Chapter 266: Chapter 264: I’m Not Holding It Against You Either
The Noble Family descendants all looked as if they’d seen a ghost!
’What is happening?’
’Am I seeing things?’
None of them could believe what they were seeing.
In their minds, Jiang Jichen was already dead and gone. But now... how had he suddenly reappeared?!
They had to be seeing a ghost!
But he was yelling for "Brother Ling Dong" and calling Nangong Jinjie a "little bitch." With such a familiar voice and looking so full of life, how could he possibly be dead?
’Alright, fine. So Jiang Jichen isn’t dead. He’s alive!’
But what they found most impossible to accept... was how he could move so freely within the Forbidden Array, suffering only a few superficial wounds.
Shock, astonishment, disbelief, denial...
A whirlwind of emotions flooded the minds of the Noble Family descendants, followed by a sudden wave of helplessness.
’This monster, Jiang Jichen... How is he not dead even after all that?’
He was too hard to kill. Too hard to kill! Just too damn hard to kill!
Many felt a despair that left them wanting to cry but unable to shed a tear.
Of course, the ugliest expressions belonged to Ling Dong and Nangong Jinjie. Right now, they looked as nauseated as if they had swallowed a dead fly.
At that moment, everyone seemed to understand instantly why only the disciples from the Nangong Family and Lingxu Temple had died earlier.
"Jiang Jichen, so it was you behind all this! You...!"
However, before Nangong Jinjie could finish, Jiang Jichen cut him off with a cold smirk. "You were about to say you’re going to kill me, right? How many times have you said that? Aren’t you tired of saying it? Because I’m certainly tired of hearing it. And yet, here I am, alive and well. As for you lot... I’m afraid you’re in trouble!"
As he spoke, Jiang Jichen triggered the Forbidden Array, causing its Forbidden Force to erupt into a frenzy and begin battering the tunnel constructed from the Array-Avoidance Pearls.
BOOM!
The tunnel sheltering the Noble Family descendants suddenly began to shake violently, threatening to collapse at any moment. The color drained from their faces in terror.
They didn’t have Jiang Jichen’s unnaturally resilient body that could traverse the Forbidden Array. If they were exposed to it, few of them would survive.
In that instant, how could they fail to understand Jiang Jichen’s goal? He was going to... destroy the tunnel made from the Array-Avoidance Pearls and expose them all to the Forbidden Array.
As the realization dawned on the Noble Family descendants, their faces turned deathly pale. Someone screamed in panic, "Fall back! We have to get out before the tunnel is destroyed!"
The Flowing Cloud Sect’s Second Senior Brother, Cang Lengshan, Wei Xiaolang, and the others could no longer remain composed. With grim expressions, they retreated at top speed without a moment’s hesitation.
If the tunnel collapsed, trapping them inside the Forbidden Array, their lives would be in grave danger.
"Jiang Jichen, you treacherous, scheming coward!"
Ling Dong roared in fury, simultaneously making a desperate dash out of the Forbidden Array without daring to linger for even a fraction of a second.
Jiang Jichen, however, remained silent. He simply thrust a hand toward the Forbidden Array, agitating its power and whipping it into an even greater frenzy.
SNAP!
Amidst the raging Forbidden Force, the tunnel constructed from the Array-Avoidance Pearls finally disintegrated.
An endless, terrifying torrent of the Forbidden Force instantly engulfed the Noble Family descendants who had fallen behind.
"Aah, no! Jiang Jichen, you demon!"
"No, my body is dissolving! Help me!"
"Young Master, save me..."
Agonized screams rang out as a dozen or so disciples from the Noble Families and Sects who were lagging behind were swept up by the Forbidden Force.
Some were decapitated, others were sliced in half, and still others had their physical bodies completely dissolved...
The gruesome manner of their deaths was so terrifying that the Noble Family descendants who had just escaped the Forbidden Array felt a chill run through their entire bodies.
They stared in terror at Jiang Jichen within the Forbidden Array, their gazes fixed on him as if he were a man-eating demon.
Now the only one left in the Forbidden Array, Jiang Jichen watched Ling Dong, Nangong Jinjie, and the others who had desperately fled outside. With a leisurely smile, he said, "Brother Ling Dong, this is merely a tactic for dealing with enemies. What’s so treacherous about it? When you all conspired against me and knocked me off the cliff into this Forbidden Land, I never held it against you, now did I?"
Hearing this, the Noble Family descendants outside the Forbidden Array were rendered speechless, so furious they nearly coughed up blood.
’He doesn’t call *that* holding a grudge?’
’Damn it! He used the Forbidden Array to kill all those people, and he says he’s not holding it against them?’
’Even an idiot could see it was a blatant act of revenge.’
But what could they do?
Never mind that fighting was forbidden in this place; even if it were allowed, they were powerless to harm Jiang Jichen as long as he stood inside the Forbidden Array.
’How could such a freakish monster even exist in this world!’
The Noble Family descendants hated Jiang Jichen to their very bones. One of them spoke with a cold voice, "This guy is too hard to kill. We’ll have to wait until we’re out of the Training Realm and have the Spirit Infant elders from our families and Sects take action. A single, decisive strike to eliminate this scourge for good!"
In truth, many of them already understood that killing Jiang Jichen here was all but impossible. They would have to wait until they got outside.
Once they were out, Jiang Jichen would be all alone. With his low Realm, any one of their Spirit Infant Realm clan elders could crush him at will.
The expressions of the Flowing Cloud Sect’s Second Senior Brother, Cang Lengshan, and the others were extremely grim. They knew the Divine Treasure of the Holy Spirit Land must have fallen into Jiang Jichen’s hands.
To think that not only had their plot against Jiang Jichen failed, but it had also led to him obtaining such a heaven-defying treasure.
They had truly shot themselves in the foot.
Though their hearts seethed with hatred and unwillingness, they had no choice but to retreat.
"Jiang Jichen, the day you exit the Exquisite Treasure Tower will be the day you die!"
Ling Dong spat, then stormed away in a rage.
"Jiang Jichen, I forgot to tell you something. The Exquisite Treasure Tower only teleports people to five places in the Southern Continent: the capitals of the four great nations, and the Heavenly Sword Alliance’s Yunshui City. Heh, those places are all the domain of the Seven Great Families and the Three Major Sects. There will be nowhere for you to hide!"
Nangong Jinjie declared, his face a mask of vicious hatred.
But Jiang Jichen just smiled faintly. "Perhaps. But I’m afraid you won’t be there to see it. Because as I said, you won’t be leaving the Exquisite Treasure Tower!"
Hearing Jiang Jichen’s words, the departing Nangong Jinjie stumbled and nearly fell.
The others—the Flowing Cloud Sect’s Second Senior Brother, Cang Lengshan, Wei Xiaolang, Su Hao, and the rest—all gave Jiang Jichen one last, deep look before departing.
In truth, they all felt helpless. Jiang Jichen was right there in front of them, yet they couldn’t kill him. The feeling... was utterly suffocating.
Jiang Jichen, on the other hand, was delighted. Watching this group of normally high-and-mighty disciples from the Noble Families and Sects stew in their frustration felt incredibly satisfying.
Only after everyone had left did Jiang Jichen finally step out of the Forbidden Array.
Although fighting was forbidden here, there was no guarantee those treacherous Noble Family descendants didn’t have some secret methods of attack.
Speaking of treachery, Jiang Jichen had no idea to what depths of villainy he had sunk in the minds of those Noble Family descendants.
After confirming that he was alone, Jiang Jichen left the area and reappeared in the sea of sand.
