29: Chapter 29 The Sixth Level of the Divine Sea Realm, the Powerful Hand of the Evil Path

To be honest, the moment he was pushed away, Lu Wu was dazed, and what followed was shock.

He propped himself up with both hands, barely steadying his body, but when he looked up, he suddenly saw Li Tan's blade piercing through Xia Qinger's chest.

At that moment, he felt as if the sky had collapsed.

“You beast, what are you doing!” In the distance, Lu Xuan let out a furious roar.

“Evil Path, he's from the Evil Path!” Everyone realized too late and began to flee in all directions.

“Still thinking of escaping? Hehe, too late!” Li Tan stopped hiding his true nature, revealing a crazed smile as he intercepted and killed them one by one.

They were already exhausted from the battle and lacked the strength; now, let alone escaping, they could only become lambs to the slaughter.

Lu Xuan was beyond furious, charging over completely regardless of his injuries.

“Hehe, did you forget about me?”

Suddenly, a cold laugh came from out of nowhere, making him feel as if he had been struck by lightning, his spine turning cold.

Lu Xuan turned his head and found that Zhou Chen had actually soared into the air, landing a punch squarely on his face.

“Bang!”

Struck by this heavy blow, Lu Xuan lost his balance and fell from mid-air.

Zhou Chen was actually controlling blood qi, transforming it into a platform to lift himself up; it was like a floating board that allowed him to deal with opponents flying in the sky.

Unfortunately, Lu Xuan had many defensive Magical Artifacts on him, so that blow just now was not fatal.

“Roar!”

Zhou Chen transformed into a Blood Lion, no longer concealing the Evil Path aura on his body as he pounced down.

“These two are actually from the Evil Path?!” Chen Xing was shocked.

“Humph?” Not far away, the leader of the Thunder-Horned Rhinos was dumbfounded.

Why were the Upright Ape-Monsters fighting amongst themselves?

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the leader sensed the aura of danger and ordered the herd to gather, preparing to retreat.

The four Thunder-Horned Beasts surrounding Chen Xing let out low growls upon seeing this and prepared to leave.

“Evil Path... They were actually right beside me, and I didn't notice at all?” Chen Xing's heart sank.

“This is bad.”

Li Tan moved quickly, killing several people in just a few moves and completely absorbing their blood qi.

The entire process took less than two seconds; he had insta-killed all the Light Opening Realm Ability Users with a single move!

This was definitely not the power a Light Opening Realm should have!

“What a bountiful harvest, to actually encounter the two brothers of the Lu family. Not only is their Origin good, but they have many resources. This trip was truly not in vain!” He laughed loudly.

“Oh right, there's one more.” Li Tan turned around, stepping on lightning as he went.

Lu Wu was already at his wit's end; Li Tan had given him a blow while passing by earlier, and his already heavily injured body could no longer hold out.

If not for a Magical Artifact protecting his life, he would have died.

“Qinger... Qinger!” Lu Wu crawled desperately on the ground, trying to grasp Xia Qinger's withered hand.

However, Li Tan had already arrived before him.

“Swoosh!”

As his blade slashed toward Lu Wu's head, a large hand firmly grabbed his wrist with terrifying force.

Li Tan's gaze shifted; the man standing to the side was undoubtedly Chen Xing, who currently had an expressionless face.

“Hehe, Brother Chen, you didn't expect this, did you? You're not the only one with a Magical Artifact to hide your aura.”

Li Tan suddenly laughed and raised his left hand, pulling out a blood-colored bead the size of an egg from his robes, which emitted a faint red mist.

As the bead was closed, the red mist vanished, and a layer of hard-to-detect red light was also withdrawn from Li Tan's body.

A terrifying aura erupted, soaring from the ninth stage of the Light Opening Realm to the first level of the Divine Sea Realm, continuing all the way to the Peak of the sixth level before stopping.

The sixth level of the Divine Sea Realm!

This was the true cultivation of Li Tan and Zhou Chen. It was precisely because of this that they could push their Magical Artifacts to the limit, resulting in no one discovering them.

“Evil Path... I didn't expect to encounter them on my first time out.” Chen Xing's expression turned slightly cold.

“You could have left, so why did you come back? I knew your strength was decent, so I specifically waited for you to be far away before making my move. Since you've come back to seek death, you can't blame me,” Li Tan said.

“Bang!”

The battle erupted, with blood light and golden light colliding violently in a very short time.

However, the one who was sent flying in the end was Li Tan.

Chen Xing had used his Cloak, performing a Fusion with himself to raise his cultivation to the first level of the Divine Sea Realm, and then used his Glove Magical Artifact to force the man back.

Throughout the process, Li Tan had not used a Magical Artifact. He thought the opponent was just a Light Opening Realm Ability User, so he hadn't even used his full strength and ended up taking a hit.

“You're also an A-rank?” Li Tan looked closely; a faint golden light was emanating from beneath Chen Xing's white clothes.

Chen Xing did not pay him any mind. Instead, he leaned down, holding Xia Qinger's back and infusing her with a surge of healing power, attempting to repair all her injuries.

“Healed, but... she's already dead, with only a faint Soul remaining.” Chen Xing frowned slightly.

“Hahaha, you noticed too.” Li Tan laughed loudly.

“My Evil Path is about devouring a person's essence, blood, and Qi. So even if you heal her, what of it? She has long since lost her blood qi.”

Li Tan raised his hand, and a mass of blood mist appeared: “How about it, do you want it? Too bad you're too righteous. You don't know Evil Path methods, so you can't save her.”

He issued an invitation: “Brother Chen, join us. If a Light Ability User like you enters the Evil Path, you will surely be incredibly glorious!”

Chen Xing remained expressionless as he took out a precious Medicinal Pill from his storage device and fed it to her. This medicine could replenish consumed essence and blood qi.

However, just as he had said, Xia Qinger was already dead, sucked into a dried corpse by Li Tan, with only a shred of her Soul left.

For support-type Ability Users, their primary Cultivation was the Soul, which was stronger than that of average people.

If it weren't because Xia Qinger was quite outstanding in this regard, then not even this bit of Soul consciousness would have remained.

“I can't save you,” Chen Xing said.

“Thank you...” Xia Qinger's faint consciousness was communicating with him; it was an act of consciousness, not actual speech.

“I listened to your words. You were right. If I want to protect someone, I should take the initiative. So... I burned myself. Unfortunately, I could only save him.”

“Did I cause this?” Chen Xing's heart stirred.

“No, I want to thank you for illuminating the path for me, for letting me know what I should do. At least... I did it, didn't I?” Xia Qinger smiled, even though she could no longer physically do so.

Chen Xing was silent.

“Don't look like that, it's not handsome. But you were right about one thing; meeting you really was an eye-opening experience,” she teased.

“Who is the enemy who killed your family? I can help you.” Chen Xing did not shed tears, nor was he sad; instead, he asked calmly.

After all, for this girl, he had only known her for a few days at most. She had died before they had even become truly acquainted.

At most, Chen Xing felt it was a pity and felt a sense of helplessness, but he wouldn't weep bitterly because of it.

“They... have already been killed by Lu Wu, so... I have no regrets,” Xia Qinger said.

Hearing this, Chen Xing couldn't help but look at Lu Wu, who was lying on the ground, and suddenly understood why Xia Qinger was so devoted to him.

“When I was at my lowest, it was Lu Wu who didn't mind that I was dirty and took me with him. But when I became beautiful, others flocked to me. So... I only love Lu Wu. I don't regret doing this,” Xia Qinger whispered.

“I understand.” Chen Xing nodded.

“I hope you can save him. If you can't, then just run away. I... miss home a little.”

After saying that, the last bit of Xia Qinger's consciousness vanished, and she died completely.

Chen Xing said nothing, silently standing up and turning to face the killer opposite him.

“If it were Old Qin behind me today and I didn't notice, wouldn't I have lost a dear friend?”

He decided that after returning, he must Cultivate perception-type combat techniques, or methods and Magical Artifacts that could enhance perception.

He absolutely could not allow similar things to happen again.