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"Li Jiu?" Ye Chen squinted his eyes, and his face revealed a look of heaviness, he did not think that Li Jiu would actually catch up to him, "You clearly know that the Eight Legged Bladelike Chi isn't dead, but you still want your disciple to die. Li Jiu, you really are the eldest senior brother of the Profound Spirit Sect."

"Humph, I said I want you dead!" Li Jiu's face turned gloomy, obviously Ye Chen said that he was weak.

"It must be because of my Profound Artifact inner armor. If you have the ability, come and get it." Ye Chen pointed his spear straight at Li Jiu, his face revealing a look of disdain, the sea of flames around him churned, transforming into Vicious Beast s that rushed towards Li Jiu.

"I hope you can still say that after a while." Li Jiu's mouth revealed a cold smile. Compared to Ye Chen, his dignified late stage Profound Spirit Stage cultivation was an entire realm stronger. He did not expect to be ridiculed by a Spirit Insight Stage, but he was extremely surprised in his heart: "My mood was actually led by a Spirit Insight Stage brat."

Seeing the profound Vicious Beast of the fire coming at him, Li Jiu slashed his sword through the air, causing the temperature in all four directions to drop. The dense green forest instantly became layers of ice, and waves of cold air came out.

"Profound Mysteries of Ice?" Ye Chen's face sank, his comprehension of the Fire Mysteries had just broke through the transformation realm, he did not expect Li Jiu to have comprehended to such a level.

In order to become a Refiner, a majority of cultivators in the cultivation world had to comprehend the mysteries of fire. Due to the fact that ice and fire countered fire, many cultivators of the same cultivation realm were no match for him, let alone Ye Chen who was merely in the Spirit Insight Stage Realm.

Each of the mysterious Vicious Beast s were instantly frozen by the countless of black ice. With a series of crackling sounds, the Vicious Beast s were instantly turned to dust, and Li Jiu's sword pierced towards Ye Chen at an extremely fast speed.

Ye Chen was shocked, Li Jiu's power was beyond his knowledge, with one move he had broken the profound mystery of fire that he had just comprehended. He wanted to make the Xiao Feng take action, but he forcefully suppressed the thought that he could only rely on himself for everything, what if the Xiao Feng was not by his side one day, and he met an opponent that was even stronger than him?

"My comprehension of the profound mysteries definitely cannot compare to his, and I do not even have a Spiritual Skill. If you want to defeat him, you can only rely on the Spiritual Fire of Heaven And Earth and the Profound Artifact set." A thought flashed through Ye Chen's mind. He was very clear about the difference between him and Li Jiu, if they were to face a direct opponent, they would definitely not be a match for Li Jiu!

Thinking about this, Ye Chen turned and sped towards the depths of the forest. With the protection of the forest, he was simply unable to display his advantage in speed of Profound Spirit Stage.

However, what Ye Chen did not expect was that a large piece of trees behind him were instantly frozen and exploded into ice, and countless ice cubes turned into sharp blades that struck towards him.

Ding ding dang dang ~

Sparks shot out from the Starfall Inner Armor, the strong impact caused Ye Chen's blood to boil. Luckily, the ice blocks were unable to break through the defense of the Starfall Inner Armor.

"You are ruthless." Ye Chen clenched his teeth, his footsteps becoming faster and faster.

The Xiao Feng on his shoulder was ready to move. Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Now is not the time for you to attack, I will defeat him."

"Squeak squeak ~" The Xiao Feng waved its claws, showing a provocative look, looking very unfazed.

"Kid, you can't run away." Li Jiu, who was in hot pursuit, angrily shouted. The sound of a forest collapsing could be heard from time to time.

The distance between the two was getting closer and closer. Ye Chen was shuttling through the forest like a ghost, without any signs of stopping. His body was not stained with even a single blade of grass.

After almost two hours, Ye Chen stopped in his tracks, stopped at the top of a large tree, and quietly waited for the figure in the distance.

"What? You're not running anymore?" Li Jiu laughed coldly. He was burning with anger, he did not think that Ye Chen's ability to escape would be so strong, to the point where even he, who was in the late stage of Profound Spirit Stage, felt that he was inferior.

"That's far enough from Zhu Feng. That should be enough." Ye Chen laughed faintly, his expression suddenly turning cold as countless fire lotuses appeared out of thin air.

"Meteorite Flaming Lotus!"

Following Ye Chen's shout, countless fire lotuses turned into streaks of light and shot towards Li Jiu, as if they were shooting stars that streaked across the sky, an extremely spectacular sight.

"The Desolation of Ice!" Li Jiu struck out with his palm, causing cold air to surge violently in the air. A world of ice spread out in front of Li Jiu, blocking countless fire lotus meteors in the sky as the space rumbled.

"Rumble …"

All of a sudden, countless fire lotus meteors exploded. Pieces of ice exploded, turning into endless showers of ice that engulfed the surroundings, filling the entire space.

"This isn't the Profound Mysteries of Fire!" Li Jiu's expression changed as he incredulously said, his comprehension of the profound mysteries had already broken through to the materialization realm, and was actually evenly matched with a single Spirit Insight Stage?

"Is that so?" Ye Chen laughed sinisterly, "Now is the true beginning."

Just as he finished speaking, the endless fire lotuses that had previously exploded once again gathered together and formed into a huge blue fire lotus not far from Li Jiu. Not far from Li Jiu, the blue fire lotus circulated with a warm glow, but the aura it emitted made Li Jiu's face instantly turn pale.

"Want to run?" Too late! "Explode!" Ye Chen's face turned cold, and with a sudden soft shout, the thirty meter tall blue lotus suddenly exploded, and a rolling sea of flames turned into a huge fire dragon that rushed straight towards Li Jiu.

"Icy Iron Wall!" Li Jiu shouted as he reached out with his hand. A wall of ice more than 100 feet wide appeared between him and the fire dragon. When the wall of ice collided with the fire dragon, countless cracks appeared.

"Ho … That's all you can do. Now, you can die." Li Jiu faintly smiled, but his pupils suddenly shrunk as he saw a gigantic fire dragon grow larger in his eyes. The fire dragon was incomparably sinister and directly pierced through the ice wall as it charged over.

Puff ~

A large amount of blood rained down. One of Li Jiu's arm was torn off by the Fire Dragon's claw, and everything happened in a split-second. Following that, a sound similar to a pig being slaughtered resounded through the forest.

Li Jiu wished he could eat Ye Chen's flesh and drink Ye Chen's blood. However, his rationality had defeated his senses, so the Spirit Insight Stage brat in front of him was extremely strange. He was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

"Xiao Feng, come back." Ye Chen half knelt on the ground, he gasped for breath, and immediately called for Xiao Feng to stop the pursuit of Li Jiu. At the moment, he was extremely weak, the last strike had exhausted all of his strength.

"The profound mysteries and the Azure Moon Flame have yet to merge into one, and controlling the Meteorite Flaming Lotus is still rather difficult. I was able to free myself from it with a single attack. Fortunately, he managed to escape fast." Ye Chen's face revealed a bitter smile, he looked at the direction Li Jiu left, his eyes flashed a cold light: "Li Jiu, I'll give you a lesson for now, Spirit Insight Stage is not to be trifled with!"

Finished speaking, Ye Chen sat cross legged on the spot and started to recover, the Xiao Feng stood guard beside him, constantly watching his surroundings.

Li Jiu grabbed onto his severed arm and escaped quickly, his face extremely pale. His entire body was brimming with killing intent, and after flying for half an incense stick of time, he stopped, looked coldly in Ye Chen's direction and said: "Brat, if I do not avenge this grudge, I, Li Jiu, am not a human. As long as you enter Tianlan City, I will find you no matter where you are!"