Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

This was a completely unimaginable scene.

Chu Li and the others had come to save this man, but not only was he ungrateful, he even launched a sneak attack when they weren't prepared.

That wasn't all; what was even more bizarre was that after killing Chu Li and the others, the man actually knelt down in the direction of the empty forest in the distance, as if there was a terrifyingly powerful figure there.

In fact, Chen Tian had been closely following Chu Li and the others and had already arrived. He was currently concealed in the foliage of an ancient thousand-year-old tree, coldly observing everything.

To be honest, it wasn't that Chen Tian didn't want to help when the man ambushed Chu Li and the others, but everything happened too quickly, and Chen Tian simply didn't have time to offer assistance.

Furthermore, there was something else that made Chen Tian quite wary: there was an extremely powerful aura emanating from the direction the man was kneeling towards, making Chen Tian even more hesitant to act rashly.

The raggedly dressed man knelt towards the distance for a while, and then, suddenly, a ball of black ghost fire appeared out of thin air.

Chen Tian gasped inwardly when he saw this shocking scene, because he sensed that the powerful aura was emanating from this ball of ghost fire.

However, with the appearance of this ball of ghost fire, the raggedly dressed man kneeling on the ground was clearly even more terrified than Chen Tian. He buried his head even lower, his body trembling violently, not even daring to breathe loudly.

"What is going on?"

Accompanying an icy cold voice, the ghost fire floating in the air flickered dimly, following the intonation.

Although there was no emotion in this voice, if one listened carefully, one could still hear a hint of blame.

The raggedly dressed man's face paled even further upon hearing this, and he kowtowed, saying, "Great Demon Beast, please don't be angry. I didn't expect that Ye Tianjian would be so heartless, completely ignoring my cries for help. This time, I miscalculated. Please give me another chance."

"Ye Tianjian? Isn't that me?"

Chen Tian had been quietly hiding in the tree, eavesdropping, but now that he heard them bringing the topic to him, Chen Tian could no longer remain calm. After a quick flicker of his eyes, he listened even more carefully to the conversation between the two.

"Hmph, useless! Didn't you guarantee that this method would definitely succeed? What are you saying now?" Hearing the man's explanation, the ghost fire shook even more violently, and the killing intent reflected from within became even more intense.

"Roar…"

However, at this moment, a violent roar suddenly came from behind a giant tree.

Chen Tian's expression changed drastically upon hearing this angry roar, and he said with annoyance, "Bad luck!"

Immediately afterwards, he didn't dare to delay, and with a flash of his figure, he flew down from the treetop.

Just as Chen Tian landed, a panther more than three zhang in length suddenly appeared where he had just been standing.

Seeing Chen Tian land on the ground, it roared again and jumped down as well.

Faced with Chen Tian's sudden appearance, the ghost fire seemed somewhat surprised, even forgetting to flicker, quietly floating in the air.

Chen Tian coughed dryly, trying his best to put on a calm expression, and said with a light smile, "Um, I ate too much for dinner and feel a little full, so I came out for a walk. Please forgive me if I have disturbed you! I'll be leaving now; you guys continue chatting!"

As he said this, Chen Tian wanted to run away as quickly as possible.

But things wouldn't be that easy. Before Chen Tian could even take a step, the panther and wild boar demon beasts on the ground sandwiched him from the front and back, trapping Chen Tian between them.

At this time, the man who had been kneeling on the ground also seemed to react and exclaimed with delight, "Great Demon Beast, this person is Ye Tianjian!"

Hearing this, a bitter smile appeared on Chen Tian's face. It seemed he wouldn't be able to escape.

"Haha… Hahahaha… You truly have a path to heaven but you don't take it, and a gate to hell but you insist on barging in. I originally thought you had already escaped, but I didn't expect you to deliver yourself to my doorstep!" After a long silence, the ghost fire in the air burst into ecstatic laughter.

Knowing that he couldn't avoid it, Chen Tian had no choice but to give up the idea of escaping and decided to face the battle head-on!

With a flick of his right hand, Chen Tian took out the Red Phoenix longsword, held it horizontally in front of him, and said calmly, "Haven't you been looking for me? Fine, I am now standing in front of you. Hurry up and drop your disguise and have a fair fight with me!"

As he said this, the Red Phoenix longsword in Chen Tian's hand instantly shone with a bright red light, illuminating Chen Tian's face with shifting light and shadows.

"Haha… Hahahaha… Foolish human!"

But upon seeing Chen Tian adopt such a stance of engagement, the ghost fire laughed even more maniacally.

Its tone was filled with thick ridicule.

Seeing this, Chen Tian's heart suddenly skipped a beat, vaguely feeling that something seemed wrong, so he said in a deep voice, "What are you laughing at?"

"Hehe, nothing." After a long while, the ghost fire stopped laughing, but its tone was still full of disdain as it said, "Ye Tianjian, don't worry, I won't fight you now, but your coming here is a very big miscalculation. Alright, I'm going to enjoy my feast now; please help yourself!"

To Chen Tian's surprise, after saying these unclear words, the ghost fire suddenly retracted its flames and disappeared into thin air.

At the same time, after the ghost fire was extinguished, the panther and wild boar demon beasts on the ground also leaped forward and ran into the dark and deep jungle.

"Great Demon Beast! Didn't you promise to take me away after Ye Tianjian came? You can't leave me alone! Great Demon Beast… take me away!"

Seeing the disappearance of the ghost fire, the man who had been kneeling on the ground also panicked and shouted into the sky.

Chen Tian was completely confused by this incomprehensible scene. After thinking quickly in his mind for a while, he walked towards the man, wanting to ask him something.