147: Chapter 147 The Pursuit, Unbridled

Chen Ran's gaze focused, and his violent True Qi began to coalesce as if drawn by some force.

Rumble!

The movement and intersection of his True Qi produced a sound like a tsunami or a mountain torrent.

Chen Ran gathered the violent True Qi into the palm of his hand.

Facing a powerhouse at the Peak of the Return to Truth Realm, he did not dare to let his guard down.

Although he didn't seem to have suffered much injury on the surface after their brief initial exchange, his internal organs had been somewhat affected.

It seemed that a subtle force had been applied to the opponent's blade, allowing the strike to bypass his Physical Body and hit his vitals directly.

Seeing this scene ahead, Xu Jianyi's heart pounded wildly.

"What kind of ghostly True Qi is this?"

In all his years in the profession, he had never felt such a massive amount of cultivation power from a single person.

From his current perspective, the figure of the black-clad man opposite him was blurred, as if the man himself had transformed into a violent True Qi storm.

Xu Jianyi's escape grew even faster, leaving behind a white afterimage as he bolted toward the mountain Peak.

"What bloody bad Luck."

Xu Jianyi pushed his movement technique to its limits, completely unwilling to fight this madman who had appeared out of nowhere.

His assassination mission had failed, and he was seriously injured, having nearly lost his life back there.

He hadn't struggled to escape just to continue fighting someone else.

What he needed now was a stable environment and Medicinal Pills for healing.

Xu Jianyi glanced at his right arm, his brow furrowing slightly.

"Even though my injuries haven't healed, I'm more than capable of handling this person."

As the top assassin on the silver flower ranking, he had the confidence to say such words.

He had specialized in movement techniques and concealment since he was a teenager; as an adult, his Lightwork was unparalleled, allowing him to cover hundreds of feet in just a few steps.

Now, as he aged and completed more missions, his mastery of movement techniques had become increasingly refined.

He had once toyed with Six Doors during a Return to Truth battle.

An even more boastful achievement was the time he escaped from the side of a Innate Realm Martial Artist.

Even though he had paid an extremely heavy price that time, it was worth it.

The feat of escaping from a genuine Xiantian powerhouse...

...was exactly what had secured his position at the top of the silver flower ranking.

Now, even when facing an enemy, he was well-versed in the routine.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

Every time Xu Jianyi's feet touched the ground, they made only a faint sound as he used the rebound force to leap even further away.

...

Chen Ran gathered True Qi in his palm and blasted it forward.

The air tore apart as a powerful palm wind howled, rushing toward a giant tree ahead.

Crack.

The trunk snapped instantly, shattering into a flurry of wood chips.

Chen Ran looked at the "white line" streaking forward in his vision and felt a sense of annoyance.

Even with his ocean-like cultivation power, he seemed wary of using certain techniques, and he had no good way to deal with such an agile and ethereal enemy.

He could crush the opponent with raw strength, but like a child holding a divine sword, it was useless if he couldn't hit anyone.

Chen Ran activated Cloud Water Step, and his figure also turned into an afterimage as he pursued the white line.

However, this Lightwork was just something he had picked up casually in the Celestial Prison; even though he had cultivated it to the level of Perfection,

it was ultimately limited by its rank. It was fine for everyday pursuits or traveling,

but when compared to those top-tier movement specialists, the gap between the techniques became very obvious.

Chen Ran could only watch helplessly as the white line pulled further and further away, nearly disappearing from his sight.

Yet Chen Ran did not grow anxious; on the contrary, he became even more excited.

"I can't let such a top-tier movement technique get away; I must record it into the heavenly book of prison suppression!"

With a thought, he summoned the heavenly book of prison suppression.

"Claim cultivation power."

The moment the words sounded,

a golden light screen appeared before his eyes.

[You have guarded the Celestial Prison for several days. Accumulated reward: 7 years of cultivation power.]

[Name: Chen Ran]

[Accumulated Cultivation Power: 215 years]

He extracted all the cultivation power he had specifically saved up to break through his Realm at this moment.

An extremely pure surge of cultivation power appeared out of thin air in his Dantian, then began to flow through his limbs and bones.

Crack, crack.

Chen Ran could almost feel a shackle somewhere in his body about to shatter.

Chen Ran focused his gaze on the distant, blurry white line and silently activated [Heavenly Net].

Buzz.

Mental Energy expanded outward like water ripples, finally locking firmly onto the figure fleeing into the distance.

"I can't let you escape just like that..."

Chen Ran's legs paused slightly as a bloody light surged over him; he directly utilized the Blood Transformation Great Art.

In coordination with the Red Lotus Karmic Fire Scripture,

a massive amount of blood-colored True Qi surged, transforming into a sky-blotting Devilish Qi.

Crack, crack.

Chen Ran's already tall frame grew even taller, his muscles bulging into perfect curves.

His tied-up black hair came loose, dancing wildly in the air.

A crimson light flashed in Chen Ran's eyes.

He crouched down, and his legs exerted sudden, explosive force.

Bang!

The ground cracked like a spiderweb, and Chen Ran shot out from the center point.

Boom.

The ground beneath his feet collapsed into a pit several meters deep, while Chen Ran's figure used the counter-force to instantly leap dozens of meters away.

After hovering in mid-air for a few seconds, his figure crashed back to the ground, and he repeated the process.

Trees in the forest collapsed layer by layer, and birds and beasts scattered in terror,

leaving behind a battlefield that looked as if it had been bombarded by cannonballs.

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