Battlefield Scavenging, Double Kill of Clan Leaders

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Outside the karst cave, three Azure Dragons frantically attacked the stone wall. The entire mountain trembled, and shattered rocks fell like rain.

Although the stone gate of the Qiankun Cave Mansion was hidden, under such indiscriminate bombardment, the spatial fluctuations began to grow chaotic.

"This is bad. If this continues, they'll find us!" Sweat beaded on Lu Chen's forehead.

He looked at the three items in his hands: a bloodstained jade talisman, the Replica Kirin Seal, and an Elder Token.

The jade talisman was a hot potato, but the intelligence inside was priceless; the Kirin Seal was a postnatal merit treasure with considerable power; and the Elder Token... was even the key to opening the Kirin Clan's ancestral treasure vault!

"Fortune comes from danger..."

Lu Chen gritted his teeth and made his decision.

He first stored the Kirin corpse in the Qiankun Diagram—a Great Luo-level body was covered in treasures and could not be wasted. Then he took out that reverse scale and began absorbing the true dragon blood essence with all his strength.

Buzz—

The reverse scale turned into a golden stream of light and fused into his body. One of the Five Qi in the Chest, Metal Qi, began to condense.

Metal governed slaughter and corresponded to the lungs. As Metal Qi took shape, a sharp aura radiated from Lu Chen's entire body. The bottleneck in his cultivation loosened, and he advanced toward the Golden Immortal realm.

But it was still not enough.

"I need the killing aura of a battlefield to catalyze it..." Lu Chen looked toward the stone gate. The three Azure Dragons outside were perfect whetstones!

Taking a deep breath, he pushed the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner's protective power to its limit. He gripped the Black Brick in his right hand and held the Replica Kirin Seal in his left.

"Open the gate. Kill our way out!"

Rumble!

The stone gate suddenly opened.

The three Azure Dragons had been jointly bombarding the stone wall. Caught off guard, they all froze.

Now!

Lu Chen shot out like a cannonball, the Black Brick turning into a streak of black light as it smashed toward the Azure Dragon on the far left.

"Watch out!" The Azure Dragon in the middle reacted fastest, sweeping its tail sideways.

Bang!

The Black Brick struck the dragon's tail. Golden Light of Merit erupted, and the Law of Strength shook the air.

"Aoo—" The Azure Dragon screamed. The scales on its tail shattered, and its bones broke.

But the recoil also sent Lu Chen's blood and qi churning. A True Immortal at the peak stage clashing head-on with Golden Immortals at the peak stage—the gap was still far too great.

"Human Clan insect, you're courting death!" The other two Azure Dragons roared and opened their mouths, spewing dragon breath.

Blazing dragonfire flooded the karst cave.

Lu Chen activated the Kirin Seal. Though it was a replica, it was still a postnatal merit treasure! Earth-yellow radiance spread out, blocking all the dragonfire.

"The Kirin Seal?! How do you possess that?!" The Azure Dragons were alarmed and uncertain.

Lu Chen did not answer. Taking advantage of their distraction, he hurled the Black Brick again.

This time, his target was—the pool!

Boom!

The Black Brick smashed into the bottom of the pool, sending the Three Lights Divine Water surging in enormous waves. Sunlight Divine Water wore away flesh, Moonlight Divine Water corroded the Primordial Spirit, and Starlight Divine Water dissolved the True Spirit.

The moment the three Azure Dragons were splashed with the divine water, they screamed repeatedly.

"Three Lights Divine Water! Retreat!"

But how could Lu Chen let them retreat?

He bit the tip of his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of blood essence onto the Kirin Seal. The seal's radiance flared, transforming into the phantom of a hundred-zhang mountain that crashed down!

"Suppress!"

The three Azure Dragons were pinned beneath the mountain phantom, unable to move. The Three Lights Divine Water continued eroding them, and their auras rapidly weakened.

Lu Chen seized the chance to rush forward, smashing down with the Black Brick again and again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Every strike landed on a vital point of their dragon heads. Combined with the divine water's erosion, the three peak Golden Immortal Azure Dragons were actually smashed unconscious by him!

"Collect!"

The Qiankun Diagram unfolded, drawing the three unconscious Azure Dragons into its small world for suppression.

After doing all this, Lu Chen collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath.

Ambushing three peak Golden Immortals across realms had seemed easy, but it had been incredibly dangerous. Without the Kirin Seal and divine water to assist him, he would have been the one to die.

"I have to break through to the Golden Immortal realm as soon as possible..."

He did not dare linger. He rushed out of the karst cave and fled toward the outskirts of Buzhou Mountain.

After flying barely a hundred li, a terrifying fluctuation suddenly came from the horizon.

Lu Chen looked up, and his pupils contracted sharply.

High above in the Nine Heavens, two enormous figures, each ten thousand zhang tall, were fighting to the death.

On the left was a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon. Its scales were shattered and its horns broken, yet its aura still dominated heaven and earth—it was the direct descendant of Ancestral Dragon that had fought the Kirin earlier!

On the right was a Five-Colored Divine Phoenix. Her wings were stained with blood, her phoenix crown dim, and her Nirvana Divine Fire as weak as a candle flame—a personal guard of Primordial Phoenix!

"Direct descendants of Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Phoenix?" Lu Chen's heart began racing.

Though these two were not clan leaders, they were still core upper echelons of the Three Clans, at least late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals!

Why were they fighting to the death here? Had the decisive battle of the Three Clans begun ahead of schedule?

Lu Chen concealed his aura and lurked atop a mountain at the edge of the battlefield.

The Golden Dragon and Divine Phoenix had already gone mad with slaughter. Every attack shattered the void, reducing mountains and rivers for ten thousand li to dust.

"Primordial Phoenix! You broke your word and allied with the Dragon Clan to destroy my Kirin Clan! Today, I will kill you!" the Golden Dragon roared. Its Dragon Pearl burned, erupting with power beyond its limits.

"Bullshit! Your Dragon Clan was the one that ambushed my Buzhou Mountain first!" the Divine Phoenix shrieked, transforming her Nirvana Divine Fire into a sea of flames.

Lu Chen's heart jolted.

The intelligence in the jade talisman was true! The Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan had indeed formed an alliance, but each side clearly believed the other had betrayed them first. Now they were fighting among themselves!

"What a chance..."

He looked toward the center of the battlefield, where many treasure fragments lay scattered: a broken dragon spear, shattered phoenix feathers, and several dim Dragon Pearls and Phoenix Pills.

But what drew his attention most was the Golden Scale hanging from the Golden Dragon's neck—Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale! And the seven-colored tail feather that had fallen from the Divine Phoenix's head—Primordial Phoenix's Natal Feather!

Those two items contained the origin blood essence of Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Phoenix. They were ideal materials for condensing Water Qi and Fire Qi!

"Let's do it!"

Lu Chen steeled himself and quietly slipped toward the battlefield.

At that moment, the Golden Dragon and Divine Phoenix had both suffered devastating injuries. The Golden Dragon's Dragon Pearl had shattered, the Divine Phoenix's Nirvana fire had gone out, and both fell from ten thousand zhang in the air.

Boom! Boom!

The two gigantic beasts crashed into the earth, creating two ten-thousand-zhang craters. They were barely alive.

Now!

Lu Chen dashed out like a leopard, charging straight at the Golden Dragon.

"Human Clan insect... courting death!" Though severely wounded, the Golden Dragon's Grand Unity pressure remained terrifying as it spewed out a stream of dragon breath.

Lu Chen neither dodged nor avoided it. The Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner shielded his body as he took the attack head-on, the Black Brick in hand and Golden Light of Merit unleashed at full force.

"Senior, you're tired. Go to sleep!"

Bang!

The Black Brick struck solidly against the wound on the dragon's head.

The Law of Strength rippled out. Combined with the Golden Light of Merit, it scattered the remnants of the Golden Dragon's consciousness.

"You..." The Golden Dragon's eyes widened with unwillingness before it finally passed out.

Lu Chen moved swiftly, tearing off Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale and digging out three Dragon Pearl Fragments, taking them all.

Then he turned and pounced toward the Divine Phoenix's crater.

The Divine Phoenix had seen what just happened and struggled to take flight.

"Fellow Daoist, wait! I am willing to offer treasures, only asking—"

Bang!

The Black Brick came down, and the Divine Phoenix followed the Golden Dragon's fate.

Lu Chen pulled out the seven-colored tail feather, then picked up several phoenix heart feathers containing the power of nirvana.

The entire process took less than ten breaths.

"Retreat!"

Without looking back, he sped madly toward the depths of Buzhou Mountain.

After flying a thousand li, earth-shaking roars came from behind him.

"Who was it?! Who dared kill my Dragon Clan Prince!"

"Feng'er—!!!"

Two utterly terrifying auras descended from the heavens. It was Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Phoenix themselves!

Lu Chen was scared out of his wits and frantically burned blood essence to flee.

But Grand Unity Peak cultivators were too fast. In the blink of an eye, he was locked onto.

"Insect, stay!" Ancestral Dragon reached out with a claw from afar, freezing the void.

I'm finished!

In his despair, Lu Chen suddenly remembered the words in Ancestor Qiankun's jade slip: "If you encounter trouble, invoke my name."

Whether it would work or not, he threw back his head and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Ancestor Qiankun, save me—!!!"

The instant his words fell.

Buzz—

A phantom of the Qiankun Diagram unfolded above Lu Chen's head. Though it was merely a projection, the spatial fluctuations it emitted forcibly distorted Ancestral Dragon's claw.

At the same time, an indifferent voice echoed through heaven and earth:

"This child is fated with me. Two fellow Daoists, give me some face."

Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Phoenix both paused.

"Ancestor Qiankun? Didn't you fall long ago?" Primordial Phoenix asked in surprise.

"Merely a lingering thought," the voice replied calmly. "I will protect this child. The three great calamities are imminent; why make things difficult for a junior?"

Ancestral Dragon's eyes flickered before he finally snorted. "Since Fellow Daoist Qiankun has spoken... insect, hand over my son's reverse scale!"

How could Lu Chen hesitate? He hurriedly threw out Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale.

Ancestral Dragon caught it and gave Lu Chen a deep look. "At least you know what's good for you."

With that, he swept up the Golden Dragon's body and departed.

Primordial Phoenix also retrieved the seven-colored tail feather. She gave Lu Chen a long look. "Human Clan... interesting."

After the two clan leaders departed, heaven and earth returned to calm.

Lu Chen collapsed limply to the ground, soaked through with sweat.

That was too thrilling! He had nearly died!

But... it was worth it!

He checked his gains: three Dragon Pearl Fragments at the Grand Unity level, five phoenix heart feathers containing Nirvana Origin, and several storage artifacts taken from the Divine Phoenix.

More importantly, though Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Phoenix had reclaimed the most important reverse scale and tail feather, he had already absorbed a trace of their blood essence aura.

That trace alone was enough for him to condense Water Qi and Fire Qi!

"Find somewhere to enter seclusion and charge toward the Golden Immortal realm!"

Lu Chen had just risen to his feet when suddenly—

Rumble!

In the direction of Buzhou Mountain, a Kirin phantom that seemed to support heaven and earth appeared, roaring in grief and fury:

"Dragon Clan! Phoenix Clan! You broke your word and slaughtered my Kirin Clan—today, we fight to the death!"

The decisive battle of the Three Clans had fully erupted!

Looking at the murderous aura filling the sky, Lu Chen's lips curved into a smile.

"Fight. The harder you fight, the better..."

"Once both sides are crippled, it'll be my turn to collect the corpses."

He turned and flew toward a hidden valley in Buzhou Mountain.

There was a blessed cave guarded by an innate formation—the [Safe House] marked on the jade slip.

Not long after he left, a shadow slowly emerged at the edge of the battlefield.

It was a ten-thousand-zhang Kirin, covered in wounds. It was none other than the Kirin Clan leader—Shi Qilin!

He stared fixedly in the direction Lu Chen had left, murderous intent overflowing from his eyes.

"Human Clan brat... you carry the scent of my third brother's blood."

Lu Chen did not know that Shi Qilin had already set his sights on him. The valley containing the Safe House looked peaceful, but beneath it lay Buzhou Mountain's greatest secret—the entrance to Pangu Hall!

Meanwhile, among the three unconscious Azure Dragons in his Qiankun Diagram, the jade pendant at one dragon's waist suddenly lit up. Four words were carved upon it: [East Sea Dragon Palace · Third Prince].