Wherever it passed, heads were pierced clean through.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen bandits fell to the ground, lifeless.
These people were all at the Blood Transformation Realm.
Zhu Chen didn't even bother to engage them properly—his Extreme Mirror Divine Sense was enough to instantly erase them.
"A bunch of trash," Zhu Chen muttered coldly as he withdrew his hand.
"And they dare touch my woman?"
Behind him, Huo Ling'er instantly flushed red.
"You—scoundrel!" she snapped.
"What did you just say?! Who's your woman? I never said I was your woman!"
She raised her jade-like arm and swung it toward him.
Zhu Chen didn't dodge.
He let her light fist land on his chest, then smirked.
"It's bound to happen sooner or later. You've been with me for over two months already. I bet your father thinks you've eloped with me."
At the mention of her father, Huo Ling'er froze.
After a brief silence, she suddenly spoke in a serious tone,
"Zhu Chen… we've been away for a long time. Shouldn't we go back? Otherwise, my father will really start worrying."
Zhu Chen shrugged casually.
"Alright. Once we're done here, we'll return to the Fire Kingdom."
Stone Village was pleasant—but it was not his home.
He had already obtained the Primal True Explanation, the inheritance of the Supreme Hall, and the True Phoenix Treasure Technique bestowed by Liu Shen.
This journey had yielded far more than he had ever expected.
It was time to leave.
The Fire Kingdom was where the ancient Vermilion Bird had fallen, a land overflowing with the densest fire spiritual energy in the Lower Realm.
For cultivators focused on fire-attribute techniques, it was the ideal place to cultivate.
"You little brat—how dare you kill my men? Are you tired of living?"
A deep, furious voice suddenly rang out.
From the dense forest nearby, a burly one-eyed man slowly stepped forward.
"Finally willing to show yourself?"
Zhu Chen looked at him with a faint smile.
"I thought you planned to hide until we left."
He had noticed this man's presence long ago.
The reason he hadn't exposed him was simply to see how long the man would keep hiding.
"Zhu Chen," Huo Ling'er whispered, leaning closer.
"This man is the leader of these bandits. He's already at the Cave Heaven Realm. Be careful."
Zhu Chen smiled faintly.
"What's there to be afraid of? I'm also at the Cave Heaven Realm."
"Hahaha!"
The bandit leader burst into laughter.
"How arrogant! A newcomer like you dares claim to be a Cave Heaven Realm cultivator?"
"Just because you have a powerful treasure doesn't mean you can contend with a true Cave Heaven cultivator!"
"I'll show you what the Cave Heaven Realm really is!"
As he spoke, he clenched his fists and directly manifested his Cave Heaven.
A terrifying aura instantly spread across the forest.
Cave Heaven Realm cultivators could directly absorb the essence of heaven and earth, comprehend Dao talismans, and nurture treasures and runes within their Cave Heaven.
Their strength far surpassed that of Blood Transformation cultivators.
Even someone like Huo Ling'er—already at the late Blood Transformation Realm and possessing both the Vermilion Bird and Suanni Treasure Techniques—still found it difficult to contend with Cave Heaven cultivators.
Crossing realms to fight was something only true monsters could achieve.
After all, not everyone was the Desolate Heaven Emperor.
If Stone Village had sent ordinary reinforcements, this bandit leader alone would have been enough to wipe them out.
Unfortunately for him—
He had met Zhu Chen.
"Originally, killing someone like you would've been effortless," Zhu Chen said calmly, divine light gradually blooming around his body.
"But since you're so eager, I'll let you see what a real Cave Heaven looks like."
One after another, blood-red Cave Heaven halos appeared behind him.
Radiant divine halos bloomed from his back, engulfed in boundless brilliance.
"One… two… five?!"
The bandit leader's face turned deathly pale.
"You—you opened five grotto-heavens?!"
His arrogance vanished completely, replaced by raw fear.
His body trembled uncontrollably.
He had never imagined that the brat standing before him had already opened five Cave Heavens—
And that each of them radiated terrifying crimson divine light, far surpassing his own.
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