Chapter 719: Chapter 719: Lu Chen Wakes Up, Saves People, Saves the Snake!

Lu Chen channeled death energy, but it was noticed by Xuan Hong above.

His Qi had been locked onto the Xuanming Ice Snake, and the moment the death energy stirred, he naturally noticed that the vitality of the Xuanming Ice Snake began to surge.

In truth, it wasn’t that the vitality had increased, but rather the death energy had decreased. By comparison, the vitality seemed more apparent.

However, since he was merely locking in with his Qi, the detection wasn’t very clear, but no matter what, it wasn’t good news for him!

It meant that the Shadowless Giant Sword...

would slip out of his control, then how would he fight Xuan Jian?

"Xuan Hong, down there, have you discovered anything?"

Xuan Jian, restricted by his current demonic form, despite still being at the Nascent Soul Stage and able to release Spiritual Sense, had limited range and couldn’t probe the depths!

Seeing Xuan Hong’s face change slightly, he also vaguely guessed something. Since it concerned Chu Zhongtian, he couldn’t help feeling some joy, but he was also worried that Xuan Hong would take action because of this.

Therefore, as he spoke, he was secretly gathering strength. If Xuan Hong showed the slightest abnormality, he would immediately take action!

But Xuan Hong was also worried that Xuan Jian would act...

"To think that it would come to this. If Xuan Jian takes action first, wouldn’t I be at a disadvantage? Perhaps... I should strike first!"

The Shadowless Giant Sword gave no response, leading him to mistakenly believe it would be refined by the demonic body of the Xuanming Ice Snake.

A killing intent surfaced in his heart, and just as he was about to act, unexpectedly, Xuan Jian made the first move!

The massive snake head smashed viciously towards him!

"Xuan Jian, you dare to strike first!"

Xuan Hong cried out in shock, bringing two fingers together on each hand, using the Xuan Yun Sword Qi!

Man and snake swiftly entangled in battle.

But gradually,

Xuan Hong realized that Xuan Jian seemed unable to exhibit the strengths befitting the Nascent Soul Stage. His heart grew increasingly relaxed, and his confidence slowly returned!

"After I kill Xuan Jian, I’ll delve deeper into the mine to retrieve the Shadowless Giant Sword, and then... I’ll snatch Chu Zhongtian’s fortune!"

Xuan Hong made up his mind.

But he was completely unaware that Xuan Jian’s ultimate motive for taking action was not to kill him but to buy time!

...

At that moment,

Chu Zhongtian gradually came to.

He breathed heavily, unable to summon a hint of Spiritual Power.

To save the Xuanming Ice Snake, he had exhausted all his Spiritual Power, eventually getting frozen by the Ice Spirit Pearl.

Now that Lu Chen had retrieved the Ice Spirit Pearl and Lu Chen had undone the ice on his body, plus the retreat of the death energy, that faint hint of vitality was enough for him to hang on.

By contrast, the state of the Xuanming Ice Snake was somewhat more troublesome for Lu Chen.

He had assumed that the Shadowless Giant Sword inside the Xuanming Ice Snake was Chu Zhongtian’s Lifebound Magic Weapon. But as Chu Zhongtian’s breath steadied and the Xuanming Ice Snake still hadn’t woken, Lu Chen realized the severity of the problem.

The dead pupil pearl could absorb the death energy of any life form.

Could he really not save the Xuanming Ice Snake, which hadn’t even reached the Transformative Stage?

"Fellow Chu, do you have any pills on you? Take one first, I’m going to check on Xiao Bai!"

Lu Chen’s voice suddenly rang in Chu Zhongtian’s ears. He woke as if from a dream, struggling to lift his head, but he could not see Lu Chen’s figure.

"It’s me," Lu Chen spoke softly when he saw the confusion on Chu Zhongtian’s face. A flash of Spiritual Power then passed in the darkness, followed by the rise of dust made of countless Spirit Stones...

"Brother Lu Dao, have you really broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage?"

That was Teleportation.

Chu Zhongtian felt that, despite his own weakness, he couldn’t have seen it wrong!

Before Lu Chen, he had already placed his hand on the Xuanming Ice Snake’s forehead. Seeing the blurred flesh of its head, Lu Chen couldn’t help feeling heartache.

Without a doubt, this tunnel leading downwards was smashed out of solid rock by the Xuanming Ice Snake’s head!

"I didn’t expect that even a demonic beast could possess such deep affection... Xiao Bai, rest assured, with me here... you won’t die!"

Lu Chen took a deep breath and then concentrated, channeling his Spiritual Sense into the body of the Xuanming Ice Snake!

But before he could look carefully, he heard the sound of a sword’s cry!

Hum——

A flash of sword light assaulted him, accompanied by Lu Chen’s Spiritual Sense and carrying endless killing intent as it surged over!

"This is... the Nascent Soul Stage’s Shadowless Sword!"

Lu Chen was startled and quickly withdrew his Spiritual Sense. The mouth of the Xuanming Ice Snake was pried open by the sword light, followed by the glimmering, icy tip of the Shadowless Giant Sword!

Simultaneously,

Xuan Hong reacted with joy, realizing that he had reconnected with the Shadowless Giant Sword!

"Heh heh heh, Xuan Jian, you’re no match for me as it is. What if I add my Shadowless Giant Sword to the mix?"

In his excitement, he didn’t delve into the reasons behind it, instead thinking that the Shadowless Giant Sword had finally overcome the Xuanming Ice Snake!

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