Divine Artifact—Lime! Counterattack!

Divine Artifact—Lime! Counterattack!

Wang Chen, familiar with the process, went to the Xiao Clan Shop to buy medicinal bath ingredients and medicinal meals. Ignoring the odd looks from the clerks, he left the shop directly.

After all, over the past half month, Wang Chen had bought more than twenty batches of medicine.

There was no way the clerks would not remember him clearly.

It was not as though Wang Chen had never considered disguising himself, but that would only have made him stand out more.

As for buying from other shops, Wang Chen had never entertained that idea.

The medicinal bath he used was, after all, a fairly dispensable product.

Its price was not particularly high, and it relied entirely on small profits and high sales volume.

Throughout Wutan City, only the three great clans sold this kind of basic medicine.

As for the other shops, selling this stuff was not as profitable as selling monster cores.

Not only were the profits higher, but monster cores also took up less space.

As long as someone did not have a hole in their head, they basically would not sell this kind of basic medicine.

After all, there were only so many customers.

If not for the sake of clan development, even the three great clans would not sell such labor-intensive, unprofitable goods.

Therefore, if Wang Chen did not buy from the Xiao Clan Shop, he could only buy from the shops of the other two great clans.

That would have been even more suspicious!

That was precisely why, even though Wang Chen knew it might draw the attention of the shop clerks, he still had no choice but to buy his medicine from the Xiao Clan Shop.

In any case, they were only clerks. Even if they found something strange, they would not run their mouths too much.

After leaving the Xiao Clan Marketplace, Wang Chen returned toward the Xiao Clan as before, intending to brew his medicinal bath and cultivate.

"Hm??"

However, not long after leaving the marketplace, Wang Chen frowned.

Someone was following him.

Of course, Wang Chen was not completely certain.

This road was so wide that the other person might simply have been heading this way.

So Wang Chen stopped and bought two snacks from a roadside stall.

But as he put the snacks into his mouth, Wang Chen's mood turned sour.

Because he was now completely certain that the fellow behind him really was tailing him.

And in that instant, Wang Chen thought of the Blood-red Ginseng he had sold.

Other than that, he truly could not think of anything else worth following him over.

With that thought, Wang Chen pretended nothing was wrong and continued walking toward the Xiao Clan.

As for leading the other party into an empty alley, capturing him, and torturing him for information, Wang Chen had never even considered it.

He was not that kind of reckless brute.

Of course, the main reason was that he lacked the strength. Otherwise, Wang Chen would have charged in headfirst.

Why waste brainpower on something a fist could solve?

When his strength was insufficient, ensuring his own safety had to come first.

After walking for several minutes, Wang Chen sensed that the person following him had accelerated.

"Damn it! Looks like getting back quietly is impossible."

Realizing this, Wang Chen understood that things could no longer pass peacefully.

After all, there was a relatively deserted stretch along the road back to the Xiao Clan.

Since the other party had clearly sped up, he was undoubtedly planning to get ahead and block Wang Chen's path.

Wang Chen was somewhat conflicted at that moment.

He could either keep walking or turn back immediately.

If he returned to the Xiao Clan Marketplace, then no matter how arrogant the stalker was, he definitely would not dare act in a place like that.

But while one could be a thief for a thousand days, one could not guard against thieves for a thousand days.

Running back to the Xiao Clan Marketplace to hide would not only easily attract attention, but also delay his cultivation.

As he continued walking with a nonchalant expression, Wang Chen pondered in his mind.

"Kill!!!"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Chen decided to do it!

He had initially been unwilling to make a move only because he did not want to take risks.

But since the other party had forced him into this position, he could only answer with thunderous fury.

After all, according to Wang Chen's spiritual senses, the stalker had not even reached the Dou Zhe realm.

Meanwhile, with his cheat, Wang Chen's combat strength rivaled that of a capable Dou Zhe.

In that case, Wang Chen naturally had no intention of letting the other party go.

As long as he could deal with him quickly and cleanly, it would basically not draw attention.

The other party happened to be planning to block him in an alley, and Wang Chen was also preparing to ambush him there.

As for whether the other party had accomplices, Wang Chen had not detected any.

He believed there were none!

After all, people were greedy. If they discovered a treasure, they would never want to share it with others.

Of course, Wang Chen would not let down his guard.

His spiritual power continued to secretly sense the area ahead, preventing himself from being ambushed.

If the stalker had accomplices waiting ahead, Wang Chen would absolutely not enter the alley.

Even if it meant losing some face and possibly arousing others' suspicions, he would not gamble with his life.

He had decided to counterattack this time only because the stalker was not very strong.

If Wang Chen had been unable to sense the stalker's strength, he would never have made this decision.

After walking for several more minutes, Wang Chen arrived at that relatively secluded alley.

The stalker had long since sped ahead, preparing to block his path.

Although the stalker had not revealed himself, under Wang Chen's powerful spiritual power, he had no secrets whatsoever and was completely within Wang Chen's awareness.

Upon noticing that the other party had gotten ahead of him, Wang Chen relaxed a little more.

This meant the other party had no accomplices.

Otherwise, there would have been no need for such trouble. A pincer attack from front and back would have been more reliable.

"Ha!!!"

Just as Wang Chen reached the middle of the alley, the stalker hiding in the shadows launched a direct sneak attack.

There was none of that villainous nonsense of jumping out first to spout a few words.

Hao Meng threw himself fully into the ambush, holding nothing back.

If this had been out in the wilderness, he would not have minded saying a few more words and letting his opponent die in despair.

But this was Wutan City, and he was ambushing a member of the Xiao Clan.

If he wasted time and caused a commotion, he would never get away.

Facing Hao Meng's sneak attack, Wang Chen's lips curled slightly as he tossed out a small cloth bag.

Hao Meng had been completely detected by Wang Chen's spiritual power, so there was naturally no chance of his ambush succeeding.

"Whoosh!"

"Ah!!!"

"Despicable!!!"

Hao Meng's attack collided with the small cloth bag, and a vast cloud of white dust instantly engulfed him.

Then he let out a miserable scream!

What Wang Chen had thrown was a Lime Bag—and an enhanced Lime Bag at that.

Over the past half month, Wang Chen had not merely been cultivating.

With insufficient strength and no backing, he naturally had to make preparations.

As a transmigrator, he was naturally very familiar with the divine artifact known as the Lime Bag.

After throwing the Lime Bag, Wang Chen did not pause.

Strike while the iron was hot and take his life while he was down!

His opponent had lost his vision, and his eyes had been burned by the lime.

Wang Chen immediately unleashed the Mystic-Tier Low-Level Dou Technique he had practiced during this time: Shattering Stone Kick.

With the boost of Seven-Stage Dou Qi, combined with Wang Chen's familiarity with this Dou Technique, its power was naturally not to be underestimated.

(End of Chapter)