Chapter 453 - 451: The Target

Chapter 453: Chapter 451: The Target

"Your stealth is impressive... I doubt an ordinary Late Stage Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator could have found you."

"But unfortunately for you, of all the people to target, you had to choose me."

Just as the shadowy figure’s consciousness was about to sink completely into the Dark Abyss,

he heard a faint, young voice from behind him.

’Ah,’

’Am I about to die?’

The world spun before the shadowy figure’s eyes.

One last thought flashed through his mind,

and then his consciousness faded into nothingness.

Shen Changchuan paid it no mind.

With a grasping motion of his hand,

he snatched the Storage Bag from the corpse.

He let the decapitated body fall from mid-air to the ground below.

This scene,

was witnessed by many of the Cultivators locked in fierce combat nearby.

The battlefield almost came to a standstill.

In just an instant,

a Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Demon Cultivator had been defeated and killed?

Looks of utter disbelief spread across the faces of many Demon Cultivators.

Clearly,

the ambusher held a certain reputation among them.

His strength was not to be underestimated!

But that only made it all the more unbelievable!

It was unimaginable,

that someone specializing in sneak attacks could be so easily countered and killed!

’This person,’

’Just who in the world is he?!’

The continuous roar of explosions resumed. The lull lasted only a moment before the brutal slaughter high in the sky began anew!

However,

many of the Demon Cultivators now kept one eye on Shen Changchuan,

fighting as they retreated,

terrified of accidentally drawing the gaze of that grim reaper.

Seeing this, Gu Xuanqing and the other Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators from the Ancient Sword Sect had their eyes flash with battle lust. With a great roar, they surged forward, pressing their attack with powerful momentum!

"Kill!"

Without the slightest hesitation,

they pressed their advantage, determined to crush the enemy while they were down!

In an instant,

the opposing Demon Cultivators were beaten into a steady retreat!

So much so that,

on the battlefield high above, the Demon Cultivator side was completely on the back foot, showing faint signs of imminent collapse!

"Hm?"

Shen Changchuan also clearly sensed the situation on the battlefield.

He was a little stunned.

’Was it that dramatic?’

’Killing one guy who tried to ambush me was enough to shift the course of the battle?’

’Could it be that man was a famous expert among the Demon Cultivators?’

The fact that it had so easily influenced the surrounding battle was quite surprising to Shen Changchuan.

What he didn’t know was,

the man he had killed,

did indeed have quite a reputation in the Demon Cultivator camp.

It was said that the man cultivated a Secret Technique called the Phantom Divine Skill. His Body Technique was extremely fast, and his concealment abilities were so superb that even an ordinary Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Cultivator would have difficulty detecting his presence.

Moreover, as a Demon Cultivator at the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Realm,

he had recently ambushed and killed a Cultivator at the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Late Stage from the Tian Nan Domain.

He had subsequently even escaped a strike from a Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Cultivator, earning him great renown!

Yet such a relatively famous expert, who had shone so brightly on the battlefield,

had fallen the moment he made his move!

A man who could dodge a blow from a Soul Emergence Ninth Layer expert

ended up being decapitated by Shen Changchuan with a single sword strike!

How could such a sight

not leave the Demon Cultivators present utterly terrified?!

In that instant,

Shen Changchuan’s threat level in their minds had shot straight up to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer!

The Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Cultivation Realm,

was the very Peak of the Soul Emergence Realm, the strongest tier of power beneath the Divine Travel Realm!

An existence of that caliber,

in this entire war, there were only two such individuals between both sides combined!

As a result, at this very moment,

even if Shen Changchuan didn’t make a move

and simply stood there watching,

his mere presence was enough to exert immense pressure on them!

"BASTARDS!"

Just as the rout was about to spread and trigger disastrous consequences,

from deep within the dark and gloomy valley,

a thunderous roar echoed.

A vast aura surged upward, shredding the thick, dark clouds and mist above the valley!

The other Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Demon Cultivator hidden in the valley had made his move!

With a great surge of wind and clouds,

a gigantic black hand tore through the sky and came crashing down toward Shen Changchuan with the force to blot out the sun!

"Do not panic!"

"This is Shen Changchuan, the man with the huge bounty from the Demonic Alliance! Keep the others busy! Slay him, and you will be richly rewarded by the Demonic Alliance!"

As he struck,

his hoarse voice boomed through the void at almost the same instant.

"What?! He’s the Shen Changchuan those two Ancestors put a kill order on?!"

"*Gasp!* He’s the one who killed Qiu Kunsheng, the Sect Leader of the Corpse Refining Sect, while being at a lower realm! No wonder he’s so powerful. Even Tian Bofei died at his hands!"

"I heard both the White Bone Ancestor and the Seven Extremes Ancestor have issued kill orders. If we can kill that kid, not only will we get the Demonic Alliance’s huge reward, but we’ll also earn a personal favor from each of them!"

"Let’s do it! With that great expert making a move, this kid is sure to die! We can’t pass up on such easy glory!"

Instantly,

the morale of the Demon Cultivator side soared.

Many of them looked over at Shen Changchuan with naked greed in their eyes.

A favor from two old monsters at the Divine Travel Peak Realm... With that, almost no one in the entire Nanyue Kingdom would dare to give them trouble!

Of course,

the largest share of the benefits,

would certainly go to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer expert who had taken action.

But they would be happy enough with the leftovers—the rewards from the Demonic Alliance were sufficient!

The Demon Cultivators’ morale surged.

For a moment, they actually managed to turn the tables and overwhelm the Ancient Sword Sect’s side.

Meanwhile,

the sky-blotting hand was already less than a hundred zhang from Shen Changchuan!

Shen Changchuan made no move,

as if he were frozen in fear.

But just then,

"Hmph! You Demon Dao villain! What kind of skill is it to bully a junior with your greater power?"

A powerful, resonant voice rose from within the flying ship, shaking the very air.

Immediately after, an azure fist shattered the void and slammed into the massive black hand,

BOOM!!!

A deafening boom echoed,

as a terrifying shockwave of power swept across the sky.

The massive black hand was blown apart!

At some point,

a middle-aged man with a stern, imposing face dressed in dark robes had appeared beside Shen Changchuan.

"Thank you for your help, Elder Ouyang!"

Shen Changchuan said, cupping his fists in thanks.

This man,

was the Patriarch of the Ouyang Family, invited by Gu Xuanqing to lend his strength for this expedition.

He was the Patriarch of the Ouyang Family, an Immortal Cultivation Family that held sway over the northern part of the Tian Nan Domain.

The Ouyang Family,

much like the Shen Family of Tian Nan City, was an Immortal Cultivation Family that boasted a Divine Travel Realm expert among its members.

And the Ouyang Patriarch,

was the second hidden Soul Emergence Ninth Layer combatant that the Ancient Sword Sect had for this expedition!

After suffering a great loss last time,

Gu Xuanqing was naturally not going to fight another battle he wasn’t sure of winning.

This Ouyang Patriarch was one of his hidden trump cards.

In fact,

Shen Changchuan had a feeling,

that this might not be the final trump card.

"Nephew, no need to be so polite. With your skills, I’m not so sure this man would have been your match!"

The Ouyang Patriarch gave him a meaningful look,

and said.