There's an Ambush Here!

There's an Ambush Here! Chen Wang gave a light jump inside the room. Before he even exerted any force, his whole body struck the ceiling. With a flicker of movement, he arrived from the living room at the door in the next instant.

"Good heavens, this is a Tier 3 Genetic Soldier!"

Chen Wang took a deep breath.

When he had fought that handsome young man carrying a Sniper Rifle earlier, the young man's movements had been incredibly fast. With a single motion, he had rushed right in front of him.

Moreover, his fists and kicks carried tremendous force, and he was exceptionally skilled at Close Combat.

Chen Wang was not skilled in any Close Combat techniques. It was only after his physical body had become powerful that his fists and feet naturally contained immense strength and explosive power. The most important things in Close Combat were reaction speed and strength. All he knew were a few simple Enemy-Capturing Fist moves.

He briefly sensed his own strength. It should have become several times greater than before, but there was nothing heavy in his room, so he had no way to test the limits of his power for the moment. The sensation of being filled with strength made the corners of Chen Wang's mouth curl into a smile. "I should learn some fighting techniques when I get the chance. Otherwise, this body's strength will go to waste."

Chen Wang thought to himself.

There were no body-tempering manuals in the Red Cloud Sect Market, nor were there any martial arts manuals. In this world where everyone cultivated immortality, no matter how well you trained in martial arts, you could not withstand a Fireball Technique, much less a Splitting Light Shadow Sword.

When Sword Qi left the body, one could already be considered a grandmaster in the martial world and jianghu—or what was called an Innate Expert.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Wang took out a lighter and burned himself with it. Once the flame touched him, he felt no pain at all.

"Not bad. I really do have some fire resistance."

But Chen Wang was not sure whether this physical body could withstand a Fireball Technique head-on.

Thinking of the Fireball Technique's power to melt gold and iron, he swallowed. I'm probably dreaming the impossible.

Chen Wang thought to himself.

In the Great Winter Wasteland World, he could learn a killing technique. He only needed to bring the power of his fists and feet to its utmost limit.

"Sometimes there'll be close-quarters encounters. Practicing some Close Combat techniques might produce unexpected results."

Chen Wang thought to himself.

The Red Cloud Sect Market grew somewhat quiet after nightfall, especially the Slum Area where Chen Wang lived.

When people had no money, there was less fun to be had. Chen Wang's room was also extremely secluded. Originally, he could occasionally hear the intense sounds of battle at night between his neighbors, Xu Yuan and Feng Lin. But later, Xu Yuan became addicted to going out to rob tombs, hunt for treasure, and gamble. Most of the time, they were arguing, and the sounds of intense collisions became much rarer.

At this moment,

A figure silently approached Chen Wang's house.

After lying in wait around Chen Wang's house and sensing the surroundings for a moment, he quietly slipped into Chen Wang's room. "This man is quite careful. He actually hid elsewhere."

The shadow muttered to himself.

He bent down slightly, but could not help drawing in a sharp breath. Drip. Drip. Soft dripping sounds echoed through the room, accompanied by a faint scent of blood. The shadow bent down and reached beneath the bed, feeling around until he touched a raised spot. With a light press of his fingers, he lifted the blue brick. But immediately afterward, his expression changed, and his brows furrowed deeply. "It's gone!"

As the figure became agitated, the dripping sound rang out again in the room, and the bloody smell grew increasingly thick!

He seemed to have great difficulty moving. Faint moonlight shone through the crack in the door and fell upon his face. It was an exceedingly handsome face, but deathly pale.

It was the young man who had hidden in Chen Wang's house during the day.

Compared with daytime, he now looked even more miserable, as though he could breathe his last at any moment.

The shadow's heart jolted, and he instantly became vigilant. "Not good! Those people must have discovered that I hid the Foundation Establishment Skill and the Foundation Establishment Pill here."

He slightly raised his head and looked around. He had thought it was a flawless plan.

Who would have expected the other side to see through it long ago!

The young man immediately felt killing intent shrouding the area around him. Killing intent was something vague and intangible—if you felt it was there, then it truly would be there. Especially now, when the Slum Area was utterly silent and already carried an eerie chill.

The tall young man frowned and pressed his ear to the ground, carefully sensing something. "I'm already surrounded. Damn it! Why did I come to this house? I never expected this homeowner to be so cowardly!"

He had not expected Chen Wang to shout about a thief during the day, exposing his position and causing those people to hunt him down. Otherwise, his injuries would not have worsened so badly!

After the bundle disappeared, he did not think Chen Wang had taken it. The homeowner had looked extremely timid, like a complete coward. How could such a person possibly discover the Foundation Establishment Pill he had hidden beneath the bed?

The tall young man no longer held that broken sword. Instead, he gripped a freezing dagger.

"Just who discovered my intentions? They actually followed the plan and set an ambush."

The young man sighed, his heart heavy with worry.

Then he pulled out an earth-yellow talisman. "Earth Escape Talisman."

"I had intended to use this talisman to save my life and protect myself. Now that I'm trapped in a tight encirclement, if not now, when?"

A resolute look surfaced in the tall young man's eyes. He immediately activated the Earth Escape Talisman and vanished from Chen Wang's room.

As he activated the Earth Escape Talisman and traveled through the earth, it felt as though he were moving underwater, and it could conceal his aura.

He quietly moved onward, leaving this Slum Area far behind.

But forcibly activating the Earth Escape Talisman made his injuries even worse.

He burrowed through the earth while vomiting blood, then burrowed through the earth while vomiting blood again.

The wounds on his body also continued to bleed.

The places that had originally been wrapped in Chen Wang's clothes began seeping blood again. A faint black aura hung between his brows.

He was not merely injured—he had also been afflicted by some kind of curse.

"You set up defenses in that Slum Area, so go ahead and wait by the stump for a rabbit. Once I recover my strength, I'll kill every last one of you!"

The tall young man's gaze was icy.

Within the mountain forest,

A burly, towering young man sat boldly atop a boulder.

A bonfire burned before him, with a wild rabbit roasting over it. Its skin was golden, and its fragrance rich. Three or four cultivators sat nearby. One middle-aged cultivator who looked somewhat frail frowned. "Wang Meng, we're hunting down Chu Qingyun, yet you're roasting a wild rabbit here?"

The tall young man grinned, utterly unconcerned. "We couldn't catch Chu Qingyun in the daytime. Do you expect him to deliver himself to our doorstep at night?"

The middle-aged cultivator's face darkened. "Even so, we shouldn't give up. He knows too much. We have to kill him."

The tall young man sneered. "How are we supposed to kill him? Even with his grievous injuries, he escaped right under our noses. We couldn't catch him even at night—kill my ass!"