Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 120 The Powerful Chen Ru

Although Ji Tianhe's expression remained relatively calm, he was already horrified. Judging from the spiritual pressure released by the other party just now, their cultivation level was far superior to his.

Although he was not the most outstanding disciple of the Wentian Sect, he was not comparable to the ordinary core disciples.

Previously, he would never have believed that anyone below the Foundation Establishment stage could surpass him in cultivation by so much, not even the top three disciples of the Wentian Sect.

"This person's cultivation level is probably not much worse than that of a Foundation Establishment stage expert," Ji Tianhe thought to himself.

"But she's not a Foundation Establishment cultivator after all! Besides, she has a burden on her body..." Ji Tianhe's eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt more confident.

"Who exactly is this fellow Daoist from the Qixia Sect? With your extraordinary talent, you can't be an unknown person, or someone hiding your true identity, can you?" Ji Tianhe took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.

"You're not worthy to know my name," Chen Ru said with a cold laugh, showing no politeness whatsoever.

Ji Tianhe paused upon hearing this, his expression shifting between light and shadow. After a long while, he suddenly laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist's strength is indeed considerable, and I admit that your cultivation is above all of us. However, cultivation level does not entirely represent combat power. Besides, there are more of us..."

"Enough! What exactly do you want to say?" Chen Ru sensed something was wrong, her pretty face turned cold, and she shouted sharply.

"What I'm trying to say is, even if you are incredibly strong and unafraid of us, it's unlikely you can protect Elder Du right under our noses."

Ji Tianhe glanced casually at Du Fan, a mocking expression on his face, and said slowly.

"You dare! Elder Du is not only an elder of our Qixia Sect, but also a retainer of the Seven Star Merchant Alliance. He has offended two transcendent forces at the same time. Can you, a mere disciple of the Wentian Sect, bear the consequences?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ru flew into a rage, her eyebrows furrowing as she shouted sharply.

"What's there to be afraid of? Others may be wary of the Seven Star Merchant Alliance, but do you think we, the people of the Heavenly Inquiry Sect, would care about it?"

After Ji Tianhe finished speaking, a sharp light suddenly shot out from his eyes. He abruptly raised his arm and pointed at Du Fan without warning. A dazzling golden light shot out and went straight for Du Fan. It arrived in an instant.

"You!" Chen Ru was naturally shocked and furious at the sight, but she was quick to act. With a sudden wave of her hand, a red palm about a foot in size appeared. After rolling and solidifying in the center, it collided with the golden light that shot towards her.

A loud "boom" suddenly rang out.

The next moment, the golden light dissipated, but the red palm trembled slightly a few times before hovering steadily in mid-air, blocking Du Fan's way.

Upon seeing this, Ji Tianhe's pupils suddenly contracted. Although the golden light was not his full-force attack due to the haste, it still possessed seventy or eighty percent of its power. He never expected that the woman opposite him would block it so easily. How could he not be shocked?

Just then, Du Fan managed to take out a few talismans. Before he could even use them, the task was already finished. Seeing this, he was first stunned, then gave a wry smile, shook his head, put away the talismans, and took out the silver sword weapon.

It's obvious that without Chen Ru, not to mention how effective Du Fan's stack of talismans would be, they would probably have been reduced to ashes before he could even use them.

"Fair Daoist, you have skillful methods, but you blocked one for this kid once, can you block it a second time? You can block one of me, can you block all of us?"

"All disciples of the Wentian Sect, heed my command! Use swift and decisive measures to capture Du Fan!"

Ji Tianhe shouted loudly, and with a flick of his wrist, he grabbed a golden spear. At the same time, he made hand seals with his other hand and chanted incantations. In an instant, the spear in his hand shone brightly with golden light, and a powerful magical energy wave emanated from it.

Upon hearing this, the other six disciples of the Wentian Sect flashed with a fierce light in their eyes, and they all took out their respective magical weapons and began to unleash their strongest attack techniques.

A moment later, various colored spiritual lights appeared as if they were real, emerging from the magical weapons in the hands of the seven people from the Wentian Sect. With a flick of their arms, they transformed into the magical light of seven weapons: knives, forks, swords, halberds, spears, clubs, and axes, which roared straight toward Du Fan.

A cold glint flashed in Chen Ru's eyes. Without saying a word, she swung the crimson magic weapon in her hand. Immediately, six sword shadows of different colors—orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—appeared in the void in front of her.

She took a deep breath, suddenly raised her other arm, and gently pushed forward. The six sword shadows and the crimson palm from before met the seven beams of magic light opposite her with a delicate shout.

This time, Du Fan's reaction wasn't too slow. With a flick of his wrist and a wave of his magic weapon, the Level 2 Water Shadow Sword suddenly took shape. With another forceful flick forward, a deep blue longsword followed closely behind Chen Ru's seven-colored sword shadow and shot forward.

In an instant, a series of earth-shattering roars resounded, countless spiritual lights flashed violently, and at the same time, the void twisted, forming a vortex of magical power, with a deafening sound.

Du Fan's level-two Water Shadow Sword spell, enhanced by magical weapons, shattered and vanished completely before it even reached the vortex of magical power, under the terrifying aftershocks of that power.

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The commotion could be heard far and wide. The other disciples of the elite team sensed something at the same time, their expressions changed drastically, and they put down what they were doing and rushed towards the source of the sound.

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Hundreds of miles away, the disciples of the Yandang Sect were busily gathering various spiritual flowers and herbs, seemingly oblivious to the earth-shattering commotion they had just witnessed.

However, Pang Yuan, who had just put away a spiritual fruit, suddenly changed his expression, looked in one direction, and muttered with lingering fear, "Luckily, I didn't get involved... I was wise..."

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Holding the magic weapon, Du Fan stared in horror at the scene before him.

At this moment, cold sweat was already on his face. He was still shaken and stunned by Chen Ru's supernatural power. He clearly saw that Chen Ru could simultaneously unleash seven-colored spiritual light. So, what kind of spiritual root did she have... seven-element spiritual root?

It's fortunate that Du Fan still had the leisure to consider these useless questions at this time; if it weren't for Chen Ru, he wouldn't even know how he died...

After the attack, the seven disciples of the Wentian Sect retreated in unison, their eyes filled with extreme fear as they looked at the woman opposite them, their faces showing disbelief.

Of the seven, three disciples immediately coughed up blood and looked dejected, while two others trembled all over and could barely hold their magical weapons.

Ji Tianhe and another disciple fared slightly better, only taking two steps back, but their faces were ashen, veins bulging on their foreheads, and their chests heaving, clearly indicating that they were not entirely unharmed.

Du Fan then noticed that Chen Ru's hands were trembling slightly, her face was paler than before, and there was a sickly flush on her cheeks.

He understood perfectly well that although Chen Ru had blocked all of the opponent's attacks and inflicted considerable damage on them, she herself must have also suffered serious internal injuries.

Come to think of it, they were all beings of the same level. One against seven, even if Chen Ru was exceptionally talented and had extraordinary cultivation, she couldn't possibly have survived unscathed in that situation.

"You are... Chen Ru! As expected of a cultivator with a light spiritual root that is rare even in a thousand years, seeing you today, I can see that your reputation is well-deserved. I admire you! I never expected that the Qixia Sect would send you to participate in the affairs of Hundred Flowers Valley."

Ji Tianhe stared at the woman opposite him for a long time before taking a deep breath and speaking. His expression revealed a deep sense of apprehension, and his face turned extremely ugly.

"Light Spirit Root?" Du Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he glanced at the woman out of the corner of his eye.

"Since you know it's me, why are you still fighting?" Chen Ru's gaze was icy as she raised her chin and spoke arrogantly.

"I'll say it again: we are no match for you, but you can't protect Du Fan either!" Ji Tianhe stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

"I dare not lie to Fellow Daoist Chen, my original plan was to capture Elder Du of your sect and use him as a hostage to obtain the spiritual herbs that your Qixia Sect has collected."

However, since Fellow Daoist Chen is here in person, I can make a concession and hand over half of what you two obtained from Hundred Flowers Valley, so that we can report back to the sect after we leave the valley. In return, we will no longer make things difficult for Elder Du.

"And for the remaining half day, our two sects will each search for spiritual treasures, and from then on, we will live in peace, shall we?"

Before Chen Ru could say anything, Ji Tianhe smiled slightly and changed the subject, saying this.

"Half? Fellow Daoist Ji, are you overthinking this?" Du Fan sneered, and casually took a step closer to Chen Ru, their bodies almost touching.

However, at this moment, Chen Ru was naturally focused on the people opposite her and did not pay any attention to Du Fan's behavior.

"What? Elder Du means... not to give it?" Ji Tianhe frowned upon hearing this and said in a sinister voice, while taking a step forward, as if he was ready to make a move at any moment.

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that half is too much, at most 20%!" Du Fan suddenly smiled and said.

Chen Ru, who had been glaring angrily to the side, was utterly astonished upon hearing this. She abruptly turned her head, her beautiful eyes widening as she stared at Du Fan, who was standing right in front of her, with an expression of disbelief.

In her opinion, Du Fan's love for spiritual herbs had reached an outrageous level, and he was not someone who would easily compromise. Could it be that this mysterious Elder Du had changed his nature?

However, the next moment, Chen Ru's expression suddenly changed, because someone was gesturing something on her back. After a moment's thought, she realized that it was a character. Without guessing, it was naturally a little trick secretly done by Du Fan.

"Twenty percent? Elder Du, do you think we're beggars? Since Elder Du is willing to cooperate, then we'll compromise and say forty percent! Any less and there's no point in talking anymore. We don't have enough time in Hundred Flowers Valley to waste like this."

(I finished this chapter early today, but I have some errands to run. The next chapter might be a little later, but I'll definitely upload it today. Thank you!)