Chapter 680: Chapter 267: I Told You We Would Meet Again Soon

"But that’s alright."

"Let me teach you a lesson and help you understand your place!"

As he spoke, he slowly reached out and drew a Bronze Flying Sword.

"Hm?"

Xiao Chen was also a bit surprised. This Cultivator before him seemed to have some real strength.

He was much stronger than any opponent he had faced in the ring before.

So much so that his ordinary punches weren’t enough to solve the problem.

Among Golden Core Cultivators, he must be the best of the best.

But if his opponent thought this was the extent of his power, he was sorely mistaken!

"Seventh Transformation, Yinglong Mountain Collapse!"

Since all his previous fights had been complete stomps, Xiao Chen hadn’t used any Martial Techniques.

But that didn’t mean he couldn’t.

In fact, as his Body Cultivator path advanced to the Late-stage Golden Core, his Nine Transformations Dragon Technique had also reached the Seventh Transformation.

As this punch flew, it was as if a True Dragon had appeared, crashing its body into a towering mountain range.

BOOM!

The sea-blue light shattered into pieces.

The originally transparent Spirit Shield was pierced on the spot, then exploded into fragments that fell from the sky.

BANG!

What followed was a cloud of flying straw.

A mist of blood burst from the very center, carried away by the passing sea breeze.

"Tsk, another Life Replacement Grassman. How annoying!"

Xiao Chen curled his lip, reached out to grab the Bronze Flying Sword, and suppressed it with a surge of True Essence.

Only then did he look up toward the distance.

In mid-air, a somewhat battered figure slowly materialized.

He clutched his chest with both hands, his back completely hunched over as if in extreme pain.

"I never expected you to be a remnant of the Witch Race!"

The Bronze Masked Cultivator struggled to raise his head. "I was unprepared this time. I nearly fell to you."

"But mark my words, we’ll meet again very soon!"

As he spoke, a Talisman Treasure floated out from his body.

It was immediately activated, shattering completely and erupting in a ball of silver light that instantly enveloped him.

Then, the silver light shot swiftly into the distance.

Its speed was no less than that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, perhaps even a bit faster.

Even if he encountered an Early Stage Nascent Soul enemy, it would be enough to carry him away to safety.

"Hmph. So you know to run now? Did I say you could leave?"

Xiao Chen snorted coldly.

The next moment, a Flying Claw shot out at an even faster speed and caught up to the silver light.

With the sound of a mechanism whirring, it yanked the man all the way back, pulling him right in front of Xiao Chen.

Not only that, but the Flying Claw even clenched into a fist and punched.

It knocked the Bronze Masked Cultivator unconscious right then and there, a look of despair in his eyes.

"You were right about one thing. We will be meeting again very soon!"

Xiao Chen retracted the Mechanical Flying Claw and threw another punch with the back of his hand. "Horned Dragon Lie Kong!"

This time, he aimed directly for his opponent’s abdomen.

POP!

The Spirit Robe’s innate barrier burst like a soap bubble.

The Magic Cultivator’s fragile body was completely unable to withstand such immense force.

Even the Golden Core within his Dantian was shattered on the spot.

BOOM!

Under the immense force, the unused True Essence within the Golden Core actually exploded.

When the massive explosion subsided, only a few torn fragments of the Spirit Robe and the durable Storage Ring fell into the sea.

SPLASH!

Xiao Chen immediately dove into the sea after it, retrieving the Storage Ring first thing.

Only then did he calmly survey the battlefield.

Since they weren’t on land, there weren’t really any traces to clean up.

The vast sea would naturally swallow and erase everything.

This was one of the reasons why there were more Tribulation Cultivators at sea.

’A remnant of the Witch Race?’

Xiao Chen looked down at himself. ’Is it because I absorbed the Blood Crystal, or simply because my Qi Blood density is too high?’

He knew, in fact, that the total amount of his Qi Blood was abnormal.

It was several times greater than that of other Cultivators at his level.

’But that alone shouldn’t be enough to identify me as a member of the Witch Race, right?’

Besides, the crucial point was...

Xiao Chen wasn’t a remnant of the Witch Race!

He didn’t have a single drop of Witch Race blood in him. It was a complete misunderstanding.

’Forget it. Why should I care what some idiot thinks?’

Xiao Chen shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it.

If he found a place to start the Refinement of the Storage Ring, he would naturally find the truth.

It was much less trouble than trying to talk to a riddler.

「Six hours later.」

On a deserted island, Xiao Chen frowned deeply. "How is this possible?"

The Storage Ring left behind by the Bronze Masked Cultivator had an unusually complex Restriction on it.

It was almost twice as complex as any other Storage Ring.

It was, without a doubt, the most troublesome one he had ever encountered.

But if that was all, it would have just been a matter of spending more time.

However, after Xiao Chen had spent four hours focused on studying it and had finally managed to break the Restriction...

...he found that the one-zhang-square storage space inside was completely empty. There was nothing there.

’It makes no sense for it to be empty!’

But the problem was, no matter how Xiao Chen probed it with his Divine Sense...

...the Storage Ring in his hand was utterly empty. He couldn’t see a thing inside.

There were now two possibilities.

First, the Bronze Masked Cultivator was an idiot who didn’t use his Storage Ring for storage, but simply as a Sword Scabbard.

Logically, this possibility wasn’t very high.

But considering his actions, it couldn’t be entirely ruled out that he was just a madman.

Second, there was something wrong with the Storage Ring itself.

It likely held some hidden secret.

’Could it be that I opened it the wrong way?’

Xiao Chen studied it again, but he couldn’t figure anything out.

He didn’t know much about Artifact Refining, and even less when it came to Storage Rings specifically.

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