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“The current Corrupt path has also learned from the Righteous path to play the game of evidence. Hehe, they both are truly ridiculous,” sneered Long Chen.
Everyone turned cold. If it really was like this, then these Corrupt experts would not stop until they were all concentrated on Xuantian Dao Sect’s mining site.
“Boss, should we break out of their encirclement?” asked Guo Ran.
“Break out of their encirclement? Don’t you see their huge formation? It’s only there because they refuse to allow us to do that. Do you think the Corrupt path is only full of idiots?” Long Chen was somewhat speechless. Even the smart Guo Ran had become a fool now.
The Xuantian Dao Sect’s experts and miners were all standing there in horror, looking in the distance. Many of them were already completely filled with despair. They knew that they really were doomed today.
However, Zhou Kun was standing at the front, looking icily at Long Chen and the others. There was a faint pleased smile on his face.
“Boss, what should we do? Should we go save them? Each one of them is an extra bit of strength.” Gu Yang looked at the Righteous disciples fleeing from the Corrupt path. The Corrupt path had sent an incredible number of people. They numbered in the tens of thousands. Obviously, they had made their determination not to let a single person escape.
Tens of thousands of Xiantian experts with quite a few being half-step Sea Expansion. That power was truly shocking.
“Do you really think they’d stand by your side to face our enemies? Have you forgotten how those people sneered at us in Chaos City? Did you forget how when we were attacked, countless idiots merely used photographic jades to record the excitement? If we pulled such people onto our side, they wouldn’t be able to help us at all. On the other hand, we’d have to worry about them stabbing us in the back,” said Long Chen.
Now that they thought about it, that was definitely true. These selfish, apathetic people would only cause their total power to drop if they joined.
In the distance, Chaos City was in complete chaos. Countless screams rang out.
The Corrupt experts gradually moved in from the outer region, sweeping through the mining region. They killed anyone they saw.
“Brothers, make your preparations. Warm up a bit. In a bit, we’ll have a fierce battle. Remember our previous battle against the Corrupt path from back in the 108th monastery. At that time, we still had so many brothers. But afterward, many of our brothers ended up lost forever. Now those idiots from the Corrupt path have come again. They want to take more of our brothers from us. Tell me, what should we do?!” shouted Long Chen.
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
The Dragonblood warriors had all followed Long Chen since the 108th monastery. Many of their close brothers had been killed by the Corrupt path. Thinking of those brothers who had died so miserably by their side, their eyes turned scarlet.
It was as if that tragic scene had occurred only yesterday. That kind of pain could never be forgotten.
The Dragonblood Legion’s roars rang out louder and louder. Their fury seemed like it could ignite the air.
Seeing that, Zhou Kun sneered. In the face of absolute power, anything was useless.
Those Corrupt experts were like a huge wave surging over here. As their circle shrunk, their power grew more concentrated. Every single one of them would reach the Xuantian Dao Sect’s mining region in less than an hour.
However, none of them approached. They all stopped a thousand miles away, completely surrounding them. At this distance, Long Chen could see that these Xiantian experts were all very young. Most likely, none of them had reached their thirties.
Long Chen instantly understood that the Corrupt path was using this as a chance to temper their elite disciples.
Slaughter was the fastest way to cultivate for Corrupt experts. It seemed their operation today was to be extremely profitable.
Suddenly, their encirclement opened, and a group of eight people walked out. Seeing those eight people, the Corrupt experts immediately let out a heaven-shaking cheer.
There were seven men and one bewitching woman. Her aura was exceptionally powerful. As she walked, her aura seemed to cause the entire space to tremble, making people feel endless terror.
“Celestials? And eight of them? They really look favorably on me.” Long Chen laughed.
Eight Celestials had appeared at the same time. The Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples all felt like it was hard to breathe, and even their bodies quivered uncontrollably.
But the Dragonblood warriors didn’t feel any fear. The intimidating pressure of Celestials did not affect them. When they had undergone their tribulations, even that heavenly fury hadn’t been able to do anything to them. This little bit of pressure was nothing.
At the same time, they realized why Long Chen had had them infuriate the heavenly tribulation to temper them. It wasn’t just to temper their bodies, but also their souls.
Ordinary people wouldn’t even be able to summon up the courage to fight Celestials. But they were able to resist that suffocating aura. That was the difference.
Seeing these eight people, Zhou Kun suddenly laughed, startling everyone. Zhou Kun actually walked over to their side and said to Long Chen, “Long Chen, today you’ll definitely die!”
Zhou Kun’s actions caused everyone to be flabbergasted. Even the Corrupt disciples were dumbfounded.
Long Chen indifferently looked at him. “No way? Your Zhou family was so brazen as to collude with the Corrupt path? If news of that gets out, wouldn’t your entire Zhou family be expelled from the Xuantian Dao Sect?”
“If it gets out? Hahaha, how would that happen? Today, not one of you should even think about leaving alive. So what if my Zhou family colluded with the Corrupt path? Long Chen, today, you’ll definitely die. Even if you grow wings, this grand formation won’t let you escape,” sneered Zhou Kun.
“Zhou Kun, do you understand that your actions today are equivalent to betraying the entire Righteous path? Do you really have no qualms?” asked Long Chen.
“Betraying the Righteous path? Hehe, just because you say it, it won’t make it true. Pill Valley is the true ruler of this world, and the Pill Tower is the commander. With the support of the Pill Tower, who would my Zhou family be afraid of? Hehe, you’ll soon die, so I don’t mind telling you. Did you think it was only my Zhou family that contributed to sending you here?
“Hehe, the other three families also received benefits from the Pill Tower; otherwise, why would the Shui family simply allow you to jump into a clear trap?
“Did you think the Shui family are all good people? Keep dreaming. Shui Wuhen’s grace toward you is useless. She doesn’t control the Shui family. In fact, many in the Shui family find Shui Wuhen unlikeable. How is it, is your heart cold now?” Zhou Kun smiled icily at Long Chen, extremely pleased with himself.
Long Chen was also smiling. This fellow’s words were extremely important. He had long since secretly activated a photographic jade just for this.
Although his words couldn’t count as direct proof for the entire Zhou family, it was enough. As long as he transmitted these images out, whether it was the Zhou family or the Pill Tower, they would all have to pay their price.
That was especially true of the Pill Tower. Last time, in the Jiuli secret realm, Huo Wufang had ordered the experts of both paths to attack Long Chen. That was a grave crime, and they had been denounced by countless Righteous experts.
The Righteous experts weren’t the strongest, but their stern declarations and fierce criticizations brought a great deal of pressure to the Pill Tower.
It was unknown how many benefits the Pill Tower had been forced to spit out in order to appease everyone. They were lucky that the fiercest criticizers were not from the large sects, so they didn’t lose too much money before the matter ended.
However, not long after that, the Huayun Sect’s Bone Tempering Pills had appeared, and the matte
r of their fake pills caused huge waves.
That huge turbulence had made it so that the Huo family hadn’t been able to catch a breath for a long time. It was only months later that they managed to discuss this topic with Long Chen.
As a result, Long Chen hadn’t given them any face, directly provoking the Huo family. As a result, they had decided Long Chen had to die, or the Huo family’s prestige would truly drop to the ground.
“What are you still waiting for? Kill Long Chen!” Zhou Kun waved his hand, his meaning that the eight of them should attack.
PFFT!
Blood flew. A scorpion tail whip pierced straight through Zhou Kun’s chest.
Chapter 639 Killing a Celestial With a Single Blow
A dark red whip pierced through Zhou Kun’s back and came out of his chest. Zhou Kun was bewildered. He started to turn back to see who had attacked him.
But a powerful force surged through the whip, and he didn’t even have a chance to make a sound before exploding into a bloody mist.
“Who is this idiot?”
The woman in the group of eight slowly withdrew her whip.
“He should be the person to receive us. It seems he didn’t have the slightest use, but he still dared to order us around. The Righteous path really is full of idiots,” said one of the Celestials indifferently.
Zhou Kun’s death horrified the elder from the Zhou family. “You… how could you kill your own people?”
“Our own people? Who do you think you are to be called that? Kill yourself!” said the woman.
What horrified everyone was that as soon as she said that, the elder from the Zhou family took out his sword and cut off his own head without hesitation. His blood splattered over the people around him.
This Zhou family elder was clearly a late Xiantian expert, but a single word from this woman had caused him to kill himself. Was she a devil?
“What terrifying soul arts.”
Long Chen was also shocked. He hadn’t seen the woman use any techniques. But with just a look, she instantly controlled the elder’s mind, causing him to kill himself without hesitation.
She was definitely terrifying. If the Dragonblood Legion was forced to face her, it would be troublesome.
Although the Dragonblood warriors all had stable wills, this woman’s soul energy was too terrifying. Once she used her spiritual attacks, they wouldn’t be able to resist. That made Long Chen’s heart sink.
He had to kill this woman immediately, or the Dragonblood warriors would instantly die at her hands.
“It’s a possession,” whispered Meng Qi. She had sensed that this woman’s body didn’t perfectly match her soul. A powerful expert’s soul had clearly seized her body.
That expert’s Spiritual Strength might be powerful, but it hadn’t reached the point where Meng Qi was terrified. It was just that the expert’s control over her Spiritual Strength had reached a practically perfect level.
Meng Qi was also an expert at controlling the soul. To have this level of control, this woman’s body definitely contained an old monster who had lived for an unknown number of years.
“Leave this person to me,” said Meng Qi confidently. She could see the worry in his eyes.
“Are you sure?”
“Don’t worry. Although I can’t say that I can definitely beat her, I guarantee I won’t lose.”
Long Chen nodded. Meng Qi’s control over her Spiritual Strength was something he would never be able to catch up to. There was no one better than Meng Qi to handle this woman.
“You are Long Chen?”
That woman suddenly turned toward Long Chen, sizing him up.
“Guilty as charged.”
She frowned slightly. “Only in the mid Meridian Opening realm. Those old fellows really made a huge deal out of nothing. Just for someone like you, they made all of us come. Their brains must have been eaten by worms. I hear you once managed to defeat a Celestial?”
“Your information is very accurate,” replied Long Chen.
The woman looked up and down at him, and then shook her head. “I have no interest in this weakling. Who wants him?”
The woman looked at the other Celestials. She was clearly their leader. The others also frowned slightly at Long Chen. Obviously, they also disdained to attack him.
“Fine, I’ll do it. I’m not picky about my food.”
Suddenly, an extremely wizened man walked out. He looked like he was skin and bones as if a light breeze would make him topple over.
But Long Chen knew that many of the Corrupt experts were this thin. This was actually a kind of secret technique to condense the power of the flesh within the bones. That made their bones even harder than Xiantian weapons.
Furthermore, this person’s sinister aura gave off boundless pressure. With each step, the ground trembled.
“Tell everyone that when the battle starts, they’re to do their best to break out of the enclosure and get some distance from the battlefield,” Long Chen whispered into Meng Qi’s ear. He had Meng Qi send spiritual messages to everyone. He then walked toward the wizened Celestial.
“I hear you have a female Celestial here? Once I kill you, I’ll go meet her.” The wizened man sneered and then shot toward Long Chen.
The wizened man’s punch caused a loud rumbling, like a hammer was smashing the ground. His fist was covered in blood-red runes, and Long Chen sensed endless resentment from them.
In that instant, Long Chen understood that this fellow had used other people’s life energy and resentment to condense his own special runes. This attack of his was extremely terrifying.
A thunderforce-covered hand grabbed the wizened man’s fist. The ground instantly split apart, causing dust to fill the air and block everyone’s vision.
PFFT!
Within that dust, people heard what sounded like something piercing through flesh. When the dust scattered, they all saw a stupefying scene.
Long Chen’s left hand was still clenching the wizened man’s fist. But his right arm was holding a lightning spear that had pierced through the wizened man’s chest. His terrifying thunderforce had instantly turned all the wizened man’s insides to dust.
“In your next life, remember not to be careless when you don’t know your opponent’s true strength. That will cause you to die.”
His lightning spear suddenly blossomed with light, and before the wizened man could even react, he was blown into a bloody mist.
He was killed with one attack?
Following the wizened man’s death, his core runes appeared in the sky. Long Chen’s spear was replaced with a blood-red saber that shattered those runes.
Only once they saw those runes did the other Corrupt Celestials react. The wizened man had truly been killed.
Long Chen rested his saber on his shoulder. His hair and robes fluttered. The current Long Chen seemed like an unsheathed divine sword, like a completely different person.
“Does anyone else want to try me?” said Long Chen icily. His voice sounded like it had come from the depths of hell.
The Corrupt Celestials’ expressions completely changed. The woman’s expression was exceptionally ugly.
Originally, a total of nine Celestials had been part of this operation to kill Long Chen. This was actually a trial for the nine Celestials, the main point of which was to practice their cooperation.
The woman was the leader of this operation. This entire plan had been made by her. Furthermore, she had the power to make it so the other Celestials had to listen to her.
This should have been a simple trial without any mishaps. But there had been one idiot who had been closest to the chaos region. And having arrived early, he had wanted to kill Long Chen on his own. As a result, he was slaughtered by Tang Wan-er.
Zhou Kun had sent them the news that it was Tang Wan-er who had defeated the Celestial. Long Chen had merely given him a simple killing blow. That had caused them to become careless toward Long Chen.
As a result, this careless
ness caused another Celestial to die before he even managed to summon his manifestation.
“Bastard, you actually acted like the pig to kill the tiger. Everyone, kill him together! We definitely can’t let any more mishaps occur!”
The Corrupt woman’s eyes suddenly lit up with a demonic violet light. Long Chen felt his hair stand on end as if an invisible blade was currently stabbing toward him.
“Underworld Soul Thorn!”
Suddenly, a translucent arrow shot straight toward the Corrupt woman.
“There’s actually a soul cultivator?!”
The Corrupt woman had no choice but to give up her attack on Long Chen. Quickly forming hand seals, a huge shield appeared in front of her.
The two spiritual techniques collided in the air. Ripples appeared in the space around them, causing the people nearby to feel an intense pain in their souls.
The Corrupt woman hadn’t expected a terrifying soul cultivator to also be hiding here, startling and infuriating her.
“This isn’t a good place to fight. Let’s switch locations.” She snorted coldly and suddenly rushed into the distance.
Obviously, she didn’t want her own attacks to affect the other Celestials. She wanted to lead Meng Qi away. Coincidentally, that was also what Meng Qi wanted.
As Meng Qi and the Corrupt woman rushed into the distance, the Dragonblood warriors also rushed away. They wanted to get further away from Long Chen.
The others who had been standing there in shock also fled when they saw the Dragonblood warriors take action. They hoped to take advantage of the chaos to run.
But the surrounding Corrupt army had completely surrounded this region. How could they possibly escape? The Corrupt disciples all smiled sinisterly upon seeing the Dragonblood warriors run.
They were only in the Meridian Opening realm. They were basically cabbages that they could cut down however the wanted.
“Kill!”