Chapter 962

The light shield shattered, revealing the figures of the villagers below. One could see the fear and helplessness on their faces.

"Haha." The laughter of the Houtian warrior came from the sky. His smile became ferocious and cruel.

"Die." Without hesitation, he waved his palm again.

The palm print was still as big as before, but without the protection of the light shield, the surging aura on the palm print was even more terrifying.

All the villagers collapsed to the ground, their frightened expressions turning into despair.

"Boom."

The palm print exploded, but the terrifying energy did not sweep the villagers below. Instead, it dissipated in the air.

Seeing that the palm print was broken, the Houtian warrior was surprised. He smiled and said, "Interesting, interesting."

With a flash of light, Zi Chen appeared. This was the first time he had left the stone house since he woke up.

The Houtian warrior sneered, "You finally came out. I thought you were going to hide in there forever."

Zi Chen's eyes were extremely indifferent. He glanced at the opponent and said, "I'll give you a chance to get out of here. Either get out or die."

The Houtian warrior's face immediately twisted. He said coldly, "You dare to talk to me like that? You're the one who's looking for death."

As he shouted, he began to mobilize the Ultimate Yuan Force in his body. The Ultimate Yuan Force formed a sharp blade in front of him. The sharp blade was surging with a terrifying aura. After he shouted, "Slash!", he slashed towards Zi Chen.

The space could not withstand this huge force and shattered under this slash. The cold killing intent on the sharp blade caused the villagers below to turn pale. However, Zi Chen's expression did not change.

As the sharp blade slashed towards him, he only stretched out his hand and pointed forward.

"Peng."

The sharp blade with a terrifying aura was scattered by Zi Chen's finger. The powerful energy shattered the space, but it could not shake Zi Chen at all.

The Houtian warrior's face changed when he saw this scene. However, he was not afraid. He mobilized the Yuan Force in his body for the second time.

This time, he formed a seal with his hand. Rays of light jumped between his fingers. In the blink of an eye, the seal was completed. A vast power surged from the sky.

A huge light seal descended from the sky. The glaring light caused all the villagers below to fall into a daze. They subconsciously closed their eyes, otherwise, the light would have completely blinded them.

As the seals fell, a thunderous sound came from the sky. It was as if there was an explosion of thunder.

"What?" The Houtian Warrior's complexion finally changed.

These two attacks could be considered as his most powerful attacks, especially the second one. It was a technique unique to him and was very powerful, but it was easily broken by a finger.

To be able to break his attack with a single finger, and he hadn't even sensed the opponent's cultivation level. Just how powerful was that?

Thinking back to what the other party had just said, the angry Houtian martial artist suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and a trace of fear appeared in his heart.

This was definitely a terrifying existence. He immediately thought of running away.

"If we can't win, run!"

To be able to break his attack with just two fingers, he was definitely no match for such an existence. He couldn't help but guess that the other party was a Xiantian martial artist.

"Just now, I gave you a chance to scram. Regretfully, you didn't cherish it." The icy voice rang out once more, and a powerful aura surged out from behind him.

The Houtian martial artist turned around and saw a dazzling fist-light. In his eyes, there was only that fist-light. In his world, there was only that fist-light.

The fist-light exploded in front of him, and a destructive energy engulfed him. His defenses naturally couldn't compare to Zi Chen's. That terrifying energy directly tore through his defenses and tore his body apart.

The Houtian martial artist didn't even have time to let out a miserable cry before his body and his spiritual sense disappeared from this world.

The powerful cultivator had been killed in one blow. The villagers below were still in a state of shock.

Zhang Feng appeared at the right time. Looking into the distance, he said, "This is the Martial Heaven Alliance's people clearing the area. The Mortal Yuan Fruit is about to appear."

Zi Chen turned around and glanced at Bing'er and old Zhang. He said, "Wait for two more days."

"Fine. In any case, there's no rush." Zhang Feng nodded.

Zi Chen returned to his stone house, but he didn't raise a barrier of light. Bing'er quickly ran over and barged into Zi Chen's room. She asked, "You're leaving, aren't you?"

Zi Chen didn't answer her question. "I'm going to find something extremely important."

Bing'er looked at Zi Chen. "You're not coming back, are you?"

Zi Chen didn't reply, but his silence was equivalent to a tacit agreement.

Once he obtained the Mortal Yuan Fruit, he would leave and never come back. He had taught Bing'er the cultivation method and found the Spirit Fox to accompany her in the hopes that she would be able to protect herself.

"You really are leaving." Bing'er's voice was choked with sobs. Tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

Seeing Bing'er like this, Zi Chen couldn't bear it. However, he definitely couldn't bring Bing'er on this trip. Furthermore, he had already learned from Zhang Feng that this was the eastern region. It was very far from the Heavenly Barbarian Pavilion. In the end, Zi Chen still had to return to the Heavenly Barbarian Pavilion.

After all, he and Bing'er belonged to two different worlds.

However, seeing Bing'er like this, Zi Chen could only say, "I'm only going to take something this time. I didn't say I wouldn't come back."

"You mean you'll come back?" Bing'er's tears didn't stop. She obviously didn't believe Zi Chen.

"Of course I'll come back. Otherwise, I have nowhere to go."

Zi Chen lied. This was a lie full of loopholes. It was almost impossible to believe, but Bing'er believed it.

She stopped crying and looked at Zi Chen. "Really?"

"Really."

Zi Chen saw Bing'er heave a sigh of relief. Then, she wiped away the tears on her face. She looked like a little kitten. She smiled at Zi Chen and left Zi Chen's room.

Zi Chen shook his head and sighed. "She's just a little girl who's first love. Time can make her forget everything."

In Zi Chen's eyes, the seventeen-year-old Bing'er was naturally a little girl. Moreover, Zi Chen's real age was much older than Old Zhang's. However, in the world of cultivators, age was never a problem.

After Bing'er came out, she left the stone house and went to find her grandpa. Old Zhang was cooking for everyone. When he saw Bing'er, he put down the big spoon in his hand and signaled for someone to help him. He limped towards Bing'er.

Zi Chen once said that he would help Old Zhang recover from his injuries, but he was rejected. Old Zhang was very firm, so Zi Chen could only give up.

"How is it?" Old Zhang looked at Bing'er, his eyes full of love.

"He's really going to leave," said Bing'er.

Seeing Bing'er's expression, Old Zhang said, "Then did he say that he would come back?"

Bing'er looked at Old Zhang in surprise. "Grandpa, how did you know? He said that he would come back, and that he had nowhere to go. Grandpa, is it because his enemies are too powerful?"

Old Zhang smiled bitterly. Bing'er was a silly girl. She believed whatever Zi Chen said, but Old Zhang was not stupid. Although he was a good person, it did not mean that he was brainless.

Zi Chen's actions were obviously perfunctory.

He pulled Bing'er to a place where there was no one else. He looked into Bing'er's eyes and asked, "Bing'er, look into my eyes and tell me, do you really want to follow Zi Chen?"

Bing'er nodded.

Old Zhang continued, "He's a cultivator, a cultivator who can fly. You've seen his battle prowess. He's destined to be extraordinary in this life. He's destined to have many female friends."

Bing'er shook her head. "I don't care."

"That's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he definitely won't be able to settle down. If you follow him, you're destined to wander around forever."

Bing'er's expression was firm. "I don't care either."

Old Zhang nodded. "Since you've made up your mind, I have a way to let you two be together."

"Really?" Bing'er was surprised.

"You still don't believe me." Old Zhang's face was full of confidence.

Zi Chen waited here for three days. He waited for one more day, but no other cultivators came.

"We should go." Zhang Feng came to find Zi Chen.

"Okay." Zi Chen nodded.

Old Zhang, Bing'er, and the villagers watched as Zi Chen and Zhang Feng left. The Devil Ape had completely awakened, but it was still in its miniature form.

Although Zhang Feng guessed that the little monkey was extraordinary, he did not know the true identity of the Devil Ape and its great battle prowess. At a critical moment, the Devil Ape would definitely be an unimaginable force that could not be ignored.

Outside the valley where the Mortal Energy Fruit was, fourteen cultivators were standing in the air. Originally, there were fifteen of them, but one of them was killed by Zi Chen.

The other 68 people completed their tasks very well. Only Hu Ming was missing.

"Hu Ming went to the area where the mortals live, so he shouldn't be here. I think he'll be back soon," a warrior in the Acquired Realm said.

The young man suddenly thought of the two cultivators from Zhang Village. His expression changed immediately, and then he told the others.

"Hu Ming hasn't returned yet. Is he dead? Was he killed by them? I'll go and have a look," a warrior in the Connate Realm said.

Huoling waved his hand and said, "No need. If Hu Ming is dead, the people who killed him will definitely come here. The Mortal Energy Fruit is about to ripen, so it's better to stay here and be careful."

"We've cleared the area within a hundred miles. Are you still worried that someone will dare to come here?" a warrior in the Connate Realm asked.

Huoling smiled. "You only cleared the people in the open, but you didn't clear the people in the dark."

"The people in the dark."

"Of course, but they're just a bunch of guys who don't dare to show up and meet me. I think they're just ordinary people," Huoling said.

"What an ordinary person. The people of the Huo Family are indeed arrogant. But if I'm an ordinary person, then I wonder what you are."

A cold voice suddenly sounded. The void split open silently, and waves of powerful aura descended.

Five people descended from the sky, and the aura around them was extremely powerful. Huoling turned his head and looked at the person in the lead. His pupils shrank slightly, and beside him, there was a cry of surprise. "Mighty Body!"

The person who came was the Mighty Body of the Tyrant Dao Clan. Beside him, there were four people in the Great Completion of the Primordial Core Realm. They were naturally Connate Realm warriors.

As soon as the Mighty Body appeared, he walked over with his people. Huoling turned his head and looked at him. He opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

But at that moment, the spatial distortion in the valley became more intense, and the power of rules became extremely unstable. Then, a violent wave of energy spread out in all directions with the valley as the center.