Two Realms: I Will Become the Immortal Emperor

Chapter 365: Chapter 336: Arbitrary Slaughter

BOOM!

The moment they left the city, several Cultivators shot into the sky, their robes billowing. A powerful wave of True Essence wrapped them in an Escape Light, like a rainbow streaking across the sky at extreme speed. In just a few breaths, they traveled from the city gates to a point over a hundred li away.

”Flying Heaven and Earth... Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and with such presence!?”

”Seven or eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators working together... I wonder which unlucky bastard they’ve targeted now...”

”A Cultivator with a Sword Box on his back left just now. It seems he’s the one who posted the bounty on Wanjia at the Slaughter Tower.”

Everyone in Faqian City had now noticed the Escape Lights streaking across the sky. One after another, they tilted their heads back and gazed upward.

Although incidents like this were common outside Faqian City, it was still extremely rare to see so many Foundation Establishment Cultivators working together.

Many curious onlookers scrambled to the top of the city walls, craning their necks to see into the distance.

Witnessing something like this, just once, would provide enough material for gossip for weeks to come.

”It seems he won’t be able to get you out of Faqian City after all...”

Jin Wu chuckled lightly, the picture of a man who had everything under control.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lian’s face immediately turned pale.

”Hm?”

Having left the city, Chen Che sensed the auras of his pursuers, and a flicker of derision crossed his eyes.

He had used himself as bait, preparing to hook a big fish.

He hadn’t expected these small fry to be drawn by the scent of blood as well.

But he wasn’t afraid. They were just a few Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators; he could cut them down with ease.

”Fellow Daoist, halt!”

A loud shout rang out.

WHOOSH—

Before the voice had even faded, the few Major Cultivators from the city overtook him, blocking his path in midair. They surrounded Chen Che from all sides. With a sidelong glance, Chen Che even spotted a familiar face.

”Are you here to see me off?”

Chen Che looked over, a faint, unreadable smile on his face.

”Fellow Daoist, I...”

Lu Kai felt extremely uncomfortable under Chen Che’s gaze, as if ants were crawling all over him.

When they had first arrived, he had wanted to team up with Chen Che. They had run into each other several times in the city, so they were practically acquaintances. Yet here he was, joining others to ambush and kill him. And to be called out on it... no matter how thick-skinned he was, he felt his face burn with shame. This was utterly without honor.

”Brother Lu, don’t forget how he answered you when you first asked to travel with him.”

Just then, a Major Cultivator with high cheekbones, graying temples, and wrinkles like tree bark around his eyes spoke from the side in a sinister tone. ”Finish him, and the debt you owe me will be wiped clean...”

”Of course.”

This reminder snapped Lu Kai back to reality. He had wanted to travel with Chen Che but had been rejected. He had then run into him several times in the city and tried to befriend him, but the man had treated him with utter disdain.

Later on, he lost all his Spirit Stones and racked up a mountain of bad debt.

Then, this group of Cultivators approached him to join them in this attack.

If they succeeded, all his debts would be cleared, and he might even get a share of the spoils. Then he could buy Pills and return to his Race. At this thought, the guilt in his heart vanished, and he tightened his grip on the Chi Long Ring-Headed Saber at his lower back.

”Fellow Daoists, for you to intercept me so suddenly... you wouldn’t happen to be thinking of killing me for my treasures, would you?”

Chen Che glanced at Lu Kai before his gaze swept over the others.

”You’re a clever one, Fellow Daoist. Since you’ve already guessed, why don’t you just hand over all your Spirit Stones, Magical Artifacts, Talismans, and Pills? We’re only after wealth, not your life.”

A burly Major Cultivator with a lion’s mane of hair, wearing a pair of Black Iron Fists, let out a booming laugh.

”With just a sorry bunch like you?”

Chen Che stood there, motionless.

With a slight stir of his Divine Sense, he sensed that Bai Shibao had just walked out of Qianyuan Hall.

’A sorry bunch?’

The faces of the group darkened.

”Why waste time talking to him? Just kill him and be done with it. We’re too close to Faqian City; the longer this drags on, the more likely something will go wrong.”

The Major Cultivator with the high cheekbones said coldly.

His gaze was fixed coldly on Chen Che. It then shifted to the strap of the Sword Box, and his pupils twitched slightly. ”I call dibs on his Sword Box...”

”That’s a Tier Three Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact, and there are Spirit Swords inside...” the burly Major Cultivator said, narrowing his eyes, his tone unyielding.

”I’ll compensate you with Spirit Stones at market price.”

”Fine.”

In an instant, the men had finished dividing the spoils.

In their eyes, with seven Major Cultivators present, Chen Che was as good as dead no matter how powerful he was. They had nothing to worry about.

”Attack!”

The burly Major Cultivator roared, but it was Lu Kai who struck first. He was well aware of Chen Che’s strength and deeply feared him. He knew that if Chen Che survived this encounter, the future repercussions would be endless. Thus, he attacked immediately with a vicious technique.

Instantly, an exquisite Large Bronze Bowl appeared in his hand. It expanded in the wind, swelling to several times its original size as the rim unleashed a sheet of golden light that shot directly toward Chen Che.

At the same time, a great Suppressing Power manifested from within the light.

Clearly, this was another special type of Magical Artifact.

”...Sigh.”

Chen Che sighed softly. He raised his right hand, formed a Sword Formula, and made a circling gesture.

ZVNNG!

With a crisp ring, a streak of light shot out from the Sword Box. Like a hot knife through butter, it tore straight through the center of the golden light.

’Not good.’

Seeing this, Lu Kai’s pupils shrank.

His Bronze Bowl was named the ’Qiankun Bowl’ and possessed a suppressing effect. Cultivators of the Same Tier trapped within it would feel as if they were sunk in a deep mire. For this Nameless Sword Cultivator to instantly shatter the Qiankun Bowl’s restriction... his strength was even more terrifying than Lu Kai had imagined.

BANG!

Before the thought had even fully formed, the sword light had already pierced straight through the ’Qiankun Bowl’. With its momentum barely diminished, it tore through Lu Kai’s shoulder, blasting him backward.

But the high-cheekboned Major Cultivator and the burly one paid this no mind, instead shouting in unison:

”Everyone, attack together! He’s a Sword Cultivator, and he’s very likely at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection! If we all go at once, there’s no way he can kill us all!”

They didn’t need to be told; the rest swarmed forward.

Sword Cultivators specialized in deadly offense, their power far exceeding others of the Same Tier. To an outside observer, the figures in the sky blurred into streaks of light, all hurtling toward Chen Che.

”Now this is a rare and spectacular sight,” a Major Cultivator on the city wall said with visible excitement.

The high-cheekboned Major Cultivator was named Ding Peng. He too was a Sword Cultivator at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment realm, and he also owned a Sword Box. He had once used his power to annihilate an entire Foundation Establishment Race. However, that Race had connections to a Golden Core True Master from the Star-Picking Sect.

Ding Peng had come here to escape the consequences.

The burly Major Cultivator was Han Chen, a rare Body Cultivator. He had a legendary track record, having once escaped completely unscathed from the pursuit of three Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators.

”Oh, no...”

Hearing the exclamations from the crowd, Zhou Lian’s face grew even paler.

Just then, Han Chen charged forward to strike.

He pressed down with his right hand, the force like a thunderclap of immense power. The ground around Chen Che’s body suddenly caved in, revealing a giant Hand Seal. He hadn’t used a shred of True Essence, accomplishing this feat with his Qi and Blood alone.

A vast cloud of white dust billowed out in a shockwave.

’This strike will definitely wound him.’

Han Chen was filled with confidence.

Like Sword Cultivators, Body Cultivators were also beings who specialized in deadly offense.

CLANG!

What Han Chen hadn’t expected was that Chen Che merely flicked a finger. His palm slammed into a Flying Sword. The blade was indestructible; on the contrary, the immense True Essence thrumming within it sent a paralyzing shock up Han Chen’s arm, which felt as if it were about to snap.

BANG!

To the utter shock of the onlookers, Han Chen, who had charged down with unstoppable momentum, was sent flying backward by the force of that single sword.

”How is that possible!”

Han Chen’s eyes were filled with pure horror.

At that moment, Chen Che flicked another finger, and with a series of sharp ZINGS, several more beams of sword light shot out from the Sword Box on his back.

Han Chen had no time to dodge. He could only raise his arms to block the Flying Swords head-on.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The Flying Swords crashed against his body, producing the sound of metal striking stone. With each impact, he was forced back a step, a trickle of blood escaping his lips. When the final sword hit, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

Even as he sent Han Chen flying, Chen Che had already flicked another finger. A Flying Sword shot out, shattering Ding Peng’s Sword Group. Then, with a clench of his fist, several Flying Swords converged into a Sword Ring to block a Jade Seal launched by three Major Cultivators in unison. With a subsequent wave of his hand, more Flying Swords shot out to intercept a sky full of Talismans.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

In a single instant, Chen Che had clashed with all seven Major Cultivators.

Instantly, the entire world seemed to shake with the force of the impacts.

SPURT!

The seven men, who had charged in so aggressively, were all sent flying backward, spitting blood.

”How is this possible?”

Seeing this, Jin Wu’s expression changed drastically.

Seven Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators working together, including a Sword Cultivator and a Body Cultivator, should have been a match for a Golden Core True Master. And yet, they couldn’t even handle Chen Che.

WHOA!

Inside and outside the city walls, an incredulous uproar erupted.

”So powerful!”

Lu Kai, having landed on the ground, saw the others being repelled, and his face contorted in shock.

He had known his opponent was strong, but he had never imagined this level of power. To think he had let greed blind him into joining an ambush against such a person.

”Get clear!”

Ding Peng cried out.

Lu Kai’s heart seized in alarm as he realized Chen Che was now counterattacking. He watched Chen Che raise two fingers, and the scattered Flying Swords instantly converged into a single beam that shot toward Ding Peng. Terror seized Ding Peng’s heart, and it skipped a beat.

In an instant, he pushed his True Essence to its absolute limit and leaped violently backward.

He had barely dodged a few feet when the sword light struck. Though he had evaded it, the two Major Cultivators behind him were not so lucky. With a sickening SPLAT, blood flew as their bodies, cleaved in two, crashed to the ground.

Next, the blade’s edge curved around, carving an arc as it slashed horizontally toward Han Chen.

”HRAAGH!”

Han Chen roared. He clenched his fists, and his body instantly swelled. Already a burly man, he now grew to a height of nearly ten feet. His shirt exploded, revealing a suit of black Scale Armor underneath.

With his hair and beard flaring out, he looked like a humanoid Fierce Beast.

Facing the incoming Flying Sword, Han Chen advanced instead of retreating, his Qi and Blood forming a protective barrier of light.

’That lunatic...’

Ding Peng cursed under his breath, but a sliver of hope sparked within him. If Han Chen could just stall him, they might still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. But the next scene plunged his heart into an abyss.

The Flying Swords circled in the air, transforming into a brilliant aurora. With a rapid series of BANGS, Han Chen’s barrier blocked only seven of the Flying Swords before it shattered completely.

SCHRRK!

Then, its Sword Momentum undiminished, the blade pierced straight through Han Chen’s chest. Yet, he didn’t move an inch. When the others looked closer, they realized his aura had already vanished. His Qi and Blood had been completely depleted the moment his barrier was destroyed.

”This guy is terrifying! Let’s get back to the city!”

Someone shouted.

A glint flashed in Ding Peng’s eyes. Without a moment’s hesitation, he turned to flee.

SHIIING!

Lu Kai also spat out a mouthful of blood as he struggled to his feet.

Just then, however, Lu Kai caught a glimpse of Chen Che raising his hand for a single wave. A Sword Aura of indescribable brilliance swept out for hundreds of feet. Ding Peng and the others who were turning to flee suddenly froze in place.

They tried to move again, but found they couldn’t.

Then, before Lu Kai’s disbelieving eyes, their bodies trembled, split cleanly in two at the waist, and collapsed with a heavy thud amidst a fountain of gushing blood.