NOVEL NEXT Chapter 689 - 379 Chen Sheng Seems to Have Died
Chapter 689: Chapter 379 Chen Sheng Seems to Have Died
“You Ren!”
The light that burst forth was reflected in the pupils.
As the alarm bells in his mind clanged wildly, Lie Yan immediately reacted.
“Understood.”
The words had barely left his mouth.
When You Ren already provided an answer.
The two men had been Martial Gods for many years, their understanding and coordination with each other already perfect.
You Ren’s shadow at his feet twisted and spread out like the tide in all directions.
In an instant,
it had already covered the surroundings.
Next second.
The shadow rose from the ground like a gaping maw, engulfing everyone around.
Their figures disappeared from sight.
At the same time.
Lie Yan also cut off the pendant’s sensing function, causing the light to dissipate.
From the onset of change,
it was merely a moment’s effort.
You Ren had already coordinated with Lie Yan to complete the concealment.
The speed could not be said to be slow.
“Keep calm.”
“Let’s observe the situation first.”
The voice echoed in everyone’s minds.
While speaking,
Lie Yan’s calm gaze swept around, trying to detect any trace of the enemy or the source of the anomaly.
Hmm?
Upon closer inspection,
Lie Yan quickly perceived something was amiss.
Looking around,
on the ground five hundred meters away from the group,
what should have been an empty scorched earth now showed visible distortions in the air.
And during the time Lie Yan was watching, the degree of distortion was intensifying.
This was not simply a reaction caused by high temperatures, but something more severe.
It seemed as if someone or something had already been lurking in that area, slowly revealing its form.
And until now,
Lie Yan still couldn’t sense their aura.
“Everyone.”
“Prepare for battle.”
As the solemn words resounded,
gazing around, Lie Yan’s frown deepened.
The distortion spread like a plague, incessantly.
It had already taken over all directions, leaving no gaps.
If it was the enemy… a battle would be hard to avoid.
Therefore,
Lie Yan ordered everyone to prepare for combat.
“If a battle ensues,”
“Chen Sheng, you and I will take the lead in the fight.”
“You Ren, Shi Jian, Qing He, you three stand by to support at any time.”
“If the number of enemies is too great or they are too powerful, then retreating will only be possible with your help.”
At this point,
his gaze particularly fixed on Qing He and Shi Jian.
“I know you both have your own thoughts,”
“but whether to save your own life or to save others,”
“facing such circumstances, where the law collapses and the enemy hides in darkness, it’s not something you can do alone.”
“If you don’t want it all to be for nothing, you must maintain team cooperation.”
Upon hearing this,
Qing He and Shi Jian felt the weight of the warning gaze upon them, and couldn’t help but feel solemn.
“Understood.”
After they responded,
Lie Yan nodded slightly.
“Chen Sheng, any problems?”
“Of course there are.”
“Alright, then I—huh?”
Lie Yan was halfway through his sentence when he realized something was off, looking at Chen Sheng with a look of astonishment.
He hadn’t expected that Chen Sheng, who had always maintained a cooperative attitude, would suddenly express dissent at this time.
Just as he was about to ask why,
he saw a meaningful smile on Chen Sheng’s face.
“You Four Great Martial Divines of the Spiritual Martial World, you really know how to bully people.”
“Just because I’m an outsider, I have to fight life and death battles with you?”
“While those three useless fools get to hide in the shadows without a care?”
Even though they were concealed,
the conversation was being transmitted directly through their minds.
Therefore,
these words immediately provoked angry stares from the others.
“You motherfucker, a nobody from a remote corner—”
Shi Jian was the first unable to hold back.
Even in the shadows,
the thunder light that flashed in his eyes was clear to see.
If not for the imminent enemy, he probably would have already lashed out at Chen Sheng.
Even Qing He,
looked on with disgust.
Initially, she had no ill feelings towards this so-called “honored guest,” merely indifferent due to his lack of strength.
But now,
the words Chen Sheng had spoken,
had profoundly soured her impression of him.
‘This Breakthrough Limit from the Low Martial World, not only is he arrogantly presumptuous, but he also lacks any measure of magnanimity.’
‘Compared to Aotian… the difference is like night and day.’
‘I wonder how Aotian is doing now…’
The sudden illumination of the token,
likely meant it had fallen into enemy hands.
With furrowed brows,
thinking of her beloved,
Qing He held her heart with both hands, her expression worried as she gazed into the distance.
In an instant, she put other matters aside and began to worry about Long Aotian’s safety.
As for Chen Sheng?
On this journey,
Qing He believed that the Spiritual Martial King must have provided Lie Yan with an abundance of magical treasures and techniques to cope with any situation.
Reliance on an outsider like Chen Sheng, whose origins were unknown and whose strength wasn’t all that impressive, was pure folly.
If such a person harbored discontent, it was simply a matter of casting him out.
They, The Four Great Martial Divines, weren’t to the point of being unable to function without him.
“Chen Sheng, you—”
Compared to Qing He and Shi Jian, who already had a low opinion of Chen Sheng,
Lie Yan’s first reaction was confusion.
Although he hadn’t known Chen Sheng for long, the Chen Sheng he had seen before didn’t seem like someone who would say such things.
Even if he was showing his true colors, there should be a trigger, right?
They had just faced a dangerous situation, and now he seemed in a rush to split up the team.
Rather than showing true colors, it seemed more like….
!!
Lie Yan’s perception brushed past Chen Sheng’s body.
It was only a subconscious act.
But it was this action that made him acutely aware of something amiss.
The “Chen Sheng” before him bore a new aura that wasn’t present before.
That was… the aura of a subordinate!