Divine War Pill Emperor
Chapter 256 - 254: A Knock-off Vermilion Bird Seal
The Vermilion Bird’s Fire annihilated the Fire Sparrow, body and soul.
Jiang Chen and Liang Yiyi stood upon the Vermilion Bird’s back.
In truth, this Vermilion Bird wasn’t a real one.
It was merely a wisp of the Vermilion Bird’s essence.
It had no physical form.
Yet, through Jiang Chen’s visualization, a spark of the Vermilion Bird’s Fire had been forcefully born from that very essence.
This Vermilion Bird’s Combat Power wasn’t actually that great.
However, its very nature gave it an innate advantage over the Fire Sparrow.
No matter how powerful the Fire Sparrow was, it didn’t dare to face the Vermilion Bird.
The Vermilion Bird’s Fire even possessed a natural dominion over the Fire Sparrow’s Pill Fire.
That was how it so easily killed the Fire Sparrow.
Liang Yiyi’s jaw dropped.
She was, once again, stunned by Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen’s methods were always so unexpected.
"Descend."
Jiang Chen said calmly to the Vermilion Bird.
The Vermilion Bird immediately descended to the ground.
WHOOSH!
Jiang Chen landed with Liang Yiyi.
With a wave of his hand, the Vermilion Bird transformed into a streak of red light that shot into his eye and vanished.
It was as if nothing had happened at all.
The Fire Sparrow’s Pill Fire he had absorbed earlier had also been consumed by the Vermilion Bird.
And as the Vermilion Bird consumed the Fire Sparrow’s Pill Fire, it grew slightly stronger as well.
The improvement was limited, however.
By now, all the Jiang Clan Members were completely in awe of Jiang Chen. They were so impressed that they looked ready to fall to their knees.
Jiang Han, in particular, was trembling slightly.
His son had given him yet another tremendous surprise.
Jiang Chen had previously declared he would annihilate the Fire Sparrow, body and soul, and crush it underfoot.
Everyone had thought Jiang Chen was being far too arrogant and conceited.
But now, he had done it.
’This boy...’
Jiang Han gave a wry smile. It seemed he had never truly understood his son.
At some point, his son had become someone beyond his imagination.
"You should go back first."
Jiang Chen said to Liang Yiyi.
"Okay."
Liang Yiyi nodded obediently and immediately returned to the Jiang Clan Members.
She didn’t dare to disturb Jiang Chen.
With his hands clasped behind his back, Jiang Chen slowly walked toward the petrified Wen Bufan.
CLACK... CLACK... CLACK...
Each step seemed to land directly on Wen Bufan’s heart.
Wen Bufan immediately began to back away.
Even the men from the City Lord’s Mansion were utterly terrified of Jiang Chen.
This man was simply too formidable, too indomitable.
Nothing could stand in his way.
Even the Guardian Fire Sparrow they had always worshipped had been annihilated in Jiang Chen’s hands, body and soul, dissipating into nothing.
How could they possibly stop Jiang Chen?
Although Jiang Chen was still, at this moment, a mere Martial Cultivator at the Warrior Seventh Heaven.
But was he *really* just at the Warrior Seventh Heaven?
No one believed that Jiang Chen was a simple Warrior Seventh Heaven.
Even Lin Hai was terrified of Jiang Chen.
He had suffered a loss at Jiang Chen’s hands before, and this time, he was utterly stunned by his methods.
"Young Master, fall back!"
Lin Hai urged Wen Bufan.
Wen Bufan was already backing away.
He clutched the Fire Sparrow Order, but now it was completely unresponsive.
With the Fire Sparrow dead, the Fire Sparrow Order was useless.
No one dared to stand in Jiang Chen’s way. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
A single man forced everyone from the City Lord’s Mansion to retreat.
It was a truly shocking scene.
Everyone looked at Jiang Chen as if he were a Fierce Beast.
"Stay back, Jiang Chen!"
In his terror, Wen Bufan finally realized that no matter what he did, he was no match for Jiang Chen.
Once again, Jiang Chen had crushed his dreams of revenge.
"Is that so?"
Jiang Chen smiled faintly, a very gentle smile.
But his speed only increased.
SHWIP!
In just a few steps, he was in front of Wen Bufan.
He snatched the Fire Sparrow Order from Wen Bufan’s hand.
Wen Bufan froze once more.
He was so frightened by Jiang Chen that he forgot to resist.
By the time he realized what had happened, the Fire Sparrow Order was already in Jiang Chen’s hands.
"Give it back! Give me the Fire Sparrow Order!"
He was frantic and exasperated.
The Fire Sparrow Order represented the glory and authority of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom; it couldn’t fall into Jiang Chen’s hands.
"You want it back?"
Jiang Chen said with a faint smile.
Holding the Fire Sparrow Order, he suddenly squeezed.
CRACK...
At that moment, Wen Bufan felt his heart crack. He watched in despair as the Fire Sparrow Order in Jiang Chen’s hand began to split apart.
But Jiang Chen didn’t pause, squeezing even harder.
CRACK! CRACK...
The entire Fire Sparrow Order cracked again and again in his hand, finally shattering into countless pieces.
They clattered to the ground.
The Fire Sparrow Order was shattered. The symbol of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom’s supreme authority had been crushed in a single hand by Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen even sneered, "It’s just a piece of scrap metal. What’s the point of keeping it?"
In that instant, Wen Bufan felt as though his world had come crashing down.
His perseverance, his faith, his very will—ever since Jiang Chen appeared, they had been systematically destroyed.
Utterly and completely shattered.
And now, Jiang Chen had crushed his final hope.
Even the Fire Sparrow Kingdom’s Fire Sparrow Order and its Guardian Fire Sparrow had been turned to dust before Jiang Chen.
"No..."
He let out a bloodcurdling roar.
"Jiang Chen, I’ll kill you!"
Suddenly, Wen Bufan snapped. He had been driven to the brink of despair by Jiang Chen.
And in that despair, he sought to strike back.
At that moment, he roared, "Fire Sparrow Seal!"
This Fire Sparrow Seal was a Divine Power Technique that only the elite of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom’s Wen Family were qualified to practice.
It was the supreme Cultivation Technique of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom.
It was incredibly powerful.
He howled.
Immediately, the phantom of a Fire Sparrow shrieked as it flew out from his body.
This Fire Sparrow Seal, however, didn’t originate from the Fire Sparrow, but from the Vermilion Bird.
It was more like a copy of Jiang Chen’s Vermilion Bird Seal.
When Jiang Chen saw Wen Bufan use the Fire Sparrow Seal, his eyes narrowed.
’A copy of the Vermilion Bird Seal... Who on earth brought my Vermilion Bird Seal here?’
He was puzzled.
He had first discovered the Vermilion Bird Seal on Elder Resentment back when Qin Muxue broke off their engagement.
This so-called Fire Sparrow Seal was just a shadow of his own Vermilion Bird Seal, possessing its Spiritual Qi.
In other words, the Fire Sparrow Seal was fundamentally his Vermilion Bird Seal, or rather, a small part learned from it.
’Could it be him?’
Jiang Chen muttered to himself.
He recalled something.
A thousand years ago, in order to gain insights into his Cultivation, he had descended to the Lower Realm—to the very same Bright Moon Continent where he now stood.
’At that time, I took in a poor stray boy and taught him the Vermilion Bird Seal.’
’A thousand years have passed. Could the Vermilion Bird Seal have been passed down from him?’
Jiang Chen felt it was unlikely the Vermilion Bird Seal had been passed down from the Nine Desolates, his home in his past life.
That left only one possibility: the stray boy.
However, his stay on the Bright Moon Continent had been very brief, and he had departed in a hurry.
He had returned to the Nine Desolates and then gone to Taixu.
In the end, he’d found a mysterious Pill Furnace. To his surprise, when he tried to use it for Alchemy, the furnace self-detonated, blowing him to smithereens.
A thousand years had passed, yet the memory was still as clear as day.
’Using the Vermilion Bird Seal against me? He’s just asking for a beating.’
Jiang Chen didn’t dwell on it. After all, a thousand years had passed. That boy’s aptitude had been average at best; he had most likely died of old age long ago.