Chapter 652: Chapter 652: Li Yan’s Carelessness, Lu Chen’s Opportunity!

Lu Chen faced the imminent threat as if he were facing a formidable enemy, not even daring to catch his breath. With Li Yan’s approach, he sensed an inexplicable sensation of oppressive force, further confirming his suspicion that he was undoubtedly facing a Nascent Soul Stage opponent!

"I heard Nascent Soul Stage martial artists could use Teleportation, which makes my Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique almost useless!"

The greatest use of the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique was to use one’s gaze to capture the opponent’s movement trajectory.

However, Teleportation was a skill every Nascent Soul Stage martial artist possessed, much like Spiritual Sense was to those at the Core Formation Stage.

It’s just that depending on the realm and cultivation method, there might be minor discrepancies in the details.

But no matter what,

as long as it was Teleportation, Lu Chen would be unable to capture that vanishing instant!

At that moment, Li Yan wasn’t using Teleportation, and Lu Chen couldn’t determine whether the other party couldn’t or simply chose not to.

If it was the latter, it would be extremely difficult to handle!

Lu Chen held his breath, observing Li Yan with his naked eye, not even daring to use the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique.

Despite this, he suddenly discovered that the other’s figure paused for a moment!

Before Lu Chen could react, Li Yan had already flown into the valley!

"Did he... discover me?"

Feeling the unexplained pressure on him vanish, Lu Chen didn’t dare to relax at all.

The psychological pressure of facing a Nascent Soul Stage opponent was too great for him!

Even if he possessed a body-substitute puppet, it was something he had prepared for dealing with the situation after escaping the secret realm.

If he used it now, it would only give him a bit more time to live!

"Regardless of whether he has found me or not, that’s not for me to decide! What I can decide now is that he has entered my ice realm, and I should seek an opportunity to counter-attack! As long as I do not give him a chance to strike, he is but a Core Formation State!"

Lu Chen’s pupils gradually narrowed, and he stretched out his hands, tightening the black cloth covering his left eye.

Then he proceeded to stride upwards!

Benefiting from his time as a martial artist, Lu Chen had cultivated a strong physique when facing danger, and even without using spiritual power, his speed was not slow.

The sword moves and footwork he learned in his youth were also well-practiced. Climbing along the slope, he ascended as if it were flat ground.

But as he stepped onto the summit and beheld the ice-sealed valley he had created, an extremely mysterious sensation arose within him, causing Lu Chen to shudder!

"This is..."

Ice Spirit Pearl, Ice Stratum Fan, Ice-Strange Fire...

These three treasures, while the Ice Stratum Fan might not be as precious, after being tempered by the Ice-Strange Fire and brought to the mortal world, it would be a top-tier magic artifact!

And at that moment, Li Yan was standing before these three treasures!

Lu Chen, in order to create the ice realm, had placed the three items together; the aura they emitted was particularly mysterious and had naturally drawn Li Yan’s attention!

Yet the Ice-Strange Fire had been completely refined by Lu Chen, was originally Earth Fire, and possessed intelligence. What it saw, Lu Chen could see as well!

Thus, he no longer needed to use the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique to observe Li Yan, which reduced the possibility that Li Yan would detect him!

"That means I can... launch a surprise attack!"

Lu Chen clenched his left fist, within which was concealed the Heavenly Inquiry Spear.

It was also his final prepared trump card!

However, how could he now approach Li Yan undetected?

Lu Chen knew he couldn’t use spiritual power for that purpose.

But he could, by utilizing spiritual power, completely conceal himself within this icy wind!

The Chaos Spirit Power he had gained from cultivating the Heaven-Breaking Spiritual Method was, in an instant, transformed by Lu Chen into Ice Spiritual Power.

Suddenly, an extreme chill emanated from Lu Chen’s body, blending into the wind and snow!

After pondering for a moment, he carefully covered his body with Ice Spiritual Power and even molded it into the shape of ice blades.

Once enveloped in Ice Spiritual Power, Lu Chen turned sideways and began to float in mid-air, resembling the ice blades formed by Ten Thousand Miles of Snow Drifting, blowing through the ice realm amidst the icy wind.

"Eh... I thought I saw that kid just now, how come he’s disappeared again?"

Li Yan had been briefly distracted when he saw the Ice-Strange Fire, and when he regained his senses, he could no longer feel Lu Chen’s presence.

"Forget it, it doesn’t matter, a Core Formation Stage martial artist in such a deathtrap would be confined anyway. He probably wants to take the chance to run away, right?"

A sneer curled upon Li Yan’s lips as he once again concentrated his mind on the Ice-Strange Fire before him.

He didn’t recognize the Ice-Strange Fire, but he sensed the presence of Earth Fire within it.

He wanted to subdue it but was worried that the abnormal temperature of the Ice-Strange Fire would counteract his Li Fire, thereby reducing the temperature and power of his Li Fire Curse.

Originally, he had a magic artifact to subdue the Ice-Strange Fire.

But the Ice-Strange Fire was attached to the Ice Stratum Fan, and that left him utterly baffled as to the reason, not to mention that the Ice Stratum Fan rested atop the Ice Spirit Pearl!

From the beginning, he had actually been mistaken.

This wasn’t a naturally formed ice realm, but an ice realm artificially created by Lu Chen!

As he pondered, the ice blade that Lu Chen had transformed into drifted closer to Li Yan with the wind!

Just a little closer, and Lu Chen would make his move to pierce through his opponent with the Heavenly Inquiry Spear!

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