Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate - Chapter 460

Chapter 460: Searching Every Corner

“Ah, well…” Lu Yi scrambled for words. “Spirit jades would make the repair a lot better. Without them, the result won’t be nearly as good.”

Jiang Chen gave a small nod. “Got it.”

“Right. The more spirit jades, the better. Ideally… a hundred and eighty million high-grade ones.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes widened. “What!? That’s eighteen billion low-grade spirit jades! Who in the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star could ever gather that many?”

“Forget it,” Jiang Chen muttered, rolling his eyes. “Just use some natural treasures for a normal repair later.” He yanked Lu Yi by the collar and pulled him along without waiting for an answer.

“Hey, wait!” Lu Yi shouted into the rushing wind, jaw hanging. “I wasn’t finished! Even a smaller amount of spirit jades could still—”

“Enough,” Jiang Chen snapped. “The Purple Crest Immortal Sect and Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace are right behind us. Keep your mouth shut if you want to live.”

“Damn, they’re gaining on us! We need to move—now!” Lu Yi shut his mouth after that, not daring to say anything else that might slow Jiang Chen down.

He spread his divine sense behind them but found nothing—no trace of Sun Xiangyuan or the others.

Fifteen million kilometers, and it’s still useless in a Nirvana Cleansing-level battle. Like fighting blind, he cursed to himself.

I have to break through soon. Nirvana Cleansing realm… I need it, he thought, hunger gnawing at him. But resources were always scarce, and no matter how much his system dangled potential in front of him, he could never fully use it.

Up ahead, Jiang Chen’s thoughts turned darker. Lu Yi just leveled up after another lucky stroke. Time to cut his Heavenly Fate Value down again.

Normally, Heavenly Fate wouldn’t be under this much pressure. The chance of an anomaly showing up is low—but not impossible. If I keep running with Lu Yi, something unexpected will definitely come knocking on my head.

He glanced at Lu Yi. “Have you finished practicing the Cleansing Breath Restraining Aura Precious Art?”

“Not yet. Getting it to Minor Accomplishment in such a short time is already amazing, alright?” Lu Yi shook his head with a helpless look.

“I’ve taken some internal damage. I’ll cover our auras with my secret art for now. You should focus on pushing that technique further.” Jiang Chen’s eyes narrowed with resolve.

“No problem.” Lu Yi gave a quick nod.

With a single thought, Jiang Chen unleashed the aura-concealing power of his Underworld Calamity Indestructible Dao Embryo, wrapping both of them in its shroud.

Ying Luo answered with a low dragon cry and split the void.

In an instant, the two men and one dragon vanished, reappearing ten million kilometers away.

Ying Luo pushed on, teleporting twice more before finally coming to a halt.

Without wasting time, Jiang Chen shot off in another direction. After covering tens of millions of kilometers, he touched down on a quiet mountain peak.

Lu Yi pointed toward a jagged green peak in the distance. “Wait… isn’t that the Jadeite Sky Peak? We’ve already crossed into the territory between the Purple Crest Immortal Sect and the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace.”

“Oh? So we’ve flown halfway across the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star already,” Jiang Chen said, raising a brow. “Still, that’s only half—the whole span is five hundred million kilometers.”

Outwardly calm, he was already planning his next step.

If they kept running, they’d end up right in the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace’s domain.

Everyone knew the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace had the edge over the Purple Crest Immortal Sect when it came to Nirvana Peering realm experts. They had more of them—and that meant more chances for Lu Yi to stumble into another lucky break.

Good. More chances for me to cut down his Heavenly Fate Value, Jiang Chen thought, sneaking a glance at him.

With a flicker of will, he stirred the Earth Dao. The ground split open beneath their feet.

“Let’s go.” He patted Lu Yi’s shoulder and led the way down.

They slipped into a vast underground lava cave, its belly glowing with rolling magma. To them, the molten heat was nothing more than a warm bath.

“I’ll tend to my injuries.” Jiang Chen pulled Ying Luo back into the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed, then sank into stillness with his eyes shut.

Taking the hint, Lu Yi sat cross-legged nearby and threw himself into practicing the Cleansing Breath Restraining Aura Precious Art.

…

Meanwhile, sixty million kilometers away, Sun Xiangyuan realized the tracking marks on Jiang Chen and Lu Yi had gone dead. Rage surged through him. “Damn it! Lost them again!”

“Don’t panic. They can’t have gotten far,” You Shaojun said, trying to steady the mood.

“Think about it. The only one capable of slipping us is Jiang Chen. Lu Yi doesn’t have the means to hide himself. That proves they’re still together—the earlier disturbances were just Jiang Chen’s tricks,” he added.

“Agreed. And there’s no way his concealment art can last forever. If it could, he’d just stay hidden and never show himself,” Lu Tingze said with a nod.

“Then we keep chasing!” Sun Xiangyuan’s eyes flashed with killing intent as he gave the order.

Before long, Sun Xiangyuan and his group reached the spot where Jiang Chen had used his concealment art. They came to a stop.

“Last time, Jiang Chen stayed put after hiding himself. Looks like that technique limits his movement,” You Shaojun said. “That means they should still be close.”

“Exactly. Spread out and search!” Sun Xiangyuan swept his divine sense through the area, combing over every corner, even the ground beneath their feet.

The rest joined in, including Liang Youwen and the other members of the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace. Thirteen Nirvana Cleansing realm powerhouses in total spread their divine senses wide, scouring every inch of the area.

But no matter how hard they searched, Jiang Chen’s hiding place remained out of reach.

“His concealment is monstrous,” Sun Anming muttered, face dark. “Thirteen Nirvana Cleansing realm cultivators searching together, and still nothing.”

“That’s not surprising,” You Shaojun said with a sigh. “Even Lu Tingyun, with an immortal tracking tool nearly at the Void Tribulation level, only managed to find him by burning her life away. What I don’t get is why she’d throw her life away just to track Jiang Chen.”

“It doesn’t make sense,” Lu Tingze admitted, shaking his head. “But forget it. What matters now is catching Jiang Chen and Lu Yi. They can’t hide forever. Sooner or later, they’ll slip.”