Chapter 2737

At this very moment, Ye Chen ran all the way, leading Earl Changsheng to speed toward the mountains.

The two were extremely fast, even on the hills covered with trees and undulating terrain, they could walk on flat ground and run as fast as flying.

Earl Changsheng had already used all his strength at this moment, biting Ye Chen tightly and not letting go. While running, he had to keep his eyes wide open and concentrate twelve points of energy to avoid the surrounding trees and the mountain rocks under his feet. After running for one or two kilometers, he was already in a sorry state.

However, even if he tried his best, Ye Chen always kept a stable and safe distance from him. This distance made Earl Changsheng very depressed. He could only chase Ye Chen relentlessly but couldn't seize the opportunity to launch an attack on Ye Chen.

Because, whether he used the wooden sword given by the Lord or the lightning-struck wood he bought from Zhang Ermao to attack, he needed to calm down to circulate spiritual energy and activate the formation. If he was slightly distracted, he might fail.

Therefore, fighting while walking was possible, and although fighting while running was more difficult, it wasn't impossible.

But if he wanted to be like he was now, running parkour in the mountains like a monkey with all his strength while concentrating on summoning magic weapons to cast spells, this was as difficult as ascending to heaven for Earl Changsheng.

Seeing Ye Chen running wildly into the mountains, Earl Changsheng knew that Ye Chen wanted to lead him to a place with no one around before fighting him to the death, but he had no other choice at this moment and could only chase to the end.

Ye Chen led Earl Changsheng directly to a deserted valley three or four kilometers away. This was the decisive battle location he had chosen long ago. This place was far from the city, and there were no residents around, so even if the movement was loud, he didn't have to worry about attracting outside attention.

When Ye Chen ran wildly to the center of the valley, he suddenly stopped, turned around abruptly, stared fixedly at Earl Changsheng, who was approaching, and said coldly: "You old dog have good stamina!"

Earl Changsheng stood still at a distance of about twenty meters from Ye Chen. Through the mottled moonlight, he looked at Ye Chen's face and sneered: "I really didn't expect that Ye Changying's son would master spiritual energy in just twenty years! It seems the Lord's speculation was correct. Your short-lived parents really explored the secret of eternal life back then!"

Ye Chen frowned slightly and questioned: "You said my parents also understood spiritual energy?"

Earl Changsheng was stunned, then laughed and said: "It seems your parents died too early, and many things didn't have time to tell you. Back then, they entered the land of eternal life and took away the secret of eternal life. They thought they could hide it from the world, but they were still discovered by the Lord. Fortunately, I beheaded them both early. Otherwise, if they had been given a few more decades, maybe even the Lord wouldn't be Ye Changying's match."

Ye Chen was shocked in his heart!

He never thought that his parents would also be related to spiritual energy!

At this time, a sneer appeared on the corner of Earl Changsheng's mouth, and he said: "Today is truly a double happiness. Since you have mastered spiritual energy, you must have obtained the secret of eternal life left by your parents. If you don't want to die too painfully, hand over Lin Wan'er's ring along with the secret of eternal life!"

Ye Chen stared at Earl Changsheng and asked: "Old dog, what is the secret of eternal life?"

Earl Changsheng mocked: "Kid, you're still playing dumb when you're about to die. Do you think I'll fall for your trick?"

Ye Chen's eyebrows were like swords and his eyes were like torches. He said word by word: "You will definitely die at my hands today! Why would I need to play dumb to a person who is about to die? I might as well tell you, my means of killing people are not more merciful than yours! If you tell me everything you know today, I might be able to give you a quick death!"

Earl Changsheng suddenly remembered the sentence Ye Chen had just blurted out subconsciously, so he asked with a puzzled face: "Since you don't know that your parents were proficient in spiritual energy, where did your spiritual energy come from?! Who led you into the Dao!?"

Ye Chen said coldly: "I led myself into the Dao!"

Earl Changsheng laughed disdainfully: "What a ridiculous joke! I have lived for over a hundred years and have never heard of anyone who can enter the Dao by themselves!"

Ye Chen said indifferently: "Then you see it today!"

Earl Changsheng gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Kid, today I will let you know what kind of end you will have for being disrespectful to me!"

After saying this, he immediately waved the wooden sword, infused spiritual energy into it, slashed at the void toward Ye Chen, and said coldly: "You can run, right? I'll cut off your legs first!"

In an instant, a rotating invisible sword edge shot out from the wooden sword.

Ye Chen could clearly feel the powerful energy contained in that sword edge, just like a helicopter flying at high speed suddenly throwing out its propeller!

Ye Chen knew that his practical combat ability was insufficient and his experience was lacking, so he didn't dare to be slack at all. Seeing that rotating sword edge destroying everything along the way and cutting off countless branches and leaves, he immediately found the right time and shouted: "You think only you can slash?!"

After saying this, a soul-piercing blade shot out rapidly. The soul-piercing blade, like an invisible giant crossbow, went toward that rotating sword edge at a very fast speed!

In the blink of an eye, the two forces collided. Instantly, a loud explosion came from the air between the two, and the trees within a radius of tens of meters, which were originally lush, had all their green leaves pouring down like a torrential rain in the next second!

The huge impact even made Ye Chen and Earl Changsheng unable to control themselves and retreat several steps!

Earl Changsheng's expression instantly turned extremely shocked!

Even Yun Ruge, who was observing from afar in the dark, was shocked beyond measure!

Earl Changsheng looked at Ye Chen dumbfounded and exclaimed: "You... you actually still have a magic weapon?!"

Ye Chen sneered, opened his palm, revealed his soul-piercing blade, and said disdainfully: "What? You think only you are worthy of having a magic weapon?!"

Earl Changsheng felt extremely depressed in his heart at this moment!

As the saying goes, comparing people will make you die, and comparing goods will make you throw them away!

Before he came to Jin Ling, he only had one magic weapon on him, which was borrowed from the Lord for him to carry out the mission!

But this young man, who was less than thirty years old, not only mastered spiritual energy in the past twenty years but even possessed a magic weapon whose strength was not inferior to the wooden sword in his hand. This instantly made him feel extremely unbalanced!

He couldn't help but grit his teeth and say: "Kid, even your short-lived father didn't have such a powerful magic weapon! Where exactly did you get it?!"

Ye Chen said coldly: "I said I refined it myself, do you believe it?"

Earl Changsheng felt that his IQ had been insulted and gritted his teeth: "Refining magic weapons, even the Lord can't do it, let alone you, a mere little thief! Since you won't tell the truth, don't blame me for being impolite!"

After saying this, Earl Changsheng shook his wrist, and two sword edges shot toward Ye Chen again. This time, the two sword edges were like two boomerangs moving in an arc, wrapping around Ye Chen from left and right!

Without waiting for the two sword edges to approach, Ye Chen immediately used the soul-piercing blade, suddenly struck three times toward his left, right, and front, and simultaneously infused spiritual energy into his legs, exerting force under his feet, and his body sped toward Earl Changsheng in front of him!

Earl Changsheng originally thought that the two sword edges attacking Ye Chen, even if they couldn't kill him, would definitely cause him heavy injuries. But he never expected that the two forces Ye Chen struck out one after another would collide with the two sword edges in his hand again!

Two thunder-like sounds came, and countless fallen leaves on the ground were shaken into the sky in an instant.

And just at this moment, Earl Changsheng felt a force that was extremely fast and extremely strong rushing toward his face, and he instantly realized that Ye Chen hadn't just struck out two forces in that instant, but three!

And this third one was rushing directly toward him!

Earl Changsheng retreated rapidly in a panic, simultaneously circulating spiritual energy to his arms, blocking his arms in front of him, preparing to resist this force head-on.

He originally thought that with his strength, resisting the other party's attack would be a piece of cake. But when he blocked his arms in front of him and met that soul-piercing blade, he realized that he had underestimated Ye Chen's strength and the strength of Ye Chen's magic weapon!

Only a loud bang was heard, and the huge force hit his arms violently. That feeling was as if a heavy-loaded train was hitting him at a very fast speed!

The spiritual energy Earl Changsheng gathered on his arms was almost completely dissipated by this huge force in an instant!

And his arms also felt a burst of sharp pain, as if they had broken, and this wasn't all! The huge impact made Earl Changsheng retreat dozens of meters one after another before he could barely stabilize his figure.

Earl Changsheng, who had just stood firm, spat out a mouthful of blood in the next second. His two arms had almost lost sensation, and his entire chest felt as if it had been shattered, suffering not-so-small internal injuries.

But how could Earl Changsheng have expected that he had just barely stood firm, and Ye Chen had rushed to his face at a very fast speed!

He was shocked, and just as he wanted to resist with all his might, he felt Ye Chen suddenly twitch his arm toward him. Before he could react, a slap landed loudly on his face!

In fact, Ye Chen could have used the soul-piercing blade to attack his face the moment he rushed over. If he couldn't block it, his skull would be cut open, and if he could block it, he would probably lose half his life!

However, Ye Chen still gave up this good opportunity to cause heavy damage to Earl Changsheng!

He didn't want Earl Changsheng's life for the time being. For one thing, he still needed to ask the questions he wanted to know from Earl Changsheng's mouth, and for another, he didn't want Earl Changsheng to die so easily!

How could Earl Changsheng have expected that Ye Chen would rush to his face and suddenly change his fighting style, not using techniques, nor magic weapons, but giving him a solid slap!

The key was that Ye Chen used all his strength for this slap. This slap, full of spiritual energy, was so powerful that he was slapped into the air and flipped three times before falling heavily to the ground!

Earl Changsheng wailed in pain, struggled to cover his face and climbed up, his heart already furious!

In the past hundred years, when had he ever been slapped by someone else?! This slap from Ye Chen made him feel even more uncomfortable than losing his life!

He pointed at Ye Chen, gritting his teeth, coughing blood, and questioning: "You... cough cough... you are only twenty-something, how could you... how could you have such strength?!"

While speaking, he had already quietly taken the lightning-struck wood in his hand, trying to infuse spiritual energy into it, wanting to give Ye Chen a fatal blow!

In terms of power alone, the power of the lightning-struck wood to summon heavenly thunder was much stronger than the wooden sword given by the Lord.

Earl Changsheng had attacked Ye Chen with the wooden sword several times without success. In his view, it was highly likely that the sword edge released by the wooden sword could be perceived by the other party. In this way, this attack couldn't give the other party a sudden blow!

But the heavenly thunder summoned by the lightning-struck wood was different. That heavenly thunder fell with a bang, not giving the other party any chance to react at all! As long as he hit Ye Chen with a heavenly thunder, Ye Chen would lose half his life if he didn't die!

Ye Chen had long seen his little movements in his eyes, but at this moment he deliberately pretended not to see them and said with a mocking face: "To tell you the truth, although I am already twenty-eight years old, I have been practicing spiritual energy for less than two years!"

Earl Changsheng was startled and blurted out: "What?! Less than two years?!"

Ye Chen laughed: "That's right, I don't know how many years you have been practicing?"

Earl Changsheng gritted his teeth: "I have been practicing Dao for over a hundred years! Kid, you must be hiding a great secret. Hand it over obediently, and I will spare your life! Otherwise..."

Ye Chen asked back: "Otherwise what? Can you strike me with thunder?"

Earl Changsheng felt that the formation in the lightning-struck wood had finished operating, so he sneered and shouted to the sky: "Kid! You really guessed it right! Thunder~~ come!!!"