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As Meng Tian's voice fell, the disciples of the Linghu Sect behind him immediately spread out, and the next moment, a blue formation pattern appeared under their feet.

Immediately afterward, Meng Tian took out some spirit stones from his pocket and tossed them onto the key points of the formation, causing the pattern to emit an even stronger blue light.

The reason for their confidence was that they were equipped with enough spirit stones, they had ample spiritual power, and with the enhancement of the formation, how could a Celestial with so little spiritual power possibly be their opponent.

Lu Chen did not act immediately, he wanted to see what the Linghu Sect's formation was really like.

A moment later, a huge blue fox illusion appeared in the sky.

The fox illusion exerted a tremendous sense of oppression, making breathing feel difficult.

Seeing Lu Chen intimidated on the spot by the fox illusion, Meng Tian laughed and said, "Sum Emperor, you really are foolish, not only coming to us on your own but even revealing your identity as a disciple of the Ten Thousand Immortal Sect!"

If Lu Chen had not revealed his identity and continued to pretend to be Mu Hongguang, they would not have dared to act against him.

Even if the Sum Emperor reverted to his original appearance and admitted he was the Sum Emperor, Meng Tian might have tried to entice him.

But the Sum Emperor actually just admitted he was a disciple of the Ten Thousand Immortal Sect, so there was no need to be polite anymore.

The Linghu Sect and the Ten Thousand Immortal Sect were already competitors, how could they possibly concede the Tianchen Continent to a rival, thus this Sum Emperor must die.

At this moment, in the eyes of Meng Tian and the other disciples of the Linghu Sect, Lu Chen was already a dead man.

Upon hearing their words, Lu Chen did not feel scared, instead, a smile appeared on his face.

Right then, Lu Chen took out the Slayer Spear.

At the sight of the Slayer Spear, Meng Tian and the disciples of the Linghu Sect froze in place.

They did not know what kind of spiritual artifact the Slayer Spear was, but they could judge the quality of the Slayer Spear just by its spiritual pressure.

On their sect leader of the Linghu Sect, there was also a spiritual artifact that emitted the same spiritual pressure, and that artifact was an Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact.

At that moment, a disciple exclaimed, "Earth... Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact! It's an Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact!"

"How is this possible!"

"How could the Ten Thousand Immortal Sect possibly entrust an Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact to a disciple!"

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For a moment, the people of the Linghu Sect were thrown into panic, and even the formation in the sky began to show signs of instability.

They were acutely aware of the horror of an Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact; it was rumored that their sect leader of the Linghu Sect could hold his ground in the Misty World precisely because he possessed an Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact.

Logically, an Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact, the kind of treasure that a Sect would keep as their most valued possession, should not be entrusted to a disciple—the disciples of the Linghu Sect were baffled.

Just as the disciples of the Linghu Sect were in a daze, greed appeared in Meng Tian's eyes.

That was an Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact after all!

With that Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact, once he made his breakthrough to the Celestial Realm, he might even possess the power to contend with someone in the Genesis Realm.

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As long as he obtained this Spiritual Artifact, he would have a lifesaving trump card.

As for whether the disciples of the Linghu Sect would inform their Sect Leader about his possession of an Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact, there was no need to consider that—once he had taken the Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact from the hands of the Sum Emperor, he would immediately use it to deal with these people.

As the only survivor, no one would know what had happened here, and no one would know that he had obtained an Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact.

When Meng Tian snapped back to reality, he immediately shouted loudly, "Everyone, don't be afraid. Even if he has an Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact, he can't unleash its full power."

Hearing Meng Tian's words, the disciples of the Linghu Sect instantly came to their senses. Right, the Sum Emperor in this world couldn't absorb enough Spiritual Energy, so how could he fully unleash the power of an Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact.

Meng Tian's words immediately revitalized the confidence of the disciples of the Linghu Sect.

The next moment, the disciples of the Linghu Sect worked together to control the Linghu Illusion in the sky to attack Lu Chen.

The Linghu Illusion opened its mouth and spat out blue flames directly at Lu Chen, who didn't dodge. He raised the Slayer Spear and channeled Spiritual Power into it.

Just as the flames spat out by the Linghu Illusion were about to make contact with Lu Chen's body, he suddenly pulled the trigger. The next moment, a blue beam of light shot out from the Slayer Spear, colliding directly with the blue flames.

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When the blue beam of light met the blue flames, an explosion immediately ensued, and dust was thrown up everywhere, obscuring everything around them.

After a while, the formation of the Linghu Sect was still in place, and the Linghu Illusion in the sky hadn't disappeared.

Meng Tian sneered and said, "You really think that having an Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact makes you invincible? Ridiculous!"

As he spoke, Meng Tian released his Spiritual Power, attempting to locate the position of the Slayer Spear. However, just then, another beam of light shot from a distance, but this time it was golden and aimed directly at Meng Tian and the others beneath the Linghu Illusion. And this time, the beam of light had turned golden.

Sensing the danger, Meng Tian shouted, "Not good!"

Meng Tian hastily tried to manipulate their grand formation to have the Linghu Illusion block the golden beam of light, but the beam was too fast. They were a step too late,

The next moment, the golden beam pierced through Meng Tian's body and instantly spread out, causing the other disciples of the Linghu Sect who came into contact with the golden light to dissipate instantly.

When the dust settled, Lu Chen came to the place where Meng Tian had vanished and looked at the Spirit Stones on the ground.

The attack from the Slayer Spear had destroyed their physical bodies and clothes, leaving only the Spirit Stones behind. At that moment, there were roughly twenty or so Spirit Stones on the ground.

Although they were all Inferior Spirit Stones, they were still very useful to Lu Chen. After all, the world's Spiritual Energy had not yet recovered, and he would need these Spirit Stones to deal with the invaders from the Misty World.

Lu Chen waved his hand, and all the Spirit Stones flew into his palm. Looking at the Spirit Stones in his hand, Lu Chen smiled faintly, not expecting such a significant gain.

These people were probably just the advance team sent by the Linghu Sect to gather intelligence on Great Sum. Most Linghu Sect disciples were still in Black Dragon City, and those people likely had quite a few Spirit Stones on them.

With that thought, Lu Chen was immediately tempted by the idea of heading to Black Dragon City.

After a quick clean-up, Lu Chen returned to Yan County.

Just as he reached the entrance to Yan County, not yet to the Imperial Palace, a female guard hurriedly came up to Lu Chen and said, "Your Majesty, an Honorable from Mysterious Moon Palace has arrived."

Yun Xianxian had previously helped Lu Chen resolve the issue of the rebellion from the various forces and had gone straight back to Mysterious Moon Palace. She likely hadn't expected to return to Yan County so soon.

Hearing the news that Yun Xianxian had come to Yan County, Lu Chen immediately guessed that she must have sensed the situation in the Misty World, and that was why she was in a rush to find him.

Without any hesitation, Lu Chen performed a Shadow Shifting technique and instantly returned to the Imperial Palace.

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