"I advise you to leave, otherwise you will surely die! Why risk your life for another person? In this world, only your own life is the most precious thing!"
Lu Yao's red lips moved slightly, and her demonic words reappeared.
Chen Sheng felt a buzzing in his ears and was in a daze, but it quickly passed. Chen Sheng frowned, and then his mental power surged out to seal his ears.
"This mental attack is really annoying!"
Although Chen Sheng had covered his ears, the voice was still affecting his mind. At the same time, the demonic shadow and Lu Yao made their moves simultaneously.
"Chi Chen, you haven't seen your uncle's forbidden secret yet, have you? Next, your uncle will show you my treasure!"
Chen Sheng chuckled, seemingly unafraid even when facing the incredibly troublesome Lu Yao.
Chen Sheng twirled his longsword, and a peculiar wave emanated from it. Then, it seemed as if even the air around Chen Sheng began to vibrate.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
A buzzing sound emanated from the air, and on the ground, clods of earth crumbled, dust rose, and then formed countless sharp earth spikes in the air.
"029 sequence vibration!"
Seeing this, Lu Yao's expression hardened as she looked at the overwhelming thorns in front of her. It seemed unlikely that she could directly bypass Chen Sheng and grab Chi Chen now.
Similarly, when Chen Sheng used the Zhen Gang technique, the demonic shadow used the same move, only its scale was far smaller than Chen Sheng's.
"Boom boom boom!"
Chen Sheng pointed his sword, and countless earth spikes instantly pierced towards Lu Yao and the demonic shadow.
The demonic figure also imitated Chen Sheng's moves, with earth spikes on both sides constantly impacting and swinging in the air, raising layers of dust that disturbed the view.
Suddenly, a shockwave appeared, creating a gap in the dust cloud. Chen Sheng's figure burst out of the dust like a nimble monkey, his long sword trembling with a mysterious aura as he aimed straight for Lu Yao's head.
Lu Yao's expression changed slightly as he looked at Chen Sheng, who had suddenly appeared in front of him, with disbelief. Chen Sheng actually dared to launch an attack.
With a thought, Lu Yao summoned the demonic shadow directly in front of her, and the real longsword clashed with the illusory black blade once again.
Chen Sheng gritted his teeth and withstood the vibration frequency emanating from the black blade. At the same time, he increased the frequency of his own vibration.
"Hmph, a fake is always a fake!"
Chen Sheng let out a low shout, and under the influence of the Zhen Gang, the entire body of the demonic shadow instantly twisted.
"Uncle Chen, hold her off! I've already notified the captain!"
Behind him, Chi Chen's loud roar made Lu Yao's expression freeze.
Lu Yao glanced over and saw the phone in Chi Chen's hand.
When Chi Chen saw Lu Yao looking at him, he smiled and even waved his phone.
"Hey!"
Chen Sheng chuckled, unleashing his full power, which seemed to distort the air. The demonic shadow was directly blasted away by Chen Sheng's blade, and then Chen Sheng charged towards Lu Yao.
Meanwhile, Chi Chen stared at his phone, which had no signal, appearing calm on the surface but actually panicking terribly.
The battle between Chen Sheng and Lu Yao was so intense that his cell phone had no signal at all, even though he was not far away. His shout just now was just to attract Lu Yao's attention, scare her, and make her run away.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Looking at Chen Sheng, who was now sticking to him like a piece of chewing gum, Lu Yao's expression began to turn ferocious. Chi Chen's move had indeed worked, and Lu Yao was starting to feel afraid.
Lu Yao glanced at Chi Chen in the distance, her eyes filled with resentment. Was she really going to have to give up this time?
"No, I'm not reconciled!"
Suddenly, Lu Yao's eyes narrowed. Even if Zhang Rong arrived, so what? As long as he captured Chi Chen before she arrived, even if he was at the Ruoyue realm, as long as he controlled Chi Chen's vital point, he wouldn't be able to save him before he killed Chi Chen.
Lu Yao, as one of the parties involved, is now filled with regret. Her caution in the past had saved her many times, but now it has become a burden.
If I had been bold enough to do it from the beginning, I might have already taken Chi Chen hostage and left Great Xia.
"Get out of here!"
Lu Yao's expression turned ferocious, his aura suddenly surged, and the spiritual power fluctuations of the Star Radiance Realm burst forth.
Chen Sheng's expression changed drastically as he was blasted away by the shockwave.
This is the huge difference in strength between the Star Radiance Realm and the Ascension Realm. Lu Yao didn't even need to lift a finger; he could send Chen Sheng flying with just the fluctuation of his spiritual power.
"How could this be!"
In the distance, Chi Chen was pale and somewhat dazed. His plan had backfired, causing Lu Yao to disregard everything.
Shouldn't she be an extremely cautious woman?
Chi Chen's mind was buzzing. He didn't know what was wrong. Based on his judgment, Lu Yao shouldn't have done such a thing!
What Chi Chen overlooked was the sudden madness of a desperate person.
Just as Lu Yao released the power belonging to the Star Radiance Realm, Zhang Rong's expression changed in the fried chicken shop on the other side. He suddenly looked towards the direction of Qinghua Park, and then a terrifying aura came out from his body and soared into the sky. At the same time, Zhang Rong's figure disappeared from the spot.
"???"
Inside Qinghua Park, when Lu Yao sensed Zhang Rong's soaring aura, a question mark popped into his head.
"You're lying to me?!"
Then, Lu Yao instantly understood, and with a ferocious expression, he instantly appeared in front of Chi Chen and lifted Chi Chen up from the ground.
"hey-hey!"
Chi Chen was lifted up by Lu Yao, but he was not angry. Instead, he forced a smile on his pale and pained face.
Under the immense pressure of the Star Radiance Realm at such close range, Chi Chen felt his entire body trembling uncontrollably, his body instinctively reacting as if his life was threatened.
Damn it!
Lu Yao was furious and wanted to slap Chi Chen to death, but now Chi Chen was her lifeline.
Lu Yao, holding onto Chi Chen, sensed the approaching terrifying aura and was about to leave Qinghua Park when a vibration came from behind.
Holding a long knife, Chen Sheng continuously shook the rubble and air beneath his feet, creating a cage that combined the tangible and the intangible.
Chen Sheng knew that he only needed to hold off Lu Yao for a minute at most before Zhang Rong arrived, at which point Lu Yao would have no chance of escaping.
"Get out of my way! You think you can block my path when you're just a mere Ascension Realm cultivator?"
Upon seeing this, Lu Yao's expression turned extremely ugly. He reached out and made a grasping motion in the air, and the rubble that Chen Sheng had been controlling suddenly condensed into a stone sword, which, under Lu Yao's control, hurtled towards Chen Sheng at lightning speed.
Chen Sheng's heart pounded, the shadow of death looming over him. He unleashed his full power, and even Chen Sheng's own body began to tremble and twist.
"boom!"
Finally, Chen Sheng injured himself due to over-stimulating the power of the Vigorous Force, and blood flowed from all seven orifices at the same time. However, the stone sword was successfully shattered by Chen Sheng. Although the stone sword was shattered, countless stones still rushed towards Chen Sheng's body.
"Bang bang bang!"
One after another, bloody holes burst open on Chen Sheng's body under the impact of the stones, and in an instant, Chen Sheng's whole body was stained red with blood.
"Uncle Chen! Don't worry about me!"
Upon seeing this, Chi Chen's eyes turned bloodshot, and he roared angrily, trying his best to break free from Lu Yao's grasp, but in the end it was all in vain.
"He's still alive?"
Lu Yao looked at Chen Sheng, whose breath had not yet ceased, but ignored him. Zhang Rong's aura was getting closer and closer, and as long as there was a chance to escape, Lu Yao did not want to let it go.
Lu Yao carried Chi Chen in one hand, his figure swaying as he instantly moved forward dozens of meters, flying through the air—something only those at the Ruoyue realm could master.
"Cough cough!"
But the next moment, Chen Sheng's weak cough sounded from behind Lu Yao, and countless stones and a long sword once again attacked Lu Yao's back.
"court death!"
Lu Yao turned around and looked angrily at the figure that was barely holding on to the ground.
The demonic shadow appeared, but this time it was no longer the demonic shadow suppressed at the Ascension Realm. The demonic shadow swung its blade, and the mysterious shockwave of Zhen Gang directly shattered the countless fragments of stone into powder. The long sword that flew out of Chen Sheng's hand also turned its blade around and returned along the original path.
"No! Uncle Chen! Ahhh!"
In Lu Yao's grasp, Chi Chen struggled frantically once again, but Lu Yao held him firmly in mid-air with one hand. Then, amidst Chi Chen's pale and desperate expression, the long knife pierced Chen Sheng's heart with lightning speed.
Then Chen Sheng was pushed aside by his own long sword and finally pinned to a big tree.
"Pfft, cough cough!"
Chen Sheng's vision blurred, and he coughed up a large amount of blood.
"This time... I... I shouldn't be too late, right?"
Chen Sheng's life force quickly dissipated, but a smile appeared on his face, because a figure had already appeared in his eyes as he was about to close.
"Chen Sheng!"
High in the sky, Zhang Rong let out a mournful cry, his cold eyes suddenly turning towards Lu Yao.
When Lu Yao was stared at by Zhang Rong, he instantly felt as if he were being watched by the Grim Reaper. No, that feeling was even more terrifying than being watched by the Grim Reaper.
Lu Yao was so overwhelmed by the terrifying anger and aura emanating from Zhang Rong that she dared not move. She held Chi Chen up with one hand and pressed the other hand against Chi Chen's neck.
"Zhang Rong, don't come any closer..."
Lu Yao spoke with trembling hands, intending to use Chi Chen's name as a threat.
But the next second, before Lu Yao could finish speaking, Zhang Rong's figure disappeared into the sky and appeared directly behind Lu Yao.
"What did you say?!"
Zhang Rong's cold and deep voice rang in Lu Yao's ears. At that moment, Lu Yao felt that it was the true whisper of a demon, the true voice from hell.
"puff!"
Zhang Rong swung his hand, and before Lu Yao could react, her arms were instantly detached from her body.
Chi Chen also fell to the ground, but immediately scrambled and crawled towards Chen Sheng's direction.
"Aaaaaaah!"
Lu Yao seemed stunned for a moment before realizing what had happened, and a sharp scream of pain and despair came from her mouth.
Is this the power of the Moonlit Realm?
But why is it that I have never felt this way with Duan Tian, who is also at the Ruoyue realm?
"So noisy!"
Zhang Rong gave Lu Yao no chance to react, and with another palm strike, a head was severed from the body amidst the blood. In mid-air, Lu Yao's eyes were still slightly moving on the severed head, before he watched his own body fall limply to the ground.
"Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen, don't die! Hold on! I can save you! I can save you!"
Beneath the large tree, Chi Chen placed his trembling hands on Chen Sheng's body. He exerted all his strength to activate his spiritual power and the strange energy in his chest, continuously channeling the healing power generated by the divine restriction on the revival of all things into Chen Sheng's body.
"Divine Restriction: All things revive, living dead, activate!"
Chi Chen roared angrily in his heart, trying to activate the strongest effect of the Resurrection of All Things. However, while the healing ability of the Resurrection of All Things was activated, the effect of the Living Dead remained completely unresponsive.
"Insufficient power to activate!"
Upon receiving the reply, Chi Chen's face instantly turned deathly pale, and the life force within his body was slowly draining away.
"Pfft, cough cough!"
Having been cured, Chen Sheng seemed to experience a final burst of energy before death, his face flushed. He suddenly reached out and slapped away Chi Chen's hands.
"Cough cough, Chi Chen... stop... for me!"
Chen Sheng coughed up another pool of scarlet blood. He could sense that Chi Chen was using his life force to prolong his life.
"Uncle Chen, no, believe me, I'm fine!"
Chi Chen's face was filled with sorrow, and tears streamed down his red eyes. Memories of the past flooded his mind: the figure of him chasing the Ghost-Faced Demon King out of the broken window of his house five years ago, and the disheveled figure of him in the hospital room a few months ago, who instinctively commanded with arrogance but always treated him and Lin Bai as equals.
The upright figure who stood silently with them for half a day in front of Lin Bai's mother's grave, and the devilish instructor who sweated alongside them in the basement of the fried chicken shop.
...
All of this surged into Chi Chen's mind in an instant. Ignoring everything else, Chi Chen once again placed his hands on Chen Sheng to activate the living dead effect of reviving all things.
"Chi Chen..."
However, Zhang Rong appeared behind Chi Chen, and a large hand blocked Chi Chen's movement in mid-air.
"Captain, why? Please let me save Uncle Chen! I can save him, believe me. Don't I have 'hope' inside me? I can even regenerate severed limbs, I can regenerate myself, I can save Uncle Chen too. Believe me, Captain, I'll be alright!"
Chi Chen roared angrily, staring at Zhang Rong with a ferocious expression.
But when he saw that Zhang Rong's eyes also held sorrow, yet her expression remained resolute, Chi Chen suddenly fell silent.
"Thanks……"
Seeing this, Chen Sheng smiled at Zhang Rong, but that smile only made the sorrow in Zhang Rong's eyes even deeper.
"Cough cough... Kid, stop crying... People die and birds fly to the sky... Why can others die but I can't? Come... cough cough... visit your uncle more often in the future..."
Chen Sheng smiled at Chi Chen, then spoke haltingly, coughing repeatedly.
"Captain, please let me go!"
Chi Chen stopped roaring and hysterical; his sudden calmness surprised Zhang Rong.
However, when Zhang Rong saw the look in Chi Chen's eyes, he still chose to let go of Chi Chen's hands.
"Uncle Chen, don't worry, I'll cook your favorite spicy shredded pork for you from now on! Uncle Chen, is it true that you once cut your way from the western part of Luan Ning District to the eastern part?"
Chi Chen's vision was blurred, and tears streamed down his face, but like Chen Sheng, he forced a smile as he faced Chen Sheng.
"Uh... well... of course... when has your uncle ever lied to you?!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Sheng was slightly taken aback, but then, without Chi Chen's healing power to revive all things, his vitality quickly vanished again, and an indescribable pain came from his heart, but Chen Sheng forcibly endured all of this pain.
"Uncle Chen, didn't your eyes get dry back then?"
Chi Chen cried and laughed, laughed and cried, and asked the question as if it were a joke.
"You...kid...cough cough...hahaha"
Chen Sheng was taken aback, and then, completely ignoring the pain from speaking, he burst into laughter.
Isn't what Chi Chen is doing now the same thing he did to Chi Chen when he first appeared?
This kid is pretty good!
Unfortunately, I will never see him grow up again.
Chen Sheng reached out, wanting to touch Chi Chen's face one last time, but in the end, his outstretched hand could only fall limply into the air.
Chi Chen reached out and caught the bloody hand that had fallen to the ground. He gently placed it on his face, letting the bloodstains smear on his skin. The fading warmth of the hand made Chi Chen tremble uncontrollably.
Standing behind Chi Chen, Zhang Rong couldn't bear to look at Chi Chen's expression.
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