548: Half a mountain

Under the guise of going out on a mission, Chen De led them outside.

After passing over a mountain peak, the group suddenly came to a halt.

“Brother Yan, aren't we going to carry out the Alliance Leader's mission? Why have we suddenly stopped?”

These were the Legendary Level experts who hadn't pledged allegiance to any faction, along with several King Level ones.

For them, following Chen De was actually quite good.

It was better than being under those ten subordinates; after all, Chen De held a higher status.

So, they had followed along this time without much resistance to the order.

Standing at the very front, Chen De scratched the back of his head. “We've already arrived.”

Then he turned around, grinning to reveal a row of bright white teeth.

Seeing those grim teeth, everyone present except for Chen De had a bad premonition.

None of them here were cowards; everything was simply a matter of assessing the situation.

At this moment, a Legendary Level expert stepped forward proactively. “Brother Yan, what do you mean by that?”

Despite the questioning words, everyone was actually prepared to leave this place.

Power was concentrated in various parts of their bodies, ready to be unleashed for an immediate escape at any moment.

But Chen De had long noticed these small movements; even if these people attacked together, they were no match for him.

Whether outside or inside, it was the same.

With just a single glance, Chen De instantly intimidated several Legendary Level experts in the field.

As for those King Level fellows, there was no need for intimidation; they were directly affected by his Pupil Technique.

Then, he grabbed these Legendary Level experts, one in each hand, and feasted on their necks... After finishing with one hand, he tossed the body aside and swapped for another, continuing the absorption.

He absorbed the Legendary Realm ones first, and after finishing them, he moved on to the King Level ones.

Simultaneously, Chen De's cultivation began to grow rapidly. After absorbing them all, he reached the fourth stage of the Legendary Realm.

As for the Sheng Chu System, he was now only a single step away from the Earth Realm Great Perfection.

When the time came for the dual systems to unify, they would reach the peak level of the Legendary Realm together.

He wondered if he would be able to reach a level comparable to a Legend by then.

As for that Yang Chi, Chen De intended to make a move on him as well.

The reason why he wasn't allowed to take action against the Emperor was something that had to be cleared up.

Furthermore, the eleven fellows here all had the qualifications to break through beyond the Legendary Level.

Especially Lu Li; this step might stump others, but could it stump him, a master of the Immortal Law Realm?

Lu Li also possessed a dual system, and his maximum limit was the limit of this world's level.

It wasn't that Chen De couldn't create something more powerful, but rather that the upper limit of this world was only this high.

What Chen De could do was make the cultivation speed faster, the system more complete, and the compatibility higher.

For instance, right now, the results of a few months were greater than several decades for others.

Feeling the aura within his body, which was far stronger than before, he knew that taking action against Yang Chi now should be no problem.

However, considering Lu Li, he was the boss here after all, and Yang Chi's strength could be considered a vital pillar.

So, Chen De's final choice was to do this a couple more times and advance his cultivation further first.

No sooner said than done; there was no need for him to dispose of the corpses here, he could just leave them.

In any case, several more batches would be coming later, and he would deal with them all together then.

Crossing over a mountain peak, Chen De opened the stone door according to the mechanism and walked inside.

He then gathered another batch of Legendary and King Level experts, preparing to lead them out.

The people in the area all felt a sense of confusion; hadn't he just taken a group out?

How did he return so quickly? And looking at his posture, it seemed he wanted to continue leading people out.

The ten top-tier Legendary Level experts naturally noticed the commotion here as well.

Except for Yang Chi, who seemed to have realized something, the other nine also didn't understand what that operation was about.

Because he had personally seen how Chen De had forcefully sucked a person into a withered corpse and then increased his cultivation.

This was simply too audacious!

Lu Li had just handed over power to him, and he immediately used it to do such a thing.

He gathered and tricked members of the Alliance to go out, and then sucked them dry.

This was too bold; did he really think Lu Li was... Suddenly, Yang Chi felt a chilling thought, because he thought of another possibility.

What if this was originally done under Lu Li's instructions and hints?

After all, for top-tier Legendary Level experts like them, one could match several others.

It wasn't impossible for Lu Li to use this move to concentrate combat power and reduce the fluff in their ranks.

But wasn't he afraid that Chen De would improve too quickly and threaten him?

After all, in this place, external power could not be utilized.

In other words, it was very likely that Chen De's power could reach his level, or even surpass him, through this method.

After some thought, Yang Chi intended to follow secretly to see exactly what Chen De planned to do.

He was confident that with his current strength, as long as he maintained a certain distance, even if he couldn't beat Chen De, escaping would be absolutely no problem.

At this time, Chen De had finally finished gathering his troops, intending to regroup and set out again.

To ensure that Chen De would successfully reveal his flaws, Yang Chi even deliberately added fuel to the fire during the gathering.

Just as he stepped out of the stone door, Chen De naturally noticed the little tail following behind him.

He had been discovered once back at the Imperial Palace; he really didn't know where the man got the courage to follow him again.

This was fine too; he had already intended to take action against Yang Chi.

If not this time, then the next; he hadn't expected the man to deliver himself right to his door.

Crossing over a mountain peak, they arrived at the old spot they had just left.

Everywhere were corpses that had died miserable deaths. Eerily, whether on the ground or on their bodies, not a single drop of blood existed.

But the lowest among those here were at the Heavenly Imperial Realm of the outside world; could they be frightened by such a thing?

It just felt a bit off; the clothes some of these people wore seemed very similar to the batch that had left last time.

Seeing the scene before his eyes, Yang Chi completely confirmed his suspicion at this moment.

This... this Yan Zhi, he really wanted to use the people in the Alliance to suck blood and practice his cultivation.

Upon realizing this, two thoughts suddenly arose in Yang Chi's mind.

One was to pretend he knew nothing and see if Lu Li knew about this, then decide on further action.

The other was to run, run quickly!

Because he remembered being discovered once at the Imperial Palace; would he be discovered this time... Thinking of this, Yang Chi intended to immediately head back. Perhaps this time he was the other party's prey... After his cultivation improved, things were indeed much easier to do.

After absorbing this batch of people completely, Chen De's next target was Yang Chi.

After increasing his cultivation by two stages, the efficiency of doing such things was more than double what it was before.

However, the harvest was smaller than the last time, only raising his cultivation to the fifth stage of the Legendary Realm and the Earth Realm Great Perfection.

Although there was a significant distance between him and Yang Chi, catching up was only a matter of an instant.

In just a flash, Chen De had quietly appeared in front of Yang Chi.

At this moment, they were only half a mountain peak away from the headquarters.