CHAPTER 721: CHAPTER 718: THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOUL CONDENSING TOWER!

Li Chen’s eyes sparkled with intensity as he stared fixedly at the Soul Crystal Light Ball on the stele.

"Dragon Soul, entangle this beast while I seize the treasure!"

After transmitting his message to Dragon Soul, Li Chen, wearing the Unrivaled Immortal Shoes, burst forth like a launched rocket, dashing straight towards the Soul Crystal Light Ball.

The Thunder Jiao, engaged in battle with Dragon Soul, sharply sensed someone trying to steal the treasured item from the Soul Tower, and immediately flew into a rage. From its abdomen, a Thunder Claw emerged and crashed down furiously.

A jolt of shock raced through Li Chen as his figure spun 360 degrees in mid-air, narrowly dodging the attack.

"Boom!"

An explosively deafening sound resonated like the collision of positive and negative ions in a thundercloud.

This strike was very much like Little Dragon’s foolish act, except it was at least ten times more powerful.

Li Chen quickly stabilized his form and launched a counterattack with all his might with a punch.

His punch landed precisely on Thunder Jiao’s weak spot, causing its enormous body to tremble back and forth.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

Dragon Soul, coiled atop the Seven-star Dragon Abyss, activated the Three Thousand Magic Swords, enveloping and attacking Thunder Jiao with a force capable of destroying heaven and earth.

This Three Thousand Sword Spirit Formation, a proud creation of Master Sanchi, could trap and kill Nascent Soul Strong People at its peak. Though a thousand years had passed and its power had waned, it was still not to be underestimated.

With Dragon Soul’s bloodline suppression added to the entrapment by the Three Thousand Sword Spirit Formation, even the fifth-level Soul Beast Thunder Jiao had to deal with it cautiously.

Seizing this moment to catch his breath, Li Chen immediately activated his True Yuan, performing the thirty-six revolutions to awaken the Meteorite Vortex sleeping within his Sea of Consciousness.

Under the drive of Li Chen’s True Yuan, the Meteorite Vortex began to slowly awaken and rotate.

The Spiritual Power nurtured by the Soul Crystal Light Ball on the stele began to flow incessantly into Li Chen’s body.

As the Meteorite Vortex escalated to a Fifteen-level Hurricane, Li Chen felt his body rapidly colliding.

He suddenly opened his mouth wide, akin to a celestial being devouring the moon, and swallowed the Soul Crystal Light Ball in one gulp.

Instantly, Li Chen entered a mysterious and chaotic state.

The Soul Crystal Light Ball, transformed into myriad streams, began to course through his Dantian, nourishing his meridians.

Each expansion of the meridians was a torturous process endured through countless hammerings.

Even the resolute Li Chen found the pain unbearable.

However, that pain soon ceased.

For he had become numb!

Li Chen only felt his body ballooning.

A balloon being rapidly inflated with water.

Suddenly!

His entire body felt as if it was being torn apart, even on the verge of exploding. The primal power transformed from the Soul Crystal Light Ball could no longer be contained, bursting forth from the top of the skull.

Breaking through the bottleneck, advancing to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment!

Seeing Li Chen absorb the treasured Soul Crystal Light Ball he had guarded for a thousand years, Thunder Jiao flew into a towering rage and furiously swung its claw, wrapped in lightning, towards him.

At this moment, Li Chen felt an inexhaustible force within him. Seeing Thunder Jiao’s attack incoming, he didn’t dodge but countered with a punch.

"Just right, let me gauge exactly how powerful this fifth-level Soul Beast is."

"Thunderbolt Fist!"

Li Chen’s fist, as large as a hill, struck directly like a Tomahawk Cruise Missile.

Deprived of the Spiritual Power from the Soul Crystal Light Ball, Thunder Jiao became a water source without origin, a tree without roots, utterly drained of strength.

Under the impact of Li Chen’s punch, the mountainous body of Thunder Jiao trembled violently.

Seeing he could shake Thunder Jiao, exhilaration surged in Li Chen’s heart. He strode forward and shouted urgently towards the Seven-star Dragon Abyss.

"Sword, Come!"

The Dragon Abyss Sword, sensing its master’s call, transformed into a long rainbow and flew straight over.

Li Chen, holding the sword in both hands, resembled a reincarnated Heavenly God, merging man and sword into one, and like a comet striking the moon, he abruptly burst forth.

Thunder Jiao, not to be outdone, wriggled its massive body swiftly with its black scale armor flashing coldly, solidifying into a steel Great Wall.

Its head, like an ancient giant’s full moon bow, snapped open its blood-filled mouth revealing sinister, terrifying fangs, and came charging forward.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The sound of the explosion reverberated through the sky, making the entire land tremble violently in an instant.

County Governor Mansion, the Seven Great Sects, the Four Great Families, as well as numerous disciples, and Loose Cultivators, were all shocked and left dumbfounded by this sudden scene.

"What’s going on, is it an earthquake?"

"Not good, the Soul Condensing Tower can’t withstand such a fierce energy impact, it might collapse, retreat quickly!"

Old Man Jiang was the first to react, his expression drastically changed as he shouted urgently.

Before he could finish, the Soul Condensing Tower, which had stood in the commandery for a thousand years, collapsed with a thunderous noise.

"Ah, the Soul Condensing Tower is collapsing, run, run!"

"Everyone, don’t panic, move back quickly, move back!"

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In no time at all, the whole commandery was in chaos. Everyone’s faces were filled with fear as they scrambled to escape, presenting a scene akin to the end of the world.

The Soul Condensing Tower collapsed towards the southeast direction where the headquarters of East Spirit Pavilion was located. A mountain top, thousands of tile-roofed pavilions, all were flattened in an instant, a sight full of devastation.

Fortunately, the elders and disciples of East Spirit Pavilion, most of whom had come here to see the opening of the Soul Condensing Tower, had luckily escaped this disaster.

Otherwise, after today, the entire East Spirit Pavilion would be completely erased from the Cloud Sea Continent.

Pavilion Master Qi Shan of East Spirit Pavilion, seeing their thousand-year-old sect destroyed in an instant, was completely stupefied.

The other disciples also wore baffled expressions, unable to believe the sudden change before their eyes.

Once the smoke cleared, a young man enveloped in golden light, wielding the Seven-star Divine Sword and looking like a reincarnated Heavenly God, floated above the remnants of the Soul Condensing Tower.

"Li Chen?"

Jiang Tianxing recognized the person and was shocked to the core.

Old Man Jiang, seeing that it wasn’t the core disciple of Cloud Sea Sect, "Chen Li," but the wanted criminal Li Chen, was also dumbfounded.

"Tianxing, what’s going on? Wasn’t it Chen Li, the core disciple of your Cloud Sea Sect who entered the Soul Condensing Tower? How did it turn into Li Chen?"

County Governor Ning Que, Pavilion Master Qi Shan of East Spirit Pavilion, and the leaders of other sects and aristocratic families gathered around, equally bewildered.

Sunx Tiantian remained relatively calm, revealing the mystery.

"I know what’s going on, there’s never been a ’Brother Disciple Chen Li’!"

Jiang Tianxing, completely astonished, further inquired, "Junior Sister Sunx, are you saying that ’Brother Disciple Chen Li’ was Li Chen in disguise?"

Sunx Tiantian nodded and said, "Yes, that’s the only possibility!"

As the conversation between Sunx Tiantian and Jiang Tianxing reached the ears of Ning Que, Old Man Jiang, Qi Shan, and the others, all were stunned and looked at each other in disbelief.

All this time, they had treated a fraudster as an esteemed guest, presenting various valuable gifts with both hands in flattery.

Image being spread would probably make others laugh until their teeth fell out. It might even stop them from ever holding their heads high again on the Cloud Sea Continent.

The manager of Heavenly Pride Tower, Manager Hong, was so shocked that his eyes nearly fell out, his body slightly trembling as he repeatedly muttered, "Five million, five million, my five million..."

"Damn it, attack, seize him and kill him!"

The first to act was the County Governor Ning Que.

Their Ningling County wholly relied on this Soul Condensing Tower. Now that it had been brought down by a fraudster, how could he not be furious?

However, the most furious was not him but Jiang Tianxing.

He had initially planned, once "Chen Li" emerged from the Soul Condensing Tower, to have him help capture and kill the villain Li Chen, completing the task assigned by his master.

Now, it seemed, his previous thoughts were ridiculously laughable. The entire process, he had been played like a monkey by Li Chen.

The leaders and elders from East Spirit Pavilion, Seven Great Sects, and Four Great Families also wore angry expressions.

"How dare he play us, capture and kill the villain Li Chen!"

"Capture and kill the villain Li Chen, capture and kill the villain Li Chen!"

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