Chapter 1347 - 1346: Three-Element Fire Demon Array

Chapter 1347: Chapter 1346: Three-Element Fire Demon Array

Ling Chen still didn’t know his movements had already been exposed. After leaving Lingyue Island, he headed straight east. At a nearby harbor he replenished enough food and medicines, then advanced toward the northeast.

The journey to Yingzhou was three hundred thousand miles away, more than twice the distance to Penglai. Even with the Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat, even if Ling Chen flew without stopping, it would still take a dozen days at least before he could reach the sea region of Yingzhou.

However, Ling Chen wasn’t in a hurry. While steering the Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat, he also sat cross-legged inside it, quietly cultivating.

Yingzhou, to Ling Chen, was a completely unknown territory. But Ling Chen had already steeled himself mentally. This trip to Yingzhou was precisely to undergo bitter cultivation under a brand new identity and state of mind, striving to raise his swordsmanship and strength to a higher level as soon as possible.

Five days later.

Ling Chen piloted the Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat and had already left the Nine Provinces Land more than a hundred thousand miles behind, delving deep into the boundless ocean.

Within several thousand miles, it was completely empty of people; there wasn’t even the slightest bit of land to be seen anymore.

Between the Nine Provinces and Yingzhou lay an endless sea. This was also an important reason why the two sides had very little communication and exchange.

In the sky, ten thousand miles of clear blue.

On the sea, the water was calm and the wind gentle.

At this moment, ten miles behind Ling Chen’s Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat, three figures suddenly appeared. They were none other than Saint Qian Yan of Desolate Fire City, along with the Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder.

"Third Elder, we’re already far enough from the Nine Provinces Land. We should be able to make a move now, right?"

The speaker was a one-eyed old man wearing an eyepatch, precisely the Fifth Elder of Desolate Fire City.

"That’s right, Old Third. We’ve tailed this brat for five full days. Even if he has great Divine Power, he’s still just a Lingyue Island disciple. Aren’t we making too big a deal out of this?"

On the other side, the speaker was a lean old man in black clothes, namely the Sixth Elder.

The three Great Elders that Huo Lingzi had sent out to deal with Ling Chen were already all present.

"It’s better to be safe than sorry. You two haven’t crossed hands with this brat before, so you don’t know how frightening he is."

Saint Qian Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, completely unmoved. Today’s operation could only succeed; it must not fail. Then he glanced at the Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder beside him, and said in a deep voice, "You’ve confirmed there’s no one else nearby, right?"

"Relax, this stretch of sea is utterly deserted. Don’t mention people, even birds are rarely seen. It’s the perfect place to strike."

The one-eyed old man said with a grin.

"Good."

Only then did Saint Qian Yan nod, a cold glint swiftly surfacing in his eyes, as if he could see through layer after layer of space to Ling Chen’s location.

"Brat, you never imagined this day would come, did you? This vast sea will be your burial ground!"

"Make your move!"

With that, Saint Qian Yan’s figure suddenly moved, and together with the Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder, he shot violently toward the position of the Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat!

"Hm?"

Not long after the three of them set out, Ling Chen seemed to sense a faint disturbance. His eyelids suddenly lifted as he frowned slightly and looked toward the direction behind him.

That faint disturbance just now had come from that direction.

But in the span of a moment, that ripple had dissipated without a trace, as if it had never existed.

"Did I sense wrong?"

Ling Chen furrowed his brows, then once again closed his eyes.

Whoosh!

In that instant, a shocking scarlet beam abruptly shot out from behind, then at an almost impossible speed that allowed no time to react, it slammed brutally into the Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat!

Bang!

With a deafening boom, the protective layer of the Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat was forcibly blasted open, leaving a huge gaping hole. Thick smoke billowed out from within the hole.

Struck so heavily, the Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat rapidly lost its balance, plummeting from midair into the sea, instantly throwing up towering waves.

Crash!

At the moment the waves dispersed, Ling Chen’s figure burst out of the seawater and landed on the surface of the sea.

Frowning, Ling Chen stowed away the damaged Silver Moon Jade Dragon Boat, then suddenly turned his gaze toward the distant sky behind him. An attack that vicious could only have been premeditated.

"Since you’re here, there’s no need to skulk around."

Ling Chen’s eyes flickered slightly. Though he hadn’t seen any figures, he had already sensed the aura of the arrivals.

"Heh heh, brat, your reaction isn’t slow."

Just as Ling Chen’s words fell, three figures suddenly appeared in midair within his line of sight, stepping out one after another.

"Old dog Qian Yan, it’s you again."

The instant he glimpsed Saint Qian Yan, a chill flashed in Ling Chen’s eyes. This old bastard truly clung to him like a lingering ghost. But when he saw the Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder of Desolate Fire City emerging in succession, he couldn’t help knitting his brows.

The aura on these two was clearly at the level of Middle-rank Saints!

As far as Saint Qian Yan alone was concerned, Ling Chen no longer feared him. But three experts all above the Fourth Level of Saint Dao was a completely different matter.

Ling Chen’s gaze swept across the three of them. "Sending out three Middle-rank Saints at once—you really do think highly of me."

"To die under the encirclement of the three of us, you should count your death as worthwhile."

Saint Qian Yan’s expression was grim, killing intent surging unrestrained in his eyes. He’d wanted to kill Ling Chen for a long time but had never had the chance. Now that such an opportunity had finally fallen into his hands, he was determined to trample Ling Chen completely to death, never again giving him the slightest chance to rise from the ashes.

"Third Elder, why waste so many words on him? Let’s finish him quickly and go back to report to the Sect Leader."

The one-eyed Fifth Elder cast Ling Chen a cold glance, then spoke.

Saint Qian Yan gave the two of them a look in turn. "Don’t rush. According to the plan we decided earlier, we’ll first set up the Three-Element Fire Demon Array!"

"Yes!"

Though the Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder felt that Saint Qian Yan was using a butcher’s knife on a chicken, they didn’t defy orders. After all, this operation was led by Saint Qian Yan; they were merely support. So as soon as his words fell, the two of them shot out violently, each stopping at a different position. The three formed a triangular pattern, encircling Ling Chen in the center.

From the hands of all three, firelight flickered as thick wrist-sized chains appeared, their length unknown. The chains were fiery red, as if Flames were flowing along them. The front end was a hook, while the tail end was a ring. A thin chain was tied to the ring, its front end a clasp that seemed able to latch onto something.

Click, click!

The three exchanged a glance, and then the chains in their hands suddenly moved like living things, rapidly linking together and becoming a single whole that formed a ring of fire, enclosing Ling Chen within.

At the moment this ring of fire took shape, streaks of firelight surged crazily inside, exploding outward, condensing into a vast, scorching Array Formation that released a terrifying pressure spreading in all directions.

"Kill!"

In the moment the Array Formation fully condensed, Saint Qian Yan suddenly let out a thunderous shout, packed with monstrous killing intent, and swept toward Ling Chen without hesitation!