Unrivaled Martial Emperor

Chapter 894 - Peak Heavenly Star Realm

“Ahhh, damn it, the exit is blocked. We can’t get out now. What do we do?”

“Damn it, damn it, really!”

“No, I don’t want to die here! I still have a bright future ahead of me. How can I die here? I want to go out. I want to go out!”

“......”

When the crowd saw that the three jiangshi had failed to kill Chen Fan and weren't chasing him outside, all of them were completely stunned and in despair.

None of them was a match for these terrifying jiangshi. Now, with the exit blocked, their road to survival was cut off, and they were in despair.

It was easier to ascend to heaven than escape from that narrow exit now.

Clang!

A shocking sword light covered the sky; it shone so brightly that the crowd couldn’t open their eyes, and the air stirred for a moment as the vast corpse qi was torn apart.

Swish!

Next, the crowd saw a white figure rush out of the jiangshi’s encirclement and the tomb like a light beam, escaping from death. The white-robed man had successfully escaped.

Unfortunately, he suffered rather significant injuries despite his swift escape. The sword in his hand clanged mournfully, and he spewed fresh blood repeatedly.

The three jiangshi were incredibly terrifying, with all of them being in the peak first-level Manifestation realm. Escaping with his life was already a miracle. Expecting to emerge unscathed would’ve been wishful thinking; such monsters were not just for show.

The white-robed man shot a glance at Chen Fan before transforming into a streak of sword light, disappearing into the horizon.

Chen Fan had the Heavenly Soul Holy Spring, but he also had monstrous strength. The white-robed man knew that he was no match for Chen Fan, especially not in his current injured state. So, challenging Chen Fan now would’ve been nothing short of suicidal.

“Kill! It’s all or nothing! Charge out!”

“Right, everybody, let’s join hands and rush out together. Otherwise, we’ll all die!”

“Charge!”

The white-robed man’s escape filled the crowd with hopes of living. As though injected with adrenaline, their auras surged like crashing waves as they charged toward the exit.

Survival demanded desperation, and desperation united them in action.

Soon, the Scarlet Flame Demon Ape also charged out of the tomb.

“Hahahaha, I came out alive! I am alive!”

However, its once-pristine scale armor was in tatters, and the flames covering its body flickered weakly, on the verge of extinguishing. Escape hadn’t come cheap.

Still, escaping the clutches of the three jiangshi was no small feat. For the Scarlet Flame Demon Ape, simply surviving was a victory worth celebrating.

However, the Silver Eagle King was not as lucky.

The monk jiangshi had already heavily injured it. So, it tried to escape by blending into the crowd. Unfortunately, the monk jiangshi had its eye set on the Silver Eagle King and launched a terrifying attack, tearing it apart and devouring it. Miserable cries resounded throughout the universe.

Chen Fan had no time to see who managed to escape. After leaving the mountain range together with Su Tong and Xiao Yuanyuan, he parted ways with them.

This campaign had been monumental for him. He had slain the cultivation regressor, Shang Ziyan, and devoured his Martial Dao Will, merging it into his own. This pushed Chen Fan’s Martial Dao Will to the brink of perfection, with faint signs of an impending breakthrough already surfacing.

After parting ways with Su Tong and Xiao Yuanyuan, he left at lightning speed, vanishing into the distance in search of a secluded place to focus on his breakthrough.

Afterward, news spread that less than a tenth of the martial artists who had entered the tomb survived. The chilling death toll stunned the realm’s inhabitants.

The truth of the Heavenly Soul Holy Spring had remained a secret to many. A significant fraction of people had no idea of its existence, as those who did were careful to guard the secret. None wished to invite more competition for such a treasure.

After the Heavenly Soul Holy Spring fell into Chen Fan’s hands, the secrecy unraveled. The people no longer had any qualms and began spreading the word.

Experts with ulterior motives fanned the flames, deliberately spreading the news. This led to many people searching for Chen Fan in the secret realm.

Almost all participants were at the peak Heavenly Star realm or the half-step Manifestation realm. Only a minority had condensed their Martial Soul and suppressed their cultivation before this.

Most of the participants had come here in search of opportunities. The Heavenly Soul Holy Spring represented the ultimate treasure to fulfill that desire.

For a time, the secret realm was abuzz with talk of the Heavenly Soul Holy Spring and the mysterious figure who had claimed it—Chen Fan.

Speculations and debates swirled among the martial artists as the hunt intensified.

“Tsk tsk, that kid really has got some bullshit luck. That’s the Heavenly Soul Holy Spring, for goodness sake.”

“Bullshit luck? I say it’s bad luck. Word’s spreading fast. Countless forces are demanding he hand it over, or they’ll kill him. He’s painted a giant target on his back.”

“Want him dead? Hmph, hmph, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy. I heard he killed a cultivation regressor who was a genuine first-level Manifestation realm expert! That’s no ordinary feat. Chen Fan can cross realms to kill his enemies! Without first or second-level Manifestation realm cultivation, who could possibly match him?”

“That’s true, but this time, it’s different. Those young patriarch-level figures from many powerful demon sects and clans have brought many subordinates in with them, and quite a few of them had been suppressing their cultivation. Now, they have all entered the Manifestation realm, so it’s only a matter of time before they snatch the spring from him.”

“The thing is that no one knows where he is hiding now. Dozens of search parties are combing the realm, but there’s not even a trace of him. The secret realm is vast, and if he doesn’t want to be found, it’ll take more than brute force to corner him.”

Ye Zimo was also searching everywhere for Chen Fan along with the Ye Clan’s people.

“Damn it, where exactly is this damned bastard hiding?”

The Ye Clan had spared no expense in sending a large group of experts into the realm. Among them, two were suppressing their cultivation, only to break through to the first-level Manifestation realm the moment they set foot inside.

In the outside world, the Ye Clan did not dare to lay a finger on Chen Fan; inside, the rules were different.

Ye Zimo had long harbored plans to use these two experts to rid himself of the humiliation Chen Fan had inflicted upon him. With the rumors going around, his burning desire to destroy Chen Fan had intensified, as that would also give him the Heavenly Soul Holy Spring.

Aside from Ye Zimo, Mu Tianfang was also searching for Chen Fan.

Currently, his cultivation was terrifying to the extreme, having reached the second-level Manifestation realm. His majestic aura covered the sky, and all ferocious beasts had to submit to him.

“Where exactly is that damned brat hiding?”

While others searched relentlessly for Chen Fan, the man himself was in a secluded mountain range, preparing for his own breakthrough.

In his surroundings, a sea of primeval stones exploded in unison and transformed into pure primeval qi. The energy surged into Chen Fan.

Immediately, sounds of explosions came from inside him. His aura also started climbing higher.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Boom!

On the fourth day, Chen Fan’s aura erupted like a floodgate opening, surging into the skies.

The terrifying pressure caused many demon beasts in the vicinity of the mountain range to prostrate on the ground and let out whimpers.