It Is Impolite Not to Reciprocate!

Outside the marketplace, High in the azure sky, an urgent whistling of wind suddenly rang out. A streak of purple light shot across the horizon, speeding toward the distance at an astonishing velocity.

The purple light flickered, vanishing from the air from time to time. By the time it reappeared, it was already a thousand miles away, clearly making use of a costly Space Divine Ability.

After traveling at full speed for nearly half an hour, it finally began to slow down before landing atop a remote mountain peak.

The purple streak dispersed, revealing the young figures of a man and a woman.

They were Lu Chen and Lin Jing.

Lu Chen surveyed his surroundings. Seeing that no one had pursued them, he released Lin Jing's wrist, took out a bottle of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid from his Sumeru Bracelet, and swallowed it. He began circulating his cultivation technique to refine it, rapidly replenishing the spiritual energy he had expended earlier.

Seeing this, Lin Jing examined Lu Chen with her lively eyes. A trace of confusion flashed through them as she asked, puzzled, "Who exactly are you? I don't remember ever seeing you in the Martial Realm."

"Why did you help me?"

Lu Chen sat cross-legged on the ground. As he hastened to refine the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid within his body, he answered without turning around, "Martial Ancestor once helped me with something. Lu is not an ungrateful man. One must repay kindness in kind. Since I saw Miss Lin in danger today, it was only natural for me to lend a hand."

"If Miss Lin does not believe me, you may take out the jade pendant on my chest and see for yourself. It is inconvenient for me to get up right now, so please help yourself."

"A jade pendant?"

Lin Jing blinked. Curiosity flashed across her adorable porcelain-like face as she reached for Lu Chen's chest.

Yet at that moment, Lu Chen's tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open. He grabbed her wrist, making the young girl's eyes widen at once.

"I thought you were a good person! You lecherous scoundrel, so you were playing hard to get! Let go of me right now, or I'll make you regret it!"

The sudden contact made the white-clad girl's delicate body stiffen. She quickly came to her senses and struggled frantically.

At the same time, she thought aggrievedly, Mother was right. The outside world really is full of treacherous people. I just escaped the wolf's den, only to enter the tiger's lair. Why is my life so miserable? Sob, sob, sob...

Lu Chen ignored Lin Jing's incessant chatter. Pulling her behind him, he stared solemnly at the space in the distance and said gravely, "Since you're here, why hide? Why not show yourself?"

"Hehe, Brother, your perception is truly keen. I, Liu Ming, cherish talent above all else and do not readily make enemies of geniuses like you."

"I'll give you one more chance. If you leave now, I will let bygones be bygones. Should we meet again in the future, I will not make things difficult for you!"

As Lu Chen's words fell, a sinisterly soft voice rang out across heaven and earth.

On a mountain peak not far away, space twisted slightly. A small ship radiating boundless light emerged from the void!

"It's a Space Ship!"

The well-informed Lin Jing cried out. Then she immediately understood that she had misunderstood Lu Chen earlier.

Her face flushed red, and she hid behind Lu Chen, tugging at his sleeve as she said apologetically, "Sorry, I... I didn't know they would catch up so quickly..."

Lu Chen shook his head and waved his hand. "It's fine. Since they have a Space Ship, we can't outrun them. We can only make a last stand. That thing is even faster than a Sixth Grade Sovereign..."

"Bring out whatever life-saving trump cards you have. Once the battle begins, I may not be able to look after you..."

The Space Ship in the distance came to a stop on the mountain peak, and two figures descended from it.

They were Liu Ming, the so-called young master of the Profound Heaven Hall, and the Black-Robed Old Man whose strength had reached the Fifth Grade Sovereign realm.

With a wave of Liu Ming's hand, the light on the Space Ship flickered. It instantly shrank into a palm-sized boat, which he tucked into his sleeve.

Then he looked teasingly at Lu Chen, who was shielding Lin Jing behind him, and said, "It seems you've made up your mind to protect her. I never thought that after playing with women for so many years, I would run into such a cliché as a hero saving a beauty. How interesting. I'm already tired of playing with those common women, so I'll use the two of you to change things up!"

"Playing with this little wench in front of you will surely have a special flavor..."

Before Lu Chen could say anything, Lin Jing, who was hiding behind him, was already trembling with rage. Gritting her teeth, she said, "That bastard actually dares to tease me! I'm furious!"

"When I get back, I'll tell my father! No, I'll tell Uncle Diao! I'll tell Uncle Hu! I'll have them beat this bastard to death or cripple him!"

"Since I was born, this is the first time I've met a bastard who dared to tease me. Who does he think he is..."

Lu Chen ignored Lin Jing's muttering and stared gravely at the two men before him. With a gesture of his right hand, countless purple flames surged from his body and condensed into a blazing purple fire sword in his grasp!

Greater Divine Ability, Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword!

"Words are useless. Young Master Liu, you and I are both First Grade Sovereigns. Do you dare fight me alone?"

"A one-on-one fight? Do I look like an idiot to you? Elder Mu, take them down. Show no mercy!"

Liu Ming gave a cold smile and waved his hand, ordering the Black-Robed Elder behind him to attack.

Behind him, the Black-Robed Old Man stepped forward. Vast spiritual energy erupted as an icy aura spread from his body, instantly freezing one of the mountain peaks beneath his feet.

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and swept his sleeve. Five spiritual pearls the size of human heads emerged, each radiating a different color. They revolved around him, forming a Five-Colored Barrier.

They were the five Five Elements Attribute Low-Grade Divine Artifacts he had obtained from the Dragon Demon Palace.

The Five Elements generated and restrained one another. When combined as a set, the power of these divine artifacts rose sharply. In terms of defense, they were no weaker than a Middle Grade Divine Artifact.

"No wonder you are so confident. So you possess a set of spiritual pearls comparable to a Middle Grade Divine Artifact. Unfortunately, I shall tell you today that the enormous gap between the Sovereign Initial Stage and the Sovereign Middle Stage cannot be crossed by relying on a mere divine artifact!"

The Black-Robed Old Man laughed hoarsely, his tone chilling. A faint dark sea appeared behind him as towering dark spiritual energy roared and surged. He pointed a finger through the air.

Boom!

As his finger shot forth, even space seemed to twist. A dark beam of light several hundred feet thick blasted out, carrying bone-piercing cold. Frigid winds howled as countless flakes of frost fell through the air, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

This was merely a casual finger strike from the Black-Robed Elder, yet its power was already far more terrifying than Yellow Dragon Sovereign's full-force attack with his Supreme Sovereign Celestial Body!

Lu Chen thrust out his sword. A dazzling purple arc of light shot from his hand as purple flames swept across the sky, roaring forward!

Boom!

The pitch-black pillar of light collided with the violet arc of radiance. At the instant of impact, dazzling brilliance shot into the sky, dimming even the daylight and forcing people to close their eyes.

In merely a few breaths, the pitch-black pillar had already swallowed the violet arc of light and shot toward the area shrouded in five-colored radiance!

Bang!

The five-colored barrier took the blow head-on. Dense cracks spread across its surface, its light instantly dimmed, and then it shattered with a crash. Five spirit pearls fell to the ground.

The Black-Robed Old Man looked over and was instantly alarmed. At the spot where the spirit pearls had fallen, there was no longer the slightest trace of anyone.

He abruptly turned around, just about to cry out.

But from where Liu Ming stood behind him came a resounding dragon's roar, accompanied by a mild greeting.

"Courtesy demands reciprocity. Brother Liu, please take a sword strike from me!"