Jiu Xu's face was filled with malevolence. His hatred for Fang Chen had reached its peak.
"So you're the only one allowed to compete and I'm not?" Fang Chen retorted.
"Good, very good." Jiu Xu suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly.
"Seventeen million." Jiu Xu continued to bid.
"Eighteen million." Fang Chen said.
Close to twenty million Upper Grade Spirit Stones, even for Jiu Xu, it was a huge sum. Jiu Xu was powerless to raise the price to such an extent.
"Twenty million Upper Grade Spirit Stones."
When Fang Chen called out a bid of 20,000,000 high-grade Spirit Stones, Jiu Xu finally gave up. However, he glared at Fang Chen with a murderous glint in his eyes.
"Kid, this jade pendant will be mine sooner or later." Jiu Xu said to himself.
Then, Fang Chen paid the twenty million Upper Grade Spirit Stones and received the jade pendant. He then put it into his space ring.
In the following period of time, everyone took out their treasures. Almost none of them attracted Fang Chen's attention. After half a day, the auction finally ended.
After the auction ended, Fang Chen prepared to leave. At that moment, a warrior blocked Fang Chen's path and said, "Kid, I want to challenge you."
"Why should I accept your challenge?" Fang Chen asked.
"Kid, this is an unwritten rule here. As long as someone challenges you, you have to accept the challenge." The person who spoke was Jiu Xu.
The warrior who challenged Fang Chen was called Ning Xuehan. He was Jiu Xu's lackey. Since Jiu Xu was humiliated, he naturally wanted to help Jiu Xu get back at him.
Therefore, as soon as the auction ended, he could not wait to challenge Fang Chen.
Ning Xuehan's strength was not considered strong among the second-tier geniuses. He was only at the early stage of the Fifth Condensing Reality Realm. However, because of Jiu Xu's protection, he had always been in the second-tier geniuses.
This time, when Ning Xuehan challenged Fang Chen, many warriors watched curiously.
When Fang Chen heard Jiu Xu's words, he understood that if he didn't show off his skills today, he wouldn't be able to leave this place safely.
Thinking of this, Fang Chen said, "When I make a move, there will definitely be blood."
"What a coincidence. When I attack, there must be blood." Ning Xuehan sneered.
Rumble
Suddenly, a wild aura emanated from Ning Xuehan's body. The next moment, a wild light flickered on Ning Xuehan's finger.
"Finger of Wind and Cloud."
Ning Xuehan bellowed. She gathered all the strength in her body on her finger and pointed it out, wanting to kill Fang Chen.
"Courting death."
Seeing this, Fang Chen snorted coldly. In the next moment, he performed the Phantom Sword Technique. The wild illusory aura combined with the sword intent instantly surrounded his body. Then, Fang Chen's Star Hidden Sword was violently brandished.
Puchi
What everyone expected didn't happen. After Fang Chen's Star Hidden Sword was brandished, a miserable shriek was heard.
Everyone turned around and saw that Ning Xuehan's finger had been cut off by Fang Chen's Star Hidden Sword. Her finger fell to the ground.
"Ah, I'm going to kill you!" Ning Xuehan roared furiously.
"How is that possible?"
Seeing this scene, even Jiu Xu and Immortal Zhongxian were stunned. Could it be that this kid had been hiding his strength all this time?
At this moment, Immortal Zhongxian noticed the weapon in Fang Chen's hand. His eyes lit up as he exclaimed, "This kid is holding a Dark Weapon."
As soon as Immortal Zhongxian said this, all the geniuses looked at the Star Hidden Sword in Fang Chen's hand. When they saw it, a trace of greed appeared in their eyes.
"Go to hell."
At this moment, Ning Xuehan pounced on Fang Chen again. She wanted to kill Fang Chen.
Puchi
But this time, after her body came out, she couldn't move at all. Fang Chen's Star Hidden Sword was stabbed into her chest.
Bang!
Fang Chen pulled out the Star Hidden Sword. Ning Xuehan's body fell to the ground, lifeless.
Fallen. The genius Ning Xuehan died at the hands of Fang Chen just like that. Many geniuses were shocked.
"A Dark Weapon. As expected of a Dark Weapon."
Although Fang Chen killed Ning Xuehan swiftly and decisively, many geniuses believed that it was all because of the Dark Weapon. If not for the Dark Weapon, Fang Chen wouldn't have been able to kill Ning Xuehan.
After Fang Chen killed Ning Xuehan, he turned around and left.
When Jiu Xu saw this, he was furious. He wanted to attack, but was stopped by Immortal Zhongxian in the end.
"Why did you stop me?" Jiu Xu shouted angrily.
"This kid's strength is strange. Moreover, he has a Dark Weapon. We can't fight him head-on. Moreover," Immortal Zhongxian said in a low voice.
"I won't rest until I kill him!" Jiu Xu roared furiously.
News of Fang Chen possessing a Dark Weapon instantly spread throughout Sky Array City. Whether it was the younger generation or the older generation, they all asked about Fang Chen.
Of course, Jiu Xu had purposely released this news to give Fang Chen some pressure.
After returning to the flame grandmaster's residence, the flame grandmaster also heard this news. He was a bit worried about Fang Chen.
"Brother Fang, are you alright?" asked the flame grandmaster.
"I'm fine," said Fang Chen.
"Fang Chen, you killed Ning Xuehan. The Ning family won't let this matter rest. You should leave Sky Array City and hide for a while," said the flame grandmaster.
Fang Chen thought for a moment, then nodded.
That night, Fang Chen disguised himself and left Sky Array City.
However, no matter how well Fang Chen disguised himself, he was still discovered by warriors in the dark. Soon after, the news of Fang Chen leaving Sky Array City spread to the geniuses of the second tier.
"Let's go. We must kill this kid at all costs." With Jiu Xu as the leader, the geniuses all left Sky Array City to chase after Fang Chen.
When Fang Chen arrived at a mountain range outside Sky Array City, the younger generation finally caught up to him.
"Kid, you will die today!" Jiu Xu roared angrily. Then, he waved his hand and prepared to set up a formation.
Fang Chen was already on guard against Jiu Xu. The moment he saw Jiu Xu set up the formation, his figure flashed and he immediately escaped.
"You can't escape."
With Jiu Xu as the leader, the geniuses began to chase after Fang Chen.
"Damn it."
Fang Chen's eyes were cold and filled with murderous intent. At this moment, his heart was filled with killing intent. He wanted to kill everyone who was chasing after him.
In the darkness, Fang Chen kept running. If it were just ordinary warriors chasing after him, he would definitely not run away.
However, among these geniuses, there was a formation master, Jiu Xu. Once he set up a formation, it would be too dangerous for him to fall into it.
"I must kill this person first." Fang Chen thought to himself.
At a certain moment, Fang Chen hid in a towering ancient tree. Below him, Jiu Xu and the others advanced quickly.
When they arrived in front of the towering ancient tree, they stopped and looked around. Jiu Xu said coldly, "He was here just now. He must not have run far."
"Brother Jiu Xu, what should we do now?" Immortal Mo asked.
"Chase," Jiu Xu said.
Many geniuses were at the front while Jiu Xu was at the back. They moved forward quickly. However, at this moment, Fang Chen's figure descended from the towering ancient tree like a ghost and appeared behind Jiu Xu.
"Illusion God Sword Art."
Fang Chen displayed the first level of the Phantom God Sword Technique. The Hidden Star Sword fiercely pierced towards Jiu Xu. Jiu Xu sensed the wild aura behind him and was suddenly startled. Soon after, he became a little dazed.
However, while Jiu Xu was dazed, he was still able to set up a top grade origin grade formation.
Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword was about to pierce Jiu Xu's body when he suddenly fell into a formation.
"Damn it!"
Fang Chen was furious that Jiu Xu was still able to set up a formation even when he was dazed.
"He's here!"
Jiu Xu shouted when he saw Fang Chen fall into a formation. The geniuses immediately returned.
"Attack the formation together!" Jiu Xu roared.
"Alright."
Immortal Mo and the others joined forces to unleash their strongest attacks, which directly bombarded the formation. The powerful attacks passed through the formation and directly bombarded Fang Chen's body.
BANG!
Although Fang Chen had activated the Sword Body, he was still hit by the powerful attack. His body flew out and fell to the ground, spitting out blood.
Pfft!
Fang Chen was a bit pale. These people's combined attacks had actually managed to heavily injure him.
"Damn it!"
Fang Chen took out the jade pendant and prepared to crush it to use this trump card.
However, at this moment, Fang Chen noticed that there was a hole in the formation.
"It must be caused by Jiu Xu's dazed state."
Fang Chen found this loophole and used it to quickly disappear into the array formation.
But Jiu Xu and the others were completely oblivious to this. They continued to attack the formation. After a long while, they were exhausted and finally stopped.
"Brother Jiu Xu, even if that brat had three heads and six arms, I'm afraid he would've died in the formation." Immortal Mo smiled.
"Hmph, he's just trash. He only relied on his profound weapon to kill Ning Xuehan." Jiu Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead and sneered.
"Brother Jiu Xu, we've mobilized so many people. If we can't even deal with a minor character like this, then we'll be a joke," said Lou Ran.
Beside Lou Ran, Bai Yanran also smiled. "With so many of us attacking together, no matter how strong that brat is, he'll definitely die."
"But how should we split his things?" asked one of the geniuses.
Jiu Xu pondered for a moment and said, "I've contributed the most in killing this brat. I only want the jade pendant. As for the profound weapon, you can all split it equally. How about it?"
After thinking about it, Jiu Xu decided to take the jade pendant. Once the formation in the jade pendant was completed, its power would not be inferior to the profound weapon.
He wanted to take the profound weapon as well, but the other geniuses definitely wouldn't agree. So he might as well give it up.
"Alright, then it's decided." The geniuses all agreed.
Crash.