Chapter 471: Fighting While Retreating
When Bing Luo was eliminated, and the other nine True God Hunters were all frantically chasing after Ye Chen.
Behind the Ice God Mountain, the gathering place of the Ice Wing Tribe.
At this time, on the Void Heaven Light Curtain, in the ranking list showing the number of Ice Wing tribespeople eliminated by the martial artists of the outer world, Ye Chen's name still occupied the top spot.
The moment True God Hunter Bing Luo was eliminated by Ye Chen, a Blood Card icon directly appeared behind Ye Chen's name on the Void Heaven Light Curtain.
Upon seeing this Blood Card icon, all the Ice Wing tribespeople who knew what it represented couldn't help but cry out in disbelief.
"One of our True God Hunters has been eliminated!"
"It's that Ye Chen ranking first. He, he eliminated one of our True Gods!"
The Ice Wing tribespeople were incredibly shocked, utterly unable to believe it.
Other young Ice Wing tribespeople, who were unaware of what the Blood Card icon meant, were perplexed when they heard what the others were saying, "Eliminated one of our True Gods? Does the Blood Card symbol behind that Ye Chen's name signify the defeat of a True God Hunter?"
The previously screaming Ice Wing tribespeople explained, "The ten True God Hunters are tasked with hunting the higher-ranking outside martial artists. Likewise, the external warriors can also kill and eliminate the ten True God Hunters."
"Once an outside martial artist achieves that, a corresponding number of Blood Cards will appear behind their name."
"One Blood Card signifies the elimination of one True God Hunter."
"It is rumored that Heavenly Cloud Venerable himself places great value on such powerful outsiders; for every True God Hunter they eliminate, they get a chance to select a reward from the treasures."
"But over the years, through countless battles between the Ice Wing Tribe and outsiders, very few have managed to kill and eliminate a True God Hunter."
"And those who have managed to do so are, without exception, powerful martial artists with significant backgrounds from the Divine Kingdoms."
"This Ye Chen, the Void Heaven Light Curtain shows he's from the lower realm, not a person from the Divine Kingdom. Yet he also managed to do this!"
"It's unimaginable by what means he killed our True God. His strength and fortune are definitely remarkable, not just any ordinary lower realm martial artist!"
Hearing these narrations from those Ice Wing tribespeople who understood the truth, the other members of the tribe shifted their gaze to Ye Chen's name on the Void Heaven Light Curtain, especially to the shining Blood Card icon behind it.
This time, countless Ice Wing tribespeople truly recognized the strength of Ye Chen, who ranked first!
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Outside the Ice God Mountain.
While the countless Ice Wing tribespeople were astonished, God King Hong Zhu, Lan Xi God King, God King Wucan, and God King Lei Yun, who were closely following the progress on the Extreme Heaven Spirit List, were also profoundly moved.
Looking toward the Extreme Heaven Spirit List, they saw that, just like on the Ice Wing Tribe's Void Heaven Light Curtain, a Blood Card had appeared behind Ye Chen's name.
These powerful individuals, of course, understood the significance of this Blood Card far more clearly than the Ice Wing tribespeople.
Lan Xi God King's exquisite eyes shone with excitement, "I never thought that the first to slay a True God Hunter of the Ice Wing Tribe would be Ye Chen!"
"Apparently, he must have True God level abilities! He can even contend with a True God of the Ice Wing Tribe!"
"Those martial artists from the lower realm who make it to Minor Pole Sky can only be at the Heavenly Saint Realm or below. They wouldn't bring True Gods here. In the lower realms, they belong to martial artists of the Lower Realm; it's rare to encounter a True God there. Under such circumstances, obtaining a True God level opportunity is nearly impossible!"
God King Hong Zhu's eyes also sparkled, "This young fellow Ye Chen really had extraordinary fortune in the lower realm. I am somewhat tempted to visit his hometown, Celestial Spirit Star."
God King Wucan and God King Lei Yun also shook their heads and smiled, "That Celestial Spirit Star hasn't had martial artists with the opportunity to come to Minor Pole Sky for tens of thousands of years. It's surprising that this time, such a remarkable genius has come."
These powerful beings knew that the opportunity in Minor Pole Sky was left by Lord Heavenly Cloud Venerable in the lowest places of the lower realm. Places like Celestial Spirit Star, not even the Upper Realm's Minor Spirit Realm, had the chance to obtain the Minor Pole Sky opportunity; only warriors from the thirty-three lands of the Lower Realm had the chance.
And the thirty-three lands were realms where True Gods hardly ever descended.
In such lower realms of the Lower Realm, getting the opportunity of a True God was something these powerful beings knew to be extremely difficult.
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Ye Chen did not know that his elimination of Bing Luo would make all other members of the Ice Wing Tribe aware, nor did he realize the four powerful beings, God King Hong Zhu, Lan Xi God King, God King Wucan, and God King Lei Yun, were reflecting deeply upon it.
Ye Chen was also unaware that the other nine True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe had located his position through the recently acquired Blood Card and were rapidly converging on him from all directions.
After eliminating Bing Luo and obtaining a Blood Card, Ye Chen continued his accumulation of white cards.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later, Ye Chen encountered three groups of Ice Wing Tribe's Heavenly Saint martial artists in rapid succession, eliminating all eighteen of them without pause.
The total number of white cards Ye Chen had obtained had soared to two hundred twenty-three.
Ye Chen's total points in the assessment competition had reached "four thousand ninety-two points."
And this was just the first day!
Just when Ye Chen thought he had just eliminated a True God Hunter and wouldn't encounter another one anytime soon, there was a "boom" as the void directly exploded.
A True God of the Void stronger even than Bing Luo tore through the void and appeared not far in front of Ye Chen in the vast Ice Cave passageway.
This person was none other than Bing Ao, the strongest six-robbery True God among the remaining nine True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe!
His distance from Ye Chen was the closest among the True God Hunters, except for the earlier Bing Luo.
And his strength was the greatest among the top ten True God Hunters.
Of course, he was the first to find Ye Chen!
Seeing the aura on Bing Ao, Ye Chen's face changed dramatically.
If he was somewhat confident he could handle Bing Luo, this newly arrived True God was someone Ye Chen dared not confront.
This was a six-robbery True God who was even stronger than the five-robbery True Phoenix who had crafted the True God Talisman for him.
Even with the divine power of the True God Talisman, he was absolutely no match for him.
"You actually eliminated Bing Luo!" Just as the six-robbery True God, Bing Ao, had begun to speak with Ye Chen and was about to ask how Ye Chen had eliminated Bing Luo, the next moment, the six-robbery True God discovered that Ye Chen had completely disappeared into the void.
"What's going on?!"
Bing Ao was completely astonished; glancing at the Blood Card in his hand, he was shocked to see that Ye Chen's position was still close by, sprinting towards the Ice Cave entrance at great speed.
"Ye Chen actually has a way to conceal himself?"
"And escape so quickly?!"
Bing Ao hadn't expected Ye Chen to be so decisive, fleeing the moment he saw him.
What he didn't know was that Ye Chen had flown directly into the superior-quality divine artifact Ice Snow Jade Pendant and, with the Concealed Divine Might of the Tongming Mirror, had stealthily flown away.
The Tongming Mirror could be used once a day.
Since hunting a true dragon in the Myriad Dragon Cavern, Ye Chen hadn't used it for a long time.
Now faced with the sudden assault of a six-robbery True God, Ye Chen immediately employed its Concealed Divine Might. Unexpectedly, the combination of the Tongming Mirror and the Ice Snow Jade Pendant even prevented the six-robbery True God from noticing his escape for a moment.
Escape!
Ye Chen was fleeing rapidly ahead with the aid of the Ice Snow Jade Pendant.
Pursuit!
The six-robbery True God, Bing Ao, used the guidance of the Blood Card in his hand to relentlessly chase after Ye Chen.
A superior-quality divine artifact would normally allow for extremely swift escape; even if a powerful True God were using it, the six-robbery True God, Bing Ao, would be unable to catch up.
But Ye Chen, who was only at the late stage of the pill rotation, even though he had made significant progress since hunting the true dragon in the Myriad Dragon Cavern, couldn't fully harness the escape speed of the superior-quality divine artifact Ice Snow Jade Pendant. He was merely managing to avoid being caught by the six-robbery True God.
Thus, a bizarre scene unfolded in the Ice God Mountain.
An outsider martial artist, Ye Chen, was fleeing rapidly ahead, while the six-robbery True God, Bing Ao, was furiously chasing him from behind!
In the end, when Ye Chen realized he couldn't shake the six-robbery True God with the Tongming Mirror, he even put it away and began to fly ahead at full strength using the Ice Snow Jade Pendant.
When this scene finally collided with other members of the Ice Wing Tribe, those tribespeople were completely stunned by the sight of a point of brilliant light transformed by the Ice Snow Jade Pendant rushing towards them and their powerful True God Hunter clansman in hot pursuit behind.
And Ye Chen, where would he let go of such an opportunity? Already being pursued by the six-robbery True God, the chances of him claiming another white card were slim. As these Ice Wing Tribe martial artists fell into a moment of distraction, Ye Chen passed by them in an instant, striking swiftly as he flew by.
Whoosh!
Instantly, the attacked Ice Wing Tribe Heavenly Saint Realm martial artist was eliminated by Ye Chen, and the white card that fell from his body hadn't even hit the ground, falling less than an inch before Ye Chen collected it into the Ice Snow Jade Pendant.
Ye Chen continued to flee and, at the same time, kept striking, eliminating white card warriors of the Ice Wing Tribe.
This drove the six-robbery True God, Bing Ao, who was chasing behind him, to the brink of madness.
After chasing through dozens of Ice Caves, with Ye Chen fleeing and killing as he went, he had eliminated thirty-three Ice Wing Tribe warriors, Bing Ao was even forced to, while chasing Ye Chen, transmit a divine sound for the Ice Wing Tribe warriors ahead to get out of the way.
Despite that, there were still many Ice Wing Tribe warriors who couldn't avoid in time, and Ye Chen instantly killed them and took their white cards.
About half an hour into the chase, another True God Hunter joined the pursuit of Ye Chen.
However, even with one more, the new True God Hunter was not as strong as Bing Ao and, of course, could not catch up to Ye Chen.
In the end, after three days had passed, all nine remaining True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe were chasing after Ye Chen from behind, an event so extraordinary that it spread through the entire Ice God Mountain with the help of numerous martial artists who had moved out of the way in advance.