Long Chen was no weaker than Su Zhe when he used the Scripture of the Nine Dragons.
It could be said that Su Zhe had underestimated Long Chen slightly. Just standing under the moonlight was not enough to deal with Long Chen.
The terrifying flames of the Mysterious Jade Fire Dragon were the weakness of some venomous creatures. A large swath of them was reduced to ashes by the flames.
In order to deal with the other's attacks, the two of them became flustered and flew backwards. Seeing that the people below were about to catch up, Su Zhe finally stabilized himself. He stared at Long Chen in shock.
Long Chen's greatest strengths were his speed and body, but Su Zhe was more or less the same in these aspects. Long Chen did not have much of an advantage in these aspects.
However, Long Chen did not lose to Su Zhe immediately due to his great willpower.
At this moment, the two of them had been sent flying by the other's attacks. As Long Chen spun around, he stepped on the head of a snake that had just charged over and shot upwards.
They were currently over three hundred meters above the ground. A hundred meters above them was the lightning chain, and another hundred meters was where the Saints' Fruit was.
Everyone else was at least two hundred meters below.
"You want to run?" Su Zhe sneered and hurriedly caught up.
With their previous attacks, many of the venomous creatures nearby had died. They used this opportunity and climbed another twenty meters in a short amount of time. However, at this moment, many venomous creatures surrounded them again, entangling them.
"Have fun by yourself. I'm not going to accompany you."
After using his war halberd to cut a giant scorpion that was pouncing at him into two, Long Chen smiled strangely and charged forward once again.
Su Zhe was not worried. Surrounded by the venomous creatures, neither of them could move quickly.
However, what happened next stunned Su Zhe.
Long Chen did not use any defensive measures at all. He directly charged upwards, but the venomous creatures seemed to be unable to see him. They brushed past him without any intentions of attacking him. Instead, even more venomous creatures charged in his direction.
"How is this possible?"
Su Zhe's eyes widened. How could something that shouldn't have happened just like that? How could these poisonous creatures not see Long Chen?
While he was puzzled, Long Chen had already rushed fifty meters away, leaving Su Zhe, who was closest to him, far behind.
It was actually very simple. It was because Long Chen had used the Divine Breath Technique.
The Holy Tree of Heaven and Earth was similar to the Myriad Evil Vines. They used a method similar to the senses of the soul, but it was not. However, Long Chen's Breath technique could hide him from their senses. As a result, it was as if Long Chen did not exist in the eyes of the Holy Tree of Heaven and Earth.
The Holy Tree of Heaven and Earth had no intelligence, so all the poison it had used on Long Chen was used on Su Zhe instead.
"Don't even think about leaving."
Seeing that Long Chen had actually left him behind, Su Zhe panicked and finally used his trump card. The sharp silver spear aura shot out as he wildly danced, forming an umbrella-like millstone with a diameter of more than 30 meters above his head.
The millstone was filled with terrifying sharpness.
The mocking silver aura engulfed all the poisonous creatures in the surroundings, killing all the poisonous creatures that approached Su Zhe. Immediately, the sky was filled with poisonous blood and dismembered corpses, causing the people below to cry out in misery.
They had to deal with the poisonous creatures around them as well as dodge the poison that fell from the sky.
It was already difficult enough, and there was no hope of obtaining the Saints' Fruit. Now, there was even less hope.
They all raised their heads.
"Su Zhe has actually used this move. What about Jiang Yunfan?"
"Ah, he's actually above Su Zhe. Ah, the poisonous creatures are actually not targeting him."
Everyone was truly dumbfounded by how he could even suppress Su Zhe. This Long Chen was just too crazy.
They could not help but admire him. However, if the Saints' Fruit was taken by someone like him, they would be even more dissatisfied.
"Brothers, even if he obtains the Saints' Fruit, he definitely won't be able to keep it. Let's work harder."
Someone called out, and everyone charged up even more madly, one after another.
Su Zhe seemed to have gone crazy for the sake of obtaining the Saints' Fruit. He faced the huge, silver millstone, which shone with resplendent light. As long as the poisonous creatures approached him, they would be completely annihilated before they could even get close to him. Su Zhe's speed immediately increased by quite a lot.
"Jiang Yunfan, don't even think about getting ahead of me!"
Su Zhe's terrifying roar rang out from below. Long Chen lowered his head to take a look. The young fighter at the seventh layer of the God's Martial realm was indeed terrifying. The entire Saints' Tree had basically been torn apart by him. As a result, the rocks and poisonous blood flew in all directions. Long Chen suspected that even if he fell down, he would be torn to pieces by the terrifying millstone.
"It's futile."
Long Chen sneered. Their speeds were originally about the same, but Long Chen had opened up a distance of over thirty meters. More importantly, Su Zhe still faced a certain amount of resistance, while Long Chen did not face any resistance at all. Without another word, he directly stepped on the poisonous creatures and charged into the clouds. The terrifying chains of lightning were right in front of him.
He needed to pass through the chains of lightning in order to obtain the Saints' Fruit. There was no other way, so he could only take it head-on.
Fortunately, Long Chen's body had once been tempered by the Golden Lightning Dragon, so he possessed an impressive resistance to lightning. Other people might not be afraid of the chains of lightning, but he obviously was not.
There were still thirty meters left.
Long Chen's speed exploded once again. He charged toward the rumbling bolts of lightning as if he no longer cared about his life.
As for Su Zhe below, he could only watch on helplessly.
From the very beginning, Long Chen was fated to be faster than him due to his Breathing Soul.
Obtaining the Saints' Fruit was no problem, but the greatest problem was whether he could keep it or not. In other words, he needed to keep his life. After all, as soon as he obtained the Saints' Fruit, he would definitely hand it over to Li Xuanji to save his life first.
Although Li Xuanji did not mention it, Long Chen already knew that she was at the final juncture.
The friendship between the two had always been faint, just like the conversation between them.
However, their hearts were hot-blooded.
Just when Long Chen thought he was about to succeed, a huge incident occurred.
A pitch-black figure actually charged in his direction from the distant sky. Her speed was no slower than his and Su Zhe's speed. At the same time, she also possessed a presence that made Long Chen feel extremely fearful.
"Qin Shi."
When the figure arrived within a kilometer of Long Chen's Spirit Devouring Eyes, Long Chen immediately sensed her identity.
Long Chen was rather surprised. He had never thought that she would be able to climb out of the pool of ice.
Shangguan Feng believed himself to be clever, but he had never thought that his two great plans would both fail. Su Zhe had profited from the disaster, while Qin Shi had actually broken free at the final juncture.
No one stopped her. She had a smooth journey, directly charging toward Long Chen from the sky.
Her appearance was far too unexpected for Long Chen. Long Chen did not react in time, and she arrived nearby.
That pair of ink-black eyes in the dark night, in the depths of coldness and fierceness, were similarly filled with astonishment.
She had never thought that the young man that even she did not think highly of would be able to reach such a level, leaving Su Zhe in the dust.
In fact, when she was in that terrifying icy pond, she had already sensed Zhao Yunlong's decline. She knew that it was Shangguan Feng's doing. However, when Shangguan Feng's head fell to the ground with a blood-curdling screech, she was stunned. She had originally thought that it was done by someone from the Poison Shadow Tribe, but before Shangguan Feng died, he had screamed out the name of Jiang Yunfan.
Qin Shi understood from this that the mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. This so-called Jiang Yunfan was the oriole in the end.
He possessed unbelievable abilities. The more people underestimated him, the more miserable their defeat would be.
Fortunately, Qin Shi had returned alive. Ordinary seventh layer God Martial realm cultivators might not be able to come out, but she could. After all, she was one of the disciples of the World King. Although there were many disciples of the World King, she was the most outstanding one below a hundred years old.
The World King had given her quite a few things.
After emerging from the icy pool, she had hurried over as fast as she could. When she arrived in the end, the Saints' Fruit had not been stolen. However, what appeared before her was the scene of Su Zhe madly chasing after Long Chen.
Qin Shi picked up a bargain. She didn't have to compete with the others and directly flew to a height of more than 300 meters.
As a result, while Long Chen was still in the midst of his surprise, he encountered this person who should not have appeared.
"Apologies, Forbidden Space."
Qin Shi did not say anything else and directly struck out. She struck out with her palm, and the surrounding air seemed to explode. It turned into a tide and surged towards Long Chen. The poisonous beasts around Long Chen were all shattered by the air.
"Taibai Sword Prison."
At this critical moment, Long Chen could only use the Taibai Sword Prison to protect himself. However, Qin Shi's attack contained the power of a worldly expert and the will of the world. At that moment, Long Chen felt like he had become the enemy of the world. The Taibai Sword Prison, a sixth grade technique, was directly shattered. The power that far exceeded Long Chen's pressed down on him.
Boom!
Long Chen's entire body trembled as his blood and Qi surged. That terrifying force directly knocked Long Chen away, and the vibrations in the air didn't stop. Long Chen was sent flying more than 40 meters away, and Qin Shi took his place.
"The seventh layer of the God Martial realm is actually so much more powerful than me."
Long Chen was aghast. He knew that the higher one went, the greater the gap between each cultivation realm would be. Long Chen's advantage in challenging those with higher cultivation realms would become weaker and weaker. For example, Su Zhe's physical body had already reached a similar level to his. Su Zhe's physical body had already reached the same level as his.
Right now, the only thing he could rely on was the Scarlet Blood Aether and the Nine Dragon Scripture.