Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

A group of people closely followed Wang Chen, returning to Dark Rock Town.

No one wanted to stray from the group, and when they realized Wang Chen was not the type to be lenient without principle, those who had previously raised objections shrank their heads.

When Zhang Dahuhu and others saw their all-too-familiar small town again, their faces changed color.

When they had left, the mist that enshrouded the town had already dispersed.

But now, the entire town was surrounded by a grey mist, and one could barely make out the silhouettes of some buildings.

The grey mist that covered the town seemed to have a life of its own, silently surging, morphing into different shapes, like an Evil Beast baring its fangs and claws, ready to commence its slaughter.

A sinister and evil aura struck everyone's face!

Seeing such a scene, everyone involuntarily stopped in their tracks, their expressions filled with horror.

All eyes turned unanimously toward Wang Chen.

"Stay here,"

Wang Chen said in a deep voice, "Protect yourselves."

Before his words had faded, a streak of Sword Light suddenly soared from him, vanishing from everyone's sight in an instant.

Zhang Dahuhu and the others looked at each other, all secretly praying in their hearts for Wang Chen to successfully rescue the people.

Without this lifeline, they had no future to speak of!

At this moment, Wang Chen was already in the midst of the town.

The evil aura around him had become extremely thick, attempting to penetrate his Body Protection Spiritual Light and seep into his body.

Visibility was also very low, with objects beyond ten steps becoming indistinct.

Wang Chen didn't rush around blindly, he raised his right hand, with his index and middle fingers together forming a sword gesture, and swept them in front of his eyes.

Clarify Technique!

With Mana empowering him, the scene Wang Chen saw changed dramatically.

Every ghostly figure within a hundred steps became instantly visible!

A series of malicious shadows were closing in on Wang Chen from all directions, their long, dark tentacle-like shadows wildly writhing in the air, trying to ensnare his neck and limbs.

"Suppress!"

Wang Chen's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he suddenly slapped out with both hands to his left and right.

Two True Seal Talisman Scripts with the character "Suppress" emerged from his palms simultaneously, magnifying a hundred times in an instant, like two pale golden shields, heavily striking the converging Evil Wraiths.

Mana-infused talismans!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The Evil Wraiths hit by the True Scripts burst like balloons pricked by needles, each collapsing explosively.

[Human Virtue +12], [Human Virtue +10], [Human Virtue +15]...

Rows of information flashed through Wang Chen's vision.

These two pure Mana-formed True Scripts, after flying out a hundred steps and successively destroying dozens of Evil Wraiths, finally lost their power and dissipated into specks of Spiritual Light, leaving no trace.

Clang!

The next moment, the Flying Sword mounted on Wang Chen's back suddenly unsheathed, hurtling forward like lightning.

This Flying Sword was the Wind Thunder Sword that Wang Chen had heavily invested in to upgrade and transform. After infusing it with Thunder Fire Essence and Pure Ding Fire Essence, it not only possessed fire attributes but also greatly amplified fire aspect spells.

Wang Chen renamed this nearly Magical Treasure-grade Spirit Sword to: Red Nether.

As legend goes, Red Nether is a mighty Monster Beast capable of controlling wind thunder and spitting fire.

With the release of the Red Nether Sword, Mana surged, breaking through the air instantly across hundreds of steps. Carrying rolling thunder sounds and intense flames, it pierced through the deep darkness!

"Squeak!"

A shrill scream abruptly rose, carrying endless pain and grievance.

A dim shadow rapidly retreated, disappearing from the town in the blink of an eye.

The mist shrouding the town immediately dissipated.

The clear heavens and earth were restored!

Hum～

The Red Nether Sword flew out, hovering in front of Wang Chen, trembling non-stop and emitting a low hum.

It even had a hint of coquettishness.

Wang Chen couldn't help but laugh silently.

He grasped the full-of-spirit flying sword and sheathed it back in its scabbard.

A second-tier spirit sword belongs to the category of sentient weapons, the level of its spirit depending on the grade and tier.

The Red Nether Sword, being a quasi-magical treasure, possessed a spirituality far surpassing the pre-modified Wind Thunder Sword.

Most importantly, after being reforged, not only was its compatibility with Wang Chen exceptional, but its original spirit was completely erased, eliminating any influence from its previous sword master.

Having acquired this flying sword, Wang Chen had devoted his days and nights to refining and nurturing it, already resonating and bonding with the sword's spirit.

They were capable of simple communication.

However, the newly born sword spirit was quite naive, resembling a mischievous child of a few years.

The sword spirit was clearly not content with having failed to kill the evil wraith in one blow and felt that it had let Wang Chen down, hence the pouting.

Of course, Wang Chen would not blame the Red Nether Sword.

As soon as he entered the town, he sensed the evil wraith lurking in the shadows. As its capabilities were unknown, he had held back some of his power with this probing strike, preventing a full-force attack.

The result was merely injuring the evil wraith, allowing it to flee for its life.

However, intuition told Wang Chen that this was just an appetizer, the truly powerful evil wraiths had yet to appear.

The foe would not rest easily and was bound to strike again with force.

When that time came, the situation would be nothing like it was now!

Wang Chen felt that these evil wraiths clearly intended to claim Dark Rock Town as their evil nest, and they were only the vanguard.

A great calamity was rising, monsters abounded!

Wang Chen's gaze followed the direction in which the evil wraith had escaped, feeling heavy-hearted.

But there was an even more pressing matter at hand, leaving him no time to waste.

"West Sea Sect's specially commissioned Exorcist, Wang Chen, has been dispatched by the Sect to eradicate the evil wraiths..."

Wang Chen stimulated his mana to float three feet above the ground, and then declared loudly towards the desolate town, "If you want to live, come out immediately and follow me, I will wait no more than a moment!"

He infused his voice with mana so it could penetrate thick layers of earth and reach the villagers hidden in bunkers.

It was only a moment before several figures appeared amongst the nearby buildings.

They peeked out cautiously and, upon seeing Wang Chen hovering in the air, all showed expressions of excitement and relief.

"Immortal Master, it's really an Immortal Master from the West Sea Sect!"

"We are saved!"

"This is wonderful!"

As time passed, more and more villagers emerged from their houses.

The streets of the town suddenly buzzed with activity.

The truth was, not all these villagers were like Zhang Dahuhu and others who couldn't bear to part with their possessions or their homeland.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Many were afraid that leaving the town would be even more dangerous and decided to stay, hoping against hope for rescue.

And their wait paid off!

These people were indeed very lucky.

Had it not been for Wang Chen passing by and noticing the situation, rushing to mount a rescue, no matter how well they had hidden, they would have been slaughtered by the evil wraiths eventually, with no chance of escape!

In just a short time, hundreds of villagers had gathered around Wang Chen.

"Let's go."

Noticing the crowd was sufficient and that the time he had given was up, Wang Chen immediately flew towards the outskirts of the town.

The villagers hurriedly followed, each wishing they could grow an extra leg.

Even the white-haired elders were running for their lives with all their might.

When there's a chance to live, who would choose to die?

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The first update is here.