Chapter 294: Chapter 292: How Do You Want to Die?
Before this incomparably brilliant sword strike, even the blazing sun in the celestial vault was eclipsed.
The sword aura, thousands of feet long, tore through the sky as it descended.
Everything in its path was obliterated, reduced to nothing.
RUMBLE...
The fierce gale from the sword aura tore at their bodies, shredding their robes. Hideous wounds instantly covered their flesh, and blood gushed out like fountains.
BOOM—
The very tip of the sword aura enveloped fifty Heavenly Destiny Realm experts. The strike was so fast they had no time to mount a defense.
Their bodies were completely engulfed by the sword aura!
RIIIP—
Under the impact of the peerless sword aura, the fifty experts of the Heavenly Destiny Realm First and Second Stage were like paper being torn to shreds. Hideous, spiderweb-like cracks spread across their bodies before they shattered into pieces and vanished into thin air.
The sword aura continued onward.
This time, the hundred-plus Heavenly Destiny Realm experts it faced finally managed to raise their defenses.
Dazzling, radiant True Essence Shields materialized. Sword Qi shook the air and saber glints sundered the sky as a torrent of blades, spears, and halberds surged forth.
But before this single sword strike, all their efforts were like paper, mercilessly crushed.
They burst, shattered, and were utterly destroyed.
"No..."
"I don’t want to die..."
"Run...!"
The experts screamed and roared in terror, desperate to escape.
But how could they possibly outrun the sword strike?
SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!
Ten heads flew high, fountains of blood erupting from their necks. But even in mid-air, their skulls were pulverized by the sword aura, and their mangled corpses plummeted to the ground.
SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!
Thirty-odd experts were cleaved in two, their shredded intestines, blood, and organs raining from the sky.
RUMBLE...
Expert after expert had their weapons shattered, bodies pierced, heads exploded, limbs severed, and torsos cut in half...
"No...!"
"Help me...!"
Piercing screams, gasps of horror, and desperate roars wove together into a symphony of despair.
Over a hundred experts died tragically under the blade.
And at the same time...
The terrifying sword aura had only traveled half its course!
"Don’t panic! Everyone, attack together and block him!"
"He’s only one person! There are so many of us, what’s there to be afraid of?"
"Black Tortoise Shield!"
"Heart Protection Mirror!"
"Immovable Ming King Bell!"
"Beast Guardian!"
The experts from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect summoned their War Beasts, forming a towering wall of flesh to block the front. These were all thick-skinned, defensive Demon Beasts; a strike from an ordinary Heavenly Destiny Realm Third Stage expert could barely scratch their tough hides.
But under the impact of Jiang Chen’s invincible sword strike, this wall formed by hundreds of Demon Beasts was forcibly blasted apart.
The colossal beasts were sent flying.
BOOM!
Some experts who couldn’t dodge in time were sent flying by the colliding Demon Beasts, coughing up blood.
Some unlucky bastards were even crushed into meat paste between two tumbling behemoths, and one poor soul had his head plunge directly into the massive asshole of a flying Iron-Backed Giant Rhinoceros...
However, after this wave of resistance, the energy of Jiang Chen’s sky-rending sword aura was finally exhausted. It shrank continuously before dissipating into nothingness.
But in the sword aura’s wake, the ground was littered with corpses, and the earth was stained red with blood.
Maimed Demon Beasts, pulverized human corpses, and gravely injured experts wailed and screamed in pools of blood.
This scene left Dugu Xue, the Ghost Emperor, and the others utterly dumbfounded. The looks on their faces were priceless.
"Th-This can’t be real, can it?"
"Was all this really caused by a single sword strike? Just one strike?"
"But he’s only at the Heavenly Destiny Realm Fifth Stage!"
Dugu Xue and the others were horrified, stunned, and filled with utter disbelief.
But the golden figure striding through the air and the carnage and corpses strewn across the ground were a stark reminder that all of this was real!
"J-Jiang Chen? Is that really Jiang Chen?"
"My god, thank heavens I have a good eye for people and chose to abandon the darkness for the light by joining your side!"
"He’s an unrivaled Killing God!"
"Hahaha, we’re saved! Now Dugu Xue and her group are the ones who should be scared..."
"Jiang Chen, avenge us! Kill them! Kill them all!"
It wasn’t just Dugu Xue’s group who was stunned; even Xing Haisheng, Xu Canghai, Shaoyang Yu, and the experts from the Three Major Sects were completely floored. But that shock was quickly followed by a wave of fanatical joy and excitement. Their faces flushed red as they screamed at the top of their lungs.
It was the ecstasy of being snatched from the jaws of death.
Just moments ago...
They had thought themselves fish on the chopping block, doomed to be slaughtered.
Then, in the blink of an eye, Jiang Chen had appeared!
Like an unrivaled Killing God, he had slain over a hundred experts from the Seven Great Dynasties with a single sword strike.
He had given them hope for survival—and for revenge!
Jiang Chen glanced at them and said in a low voice, "Don’t worry. I said that anyone who dares to harm my, Jiang Chen’s, brothers will pay it back a hundred, even a thousand times over!"
Jiang Chen strode through the air toward the experts of the Seven Great Dynasties.
Wherever he passed, everyone fell back as if they had seen a god, their faces tense, not daring to step forward.
Without deploying a single soldier, without throwing a single punch or sword strike, Jiang Chen’s leisurely advance alone caused the encirclement to crumble.
Jiang Chen looked at the overjoyed experts of the Three Major Sects and said, "You all head out first! Take care of Brother Xing and the others. Leave this place to me!"
"Yes!"
"Thank you, Senior Brother Jiang!"
"Be careful, Senior Brother Jiang!"
The experts from the Three Major Sects filed out one after another, escaping the encirclement.
Golden light surged around Jiang Chen, making him look like an unrivaled War God. His icy gaze seemed to take physical form as he looked toward Dugu Xue, the Ghost Emperor, and the others. He spoke coolly, "Who was responsible for the injuries on Xing Haisheng and the other two? Step forward on your own."
"Jiang Chen, don’t push your luck. Do you really think we’re afraid of you?" Shan Yanlin said, his expression cold.
"What are you? Are you even worthy of speaking to me?" Jiang Chen swept a glance over him.
Shan Yanlin choked on his words, his face instantly flushing crimson.
He was the ninth-ranked genius among the disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect! When had he ever been so humiliated and disdained?
Rage surged through him, and Shan Yanlin roared, "You bastard! You’re outrageously arrogant! Three-headed Demon Dog, kill him for me!"
ROAR!
A pitch-black, three-headed Demon Dog let out an furious roar and lunged at Jiang Chen.
This was a Tier Three High-level Demon Beast!
It had once been an invincible Beast King, tamed by the Good Words Order to become his War Beast!
Facing the fearsome Three-headed Demon Dog, Jiang Chen simply raised his hand nonchalantly and clenched it. The Demon Dog’s body shuddered, its forward momentum coming to an abrupt halt. Its eyes filled with terror and horror as it struggled violently. A moment later, with a dull POP, all three of the Demon Dog’s heads were crushed.
"My... my... my Three-headed Demon Dog..." Shan Yanlin’s face was a mask of horror.
Jiang Chen looked at him. "I can see you were very fond of it. I, Jiang Chen, have always had the noble virtue of helping others fulfill their wishes, so I’ll send you to reunite with it!"
Celestial Dragon World Destruction!
He threw a punch, and nine golden Azure Dragons burst forth from his fist, roaring as they charged toward Shan Yanlin. Faster than a clap of thunder, the nine Azure Dragons surrounded Shan Yanlin and tightened their coils.
BOOM—
A mighty expert at the Heavenly Destiny Realm Ninth Stage, the ninth-ranked master of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s Inner Sect, was blown to pieces, leaving not even a bone behind.
Jiang Chen’s cold gaze fell upon Dugu Xue and the others once more. He said calmly, "I’ll say it again: who was responsible for the injuries on Xing Haisheng and the others? Step forward on your own. Or you can all die."
"..."
At that moment, no one dared to speak. All eyes turned toward Dugu Xue, whose face had gone pale.
Jiang Chen said, "Oh?" Staring at Dugu Xue, he asked coolly, "Well then, how would you like to die?"
