38: Chapter 38 Chaos Treasures

"chaos bell! Fragment! Already obtained by a fated person!"

This line of text struck like a world-destroying divine thunder, piercing deep into the Soul of every living being looking up at the golden list.

After a brief silence, the entire Cultivation World exploded.

"Chaos Supreme Treasure! It is in this world! And someone has taken it!"

"Who is it? Dao Yi? Ye Gucheng? Or Ye Fan?"

"Find them! Must find them!"

Jealousy, greed, and killing intent flooded everyone's reason like poisonous miasma; countless powerful figures awoke from seclusion, stepped out from their hiding places, with an unprecedentedly unified goal—find that "fated person" and seize their Opportunity.

For a time, the Eastern Region became the center of the storm.

In the Central Region's Tiandao Sect, Dao Xuan looked toward the east, his gaze profound: "The Heaven-Opening Supreme Treasure has actually recognized a master. Such Karma is no small matter. Let us observe the changes!"

In the Western Region's Great Leiyin Temple, Liao Chen chanted a low Buddhist name: "The supreme treasure has appeared, greed and hatred are rampant, and boundless killing Karma is about to rise. Arhat Hall and Prajna Hall, head to the Eastern Region and act according to the situation."

In the Northern Region's Yuanshi Demon Sect, Yuan Sha laughed wildly: "chaos bell! It perfectly suits our Demonic Path's Dao to govern all laws! Pass my decree: spare no cost to seize this treasure!"

In the Eastern Region's Shushan Sword Pavilion, Ye Gucheng stood caressing his sword: "External objects are ultimately external paths; my Dao lies only in the sword. Order the Disciples of the Sword Pavilion: it is strictly forbidden to leave the mountain alone."

In the Yuqing Sect, Perfected Lingyun looked ashen. Regardless of whether the fated person was Ye Fan or not, the Yuqing Sect had already been swept into the center of the storm. He ordered hoarsely: "Activate the ultimate form of the mountain-protecting Formation... all Disciples enter the refuge cave heaven..."

Deep underground, Ye Fan and Su Qianxue, who were sneaking along, also felt the terrifying Chaos outside. Countless Divine Senses swept through the underground like combs, suffocating them.

"Young Master, it is so terrifying outside." Su Qianxue's face turned pale.

"The temptation of a Heaven-Opening Supreme Treasure is enough to make anyone's reason collapse." Ye Fan's gaze was solemn, "That fated person has become a public enemy of the world. I suspect it is Lin Feng."

"Lin Feng?" Su Qianxue was shocked.

"He has a Chaos Dao Body, related to 'Chaos'. He escaped from the Dragon Fall Abyss previously and his cultivation improved greatly. It is very likely he obtained a Heaven-Defying Opportunity there." Ye Fan paused, "And he harbors great malice toward me. The Yin-Yang Dao Body seems to have a special attraction to him; he will not let me go."

Su Qianxue's heart tightened: "Then what should we do?"

"We must be faster than him." Ye Fan said decisively, "Before he refines the chaos bell fragment, we must possess the power to protect ourselves or even counter-kill."

He quickly thought about the opportunity list. The Eye of the Void key fragment was in his hand, but that place was a ten-death-no-life zone, temporarily unusable; the War God Hall would open in ten years, too far away; other opportunities either had unfixed locations or too many competitors.

"Right, number twenty-two on the opportunity list, the notes of an ancient Alchemy Grandmaster, will appear at the 'Jiantian Assembly' in the Central Region; this item will be helpful for my Alchemy, and the auction is a mix of fish and dragons, perhaps I can find an Opportunity to hide my identity and obtain resources. The Central Region is far from the Eastern Region; we can temporarily avoid the limelight."

Su Qianxue's eyes lit up: "We are going to the Central Region?"

"Yes! But we need to change our appearance and forge our identities." Ye Fan looked at her, "Your Mystic Yin Body might find Yin-attribute resources in the Central Region. Additionally, we need a high-level disguise and breath-concealing Spell."

The two accelerated, sneaking toward the underground river leading out of the Eastern Region.

Just as they were about to reach the exit—

The "guixu fragment" in Ye Fan's arms suddenly trembled, pointing to a direction outside the exit, emitting fluctuations that contained coldness, dead silence, longing, and danger.

Ye Fan stopped abruptly, pulled Su Qianxue behind a huge rock, and carefully extended his Divine Sense.

Outside the exit was a mist-filled canyon. The mist was mixed with extremely hidden, yin-cold, dead-silent aura—five or six parts similar to the "guixu" aura. More importantly, at least three powerful auras above the Golden Core Stage were lurking in the mist, full of greed and killing intent.

Ambush—

Ye Fan's heart sank. With an ambush ahead and the path behind cut off, the three Golden Core Stage cultivators were skilled in concealment and sneak attacks; the chances of winning a head-on clash were not high.

"There are at least three Golden Core Stage cultivators ambushing outside." Ye Fan quickly transmitted his voice, "We cannot force our way through."

"Then what should we do?"

Ye Fan's gaze fell on the trembling "guixu fragment" in his arms. A bold idea flashed through his mind. Since the other party used the "guixu" aura to set an ambush, why shouldn't he use their own method against them?

"Listen to me!" Ye Fan's eyes were cold, "I will use the Yin-Yang Two Qi to simulate the 'guixu' aura in the fragment, creating a small-scale 'guixu tide' illusion, and deliberately leak a trace of the key's Dao rhyme; you simultaneously erupt with Mystic Yin cold energy to create Chaos. Then we will rush in the opposite direction into an underground branch tunnel, leading to a natural Earthly Fiend Yin Vein. The Yin-Sha there is dense, which can interfere with tracking."

"Leak the key's Dao rhyme? Wouldn't that tell them we have the key?" Su Qianxue was shocked.

"That is exactly what I want them to know." Ye Fan's mouth curled into an arc, "But it shouldn't just be them who know. The fluctuations will alert other forces searching for opportunities further away; at that time, this place will become a new focal point. The ambushers will either be dealt with or dragged into a chaotic battle. This is called driving away the tiger to swallow the wolf."

Su Qianxue gasped, shocked by this daring calculation.

"The exit of the Earthly Fiend Yin Vein connects to a damaged ancient teleportation array. I have a fifty percent chance of briefly activating it to perform a random but roughly Central Region-oriented ultra-long-distance teleportation; although dangerous, this is our fastest way to get rid of tracking and head to the Central Region."

Su Qianxue nodded vigorously: "I will listen entirely to Young Master's arrangements."

"Now!"

Ye Fan gave a low shout, black and white Qi shot from his eyes, and he pushed his hand holding the fragment forward!

A cold, dead-silent, grey-black fluctuation erupted, sweeping through the canyon. At the same time, the Origin fluctuation of the "Eye of the Void key" mixed within it vaguely spread into the distance.

Su Qianxue simultaneously erupted with Mystic Yin cold energy. The ice-blue low temperature and the grey-black tide intertwined, instantly interfering with the ambushers' concealment Formation.

"Not good! It's the key fluctuation!"

"They found it! Stop them!"

Three grey-black figures appeared from the mist and pounced toward the exit.

But just at this moment—

"Is it the aura of the 'Eye of the Void' key?"

"It's there!"

"Quick!"

No fewer than ten powerful escape lights suddenly lit up around the canyon. Auras of Late Stage Golden Core and even Nascent Soul Stage gathered frantically like sharks smelling blood.

"Damn it! How did they attract so many people?"

The three ambushers were shocked and angry, but they were already riding a tiger and unable to get off.

Ye Fan and Su Qianxue had long since turned and fled at full speed toward the branch tunnel leading to the Earthly Fiend Yin Vein deep underground.

Behind them, a fierce battle erupted instantly at the canyon entrance. The newcomers and the ambushers fought in a tangle due to greed and misunderstanding. Spells roared, and the earth shook.

The two took the Opportunity to escape into the underground, fleeing for their lives along the branch tunnel.

"Quick! It's right ahead!" Ye Fan sensed the fragment's guidance to the spatial node, his eyes flashing with sharp light.

Su Qianxue followed closely behind, her ice-blue escape light drawing a beautiful, sorrowful trajectory in the darkness.

Behind them, the bloody struggle they had triggered had completely spiraled out of control and was spreading to a wider area.