248: run!

Lei Li seemed to understand, yet not understand, his eyes filled with doubt.

Chen Tianming couldn't be bothered with him, so he waved his hand dismissively.

"Oh, it doesn't matter if you understand or not. I'm going to your Source World to absorb the spiritual energy here, just like you asked Han Lei for spirit stones!"

"Hurry up and bring out any treasures you have. If you don't want to die, you'd best cooperate with me!"

Hearing Chen Tianming's contemptuous tone, Lei Li was almost driven mad.

He was a favored son of heaven; when had he ever suffered such humiliation!

Lei Li cursed angrily in his heart, opening his system, wanting to take this opportunity to elevate his strength to another level.

He didn't know.

Just as he was cursing Chen Tianming in his heart, Chen Tianming was having a blast.

Watching his Devil's Value soar, coupled with the recent kill of Han Lei, Chen Tianming was about to be able to do another ten consecutive draws.

"Curse more! Be more enraged! Be more despairing!"

Chen Tianming didn't make a move; he just waited, squeezing every last drop of Devil's Value that Lei Li could provide.

At this moment, Lei Li searched frantically within his Xuanhuan cultivation system and finally found a way to cross realms.

Lei Li reached into his embrace, pulling out five ancient-looking classics from his flowing daoist robe.

He casually tossed the five classics into the air, and a brilliant golden light immediately burst forth around his body.

The golden light enveloped the books, and their pages began to turn one by one.

The knowledge and cultivation techniques within them rapidly streamed into Lei Li's mind, as if through data transmission.

At this moment, the spiritual energy around Lei Li's body surged, and terrifying spiritual energy formed one vortex after another.

Lei Li roared suddenly, dozens of spirit swords surrounding his body, each formed by his internal spiritual energy, moving as if extensions of his limbs.

Seeing countless spirit swords transform into phantoms and attack, Chen Tianming remained unhurried, gently patting the surface of the sea.

The azure seawater formed a tornado in mid-air, surging towards Lei Li with a rumble.

The spiritual energy of the two fiercely collided in mid-air, creating a wave of energy and a violent explosion all around.

Lei Li's feet were blasted into several large craters by the spiritual energy explosion.

The seawater around Chen Tianming also continuously churned as the two battled.

But it was obvious.

Lei Li's current strength was still inferior to Chen Tianming's!

He retreated a few steps, his feet digging a trench in the sand.

He could have just run away if he couldn't win, but Lei Li insisted on showing off.

His eyes fixed on Chen Tianming, his body tensed as much as possible.

Lei Li hadn't expected that such a simple posture to save face would allow Chen Tianming's spiritual energy to instantly surge into his body.

Just a tiny wisp of spiritual energy that wasn't defended against, and Chen Tianming's spiritual energy was like a knife, beginning to wander through Lei Li's body meridians.

Lei Li immediately felt as if his entire body was being cut by knives, and he could no longer hold on.

He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his heart filled with despair and helplessness.

He hadn't expected that after all that effort—spirit stones, spiritual energy, various ancient texts and cultivation methods—

Even the system's power was used.

Yet it was still inferior to Chen Tianming merely wiggling his finger!

At this moment, Lei Li had only one thought in his heart.

Run!

Forget about him being a child of destiny! A Qi Luck Child!

Forget about whatever system he carried!

It was all worthless!

Compared to his own life, dignity, face, and whether he could win, none of it mattered anymore.

Lei Li channeled all the spiritual energy in his body to his feet.

He pulled his feet out of the sand and turned to run.

From birth until now, Lei Li had never run so fast.

In the blink of an eye, it was as if he was a bit closer to the sun.

But when he looked back, Chen Tianming wasn't chasing him; in fact, Lei Li was running so fast that he couldn't even see Chen Tianming's shadow.

However, Lei Li didn't consider that Chen Tianming deliberately wasn't chasing him, sparing his life.

Instead, he thought to himself.

His speed was probably much faster than Chen Tianming's.

Thinking this, Lei Li couldn't help but laugh coldly.

"Hehehe! Hahahaha! I've finally found your weakness!"

Lei Li believed his speed was too great, leaving Chen Tianming behind.

Once he had a chance to recover his spiritual energy, he would use the system's power to forcefully draw in the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and integrate it with himself.

At that time, his realm would advance again, directly shattering the Golden Core barrier and condensing a true Nascent Soul.

Then, Chen Tianming would be a mere worm that he could knead and play with at will!

As a Qi Luck Child, Lei Li hadn't even thoroughly fought Chen Tianming, yet he had already decided in his heart that he would win.

Chen Tianming wouldn't even dare to be so arrogant...

Meanwhile, Chen Tianming actually hadn't chased him at all.

He strolled on the beach, as if he had entered an early retirement vacation life.

With a casual wave, the coconut trees on the beach swayed slightly, and a coconut filled with knowledge fell into Chen Tianming's hand.

The clouds in the sky were summoned and dismissed by Chen Tianming at will.

In the shallow seawater, a large school of colorful fish vied to approach Chen Tianming, as if he had become their king.

"Everything in this secret realm is so novel. I should have brought Wan Yue; she would definitely know what kind of opportunities are hidden in this Small World!"

However, even without Wan Yue, Chen Tianming wasn't incapable of handling things.

He walked leisurely, slowly strolling on the beach.

Suddenly, the sand exploded, and countless sand and stones swirled, blocking his view ahead.

Chen Tianming waved his hand casually, and the sand collapsed with a rumble.

But behind that sand, a colossal creature, neither fish nor crocodile, appeared before Chen Tianming's eyes.

The Qi Observation Technique immediately projected all the monster's information into Chen Tianming's eyes.

"[Name: Sea Buckthorn Demon Dragon]"

"[An amphibious demonic beast living in both water and land, possessing a portion of Dragon King bloodline, mastering two different attributes among the Five Elements: water and earth.]"

"[Level: Qi Condensation Stage, Third Layer]"

Chen Tianming sneered.

"A mere third-level Qi Condensation Stage, coming here to seek death?"

With a sweep of his large hand, Chen Tianming's internal spiritual energy surged forth.

The enormous demon dragon's mouth suddenly let out a horrified and painful howl.

Then its two large claws desperately dug at the soil, trying to burrow back into the sand.

But this fellow had already delivered itself, and Chen Tianming didn't even think, striking out with a sudden palm.

A palm print formed by spiritual energy in mid-air, ethereal and fleeting, passed through the demon dragon's body.

With a thunderous crash, the demon dragon's chest scales shattered, its chest cavity collapsed, and it spat out blue and purple mixed foul blood, its body crashing to the ground with a rumble, instantly losing its breath.

Chen Tianming shook his head.

"Not strong enough! Since this secret realm comes from a Xuanhuan World, there should be some powerful treasures and demonic beasts for me to see!"

Chen Tianming ignored the demon dragon's corpse and continued forward.

The land ahead disappeared and turned into ocean again. Chen Tianming clasped his hands behind his back, his toes lightly touching the water's surface.

Ripples spread out, and Chen Tianming was actually able to float on the sea surface without any support, slowly walking forward.

A moment later, a huge shadow passed beneath Chen Tianming's feet in the seawater.

A savage aura also erupted from the seawater beneath his feet.