Immortal of the Nine Realms-Chapter 1388: Heavenly Sniping Art

Nanming Shaoze looked at Fang Chen with a half-smile. "You're not leaving? Interesting. If you stay, you'll just embarrass yourself along with Yu Tiange. His Nine Tribulation Lightning Body can't even make a ripple before me."

The two cultivators beside him, each wearing a silver-white jade token, chuckled in low voices, a faint teasing glint in their eyes as they looked at Fang Chen and Yu Tiange.

It wasn't outright contempt. After all, Yu Tiange, like them, bore a silver jade token. But before a golden jade token holder like Nanming Shaoze, the gap was enormous.

Silver jade tokens might appear every generation, but a golden jade token might not appear even once in ten generations. That was the difference.

Yu Tiange's voice sounded directly in Fang Chen's ear, "Daoist Fang, I appreciate the sentiment, but it's alright. This has nothing to do with you. It's enough if only I lose face today, no need to drag you into this." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Yu Tiange then looked at Nanming Shaoze and snorted. "I defeated you years ago, and now, I am giving you another chance—fight me one-on-one."

Defeated years ago?

The crowd was surprised to hear that there was history between Nanming Shaoze and Yu Tiange.

Nanming Shaoze's smile didn't change, but his eyes darkened slightly. He said, "That was childhood business. Didn't expect you to cling to it. And now I'm half a step into the Ascension Realm, while you've only just reached the late stage of the Tribulation Realm?"

"Just a minor difference in cultivation. It's not worth mentioning," Yu Tiange replied coolly.

At that moment, two Black Dragon boats happened to pass by.

Li Shanzi and Nanming Ruyue stared at them.

"Fifth Senior Brother, that's your clansman," Li Shanzi said with interest, studying Nanming Shaoze. "He earned a golden jade token in his assessment. With talent like that, he's on par with most core disciples. Once he becomes an immortal, he'll immediately be promoted to a core disciple. It's only a matter of time."

"He's still inexperienced, but becoming a core disciple won't be an issue," Nanming Ruyue replied with a faint smile.

He let his gaze sweep over Yu Tiange and Fang Chen, his eyes shifting slightly. "These two look familiar. Seems to be the ones who came with you. Shall I step in and smooth this over?"

"No need. Just juniors' roughhousing, not worth troubling you, Fifth Senior Brother. As long as no one dies, let them be," Li Shanzi said, glancing at Fang Chen with a smile.

He remembered that this one had found a fourth-transformation immortal herb—but so what? He had already promised that upon returning to the expedition star, he'd receive the corresponding immortal crystals and merits. As for the other, he recalled mostly because the Nine Tribulation Lightning Body he cultivated was considered first-rate in the Upper Three Realms.

Still, before the core disciples of major powers, such things no longer matter. Those who held Formation Hearts were fundamentally different from ordinary cultivators.

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"A minor realm difference? Hah, easy for you to say." Nanming Shaoze couldn't help but laugh. "I won't bully you. Why don't the two of you come at me together? That would be fair, right?"

"Together?" Yu Tiange's expression shifted. He knew Fang Chen's strength surpassed his own. They'd tested that before.

But...

He glanced at Fang Chen and shook his head. "This has nothing to do with you. Step aside."

After a moment, he added, "Take your teammates and leave. Don't linger here."

"No need to say more. Whether we lose face or not, we'll only know after a fight," Fang Chen sent a voice transmission as he patted Yu Tiange's shoulder.

He then looked at Nanming Shaoze and smiled. "No need for the two of us. I'll fight you. Only if you beat me do you qualify to fight Fellow Daoist Yu."

The onlookers exchanged odd looks.

The bronze jade token holders watching from a distance glanced at each other. One sucked in a breath and said in surprise, "This Daoist Fang... is pretty loyal."

"What good is loyalty in this situation?" another muttered. "He just advanced to the late stage of the Tribulation Realm. If he gets thrashed and drops a realm because he hadn't yet stabilized his cultivation, he'll regret it. He's still too young and rash."

Lin Yuan immediately looked to the Little Immortal Honglian. "Fellow Daoist Honglian, shouldn't you try to persuade the captain? He wants to single out a golden jade token monster!"

She had meant to advise otherwise, but then recalled something and gently shook her head. "I've never seen Daoist Fang's limit. Maybe this time we'll find out what level of prodigy he really is."

"Limit? Isn't it just a silver jade token? He only beat Yu Tiange, but now his opponent's a golden jade token—who is also an entire realm above him..." Lin Yuan grumbled.

Yu Tiange stared blankly at Fang Chen and blurted out, "Are you crazy?"

Suppressed chuckles rose around.

Yu Tiange stiffened. He was so agitated that he had forgotten to use voice transmission.

Catching himself, Yu Tiange quickly sent a transmission. "What are you doing? Planning to lose face with me here?"

"It won't come to that," Fang Chen replied casually.

A faint, eerie blue light surfaced in his gray-white pupils, and the surrounding spiritual power began to boil.

"The evolved Radiant Divine Eyes!" muttered Yu Tiange.

He recognized the technique. It was the same one Fang Chen had previously used to beat him.

Seeing that Fang Chen was serious, Yu Tiange hesitated for a few breaths before retreating to the side.

"Even with the evolved Radiant Divine Eyes... a golden jade token monster won't be easy to take down," Yu Wuxia murmured, expression complicated.

Chen Mingxiong was a little surprised. He hadn't expected Fang Chen to challenge Nanming Shaoze despite knowing he held a golden token.

A faint smile crept into his eyes. In his view, whether Fang Chen or Yu Tiange, they were destined to lose. No surprises there.

"Serious, are we?" Nanming Shaoze looked Fang Chen up and down. "An evolved Radiant Divine Eyes, huh? Fine, I'll indulge you. Let's see if they can bridge the gap between us."

As he spoke, a phantom appeared behind him. In a single instant, its terrifying aura isolated the nearby cultivators on its own.

It held a long bow, now drawn to a full moon, aiming at Fang Chen.

"Heavenly Sniping Art."

"Rumor has it this technique can precisely kill opponents across layers of void. No matter how you flee, it's useless."

"Is he going for the kill?"

"With a provocation like that, even if Nanming Shaoze kills him, Nanming Shaoze would at most receive a reprimand. Don't forget, he'll soon be a core disciple."

"True enough..."

Once you become a core disciple and command an Immortal Boat formation, you become a major figure overnight. Even a sixth-transformation immortal had to treat you like an equal, dropping all arrogance.

Killing an external cultivator... was hardly excessive.

"Nanming Shaoze, are you insane?! Using the Heavenly Sniping Art on one of your own!?" Yu Tiange shouted in shock and anger. He then yelled to Fang Chen, "Run!"

Run? The phantom had already let loose an arrow.

The might of that arrow sent a chill rising from the depths of the hearts of Ascension Realm cultivators nearby. That alone proved that its power was enough to threaten even them.