CHAPTER 845: CHAPTER 845: FIERCE BATTLE IN THE PEACH FOREST

About ten miles behind the Qingshan Sect, there is a peach forest. The peach blossoms are in full bloom, appearing like a pink cloud from afar.

Chen Nan followed the traces intentionally left behind by Liu Tong and chased him all the way here, seeing Liu Tong standing among the peach trees.

Still with that cold demeanor, upon seeing Chen Nan, the murderous intent in his eyes almost became palpable.

Back then, Liu Tong thought hunting down Chen Nan was an easy task. Unexpectedly, due to his carelessness, Zhao Kai and his fourth junior brother Hu Chuan were lost, allowing Chen Nan to escape.

He dared not return to the Yuantian Sect and was determined to find Chen Nan for revenge. After over three months, he finally got his wish.

But Chen Nan, who should have been a lowly ant groveling at his feet, had, in these three months, thrived immensely and gained everyone’s respect.

He looked at himself, dusty and weary, then at Chen Nan, full of energy.

In comparison, it only fueled the raging fire in his heart.

"Chen Nan, I’ve searched for you painstakingly. Finally, I can kill you!" Liu Tong gritted his teeth, his whole body filled with satisfaction and anger, frosting over the nearest peach trees.

On the ground beside him, Tang Zhirou was already unconscious, her face pale from the cold.

The pressure of someone at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment suddenly descended, making Chen Nan’s expression change. As a disciple of Master Xuanming and an inner sect disciple of the Yuantian Sect, Liu Tong’s strength was formidable.

"Liu Tong, it was you who relentlessly pursued me. That old dog Xuanming must be mad. Whom you should resent is that old dog Xuanming!"

"Heh, I only know that you have made me afraid to return to my sect. I must take your head back with me!" Liu Tong snorted coldly, and his longsword suddenly unsheathed.

Even more biting cold spread, forming a thick layer of ice on the ground.

His cultivation involved ice-attribute techniques, and his longsword was fused with ice-element materials. With one strike, it seals ten miles in ice!

"Today, I’ll let you taste the same pain. You killed my junior brother, so I’ll kill your junior sister!"

Liu Tong didn’t have much affection for his junior brother Hu Chuan. He merely wanted to torment Chen Nan a bit before killing him.

Seeing the longsword about to strike Tang Zhirou, Chen Nan snorted coldly, his True Qi surging, and his body suddenly vanished from its original spot.

Small Shifting Technique!

Though it was an incomplete version, in terms of short-distance movement, the Small Shifting Technique was astonishingly mysterious. In the blink of an eye, Chen Nan was by Tang Zhirou’s side, reaching out to grab her.

"Trying to save her? Chen Nan, do you really think your higher cultivation makes you my match? Wishful thinking!"

Liu Tong’s voice suddenly rose, an icy spike forming instantly, crystalline and transparent, yet exuding a piercing killing intent, aimed straight for Chen Nan’s eyes!

Chen Nan was startled, retreating as he punched forward, crushing the ice spike with a crack.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Liu Tong sneered, reaching forward as immense Mana coalesced countless ice spikes above Chen Nan’s head, then suddenly descended!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Each ice spike pierced the air with a sharp sound, forcing Chen Nan to use the Small Shifting Technique to dodge aside. Countless tiny holes were left on the ground where he initially stood.

"Ice Seal!"

An angry shout rang out, and Chen Nan instinctively dodged, only to find his feet frozen to the ground as Liu Tong charged with his sword.

"Fierce Tiger Seal!"

In a moment of desperation, Chen Nan formed a spell with his hands, summoning a golden seal above his head, which he hurled fiercely at Liu Tong, a phantom tiger appearing behind him.

Liu Tong didn’t dodge, splitting the golden seal in two with a single sword stroke, then struck down with a palm, the powerful Mana surging like a flood.

Chen Nan felt a mountain-like pressure; Liu Tong wasn’t like Liu Ping, who relied on elixirs to boost his realm.

Raising his arms to block in front of him, a massive force made his body fly backward, shattering the ice beneath his feet.

When he got up, he found his arms already covered in a layer of ice.

"Heh, so you’re still so weak. Accept your death obediently."

Liu Tong sneered again, wielding his magic, instantly changing the weather of the world around him, making it feel like a sudden shift to winter, with snowflakes falling.

But every snowflake was like a blade, swirling and slicing toward Chen Nan.

A beautiful snowy scene, yet fraught with danger.

Chen Nan kept retreating, blood occasionally splattering from his body where the snowflakes cut through him, leaving small wounds.

The wounds didn’t look deep, but they were many, akin to a lingering death.

Continuing to retreat, the snowflakes pursued Chen Nan.

Soon, they left the peach forest.

"This way, my junior sister should be safe, right?"

Chen Nan muttered to himself, suddenly lifting his head as the ice on his arms shattered.

The reason he hadn’t fought back earlier was due to his concern for the unconscious Tang Zhirou, afraid their battle might affect her.

Now that they were far enough away, he had no such worries.

As the descending snowflakes densely surrounded Chen Nan, almost forming a white storm, Chen Nan finally exploded.

"Tiger Roar Seal!"

A massive amount of power gathered into a golden seal above his head, with a phantom tiger appearing behind him, and a noise like a roaring tiger instantly resounded.

Sound waves visible to the naked eye swept across the area, shattering all the snowflakes as the golden seal once again smashed toward Liu Tong.

"It’s useless, your resistance just excites me more!"

"Cold Cloud Palm!"

Liu Tong sneered, striking with a palm as white cold air condensed into a hand seal, facing the Tiger Roar Seal.

Boom!

The two forces clashed fiercely, causing the ground to shake and the mountains to tremble.

Liu Tong’s expression changed; he hadn’t expected Chen Nan to truly hold his own against him, knowing there was a difference of three major realms between them!

Chen Nan, turning defense into offense, was terrifying as his body vanished, appearing behind Liu Tong like a ghost.

"Dragon Tiger Seal!"

This was the third style of the incomplete Dragon Lake Mountain Seal, and the most powerful move, depleting half of Chen Nan’s Mana instantly.

Grabbing the golden seal like a weapon, he smashed it towards Liu Tong. The powerful force combined with the Dragon Tiger Seal’s power made Liu Tong feel the threat.

Liu Tong turned, lifted his sword, spat essence blood onto the blade.

"Go!"

The sword howled, flying out to stab at the golden seal, freezing everything it passed in ice.

A loud "dang" sounded as the Dragon Tiger Seal and the sword clashed fiercely, sending the sword flying back, while the Dragon Tiger Seal shattered and quickly dispersed.

"Chen Nan, die!"

Liu Tong formed dozens of ice spikes in front of him, pointing forward as they all shot towards Chen Nan, arriving in an instant.

Chen Nan’s pupils contracted rapidly, gathering his dense True Qi in front of him like a shield, simultaneously as a blood light suddenly flew from his body.