Three figures arrived with incredible speed.

Ten meters, five meters, four meters...

As he watched them draw closer and closer, a cold glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

The Nine Heavens Spirit-Seizing Technique within him circulated to its absolute limit. In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi began to rage around him.

Streams of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi swirled into starry vortexes, rushing into Jiang Chen’s body.

It transformed into his Cultivation Power.

At the same time, Jiang Chen roared inwardly.

’Shadowless Sword.’

Jiang Chen had countless Cultivation Techniques in his mind.

He had mastered them a thousand years ago, and now, he could call upon most of them with ease.

Shadowless Sword was a Swordsmanship technique. In his eyes, it wasn’t anything spectacular, but it was still an exceptionally high-grade form of Swordsmanship.

He executed it without hesitation.

The sword’s light was like a phantom, ethereal and formless, yet it contained a terrifying killing intent.

At that moment, the faces of the three charging black figures changed slightly.

They felt the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around them—and even the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within their own bodies—spin out of control in an instant.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen had become the very center of all the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

All of it was surging toward him.

The three had never witnessed such a scene.

It would have been one thing if the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in the surroundings had gone wild, but now, even the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi inside their bodies was out of control.

It was flowing out of them and gathering toward Jiang Chen.

It was simply unheard of.

"How is this possible?"

"The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in my body is out of my control?"

The three were utterly horrified, looks of shock appearing on their faces.

They were, of course, unaware of how terrifying the Nine Heavens Spirit-Seizing Technique was.

It plundered Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from the bodies of others.

Jiang Chen was influencing the battle with his absolute control over Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

It was a process where his power grew as theirs waned.

And that wasn’t all. They saw Jiang Chen draw his sword, yet they couldn’t see its shadow.

Everything happened in a brief instant.

"Quick, kill him!"

The three exchanged a look, knowing they couldn’t delay. They moved even faster, their swords flashing as they slashed at Jiang Chen in unison.

In that short time, Jiang Chen’s Nine Heavens Spirit-Seizing Technique hadn’t weakened them by much.

But they had still underestimated Jiang Chen.

As the light from their three swords slashed toward him, Jiang Chen’s sword moved even faster.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Three phantoms flashed past the three black-clad men almost simultaneously.

Then, the scene fell deathly silent.

The three black-clad men charging at Jiang Chen froze in place.

It was as if time itself had stopped for a moment.

And there was Jiang Chen, standing in their midst, holding a Refined Iron Sword.

DRIP...

From the tip of the sword in his right hand, crimson blood dripped steadily.

It fell to the ground.

Slowly, it began to seep into the soil.

"Pathetic."

Jiang Chen spat out a single word.

THUD!

THUD!

THUD!

As Jiang Chen’s word fell, the three figures collapsed to the ground, one after another.

All signs of life were gone.

At the same time, three heads rolled across the ground.

Even in death, it was clear the three of them couldn’t understand why they had died so quickly.

After all, they were facing a Warrior Third Heaven Martial Cultivator.

They had heard from the Patriarch, Ximen Gong, that Jiang Chen was only a Warrior Second Heaven, but now he was a Warrior Third Heaven.

But so what? Whether he was a Warrior Second Heaven or a Warrior Third Heaven, he should have had no chance of survival against three Warrior Fifth Heaven experts like them.

But now it was different. Before the Warrior Third Heaven Jiang Chen, they were as weak as chickens.

They died with everlasting regret.

"Bastard!"

Just then, an enraged roar echoed.

A figure shot over from a short distance away in an instant.

That’s right, it was Ximen Fu.

He had personally witnessed Jiang Chen kill his three clansmen with a single move.

It had all been too fast—so fast that he didn’t even have time to react.

He had originally thought that with Jiang Chen’s Cultivation of Warrior Third Heaven, he wouldn’t need to act at all. Three Warrior Fifth Heaven clansmen should have been more than enough to kill him.

He had miscalculated, severely underestimating how terrifying Jiang Chen was.

In fact, even now, he couldn’t comprehend how Jiang Chen had killed his three clansmen.

Seeing their corpses now, his expression was savage, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He glared viciously at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen saw that his opponent was a terrifying expert at the Martial Master First Heaven realm.

In Hanwu City, a person of this level was considered a top-tier expert.

With his Cultivation of Warrior Third Heaven, he had no chance of victory against such an opponent.

After a quick assessment, Jiang Chen came up with the best solution.

Flee!

That’s right, flee. Fleeing was the only viable option.

SWOOSH!

The moment the thought formed, Jiang Chen’s body flickered, and he darted into the small grove of trees beside him.

He had chosen this path for a reason, of course.

If they had all attacked together, he would have had no chance in a direct confrontation.

So this grove would allow him to ambush his opponent.

He just hadn’t expected his opponents to be so arrogant, allowing him to kill three in an instant. Though the last one was the strongest, at least he wouldn’t be surrounded.

He had a good chance of escaping.

No, Jiang Chen was preparing to take this opportunity to kill his opponent.

He had already decided this the moment he fled into the woods.

"Trying to run? Hmph, you’re too naive."

Ximen Fu sneered and pursued him into the woods at an even greater speed.

In his judgment, Jiang Chen had absolutely no chance of survival against him.

After all, while Jiang Chen’s methods seemed strange and unpredictable, the absolute gap in their Cultivation was like an impassable chasm.

Killing Jiang Chen would be as easy as flipping his hand.

It was just that losing three clansmen would make it difficult for him to face the Patriarch, Ximen Gong, when he returned.

He chased after him without the slightest hesitation.

"Hm?"

The moment he entered, he immediately began searching for Jiang Chen, but the woods were completely silent. There wasn’t a single sound.

’He must be hiding,’ he knew. ’Nearby.’

He used his powerful Divine Thought to quickly scan the forest, all while carefully guarding against an attack.

SWISH!

Just then, a flash of killing intent appeared.

"There!"

Ximen Fu immediately sneered, slashing his sword toward the killing intent.

SHIIING!

A streak of sword light shot past Ximen Fu’s side as fast as lightning.

Its speed was simply too fast. Ximen Fu had swept his sword, thinking it was Jiang Chen.

But he found it was only a Flying Sword.

His expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly swept his sword across.

CLANG!

The Flying Sword was knocked away by Ximen Fu.

However, the force transmitted from the Flying Sword still surprised him.

’Such powerful force,’ he thought.

Even so, the Flying Sword hadn’t posed a real threat to him.

SWOOSH!

In the instant he knocked the Flying Sword away, Ximen Fu also discovered Jiang Chen’s hiding spot and flew toward it, sword in hand.

"Die, you little bastard!"

His Divine Thought had already locked onto him.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen rapidly circulated the Nine Heavens Spirit-Seizing Technique, affecting the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around them.

At the same time, he hurriedly threw two more swords behind him.

One followed the other like a shadow.

After throwing the swords, Jiang Chen quickly continued his escape.

"Agh!"

Ximen Fu, who was chasing Jiang Chen, suddenly cried out in alarm.

A gash so deep the bone was visible had been cut into his thigh by Jiang Chen’s Flying Sword.

He couldn’t believe he had been wounded by Jiang Chen.

It was no wonder. Of the two Flying Swords Jiang Chen had thrown, one after the other, he had only knocked away the first. The second had suddenly changed direction and struck his thigh.

The control over its power was so exquisite that it was impossible for him to defend against.

He was wounded in an instant.

"Little bastard, you’re dead!"

Ximen Fu was overcome with rage. He had been tricked twice in a row by a mere Warrior Third Heaven brat.

And he’d even been injured. If word of this got out, he would become a laughingstock.