Chapter 788

== Xue You switches places ==
Long before Xue You had killed the spider king, Long Chen had made his preparations. He had stealthily crept below the spider's fangs. His guess was that Xue You would first go to extract the crystal core.
A peak seventh rank Magical Beast's corpse wasn't something that just any spatial ring could store. That was especially true with the scales on its back. Those had runes on them that made them natural soul items. They would need spatial rings at least on the soul item level to store them.
But those kinds of spatial rings were exceedingly rare. Soul items were usually only used by soul cultivators, and soul cultivators had their own spiritual spaces for those items. Then they could directly bring them out in battle, and when not in battle, they could nourish them with their souls. 
In order to conceal his killing intent, Long Chen had self-hypnotized himself, making him think that he wasn't killing someone, but simply stabbing the air. This was Long Chen's first time being an amateur assassin.
Everything had gone so perfectly. But when the tip of his blade was three inches from Xue You's back, he failed. Xue You had sensed him.
In that instant when Xue You sensed him, Long Chen didn't hesitate. His blade was like lightning, piercing into his body. When it stabbed into his chest, he didn't hold back his power. His energy erupted.
Blood splashed. But Xue You's body had strangely switched with one of the other Corrupt disciples.
The person Long Chen killed in the end was just a rank two Celestial, and the true Xue You had appeared where he had been. 
== Saber breaks ==
His response was a saber that was still covered in blood. The other Corrupt disciple hastily attacked Long Chen. He knew that Xue You was in an extremely weak state, and he needed to protect him.
Long Chen's saber instantly exploded upon colliding with the Corrupt expert's weapon.
That saber had just been an ordinary weapon. Enchanted items innately possessed their own murderous aura. He didn't know how to reserve that aura like the Bloodkill Hall's assassins. If he had used such a weapon against someone like Xue You, he would have been sensed immediately.
But in the end, he had still failed. Furthermore, this failure still confused him. He still didn't know how Xue You had done this.
An ordinary weapon would naturally explode upon colliding with an Enchanted item. The Corrupt expert was startled. He hadn't expected that Long Chen's weapon would be this useless. His follow-up moves immediately became useless.
== Lightning Spear, Little Snow ==
A lightning spear appeared in his left hand and stabbed toward his enemy's chest.
Suddenly, Little Snow appeared behind him. A sphere of wind blades smashed into the opening on the Corrupt expert's chest.
That Corrupt expert didn't have the slightest ability to resist. He died.
The current Little Snow didn't have the ability to kill ordinary Celestials, let alone rank two Celestials. But the opportunity had been set up perfectly by Long Chen.
== Fair Fight ==
A spear appeared in Long Chen's hand. It was what he had used against that pack of Hidden Ground Gold Spiders. Its weight was not bad. Without a better weapon, this was the best option.
Xue You suddenly took out a pitch-black sword. Long Chen's spear collided with his sword, causing a powerful explosive sound. Both of them were forced back a dozen steps.
Battle intent surged within Long Chen. Xue You's black sword was definitely a Treasure item. His wrist was actually a bit numb from that collision.
That wasn't from Xue You, but from that sword. 
Xue You's sword slashed onto Long Chen's spear. Xue You was blown back dozens of meters. He suddenly spat blood upon his sword once more.
That sword began to buzz. Long Chen tightly clenched his spear, ready for an attack. There was definitely something strange with that sword.
Xue You then flees using the black sword and a hand seal.
Long Chen hastily put the spider king's corpse into the primal chaos space.