My gorgeous wife Chapter 2177 - 2145: The Most Miserable Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate in History

"You’re courting death!!" Venerable Lann Luo roared, his Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate Cultivation Aura erupting in full, like a berserk Ferocious Beast, charging straight at Li Chen and the others.

The violent aura seemed as if it were about to overturn heaven and earth themselves.

Don’t be fooled just because Cain had slapped Venerable Lann Luo half to death with a single palm.

At the end of the day, he was still a powerhouse at the Rank of Heavenly Venerable, a Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate. In the current Four Realms, where even the Palm Realm and True Realm rarely showed themselves anymore, he was still among the absolute top tier of experts.

Though he had never gone to the Four Realms battlefield, and his strength had yet to be tested there, in any case, being able to cross the venerable tribulation of the Nine Heavens and become a Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate was proof enough of his strength—far from simple.

Back in the day, when he and Konggu Venerable were still both Eighth-Rank Heavenly Sovereigns, Konggu Venerable had been utterly no match for him.

"This old bastard actually broke through?" Sensing the aura of a Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate from Venerable Lann Luo, Konggu Venerable felt his scalp go numb; but after glancing at Li Chen beside him, he finally relaxed.

What a joke—five Ninth-Order existences had all been hung up and beaten by just this man’s alter ego. Now that his true body was here, so what if another Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate showed up?

Seeing Venerable Lann Luo unleash a killer move without a word, Li Chen couldn’t help but frown slightly.

He didn’t particularly care, but the aura of this Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate was simply too violent; before Lann Luo even got close, Cang Ku’s face had already gone pale, and his disciple Xiao Chihan almost fainted on the spot.

"Stop."

Watching Venerable Lann Luo charge over, Li Chen calmly pointed a finger.

This was no simple finger; that one point was one of Li Chen’s powerful Divine Skills.

The Wheel of Space-Time!

In an instant, Venerable Lann Luo, whose injuries had yet to fully heal, fell into layers upon layers of space-time Illusory Realm.

"You know this old timer?" Li Chen frowned and looked toward Konggu Venerable at his side.

"Know him? That’s putting it mildly." Konggu Venerable let out a cold laugh and said, "This old bastard back then was arrogant beyond all reason. Just because we discovered a Spiritual Medicine at the same time and both made a move for it, that old turtle-bastard chased me for a full year. How could I ever forget him?"

"Then tell me, what’s this old man’s background." Li Chen gestured for him to cut the nonsense.

Konggu Venerable hurriedly nodded. "This old guy’s reverent title is Lann Luo. As for his real name, even he probably forgot it long ago. I don’t know much about his origins. But later on, after he became famous, he founded a power called the Heaven Sea Alliance out past the Heartless Sea Overseas. When I entered the Sea Edge Realm, the Heaven Sea Alliance was still under his command."

"Heaven Sea Alliance..." Li Chen suddenly understood; he finally grasped this old man’s identity.

He’d said Li Chen killed his offspring, so that offspring must have been one of those Heaven Sea Alliance people Li Chen beheaded in Yantian City, right?

Given this old man’s status and Cultivation, he was probably that Soul Realm fellow.

An offspring at the Soul Realm being slain—no wonder this old man had gone mad with rage. After all, cultivating a Soul Realm was no easy task.

"Crack, crack!!"

Just then, Venerable Lann Luo finally broke free of the Wheel of Space-Time. His Cultivation erupted at full strength as he roared and charged at Li Chen once more.

Domineering Law Power flooded heaven and earth.

"Little beast, die!! You killed my most favored offspring, so I’ll make sure you don’t even have a chance at Reincarnation. Even your Divine Soul, I’ll erase forever!!" Venerable Lann Luo howled hoarsely.

Konggu Venerable’s eye twitched. This was the Power of a Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate; he couldn’t withstand that.

He barely managed to suppress his urge to flee and cautiously glanced at Li Chen beside him.

"He broke free that fast?" Li Chen was a bit surprised, then nodded slightly. "Seems my Divine Skills still have many areas that can be improved."

With that, Li Chen stretched out both hands, interlacing his ten fingers.

A strange, eerie light shot from between Li Chen’s fingers and fell onto Venerable Lann Luo, whose Defense could not block or disperse that ray no matter what he tried.

"You..."

Venerable Lann Luo clearly heard the series of cracking sounds coming from within his own body.

"Puh!"

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The Divine Skills he had been unleashing were interrupted halfway, and at the same time, he was horrified to discover that all his Power had been completely locked down in that instant by some unknown, terrifying force.

"Since you have a grudge with this guy, I’ll leave him to you." Li Chen looked over at Konggu Venerable. "I’ll give you some time. Do whatever you want; I won’t interfere. Once it’s over, we’ll regroup in Yantian City."

Konggu Venerable froze, then understood—this was Li Chen’s test for him.

Clearly, Li Chen had long been aware of what was in his heart, but had never said it aloud. Now, the time had come to test him.

"I know what I should do." Konggu Venerable nodded with great solemnity.

"Let’s go."

With that, Li Chen opened a space gate and stepped through with Cang Ku and Xiao Chihan.

Only after Li Chen vanished did Konggu Venerable turn to look at Venerable Lann Luo, whose Power was sealed and whose face was filled with panic.

"Konggu, the grudge between us isn’t that deep. There’s really no need to... ah!!!"

Not long after, the unwilling, dying roar of Venerable Lann Luo echoed over this stretch of sea.

"Why... did it all have to turn out like this?!"

"I’m not willing—I hate it!!"

Carrying unwillingness and pent-up resentment, Venerable Lann Luo’s voice finally faded away.

On the spot, Konggu Venerable took a deep breath, and his gaze gradually grew firm.

"Since I’ve made my decision, there’s no need to regret or overthink it. The test isn’t over yet!"

Casting a somewhat sympathetic glance in the direction where Venerable Lann Luo had vanished into smoke, Konggu Venerable murmured, "You’re probably the most miserable Ninth-Order Heavenly Venerate I’ve ever heard of or seen."

...

In another stretch of sea, high above the waves, Li Chen stepped out with Cang Ku and Xiao Chihan.

With a wave of his hand, five corpses appeared before Li Chen.

The five lifeless bodies, their auras gone, were wrapped in a gentle force and slowly sank into the waters of the Heartless Sea.

They descended to the ocean floor, sinking into the deepest layer of seabed soil.

From now on, perhaps no one would ever know that such bodies lay buried here.

"The promise I made to you has been fulfilled." Li Chen spoke quietly in his heart.

"I don’t like it—one could even say I hate it—when promises are not kept. So even though you are people of the Era-Ancient Civilization, I will still carry out what I vowed to do. You are buried in the Starry Universe, buried in the Heartless Sea of the Star Land of Heavenly Might in the Heaven Realm. Though you have no tombstone, no epitaph, and no one knows of you, just as you said, now you can be considered fallen leaves returning to their roots." Li Chen said softly.

"From here, we part forever."

Li Chen no longer looked at the Heartless Sea beneath his feet, but slowly raised his head.

"Not just you. The next time we meet your clansmen, your Civilization, we will still be enemies. We will still fight to the death, perhaps until one side is utterly destroyed."

"May the wars of the future no longer be so cruel."

"May the Flame of Civilization never be extinguished."

Finishing, Li Chen slowly closed his eyes, not wanting the two beside him to see the weariness in his gaze.