"Senior Brother Lin Chen, shall we continue toward the inner courtyard?"
As Lin Chen hesitated on whether to delve deeper, Xia Wanxin’s sweet voice rang in his ear.
At that moment, Xia Wanxin blinked her large eyes, gazing at Lin Chen with an eager face, clearly curious about the treasures that might be hidden within the inner courtyard of the ancient sect’s relic.
Lin Chen sighed and then led the group toward the inner courtyard.
However, since the Demon Race, Red Soul Hall, and people like Cao Zhixiong had already gone ahead to scout, Lin Chen felt somewhat relieved and decided to continue moving forward with the group.
At this moment, as they stepped into the inner courtyard, the sight before them brightened their eyes.
The buildings of the ancient sect relic’s inner sect were more magnificent than the grand halls of the outer sect, far surpassing the Formation Sect in scale. Even though the structures appeared ancient and were significantly damaged, some parts remained intact, especially the main peaks’ buildings were undamaged, whereas buildings on the lesser peaks were mostly ruined.
Signs of battle were scattered all around, with deep sword marks on the ground and buildings visible everywhere, indicative of the ferocity of the fights that had taken place there.
As everyone ascended one of the main peaks of the inner courtyard, they suddenly felt a powerful combat fluctuation coming from the peak.
These remnants of battle shocked them, as they could hardly imagine the terrifying might of the actual conflict.
Lin Chen squinted his eyes and also felt surprised. He immediately released his Divine Soul to investigate the source of the combat fluctuations on the peak.
This relic imposed restrictions on Divine Souls, and entering the inner part of the sect made this influence even more pronounced.
But Lin Chen’s Divine Soul was extremely powerful, having reached the Seventh Level of the Heavenly Human Realm; even on this main peak, his probing was more than sufficient.
After releasing his Divine Soul, Lin Chen quickly grasped the situation on the main peak, and all the items in each direction were clear at a glance.
He also noticed several people engaged in combat in the distance, who were the source of the powerful combat fluctuations. Currently, three individuals there were fiercely fighting.
Lin Chen’s Divine Soul immediately reached out to the three combatants.
"Hmph, daring to spy on us, you’re looking for death."
One of the three individuals engaged in the distant battle sensed Lin Chen’s Divine Soul probe and snorted coldly before releasing a mighty Divine Soul Power that charged towards Lin Chen. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel_fіre.net
The man was dressed in blood-red clothing, exuding a powerful aura. He was evidently not an ordinary martial artist; while also at the Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm in cultivation, the Divine Soul Power he released was comparable to that of a martial artist at the fourth layer of the Heavenly Human Realm.
However, no matter how strong his Divine Soul Power, it was still no match for Lin Chen.
At that time, Lin Chen was already poised to win his fight with the other two, so he had spare energy to deal with Lin Chen, believing his own battle should not be spied upon.
However, when his Divine Soul Power collided with Lin Chen’s Divine Soul, he felt a sharp pain, and then he spat out fresh blood.
A mighty ripple of Divine Soul Power erupted in the air, causing countless ripples across space. On this occasion, Lin Chen was victorious.
"How... How is this possible!"
Luo Wu was astounded. He had obtained a method to cultivate Divine Soul, making his Divine Soul far stronger than those of martial artists at the same cultivation level.
He was confident that he could crush the opponent, but the outcome was the opposite of what he had expected.
He suspected that a strong Heavenly Human Realm fighter had arrived.
After scattering Luo Wu’s Divine Soul attack, Lin Chen carefully observed the three persons before him.
Luo Wu, wounded by Lin Chen’s attack, was attacked by the other two taking advantage of the situation, but he quickly adjusted his state and confronted them again, making it difficult to determine the winner.
Lin Chen observed the three, noting that their appearance and methods matched the top three fighters on the list, as previously described by Qin Kaifeng.
The injured Luo Wu was the number-one martial artist of the Demon Race on that list, Zhao Ziyi was the third from Spirit Sword Sect, and the one exuding a sinister aura was Yuan Baishu from Red Soul Hall, ranked second.
Qin Kaifeng had stated that the top three on the list were powerful, unmatched by other martial artists, and even the combined efforts of the seven others behind the top ten might not be enough to compete with them.
Especially Luo Wu, whose physical strength was several times that of other martial artists of the same level in the Demon Race. Only now did Lin Chen realize he also possessed such formidable Divine Soul Power.
The reason the three were fighting so intensely was the building in front of them. Carved on the building were the ancient words "Scripture Pavilion," which Lin Chen recognized.
It seemed the cause of their dispute was the opportunity to enter the Scripture Pavilion. However, there were array formation restrictions on the Scripture Pavilion, and Lin Chen guessed that breaking through them would not be easy for the three.