Primordial Emperor

"Liu Yong, you invited me here. For what purpose?" A man clad in a gray robe, wielding a broad heavy sword, looked at Liu Yong and asked coldly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yong said nothing, a jade token suddenly appeared in his hand, which he then tossed towards the gray-robed man.

Seeing this, the gray-robed man caught the jade token thrown by Liu Yong, and his expression immediately changed.

"You're also with the Black Yan Hall?" The gray-robed man's face showed emotion as he looked at Liu Yong and asked.

It must be understood that the gray-robed man's matters with Black Yan Hall were extremely secretive, known to no one.

Similarly, the Liu Family's connection with Black Yan Hall was also a secret, not meant to be exposed under any ordinary circumstances.

Yet now, Liu Yong had actually approached him.

"Lord Hei Xuan's Servant has ordered that at all costs, you must eliminate the Outer Sect Yellow Hall disciple, Lin Chen." Liu Yong looked at the gray-robed man, not wasting words, directly conveying the task.

Upon hearing this, the gray-robed man directly infused the jade token in his hand with spiritual power, causing a black flame emblem to appear on the token, confirming that this token indeed belonged to Lord Hei Xuan's Servant of the Black Yan Hall.

"Ao Guang receives the order!" The gray-robed man responded in a deep voice, then respectfully returned the jade token to Liu Yong.

...

Yellow Hall, Lin Chen's residence.

After a month of cultivation, Lin Chen's divine soul had nearly fully recovered, resulting in a breakthrough in the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique, and even a third soul division.

This month was, of course, a month within the second layer space of the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, while in reality, only a single day had passed outside.

After completing his cultivation, Lin Chen exited the room, intending to take on some tasks to earn contribution value.

After all, having just broken through the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique, Lin Chen needed to adapt to his own power.

Moreover, restoring the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron and illuminating its space star map had exhausted all of Lin Chen's spirit stones and spirit crystals.

Therefore, Lin Chen needed to find a way to take on tasks.

After all, Lin Chen wanted to continue illuminating the star map of the second layer space of the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron.

Leaving Yellow Hall, Lin Chen headed toward the Deacon Hall, where tasks could be accepted.

Lin Chen had walked a distance from Yellow Hall and had just passed through a dense forest when his expression changed, and he stopped in his tracks.

Buzz—

Suddenly, Lin Chen sensed an unusual energy wave emanating from the surrounding space, his expression immediately changing.

Because the energy was actually spatial power, Lin Chen quickly noticed that the space for ten miles around had been sealed.

"A space-sealing great formation? Whose handiwork is this?"

"No, it's by using talisman inscriptions. It seems whoever came for me is truly willing to spend a lot, such talisman inscriptions are quite valuable," Lin Chen said faintly, his divine soul immediately releasing, searching for the enemy.

With the space by talisman inscriptions cut off, the area within ten miles became a small world, completely imperceptible to the outside world.

Within the space-sealed area, no matter how earth-shattering the battle, the outside world would not notice.

Evidently, the person who orchestrated this was not here to just have a chat with Lin Chen, but to take his life.

Swish—

Suddenly, just as Lin Chen stopped and released his divine sense, an incomparably chilling murderous intent struck from behind him.

Seeing this, Lin Chen's nerves instantly tensed, not daring to be careless, and immediately deployed the Purple Thunder Shield Beam, his figure dodging.

But that gray figure clearly did not want to let Lin Chen off and continued the chase.

Seeing this, Lin Chen promptly used the Wind Technique alongside the Purple Thunder Shield Beam to dodge once more.

After dodging several times, Lin Chen finally widened the distance between him and his opponent, holding a sharp sword as he slashed out, colliding with the attack of the gray figure.

As the two swords clashed, Lin Chen immediately felt an incomparably domineering sword qi force come from his sword.

After the collision of the two powerful forces, both were blasted apart, and Lin Chen then realized that the gray-robed man was a strong practitioner of the Fourth Layer of the Creation Realm.

Such a strong presence sent to kill him, Lin Chen thought to himself that they truly regarded him highly.

Looking at Lin Chen, Ao Guang felt utterly astonished inside.

Before executing the task, Liu Yong had warned him that although Lin Chen's cultivation was only at the Sixth Layer of the Nirvana Realm, his strength was extraordinary, far from an ordinary Nirvana Realm practitioner, and advised him to treat it cautiously.

Moreover, Liu Yong bluntly said he was no match for Lin Chen, as Lin Chen's strength surpassed the Top Ten Heroes.

At that time, Ao Guang had taken Liu Yong's words lightly, thinking Liu Yong was exaggerating the opponent's strength.

After all, a mere Nirvana Realm martial artist, not to mention only at the sixth layer, even at the pinnacle of the Nirvana Realm, he wouldn't have taken them seriously.

However, after just exchanging a single move now, Ao Guang had to admit Lin Chen's formidable strength, stronger than any opponents he had encountered before.

"You're quite impressive, managing to withstand my heavy sword!" Ao Guang looked at Lin Chen and said, somewhat admiringly.

Though he came to kill Lin Chen, he had to admit, Lin Chen's swordsmanship was formidable. After all, among those who practiced sword, few could rival the heavy sword in his hand, and Lin Chen was one of them.

Moreover, Lin Chen's cultivation was only at the Sixth Layer of the Nirvana Realm. If Lin Chen's cultivation equaled his own, wouldn't that mean total domination over him?

The most crucial aspect was that in the recent sword clash, Ao Guang felt injured, while Lin Chen was also wounded, but undoubtedly less severely.

In the recent bout, Ao Guang clearly sensed Lin Chen's physical prowess surpassed his own.

Looking at Lin Chen, Ao Guang immediately took him seriously, not daring to underestimate him further.

Lin Chen looked at Ao Guang, especially focusing on the heavy sword in his opponent's hand.

It must be said, this person's swordsmanship was one of the strongest in mastery that Lin Chen had encountered thus far.

The gray-robed man's cultivation was at the Fourth Layer of the Nirvana Realm, but his actual strength far surpassed that level.

If Lin Chen hadn't broken through the Three Purities Soul Drawing Technique, with his divine sense incredibly sharp, he wouldn't have been able to detect the gray-robed man's earlier attack, likely resulting in him being skewered by the opponent's sneak attack.

Looking at the gray-robed man, Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, feeling a sense of hidden dread, as the man before him had come with unmistakable lethal intent.