forces were applied, and he was unable to move an inch.

Wei Tuo was terrified, and a golden bell hovered above his head.

He turned around, "Daoist Friend Luo, I won't covet the Li family anymore, why go to such lengths to kill them all!"

Luo Chen just looked at him coldly, without saying a word.

His two hands had already joined together at some point.

All preparatory spells had already been prepared.

How could it stop just because he said so!

Moreover, without a thunderous strike, how could he deter all directions!

Everything had been destined since Wei Tuo came out trying to pick up scraps.

He, Luo Chen, wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys!

The Hu brothers were not the chicken; this Wei Tuo of Mount Xuchen Mountain was that chicken!

"Mountain Collapse!"

The true words were spat out.

As Wei Tuo looked up in terror, the illusory mountain overhead suddenly shattered.

Just like a volcanic eruption!

The moment the illusory mountain shattered, a scorching, boiling energy poured out.

That was the destructive energy fused from the collision of water and fire forces!

Under this destructive energy, everything in the world seemed to lose its meaning.

Wei Tuo was almost crazy.

The nine-ringed tin staff erupted with brilliant light, blasting toward that destructive energy light stream.

The power of a magic treasure was incomparably terrifying.

However, how much of a magic treasure's power could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator unleash?

And the "Mountain Collapse" Luo Chen performed was a genuine second-grade top-tier attack spell.

With Great Perfection Fireball Technique, Great Perfection Xu Chenshan Technique, and Great Perfection Wave Technique as prerequisites.

Three techniques fused into one!

At this moment, the Mountain Collapse had already surpassed all cultivators who had performed this technique throughout history.

Because no one would cultivate three low-level spells to the peak of perfection.

At most, they would reach the Great Success level.

In this situation, the terror of the Mountain Collapse Luo Chen performed had already exceeded the limits of his realm.

Mid-Foundation Establishment?

Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment powerhouse could not take this strike head-on.

A magic treasure that couldn't be perfectly driven, and he dared to block it?

A mantis trying to block a chariot, overestimating one's own strength!

Under Luo Chen's gaze, Wei Tuo drove the nine-ringed tin staff regardless of everything, yet still couldn't block the power of the Mountain Collapse.

Bang!

Under the terrifying collision, the nine-ringed tin staff broke free from Wei Tuo's spiritual sense control and shot out directly.

His face was terrified, opening the golden bell, attempting to block the rolling red energy light stream.

However, it was all in vain.

Boom...

The energy light stream washed away everything, leaving not a blade of grass where it passed.

Wei Tuo vanished into smoke and dust under that washing.

After killing him, this torrent did not stop, directly smashing into the Qinhua River.

Boom!!!

Another loud sound erupted.

On the surface of the Qinhua River, which was ten thousand feet wide, a massive cave suddenly appeared.

The cave was massive, hundreds of feet in diameter, and a hundred feet deep.

Inside, it was empty, with only endless high-temperature steam.

On the green mountains on both banks, countless loose cultivators watched this scene, unable to help but gasp.

In their eyes, there was only shock.

Under the agitation of their hearts and minds, fear spread boundlessly.

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators were incomparably shocked.

They usually fought with magic artifacts like flying swords, coming and going, focusing on concentrated power and saving spiritual power.

Lethality was usually concentrated at a point, at most a few feet or dozens of feet.

Where had they ever seen Luo Chen like this, mobilizing giant waves at the slightest, and lifting mountains and breaking peaks at the heaviest.

Now, it was even more terrifying.

Directly creating a super-large-scale area attack.

Even the vast Qinhua River was blasted with a giant hole, and even the riverbed at the bottom was revealed clearly.

Under such a super-large-scale attack, who could manage to escape?

Moreover, they also vaguely sensed that suppressing and delaying power.

Almost at the same time, the Foundation Establishment cultivators nearby, whether early-stage or mid-stage, all had a thought appear in their minds.

"This child, one must not be his enemy!"

After the thought, there was even more surging of thoughts, like waves and tides.

"Who the hell said that the Luo Tian Society Leader is kind-hearted and friendly to others?"

"Killing the three Hu brothers is one thing, but killing this Wei Tuo, he seems to have only said three sentences in total!"

"This damn thing, killing people without a word, and not even listening to the other party's begging for mercy."

"Forget it, forget it, this Li family's stuff has no affinity with me."

"I am Foundation Establishment Level 5; I don't know how much chance of winning I have against him? Can he still perform that move?"

"This person's strength is unfathomable; he didn't even use magic artifacts. No! As a leader of a party, he must have magic treasures; I'd better not provoke him."

"Run, run!"

On the green mountains on both banks.

After the silence, there was a clamor that shook the sky.

As Luo Chen's cold gaze swept over, those clamors became silent once more.

The Qi Refining loose cultivators fled in panic, no longer having any thoughts of fishing in troubled waters.

Most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators left directly.

A few nodded to Luo Chen, becoming familiar faces, and then left.

Luo Chen stood in the sky, overlooking all directions.

His brilliant momentum was unstoppable!

One minute ago.

On a nameless barren mountain.

A middle-aged Daoist with a sallow complexion stepped out.

However, the step he took was instantly retracted.

A figure holding a staff fell from the white clouds on the horizon.

The middle-aged Daoist looked at the other party, his pupils shrinking.

"Tian Tian Kuizi!"

Facing Chu Kui carried his long staff and said helplessly:

"Daoist Daoist Huangsha, you weren't tempted when Li Li Jinhuang was alive; why go now that he's dead? Doesn't this stain your reputation?"

Daoist Daoist Huangsha said in a deep voice: "You and I know clearly that when he was alive, he had both incense ties and interest dealings with Qingdan Valley; which late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator dared to make a move."

Facing Chu Kui curled his lips, but nodded.

The cultivation world is just like this.

When you are alive, because of interests and feelings, I will look after you a little.

But you are dead, and the feelings are gone.

As for interests?

Changing to someone else, they can still cooperate!

Therefore, the principle of "people leave, tea cools" is just like this.

Seeing this, Daoist Daoist Huangsha's tone softened: "Was it Li Li Jinhuang who paid you to come? He is about to die, and you have already made a move, so there is no need to block me anymore."

"Pity, no!"

Facing Chu Kui shrugged.

Daoist Daoist Huangsha frowned, his gaze falling on the distant Great River.

He just saw Wei Tuo walking toward that Foundation Establishment junior.

Good, let this fool take action first to seize it, and he would act as the oriole later, naturally seizing the Li family's foundation.

However, his gaze fell on that Foundation Establishment junior.

"Luo Chen hired you?"

"Congratulations, you guessed right." Facing Chu Kui stuck his staff into the ground, "He didn't die, so I still have to do this job."

Speaking of this, his eyebrows twitched.

"Actually, I highly suggest you take action, so I can stretch my muscles. Otherwise, the spirit stones I can get will be greatly discounted."

"Let me tell you, that kid Luo Chen is extremely stingy, not at all as generous as rumored outside."

Daoist Daoist Huangsha's face turned gloomy.

His complexion was already bad, and this gloominess made it even uglier.

Facing Chu Kui's Daoist name "Tian Tian Kuizi" was not given by others, but fought for in battle after battle.

In this one-acre-three-fen land of Mount Tianlan Immortal City, he was known as the leader of loose cultivators!

In the situation where sect Foundation Establishment cultivators did not appear, no one could do anything to him.

There were even rumors that the few times he lost to sect Foundation Establishment true disciples, he had deliberately let them win.

With his strength as Daoist Daoist Huangsha, competing with Facing Chu Kui, the win-loss ratio was at most four-six.

He four, Facing Chu Kui six.

The reason it was so high was still because his realm was one level higher than Facing Chu Kui's.

"If you ask me, you are old, at the Foundation Establishment Level 9 realm, why not think about impacting the Core Formation stage, and instead waste your energy on these petty profits?"

"It's not worth the loss!"

Daoist Daoist Huangsha suppressed the anger in his heart, looking into the distance, and said lightly:

"I am not like you, a lone wolf; I have a family and descendants."

"The original spiritual land can no longer satisfy the family's needs, so naturally, I have to expand a bit."

Facing Chu Kui curled his lips, muttering: "But you can't just rob others' well-managed ones! Like bandits and robbers, it damages the prestige of our generation."

Pretending not to hear the sarcasm in his words.

Daoist Daoist Huangsha said coldly:

"The cultivation world is inherently the weak being the prey of the strong; if you can't protect it, you might as well give it up."

Facing Chu Kui became interested.

"Then do you think Luo Chen can protect the Li family?"

"Hmph, that Wei Tuo is not a simple character..."

Daoist Daoist Huangsha did not finish the rest of his words.

Because he felt that terrifying spiritual power fluctuation.

Separated by such a distance, he still felt cold to the bone!

Facing Chu Kui's heart also trembled, but his mouth remained tough.

"Look, do you still think he can hold it now?"

Daoist Daoist Huangsha took a deep breath, "If I take action..."

Hearing this, Facing Chu Kui's eyes lit up.

He hurriedly pulled out his staff.

"Come, come, come!"

"Hmph!"

Daoist Daoist Huangsha flicked his sleeves and left.

Regarding the Li family's resources, he no longer had any thoughts.

Luo Chen could hire Facing Chu Kui once, he could hire him a second time.

If he really provoked the other party, with Facing Chu Kui's personality of taking money to do things, he might just fight his way to their family.

Moreover, that Luo Chen...

Watching his departing back, Facing Chu Kui sighed repeatedly.

Lost out on hundreds of thousands!

He picked up his staff and flew toward the banks of the Qinhua River.

Passing by a green mountain, his eyes suddenly froze.

"Eh?"

Sorry, accidentally overslept, posting first then editing.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 280 =====