Chapter 18: What’s Yours Is Mine
Chapter 18: What’s Yours Is Mine
Li Jianping was deeply troubled upon sensing Chu Fan’s presence in the sealed beast’s territory.
But Chu Fan himself was even more frustrated.
Earlier, he had encountered a Fire Spirit Lizard.
This was a relatively rare demonic beast whose bodily fluids contained dense fire-attribute spiritual energy, extremely beneficial for fire-path cultivators.
The specimen he found was half a meter long and only at the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm.
If he could kill it and refine its fluids, he would undoubtedly break through to the fourth level of the Longevity Realm in one go.
Yet for some inexplicable reason, every time he was about to finish off the lizard, it would somehow escape danger.
Either powerful demonic beasts would interrupt, or it would slip into crevices.
In short, chasing it had wasted him a full hour.
Now he finally had the lizard cornered in this sealed cave.
Standing guard at the only exit, Chu Fan bared his teeth in a vicious grin.
“Keep running now! Let’s see you try escaping this time!”
“This cave actually makes a decent cultivation spot—perfect for absorbing your essence!”
From Chu Fan’s perspective, the Fire Spirit Lizard was trembling in fear, having realized there was no escape.
Yet its terror didn’t stem from Chu Fan, but from something far more dangerous…
Seeing Chu Fan still advancing toward the Taotie, Li Jianping could no longer remain seated.
Chu Fan was his handpicked champion, the future Saint Son of their sect—he couldn’t be eliminated in the first round!
“You fool! Get out of there now! Do you want to be knocked out in the first round?!”
Hearing Li Jianping’s furious voice suddenly whisper in his ear, Chu Fan jolted in fright.
The movement made him notice the pair of eyes deep within the cave.
A chill shot straight to Chu Fan’s skull as he instantly understood why Li Jianping had warned him.
The Fire Spirit Lizard was immediately forgotten as he spun around and bolted for the exit.
Just as he was about to cross the threshold, a figure suddenly appeared before him—followed by an enlarging fist.
“Thud!”
The dull impact echoed through the cave—not the sound of flesh striking flesh, but rather a fist meeting some kind of artifact.
Chu Fan went flying like an arrow from a bow, slamming into the cave wall before crumpling to the ground.
Faint light shimmered around his body—the protective barrier of a magic treasure.
“Not bad defensive gear. Who gave it to you? Ye Nantian or Li Jianping?” Su Ming spoke.
After dealing with Li Jianping’s hidden interference, he’d immediately locked onto Chu Fan’s location and rushed here at full speed, finally cornering him in this cave.
“Su Ming?! It’s actually you?!”
The moment he recognized Su Ming, Chu Fan completely forgot about the danger he was in.
Only one thought occupied his mind now—to pummel Su Ming into the ground.
The humiliation of having his arm shattered, the disgrace of being thrown into Fiery Prison Cliff—he would settle all scores with Su Ming today!
“I was planning to come find you, but you saved me the trouble by delivering yourself.”
“Every ounce of humiliation you made me suffer—I’ll return it to you tenfold!”
Chu Fan attacked, fire-attribute spiritual energy coiling around his right fist—the combat technique “Blazing Fist” taught to him by Li Jianping.
“Chu Fan, you’re no match for Su Ming! Retreat now!”
Li Jianping’s warning came too late.
Su Ming had already demonstrated the gap between them with action.
The Blazing Fist was effortlessly caught, prompting a mocking smile from Su Ming.
“This is your strength? Chu Fan, you truly are worthless trash.”
Su Ming’s grip tightened, applying tremendous force to Chu Fan’s right fist.
The crisp sound of shattering bones echoed through the cave, followed by Chu Fan’s agonized scream.
“Damn it! When did he get here?!” Outside the secret realm, Li Jianping was as frantic as an ant on a hot pan.
At this rate, Chu Fan would undoubtedly be eliminated by Su Ming.
Without Chu Fan, Li Jianping couldn’t think of anyone who could defeat Su Ming in the arena battles.
Gritting his teeth, Li Jianping took the most desperate measure—he released the suppression on the Taotie.
“Hmm?” Sensing something, Su Ming casually tossed Chu Fan aside like garbage.
“This aura… a savage beast!”
Destiny Vision instantly activated, allowing Su Ming to see the destiny threads of both the Taotie and the nearby Fire Spirit Lizard—both intertwined with Chu Fan’s fate.
Both counted as his destined opportunities.
Without hesitation, Su Ming appeared before the Fire Spirit Lizard and crushed it underfoot.
[Successfully destroyed Destiny Protagonist’s opportunity. Gained 1000 Destiny Points]
[Successfully suppressed Destiny Protagonist. Gained 2000 Destiny Points]
The seals were breaking. The savage beast emerged from the depths to face Su Ming.
“A Taotie with incomplete bloodline? How fitting.”
In the original storyline, the Devouring Demon Sovereign earned his title after obtaining an artifact forged from a Taotie’s remains.
Having been sealed for so long, the starving beast didn’t care who Su Ming was—it immediately roared and attacked.
It was hungry. It needed to feed.
Su Ming raised his hand as the Supreme Chaos Body automatically released Chaos Qi to form a barrier against the Taotie’s assault.
The attack, comparable to the eighth level of the Longevity Realm, only forced Su Ming half a step back.
“Su Ming! I’ll repay today’s humiliation a hundredfold in the future!”
Seizing the moment while Su Ming was occupied with the Taotie, Chu Fan gritted through the pain and fled.
“Oh? When we meet again, I’ll make sure you run away like a beaten dog once more…”
The Taotie grew even more ferocious from hunger and Su Ming’s disregard, intensifying its attacks.
Yet Su Ming stood firm as an unshakable tree in a storm, simply using Chaos Qi to block each strike.
He also noticed something—with every attack, the Taotie absorbed a tiny portion of his Chaos Qi.
“The Taotie’s innate devouring ability lives up to its reputation…”
“But Chaos Qi isn’t something that can be casually consumed—especially not by an incomplete bloodline like yours. Your devouring ability is far from complete.”
As if to prove Su Ming’s point, purple cracks began appearing across the Taotie’s body before shattering—taking chunks of its flesh with them.
The sudden mutation only enraged the beast further, sending it into complete frenzy.
“Disaster! The savage beast has gone berserk! At this rate, Su Ming will surely be in danger!”
“Sect Master, order Su Ming’s immediate extraction! If he’s injured, our Three Saints Sect cannot bear the consequences!”
Hearing the elders’ pleas, Li Jianping secretly rejoiced.
Even if Su Ming demanded answers later, he could always throw these elders under the chariot.
But just as he prepared to extract Su Ming from the secret realm, Su Ming finally launched his counterattack.
A single ordinary punch sent the Taotie flying, embedding it into the cave wall.
“He… he actually punched away a Taotie?!”
“Longevity Realm first level… is he truly only at the first level of Longevity Realm?!”
Even Li Jianping was utterly shocked now.
Under their distant gazes, Su Ming strode forward, grabbed the Taotie’s head, and twisted it clean off.
[Successfully destroyed Destiny Protagonist’s opportunity…]
[Successfully inflicted psychological trauma on Destiny Protagonist]
[Gained 8000 Destiny Points this time]
Facing the precious corpse of the savage beast, Su Ming tossed it aside like trash.
Compared to the Taotie’s remains, seizing more of Chu Fan’s opportunities was far more important.
[Detected Chu Fan making contact with an opportunity…]
“Chu Fan, every opportunity you find in this secret realm—will become mine!”