Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 199: Shang Xiu Deceives Lu Chen, Sneak Attack!

Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Shang Xiu Deceives Lu Chen, Sneak Attack!

"Lu Chen, what are you trying to do?"

Shang Xiu was adept in magical methods, and the step techniques she employed with spiritual power were faster than Lu Chen, who simply infused spiritual power into his legs.

After embracing Qin Yaotiao, she quickly ducked behind a tree, barely avoiding the exploding snake scales. Then, with a displeased expression, she looked at Lu Chen and rebuked him in a low voice.

Lu Chen, too, had thrown himself forward onto the ground. If not for his Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique, which allowed him to clearly see the direction from which the snake scales were coming, he might have been sliced into two by now!

He raised his head and stared at Shang Xiu, but from the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the widespread destruction caused by the snake scales!

The shattered rocks and broken wood alarmed him!

At the same time, he also began to worry about Xiao Hei. If all his scales had exploded, had his demonic body done the same?

Yet in front of him, Qin Yaotiao was once again restrained by Shang Xiu, leaving him truly stuck between a rock and a hard place!

Lu Chen gritted his teeth, staring intently at Shang Xiu.

Shang Xiu laughed lightly, "Lu Chen, made up your mind? What will it be? Will you make this trade or not?"

Lu Chen gave a wry smile and said, "Do I have a choice?"

Shang Xiu chuckled, "Of course not!"

Lu Chen pulled out a jade token from his bosom. On the front, it was engraved with the character "Shang," and the back had the character "Xiu," which indeed could prove Shang Xiu’s identity.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Then... the spirit stones, can you give them to me now? I don’t need to wait to leave Tianyuan. I can leave right now!"

He guessed Shang Xiu wouldn’t harm Qin Yaotiao anytime soon, so he decided to avoid the sharp edge for the time being and take Xiao Hei to hide in the sea!

Firstly, if Xiao Hei was unharmed, he would certainly need time to recover.

Secondly, not to mention his whole body infused with Water Spirit Power, he also had the mysterious bead in hand, which made him as comfortable in this sea area as a fish in water. If Shang Xiu approached the sea later, he might still have a chance!

Thirdly, this way...

He wouldn’t be controlled by Shang Xiu!

"Spirit stones? Who carries so many spirit stones around?" Shang Xiu said with a coquettish laugh. "If you are worried, I can write you an IOU! Once we leave Tianyuan, you can go to any Shang family’s shop, and they will have everything ready for you!"

Without waiting for Lu Chen to speak, Shang Xiu took out a piece of silk from her storage bag, and then, using her finger as a pen, she actually wrote an IOU and tossed it to Lu Chen!

Lu Chen frowned secretly. Ten thousand spirit stones was no small sum. Shang Xiu gave it so readily; did she not hesitate at all?

"However," Shang Xiu continued, not caring what Lu Chen was thinking, "even if you want to leave early, you must first join forces with me to kill Liu Ruyan! Then, our cooperation will be valid!"

"Fine, I agree!"

Lu Chen took a deep breath and said, "Right now, I have no idea where Liu Ruyan is. How about I go look for her first?"

"Certainly, knowing both yourself and the enemy is the key to victory. Go quickly!"

Shang Xiu sat down with a smile on her face.

Lu Chen felt that everything was going too smoothly. He had intended to seek out Liu Ruyan, but he had temporarily abandoned the idea after Shang Xiu had taken control of Qin Yaotiao.

Because if Liu Ruyan died, Shang Xiu would have no reservations about turning against him!

So, at this moment, Shang Xiu was also using him!

Lu Chen continuously weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

However, just as he had turned around, a burst of sword light suddenly came from behind, fiercely striking his back!

Bang!

Lu Chen was hit hard and plunged forward!

"Eh?"

Shang Xiu was taken aback. She hadn’t expected that by deliberately deceiving Lu Chen into letting his guard down and then launching a sneak attack, it would seem to have no effect!

"Could it be that he has some protective magic artifact on him besides the jade bottle? How could a loose cultivator possess such an item?"

Shang Xiu was astonished and quickly rushed toward the direction where Lu Chen had fallen.

She didn’t know that Lu Chen was wearing the Scale Armor of a Dragon Scale Beast, and the ordinary sword naturally couldn’t penetrate it.

And her purpose in attacking was actually to get her hands on the Magic Artifact that was Lu Chen’s jade bottle!

With her insight, she knew that jade bottle was far from ordinary!

"Lu Chen, oh Lu Chen, it seems I’ve underestimated you. No wonder Liu Ruyan met her demise at your hands!"

Shang Xiu furrowed her brows, holding a talisman in her hand and carefully probing ahead.

But all of a sudden, a shadow shot out from the underbrush, targeting her slender waist!