The duel between Chen Yu and Wu Xu was so formidable that it alarmed everyone nearby.
The Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest allows disciples to spar privately, but actually fighting within the nest is rare.
The sounds of combat quickly attracted a crowd.
"Itâs Chen Yu!"
"It must be Chen Yu who stole cultivation resources from Wu Xuâs cave and now is even assaulting Wu Xu, truly arrogant."
Many Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest disciples showed hatred upon seeing Chen Yu.
Recently, many of them had suffered from Chen Yuâs "interference."
"Chen Yu, it was you who disrupted my breakthrough earlier, causing me to fail almost completely."
A burly man roared furiously.
He had failed in his attempt to break through to a new realm days ago, his foundation was damaged, and he fell into a coma, only waking today.
"Brother Wu, letâs join forces and teach him a lesson."
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The burly man charged out, his whole body blazing with golden flames, dazzling and hot like the sun.
"Alright!"
Wu Xu got back up, surrounded by a whirl of black flames.
Boom!
As Wu Xu slapped the black stick, the surrounding black flames merged into the mysterious weapon, enlarging the stick several times, shooting rapidly toward Chen Yu.
The burly manâs body was engulfed in golden flames, spewing a dazzling, destructive golden flame beam from his mouth.
"Just you two dare to try and teach me a lesson?"
Chen Yu raised his brows.
Wu Xuâs strength was considerable, his cultivation at the peak of the Star Condensation Realm, but the burly man was merely at the late stage of Star Condensation, adding nothing to the dynamics of the fight.
Boom hiss!
Chen Yu swung the White Tiger Sacred Claw, gently tearing through the void, five powerful platinum streaks of light blocking both of their combined attacks.
In an instant, the burly manâs attack was shattered by Chen Yu, and Wu Xuâs black stick was sent flying.
Swish!
Chen Yu soared into the air, extending a finger towards the burly man.
Refined primordial power accompanied by mighty strength transformed into a finger-thick platinum beam, piercing through the burly man.
Poof!
A smooth blood hole was left in the opponentâs chest, with blood gushing forth.
Dealing with the late stage of Star Condensation, Chen Yu refrained from casually using the White Tiger Sacred Claw, as an accidental kill would be problematic.
Next, Chen Yu charged towards Wu Xu, using the perfected White Tiger Sky Splitting Claw, and in just three attacks, severely wounded him, forcing him to yield.
In less than three breaths, the battle ended.
The two Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest disciples who ambushed Chen Yu suffered a humiliating defeat on the spot.
This scene stirred more anger among the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest disciples.
"This guy is too arrogant, this is the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, how can we allow him to openly insult us."
"Letâs all attack him together, teach him a lesson."
Various Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest disciples stepped forward, intending to make a move against Chen Yu.
During the recent newcomer disciple exchange event, Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest suffered a humiliating defeat, losing face completely, and they wouldnât let Chen Yu further humiliate them.
"What are all of you doing?"
At this moment, a cold, angry shout was heard from a distance.
Soon, several disciples dressed in special attire strode over.
"Law Enforcement Team."
Faces of the disciples grew solemn.
Chen Yu had visited the Law Enforcement Hall before and recognized the members of the Law Enforcement Team.
"Law Enforcement Lord, I was just cultivating here when I was unreasonably ambushed by others, now they even want to gang up on me, fortunately, you arrived quickly, otherwise I would have no choice but to go to the Law Enforcement Hall to lodge a complaint afterward."
Chen Yu stepped forward quickly and spoke.
On the other side, Wu Xu, who was preparing to complain, was taken aback by Chen Yuâs intervention, listening to Chen Yuâs words, he was left completely stunned, almost fuming with anger.
"Oh?"
The members of the Law Enforcement Team looked at Chen Yu, and their eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Recently, Chen Yu was involved at the Law Enforcement Hall, even Zhu Cangyan wasnât his match, his subordinate Shi Yao being imprisoned.
Unexpectedly, todayâs chaos was again linked to Chen Yu.
The Law Enforcement Team scanned the scene and could tell that indeed many of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest disciples intended to take action against Chen Yu.
Though private sparring is not forbidden, such malign brawling is certainly prohibited.
Moreover, since Chen Yu is a disciple of the Human Raceâs Heavenly Martial Sect, if he were to be mobbed at the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, they couldnât justify it to the Heavenly Martial Sect.
"Law Enforcement Lord, itâs not like that, Chen Yu disturbed our cultivation first."
Wu Xu suddenly spoke, determined not to let Chen Yu turn black into white.
"Disturb your cultivation, did I step into your cave territory?"
Chen Yu asked with a smile.
Wu Xu was momentarily speechless, unable to respond.
"Without entering the cave, you still interfered with my cultivation..."
Even Wu Xu felt his words were a bit far-fetched.
Moreover, Chen Yu being able to steal the primordial Qi inside their caves from outside truly defied expectations, and without any clear evidence, as long as Chen Yu didnât admit, the truth couldnât be verified.
This is precisely why Chen Yu dared to disrupt othersâ cultivation.
The Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest was hostile towards him, so he didnât need to be kind.
In this world, the strong prey on the weak, the path of cultivation is one of competition, of plunder. Constantly seizing cultivation resources to use them for oneself.
The Law Enforcement personnel eventually spoke: "Alright, this matter ends here."
"Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest strictly prohibits gang fights, furthermore, Chen Yu, you must not cultivate outside othersâ caves in the future."
The Law Enforcement personnel made a ruling.
To a certain extent, the judgment was still aimed at Chen Yu.
Wu Xu, although dissatisfied with the Law Enforcement Teamâs ruling, was powerless, glaring at Chen Yu: "Chen Yu, donât show up outside my cave in the future, or else youâll be disturbing my cultivation, and Iâll report you to the Law Enforcement Hall."
The crowd gradually dispersed.
After returning to his residence, Chen Yu continued cultivating.
His cultivation realm was nearing the late stage of Star Condensation Realm, aiming for a breakthrough soon.
But with the cultivation conditions of his own cave dwelling, itâs truly a bit difficult; otherwise, he wouldnât have resorted to stealing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from othersâ dwellings.
Currently, the Law Enforcement Team had even forbidden Chen Yu from cultivating outside othersâ cave dwellings.
"But will that really stop me?"
Chen Yuâs lips curled up, revealing a faint mischievous smile.
After midnight, Chen Yu finished cultivating.
"Itâs time for you to come in handy."
Chen Yu took out the "Hidden Star Clothes" from his storage space.
The moment he donned the Mountain Crossing Concealing Star Robe, his figure suddenly vanished.
Chen Yu walked out of his cave dwelling, heading once more to the southern region to find a suitable place to cultivate.
"I still think itâs more comfortable here."
Chen Yu arrived again outside of Wu Xuâs cave dwelling.
With his current cultivation realm, combined with the triple half-space Profound Meaning, even a Four-star King approaching would find it difficult to detect Chen Yu.
On the other hand, it was nighttime now, and the concealing effect of the Hidden Star Clothes was greatly enhanced!
Inside the cave dwelling, Wu Xu was healing his wounds.
"Damn it, that bastardâs strength is so strong, Iâm completely no match for him."
As Wu Xu healed, he continuously cursed Chen Yu in his heart.
"However, this is the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, and there are plenty of people here who want to see you embarrassed."
Today he had gone to see Zhu Cangyan.
But Zhu Cangyan, having lost the "Hidden Star Clothes," was grounded by his grandfather and couldnât leave his cave dwelling for the time being.
Zhu Cangyan proclaimed that once he was free, he would make Chen Yu regret it for life.
Wu Xu also looked forward to the day that promise would be fulfilled.
Just as he was fantasizing about this, Wu Xu suddenly found that Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi inside the cave dwelling was decreasing.
"Could that kid have come again? Heâs asking for death!"
Wu Xu merged his spiritual sense into the array, observing the situation outside the cave dwelling, but he did not see Chen Yu.
It was bizarre; could it be that the underground Primordial Stone vein was insufficient, leading to the weakening of Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi?
But after a moment, Wu Xu dismissed this thought.
"Damn, itâs Chen Yu, it has to be him."
The situation of the Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi being stolen was identical to before, so Wu Xu was sure it was Chen Yuâs trick.
Yet the outside of his cave dwelling was empty, so how did Chen Yu steal the Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi from inside? It seemed impossible.
"Chen Yu, come out!"
Wu Xu flew out of the chamber, inspected inside and outside three times, but couldnât find a trace of Chen Yu!
That night, Wu Xuâs mind was unsettled; he became somewhat deranged.
But come dawn, the Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi inside the cave dwelling returned to normal, which puzzled Wu Xu even more. Was everything last night just his illusion?
Yet when night fell, the Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi decreased again.
"What on earth is going on? What the hell is happening?"
Wu Xu roared within the cave dwelling.
The surroundings of the cave dwelling were empty, yet the Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi vanished for no reason. Now, the cultivation efficiency inside his cave was estimated to be inferior to Chen Yuâs No. 95 cave dwelling in the north region.
For three days, Chen Yu cultivated outside Wu Xuâs cave, and Wu Xu was tormented for three days.
In the ensuing days, similar occurrences happened to other caves, startling many disciples, yet no one could ascertain the reason.
Chen Yu, with the Hidden Star Clothes, acted only at night, coming and going without a trace, and no one could catch him.
But everyone was convinced it was all Chen Yuâs doing, though there was no tangible evidence.
This phenomenon lasted nearly two months until a disciple finally lodged a complaint with the Law Enforcement Hall.
They could no longer tolerate it; even without evidence, they had to report it to the Law Enforcement Hall, hoping something might be discovered to prove Chen Yuâs crimes.
Chen Yu was unaware of all this.
After two months of rigorous cultivation, he finally reached a bottleneck in his cultivation.
He entered a secluded room to begin a closed-door session, aiming to break through to the Late Stage Star Condensation.
The Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi inside the cave dwelling was insufficient and was quickly absorbed, so Chen Yu directly took out a hundred thousand top-grade yuan stones, absorbing the Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi within the stones.
One day passed, and the hundred thousand top-grade yuan stones were exhausted.
But to break through to the Late Stage Star Condensation, he still needed more.
At this moment, Chen Yu took out an elixir from the Light Silver Crystal Space.
This Spirit Pill was the size of a babyâs fist, smooth and round, emitting a faint light, and one could sense the tremendous energy within.
This was precisely the "Star Pill," bestowed by the Sky Martial Sect Master.
This Star Pill was of extremely high quality, having significant effects even on Four-star Kings. It was precisely because of it that Chen Yu had full confidence in breaking through to the Late Stage Star Condensation Realm!
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"Law Enforcement Lord, we can be sure that Chen Yu is interfering with our cultivation."
"Itâs just that Chen Yu is too cunning, and we donât know what method heâs using. We ask the lords to seek out the evidence."
A team moved towards outside Chen Yuâs cave dwelling.
"Rest assured, the Law Enforcement Team will thoroughly investigate this matter and give you justice."
Beside the Law Enforcement Team, Zhu Cangyan spoke with a cold arrogance.
Confined for two months, he had just been released a few days prior.
Others didnât know how Chen Yu stealthily stole the Heaven and Earthâs Primordial Qi, but Zhu Cangyan knewâit had to be the Hidden Star Clothes!
This time, he was determined to severely punish Chen Yu and reclaim the Hidden Star Clothes.
Quickly, the Law Enforcement Team along with numerous disciples arrived outside Chen Yuâs cave dwelling.
"Chen Yu, come out."
One member of the Law Enforcement shouted loudly.
But there was not a hint of movement from inside Chen Yuâs cave dwelling.
Zhu Cangyan sensed something was off. After carefully sensing, he discovered the subtlety inside Chen Yuâs cave dwelling.
"Heâs breaking through!"
Zhu Cangyan was shocked inside.
Chen Yu, even at the Mid-stage Star Condensation Peak, possessed strength comparable to a Four-star King, so if he broke through, to what extent would his strength increase?
"He absolutely cannot be allowed to successfully break through to the Late Stage Star Condensation."
Zhu Cangyan steeled his resolve and made a decision.