Chapter 18

The moment he struck, it was a ruthless killing move.

Ye Xuan's face darkened: "What a demon sect saintess. Master, help me."

The next second, the Spirit Venerable's soul possessed him, his power surged, and he began to fight Duanmu Xin.

Before long, Duanmu Xin fell to a disadvantage.

Just as Ye Xuan was about to palm Duanmu Xin away, a silver needle flew over.

Ye Xuan's pupils contracted slightly, and he dodged aside.

Seizing that moment, Duanmu Xin hastily fled.

Ye Xuan snorted coldly: "Who is it?"

He had just intended to forcibly subdue Duanmu Xin, but was interrupted by someone.

A few seconds later, no one responded.

He was about to pick the bellflower, only to find with utter confusion that the bellflower was gone.

"Damn it!"

At that moment, Ye Xuan couldn't help but curse.

For some reason, he hadn't found a single heavenly treasure along the way.

It was truly absurd!

Now, seeing this bellflower, it had been snatched by someone else too.

It was simply inexplicable.

Damn it, who the hell did this!!!

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Ye Xuan's face turned extremely ugly: "Master, didn't you say the surroundings were full of heavenly treasures?"

Ling Zunzhe frowned: "Earlier, my spiritual sense clearly sensed them; the windbell grass was just one of them."

Ye Xuan ground his teeth: "Could it be that someone knew of the heavenly treasures beforehand and took them first?"

Ling Zunzhe agreed: "That possibility cannot be ruled out."

Ye Xuan said dejectedly: "If I have no heavenly treasures, how can I advance quickly?"

Ling Zunzhe said: "Don't panic. If there are none in the outer area, then enter the inner area; you may just have to endure some hardship."

Ye Xuan's face turned gloomy: "What is a little hardship? I will enter. I must strengthen my power and beat Xu Chen to a pulp."

At this moment, Xu Chen had almost become his inner demon. He must surpass Xu Chen next, otherwise this knot in his heart will be hard to untie.

"Then let us go."

Ling Zunzhe said indifferently.

"Whoosh!"

After speaking, Ye Xuan shot forward, heading straight for the inner area.

"There are indeed good things in the inner area, but..."

Seeing this scene, Xu Chen shrugged and said.

The inner area is extremely dangerous; one might encounter a sixth-grade spiritual beast at any time.

At that time, even Ling Zunzhe, who has no physical body, might be in trouble.

"Speaking of which, in his past life, Ye Xuan found heavenly treasures as easily as drinking water. Now the plot is a bit off."

"In this life, I don't know who is messing things up, making it so Ye Xuan got not a single heavenly treasure. It's absurd."

Xu Chen said with a headache.

This made him feel an impulse to give heavenly treasures to Ye Xuan just to stabilize the plot.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Chen continued to wander leisurely and continued digging for treasures.

During this time, Xu Chen also obtained three beast cores, and his storage ring was filled with heavenly treasures.

Every single one was no lower than third grade; there were about thirty-four of them, worth at least three hundred thousand taels.

Although it was very satisfying, Xu Chen was still somewhat worried.

After all, if the protagonist has no good things, but this villain is overflowing with them, will something go wrong?

"System, is there no problem with me doing this?"

Xu Chen asked.

The System said: "No problem. As long as the host does not actively snatch the protagonist's luck or belongings, it seems there will be no problem."

Seems?

Damn it!

He continued: "If I beat the protagonist to a pulp, is there no problem?"

The System responded: "If you do not actively beat him, it should be no problem."

Xu Chen: "???"

Come on, tell me, how do you beat an enemy without actively doing so?

He said in a bad mood: "If I see Ye Xuan later, I just won't fight back."

The very second after he finished speaking, Xu Chen froze.

He saw Ye Xuan, covered in bruises, walking out from the inner area, with killing intent in his eyes.

The moment he saw Xu Chen, a sinister white smile appeared on Ye Xuan's lips: "Xu Chen!"

Xu Chen thought to himself, "Good lord, we finally met according to the plot."

Imitating a villain's tone, he sneered: "Fool, you entered the inner area?"

Ye Xuan sneered: "Unfortunately, I didn't die. I completed the mission, and even gained extra rewards: three fifth-grade spiritual herbs."

These are almost non-existent in the outer area, and you probably have never seen them in your entire life."

Xu Chen said disdainfully: "Is that a lot?"

After speaking, Xu Chen took out five fifth-grade heavenly treasures from his storage ring and waved them vigorously in front of Ye Xuan.

"See? I just ate three, and now I have five left."

"You have no knowledge. You couldn't find them, so you think others can't?"

Xu Chen sneered repeatedly, looking exactly like a villain at this moment.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan's body instantly stiffened, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"You... you obtained all the fifth-grade spiritual herbs in the outer area?"

Ye Xuan was stunned on the spot.

Fifth-grade heavenly treasures in the outer area were already rare, yet Xu Chen had collected eight of them!

If he hadn't dug up every single spiritual herb nearby, how could he have reached this level!

Xu Chen nodded: "Yes. Only a fool like you would need to enter the inner area to find treasures. It's laughable."

Ye Xuan flew into a rage: "I was targeted by someone!"

Damn it, so many heavenly treasures, all gone. It's absolutely absurd!

Xu Chen said cheerfully: "If you can't find them, you can't find them. Lying and making excuses; your character is indeed corrupt."

Ye Xuan was struck at his sore spot and instantly flew into a fury: "Damn it, I will kill you!"

Xu Chen sneered: "Kill me? Are you worthy?"

Ye Xuan sneered: "Whether I am worthy or not, you will know soon."

"Whoosh!"

Having spoken, Ye Xuan unleashed the Heaven-Entangling Hand, simultaneously unleashing an aura of mid-stage Third Grade, and rushed straight toward Xu Chen.

In the blink of an eye, he reached Xu Chen's presence and brought his palm down.

Xu Chen paid no heed, allowing Ye Xuan's palm to strike his shoulder.

Just as both he and Ye Xuan expected him to be sent flying backward, a cracking sound suddenly rang out.

It was very clear, and very crisp.

Following the sound, Ye Xuan looked down, then stared in shock to see his own palm broken.

It was for no other reason than the sheer physical strength of Xu Chen's body, which had reverberated and shattered his palm.