Chapter 45 - 39: Purple Fire Transforms into a Sword, Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow! Life and Death... in an Instant!

Chapter 45: Chapter 39: Purple Fire Transforms into a Sword, Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow! Life and Death... in an Instant!

BOOM!

The moment Lu Chen’s silver Flood Dragon collided with the golden hand armor, it immediately dissolved into specks of light. Unable to withstand the sheer impact of the clash, the magic sword in his hand snapped in half. Although the broken upper half of the blade was lodged between Bai Ling’s arms, it could not advance a single inch further.

As the dust settled, Bai Ling looked at Lu Chen, noting his pale face and erratic breathing. She knew he was at the end of his rope. She thought, "That was close. I almost capsized in a gutter."

Believing victory was already in her grasp, Bai Ling looked at the man just inches away from her. "What a pity. If the gap in our cultivation wasn’t so massive, you might have actually managed to injure me with that strike," she sighed. As she spoke, she released her grip on Lu Chen’s broken sword, preparing to tell him that there was no need to fight anymore—it was all just a misunderstanding.

But in the exact second she let her guard down, Lu Chen smiled.

"Who told you... I only have one sword?"

Bai Ling’s pupils shrank as an intense sense of lethal danger washed over her.

[You have consumed 3,000 Experience Points. Cultivation has broken through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Level.]

[Cultivation: Qi Cultivation Seventh Level (7,100/30,000)]

[You have consumed a large amount of Qi Gathering Pills. Spiritual Power is rapidly recovering...]

[You have consumed a large amount of Blood Replenishing Pills. Body is rapidly recovering...]

Using some unknown method, Lu Chen had remotely controlled his game character on the phone inside his pocket. That game character poured Experience Points into his cultivation while frantically popping elixirs to replenish his nearly depleted Spiritual Power and heal his body, which had been torn apart by the violent energies. In the blink of an eye, not only did Lu Chen return to his peak state, but his cultivation also skyrocketed! And all of this happened in a mere second.

Divine Skill: Purple Mist Divine Fire!

Purple fire manifested into a sword, flashing like a phantom. Life and death... decided in a fraction of a second!

Lu Chen gripped a small knife in his free left hand. The purple Divine Flame condensed around it into a blazing blade, hurtling toward Bai Ling’s throat at astonishing speed. This caught Bai Ling completely off guard; she had mistakenly believed he was completely spent. Or rather, he had been completely spent, but managed to instantly recover his body. At the precipice of life and death, Bai Ling could only rely on instinct, leaning backward to dodge while subconsciously throwing a punch right into Lu Chen’s chest.

SLASH!

Bai Ling stumbled back heavily, clutching her throat in sheer disbelief as she stared at Lu Chen, who had been sent flying by her punch and crashed into the nearby rubble.

DRIP, DRIP...

Profuse blood seeped through her fingers and splattered onto the asphalt. It was so close... just a hair’s breadth away. Trembling, Bai Ling looked down at the twin-fish jade pendant on her chest, which now bore a deep, jagged crack. A wave of delayed fear washed over her. If it hadn’t been for this protective treasure, Lu Chen’s ambush would have actually succeeded.

In the distance, slumped amidst the rubble, Lu Chen struggled to lift his head. Seeing this, his face filled with regret.

"One inch. In the end, I was short by a single inch..."If I had been using the longsword I’m familiar with, perhaps that strike... would have finished her."I guess... my luck was just a bit lacking."

Even though the outcome was decided, Lu Chen forced his heavily injured body up, leaning back against the wall to slowly sit upright. His arms hung limply by his sides, and several of his ribs were completely shattered. With injuries this severe, just sitting up was a monumental feat, and all of this was merely the result of Bai Ling’s subconscious punch. Yet, despite being in such a wretched state, he still looked at her and smiled—a thoroughly uninhibited, carefree smile.

"Next time... if there is a next time, you won’t have such good luck."This time, I’ve lost."

Looking at the severely wounded Lu Chen, who was entirely powerless to fight back, Bai Ling fell silent. At this moment, she didn’t care about her own injuries. What she suffered was just a flesh wound; what she was truly worried about was her punch. She really hadn’t held back her strength in that strike at all! She thought, "This is bad, this is really bad. How did things end up escalating to this point?!"

Just as Bai Ling was about to take an elixir from her Storage Pouch to treat Lu Chen’s injuries, a golden staff tore right through the Mountain and Sea Scroll she had set up and smashed violently into the ground before her. A second later, a tall figure stepped out from a rift in space beside it, radiating boundless coercion. The pressure was so overwhelmingly tyrannical that it instantly forced both Bai Ling and the nearby Shangfu Bird to their knees.

"Bai Ling, I believe I warned you to know your limits."Your Mountain and Sea Bureau... is entirely too arrogant."

Yu Tianqi arrived in front of Bai Ling, his expression dark. Staring down at her kneeling form, he spoke in an utterly emotionless tone, "If you are so fond of breaking the rules, then even if you are Elder Bai’s granddaughter, I must teach you a proper lesson today."After all, rules do not just represent restraint; they are also a form of protection."Stand up. This time... I will be your opponent."

Watching Yu Tianqi’s sudden appearance, Bai Ling’s heart filled with bitterness. She thought, "I’m reaping what I sowed. I really brought this entirely on myself. I should have just followed the Mountain and Sea Bureau’s law enforcement code back then—presumption of innocence, ask questions first, and fight later. Now I’m a Foundation Establishment cultivator forced to fight a Golden Core expert, even if his foundation is damaged. But do I... even have that kind of ability?!"

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PS: Sweating profusely, I’m seriously sweating profusely! You guys really turned up the pressure on me in the last Chapter. Pang Hu is sweating buckets over here and had to rush out tomorrow’s plot right away. This Chapter is long enough to count as two!