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Chapter 273: Escaping the Heavenly Gu Society's Surveillance
🕑 Added 2023-08-05 10:01:41 +0000 UTC
"Kill them. First, kill the weak ones!" A cold smirk appeared at the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth. This was because of his soul attack that He Tian's move was postponed.
All of this was to forge an opportunity for Wu Qian, to eliminate the less formidable members of the Nine Heavens Tower.
At this instant, thanks to Jiang Chen's stealthy meddling, Wu Qian had already seized the initiative. His terrifying assault was aggressively aimed at the more vulnerable cultivators of the Nine Heavens Tower.
Boom, boom, boom!
Waves of the Great Dao's power, akin to a celestial river flowing in reverse, overwhelmed all the cultivators of the Nine Heavens Tower.
"Scum! Stop it!" He Tian, with eyes almost exploding with fury, watched the scene unfold before him. Without a moment to think, he leaped into action.
But sadly, it was already too late!
"Ahh! No, no! How could this happen, Lord He, why didn't you act sooner?"
"Don't kill me, I was forced into this, I didn't want to ambush you!"
"Please, spare us! Ahh! I don't want to die!" Cries of despair reverberated as the cultivators of the Nine Heavens Tower fell one by one.
The first to meet their fate were the relatively feeble cultivators in the Inquiring Journey realm.
This left Gu Ran utterly shocked.
Because those cultivators were his main hunting targets!
But now, these top-tier prey were simply eradicated by Wu Qian!
'How... how... how could this happen! Wasn't it supposed to be Wu Qian against the Dao Palace realm cultivator on the other side, with the remaining Nine Heavens Tower cultivators dealing with me and Liu Xiong?' Gu Ran's eyes bulged with disbelief, his frustration so intense he almost tore his hair out.
At that moment, all of the Inquiring Journey realm cultivators from the Nine Heavens Tower had been wiped out.
One by one, the Dao Comprehension realm cultivators could not endure Wu Qian's relentless assault. Their demise was only a matter of time.
Meanwhile, seeing that he couldn't assist his fellow sect members, He Tian unleashed a furious attack on Wu Qian.
Wu Qian had no option but to halt his attack on the cultivators of the Nine Heavens Tower and turned his attention to He Tian.
Both were cautious of harming their own people, so they quickly moved their battlefield to the sky above.
Even so, the underground cave dwelling below was ravaged by the residual impacts of their fierce clash.
"Kill! Kill these two fiends and avenge our fallen comrades!" The remaining three Dao Comprehension realm cultivators from the Nine Heavens Tower wore fierce expressions. They charged furiously towards Liu Xiong and Gu Ran.
"Three of them! We can't defeat them!" Liu Xiong cried out, then, following Jiang Chen's suggestion, urged, "Gu Ran, you go first, I'll cover our retreat!"
Without a word, Gu Ran dashed towards the distance, picking a direction at random.
[Ding! You have successfully altered the plot; the protagonist Gu Ran's Heavenly Fate Value has decreased by 1000 points!]
[Ding! You have earned 2000 Villain Value points!]
The system notifications echoed in Jiang Chen's mind, prompting a sly smirk from him.
But Jiang Chen wouldn't forget to keep a handle on the overall situation.
Now, Wu Qian was tangled up by He Tian, and Liu Xiong was being stalled by three injured cultivators of the same realm.
Even though he had altered the plot this time, preventing Gu Ran from killing and seizing opportunities,
Under the sway of Heavenly Fate, Gu Ran still reaped some benefit - he managed to slip away from the watchful eyes of Liu Xiong and Wu Qian.
In Jiang Chen's original plan, none of the Dao Comprehension realm cultivators from the Nine Heavens Tower would have survived Wu Qian's onslaught.
'Now that Gu Ran has escaped, he has regained his freedom. Then, he is bound to come across more opportunities.' Jiang Chen mused, then his expression changed as he spotted that He Tian had sent out a unique signal.
Following that signal, the other group from the Nine Heavens Tower, who had split up earlier, immediately began converging on the location of the underground cave dwelling.
Lu An headed straight to assist He Tian.
Simultaneously, He Tian didn't overlook the need to specifically mention Gu Ran.
As a result, there were quite a few individuals hot on Gu Ran's trail.
But those close to Gu Ran were all in the Inquiring Journey realm.
The Dao Comprehension realm cultivators were too swift; they had ventured far while searching earlier, so returning now would take some time.
'Gu Ran's Heavenly Fate Value is taking effect again!' Jiang Chen rubbed his chin, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
'Judging by the current situation, those Inquiring Journey realm cultivators who are closer will undoubtedly intercept Gu Ran first, and then become experience points for Gu Ran to level up and grow stronger!'
'Following that, Gu Ran will likely break through to the Dao Comprehension realm on the spot, and then take down those Dao Comprehension realm cultivators too.'
'In this way, he will reap great benefits from this wave of encounters.'
'I need to sabotage this!'
Although he still had some strategies left to play in this Doomsday Cave Heaven, like summoning Ji Mingxiu and the others, they were too far away to assist in time.
Therefore, he had no choice but to take action himself!
'Let's do it this way.' As he monitored Gu Ran's situation, Jiang Chen formulated a plan in his mind.
He had no intention of killing the minions, mere cannon fodder, chasing Gu Ran, as doing so would expose his presence and forfeit the advantage of information discrepancy.
So, Jiang Chen's plan targeted He Tian and Lu An, but he had no intention of revealing himself.
To be precise, he planned merely to speak out.
Just at that moment, high in the sky, Wu Qian repelled He Tian with a move and coldly surveyed the two individuals trying to flank him. "You can still back off now. Otherwise, if you disrupt the plan of that Great Powerhouse, you will suffer the consequences!"
"That Great Powerhouse? Hmph! Quit pretending! Within this Cave Heaven, is there anyone who could be called a greater powerhouse than us? I, Lu An, am already the Great Powerhouse!" Lu An retorted, his icy gaze sweeping over Wu Qian. "Old fellow, surrender everything you obtained from the inheritance! Otherwise, I will teach you what it means to wish for death over life."
Then he glanced at Liu Xiong below.
He was planning to kill Liu Xiong first as a warning to the others!
But just then, "Is that so?" A faint voice resonated in Lu An's ears, infused with a hint of indifference as if it were looking down upon the world. "Within this Cave Heaven, you are the Great Powerhouse?"
"What!! Who is there!!" Lu An instantly became as tense as a threatened cat, his pupils sharply constricting as he frantically scanned the surroundings with his divine sense.
However, he couldn't detect anyone at all!
This didn't soothe him; instead, it only heightened his alarm!
The range of the other party's divine sense far surpassed his own, suggesting that it very likely belonged to a being in the Transcendence realm.
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