Published: December 29, 2024
"Hmph, you think you can leave so easily? Temporal Divine Ability!"
Qin Chen's gaze turned cold as he merged the Temporal Divine Ability with the Origin Divine Ability, launching another attack.
The invisible power of time interfered with the divine ability within the Shen Zhao Mirror.
"Not good, it's that special power again."
The Blood God Holy Son felt his scalp tingle, and in his panic, his eyes darted to Tong Hu and the others from Tianshan Mansion nearby. In a hurry, he launched a Blood Sun Divine Palm, sending countless scarlet rays surging and transforming into a massive blood-colored hand that blasted Tong Hu and his companions away from the special power of the Shen Zhao Mirror.
"Blood God Holy Son, you..." Tong Hu and the others were furious and wanted to respond, but it was too late. "Ah!" Tong Hu screamed as the group of experts were struck by Qin Chen's Temporal and Origin Divine Abilities, immediately crying out in agony as their bodies split open, blood spraying into the air.
Yet the Blood God Holy Son remained unmoved. Seizing the time gained from sacrificing Tong Hu and others, he led the remaining experts of Blood Sun Mansion and Ren Wang Mansion into the Shen Zhao Mirror. The mirror trembled violently and then vanished into the void at incomparable speed.
"What a pity."
Qin Chen watched the receding Shen Zhao Mirror but did not attempt to capture it, sighing inwardly at the missed opportunity.
The Blood God Holy Son was indeed ruthless. At the critical moment, he sacrificed the experts of Tianshan Mansion to buy himself time to escape. Coupled with the special power of faith within the Shen Zhao Mirror, unless Qin Chen utilized the Myriad World Demon Tree or activated the time origin to unleash the terrifying devouring power of the Heaven and Earth Creation Jade Disc, it was impossible to trap the Shen Zhao Mirror.
Otherwise, relying solely on the Time Law, it was difficult to hold the opponent, as Qin Chen's cultivation was too low. The Time Law he displayed, although formidable, was not enough to capture a Saint Master's treasure.
Even if this Saint Master's treasure currently resembled an empty shell, a Saint Master's treasure is still a Saint Master's treasure, thousands of times stronger than a Heavenly Saint treasure, difficult for even peak overlords to destroy.
Fortunately, now that the spiritual energy within the Shen Zhao Mirror had completely dissipated, it could not exert its past power. Otherwise, Qin Chen would have been forced to fight desperately, unable to resist without unleashing treasures like the Myriad World Demon Tree.
"Hmph, who would have thought that the Shen Zhao Holy Son actually obtained his ancient inheritance? But it's fine. He's only at the mid-stage peak of a Heavenly Saint and likely in the process of breaking through to the overlord realm. Even if he does break through, it’s far from enough to restore the full power of the Shen Zhao Mirror."
Qin Chen's eyes flickered. To repair a Saint Master's treasure, unless the Shen Zhao Holy Son reached the cultivation of a Saint Master, he wouldn’t be able to truly restore it.
Didn't Qin Chen have several Saint Master's treasures within him? Yet he had never used them because they were nourishing and gradually recovering. With Qin Chen's current cultivation, not even reaching mid-stage Heavenly Saint, he couldn’t wield them. Even if he forced them, he couldn’t unleash their true power.
"The priority is to first break through to the giant realm, rather than to chase down the Blood God Holy Son and Shen Zhao Holy Son, or risk exposing all my cards for them. Once I break through, these two will eventually become my prey. The higher their cultivation, the more treasures they have, the greater my future gains."
Qin Chen squinted his eyes, coldly smiling, calculating in his heart. He understood the weight of priorities.
As long as he found a high-grade Heavenly Saint vein, he could break through to the mid-stage Heavenly Saint realm. In fact, he might not even need a high-grade Heavenly Saint vein to break through, given that a half-step overlord expert, the Ren Wang Holy Son, was sealed within him.