Chapter 544

Long Life Starts with a Grandmaster Alchemist: Main Text Volume, Chapter 554: Exposure and Attack, A Wild Breakthrough. "I wonder how much I can harvest this time?"

Beside a dead Ring-Necked Turtle, Luo Chen's Demon Crab puppet lay quietly, camouflaged to look as if they had perished together.

His focus, however, was entirely on the chaotic battlefield ahead.

The situation was three against one, almost no different from before; it was still three Demon Spider Crabs suppressing a single Tier 3 Ring-Necked Turtle.

The only difference was that this Ring-Necked Turtle had a rather formidable defense, holding out for an entire day and night under the siege of the three demons.

If Han Zhan hadn't notified Luo Chen to come over, Luo Chen wouldn't have wanted to bother with this side.

"It has already been severely wounded; even if it survives, it has no possibility of advancing further. Now that its clan is on the brink of extinction, I wonder if it will recklessly self-destruct."

Luo Chen muttered to himself.

Not all Ring-Necked Turtle Demon Kings choose to self-destruct when cornered.

That requires immense resolve!

In just this day and night, Luo Chen had only harvested five Demon Crab Kings through the mutual destruction of the fighting Demon Kings.

Of course, this number was already quite high.

In the previous year, he had only managed to sneakily capture seven Demon Kings in total.

One day's work was comparable to a year's; the harvest was undeniably significant.

Having reached this number, Luo Chen actually already had the intention to retreat.

Twelve Tier 3 Demon Crabs were enough to brew a terrifying amount of Black Emperor Paste.

Purchasing a few more from the market later would be more than enough to support his cultivation from the late stage of Tier 3 Ancient Desolation to Tier 4.

Of course.

Now that the opportunity was here, he wouldn't let it pass; who would complain about having too many cultivation resources?

Watching the increasingly oppressive and desperate battle between the Demon Kings, Luo Chen felt a sense of emotion.

A good opportunity like this to fish in troubled waters on the battlefield is hard to encounter a few times in a lifetime.

Unlike battles between human cultivators.

On a cultivator battlefield, doing this a few times would easily lead to exposure.

But on a demon beast battlefield, the massive number of low-tier demon beasts actually gave Luo Chen a chance to hide.

Additionally, the weakness of the demon beasts' spiritual sense was another factor that allowed him to fish in troubled waters.

He possessed powerful concealment methods, coupled with the assistance of Han Zhan, a Nascent Soul True Person, which allowed him to be like a fish in water on the demon beast battlefield.

Just as he was pondering, the battle ahead gradually drew to a close.

When he sensed the dying Ring-Necked Turtle erupting with powerful demon Qi in a final burst of energy, Luo Chen's heart tightened.

"It's coming!"

The Demon Crab puppet dived, sinking into the ground and entering the prepared Hunyuan Ding.

Following the previous operation, the next step was to use his natal magic treasure, the Hunyuan Ding, to withstand the first wave of the Demon King's self-destruction, and then sneakily attack a Demon Crab in the chaos.

If one died directly, that would be best, saving him the trouble.

Just as Luo Chen entered the inner space of the Hunyuan Ding, the battle outside reached its end.

Majestic demon Qi surged from the Ring-Necked Turtle Demon King like a final burst of life.

It was foreseeable that the next moment would be a world-shaking strike.

The scene Luo Chen was secretly anticipating inside the cauldron.

But after waiting for several breaths, there was no huge commotion outside, save for a single scream.

"Strange?"

Inside the cauldron, Luo Chen wore a look of confusion.

Subconsciously, he released his spiritual sense to peek at the center of the battlefield.

What met his eyes was the Ring-Necked Turtle, its neck severed, bleeding from all seven orifices, and dead.

Its massive body was bound by dense white spider silk, showing no further movement.

The final desperate counterattack had come to an abrupt end, stillborn!

Just as Luo Chen was peeking, the three Demon Spider Crabs turned their heads in unison, looking toward where Luo Chen was.

"Oh no, I've been discovered!"

Just as Luo Chen thought this was bad.

"Come out!"

The three demons shouted and attacked simultaneously.

Three balls of condensed demon Qi came rumbling over.

The three demons attacked with seamless coordination, their immense power crashing into the ground.

Clang!

A sound of metal clashing suddenly rang out.

Soil splashed, demon Qi surged, forming a massive explosion.

Amidst the rumbling explosion, a small cauldron suddenly flew out, spiritual light blooming, and a figure flashed out with a gloomy expression.

"Damn it!"

As expected of the Demon Spider Crab clan with the sharpest perception, the three demons had actually sensed Luo Chen's spiritual sense.

Cursing under his breath, Luo Chen didn't hesitate, grabbed the Hunyuan Ding, and flew toward the rear.

It wasn't as if he hadn't been discovered before.

If you walk by the river often, you're bound to get your shoes wet.

But previously, he was mostly discovered by a single Demon King, and by acting fast enough, he could kill the opponent with lightning speed to prevent news from leaking.

This time, however, three demons were present simultaneously!

Therefore, Luo Chen fled very decisively.

And the three demons, upon seeing Luo Chen for the first time, were stunned for a moment.

"Human cultivator?"

"Jin Dan cultivator?"

Before the shock could spread, the slightly older Demon Spider Crab Demon King among the three suddenly reacted.

"This person must be the mastermind the clan leader mentioned. He's been guarding here, spying on our battle; it's nine out of ten that he wants to sneak attack us."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other two demons changed color instantly.

"Don't let him go!"

"Chase!"

"Notify the clan leader, and at the same time notify the experts of the other four clans on the battlefield, tell them to dispatch Tier 3 clansmen to surround and kill this person!"

In a short time, the three demons quickly reached a consensus.

Demon Qi soared, and three figures chased closely in the direction Luo Chen was fleeing.

"Damn it, the Ring-Necked Turtle Demon King was clearly about to self-destruct, how could it stop so abruptly?"

"Luo Chen, self-destruction is not omnipotent; there are many methods in this world to stop it. Clearly, with the Ring-Necked Turtle clan on the Yu Xuan Yan Island about to be wiped out, many Demon Kings attempting to self-destruct to take others with them, and the five great Demon Crab clans suffering heavy losses, all clans have made preparations in advance. The Demon Spider Crab clan, although not powerful in combat, has unique abilities in perception and suppression seals. With the three demons working together, sealing a demon of the same tier is not a difficult task."

"Fine, I've been too smooth lately and underestimated these beasts."

"What do you plan to do next?"

"What else can I do? Run! This Yu Xuan Yan Island is no place for me to stay."

The spiritual sense transmission took only an instant.

After a brief exchange between Luo Chen and Han Zhan, a plan was set.

Immediately, he had Han Zhan find a suitable escape route, while Luo Chen himself surged with magic power, increasing his escape speed.

Not only that, spiritual light transformed behind his back, and a pair of wings suddenly unfolded.

With this, his escape speed instantly skyrocketed several times over.

After just a few flaps, the three Demon Spider Crabs chasing behind were left far behind.

On the battlefield, a red light flashed past, and the surging magic power stirred up waves of wind and clouds.

Such a peculiar scene immediately attracted much attention.

The three Demon Spider Crabs currently in pursuit couldn't help but stare in astonishment upon seeing this.

"Such fast speed!"

"Damn it, his speed is too fast. How will we report back to the clan leader?"

"Oh no, the news has just been sent out, the clan leader hasn't responded yet, and the other clans probably won't have time to dispatch people to deal with him. If this continues, he's really going to get away."

Suddenly, the three demons were somewhat flustered and exasperated.

However, they didn't stop their pace and continued to pursue Luo Chen relentlessly.

On the battlefield, it wasn't just the low-tier demon beasts that noticed this scene.

Some Tier 3 Demon Kings who had finished their battles had also discovered it.

Regardless, this battle was an internal struggle among the demon clans of the Yu Xuan Yan sea area, and it was not for human cultivators to intervene.

This was a consensus!

It was precisely because of this that Gu Gu Shaoshang was driven away when he first arrived on the island that day.

Now that Luo Chen was exposed, the experts of the five great Demon Crab clans also began to intervene to block Luo Chen.

"Get out of the way!"

Facing a Green Emperor Crab that approached, Luo Chen slashed out with his sword without a word.

The majestic sword light slashed down abruptly.

With peerless magic power, in the hasty clash, the early-stage Tier 3 Green Emperor Crab had half its body severed in a single encounter.

Without even looking at the opponent, Luo Chen flew even more urgently and faster, crossing this area!

And behind him, the Tier 3 Green Emperor Crab, severely wounded with half its body severed, was busy picking up its body to begin repairs.

Looking at Luo Chen's departing back, a look of horror couldn't help but appear in its eyes.

The power of a single sword strike, to this extent?

What realm is this person in?

"There's another Tier 3 Demon Crab blocking the way ahead, mid-stage Tier 3."

The spiritual sense transmission reached his ears, and Luo Chen's expression remained calm.

Mobilizing his magic power, he curled his fingers to form a seal, a spell ready to be unleashed.

Soon, in his line of sight, a massive Demon Crab broke away from the battlefield and rushed toward him. Looking at its red, boiled-like appearance, it was clearly a standard Red Rock Crab clan member.

Before the demon beast could even get close, Luo Chen pushed out a palm abruptly.

A huge cyan palm print pressed down with a boom.

Boom!

A deafening sound echoed through heaven and earth, and the Demon King was so terrified by the power of this palm that its soul trembled before it could even get close.

It hurriedly used defensive measures, attempting to resist this palm.

However, the peerless power pushed it back hundreds of feet in a row.

Without looking at the result, Luo Chen's wings trembled, and his speed soared to the limit of his human form.

"Three Demon Kings of the Demon Spider Crab clan, their realm is not high, only early-stage, but their position is somewhat mysterious, be careful."

Hearing Han Zhan's transmission, Luo Chen's calm expression fluctuated slightly.

Within his sight, three Demon Spider Crabs covered in white patterns were guarding the path directly in front of him.

This was the shortest distance for Luo Chen to leave the island, and also the best route.

He couldn't take a detour!

Seeing Luo Chen arrive, the three Demon Spider Crabs didn't hesitate, opening their mouths to spit out large swaths of spider silk.

Each of their eight legs gripped the ground tightly, forming a tripod-like stance.

In an instant, a huge net covered the surrounding area of several miles.

With such a blockade, any other Jin Dan cultivator would definitely be unable to break out. Even if they could break through, their movement would inevitably be stalled.

However, Luo Chen had no intention of slowing down at all.

With a thought, layers of cyan flames appeared on the long sword in his hand.

The flames roared, completely wrapping the Yu Xuan Fire Sword.

Then!

Spiritual light flashed, his eyes narrowed, finding the weakest point in that net.

"Go!"

With a soft shout, the Yu Xuan Fire Sword broke through the air, piercing directly into the center of the net.

Swish!

The sword light sped forward, touching the sky-filling spider web in an instant.

Demon Qi and magic power collided in an instant, which would have formed a stalemate, but under the spread of the Withering-Prospering True Fire, it was pierced through like window paper.

The Yu Xuan Fire Sword broke through the net, piercing a hole.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Chen himself drilled out of the encirclement.

On the ground, the three Demon Spider Crab Demon Kings looked at each other, somewhat incredulous.

Their Demon Spider Crab clan loved to form small teams of three demons to make up for the lack of individual combat power.

Moreover, with the three demons working together, they advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, relying on each other, and the sealing and suppression demon arts they performed were always successful.

Even the self-destruction of the Ring-Necked Turtle, which threatened the major royal clans, was not something they took to heart.

But just now, the meticulously prepared net was broken so easily?

"That flame..."

Muttering, a hint of horror appeared in each other's eyes.

Luo Chen, who had already escaped the blockade, didn't care what they were thinking.

On this battlefield, the number of experts of the same tier was simply too high.

He absolutely could not stop!

Otherwise, even with the Ring-Necked Turtle clan as a distraction, he feared he would fall into the vast ocean of the demon beast war.

At that time, no matter how self-confident he was, it would be impossible to survive.

Only now, in one go, could he escape thousands of miles away and leave this Yu Xuan Yan Island!

"Luo Chen, you are about to leave the monitoring range of the Water Mirror Technique. With my remnant soul's spiritual sense, I can only scout another hundred miles ahead for you."

"There are multiple Demon Kings nearby chasing you. Once they form an encirclement, you won't be able to escape even with wings."

"However, they aren't as fast as you, so they can't form an encirclement. You only need to consider one thing: break through the Great Demon King ahead, and don't stay for more than ten breaths."

Han Zhan's spiritual sense transmission reached his ears quietly.

Luo Chen's heart was also tightened to the extreme.

There was one more blocking the way!

And not an ordinary one, but a late-stage Tier 3 Great Demon King.

"Which clan is it?" he asked in a deep voice.

"Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab!"

Luo Chen's expression changed slightly; this was the clan he least wanted to provoke.

Even in these years, Black King and Tian Yu Xuan had never captured a Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab.

This was because this crab was highly poisonous, capable of eroding magic power; once contaminated, the Jin Dan could easily be polluted.

Even some Nascent Soul cultivators didn't want to touch this demon.

Thinking of a Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab Great Demon King blocking the way ahead, Luo Chen's heart began to sink.

Take a detour?

No!

Demon Kings were gathering toward him nearby; a detour was definitely not feasible.

Then the only option was to charge!

Gritting his teeth, he flapped his Broken Moon Wings wildly.

Swept by the strong wind, Luo Chen's speed was extremely fast.

Soon, a pitch-black Demon Crab figure sitting on a small hill was looking up at him.

Apart from it, there was no one else.

When Luo Chen looked closely, what was under the demon's body was no small hill.

It was clearly a mountain of corpses piled up from the bodies of Ring-Necked Turtles!

Looking at Luo Chen's figure, the demon smiled grimly and opened its mouth to spit.

A mouthful of black water was spat out, falling into the air, the fishy smell nauseating.

After contaminating the air, this black water began to transform, and patches of black mist filled all directions, completely shrouding this piece of heaven and earth.

The most classic attack method of the Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab clan, using the poison liquid condensed in a lifetime to transform into an attack.

Clearly, considering Luo Chen's escape speed, ordinary methods couldn't stop him, so it turned into the largest area of poison mist.

As long as Luo Chen was contaminated even a little, he would be in big trouble.

Not only that.

After releasing the poison mist, this Great Demon King soared into the air, opened its hideous mouth, flesh and skin rolling, and a black hook floated out.

It had actually refined its ninth claw into a natal magic treasure similar to that of a human Jin Dan cultivator!

Black hook? Poison hook!

With power ready to be unleashed, the demon spoke in human language.

"Human, you'd better stay!"

Regarding this.

Luo Chen didn't say a word, his speed not decreasing in the slightest.

With a flap of his wings, he charged directly into the sky-filling poison mist.

Seeing this, the Great Demon King let out a sneer.

"Panic-stricken?"

But the next moment, its sneer came to an abrupt end.

In the thick poison mist, bursts of "hissing" sounds erupted.

It felt as if boiling oil was exploding in a large pot.

Looking closely, inside the poison mist, a fiery red cloud mass spread out, pushing away the surrounding poison mist layer by layer.

That cloud mass looked like miasma, and also like baleful Qi.

This special cloud mass came into contact with the poison mist, and the two began to consume each other constantly.

Seeing its own natal poison liquid, condensed for hundreds of years, constantly decreasing, the Great Demon King of the Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab clan showed a look of heartache.

It could no longer sit by and watch, directly striking out with the black poison hook.

With a shrill whistle, it wanted to kill its way into the poison mist.

Just at this moment, Luo Chen, carrying the Fierce Fire Miasma, broke through the mist.

Facing the incoming black poison hook, he flicked his fingers repeatedly, and three black lights flew out one after another, without a moment to spare.

Ding!

Ding!

Ding!

In the blink of an eye, the three black lights in the air engaged in a close-quarters fight with the black poison hook one by one.

The first time, the poison hook was unstoppable, scattering the spiritual light of one black light.

The second time, the poison hook paused, and after a moment of stalemate with the black light, it continued forward. However, the thick demon Qi on it also dissipated by more than half.

And the third time, the poison hook suddenly froze in the air.

Not only that, the Great Demon King controlling the natal magic treasure also had its expression change abruptly, its body stiffening for a moment.

Taking this opportunity, Luo Chen passed by its figure and flew toward the distance.

Glancing at the hideous Demon Crab behind him, Han Zhan's voice came into his mind.

"I can't help you with the road ahead; you'll have to judge for yourself. You don't need to worry about the swamp; I will take Black King and sneak into the deep sea to retreat."

Luo Chen hummed and reached out to beckon behind him.

Immediately.

Among the three black lights, one followed closely.

Of the remaining two, one lost all sound, and the other flew up shakily, attempting to follow.

But the Great Demon King, who had already reacted, controlled the poison hook to strike down directly, knocking the black light into the dust.

Looking closely, it was clearly a black nail.

Looking at Luo Chen's departing back, the Great Demon King's expression was somewhat gloomy.

Good methods!

Three nails: one attacked the poison hook itself, one scattered the lingering demon Qi, and one directly broke the connection between it and its natal magic treasure in an instant.

And that cloud mass that looked like miasma.

Both of its meticulously prepared killer moves were broken one by one in an instant.

The high combat talent of this person, making such perfect judgments in the face of battle, was simply incredible.

Is this what human cultivators are like?

It is said that Gu Gu Shaoshang once had a brief exchange with several Tier 3 Demon Crabs and also showed extraordinary methods, and his strength was recognized by the five clans.

Such beings truly have many trump cards and are not comparable to Tier 3 demon clans like them with single methods.

Perhaps, only by advancing to Tier 4, changing meridians and activating collaterals, and transforming into human form, can one be comparable to them!

Transformation stage!

The Great Demon King's gaze fell on this Yu Xuan Yan Island under its feet; as long as it was conquered, this place would be the opportunity for its future advancement to the Transformation stage.

While its thoughts were flickering, figures gathered toward it nearby.

Among them were the Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab clan, but more were from the other four clans.

Looking at Luo Chen's departing back, they couldn't help but ask:

"Demon King Jiunan, why let that Jin Dan cultivator go?"

"This person is very likely the mastermind behind Tian Yu Xuan Island, causing our clan heavy losses in recent years; he must be killed."

"Could it be that your Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab clan suffered no losses, so you sat by and watched, letting him escape?"

Facing the voices of questioning.

Jiunan remained unmoved, looking down from above, scanning all the Demon Kings with one glance.

With just one glance, the cold and cruel gaze made all the demons present tremble, subconsciously lowering their heads.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, Great Demon King Jiunan said faintly: "It's not that I let him go; it's just that the person has many methods and used a secret treasure to temporarily break the connection between me and my natal magic treasure. In a moment of carelessness, I gave him a chance to break through."

"As for why I didn't chase?"

Great Demon King Jiunan smacked his lips, a cruel smile appearing on his face.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Jin Ao chased the enemy off the island earlier and fought a great battle in the sea. Calculating the time, that battle should have ended by now. If he returns the same way, he will definitely encounter this thief."

"Heh, it won't be long before you can see that person's corpse."