Chapter Eight: The Stone Fragment (Finale)

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"So your that bastard who stole my treasure!"

Wang Tai's voice resounded on the huge altar. His voice was visibly attached with furious emotion. After all, he had nearly died from the beast and another person had benefited from his doings. Wang Tai was naturally very angry from this, also seeing that the one who had stolen the treasure was in front of him.

He wanted to pounce towards Lu Chen and rip him to shreds. However, the pressure on the surrounding was pressing his body in the ground, unable to move... And the stone fragment in the center was much more important than killing an insignificant person.

So Wang Tai shift his gaze in the center and concentrate on moving towards the stone fragment. Then after he grabs the stone fragment, he would kill the youth who had appeared behind him.

Lu Chen looked at him and sneered. "So what? My treasure? Are you crazy Wang Tai? I had fetched that treasure with my own two hands. You helping me distract the beast is only a part of helping hand. If you want to have a reward, I can only give you a fart! for helping me."

Currently, Wang Tai was facing the stone fragment in the center. His eyes were focus and beads of sweat appeared on his head. However, when he heard the youth who stole his treasure treat him like a crap! His body gives off dark intent and instantly his face turned red in furious. "You f*cking trash! Just wait, after this, I will kill you!"

Sneering at his threat, Lu Chen walks towards the altar. At the moment, he stepped inside the pressure zone. Lu Chen felt as if a ten thousand jin rock fall on his back, sinking his foot in the ground making him almost kneel down.

However, Lu Chen didn't have to worry about this pressure. Because he was different from the rest! He was a body refining martial artist. Just by activating his cultivation technique he can resist this pressure and might even breakthrough do to the pressure emitted.

Lu Chen's body gives off some invisible thick aura and his body suddenly lightens up in a small margin.

This is the method of activation of the Body Refinement Technique!

At the moment, Lu Chen activated the technique. His dantian spin out crazily and his pressure energy made a small barrier on his surroundings and made him able to resist the pressure zone.

But still, Lu Chen still could feel the intense pressure from this unusual altar. Although he resist kneeling, every time he steps closer to the center. The pressure will automatically gushes towards him violently.

Glancing at Wang Tai who was 40 meters away from the center, Lu Chen gritted his teeth as he took a big stride.

Every step he took, Lu Chen felt the intense and the harshness of the pressure emitted. His body trembled every time he steps, and his pressure energy felt like it was about to dissipate due to the pressure energy the altar erupted.

But Lu Chen didn't hesitate to make another stride, and when he was ten meters away from Wang Tai, the pressure doubled. At the moment, he was five meters away from Wang Tai. The pressure tripled and made him bleed in his mouth, his blood was in chaos and violently trembling up.

Wang Tai felt like he senses someone behind him as he turns his gaze on his back. Then he saw Lu Chen who was five meters away from him, and his expression instantly darkened and killing intent surge from his body. He had never thought that this youth was able to race with him for the stone.

First, he never considers him as his foe that can threaten him. If he was strong then why he didn't appear in front of him and secretly stole the treasure? So thinking of this, Wang Tai naturally look down Lu Chen. However, he was startled that this youth was able to resist the intense pressure that can make a person's blood boil as if it was cooked.

Wang Tai coldly loom at Lu Chen and said with killing intent. "Good! Very Good! You've guts to compete with me! Brat, tell me your name!"

"Hmph! Idiot did this place said only one could get this stone? What a stupid dog. Idiot, remember my name is Lu... Chen!" Lu Chen sneered at him and didn't hesitate to make another step towards the center.

As their distance grew shorter. Wang Tai suddenly stopped as if he remembered something and said. "So it's you! That trash from the outer court!"

Lu Chen didn't stop moving and retorted with a mocking laugh. "Trash? If I'm a trash then why you hadn't able to detect me? Did you mean that a trash is unable to detect a trash like me?"

"What did you say?!" said Wang Tai. His body was trembling with rage as his killing intent surge once more. If he was not inside this damnable place, he will surely torture this trash and cut his tongue.

"I said you're an idiot! Got it?" Lu Chen sneered at him. Then the next moment, Lu Chen clenched his fist and bit his lips as he activated his micro-step.

Swoosh!

Lu Chen suddenly arrived behind Wang Tai as he was not able to react when Lu Chen kick his little brother.

"Ahhh!"

Wang Tai screamed in pain, he rolled over the ground and covered his little brother with two hands as he looked at Lu Chen in hatred, a deep hatred!

He was unable to react at Lu Chen who had suddenly vanished and kicked his balls due to the pressure emitted. He was unable to move his waist or do an excessive amount of movements except a small step. Thus he was unable to evade from his describable kick!

"Haha! Idiot!"

Wang Tai was trembling with rage as he coughed out a mouthful of blood. He never suffered this kind of humiliation on his entire life! He was one of the top outer disciples of the sect. Yet, a trash that had been crippled had ridiculed him at the point he coughed out a fresh blood? Fortunately, there was no one who had witnessed this humiliation or else he could not erase this deep embarrassment on his heart!

Lu Chen bend his knees and patted his shoulder as he whispered. "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Wang!" Then laughed as Lu Chen continue to step closer in the fragment.

At the moment, Lu Chen devil whisper on his ears. Wang Tai spat another mouthful of blood and was knocked out unconscious. He was truly angry at the point he was knocked out unconscious!

Lu Chen didn't give Wang Tai another glance. Although it was the best time to kill Wang Tai. He was unable to kill him at all! Due to his thick spiritual energy who's covering his body like a protection.

When martial artists step into Pathfinder, they are able to condense spiritual energy and convert them into their bodies and control them as if they were their own. Also, when a martial artist reaches the peak of Pathfinder. He can also released his spiritual energy in high-degree of control and made it protects the body to danger. For example, Wang Tai who was knocked out unconscious yet the spiritual energy on his surroundings didn't dissipate. Thus this made Lu Chen unable to do anything to him much less kill him. However, if Lu Chen could break the Spiritual Energy, then only that he can kill Wang Tai. As for the problem, Lu Chen didn't have enough strength to break Wang Tai's spiritual energy with his weak strength.

So, Lu Chen had no other choice but to only grab the fragment and leave directly before Wang Tai wake up from his slumber. Or else he will die on his hands!

Lu Chen's body was heavy as if he was lifting a mountain on his hands. His body was trembling violently as his bone was about to crash due to the pressure. However, something unexpected occurred. His pressure energy had suddenly undergone a bizarre condition and become much warmer and thick.

"Th-this... Is spiritual energy?!?!"

Lu Chen was stunned because this was the sign of Spiritual Energy conversion! His pressure energy had undergone a massive change and was slowly transformed into spiritual energy. He felt like his body had gone lighter compared to while ago he entered this pressure zone.

He never speculated that he was able to condense spiritual energy with his peak martial seeker(third layer of body refining) This was an unexpected gain from him! He only assumes that he perhaps able to breakthrough another realm. However, he guessed wrong and condensed spiritual energy.

"Ding!... Host 'Lu Chen' had successfully transformed pressure energy into spiritual energy. Congratulations to the player!"

A mechanical voice suddenly sounded on his head, and Lu Chen felt that his body has gone sturdier and much lighter.

Lu Chen's spiritual energy had covered his entire body and made the pressure zone's energy nullified it and made him now able to stand up.

[Luck is truly in my side, haha!]

With his micro-step, Lu Chen instantly crossed over and appeared in the center.

Lu Chen's micro-step had also made small improvements and due to the aid of his spiritual energy. His speed increased significantly. Lu Chen scans the surrounding, and when he senses their nothing strange on the fragment. He took it and put it on his treasure pouch and directly launched outside.

However, Lu Chen stopped at Wang Tai and loosen out a punch.

Peng!

A loud sound echoed by the explosive punch. However, Wang Tai's spiritual protection didn't shatter even the slightest bit. So Lu Chen could only smile helplessly as he directly vanished from the altar.

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This title is also associated with, 'A shocking change!'