"Damn, finally dispatched him!"
Sensing that Ye Fan no longer exhibited any signs of life, Jiang Chen heaved a sigh of relief.
From the very moment he had crossed paths with Ye Fan.
He was persistently strategizing, planning his moves against Ye Fan.
Each step was taken meticulously, each plan executed with the caution of treading on thin ice!
Now, he could finally afford some respite.
Just then.
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully vanquishing the protagonist, Ye Fan!]
[Ding! You have accrued 15,000 points of Villain Value!]
[Ding! You have earned 9,968 points of Black Heavenly Fate Value!]
[Ding! You have procured the Heaven-Defying Fate Changer 'Wordless Heavenly Jade', You may opt to employ it at your discretion!]
[Ding! Your Black Heavenly Fate Value has surpassed 10,000 points, the System Mall has been upgraded to Level 2!]
[Ding! Congratulations on acquiring the System Mall Upgrade Big Gift Package*1! Please retrieve it via the system main interface!]
A barrage of system notifications reverberated in Jiang Chen's mind.
Subsequently.
A ray of white light disengaged from Ye Fan's hand, soaring into the apex of Jiang Chen's head.
"By the heavens!"
"Such an abundance of rewards!"
"Hahaha, I've hit the jackpot!"
Jiang Chen was ecstatic, momentarily at a loss as to where to begin counting his newfound riches.
But just then.
Boom!
The entire subterranean palace was seized by a violent quake.
Debris from the ceiling cascaded down in a continuous rustling shower!
"What!"
"Is this... the underground palace collapsing?"
Jiang Chen's expression turned grave, "Could it be that upon the collection of all inheritances, the underground palace has fulfilled its purpose and commenced self-destruction!"
All of a sudden.
A succession of air-splitting sounds echoed from behind.
"Jiang Chen!"
"Jiang Chen, what's going on!"
"Jiang Chen!"
"The underground palace is collapsing, where are you?"
"..."
Accompanied by a chorus of shouts, Duan Ziming and the others emerged at the exit of the passage at one end of the stone bridge.
The disciples from the Ice Heart School and Floating Spirit Sect were also present.
"I'm alright!"
"Where are the folks from the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain?"
Jiang Chen, with a sweep of his hand, stowed away Ye Fan's body, then promptly ascended onto the stone bridge, scrutinizing Duan Ziming and the others.
"They ventured into the illusion passageway!"
"However, that path is exceedingly labyrinthine, they most likely won't escape with their lives."
While passing the Carefree Heavenly Extreme Robe and Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle to Jiang Chen, Duan Ziming asserted, "Jiang Chen, we need to vacate this place, pronto!"
"Indeed!"
"The exit is right above us. Shatter this stone slab, let the swamp muck seep away, and the exit will be revealed!"
"I hold a vendetta against those from the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain, I must exact my revenge!"
"You all proceed first, don't wait for me!"
Jiang Chen stored the items, his voice still resonating, but his form had already darted past Duan Ziming and the others, vanishing into the tunnel.
"Quickly!"
"Heed Jiang Chen's advice, demolish the stone slab above us!"
Without a shred of hesitation, Duan Ziming echoed Jiang Chen's directive and rallied everyone.
Once finished speaking.
He was the first to act, a formidable sword shadow slammed onto the stone slab overhead, instantly causing it to fracture profusely.
The rest promptly followed suit.
In an instant.
The thick stone slab crumbled with a deafening crash.
Splash!
An avalanche of mud and fetid, murky water tumbled down, mimicking the onslaught of a landslide.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"We've finally emerged!"
Deng Jianying, the chief disciple of the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain, cast a backward glance at the illusion trap tunnel, exhaling a sigh of relief.
"Chief senior brother, we must depart immediately!"
The other three disciples, eyes wide at the crumbling ceiling, spoke with a sense of urgency.
"Agreed!"
Deng Jianying acknowledged with a nod.
But just then.
"Where do you think you're scurrying off to!"
A figure strolled leisurely out from the illusion trap tunnel—it was none other than Jiang Chen.
Cloaked in a semi-transparent protective shield, he seemed impervious to the surrounding trap formations.
"It's Jiang Chen!"
"Quick, make a run for it!!"
The remaining four from the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain paled with fear and instantly initiated their escape.
The sudden appearance of Jiang Chen here was undoubtedly linked to Ye Fan's downfall.
Given Jiang Chen's formidable combat prowess, their combined strength fell short of even matching a single hand of his!
"Flee?"
"I am here to obliterate the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain, and you... are merely a little interest paid in advance!"
Jiang Chen sneered, and with a casual wave of his hand, four streaks of sword light zipped across the air.
Slash!
Whether it was the chief disciple Deng Jianying or the other disciples, they all met the same gruesome fate—each one reduced to a disfigured corpse without exception!
"Collect!"
With a casual sweep of his hand, Jiang Chen drew all the lifeless bodies on the ground into the Moondust Ring.
He now held the Wordless Heavenly Jade.
These corpses could indeed be converted from waste to wealth!
Immediately thereafter.
Jiang Chen extended his divine sense, commencing his search for any exploitable resources.
At this moment.
He had ascended to the Heavenly Origin realm.
His divine sense had amplified tenfold, achieving a detection radius of ten thousand meters and encompassing an area of over three hundred square kilometers!
Swiftly.
Jiang Chen combed the path from which Duan Ziming and the others had emerged, then harvested all the remains of the blood-red monsters.
Having accomplished these tasks.
He then maneuvered the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle, directing it towards the swamp pathway.
In a brief while.
An expansive opening radiating bright light appeared overhead.
Jiang Chen ascended, discovering that the swamp had vanished, supplanted by an immense pit.
However, these were not the most striking sights.
What piqued Jiang Chen's interest the most was that, even at the surface, he could still sense the tremors; the void itself seemed to quiver.
"Jiang Chen!"
"There might be an issue with this Cave Heaven secret realm!"
Duan Ziming and the rest were all congregated at the edge of the expansive pit. As soon as they saw Jiang Chen emerge, they promptly closed in on him.
"This secret realm does not permit the existence of the Heavenly Origin realm."
"Now that I have advanced into the Heavenly Origin realm, this is likely the trigger for these celestial and terrestrial alterations."
Jiang Chen surveyed the surroundings, cautiously probing with his divine sense, indeed discerning a pervasive sense of repulsion.
"Is this Cave Heaven secret realm on the brink of destruction!"
"Should we expedite our departure!"
Miao Xiaorui from the Ice Heart School inquired anxiously.
"To err on the side of caution, we should vacate this place."
Jiang Chen concurred, "If the Cave Heaven secret realm truly disintegrates, it will spell doom for us all."
"Understood!"
Everyone nodded in consensus.
"Let's move!"
"I'll lead the way, you all follow!"
With a faint smile, Jiang Chen promptly steered the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle towards the location they had initially entered from.
At this juncture.
He could now sustain the Heavenly Origin realm's velocity with the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle at any moment, and the expenditure of Yuan Power was relatively minimal.
Pressing onward.
Jiang Chen unfurled his divine sense, detecting spiritual plants with the potency of the Burning World Red Lotus, then collected all the valuable spiritual plants.
On the journey.
Jiang Chen encountered several blood-red humanoid creatures.
With casual indifference, he eliminated them, dismembered their bodies, and stored them into different artifacts.
Soon.
A familiar landscape unfolded before him.
It was the battlefield where the five major sects had previously clashed against the fused blood-colored creature.
The remnants were still visible.
Looking upward.
A passage, shaped like a vortex, hung in the sky.
At this moment, it appeared relatively stable.
However.
Jiang Chen wasn't considering the possibility of hunting the remaining blood-colored monsters or collecting spiritual plants.
His life was the priority.
This was his principle!
He was not about to let overconfidence or recklessness take hold simply because he had defeated two protagonists.
Every action he undertook was for survival, nothing more.
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"Damn, finally dispatched him!"
Sensing that Ye Fan no longer exhibited any signs of life, Jiang Chen heaved a sigh of relief.
From the very moment he had crossed paths with Ye Fan.
He was persistently strategizing, planning his moves against Ye Fan.
Each step was taken meticulously, each plan executed with the caution of treading on thin ice!
Now, he could finally afford some respite.
Just then.
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully vanquishing the protagonist, Ye Fan!]
[Ding! You have accrued 15,000 points of Villain Value!]
[Ding! You have earned 9,968 points of Black Heavenly Fate Value!]
[Ding! You have procured the Heaven-Defying Fate Changer 'Wordless Heavenly Jade', You may opt to employ it at your discretion!]
[Ding! Your Black Heavenly Fate Value has surpassed 10,000 points, the System Mall has been upgraded to Level 2!]
[Ding! Congratulations on acquiring the System Mall Upgrade Big Gift Package*1! Please retrieve it via the system main interface!]
A barrage of system notifications reverberated in Jiang Chen's mind.
Subsequently.
A ray of white light disengaged from Ye Fan's hand, soaring into the apex of Jiang Chen's head.
"By the heavens!"
"Such an abundance of rewards!"
"Hahaha, I've hit the jackpot!"
Jiang Chen was ecstatic, momentarily at a loss as to where to begin counting his newfound riches.
But just then.
Boom!
The entire subterranean palace was seized by a violent quake.
Debris from the ceiling cascaded down in a continuous rustling shower!
"What!"
"Is this... the underground palace collapsing?"
Jiang Chen's expression turned grave, "Could it be that upon the collection of all inheritances, the underground palace has fulfilled its purpose and commenced self-destruction!"
All of a sudden.
A succession of air-splitting sounds echoed from behind.
"Jiang Chen!"
"Jiang Chen, what's going on!"
"Jiang Chen!"
"The underground palace is collapsing, where are you?"
"..."
Accompanied by a chorus of shouts, Duan Ziming and the others emerged at the exit of the passage at one end of the stone bridge.
The disciples from the Ice Heart School and Floating Spirit Sect were also present.
"I'm alright!"
"Where are the folks from the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain?"
Jiang Chen, with a sweep of his hand, stowed away Ye Fan's body, then promptly ascended onto the stone bridge, scrutinizing Duan Ziming and the others.
"They ventured into the illusion passageway!"
"However, that path is exceedingly labyrinthine, they most likely won't escape with their lives."
While passing the Carefree Heavenly Extreme Robe and Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle to Jiang Chen, Duan Ziming asserted, "Jiang Chen, we need to vacate this place, pronto!"
"Indeed!"
"The exit is right above us. Shatter this stone slab, let the swamp muck seep away, and the exit will be revealed!"
"I hold a vendetta against those from the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain, I must exact my revenge!"
"You all proceed first, don't wait for me!"
Jiang Chen stored the items, his voice still resonating, but his form had already darted past Duan Ziming and the others, vanishing into the tunnel.
"Quickly!"
"Heed Jiang Chen's advice, demolish the stone slab above us!"
Without a shred of hesitation, Duan Ziming echoed Jiang Chen's directive and rallied everyone.
Once finished speaking.
He was the first to act, a formidable sword shadow slammed onto the stone slab overhead, instantly causing it to fracture profusely.
The rest promptly followed suit.
In an instant.
The thick stone slab crumbled with a deafening crash.
Splash!
An avalanche of mud and fetid, murky water tumbled down, mimicking the onslaught of a landslide.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"We've finally emerged!"
Deng Jianying, the chief disciple of the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain, cast a backward glance at the illusion trap tunnel, exhaling a sigh of relief.
"Chief senior brother, we must depart immediately!"
The other three disciples, eyes wide at the crumbling ceiling, spoke with a sense of urgency.
"Agreed!"
Deng Jianying acknowledged with a nod.
But just then.
"Where do you think you're scurrying off to!"
A figure strolled leisurely out from the illusion trap tunnel—it was none other than Jiang Chen.
Cloaked in a semi-transparent protective shield, he seemed impervious to the surrounding trap formations.
"It's Jiang Chen!"
"Quick, make a run for it!!"
The remaining four from the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain paled with fear and instantly initiated their escape.
The sudden appearance of Jiang Chen here was undoubtedly linked to Ye Fan's downfall.
Given Jiang Chen's formidable combat prowess, their combined strength fell short of even matching a single hand of his!
"Flee?"
"I am here to obliterate the Purple Bamboo Spirit Mountain, and you... are merely a little interest paid in advance!"
Jiang Chen sneered, and with a casual wave of his hand, four streaks of sword light zipped across the air.
Slash!
Whether it was the chief disciple Deng Jianying or the other disciples, they all met the same gruesome fate—each one reduced to a disfigured corpse without exception!
"Collect!"
With a casual sweep of his hand, Jiang Chen drew all the lifeless bodies on the ground into the Moondust Ring.
He now held the Wordless Heavenly Jade.
These corpses could indeed be converted from waste to wealth!
Immediately thereafter.
Jiang Chen extended his divine sense, commencing his search for any exploitable resources.
At this moment.
He had ascended to the Heavenly Origin realm.
His divine sense had amplified tenfold, achieving a detection radius of ten thousand meters and encompassing an area of over three hundred square kilometers!
Swiftly.
Jiang Chen combed the path from which Duan Ziming and the others had emerged, then harvested all the remains of the blood-red monsters.
Having accomplished these tasks.
He then maneuvered the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle, directing it towards the swamp pathway.
In a brief while.
An expansive opening radiating bright light appeared overhead.
Jiang Chen ascended, discovering that the swamp had vanished, supplanted by an immense pit.
However, these were not the most striking sights.
What piqued Jiang Chen's interest the most was that, even at the surface, he could still sense the tremors; the void itself seemed to quiver.
"Jiang Chen!"
"There might be an issue with this Cave Heaven secret realm!"
Duan Ziming and the rest were all congregated at the edge of the expansive pit. As soon as they saw Jiang Chen emerge, they promptly closed in on him.
"This secret realm does not permit the existence of the Heavenly Origin realm."
"Now that I have advanced into the Heavenly Origin realm, this is likely the trigger for these celestial and terrestrial alterations."
Jiang Chen surveyed the surroundings, cautiously probing with his divine sense, indeed discerning a pervasive sense of repulsion.
"Is this Cave Heaven secret realm on the brink of destruction!"
"Should we expedite our departure!"
Miao Xiaorui from the Ice Heart School inquired anxiously.
"To err on the side of caution, we should vacate this place."
Jiang Chen concurred, "If the Cave Heaven secret realm truly disintegrates, it will spell doom for us all."
"Understood!"
Everyone nodded in consensus.
"Let's move!"
"I'll lead the way, you all follow!"
With a faint smile, Jiang Chen promptly steered the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle towards the location they had initially entered from.
At this juncture.
He could now sustain the Heavenly Origin realm's velocity with the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle at any moment, and the expenditure of Yuan Power was relatively minimal.
Pressing onward.
Jiang Chen unfurled his divine sense, detecting spiritual plants with the potency of the Burning World Red Lotus, then collected all the valuable spiritual plants.
On the journey.
Jiang Chen encountered several blood-red humanoid creatures.
With casual indifference, he eliminated them, dismembered their bodies, and stored them into different artifacts.
Soon.
A familiar landscape unfolded before him.
It was the battlefield where the five major sects had previously clashed against the fused blood-colored creature.
The remnants were still visible.
Looking upward.
A passage, shaped like a vortex, hung in the sky.
At this moment, it appeared relatively stable.
However.
Jiang Chen wasn't considering the possibility of hunting the remaining blood-colored monsters or collecting spiritual plants.
His life was the priority.
This was his principle!
He was not about to let overconfidence or recklessness take hold simply because he had defeated two protagonists.
Every action he undertook was for survival, nothing more.
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