Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 72: Three Kills
“Found the entrance!”

“Watch me!”

The bedroom of Wang Chen was lit, the dim light casting three stealthy shadows.

A thin man in black squatted in front of a lifted bed board, his eyes fixated on the ground, with tufts of whiskers curling upward, fingers sliding along the crevices of the floor tiles.

Trying to pry them out with his fingernails.

Next to the black-clothed man stood a sinister-looking middle-aged cultivator in a grey robe, holding a long sword.

He watched the black-clothed man’s every move coldly.

There was also a tall and burly brute blocking the doorway, his face covered with horizontal scars and a fiendish expression.

Click!

A long plank with a tile affixed on top was forcefully lifted by the black-clothed man.

The secret tunnel entrance was immediately revealed!

The black-clothed man bent down and peered into the hole, cursing, “This damn kid is really sneaky!”

His abundant experience at sneaking and stealing made him instantly judge the problem with the tunnel.

If it were up to him to crawl straight in, he would absolutely refuse!

“Release poison smoke.”

The middle-aged cultivator said in a deep voice, “Old Fifth, go out and keep watch. Signal immediately if you find an exit!”

The black-clothed man let out a he-he laugh, patted his Storage Bag, and retrieved several egg-sized black spheres.

Once these specially made smoke bombs were infused with mana and thrown, they would burst fiercely and release a large quantity of poison smoke.

They were perfect for dealing with enemies hiding in secret passages and rooms.

Although directly poisoning a cultivator practicing Qi to death was unlikely, as long as the target was forced out, it would be considered a success.

“Yes!”

The burly man at the door lifted his big saber and turned, ready to go out and search.

Whoosh!

In the moment he turned his head, his vision suddenly became fiery red, and an extremely hot breath assaulted his face.

The completely unprepared burly man’s eyes widened in anger.

When he clearly saw that what was pouncing toward him was none other than a Fire Crow burning with intense flames.

It was too late to dodge!

Boom!

The Fire Crow fiercely collided with the burly man’s face, instantly bursting into a huge fireball.

Countless flames scattered and flew in all directions.

The burly man’s head was blown off by more than half, and his massive body toppled backward.

At that moment, a fiercely unstoppable surge of golden Qi Energy, cutting through the dancing flames in the air, drawing a dazzling arc, shot towards the middle-aged cultivator in the room!

“Protect!”

The middle-aged cultivator reacted swiftly. At the instant the abrupt change occurred, he lifted his right palm in front of himself.

An almost transparent mana shield instantly manifested, just in time to block the incoming golden Qi Energy!

Thump!

The two vastly different forces collided directly, causing sparks of Spiritual Light to scatter.

The middle-aged cultivator’s body jolted, and he involuntarily took a step back.

The mana shield held up by his right palm crumbled to dust!

Even though he had blocked the lethal strike, the middle-aged cultivator felt no hint of relief. Instead, a chilling sensation surged within him, and a stabbing pain in his brow shook his Divine Soul.

His left hand suddenly spread open, in the moment he dropped his long sword, he forcefully slapped his Storage Bag.

He swiftly pulled out a Body Protection talisman.

However, the battle-hardened middle-aged cultivator would not have the chance to activate this life-saving talisman.

The moment he opened his Storage Bag, a dark golden Ruyi Flying Needle shot into his forehead with the speed of lightning, mercilessly penetrating his head!

“Uh.”

The middle-aged cultivator who had just reached for the talisman opened his mouth to say something,

But he could not utter a word.

The Golden Needle that had gone through his skull had destroyed his Divine Soul, simultaneously severing his lifeforce.

The middle-aged cultivator sighed deeply, and the light in his eyes extinguished.

He stood there, dead.

Bang!

The last surviving man in black in the room reacted quickly, tossing aside the smoke ball in his hand and lunging towards the window sill. He violently smashed through the window and leaped out.

At the time of the unexpected occurrence, he had just thrown a poison smoke bomb into the tunnel.

Before he could strike again, his two companions had already perished.

The man in black was terrified to the core.

He didn’t even know who the assailant was, let alone muster the courage to fight. His mind was consumed with the thought of fleeing!

With his skills, once he was out of this death chamber, he was confident he could make a distant escape.

However, no sooner had the man in black jumped out than.

A fist, imbued with an unstoppable force, heavily pounded into his body.

The one who struck was Wang Chen!

Even though there were as many as three enemies who had intruded into his home, Wang Chen had no thoughts of retreat or evasion at this moment.

He diligently practiced his cultivation techniques and honed his skills, excavated tunnels…

Not to live his life as a shrinking turtle!

Moreover, he had recently acquired a Ruyi Golden Needle, and his combat capability had skyrocketed.

If he couldn’t dare to make a move against a few thieves and scoundrels, Wang Chen might as well roll back to the mundane world and wait idly for death!

He attacked resolutely, going all out with his strike.

Leaving no way out!

It is said that heroes emerge victorious when they meet on a narrow path, and Wang Chen had the advantage of being prepared against the unprepared—there was no reason why he would not win!

The two strongest opponents had been dealt with.

And for this cowardly rat remaining, he swung his Vajra Fist and delivered a direct punch.

Thump!

The man in black was sent flying with a heavy blow, crashing hard against the courtyard wall behind him.

Knocking down countless clumps of dust.

If it weren’t for the walls having been repeatedly fortified and widened by Wang Chen, they might have collapsed.

The man in black was not killed by the punch.

Because the instant Wang Chen’s Vajra Fist struck him, a layer of Spiritual Light suddenly appeared on the surface of his body.

It blocked most of the Qi Energy of the fist.

But Wang Chen’s punching power was so formidable that the man in black was still left in a sorry state.

Blood seeped from his mouth and nose as he fell to the ground, frantically raising his hands high: “Spare my life…”

In response to the man in black came a piercing Geng Metal Finger strike.

Followed closely by a Ruyi Golden Needle!

The man in black was first penetrated through the throat by the finger strike, and then the Golden Needle went straight into his eye.

He was dead beyond doubt.

He lay on the cold ground with his eyes open, his expression one of suffocating frustration.

As if issuing a silent question: “Even surrendering is not allowed?”

No, it’s not!

Standing a few steps away, Wang Chen swallowed the Qi Recovery Pill he was holding in his mouth.

Whether it was the Great Achievement-level Geng Metal Finger, the Mastery Level Fire Crow Technique, the Object-Controlling Technique for guiding the Ruyi Flying Needle, or the Spiritual Light Shield Armor covering his body, all required him to expend a significant amount of mana.

The more awe-inspiring Wang Chen was when he killed the three men, the more drained the mana in his Dantian now became.

If there had been one or two more enemies.

Then Wang Chen would have only been able to exhaust his last shred of mana and activate the Shadowless Divine Traverse to flee for his life.

Of course, if there had been four or five enemies, he would have made an even wiser choice.

No matter what, the victory now belonged to Wang Chen.

A true sweeping success!

As his mana began to recover, he took a deep breath, feeling an unparalleled sense of exhilaration.

[Heavenly Merit +7]

[Heavenly Merit +5]

The 12 points of Heavenly Merit had fallen into his pocket!

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PS: Why do people always say that the protagonist’s realm is being suppressed? Take a look at the timeline, please, it hasn’t been long since the protagonist came through; his leveling up is already quite fast. This book is not that type of Immortal Cultivation story where you xx cultivate in seclusion for xx years, and emerge at xx realm.