I Seriously Didn't Want to Be the Martial Alliance Leader

Chapter 50: Chapter 49: Heretical Poisonous Insects, Pathetically Weak

"Stop him! I’ll go save him!"

Qin Honglian shouted, forming a Seal Technique with her hands. Instantly, countless small, blood-colored insects flew from her red dress and attached themselves to Han Gang’s severed arm, staunching the bleeding and restoring his Vitality.

Meanwhile, Liu Lianxiang moved like a phantom, wielding a Judge’s Pen as he continuously circled Chen Yuan.

He was so fast that his body was almost an afterimage, making his movements impossible to predict.

As for Xin Ziyin, he leaped forward, the dense blades on his hands instantly tearing into the ground, allowing him to escape underground.

Chen Yuan sensed a strange movement beneath the ground. He fiercely slashed his saber downward, and a blood-red Sword Aura instantly ripped the earth apart.

But behind him, Xin Ziyin suddenly leaped out with a strange laugh. "I’m over here!"

In that instant, countless tiny blades shot out from his Battle Armor, blanketing Chen Yuan.

At the same time, Liu Lianxiang also lunged at Chen Yuan with his Judge’s Pen, each strike aimed at the major vital acupoints on his body.

Chen Yuan snorted coldly. He unleashed his Autumn Wind Slash, and the sky filled with saber shadows that raged like a wild wind. A dense field of scarlet light easily tore Xin Ziyin’s tiny blades to shreds.

Xin Ziyin let out a strange cry and once again escaped underground.

Liu Lianxiang was also forced back. Several slash marks appeared on his Judge’s Pen, and he winced, his heart aching at the damage.

His Judge’s Pen was a standard Profound Soldier. As long as it struck a person’s body, True Qi could flow through it without resistance and into the opponent, tearing apart their Meridians and acupoints.

But in terms of quality, it was at best a Low Grade Profound Soldier. Against Chen Yuan’s Cyan Dragon Blood Drink, it was hopelessly fragile.

Seeing Xin Ziyin escape underground, Chen Yuan sneered. The Blood Fiend around him gathered, channeling the Killing Tribulation into a massive Palm Seal that came crashing down.

Blood Killing Heaven-Seizing Hand!

The tyrannical power of a Celestial Level Martial Technique was far beyond Xin Ziyin’s imagination.

Even though he had burrowed a full ten feet underground, he still couldn’t withstand the immense penetrating force of the Killing Tribulation Power.

Instantly, a ten-foot-wide, blood-red Palm Seal appeared on the ground, and a great torrent of fresh blood gushed out from its center.

With that single palm, Chen Yuan had crushed and killed Xin Ziyin deep underground!

Qin Honglian had just finished treating Han Gang’s wounds, but it was already too late for her to attempt a rescue.

Among their Yin Mountain Five Ghosts, the one with the greatest survival ability wasn’t actually Liu Lianxiang with his superb Lightweight Skill, but Xin Ziyin, the master of the Earth Escape Secret Technique.

Once he went underground, not even a Sea of Reincarnation Realm Martial Artist could dig him out.

Xin Ziyin could burrow far deeper than a mere few feet—he could go more than ten feet down.

Yet Chen Yuan had brutally slapped him to death underground with a single Blood Killing Heaven-Seizing Hand. Just how terrifying was his strength?

Chen Yuan turned his head and gave Liu Lianxiang a grim smile.

"You’re next. The way you look at me is disgusting."

Liu Lianxiang let out a strange cry, his body instantly transforming into a white shadow as he fled toward Qin Honglian.

"This guy’s a monster! Tell Wei Guangming to raise the pay! No! Not even for more money is it worth fighting him to the death!"

The Shocking Swan Slash fell. A scarlet Sword Aura, like a stream of light, shot toward Liu Lianxiang. A red shadow relentlessly pursued a white one.

Qin Honglian shouted, and countless scarlet threads appeared in her hands, forming a large net to block Chen Yuan.

But under Chen Yuan’s Shocking Swan Slash, these threads—woven from the Blood Silk of Poisonous Insects, incomparably tough and comparable to a Profound Soldier—shattered inch by inch before his saber.

At the same time, a pale-faced Han Gang swung his Giant Sword. A torrent of True Qi erupted from his body as he brought the blade crashing down, finally managing to block Chen Yuan’s strike.

The Giant Sword had no edge, and Han Gang needed no Swordsmanship. Simply swinging the massive weapon was his strongest form of attack.

"Liu Lianxiang! What’s the point in running? If we die, you won’t escape either!"

Qin Honglian snorted coldly, and a swarm of Poisonous Insects blotted out the sky as they flew from her red dress, surging toward Chen Yuan.

Liu Lianxiang seemed to fear Qin Honglian a great deal. Hearing her words, he gritted his teeth and joined Han Gang, attacking Chen Yuan from the left and right.

"The Miaojiang Gu Technique from Tan Province? Interesting."

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

This special Secret Technique, the Gu Technique, was almost exclusively found in the Miaojiang region of Tan Province.

Tan Province was a great distance from a major northern province like Youning, and most Gu Masters were unwilling to leave Miaojiang. It was rare to see a Miaojiang Gu Master in the north.

Some of the insects in the overwhelming swarm could spit venom, while others had hard, razor-sharp shells, hurling themselves at Chen Yuan like Hidden Weapons.

The swarm was dense, likely composed of dozens of different species.

"From the looks of it, you must be a Miaojiang Gu Master from a proper lineage. But didn’t your master ever tell you not to bite off more than you can chew?

A true Miaojiang Gu Master can dominate the Jianghu with just a single Lifebound Gu. What’s the use of raising this pile of trash?"

A berserk, scarlet Blood Fiend Qi suddenly erupted from Chen Yuan, instantly extending three feet from his body.

Qi Casting Realm Martial Artists can release their True Qi externally, but to conserve energy, most keep it close to their body or concentrate it on their Weapon.

For an ordinary Qi Casting Realm Middle Stage Martial Artist, releasing True Qi like Chen Yuan did would instantly consume nearly half of their Inner Strength.

Most importantly, what Chen Yuan released was not just True Qi, but also that utterly berserk and terrifying Blood Fiend Qi!

The Blood Fiend Qi around him was derived from the Killing Intent Origin within the Divine Artifact, the Seven Kills Stele.

How could these Low Tier Poisonous Insects possibly withstand such power?

Struck by this berserk Blood Fiend Qi, the entire swarm of Poisonous Insects died instantly, falling to the ground with a great RUSTLE like a sudden snowfall.

Qin Honglian immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, her face ashen.

These Poisonous Insects were all linked to her lifeblood. The death of a few was nothing, but for so many to perish at once was enough to cause her severe injury.

It was just as Chen Yuan had said; if she had focused on nurturing a single Lifebound Gu, it would have at least been able to withstand the assault for a while, and she wouldn’t have ended up in such a miserable state.

Chen Yuan swung the Cyan Dragon Blood Drink left and right, filling the air with magnificent scarlet saber shadows that concealed killing intent in every move.

Han Gang and Liu Lianxiang attacked him from both sides, but Chen Yuan forced them back, preventing them from getting close.

Liu Lianxiang excelled at Lightweight Skill, and his speed was phenomenal.

In past battles, he had always won through sheer speed, his Judge’s Pen piercing his opponent’s major vital acupoints as fast as the wind.

But though he was fast, Chen Yuan’s saber was faster.

Among all Earth Level Saber Techniques, the Autumn Water Shocking Saber was a rare Secret Technique renowned for its speed.

As the fight wore on, Liu Lianxiang didn’t even dare to strike, afraid that the instant he extended his Judge’s Pen, Chen Yuan would chop off his arm.

Han Gang, on the other hand, was incredibly brave. With only one arm left, he could still swing his Giant Sword, smashing it down on Chen Yuan with frenzied attacks.

But after Chen Yuan activated his Blood Fiend Qi, his power became so tyrannical that Han Gang’s arm grew numb from the force of his strikes.

Just then, Liu Lianxiang’s expression suddenly changed, and he shouted, "Han Gang! Watch out for your sword!"

Han Gang instinctively looked down at his Giant Sword and saw that, at some point, Chen Yuan had carved a massive notch into it.

In the exchange just now, not only had Chen Yuan fought two opponents and forced them back, but he had also landed every single strike on the exact same spot.

His Giant Sword was too wide and thick for Chen Yuan to shatter it quickly.

But now, the notch covered more than half the width of the Giant Sword. It was almost done.

The muscles on Han Gang’s single arm bulged as he tried to pull his Giant Sword back, but it was too late.

A Giant Sword had to be swung, using its own momentum to generate more power, but that also made it impossible to retract quickly.

The Acupoint Power in Chen Yuan’s body gathered and erupted. His Surprise Wave Internal Power surged, and as he unleashed the Wave-Treading Slash, his Sword Momentum was like a tidal wave.

With a loud CRACK, Chen Yuan’s saber sliced Han Gang’s Giant Sword in two!

But instead of retreating, Han Gang advanced, his body instantly igniting with a crimson, berserk True Qi.

Qin Honglian’s expression changed, and she screamed, "Stop! You’ll die if you use the Blood Burst True Understanding!"

"If I don’t kill him, we’re all going to die!"

Han Gang’s face was so flushed it was purple. The Qi Blood in his body boiled and burned, transforming into a sky-full of bloody light that bore down on Chen Yuan!

This was power obtained purely at the cost of burning his own Qi Blood.

For an ordinary Martial Artist, doing so might only grant them a several-fold increase in power.

But Han Gang was exceptionally gifted. He possessed Innate Divine Strength, and his Qi Blood was astonishingly abundant.

By using the Blood Burst True Understanding to burn his Qi Blood now, the power he gained was a twenty to thirty-fold increase, a burst of strength comparable to that of a Sea of Reincarnation Realm Martial Artist.

In an instant, Chen Yuan was sent flying by this force, and even a portion of his surrounding Blood Fiend Qi was blasted away.

Qin Honglian refused to let the opportunity Han Gang had created with his sacrifice go to waste. Gritting her teeth, she thrust out her hands, and over a dozen scarlet threads, each tipped with a bee’s stinger, shot toward Chen Yuan.

Seeing his chance, Liu Lianxiang was decisive for once. His Inner Strength erupted, and his Judge’s Pen glowed with a black light as he stabbed toward the back of Chen Yuan’s heart, radiating chilling killing intent.

Yama’s Thorn!

Chen Yuan had been sent flying by Han Gang’s attack and was still in mid-air, but an incredibly pure Blood Fiend Power condensed on his Cyan Dragon Blood Drink. He abruptly used the momentum to twist his body and slash back at Liu Lianxiang.

Liu Lianxiang hadn’t expected Chen Yuan to be able to unleash such power even in this situation. But now he had no way to retreat and could only meet the Attack Against Attack!

With a resounding CLANG, Chen Yuan’s saber not only shattered Liu Lianxiang’s Judge’s Pen but also sliced off his right hand.

Liu Lianxiang grunted, a fierce glint in his eyes. Seizing the moment when Chen Yuan’s strike had spent its force, he transformed into a white streak and crashed into Chen Yuan’s personal space.

His left hand formed a sword-finger, gathering black True Qi. Using his fingers in place of his pen, he once again jabbed Yama’s Thorn toward Chen Yuan’s Dantian!

But in the next moment, Chen Yuan executed the Silk Binding Jade Hand. His left hand moved like a Spiritual Snake Silk Binding, deflecting the Power of the Yama’s Thorn.

The Shattering Jade Strength erupted, and the sound of cracking bone filled the air instantly!

Liu Lianxiang let out a bloodcurdling scream and tried to turn and flee.

But as the Power in Chen Yuan’s hand surged, he brutally ripped Liu Lianxiang’s entire left arm off!

With both arms destroyed and his Qi Blood collapsing, Liu Lianxiang had completely lost the ability to fight.

Chen Yuan grabbed him by the neck, lifted him up, and then twisted his body sharply to face Qin Honglian.

Qin Honglian’s stingers had already arrived and were impossible to recall.

She could only watch helplessly as her own stingers pierced Liu Lianxiang’s body. The Gu poison erupted instantly. Liu Lianxiang’s face turned pitch-black, and with a great spurt of black blood, he died on the spot!