The Divine Urban Physician Chapter 3539: The Motive Behind It (Sixth Update)
Previously on The Divine Urban Physician...
Xuanyuan Moxie remains valuable to Xuan Jiyue! Countless enigmas still await unraveling!
"Boom!"
A devastating, matchless force erupted outward. Right then, Xuan Jiyue totally brushed aside Ren Feifan’s prior caution and boldly thrust herself into the Divine Kingdom’s conflicts, diving straight into the fight pitting Ye Chen against Xuanyuan Moxie!
Xuan Jiyue’s might proved utterly fearsome. Throwing caution to the wind, she unleashed her assault abruptly, her savage energy promptly ripping apart the Divine Kingdom’s heavens while boundless Emperor’s Aura rained down.
Just as Ye Chen’s blade stabbed into Xuanyuan Moxie, boundless energy wrapped around Xuanyuan Moxie, fully halting Ye Chen’s strike.
"Boom!"
A horrifying blast rippled out, making Ye Chen’s arm shake wildly. He nearly dropped the Dust-falling Dragon Subduing Sword from his grasp.
In that instant, Ye Chen’s focus wasn’t on his grip but locked onto the vast, dazzling glow encircling Xuanyuan Moxie. As the Emperor’s Aura expanded, it only stoked Ye Chen’s rage higher!
"Xuan Jiyue!"
Ye Chen knew this energy all too well. It belonged unmistakably to Xuan Jiyue, clearly intended to shield Xuanyuan Moxie!
Ye Chen couldn’t resist glancing skyward, as though peering through the broken firmament to confront Xuan Jiyue fiercely. Yet overhead, only endless shattered voids stretched out.
Right then, Ye Chen’s sword missed slaying Xuanyuan Moxie, and Xuanyuan Moxie shook off his terror of doom. Noticing the glow swirling about him and the Emperor’s Aura unfurling, he couldn’t suppress a manic grin of delight.
"Ye Chen, under the Empress’s safeguard, you can’t end me!"
"Once I ascend to the Upper Realm, I’ll force you to atone for this!"
Xuanyuan Moxie shot Ye Chen a faint smirk, his tone brimming with boundless arrogance and indifference.
Xuanyuan Moxie never imagined that, in his total hopelessness when death seemed certain, Xuan Jiyue would actually rescue him.
At that point, a voice abruptly resounded in Xuanyuan Moxie’s thoughts, resembling crumbling peaks and crumbling cosmos, splitting his skull with agony.
"Xuanyuan Moxie, rush to the Upper Realm right away, I need answers from you. Defy me, and face death!"
As the words faded, the boundless glow cloaking Xuanyuan Moxie weakened slightly. His expression twisted in shock, and he lost all his haughtiness. He hastily withdrew into the passage.
The instant the glow faded, a spark ignited in Ye Chen’s gaze as he struck out fiercely, his sword slicing through to shatter the barrier in a flash.
"Damn it!"
The savage blade edge struck without delay. Xuanyuan Moxie’s limb got cleanly hacked off by Ye Chen, though he barely dodged the fatal blow.
"Ye Chen!"
With his arm lopped off, Xuanyuan Moxie coughed up blood in fury. He inwardly celebrated his narrow escape, almost snared by Ye Chen’s swift move, grateful for his fast reflexes that spared his life.
"I’ll surely end you, mark my words!" Xuanyuan Moxie bellowed in wrath before bolting into the passage.
The ripped passage sealed shut abruptly. Ye Chen watched with icy detachment, opting not to pursue. That last sword thrust had drained his power entirely, his final shot, and any further attempt would prove pointless against Xuan Jiyue’s shield.
Little Gold and the rest fared poorly as well. No matter their fury, it changed nothing, compelling them to watch Xuanyuan Moxie flee.
"That fellow’s luck is insane." Right then, Little Gold approached, clenching his teeth hard, yearning to rip Xuanyuan Moxie to shreds.
"Master, with matters wrapped up here, I ought to depart now."
At that juncture, the blood dragon advanced hesitantly, eyeing the spot where Xuanyuan Moxie vanished before addressing Ye Chen with deep respect.
He understood Xuanyuan Moxie had headed to the Upper Realm or Outer Realm.
The Dragon Valley he called home lay within the Outer Realm.
He needed to probe these events without delay!
Besides, this fight exposed his power’s shortcomings!
He had to grow far stronger to serve his master!
Just like that legendary phantom blood dragon from Jiangnan Province and Huaxia in the past!
He sought to soar beyond the skies and lands!
He couldn’t cower before the Upper Realm’s Empress Xuan Jiyue!
Only thus could he truly stand as Ye Chen’s hidden ace and guardian!
"Go." Ye Chen felt the blood dragon’s seething wrath and urge to unleash it, so he nodded without further words. He realized confining the blood dragon in the Divine Kingdom would limit him too much, hindering his cultivation progress.
The blood dragon wheeled about to depart. Just then, Ji Siqing moved up, her slender fingers suddenly clasping Ye Chen’s hand.
"Don’t dwell on it, he got away this round, but next time death awaits him for sure!" Ji Siqing stated.
"Mm, I get it." Ye Chen looked at Ji Siqing with profound thanks, aware that without her timely arrival, the Netherworld Water might have pulverized him already.
"Fine, I have to go too. After tapping that ancient force, I must hurry and stabilize with incantations, or it’ll harm my core foundation badly."
Ji Siqing let go with reluctance, staring intently at Ye Chen as if etching his form into her soul, then spun away.
With both the blood dragon and Ji Siqing gone, Ye Chen drifted downward gradually, Little Gold sticking close by his side.
Though they’d broken free from the Netherworld Water’s crush, Ye Chen hadn’t claimed it all yet. Gazing at the vast sea of Netherworld Water, the passage to the Samsara Graveyard at his back, veiled in Hongmeng Aura, tugged even more insistently.
Free from combat’s chaos, Ye Chen could concentrate on drawing in the Netherworld Water, hastening its intake to seize it fully and render the Netherworld River vastly more potent.
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Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Moxie lingered in the passage, his features contorted in wrath, glaring at his gushing stump of an arm, his loathing for Ye Chen hitting new heights.
The injury carried the curse of the Destruction Divine Dao’s might.
Mending it wouldn’t come easily! It could even threaten his very foundation!
"Curse you, I’ll repay every shame you’ve heaped on me and turn your existence into endless torment!"
Xuanyuan Moxie howled in savage rage inside the passage, raging until calm finally returned, his visage turning grim as fury’s haze lifted.
Xuanyuan Moxie keenly grasped that Xuan Jiyue had altered the course of the passage he’d torn open.
Xuan Jiyue had aimed the passage’s exit at the Upper Realm, dooming Xuanyuan Moxie to an uncertain destiny there.
"Why would Xuan Jiyue rescue me? To interrogate me on something? Perhaps it’s about the Chong Guang Divine Radiance Palace I hold?" Xuanyuan Moxie pondered, desperate to break free from the passage.