The Shen in peril!

"Die!"

Seeing Ning Chuan charging at him, seemingly determined not to stop until he was dead, Yuan Ying was driven to desperation. A trace of madness flashed in his eyes, and he struck at Ning Chuan with his palm, heedless of death.

Boom!

Their palms collided, making the air roar and tremble. Violent gusts swept outward, sending sand and stones flying all around them with terrifying force.

At that moment, Ning Chuan reached out and caught the Purple Thunder Spear again, then thrust out with another Ninefold Thunder Spear. Its radiance pierced heaven and earth, streaking forward like a ribbon of rainbow light and punching through Yuan Ying's chest.

"Pfft..."

Yuan Ying spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, pinned directly to a towering ancient tree by the Purple Thunder Spear.

"Ning Chuan, even if you kill me, the Li Family and my elder brother Black Dragon won't let you get away with this..."

Yuan Ying felt his life draining away rapidly. His eyes were filled with terror, but he still glared viciously at Ning Chuan as he spoke.

"I'm afraid you won't live to see it!"

Ning Chuan sneered and pulled out the Purple Thunder Spear. Blood gushed wildly from Yuan Ying's chest, and he fell to the ground, breathing his last.

"The Li Family and the Black Dragon Stronghold-you brought this death upon yourselves!"

Ning Chuan's gaze was icy, and murderous intent boiled within him. With the Purple Thunder Spear in hand, he used the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique and continued racing toward the Spirit Stone Mine!

The Spirit Stone Mine.

It lay in an extremely secluded valley at the edge of the Great Wilderness Mountains, a hundred li outside Flame Dragon City. Members of the Shen and Li Family had discovered it together, and after the Spirit-Seizing Battle, ownership of the Spirit Stone Mine had gone to the Shen.

But who could have imagined that, just as the Shen took possession of the Spirit Stone Mine, the Li Family would join forces with the Black Dragon Stronghold and surround it? The Shen had suffered grievous casualties.

Boom!

Holding a longsword, Shen Wan fought three Dao Foundation Realm martial artists. Her expression was cold, her eyes brimming with fury and murderous intent.

Those three were Li Yan, the Li Family Head; Black Dragon, chief of the Black Dragon Stronghold; and Shen Zhong, the Shen's Grand Elder!

Elsewhere, Shen Qianxun and several Shen elders were surrounded by numerous Spirit Sea Realm experts, fighting desperately, drenched in blood.

Corpses lay strewn across the ground, most of them Shen martial artists!

"Family Head Li, that wench Shen Wan is fiery enough for me! Once we capture them, I want both Shen Wan and Shen Qianxun!"

Black Dragon was a hulking bald man with a savage face and muscles knotted all over his body. His physical strength was tremendous, and every blow from the spiked mace he wielded carried terrifying power.

At that moment, he eyed Shen Wan's shapely figure with a burning gaze full of lechery.

"You may do as you please with Shen Wan, Chief, but not Shen Qianxun. An important person in Jade Capital City specifically requested her. Surely you don't want to offend someone important from Jade Capital City?"

Li Yan spoke with a calm smile.

"An important person from Jade Capital City? Fine! That wench Shen Wan actually concealed her cultivation. If Elder Shen Zhong hadn't turned against her, you and I really would've had a hard time dealing with her!"

A trace of apprehension flashed through Black Dragon's eyes as he sneered.

The battle had already dragged on for a long time.

Originally, Black Dragon and Li Yan had both believed that, working together, they could easily take Shen Wan down.

But who could have imagined that Shen Wan had concealed her cultivation? She had reached the fourth level of the Dao Foundation Realm!

Li Yan and Black Dragon were only at the third level of the Dao Foundation Realm. Had Shen Zhong not turned against Shen Wan and injured her, even their combined strength might not have been enough to defeat her!

Hearing Black Dragon and Li Yan's words, the fury in Shen Wan's eyes burned ever fiercer. She stared fiercely at Shen Zhong. "Shen Zhong, you shameless scoundrel! You betrayed your lineage. Aren't you afraid to face the Shen's ancestors?"

Whoosh!

She slashed out with her sword, unleashing the Shen's most powerful Flame Dragon Sword Technique. Sword light swept across the battlefield like flames setting the heavens ablaze, incomparably fierce.

Shen Zhong dared not meet it head-on. He instantly shifted aside, dodging Shen Wan's sword, and sneered. "You're the one betraying the lineage, not me! Once you're dead, Ru Zhuo will naturally become the head of the Shen! Shen Wan, I advise you to stop wasting your strength. Your spiritual energy is almost exhausted, isn't it? When it runs dry, your time to die will come!"

He, too, felt a lingering fear. Fortunately, he had been cautious and colluded with Li Yan. Otherwise, had he attacked Shen Wan alone, she would probably have defeated him long ago.

He had assumed that Shen Wan, like him, was at the second level of the Dao Foundation Realm. Who could have imagined that she had concealed her cultivation?

"Then let's see whether my spiritual energy runs out first, or I slaughter you three shameless scoundrels first!"

Shen Wan spoke coldly, her gaze utterly frigid. The longsword in her hand blazed with fierce sword light, sweeping down over the three men again and again.

"Ning Chuan must be dead by now! There's no need to hold back anymore. Brother Black Dragon, let's subdue her together, then you can enjoy her to your heart's content. How does that sound?"

Li Yan spoke sinisterly.

"Just what I wanted!"

Black Dragon gave a savage grin. His spiked mace swept through the air with a piercing whistle, blazing with dazzling spiritual light as it crashed down toward Shen Wan.

"Ning Chuan? You're going after Ning Chuan?"

Shen Wan shuddered, her eyes filling with disbelief, and she couldn't help crying out.

"What did you think we were dragging this out for? It was to lure Ning Chuan out, of course! He's probably dead already. Dying at the hands of two Dao Foundation Realm martial artists is an honor for him!"

Li Yan sneered. The saber in his hand was incomparably fierce, becoming a swath of blazing saber light that likewise swept relentlessly toward Shen Wan.