Chapter 1196: Chapter 1168: Breakthrough!
Li Chen is a person with rich emotions, but he is actually not good at expressing them.
Moreover, most of the time, he serves as a leader.
As the head of a power, he often has to maintain the dignity of a leader and remain absolutely calm. As time goes by, no one knows what is hidden behind his calm expression.
For the people of the Nether Army, what Li Chen thinks is not relevant to them, because Li Chen is their boss, and whatever the boss says, they simply obey.
Towards his family, Li Chen mostly interacts peacefully, with simple yearning, and rarely reveals his emotions. It’s not that his emotions towards those around him are shallow, but he truly is not adept at verbalizing these feelings.
For him, doing well is enough, so why must he speak it out?
However, at this moment, he realized that he had made a grave mistake.
It seems he had never spoken a few heartwarming words to his grandfathers.
He hadn’t sat beside them like others and engaged in heartfelt conversations, discussing everyday matters.
Most of the time, what he talked about with the grandfathers were essential duties, akin to official business.
Li Chen had not met his parents, and to him, these grandfathers were his only family.
But now...
He didn’t know how to describe his feelings right now; he only felt a mix of grief, regret, despair, and loss fervently swirling in his heart.
This feeling was unbearably painful.
It wasn’t physical pain but genuine heartache.
The pain made him open his mouth and let out an earth-shattering roar.
"Ah!!!"
An incredibly violent aura suddenly burst from Li Chen’s body, transforming his extreme grief into power, instantly flooding his entire being.
At this moment, Chu Songlan, who was about to kill Li Chen, was startled and quickly retreated.
He could feel the terrifying momentum, and thought Li Chen had truly hidden some kind of trump card.
However, Li Chen clearly did not know Chu Songlan’s feelings at this moment; he was entirely focused on his emotions.
Grief, regret, helplessness, despair.
These emotions filled his heart, prompting him to roar and wail.
"Third Grandpa! Fourth Grandpa, I’m sorry! I’m sorry!!"
Li Chen’s eyes burst with tears, mixed with strands of blood, streaming down his cheeks.
Men don’t easily shed tears, unless at their deepest sorrow.
Yet amidst the roars, Li Chen’s momentum continued to climb.
And the True Qi within him quickly recovered in that moment.
Ten percent, thirty percent... seventy percent, ninety percent!
After the True Qi reached its peak, the terrifying momentum did not cease but continued soaring upwards.
Finally, Li Chen seemed to hear a sound of something shattering, but amidst the roars, that sound was drowned out.
And his cultivation broke through the Union Level, reaching the Roaring Level.
"You..." Looking at Li Chen, Chu Songlan was in utter disbelief; even if his strength dropped due to serious injury, he could still assess his opponent’s strength.
Li Chen’s breakthrough was at the same level as him, so he could naturally recognize Li Chen’s state.
Yet, he couldn’t believe Li Chen managed to break through at this critical moment.
Breaking through during battle, such occurrences were rumored and mostly seen among low-level martial artists. It was unbelievable that it happened right before him, and the one breaking through was an Earth-level expert!
Every step of an Earth-level expert’s breakthrough is extremely dangerous, requiring a secure place for closed-door cultivation; how did Li Chen manage it?
It wasn’t just Chu Songlan who was shocked; even the bamboo chair youth behind him would be stunned knowing this.
Li Chen’s breakthrough defied everyone’s expectations.
But he did indeed achieve it.
Suddenly, Chu Songlan seemed to think of something, glancing at the turtle shell in Li Chen’s hand.
It seemed to be something left intentionally by an old man, which they hadn’t paid much attention to at the time.
The key to breaking through from Union Level to Roaring Level is intense emotional turmoil, enough to make an Earth-level expert roar in despair.
Apparently...
Chu Songlan fell silent.
Clutching his sickle, Chu Songlan began contemplating an escape.
Even when Li Chen was at Union Level, they were already struggling, especially amidst the terrifying Bloodstorm, he nearly ended up like He Baigang, sliced into pieces.
Now that Li Chen advanced to Roaring Level, how could he contend?
The Li family, a bunch of monsters! Chu Songlan’s face turned incredibly ugly.
This mission was a complete failure; the old men were not killed, Li Chen couldn’t be killed, and He Baigang might as well be dead now.
He found himself, a Roaring Level expert, overwhelmed with uncertainty.
"Are you done thinking?"
A deep voice echoed from a short distance away from Chu Songlan.
At some point, Li Chen, who completed his breakthrough, was calmly standing a short distance in front of Chu Songlan.
Li Chen’s expression was quite calm, the tears from his eyes had healed themselves.
Only through his eyes could one glimpse the hidden sorrow.
Seeing Li Chen at this moment, Chu Songlan suddenly felt an intense fear.
Why, faced with this enemy, did he feel such a strong urge to run?
Even if Li Chen broke through, he is merely at the same level as him! He was among the strongest in the same level, why fear this young man?
Yet, he knew he wasn’t in peak form, possibly no match for this newly ascended Roaring Level opponent.
So, after careful thought, escaping was the plan.
However, just as Chu Songlan turned to act, he found Li Chen standing even closer than before.
"You all should stay."