Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 965: Defeating the Invaders (Part 1)

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Wang Chen looked up at the sound and scanned the sky.

He saw a black hawk darting across the sky at a high speed, disappearing in the blink of an eye amidst the vast mountains.

This scene would normally seem ordinary, but Wang Chen knew very well that someone was using this hawk to surveil his movements!

He had felt watched earlier, and now his target was confirmed.

What was bound to come would come eventually!

Yet, Wang Chen didn’t stop, he continued riding the Yellow Fatty Horse along the Heavenly Road.

The mountain road was desolate, with dense forests on both sides, devoid of any human activity.

Many bandits lurked in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, often attacking those on the Heavenly Road, so except for the very few who were skilled and bold enough to travel alone, merchants and travelers always moved in large groups.

Ahead, the road took a turn, revealing a long plank walkway before Wang Chen.

The Heavenly Road had many such walkways built by craftsmen who hammered stout logs into cliff faces, with a precipice below and guardrails on the outside, but a slight misstep could lead to a perilous fall. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Therefore, it was extremely dangerous.

When Wang Chen spurred his horse onto this walkway, that eagle appeared once again!

Although the bird did not call out, it couldn’t escape Wang Chen’s keen perception.

Here it came!

He had only advanced about a hundred steps on the walkway when suddenly, a booming collision sound came from above, and huge rolling stones accompanied by countless gravel descended from the sky.

On a narrow plank walkway, such an attack was extremely dangerous!

However, Wang Chen was prepared. He squeezed his legs against the horse’s belly, and the Yellow Fatty Horse immediately sped up, charging forward.

At the same time, Wang Chen reached out and drew a dark-gold long spear.

The Soul Severing Spear!

This high-tier Mysterious Weapon was his spoils of war from slaying Huang Jue, the fifth-tier Martial Ancestor of the Hidden Dragon Hall. Its quality level was much higher than the Qiling Spear without the Demon-Slaying Spearhead attached, and it weighed three times as much as the latter.

Without significant strength, one could not wield this all-metal spear.

But for Wang Chen, who had advanced to the sixth tier, the Soul Severing Spear could be wielded with ease, even if it were several times heavier!

Holding the long spear aloft, Wang Chen twisted his wrist and swung it around, protecting both himself and the mount beneath him.

Bang!

A falling rock struck the spinning spear shaft and was instantly knocked away.

The force of the impact was absorbed entirely by Wang Chen, not a bit transferred to the Yellow Fatty Horse.

Therefore, the horse was not affected in the slightest, carrying Wang Chen forward in a sprint like an arrow released from a bow, crossing half the walkway in the blink of an eye.

More falling rocks rained down like hail, with a thunderous collision sound that was incessant.

But whether it was gravel or larger stones, not one could break through the interception of the Soul Severing Spear to hit Wang Chen or the Yellow Fatty Horse.

Just then, at the end of the walkway near the dense forest, a large group of men rushed out hollering.

They were dressed in fitted clothes, holding bows and arrows, each with a fierce and formidable look in their eyes.

"Shoot!"

With a roar, dozens of sharp arrows shot toward Wang Chen in unison.

These archers were well-trained and coordinated, their simultaneous volleys completely blocking Wang Chen’s path forward, leaving him nowhere to dodge on the walkway.

With falling rocks above and strong arrows ahead, Wang Chen seemed to be trapped in a hopeless situation in an instant!

But his gaze did not waver in the slightest as he suddenly bellowed, "Break!"

His voice thundered in all directions, and the incoming rain of arrows was as if it struck an invisible iron wall. The arrows could not advance another inch; instead, they snapped and deflected in unison.

The archers blocking the end of the Heavenly Road were all aghast at the sight before them.

They were the elite bowmen of their gang, with strongbows matched with specialized armor-piercing arrows that could penetrate heavy armor within a hundred paces. Their power was truly astonishing.

In a special environment like the Heavenly Road, a volley of arrows would make even a fifth-tier Martial Ancestor hesitant to face their edge.

They never imagined it could be shattered by a single shout from Wang Chen!

And at that moment, a burly man leaped down from the cliffside behind Wang Chen.

He held a double-edged war axe in his hand, and while still in midair before touching the ground, he swung it towards Wang Chen’s back.

This large man had the build of a bear and the stature of a tiger. He wielded a heavy weapon, yet his descent was as silent as a Flying Feather, making no sound whatsoever.

Even the swinging axe produced not even a whisper of wind!

But the strange glow shimmering off the axe’s blade clearly indicated the immense and overwhelming strength gathered in that strike!

To achieve such stealth and speed with his size and weapon was undoubtedly extremely difficult.

Only those with a high realm of control over their own strength could unleash such a swift, nimble attack that contained the force of a thousand jun.

Fifth-tier Martial Ancestor!

The burly man’s leopard-like eyes were fixed dead on Wang Chen in front, as if visualizing the scene of his war axe splitting open the latter’s body, and a savage tint flashed through his cold pupils.

The prospect of felling a favored child of heaven filled him with an unprecedented thrill and excitement!

However, in the next instant, the fifth-tier Martial Ancestor’s gaze sharpened, and his pupils rapidly contracted.

At the exact moment he swung his axe, Wang Chen, as if having eyes on the back of his head, suddenly turned around on his horse, his spear in hand suddenly dipped and inverted.

He thrust the spear towards the chest of the burly man!

A turnaround spear thrust!

The burly man could never have anticipated that his carefully planned ambush would be detected by Wang Chen in advance, and the counterattack was so fierce and deadly.

A longer weapon ensures stronger force; with such a short distance between them, even if the burly man’s axe could continue and hit Wang Chen, he too would be pierced through the chest by Wang Chen’s Soul Severing Spear.

In a fraction of a second, this fifth-tier Martial Ancestor made a decision.

He twisted his wrist, and the descending war axe shifted from a slash to a block, intercepting Wang Chen’s incoming spear!

Holding the advantage, the burly man did not wish for a mutual destruction with Wang Chen.

Crack!

The next moment, spearhead and war axe collided.

And in that very moment, the burly man’s eyes also met with Wang Chen’s.

He found a mocking sneer in Wang Chen’s eyes, laden with thick scorn.

For some reason, a chill emerged within the burly man’s heart, as if he had plunged into a frozen cave.

Before he fully registered what was happening, his left chest suddenly felt cold.

The burly man instinctively lowered his head, only to see the Soul Severing Spear piercing his chest.

The long spearhead had completely penetrated his heart!

Before this, the spear had first punctured the burly man’s double-edged war axe, then tore through his Body Protection Gang Armor and the Inner Armor beneath, finally protruding from his back.

Chilled to the core!

How is this possible!?

The burly man’s eyes were wide with disbelief, shock, fear, and a hint of sinking despair.

Boundless darkness instantly engulfed his consciousness entirely!

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