Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 90: Enemies on a Narrow Road
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“Since you’ve come, why the hurry to leave?”

Blocking Wang Chen’s path was an elderly gray-robed cultivator, apparently in his fifties or sixties.

He looked at Wang Chen with a sinister gaze and said with a sly sneer, “Why not join in the fun?”

Wang Chen felt a sharp aura firmly lock onto him.

Any slight movement would bring down a thunderous strike!

Even without using the Spiritual Perception Technique,

Wang Chen was well aware that the other party’s cultivation realm far surpassed his own.

His mind raced, and he immediately clasped his fists saying, “Elder, this disciple was merely passing by and didn’t see anything. I beseech the elder to show leniency, and I would be eternally grateful!”

As he spoke, Wang Chen quietly gathered his mana.

The gray-robed cultivator hesitated, “Are you a disciple of the Cloud Sun Sect?”

He hadn’t seen an identity plaque on Wang Chen and assumed the latter was also a loose cultivator, naturally needing to be apprehended.

But if Wang Chen was a disciple of the Cloud Sun Sect, then the situation was different!

“Yes.”

Wang Chen flipped his wrist and promptly revealed his identity plaque.

He infused it with mana to activate the anti-counterfeit spiritual light.

“Huh.”

The gray-robed cultivator became even more hesitant.

Wang Chen’s identity was clearly genuine, so he wasn’t someone the cultivator could easily handle.

Just then, the sound of horse hooves was heard as three mounts charged in, their hooves pattering through the clouds like smoke.

“Hee-lu-lu~”

An attractive young man wearing a golden crown reined in his green-eyed, dragon-scaled horse and asked, “Uncle Yong, what’s happened?”

The gray-robed cultivator hurriedly answered, “Seventh Young Master, Xuan Ying just discovered someone lurking nearby, and I’ve stopped him. He is…”

“Eh?”

Before the gray-robed cultivator could finish, the man with the golden crown had already dismounted, whip in hand, and fixed his gaze on Wang Chen with an excited expression, “So, it’s you!”

Like a wolf that had spotted a juicy prey, a cruel smile emerged on his lips.

And at this moment, Wang Chen recognized the fellow.

It was the second-generation cultivator who had recklessly raced on the Chi Path, nearly running down the two girls.

The shiny golden crown on his head was particularly eye-catching.

Wang Chen had not forgotten that this person had once tried to lash him with his whip.

But he had missed.

He hadn’t expected to run into this nemesis again so soon.

His heart sank abruptly!

“Hahaha!”

The golden-crowned young man laughed heartily, “I didn’t expect you…”

He had barely spoken a few words.

Wang Chen took sudden action, launching a sword finger attack at the gray-robed cultivator.

The surprise attack meant there was no longer any chance for a peaceful resolution, so he had to strike first to gain the upper hand!

Just three breaths earlier, Wang Chen had used his Spiritual Perception Technique to survey the situation.

He discovered that the gray-robed cultivator was the highest in rank, at the eighth tier of Qi Cultivation.

The golden-crowned young man was at the seventh tier.

His two followers were both at the sixth tier.

And the threat posed by the gray-robed cultivator to Wang Chen was far greater than the other three, making him the primary target for attack.

When Wang Chen made his move, he did so with all his might.

A fiercely unstoppable Geng Metal Finger strike shot straight towards the face of the gray-robed cultivator.

The ring on his right index finger transformed into the Ruyi Golden Needle, enveloped in energy and flying towards the opponent’s vital point.

This was one of Wang Chen’s most powerful trump cards for defeating his enemy!

Extremely fast, extremely fierce, extremely accurate.

Once released, it was a matter of life or death!

Given that Wang Chen faced four enemies, none of whose cultivation levels were inferior to his,

even the slightest hesitation or delay at the critical moment could plunge him into a situation with no way out,

“Be careful!”

The gray-robed cultivator reacted quickly, activating his Body Protection Magical Armor in the nick of time and warning the others including the golden-crowned young man.

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Pu!

The Great Achievement level “Geng Metal Finger” hit the grey-robed cultivator’s body protection magical armor.

The newly materialized spiritual light of the armor overflowed, showing severe fluctuations.

It failed to penetrate.

However, the killing move becomes a killing move precisely because of the “Ruyi Golden Needle” that follows closely behind!

Bo!

This magic artifact, which Wang Chen had cultivated to respond like an extension of his own body, did not disappoint and pierced through the already weakened body protection magical armor, shooting towards the grey-robed cultivator’s forehead.

This Qi Cultivation Eighth Tier cultivator truly had some skill, his head violently jerking backward.

The “Ruyi Golden Needle” grazed past the tip of his nose, astonishingly failing to harm even a hair!

The grey-robed cultivator, having narrowly escaped death, was not relieved but instead was furious to the extreme.

Qiang!

He who had almost capsized in the gutter, drew the magic sword he carried with him.

Without shredding Wang Chen to pieces, he couldn’t quell the hatred in his heart!

But as the grey-robed cultivator barely stood up straight, his vision was filled with crimson, and a scorching breath rushed toward his face!

Right after releasing the Geng Metal Finger, Wang Chen suddenly slapped his hands on his waist.

He then pulled out two stacks of magical talismans.

With the grace of celestial maidens scattering flowers, he bombarded both the grey-robed cultivator and the man with the golden crown and others!

“Thousand Illusion Hand!”

This technique, which cost Wang Chen one hundred and fifty Low Spirits and was specially designed for deploying miniature weapons, had reached the level of Minor Achievement in his hands, allowing him to simultaneously trigger and release ten talismans.

This was already quite fierce.

And the specially made talisman belt that Wang Chen wore contained hundreds of magical talismans.

All of them were “Meteor Fire Talismans” drawn by a Grandmaster in talisman crafting!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The explosive sounds, like the heartbeat of a giant beast, turned each “Meteor Fire Talisman” into a ball of blazing fire, covering both the grey-robed cultivator and the man with the golden crown and his companions.

These extremely high-quality “Meteor Fire Talismans” were originally prepared for Lv Defang by Wang Chen.

If poor, strike with precision; if rich, cover with firepower!

To deal with high-tier Qi Cultivation enemies, even those at Great Perfection, relying solely on the underhand combination of Geng Metal Finger and Ruyi Golden Needle might not guarantee success with a single strike.

That’s why Wang Chen added the “Meteor Fire Rain” package!

And he ended up using it ahead of time.

“Ah!”

The grey-robed cultivator, having no time to dodge, was hit in the face by three fireballs imbued with the power of solar flames, and immediately exploded into a mess of blood and flesh, too gruesome to behold.

Half of his head was blown off!

The defensive capabilities of the robe he wore were actually quite good, yet Wang Chen attacked directly at the face!

However, the seven fireballs that hit the man with the golden crown and the other two did not achieve their full effect.

Their combat experience was far less than that of the grey-robed cultivator, and they hadn’t been able to respond immediately upon hearing his warning.

The man with the golden crown probably didn’t expect Wang Chen to actually dare to attack him directly.

He was clearly taken aback.

As a result, he was hit by four fireballs!

But these fairly powerful fireballs had not yet exploded when they were repelled by an invisible barrier.

His golden crown radiated thousands of rays of light, enveloping his entire body within.

The soil on the ground around him rose up, layering upon him, and transformed into a thick layer of rock armor, rigorously protecting the man with the golden crown.

But his companions weren’t so lucky.

First, they were hit by three fireballs each, and although they each had body protection magic artifacts, they were brutally breached by the second wave of “Meteor Fireballs” that Wang Chen launched.

They died on the spot!

Their deaths were extremely frustrating; who could have imagined that Wang Chen would employ such a “hooligan” tactic of a Talisman Cultivator.

And so fiercely and quickly at that!

However, the man protected by rock armor was utterly unshaken by Wang Chen’s attack!

Wang Chen threw another ten “Meteor Fire Talismans” at him in one breath, but still couldn’t shake his rock armor.

He merely blasted off some stone fragments.

“You’re dead meat!”

The Second-Generation Cultivator roared like a wild beast from within his rock armor!

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Second update, with revisions.