Chapter 1164: You From the Future

“He’s too difficult to deal with.” Han Xiang felt his spiritual energy constantly depleting, while the man in red remained agile and nimble. His expression was somewhat ugly.

Two Sixth-Tier experts, cornering a peak Fifth-Tier, and they still hadn’t managed to kill him after so long… The combat power Chen Ling erupted with was something no possessor of the Divine Path in this era could understand.

Ying Fu’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He looked at Chen Ling not far away, and for some reason, an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

“Something’s wrong.”

“Your Majesty, what’s wrong?”

Ying Fu was about to say something when the clouds in the sky suddenly rolled, and seven-colored rays of light surged. In a daze, they actually outlined the silhouette of a lion, approaching this place rapidly!

The lion’s silhouette was so large that at a glance, one would only think it was a massive patch of colorful clouds shaped like a lion’s head… but Ying Fu could keenly feel the terrifying aura of the Play Divine Path radiating from it.

“That is…” Han Xiang noticed the anomaly behind the colorful clouds, and surprise flashed in his eyes.

Only then did Chen Ling, draped in a bright red theatrical robe, finally stop.

“In this era, you aren’t the only one who can find reinforcements.” Chen Ling looked up slightly, a smile flashing in his eyes as he looked at the colorful clouds in the sky.

“Now… the roles have reversed.”

A giant shadow burning with seven-colored flames flew out from the clouds like a meteor, like a furious lion, crashing straight toward the direction of this mountain peak!

“A peak Seventh-Tier Play Divine Path??” Han Xiang exclaimed in surprise.

He and Ying Fu were both Sixth-Tier; even if they joined forces, they would definitely be no match for a Seventh-Tier… Moreover, that Play Divine Path was filled with rage, as if it couldn’t wait to tear them to pieces; it was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

“Your Majesty…”

“Let’s go!”

Although Ying Fu was unwilling, he knew he was no match and could only retreat decisively. For Ying Fu, the most important thing, Chu Changqing, had already been transported out. If he could kill Chen Ling, that would be best, but if he couldn’t, there was no loss.

The figures of Ying Fu and Han Xiang simultaneously dismantled in the ink-rain, turning into countless brushstrokes and disappearing into the end of the clouds.

But what they didn’t notice was that after they left, the seven-colored flames falling down didn’t diminish in the slightest, but crashed straight toward Chen Ling in the ruins!

“Is the Sun Bumian of this era this fierce?” Chen Ling felt the overwhelming pressure and was equally shocked.

However, by this time, he had no time for other actions; the gap in strength between the two sides was still too great. The lion opened its giant mouth above the mountain, swallowed Chen Ling and the surrounding earth into its belly, and then its body turned semi-transparent, passing directly into the ground!

Chen Ling only felt a blur before his eyes, and a terrifying force restrained his body, falling crazily downward!

Amidst the burning seven-colored flames, a figure in a Tang suit emerged from within the lion. He grabbed Chen Ling by the throat, his small round sunglasses almost pressed against Chen Ling’s face.

“So you’re the one who called me?” Sun Bumian gritted his teeth. “Thief! What did you do to my gold?!”

“Calm down… your gold is still safely where it was.”

Hearing this, Sun Bumian was slightly taken aback,

but the next moment his face was filled with disbelief.

“You’re lying!!”

“I’m telling the truth, I haven’t touched your gold… this stuff is meaningless to me.”

As he spoke, Chen Ling casually grabbed a rock from the depths of the earth nearby. As electricity surged, the rock turned into gold right under Sun Bumian’s nose!

Sun Bumian’s brows furrowed. He snatched the gold from Chen Ling’s hand and bit it hard.

“Turning stones into gold?” Sun Bumian looked as if he’d seen a ghost.

“This kind of divine skill actually exists?!”

“So, it’s meaningless for me to take your gold… if I wanted to, I could turn this whole mountain into gold.” Chen Ling patted the arm that was gripping his throat. “Now, can you let me go?”

“……No, I have to go confirm it myself.”

When it came to his thousand-year savings, Sun Bumian wasn’t reassured. The semi-transparent lion changed direction underground and sprinted straight toward a certain location!

Chen Ling’s body was held in the lion’s mouth, feeling the surrounding rocks slide past him like flowing water without any resistance, and he felt a bit surprised.

The Sun Bumian in reality didn’t seem to have such an incredible ability. It seemed the Sun Bumian of this era was much stronger than he had imagined… The strangest thing was that whether it was the Sun Bumian of this era, the Sun Bumian in reality, or the Sun Bumian Chen Ling saw thousands of years ago in the depths of his memory, his appearance hadn’t changed at all.

He was like someone who wouldn’t age, wouldn’t grow up, forever remaining in his 19 or 20-year-old appearance, as if time itself had forgotten him.

“……Why are you looking at me?”

Sun Bumian, standing on the lion, noticed Chen Ling’s gaze, and his expression was a bit strange.

Chen Ling shook his head. “Nothing… just remembered an acquaintance.”

Sun Bumian’s brows furrowed slightly. He stared at Chen Ling carefully for a long time, then suddenly spoke:

“Have we met somewhere?”

“Before now, I don’t think so.”

“Then how do you know my name?” Sun Bumian stared seriously into his eyes. “And the location where I hid the gold, I’ve never told anyone… how did you know?”

“You told me yourself.”

“Impossible, I would never tell anyone the location of my gold!”

“No, you will.” Chen Ling said calmly. “Especially the future you, after you lose your gold…”

When Sun Bumian heard the second half of the sentence, deep bewilderment appeared in his eyes.

“……What do you mean?”

“It’s time to formally introduce ourselves…” Chen Ling was held in the lion’s mouth, but he still reached out toward Sun Bumian on the lion’s head.

“My name is Chen Ling, and I come from over three hundred years in the future.”

Sun Bumian: ???

……

On the outskirts of Shanghai.

Amidst the barren farmland, a black business car drove slowly along the narrow road and finally stopped in front of a long-abandoned red brick house.

The driver in the driver’s seat finally let out a long sigh of relief, trembling as he wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking as if he had lost half his life from the tension on the road.

“What is this place?”

Chu Changqing, with his hands and feet restrained, looked at the fields outside through the back window, his brows furrowed.

“Don’t ask about things you shouldn’t, just stay put.” The driver glanced at him through the rearview mirror, his tone becoming sharp again.

Chu Changqing didn’t speak and just leaned back in the seat quietly. After an unknown amount of time, a dusty, beat-up car wobbled across the fields and also stopped in front of the brick house.

The car door opened, and Fu Kun, Zheng Zhiqing, and others got out. They all had wounds to varying degrees, their hair was messy, and they looked incredibly disheveled…

Fu Kun looked at Chu Changqing and the driver in the car and asked in confusion:

“Where is His Majesty?”