How Many Treasures Did This Female Lead Have to Protect Herself!?

As soon as Qin Chuan stepped into the secret realm, a dazzling white light forced his eyes shut. After the world spun around him, the array teleported him away.

When he felt his butt hit the ground, he opened his eyes to find a bloody maw gaping at him, its teeth sharp.

"Fuck, what rotten luck!" Qin Chuan cursed as he rolled to the side, dodging the bloody maw lunging at him.

Only then did he see that there was not just one wolf, but a whole pack. They were only wolf demons at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining Stages, but there were dozens, perhaps a hundred of them. Even a Golden Core cultivator would have to put in considerable effort to kill them all, and one careless move could leave him injured.

Qin Chuan quickly darted away from the center of the pack and drew the Tianquan Sword. He first killed the two wolf demons in front of him, took their heads, and swiftly retreated.

He was no fool. His goal was not to kill the pack, so there was no need to waste his strength here. He would make a getaway first.

Naturally, the pack refused to let a meal delivered to their doorstep escape. They gave the chase everything they had, but how could Foundation Establishment demonic beasts catch a Golden Core cultivator? Before long, they lost Qin Chuan's scent.

After escaping the pack, Qin Chuan followed the guidance of his locator plate toward Jin Pang.

Jin Pang was also heading toward Qin Chuan. He had better luck than Qin Chuan and had landed somewhere relatively safe. The moment he landed, he set off without stopping to find Qin Chuan, following his locator plate.

The distance between them narrowed, and just as they were about to meet, Qin Chuan spotted the female lead, Gu Xiran. She was alone.

At once, killing intent arose in Qin Chuan's heart. He put on a mask that changed his appearance, then changed direction and quietly followed Gu Xiran.

He wanted to see whether he could kill Gu Xiran. If he could not, he could also see just how far the Heavenly Dao would go to help the female lead.

Jin Pang saw Qin Chuan change direction on the locator plate and move farther and farther away. He could not help muttering, "Why did Junior Brother Qin suddenly change direction? Could he have run into danger?"

At that thought, he stopped. Qin Chuan was a Golden Core cultivator like him. If Qin Chuan had run into danger...

As a pill cultivator with little fighting strength, he would only be delivering himself up if he went. But he had just formed an alliance with Qin Chuan, and it would not be right to abandon his ally like this.

After hesitating again and again, he gritted his teeth. "I'll just take a look. If I can save him, I will. If I can't, no one can blame me."

And so, Jin Pang went after Qin Chuan.

The female lead Gu Xiran, pursued by two men, was only a late Foundation Establishment cultivator. There was no way she could detect Qin Chuan following her, much less Jin Pang, who was far away.

She had a locator plate too, but rather than actively seek Xie An out, she was waiting for him to come to her.

She also wanted to enter the top hundred competition through her own efforts, so she was working hard to hunt demonic beasts, hoping to kill enough of them herself.

At the moment, she was fighting a mid Foundation Establishment tiger demon. With her superior cultivation and equipment, she was on the verge of victory.

Qin Chuan hesitated no longer and struck-not at the tiger demon, but at Gu Xiran. He attacked with all his might, intending to kill her in a single blow.

Gu Xiran was completely unprepared and could not possibly have taken the attack, but she was the female lead doted on by everyone. Her master and senior brothers had given her more than enough defensive equipment. A protective barrier enveloped her and blocked Qin Chuan's attack, though cracks appeared in it.

Qin Chuan had expected as much. He knew it could not be so easy to kill Gu Xiran, so he immediately attacked again.

"Thunder shakes the nine heavens, the sword sweeps the eight directions! Rushing Thunder Sword Technique, slash!"

Countless cold flashes streaked past, the sword qi laced with the power of lightning. It was so fast that Gu Xiran had no time to react.

Boom! The sword qi struck Gu Xiran, shattering her barrier. The lightning-laced sword qi continued toward her.

The female lead doted on by everyone lived up to her name. Even with her barrier gone, she still had inner armor, which once again blocked Qin Chuan's attack.

Of course, Qin Chuan had anticipated this outcome as well. After unleashing the Rushing Thunder sword qi, he immediately directed the Tianquan Sword straight at Gu Xiran's neck, intending to slit her throat with a single strike.

Clang! Gu Xiran's magic treasure automatically protected its owner, blocking the Tianquan Sword's fatal strike.

Gu Xiran finally reacted and hurriedly retreated. "Who are you? Did that woman Gu Xiwan send you to kill me? Do you know my master is the sect master? If you dare touch me, my master won't let you off."

Qin Chuan could not be bothered wasting words with Gu Xiran. He poured more spiritual power into the Tianquan Sword and directed it at her again, while fully unleashing his Golden Core pressure. Even though Gu Xiran had reacted, it was no use. Qin Chuan's Golden Core pressure pinned her in place, leaving her unable to move or fight back.

The outcome was the same as before. A streak of sword qi emerged from Gu Xiran's body and blocked Qin Chuan's attack, nearly killing him in the process. Only his quick reactions allowed him to dodge it; otherwise, he would have been the one to die.

Qin Chuan paid no attention to whether he was injured. The moment he dodged the sword qi, he charged at Gu Xiran again.

The sword qi protecting Gu Xiran had not only blocked Qin Chuan's attack but also broken through his Golden Core pressure. Now able to move, she immediately took a defensive talisman from her storage ring. The shield it unfurled protected her securely.

Clang! Clang!! Clang!!! Qin Chuan gripped the Tianquan Sword himself and attacked, slashing three times in a frenzy, but he could not break through the shield.

"Who are you? I have no grudge against you, so why are you trying to kill me?" Gu Xiran asked Qin Chuan again. She was certain she had never seen him before, and in her previous life, she had never encountered him in the secret realm.

"I don't believe a Golden Core cultivator like me can't break a talisman's shield!" Qin Chuan wasted no words on Gu Xiran. He leaped into the air, raised his sword in one hand, and poured all his spiritual power into the Tianquan Sword.

Then, one array diagram after another appeared behind him. Once formed, they merged into the Tianquan Sword, while countless points of starlight fell from the sky and gathered in it as well.

"Heavenly Dipper Demon-Breaking Sword!!!" With that shout, Qin Chuan swung the sword in his right hand. The powerful sword qi cleaved straight through the place where Gu Xiran stood.

Qin Chuan landed, the spiritual qi in his body already spent. He swallowed a pill to restore it and looked toward Gu Xiran.

The Heavenly Dipper Demon-Breaking Sword was a sword technique he had created himself. He poured all his spiritual qi into the sword, then infused the technique with arrays and the power of the stars filling the sky. This strike could split heaven and earth, and its power was immense.

At the late Foundation Establishment Stage, he had used the Heavenly Dipper Demon-Breaking Sword to kill a cultivator who had just entered the Golden Core Stage, a clear testament to the terror of this move.

Now that he was at the Golden Core Stage, killing a Foundation Establishment disciple with this move should not be a problem, right?

As the smoke cleared, a sword mark of unfathomable depth appeared before Qin Chuan. Gu Xiran stood unharmed at its edge, a shattered defensive magic treasure on the ground.

It was a life-saving treasure given to Gu Xiran by her master, Yun Yao, capable of withstanding a full-powered strike from a late Golden Core cultivator.

Just now, Gu Xiran's heart had skipped a beat for some reason. Sensing danger approaching, she had immediately taken out the protective treasure her master Yun Yao had given her.

"Good thing I took out the treasure Master gave me, or I would have died under that sword strike." Still shaken, Gu Xiran gazed at the unfathomably deep sword mark, then looked at Qin Chuan, the man trying to kill her.

Qin Chuan had already recovered some of his spiritual qi, and he attacked Gu Xiran again.

Gu Xiran used another talisman to shield herself and shouted at Qin Chuan, "You and I have never even met, so why are you so determined to kill me? Did that bitch Gu Xiwan send you to kill me!? Whatever she's offering you, I'll give you twice as much!"

Qin Chuan ignored Gu Xiran and slashed at the barrier. Hers was not as strong as the last one, and this time he broke it with a single strike.

Just as Qin Chuan thought he was about to finish Gu Xiran off, she used a teleportation talisman and teleported away.

"Fuck, just how many life-saving treasures does this female lead have?" Qin Chuan cursed, popping pills as he chased after Gu Xiran.