Chapter 89 - 79: Foundation Establishment Evil Object, Destroyed by a Single Sword Strike

Chapter 89: Chapter 79: Foundation Establishment Evil Object, Destroyed by a Single Sword Strike

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At four in the morning, inside a shopping mall in the West City District.

BANG!

After Lu Chen killed the Spider-faced Man in front of him with a single Sword Strike, the Cyan Lotus Pupils in his eyes rotated continuously, checking the surroundings for any other Nine Nether Evil Objects in motion.

Thanks to his outstanding Body Techniques and Sword Skills, he had killed countless Nine Nether Evil Objects so far, accumulating over two thousand Experience Points. This acquisition rate was even faster than when he was in the Dungeons. If he weren’t wary of being besieged by the Nine Nether Evil Objects, he probably would have gone on a massive killing spree long ago, further accelerating his Experience Point gains.

After all, a solitary Foundation Establishment Stage Nine Nether Evil Object posed little threat to him. Even without using his special Outer Path One Sword, his current Power was more than enough to defeat a standard Foundation Establishment Stage Nine Nether Evil Object in a one-on-one fight.

But the battlefield was not a game. If a Foundation Establishment Stage Nine Nether Evil Object brought a swarm of Qi Cultivation Stage Evil Objects to besiege him, his only option would be to run. His current advantage lay in a Power of Attack that far exceeded his own Level. In contrast, his life-saving methods and defensive capabilities were rather mediocre. Once surrounded, unless he could break out in a short time, his fragile physical body could suffer fatal damage even from an ordinary Qi Cultivation Stage Evil Object.

"I need to pay closer attention to this aspect of my Cultivation later. After all, in reality, I don’t have Infinite Resurrections like in the Dungeons.

"Fortunately, it’s not too late to realize this; there is still time to remedy it.

"There should be quite a few Divine Techniques among the Gold Attribute and Earth Attribute that meet my requirements. I just need to keep an eye out for them.

"As long as I can improve my life-saving abilities and physical strength, I will truly have no weaknesses left..."

Thinking of this, Lu Chen turned and walked toward the mall’s underground parking garage. The reason Lu Chen had a soft spot for underground garages was that although the Divine Thought perception of the Foundation Establishment Stage was powerful, it couldn’t penetrate dozens of meters underground to sense the situation inside the garage. Therefore, as long as he hid underground, he wouldn’t have to worry about being discovered by the Foundation Establishment Evil Objects roaming the sky.

However, just as Lu Chen arrived on the mall’s first floor and prepared to head to the underground garage, a dark figure suddenly darted through the open atrium in the center of the mall, lunging at him fiercely. Reacting almost entirely on instinct, Lu Chen reflexively swung a Sword Strike at the shadow.

CLANG!

As a spark flared up, Lu Chen felt a burst of Giant Power transmit through his Magic Sword. He skidded backward for quite a distance before finally coming to a halt. Raising his head, the Cyan Lotuses in his pupils rotated continuously. He stared with a solemn expression at the formidable enemy that had suddenly appeared. Seeing the sparse Lotus Marks on its body and the dense energy reaction within it, Lu Chen quickly understood the opponent’s Power level.

Yes, it was the Foundation Establishment Stage...

The Jade-faced Saber Mantis gazed at Lu Chen, its triangular mantis head revealing an expression of great interest.

"My Luck is quite good; I actually stumbled upon a valuable prey.

"Human Race, I hope you can at least let me feel a bit of the joy of combat..."

The arrogant tone of the Jade-faced Saber Mantis made it seem like it only viewed Lu Chen as a toy to pass the time, completely looking down on him. But at this moment, the one feeling lucky was not only the mantis. There was also Lu Chen, the very person it considered a toy.

After all, the moment Lu Chen saw the Jade-faced Saber Mantis appear, he immediately observed his surroundings. He discovered that this Jade-faced Saber Mantis had found him alone, and within a Fang Yuan of a hundred meters, there were no other Nine Nether Evil Objects present.

To him, a solitary Foundation Establishment Stage Nine Nether Evil Object... wasn’t it just a free bundle of Experience Points delivered right to his door?

His Luck was truly not bad at all!

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Meanwhile, inside the meeting room of Second High School.

The moment the Jade-faced Saber Mantis found Lu Chen, he went from being a complete nobody to instantly catching the attention of many Teachers. After all, there were only ten Foundation Establishment Stage Nine Nether Evil Objects in the entire examination venue. Thus, the movements of each one were naturally the focus of the Teachers in the meeting room.

A Teacher from Third High School looked at Lu Chen, who was blocked by the Jade-faced Saber Mantis, and said with some regret, "This student from First High School is quite unlucky. In less than a day, he encountered a Foundation Establishment Evil Object alone, and it’s even the Jade-faced Saber Mantis, famous for its speed. It seems he’ll be eliminated soon."

Hearing this, a nearby Teacher from Second High School immediately chimed in, "Isn’t that the truth? In past joint examinations, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis has always eliminated the most students.

"After all, a Foundation Establishment Evil Object with such bizarrely fast speed and exquisite Saber Techniques is an almost impossible existence for most candidates to defeat.

"If I remember correctly, the last student to defeat a Jade-faced Saber Mantis in a one-on-one fight was that genius from ten years ago who was directly admitted to First High School of the Shangqing Daoist Palace, right?

"But even for a genius like him, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis he encountered at the time was severely injured, which was the only reason he could barely secure a victory in the end."

Listening to the discussion between the two Teachers beside him, Chen Fugui also looked nervously at Lu Chen on the screen. Although he was one of the few among them who had a relatively good understanding of Lu Chen, this understanding was limited to the mock exams back then. Based on Lu Chen’s performance at that time, it was absolutely impossible for him to defeat this Jade-faced Saber Mantis before him, a creature known as the candidate killer.

The thought that Lu Chen, in whom he had placed such high hopes, was very likely to fall on the first day of the three-school joint examination made Chen Fugui feel an inexplicable wave of frustration.