Chapter 197 - 145: Youthful Godfiend! Unparalleled
Chapter 197: Chapter 145: Youthful Godfiend! Unparalleled
It was like a burning meteor bursting through the clouds, or a blinding flame erupting from the depths of the earth. A terrifying, searing aura shook the heavens and the earth, altering the very sky itself.
In an instant, half the sky grew scorching hot.
Lightning, fire, and gales descended into chaos between heaven and earth...
Amidst these incomparably terrifying energy fluctuations, a tall, burly figure shot into the sky, once again appearing before everyone’s eyes. He still held the horrifying posture of having thrown a punch.
His entire body was wreathed in both lightning and fire. An unimaginably destructive aura surged from him, seeming to make the very world tremble.
The crowd was horrified.
They could hardly believe it.
"Chen Xuan! That’s Chen Xuan!"
"He broke out of the Void Beast Hide!"
"How is that possible? Not even the Void Beast Hide could trap him!"
"His aura has grown stronger again!"
...
Everyone’s eyes were wide with shock.
They were utterly stunned by this terrifying, unparalleled figure. Whether it was a sixty-nine-year-old senior or a middle-aged man in his fifties, every mind was roaring, buzzing as if it would explode.
If they were honest with themselves, they had all been prodigies on the Human List in their youth.
They had all seen the leaders of the Human List from every era!
But no matter the era...
...there had never been an expert as strong as Chen Xuan!
And no single person had ever dealt them such a tremendous shock.
What a sight it was.
A youth in a wildly fluttering black robe, his gaze icy. His body was covered in purple lightning and golden flames—a dual layer of energy. Like a young Divine King descending upon the mortal world, he had shattered the beast hide and soared into the sky.
Such an image was destined to be seared into everyone’s memory.
"..."
The six Evil Cult experts who had been sent flying were even more horrified, their spirits trembling.
No one knew better than them how terrifying Chen Xuan’s last strike had been.
The Void Beast Hide!
That was a treasure from the cult’s collection, a rare artifact that could temporarily create its own space, isolate it from the outside world, and trap and kill any existence below the Late Stage of True Essence!
And he had shattered it from the inside with pure, brute force?!
"You... What realm are you really in?"
An Evil Cult elder covered in barbs asked in a horrified, disbelieving tone.
Under Chen Xuan’s powerful aura, he couldn’t help but feel an illusion of his own insignificance.
"Late Stage of True Essence... He’s in the Late Stage of True Essence!"
The Evil Cult elder next to him, who was covered in black scales, couldn’t help but scream in terror.
"That’s impossible! The kid must have used some incredibly terrifying Secret Technique!"
"Attack together! Kill him and take back the Fire Python Inner Core!"
"Right! Kill him now!"
The six Evil Cult elders shouted and charged forward once more.
Even though they knew something was off about Chen Xuan right now, they had no other choice.
The Fire Python Inner Core was of the utmost importance.
Elder Feng’s recovery depended on it.
If they failed to retrieve it, Elder Feng wouldn’t spare them either.
They could only hope to stall for time until Chen Xuan’s Secret Technique expired.
"Senior Brother Chen..."
Chu Qingyin, Xu Long, and Cao Hai stared in horror, unable to believe their eyes as they looked at the figure who resembled a Demon God.
Even now, they had barely processed what was happening.
BOOM!
The moment the six Evil Cult elders charged, Chen Xuan, who was still in midair, shot a cold glance downwards. His body dove, carrying a terrifying, blindingly hot aura and dense, violent lightning. Like a blazing, lightning-wreathed meteor, he plummeted toward the ground.
The faces of the six men, who had been charging forward and preparing to rush into the sky, all changed.
They keenly sensed an impending, apocalyptic disaster.
It was as if daring to charge forward would mean being torn to shreds and smashed to pieces by the descending fire and lightning in the next instant, vanishing from the world like a piece of white paper.
"Retreat!"
The six men who had just charged forward roared and hastily retreated at top speed.
RUMBLE!!!
It was like a meteor striking the earth!
With Chen Xuan’s landing point as the epicenter, the ground in a radius of over ten meters seemed to have been struck by an invisible giant hammer! The hard mountain rock instantly turned to dust, then melted into a crimson flow of lava under the extreme heat!
A terrifying shockwave mixed with a searing heatwave and crackling lightning swept out in all directions. Wherever it passed, vegetation turned to ash and rocks shattered!
Dust and fire shot into the sky, obscuring half the heavens.
And at the core of the explosion, as the dust settled slightly—
Chen Xuan’s figure had vanished.
In the next moment, as if by teleportation or some ghostly art, he appeared before the Evil Cult elder covered in barbs.
Less than a foot separated them.
The elder could even clearly see the purple lightning dancing in Chen Xuan’s eyes and feel the searing aura from his body that seemed capable of incinerating the world.
"ROAR!"
Extreme fear turned into crazed bestiality. This Fourth Layer of True Essence expert, known for his defense and piercing ability, let out a great roar. The muscles in his arms bulged, and the dense, sharp barbs—each capable of piercing steel—stood on end, glinting with a cold, metallic light as he crossed his arms to defend himself.
At the same time, his body took on a heavy, profound-iron-colored sheen as he pushed his defenses to their absolute limit!
This was his strongest defensive stance!
He had once used it to withstand a blow from a True Essence Seventh Layer expert!
Moreover!
He had fused with the blood of an ancient demon beast, the ’Profound Iron Arrow Hedgehog’. His physical defense was terrifyingly strong, and each of the arrow-like quills on his body could easily pierce profound iron.
However—
BANG!!!
It wasn’t a particularly loud sound, but it was a thud so muffled it could make one’s heart stop.
Chen Xuan’s palm, wreathed in boiling golden flames and crackling purple lightning, gently "pressed" against the crossed arms like a red-hot iron brand on fragile, thin ice.
There was no stalemate.
No resistance.
Only... utter annihilation.
"CRACKLE-CRACK-CRACK—!!!"
The jarring sound of splintering bones exploded continuously like firecrackers!
The barbs, strong enough to pierce steel, instantly softened, twisted, and shattered like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun! His two thick arms, which seemed forged from refined iron, began to shatter and disintegrate inch by inch from the point of impact!
The golden flames and purple lightning, like a living torrent of destruction, brutally surged into his body through the shattered bones and flesh, wreaking havoc!
"AH!!!"
The blood-curdling, inhuman shriek came to an abrupt end.
SPLAT!!
The entire body of this Fourth Layer of True Essence Evil Cult expert exploded like a barrel of gunpowder detonated from within!
Flesh, bone fragments, and broken barbs—mixed with the smoke of burnt flesh and dancing sparks of electricity—shot out in all directions! The powerful impact even carved a scorched trench through the mountain forest dozens of meters behind him, snapping trees in half and sending shattered rocks flying!
[You have killed a Fourth Layer of True Essence Evil Cult expert. +25,000 retribution points!]
The remaining five Evil Cult elders were terrified beyond measure.
It felt like their souls were about to fly out of their bodies.
’One palm?’
’Just one palm?!’
’Their companion, who had fused with the bloodline of a Profound Iron Arrow Hedgehog and was known for his defense and piercing ability... was killed... just like that!’
"Run!!"
One of them let out a terrified shriek, and the remaining five, like cats whose tails had been stepped on, lost all will to fight and turned to flee!
The mission, the elders—in the face of absolute power and the fear of death, they threw it all to the back of their minds!
This wasn’t a battle! It was a slaughter!
It was ants facing a natural disaster!
’How many trump cards was this damn Chen Xuan hiding?!’
’And another thing!’
’What’s with all that blinding lightning on him?’
BOOM!
As the five fled in panic, a terrifying blast of fire roared past like a furious dragon. Another Evil Cult elder was brutally killed by Chen Xuan, blown to pieces.
[You have killed a True Essence Third Layer Evil Cult expert. +25,000 retribution points!]
"Go!"
"Get out of here!"
The remaining men screamed in terror.
It felt like the sky was falling!
Everyone was gripped by absolute fear.
’What the hell is going on?’
It wasn’t just them.
In the distance, those who had intended to fish in troubled waters were also dazed with terror, their eyes wide and fixed on the scene before them.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM...
The air roared with sound and roiled with energy.
Under Chen Xuan’s assault, this group of powerful Evil Cult elders exploded one after another, dying horribly as they were torn limb from limb.
From start to finish, they were completely powerless to resist...
This made many of the onlookers tremble, their scalps tingling with fear.
Xu Er of the True Martial Sect was trembling. He felt as if his sixty-nine years of life had been lived completely in vain.
’With his heaven-defying combat power, I actually dared to think I could fish in troubled waters?’
’Like hell I could!’
’If I had dared to step forward, I wouldn’t even know how I died.’
The nearby trio from the Qingyun Sect was also terrified to the extreme, their eyes glued to the scene.
They were afraid of missing a single frame.
In the depths of their hearts, they had already cursed the Celestial Secret Pavilion, the creators of the Human List, countless times...
’You shouldn’t have put a heaven-defying, terrifying monster like him on the Human List.’
’No, wait!’
’If he’s not on the Human List, there’s nowhere else in the world to put him.’
’Should he be on the Earth List?’
’But the Earth List is for masters of the Inner Realm...’
BOOM!
Following one last muffled explosion, it was as if a terrifying fire dragon had been born. Searing, dreadful flames surged and swelled, sweeping across the land with terrifyingly high temperatures, causing the ground to explode and roar.
Swathes of mountain rock flew into the air and were torn to pieces.
Finally!
All six were dead!
Not a single one survived.
Chen Xuan let out a light breath. His body was still wreathed in fire and lightning, his aura surging and his eyes like torches. The power boost from [Hunyuan Yiqi] began to rapidly dissipate, and a faint sense of weakness emerged from within him.
But it didn’t matter.
The regenerative properties of the Innate Tyrant Body immediately began to take effect.
His slightly weakened body began to rapidly regenerate health, as if he’d just received a red buff.
In just a few moments,
the side effects of [Hunyuan Yiqi] had completely vanished.
"Not bad."
Chen Xuan let out a soft breath and looked at his status panel.
’The kills were a bit quick,’
’but the six of them provided a decent amount of retribution points.’
A full 150,000.
[Detected the mental collapse and extreme gratification of the distant onlookers. +50,000 retribution points!]
Another line of text appeared.
"Hmm?"
A glint appeared in Chen Xuan’s eyes.
’An unexpected gain!’
’Very nice!’
He had almost forgotten about this bunch.
Amidst the crowd’s shock and horror, Chen Xuan’s gaze suddenly snapped back, piercing through space to land on them. Instantly, everyone looked terrified and scrambled backward, feeling as if their breathing had stopped.
Waves of searing heat pressed against their skin, making their clothes feel as if they were about to ignite.
The corners of Chen Xuan’s mouth curled up slightly.
’Excellent!’
’It seems I can scare these guys a bit more.’
’Maybe I can squeeze some juice out of them, like a toad.’
’Every little bit counts, after all.’
With this in mind, Chen Xuan took a step and walked toward the forest where the crowd was hiding.
The crowd instantly grew even more frantic.
But no one dared to be the first to run.
They could clearly sense that a powerful and terrifying aura had locked onto them.
If they dared to turn and flee, they would undoubtedly suffer Chen Xuan’s thunderous blow.
"It’s a misunderstanding! I mean no harm..."
"We were just watching..."
"Yeah, I’ll leave right now..."
"Young Hero Chen, give us a chance..."
Everyone pleaded in a panic.
"A chance?"
Chen Xuan’s tone was indifferent. "You were planning on fishing in troubled waters just now, weren’t you?"