Chapter 179: Return to Fushi Mountain Range

  As he entered the valley, Ye Chen took in the entire scene within the valley at a glance.

  The valley is not large, about two thousand meters in circumference. Except for the entrance, three sides are steep stone walls, with talismans carved on the stone walls and divine light flowing.

  In the very center of the valley, three transmission arrays were lined up in a row, each transmission array was separated by a distance of one hundred zhang. The size of the transmission array was one hundred meters and was octagonal in shape, corresponding to Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui, the eight directions.

  The base was also unknown what material, looks like a kind of strange stone carving, on which mysterious and dense are the talismans, each talisman is flowing with divine light.

  "Now all of you go stand on the first platform on the left." The elder instructed.

  After all the disciples had entered, Ye Chen also stepped into the array platform. In an instant, Ye Chen felt as if he had entered another space, as if the inside and outside of the array platform were two different parallel spaces.

  That elder's hands continued to weave out a spell seal.

  "Qian Kun borrows the law, space leaps, void channel opens!"

  One layer after another of the spell seals were input into the formation platform, and the talismans on the platform suddenly came to life. The dense talismans flew up from the surface of the platform, and Ye Chen immediately felt a mysterious power supporting himself. Next, the void outside cracked open, and they all entered the dark void.

  But in an instant, the void cracked open again, and a thread of light shot through. Ye Chen reacted immediately, rushing out of the void passage like a gust of wind.

  Emerging from the void passage, Ye Chen didn't even have time to look around at his surroundings, and with a swift movement of his Wind Step, he disappeared into thin air in front of everyone's eyes.

  "Ye Chen has escaped! It seems he knew we were going to kill him. Everyone split up and chase him down!"

  Those inner disciples had not yet reacted when Ye Chen's figure disappeared, only to see a green virtual shadow disappear in the front, and suddenly someone shouted loudly.

  Ye Chen's body was like a divine wind, with a speed four times that of the inner courtyard disciples, which was far beyond what they could catch up to. Even the elite disciples couldn't keep up with him.

  Now he must stay away from those inner disciples, after all, Ye Chen can't be sure how many of them are members of the Second Generation Party, and how many want his life.

  This time, more than 100 inner courtyard disciples came to the Fushi mountain range, and there were also dozens of elite disciples. At a time when he didn't understand the number of enemies, Ye Chen would not engage in battle with them, otherwise, being surrounded by dozens or even hundreds of inner courtyard disciples who are at least two or three realms higher than himself, even if he killed all of them, he would still suffer some degree of injury. At that time, if elite disciples were to arrive, it would be extremely perilous.

  Ye Chen ran for almost half a time before stopping after going thousands of miles away. Only then did he have the mind to observe his surroundings.

  He was in the midst of a mountain range, surrounded by ancient trees and rocks everywhere. However, the leaves of these ancient trees were not green but gray and black, exuding an aura of death and devoid of any vitality. The sky was dark and gloomy, with a layer of fog shrouding everything, and thick leaden clouds hung above, as if they might collapse at any moment.

  Everywhere on the ground can be seen scattered white bones, those white bones are mostly rotten, a gust of cold wind blows over, making people feel a chill all over their bodies.

  Ye Chen continued forward, his spiritual sense extending out in front of him, where he sensed a strong wave of corpse energy not far away.

  The mountain road was bumpy and uneven, Ye Chen walked for a while, and a huge ancient tree appeared in front of him. The ancient tree was densely covered with corpses, each one shriveled up, a layer of skin wrapped around the bones, as if they had been drained of their vital energy.

  Ye Chen stopped in his tracks, gathering his gaze to look ahead, through the thick fog, behind a large tree he saw a scattering of coffins, those coffins were old and rotten, some were missing a corner, but Ye Chen could feel strong Yin energy fluctuations within them.

  Corpse monster!

  Looking at the dry corpses on the big tree and those coffins, Ye Chen's heart suddenly became vigilant, and there must be corpse monsters in those coffins.

  Ye Chen stepped closer and closer, when he was only a few dozen meters away from those coffins, all the strange trees began to shake.

  "Hooray!!"

  A loud roar came from the coffin, and it shook even more violently. The lid of the coffin began to slide open, and a thick, pungent smell of death wafted out, filling the air with an unbearable stench.

  Ye Chen suddenly rose into the air, his massive hands spread out as he slapped down towards the nearest coffin. A golden palm print, as large as a table, flashed brightly and illuminated the surrounding area in an instant.

  Bang!

  The coffin suddenly split into four or five pieces under Ye Chen's blow, and the wooden chips flew everywhere. A mournful roar was heard from within, and the corpse monster was directly slapped to pieces by Ye Chen.

  Kamaitachi unfolded, Ye Chen's figure flashed over several dozen meters like a ghost, stretched out his hand and sucked the corpse core into his palm, then casually put it in his storage bag.

  "Hoo-hoo-hoo!"

  Those coffins emitted countless roars, shaking the surrounding corpse energy to disperse. Under the huge roar, the entire earth was trembling. The coffin lids were opened with a loud crash, and one by one, ancient corpses wearing armor rushed out of the coffins. Their faces were pale, their eye sockets sunken, and their eyes flashed with fierce red light, all staring at Ye Chen. They opened their mouths to let out roars, corpse energy soaring into the sky, as if they had found their prey.

  "Such vigorous blood and vital energy..."

  Some ancient corpses emitted fluctuations in their divine sense, while the rest of the ancient corpses let out a series of shrill howls and quickly moved to surround Ye Chen.

  The long spears in their hands were rusty and stained, but they were full of murderous aura. These were the undead spirits transformed from the soldiers who died on the battlefield.

  The undead creatures surrounded Ye Chen, who turned his head and swept his gaze over them, discerning that they had formed a subtle formation. The long spear in his hand flowed with death energy, its tip flashing with a cold light.

  "Hum!"

  A corpse suddenly launched a surprise attack, its long spear piercing through the air, humming as it vibrated with energy, and directly charged towards Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen's mind stirred, the wheel of fate flew out of the sea of fate, transforming into a long knife. With a loud whooshing sound, it slashed and killed, leaving behind a trail of light that pierced through tens of meters, illuminating the earth. In an instant, with a sudden burst of energy, the corpse monster was split in two from head to toe.

  "Hoo-ah!"

  Seeing his companions being killed, the remaining corpse monsters let out a loud roar and moved together. Dozens of long spears pierced through the air, killing their way over, with sharp edges that were astonishingly sharp, surrounding Ye Chen from all sides.

  "Rebel against fate, evolve into countless forms, kill!"

  Ye Chen threw the Inversion Wheel of Fate in his hand into a long knife, and with both hands, he began to wield it in the air. In an instant, the long knife transformed into thousands, countless blades slicing through the air, shining brightly and piercingly, slashing down in all directions.

  Pffft!

  With one move, all the corpses were beheaded, only managing to let out a brief and mournful howl, their bodies split in two by Ye Chen, with corpse blood flowing all over the ground.

  Ye Chen's eyes flashed with a cold light, his large hand swept through the air, and all the corpses' cores automatically flew over, stored in his storage bag. He had harvested dozens of first-class fifth-tier corpse cores.

  Ye Chen glanced around and continued walking forward. Before long, he sensed that there were over a dozen breaths rapidly approaching from behind.

  "They actually caught up so quickly?"

  Ye Chen was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect that those inner and outer courtyard disciples would lock onto his position and chase after him so quickly.

  With a slight thought, Ye Chen discovered the inappropriateness. The Fushi Mountain Range was so vast, how could they find him so quickly?

  At that moment, Ye Chen thought of the spirit symbol given to him by the elder, and with a move in his heart, he put the spirit symbol into the realm of his fate sea. If it was really the spirit symbol's doing, then putting it into the realm would be able to cut off the aura, making those people unable to find his location.

  After putting the Ling symbol into the Domain world, Ye Chen walked forward again. However, he was surprised to find that the auras behind him had not disappeared, as if they were still locked onto him. No matter which direction he went, the people behind him could accurately catch up with him without fail.

  All the way, Ye Chen avoided many corpses and gradually walked deeper into the Fushi Mountain Range. The outer and inner courtyard disciples behind him pursued closely without giving up.

  Ye Chen was deep in thought, and for a moment he couldn't figure out how they had managed to track him down.

  Ye Chen finally took out the qualification token for this trial from his storage bag, and his divine sense probed again without finding anything out of place, but his intuition told him that perhaps everything strange was on this token.

  Ye Chen didn't hesitate and directly put the token into the Domain World of the Sea of Fate, while he continued to move forward, changing direction twice along the way.

  Soon after, he found that the outer and inner disciples who were chasing him were getting farther and farther away from himself. His heart suddenly gained confirmation.

  "It's indeed this token that's causing trouble, and it has even left behind a trackable aura."

  Ye Chen coldly smiled and stopped in his tracks, no longer continuing forward.

  Ye Chen leaned against a withered ancient tree, waiting. Time passed bit by bit, his divine sense detected that the group of outer and inner courtyard disciples tracking him were searching everywhere, getting farther and farther away from him. However, after that group of people, there were several more groups chasing after them, only they couldn't detect Ye Chen's location now, and could only randomly search in a large area.

  "Since you can't track my location and can't get in touch with each other, it's time for me to make a move."

  Ye Chen's mouth curled up with a cruel smile, intending to put him to death, and he wouldn't let any of them go. At this moment, he chased after the direction where the first team was located.

  Ye Chen followed the first team all the way, and for a short time he did not show up, but silently followed at a distance of several miles, until after an hour, the first team and the teams behind had already been separated by hundreds or thousands of miles. Ye Chen knew that his chance to kill had come.

  At this time, the group of people was in a large mountain valley, with white bones piled up all over the ground, and a gloomy atmosphere. The wind blowing into the valley made a mournful sound, making people's hearts feel a sense of dread.

  "It's so chilly here." a disciple of the outer court said with some trembling.

  "Everyone be careful, Ye Chen must have already discovered the secret of the token, so he destroyed it. Does he think that by doing so, he can save his worthless life? How ridiculous! This time, he will definitely die!" A cold smile spread across the face of an inner courtyard disciple, revealing a murderous intent.