Published: January 8, 2025
Seeing Qin Chen anxiously urging the spatial rules to rush towards Hell Mountain, Ji Xinyi felt a mix of shock and fear. Her body trembled with fright as she weakly reminded him, “You’re insane, truly insane. Doesn’t he fear dying in this chaos rift?”
“Shut up, just point the way for me. You’re not in a position to speak here,” Qin Chen snapped, slapping Ji Xinyi across the face. The force of the blow left her cheek swollen and blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Ji Xinyi was filled with shame and anger, tears brimming in her eyes, yet she didn’t dare utter a word. Instead, she glared at Qin Chen with intense resentment, wishing she could tear him apart.
As a saintess of the Ji Family, the daughter of the head of the family, she had never endured such humiliation or hardship before.
However, in this moment, she was like a fish on the cutting board, forced to endure. Her heart screamed wildly that if she ever found a way to escape, she would definitely flay Qin Chen alive, pull out his tendons, crush his bones, and scatter his ashes.
Though Qin Chen was reckless, he wasn’t foolish. He was well aware that the depths of the Ji Family were extremely dangerous. Therefore, as he moved, the Heavenly Emperor Armor was already activated, enveloping his body.
While the Ji Family’s chaos ancient formation rarely inflicted harm on him, Qin Chen remained vigilant and wouldn’t take any risks.
He wouldn’t find himself in danger without rescuing Ruyue and Ji Wuxue first.
He shot a glance at Ji Xinyi, who was glaring at him with hatred, and couldn’t help but smirk. Ji Xinyi was just pretending to be a good person; it was laughable.
Although Ji Xinyi was a woman, Qin Chen didn’t regard her as one. Typically, women as pure and stunning as Ji Xinyi could easily garner sympathy from most people when they feigned a pitiful demeanor.
But Qin Chen was unmoved. He had already seen through Ji Xinyi’s true nature during the matchmaking competition, where she incited Ouyang Chen to help her, knowing full well that Ouyang Chen was no match for him, yet letting him face death on her behalf.
The only reason he was still keeping Ji Xinyi around was that he needed her to show him the way. If she insisted on courting death, Qin Chen wouldn’t mind granting her wish.
Suddenly, a chaos rift appeared in the void and struck Qin Chen’s shoulder.
Boom! Qin Chen was immediately sent flying but quickly regained his composure, leaving without looking back. Amazingly, he sustained no injuries, leaving Ji Xinyi, who was being dragged along, shivering in fear and stunned.
She knew all too well how terrifying the chaos rifts in the Ancient Realm were. Even a heaven venerable expert would be gravely injured if hit, yet Qin Chen emerged unscathed, which only heightened her fear.
What kind of monster is he?
Qin Chen continued to fly wildly.
Occasionally, he was struck by several terrifying chaos rifts, most of which were blocked by his Heavenly Emperor Armor. Some were absorbed by the Primordial Ancestral Dragon and Blood River Saint Ancestor, causing him no harm whatsoever.
To Qin Chen, the chaos rifts that would give a heaven venerable expert a headache or even cause them to fall were hardly something to be afraid of.
With such frantic movements, Qin Chen quickly passed the back of the Ji Family estate. In just half a stick of incense's time, he arrived at the location of the Ji Family’s Hell Mountain.
Before him stood a somewhat desolate peak. As Qin Chen approached, he felt a cold aura wrap around him, sending a chill down his spine.
“This is the location of the Ji Family’s Hell Mountain. Stop!”
At that moment, two icy voices rang out, and two powerful figures radiating the aura of Peak Earth Venerable appeared swiftly before Qin Chen.
They were the elders guarding Hell Mountain for the Ji Family.
Hell Mountain was a forbidden area for the Ji Family, used for punishing criminals. Thus, guarding its entrance were merely two Peak Earth Venerable experts, who were not highly regarded within the family.