Chapter 176: A Perfect Opportunity to Kill Long Tian'ao

Before Long Tian'ao could even react, what exactly did those words Lu Ren said mean?

Lu Ren had already cast him aside, leaving him where he stood, and flashed toward mid-air.

Lu Ren was quick-witted and fast-handed, taking out a Defensive Magical Artifact to completely shroud himself, and several Array Disks appeared beside him.

The moment the Array Disks appeared, he channeled Spirit Power into them to activate them, directly concealing his figure.

Who could see this and not call it fast, accurate, and ruthless?

Watching this display, Long Tian'ao felt a deep sense of unease in his heart, but when he followed in Lu Ren's footsteps toward mid-air, his feet had barely left the ground by three inches when he felt the earth shake and the mountains sway, and a powerful suction force came from beneath his feet.

Not good!

A dangerous thought flashed suddenly through Long Tian'ao's mind, and he violently accelerated, wanting to pull his legs out of the ground that had begun to turn into soft mud.

But this ground seemed to have a life of its own, firmly suctioning his legs.

He was shocked and panicked.

Gritting his teeth, he looked in all directions and discovered that those cultivators had long since hidden far away.

Some, upon seeing Lu Ren fly up, were even more quick-witted and retreated toward the outside without the slightest hesitation.

They had long since heard of Lu Ren's great name; although that didn't stop them from standing by and watching the show just now, their sensitivity to danger was truly the sharpest! If not, how could they have survived out here?

Never underestimate rogue cultivators!

Rogue cultivators also possess their own insight.

Half of Long Tian'ao's body had almost sunk into the mud-like ground; he had never been in such a sorry state. Gritting his teeth, he summoned his Storage Bag, wanting to take out a Treasure Tool to pull himself out of the mud.

But!

He discovered with some astonishment that his Storage Bag had actually become unusable at this moment!

In this critical juncture, his brain began to race urgently. He racked his brains to think of any way to extricate himself from such a wretched situation. Fortunately, heaven does not cut off all paths.

No matter how unwilling he was, Long Tian'ao still took out a Life-Bound Spirit Sword he had subdued within the Secret Realm! It was one of the Ten Great Famous Swords passed down from ancient times!

Although Long Tian'ao knew it was one of the Ten Great Famous Swords passed down from ancient times, he did not know what the true original name of this sword was.

He only knew its essence, not its name, but he could feel that this sword possessed a power that did not lose to anyone.

Now, under his usage, this sword had been renamed the Aotian Sword.

"Take me up!"

Long Tian'ao communicated with the sword spirit within the blade.

He could no longer care whether exposing the precious treasure he carried would invite the jealousy of others.

Long Tian'ao felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart; if he were swallowed by this ground that was like mud, the danger he would face next would definitely be significant! Had he not seen that Lu Ren had already flown to the high sky? How hateful!

Long Tian'ao felt some secret resentment in his heart that he was actually inferior to Lu Ren's insight.

He was even inferior to certain rogue cultivators!

How could he, who was always arrogant and looked down on everyone, accept this? However!

Long Tian'ao felt slightly better in his heart; after all, there were quite a few people who, like him, had all fallen into the land that had become like mud.

The Aotian Sword in his hand possessed strong spirituality; upon hearing his command, the sword body trembled slightly, and then it was gripped by Long Tian'ao as he charged violently toward the high sky.

It must be said.

This sword was indeed worthy of its reputation.

As Long Tian'ao gripped this sword, his body was directly lifted up with a jerk.

He was a full few inches higher than that mud-like ground.

Only the parts below his ankles remained in the mud.

Long Tian'ao suddenly felt a wave of relief in his heart.

But...

Lu Ren was still here! How could he possibly let Long Tian'ao get out so easily? Lu Ren could see far from the air, and he could see even more clearly.

He was very certain that this sudden change was absolutely because he had taken away the Wanzhen Liuli Fire. But it could not be said whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Because this frantically surging...

Was actually an extremely intense aura of thick earth!

Furthermore, Lu Ren could feel that the bead he used to form a small Lotus Platform was vibrating frantically, wanting to come out from within his body.

After a brief moment of thought, Lu Ren had already made up his mind.

Isn't it just coming out?

Since the Earth Spirit Bead wants to come out, then let it come out!

"Come out, Earth Spirit Bead!"

Following a low roar from Lu Ren, the Earth Spirit Bead broke out from his body, trailing a long, earthy-yellow light, and hovered in front of him.

At this moment, the Earth Spirit Bead's entire body of earth aura had become slightly more concentrated, more brilliant than when Lu Ren had pried it open and picked it up from the Mud Platform.

But it was still very weak.

It hadn't even been able to fill the entire bead.

What was erupting from underground was not just fire energy, but also intense earth energy.

The fire energy did not belong to the Wanzhen Liuli Fire.

Lu Ren had a guess in his heart.

Could it be that because he took away the Wanzhen Liuli Fire, he had released what was truly suppressing this place?

But what could it be?

If a treasure like the Wanzhen Liuli Fire was used as the eye of the suppression array, then what was being suppressed here was definitely extraordinary!

And there was such a dense earth aura...

Before Lu Ren could figure out the reason, the Earth Spirit Bead had already begun to violently and frantically inhale as if it had encountered a grand feast! The earth-quality aura in the air almost all surged toward this tiny bead, turning into one thin thread after another, drilling into the Earth Spirit Bead's body.

The Earth Spirit Bead was like an indefatigable glutton, absorbing everything that came its way, no matter how much there was.

Lu Ren was not idle either.

Watching Long Tian'ao being brought up by his Spirit Sword, a slightly dangerous smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

He thought he could run after offending him? Now...

Lu Ren opened his eyes and looked down at Long Tian'ao.

The moment the Wanzhen Liuli Fire was subdued by him, the system in his mind sounded an important notification.

That was one of the foundations of Long Tian'ao's rise.

It was even the starting point of his journey to collect Strange Fire.

Although the Wanzhen Liuli Fire did not affect his constitution in the original plot, it provided him with inspiration.

It could be said to be an existence like a fuse.

But now, this fuse has already disappeared.

Most importantly! The person most useful to Long Tian'ao in the plot has also disappeared! Jiu Hui!

Without him, Long Tian'ao would not know how many detours he would have to take, how much common knowledge of the cultivation world he would lack as a grassroots kid, and how many backers and help he would lose.

He would even lack who knows how many connections! Now...

Not only has Long Tian'ao failed to grow due to his Heart Demon, but he has also been cut off from the outside world after running into this Secret Realm.

A biting killing intent suddenly flashed in Lu Ren's eyes.

Isn't now the perfect time to kill Long Tian'ao?

(End of chapter)