Ascending to Godhood: I Can Foresee All Futures

Chapter 264: Chapter 157: Suppressing the Profound Gang on the Qinglin River

"The Young Master of the Cyan Flood Dragon Alliance, Zhou Chengzong?!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Yuzhi’s gaze sharpened, locking onto the brocade-robed young man like a cold blade.

She didn’t doubt Chen Sheng’s words.

Though he could be frivolous at times, he was never ambiguous when it came to serious matters.

If he said it was him, then it had to be.

"It’s the Female Demon from the Jingwu Bureau! Go, split up!"

The moment Chen Sheng uttered the word "Vice Envoy," it was as if lightning flashed through Zhou Chengzong’s mind. He finally connected the green-robed woman before him with the cold, official-robed portrait in his memory.

It was just that in the portrait, Sun Yuzhi was always dressed in a grim official uniform, her face as cold as frost—nothing like the elegantly dressed, beautiful woman in the flowing green skirt before him now.

No wonder he hadn’t recognized her earlier.

Almost in the same instant the words left his mouth, Zhou Chengzong’s figure shot away like an arrow loosed from a bow, heading southeast.

Zhou Chengzong knew that while his side had seven Innate experts, only two were at the Profound Gang Realm; the rest were all at the Earth Fiend or Chaoyuan level.

To confront a genuine Profound Mastery expert with such a lineup was tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.

If all seven of them were Profound Gang experts, they might have been able to put up a fight, but as it was, they had absolutely no chance of victory.

Staying meant certain death.

"Retreat!"

Hearing the command, the members of the Cyan Flood Dragon Alliance and Taiping Dao turned pale and scattered in a panic.

The few experts from Taiping Dao, in particular, used every trick they had.

One bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, his aura flaring violently. Another swallowed a crimson pill, his skin instantly taking on a strange, bloody hue. A third crushed a talisman, his Body Technique increasing his speed by thirty percent.

Driven by the instinct to survive, no one dared to hold anything back.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Seven figures scattered like fireworks, shooting off in different directions and leaving streaks of light and afterimages across the vast, twilight-draped river.

And in the very same instant Chen Sheng finished speaking, Sun Yuzhi made her move.

She didn’t even draw her sword. Instead, she held two fingers together like a blade and pointed into the air.

"CHIIII—"

A beam of crimson Sword Qi, so condensed it seemed solid, tore through the air, faster than the eye could follow.

Over a hundred feet away, a Martial Master at the Earth Fiend Realm who was about to escape suddenly froze, looking down at his chest.

A gaping, bowl-sized hole had been pierced through it at some unknown moment, spewing forth fragments of organs mixed with fresh blood.

The Earth Fiend Martial Master opened his mouth but couldn’t make a sound. The next moment, his body fell into the river like a puppet with its strings cut, staining a patch of waves red.

"I’ll take Zhou Chengzong. The rest... I’ll leave to you, Vice Envoy."

Chen Sheng spoke with extreme speed. Before his voice had even faded, the small boat beneath his feet exploded. Amidst the flying splinters of wood, his figure shot into the air like a Flood Dragon, pouncing straight toward Zhou Chengzong’s escape route.

His reason for targeting and pursuing Zhou Chengzong was simple.

The Profound Sun Treasure Pearl was on him.

"Just keep them busy. Don’t risk your life."

Sun Yuzhi nodded slightly, offering the reminder. Her figure then transformed into a streak of red light, chasing after the figures who had fled the farthest.

Her Sword Intent flared around her, and the full might of the Mystic Realm spread out without reservation. It was like an invisible mountain pressing down on the river and sky, and wherever she passed, even the ripples on the water seemed to freeze for a moment.

Another short, bloodcurdling scream rang out.

A Chaoyuan Realm Martial Artist was struck by Sword Qi that sliced through the air. His Protective True Qi shattered like paper, and half his body exploded into a bloody mist as his mangled remains fell into the river.

In just five breaths, she had killed two people!

In an instant, chaos erupted on the Qinglin River.

The glint of sabers and swords crisscrossed the air, while gusts of Profound Gang and Evil Qi tore through the twilight. The sound of crashing waves was interspersed with desperate howls and the clang of colliding weapons.

...

"Captain Chen, I have no grievance or enmity with you! Why must you pursue me to the death?!"

Zhou Chengzong glanced back at the dark figure relentlessly pursuing him, a chill shooting straight to his head. Pushing his Body Technique to its absolute limit, he shouted urgently:

"If Captain Chen is willing to let me go today, I will give you every treasure I have on me! Furthermore, the Cyan Flood Dragon Alliance will reward you generously in the future. I guarantee you won’t be at a disadvantage!"

Zhou Chengzong wasn’t begging for mercy because he was truly afraid of Chen Sheng.

What truly terrified him was the crimson figure behind them—the Female Demon, Sun Yuzhi.

With her Mystic Realm Cultivation, it was only a matter of time before she finished off the others.

If he was delayed by Chen Sheng for even a moment, once that killer star was free, he would be utterly doomed.

An Innate expert against a Profound Mastery expert?

That was suicide.

"If I kill you, the treasures will be mine anyway."

Chen Sheng’s voice was ice-cold, devoid of any emotion.

Before his words had even faded, he suddenly swung his saber.

SWOOSH.

A dark ray of saber light split the air. Wherever it passed, the river’s surface was pressed down by an invisible Saber Qi, forming a sunken trench dozens of feet long, flanked by walls of water thirty feet high.

Zhou Chengzong’s pupils contracted. His body spun around, and with a backhanded swing, he smashed his Black Copper Whip forward. The whip’s shadow moved like an enraged Flood Dragon churning the river as it met the attack head-on, carrying a dense surge of Earth Fiend Qi.

"BOOM—!!!"

The roar echoed across the river and sky as a violent Qi Force erupted like a ripple, kicking up monstrous waves.

Zhou Chengzong felt an irresistible, terrifying force travel up his whip. The webbing between his thumb and forefinger split open, gushing blood. He was sent flying backward over a hundred feet like a kite with a snapped string, his feet dragging two long white wakes across the river’s surface.

"Cough!"

Zhou Chengzong felt a sweet taste in his throat and forcibly swallowed the blood that had risen. His eyes were filled with utter horror.

He had never imagined that a single, casual strike from Chen Sheng’s saber could throw his Qi, blood, and Inner Breath into such turmoil.

He had heard the rumors that Chen Sheng had defeated Li Xuance with a single strike, but at the time, he had dismissed them as exaggerations. They were both in the same realm, so how could Chen Sheng possibly be that terrifying?

After all, Li Xuance was one of the renowned Ten Heroes.

But now, having experienced it firsthand, he knew the power of that strike was likely even greater than the rumors suggested.

But Chen Sheng gave Zhou Chengzong no chance to catch his breath.

The instant Zhou Chengzong was sent flying, Chen Sheng’s figure skimmed across the river like a phantom. The Nine Nether Yin Fiend surged from the acupoints all over his body, and the temperature of the air seemed to plummet.