Immortal Script

Chen Luo wouldn't believe a word of that old man's nonsense. He rolled over, grabbed a handful of dirt mixed with pebbles from the ground, and threw it behind him.

"Childish tricks."

Old Daoist Lichen paused slightly, and only after the dust settled did he lift his foot and chase after him again.

He was full of confidence, completely unafraid that this little bug he had caught could pull any tricks. When one possessed absolute power, no scheme or stratagem could affect the final outcome. If Chen Luo were a Grandmaster, he might take him seriously, but a small fry in the early Bone Forging Realm was not worth his caution at all.

Chen Luo's face was pale. He had anticipated meeting a Grandmaster, and even had a plan to confront the burly man with the saber head-on, but the one thing he hadn't expected was for things to change so quickly.

It didn't give him any time to react.

An enemy of Old Daoist Lichen's caliber suddenly appeared. It was completely outside of the plan, and even General Fan's brain was stunned. Weren't Prince Ning's people supposed to take a while to get here?

It was a pity no one explained it to him.

Those dead Jianghu Wanderers had also had similar questions.

Why did they die?

Why did the Jianghu experts just happen to run into them?

Clutching the back of his hand, Chen Luo's brain raced. At the same time, the more than a hundred brains lurking in his body also offered suggestions.

'Dead end.'

'Kneel and beg for mercy.'

'Call him Grandpa.'

Suggestions from one brain after another came back, but they were basically all despairing; even the idea of kneeling and calling him Grandpa had popped up. When he saw this feedback message, Chen Luo's veins bulged with anger. He had already decided that as long as he could escape this calamity, he would throw away this 'brain' later.

"Is there no way?"

Chen Luo focused his attention on the 'brains' of the Royal Family and General Fan. These two were the most significant 'brains' he had at the moment. Unfortunately, even the Royal Family's brain and General Fan's brain had no solution. The difference in strength was too great. Forget fighting, facing him head-on would probably result in instant defeat.

'Put yourself in a desperate situation and find a way to survive. Time is almost up, sneak into the mine! If you really can't hold on, take him down with you. What I can't get, no one else will either! Even if you die, you have to drag someone down with you.' A Jianghu Wanderer's brain that Chen Luo had never paid attention to gave a different suggestion.

This guy was definitely the most ruthless of the ruthless.

The moment he saw this information, Chen Luo decisively activated this brain.

In an instant, he felt his thoughts become incredibly calm.

Emotions seemed to be excluded; fear and helplessness all disappeared, leaving only one thought: sneak into the mine.

With the help of this Jianghu Wanderer's external brain, Chen Luo's feet were like the wind, successfully avoiding several attacks from behind. After a few leaps and bounds, he jumped to the entrance of the mine. At this moment, Old Daoist Lichen, who was following closely, also caught up. The biting killing intent had already stimulated his skin.

"Time's up."

Chen Luo glanced sideways at the distant horizon, the time of sunset and moonrise.

The sky.

Yin and Yang divided, sun and moon rotated.

"Activate!"

Chen Luo stood at the entrance. A familiar sense of stripping instantly spread throughout his body. The energy accumulated over the past few days suddenly became active, becoming the key to activation. Immediately after, his figure flickered, and he melted like a person, passing through the stone and falling down.

"Huh?"

This scene made Old Daoist Lichen, who was following closely, slightly stunned, but then he revealed a look of ecstasy.

"So it's here. It's only right that this old daoist gets this opportunity for free."

So, without another word, he also stepped onto the stone.

Chen Luo opened his eyes and felt the surroundings were exceptionally bright. That mysterious and unpredictable power was even more active. He had absorbed several streams of aura using the Jade Slip during the sunrise and sunset before, so he could already see them now.

Just now, they had helped him open the entrance to the mine.

'Hurry!'

A warning thought came, and Chen Luo instantly woke up, circulating his Internal Qi to quickly flee forward.

Another fluctuation came from the cave entrance behind him, and Old Daoist Lichen's figure followed closely, rushing in. After seeing the situation inside the cave clearly, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Good, good, good! It truly is a case of searching high and low for something only to find it effortlessly."

Old Daoist Lichen, who had scanned the surroundings, looked ahead and saw that Chen Luo had already run so far that only his back was visible. He immediately raised his hand and unleashed a stream of Qi towards the front.

"As a reward for leading the way, this old daoist will give you a quick death."

He used his hand as a blade and chopped down vertically.

The Grandmaster's Qi instantly materialized, condensing into a sharp blade light that slashed towards Chen Luo ahead.

'Left, roll!'

The calm Jianghu Wanderer's consciousness instantly appeared in his mind.

Chen Luo rolled to the left without hesitation, narrowly avoiding this stream of Qi, while his momentum remained undiminished as he rushed towards the deeper parts.

"Huh? Your luck is pretty good."

Old Daoist Lichen frowned, considering Chen Luo's action of avoiding his attack just now as luck. An ant several realms lower couldn't possibly have avoided it with his own strength, could he?

After avoiding this attack, Chen Luo completely escaped Old Daoist Lichen's line of sight.

Seeing this, Old Daoist Lichen could only use his movement technique to pursue.

The two, one chasing and one fleeing, quickly entered the depths of the mine tunnel.

Not long after, the two reached the bottom of the mine tunnel. Upon arriving, their attention was instantly drawn to a gem at the end. This gem was entirely a deep blue, and its surface emitted a soft glow, like a charged gem, radiating a captivating luster.

"Spirit Mine!"

Old Daoist Lichen behind him became completely agitated. But Chen Luo was faster, reaching out towards the blue gem first.

"Stop!"

The enraged Old Daoist Lichen could no longer hold back. He kicked the nearby stone wall, sending a large amount of碎石 flying out like hidden weapons, sweeping towards Chen Luo ahead. With such dense attacks, there was no space to dodge at all.

This time, Old Daoist Lichen was determined, striking with full force, preparing for a single-strike kill.

Feeling the killing intent closing in behind him, Chen Luo's heart hardened. He simply ignored everything and grabbed onto the blue gem.

I absolutely cannot let this old thief benefit!

A strange scene occurred. Chen Luo's full-force grab did not destroy the gem. Instead, it seemed to have triggered a mechanism. The moment his palm touched the blue gem, the blue light intensified, and a layer of mysterious energy dispersed. The entire cave seemed to come alive.

A bamboo slip flew out from Chen Luo's chest on its own, condensing a light blue shield around him.

Dong dong dong...

A series of low, muffled thuds. Old Daoist Lichen's killing strike was easily blocked by the blue shield.

"Immortal Script?!"

Old Daoist Lichen's face changed drastically upon seeing this scene. As if remembering something terrifying, he actually turned around in mid-air and fled back the way he came without looking back.

But no matter how fast he was, how could he be faster than light?

Buzz!!

The blue light curtain swept out like a tide, instantly enveloping Old Daoist Lichen.

Everything in the cave was covered by this strange energy. The mine tunnel, which had been empty, now seemed to have turned into a deep sea, with endless water pressure pouring down.

Old Daoist Lichen, in the midst of fleeing, only had time for a muffled groan. Then, his entire body was crushed by the immense pressure like an insect.

Large sections of his ribs fractured, emitting 'crackling' sounds.

Large amounts of fresh blood spurted from his mouth, and then, there was no more sound