Chapter 700: Chapter 700: Killing, Reaping Countless Spirit Stones!

The Core Formation steward’s Shadowless Sword caught him completely by surprise.

However, in Lu Chen’s eyes, it couldn’t hide at all!

On the contrary.

Lu Chen’s Spear Strikes the Sky was even faster and fiercer!

This was Lu Chen’s killing move!

Against opponents weaker than himself, Lu Chen would still strike with his full strength, let alone those a minor realm above?

Seeing a flash of ice-blue light pass before his eyes, the Core Formation steward’s heart trembled with fear!

But at this moment, his mind was wholly focused on controlling the Shadowless Sword, slightly delayed, leaving him no chance to dodge!

The only option...

Was to kill Lu Chen with the Shadowless Sword first!

And this was the outcome Lu Chen desired!

To Lu Chen, the Shadowless Sword was as slow as a snail!

He slightly lowered his stance, bending his knees just a little, allowing the Shadowless Sword to graze over his head and disappear into the darkness.

In the stunned eyes of his opponent, Lu Chen’s Heavenly Inquiry Spear accurately blasted into his chest!

"Boom!"

Even without Spiritual Power, the Heavenly Inquiry Spear, refined from Ten Thousand Juncture Mysterious Iron, could cause such damage.

And with Spiritual Power added, the spear’s speed was even faster!

Moreover, the Ice Spiritual Power attached to it swiftly turned the opponent into an ice sculpture upon piercing through his chest!

An ice sculpture with a hole right through the chest!

"Hmph!"

Lu Chen huffed coldly, his chest heaving, then stepped forward to shatter the ice sculpture!

The Core Formation steward’s body quickly collapsed, and without a word, Lu Chen snatched the storage bag from his waist.

"Spiritual Fire!"

When killing, one must silence the dead. When disposing of a body, one must erase the traces!

Lu Chen couldn’t be certain whether the Core Formation steward had been able to accurately inform other stewards to come here, but this habit had to be maintained.

Under the scorching of the Spiritual Fire, the body quickly turned into a pile of black ash, and only then did Lu Chen feel at ease to retreat back into the barrier.

The Xuanming Ice Snake, upon seeing Lu Chen return unharmed except for the considerable depletion of his Spiritual Power, hurriedly spat out the Ice Spirit Pearl and returned it to Lu Chen, while nuzzling against him persistently.

"I’m fine," said Lu Chen with a light chuckle, then continued, "I’ll go see how Brother Chu is doing. You keep watch here. If anyone tries to get through the barrier with the Shadowless Sword, attack them!"

With that, he handed the Ice Spirit Pearl back, as it had no immediate use for him, but would be of greater benefit to the Xuanming Ice Snake.

The Xuanming Ice Snake nodded and then slithered to the edge of the barrier.

Lu Chen then re-established the barrier, sealing the breach before entering Chu Zhongtian’s place of seclusion.

The area was quite spacious—a result of Lu Chen’s earlier endeavor to excavate Medium Grade Spirit Stones.

At this moment, a muddled Spiritual Power swirled in the vortex created by Chu Zhongtian, circulating in a regular pattern.

"Eh?"

Lu Chen didn’t notice much from the outside.

But once inside, he was surprised to find that Chu Zhongtian was not only absorbing Chaos Spirit Power from the Medium Grade Spirit Stones in his hands but also drawing in Spiritual Power from the air!

He watched intently.

He saw Five-Color Spirit Power twist together like a rope being spun, eventually turning to a grayish white before being absorbed into the space between his eyebrows!

"Can he... also achieve this degree?"

Lu Chen was extremely shocked. He had thought that turning the five elements into chaos was something he achieved due to the Heaven-Breaking Spiritual Method and his strenuous cultivation.

Yet, unexpectedly.

Chu Zhongtian had grasped the essence of this in just a few days during his breakthrough process.

"Truly a child of innate talent..."

Lu Chen’s face was a mixture of bitterness, envy, and admiration.

However, that was all there was to it. He carefully placed the newly unearthed Medium Grade Spirit Stones at Chu Zhongtian’s feet, then opened the newly acquired storage bag.

It was all from the Xuanyun Sect, and perhaps there might be something useful for Chu Zhongtian inside!

But, what he found in the storage bag...

Were countless Spirit Stones!

Besides that, nothing else!

Lu Chen was dumbstruck.

Here, there must be hundreds of thousands!

"Looks like he was in charge of collecting Spirit Stones, huh?"

Lu Chen curled his lip, put aside his emotions, and focusing on the changes in Chu Zhongtian’s body, he speculated that the breakthrough must be nearing completion.

Meanwhile.

The death of this Core Formation steward immediately alarmed several other stewards outside.

And only then did they receive the second Sound Transmission Talisman.

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