Chapter 720: Chapter 720: Have You Asked Me, Lu Chen?

"Shadowless Giant Sword, return!" Xuan Hong sneered as he formed a sword technique with his hands.

The Shadowless Giant Sword, previously flying towards Lu Chen, suddenly changed direction.

Lu Chen was momentarily stunned but quickly understood why.

"There’s someone above!"

He looked up, only then noticing a huge pit above the Xuanming Ice Snake. At that moment, he felt like a frog in a well, staring up at the small patch of the sky!

"The strongest above is only at the Nascent Soul Stage... Xiaobai, after I kill him, I’ll come to save you!"

The deathly aura that once enveloped the Xuanming Ice Snake had been completely absorbed by Lu Chen. In his view, the reason the Xuanming Ice Snake remained unconscious was because of the mischief caused by the Shadowless Giant Sword within its body.

Now that the Shadowless Giant Sword had flown away, he trusted its own Vitality Force to sustain its life.

Lu Chen was also concerned that while he was treating the Xuanming Ice Snake, someone might come down to disturb him, potentially backfiring.

It was better to kill his adversaries first, and then save the snake!

"Want the sword? You’ll have to ask if I, Lu Chen, agree!"

Lu Chen extended his arms, and Spiritual Power instantly circulated between his hands.

One hand emanated the Vitality Force, surging towards the Xuanming Ice Snake.

The other hand brandished the Heavenly Inquiry Spear!

"A Shadowless Giant Sword? I have the Heavenly Inquiry Giant Spear! Heavenly Inquiry Spear, grow!"

Lu Chen roared, and his Spiritual Power surged. After his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage, the Chaos Spirit Power within his body had become more magnificent.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the tip of the Heavenly Inquiry Spear, like a pillar reaching towards the heavens, stretched up from the pit, aiming straight for the Shadowless Giant Sword!

However, Xuan Hong was too impatient to get the Shadowless Giant Sword back in his hand and didn’t use his Spiritual Sense to monitor the situation beneath the pit. He sped up instead, wishing he could immediately slay Xuan Jian there and then.

This gave Lu Chen an opportunity!

"Ice-Strange Fire!"

As the tip of the Heavenly Inquiry Spear was about to catch up with the Shadowless Giant Sword, Lu Chen bellowed once again!

"Whoosh—"

A burst of ice-blue flames sprang forth from the point of the spear. Under Lu Chen’s command, it surged out!

Within a breath’s time!

The outer flame of the Ice-Strange Fire had already touched the hilt of the Shadowless Giant Sword!

It was then that Xuan Hong finally realized something was amiss.

"Eh?"

He quickly pushed back Xuan Jian, who was entangled with him, and eagerly poured his Spiritual Sense towards this side. Upon seeing the situation with the Shadowless Giant Sword, his face turned pale with shock!

"Earth Fire! No, not Earth Fire. This seems to be... Ice-Strange Fire!"

As a Nascent Soul, he had seen much and recognized many things, and he immediately discerned the reason for the slowdown of the Shadowless Giant Sword!

Not only that, the Ice-Strange Fire seemed to be dragging the Shadowless Giant Sword back into the depths of the pit.

Recalling how Chu Zhongtian was encased like an ice sculpture, wrapped layer by layer by the Xuanming Ice Snake, Xuan Hong immediately surmised that Chu Zhongtian’s fortuitous encounter was the cause of this situation, and it must have been Chu Zhongtian taking action against him!

"A mere Core Formation, courting death!"

Xuan Hong glanced at Xuan Jian, who was attacking him again, and thought to himself that without paying a certain price, he feared more unexpected problems might arise!

"Xuanyun Sword Art, use the body as the sword!"

With no sword in hand, his strength was greatly reduced, but once he had made a decision, he did not hesitate to use the sword technique which would harm his body!

The sword technique activated, and he emitted Shadowless Sword Qi all over his body, transforming himself into a Shadowless Giant Sword!

"Slash!"

The Sword Qi condensed quickly, and it moved swiftly!

Xuan Hong temporarily abandoned the situation with the Shadowless Giant Sword to focus solely on combating Xuan Jian!

His body like a sword, radiating boundless Sword Qi, he slashed directly at Xuan Jian’s serpentine body!

"Xuan Hong, you dare to secretly learn our sect’s forbidden sword art!" Xuan Jian roared, but to no avail, as his serpentine body was split in two!

A flash of light passed, and Xuan Jian’s Nascent Soul flew out from the severed part of the body!

"So, it’s a Nascent Soul possession? Xuan Jian, you are certain to die today!"

Xuan Hong laughed wildly, his body like a sword, flying over again!

His Sword Qi was fierce and vast, seemingly about to envelop and digest Xuan Jian’s Nascent Soul!

But at that moment—

A cold voice transmitted up from the pit below.

"Want to target Xuan Jian? Did you ask for my, Lu Chen’s, permission?"

As the words fell, Xuan Hong felt an endless killing intent enveloping him!

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