Chapter 145: Chapter 143: Come at Me Together

When over a hundred thousand people gathered outside Yunxian Valley, it was a veritable sea of humanity, with people packed shoulder to shoulder.

But once they entered Yunxian Valley...

Blanketed by a hazy mist, visibility was limited to about a hundred meters, and the hundreds of thousands of people quickly scattered.

However, the experts from the major powers all had their own methods to sense the general location of their companions. They also moved in coordinated groups, so their forces were not too dispersed.

Jiang Chen, with Black Emperor and Little White in tow, walked through the vast white mist.

Glancing at Black Emperor, who was perched on Little White’s head, Jiang Chen frowned. "Little Black, I had you leave a mark on the experts from Blood Wolf Village. Can you pinpoint their location now?"

Black Emperor nodded. An eerie glint flashed in his eyes as he pointed in a certain direction. "That way. About fifty kilometers out."

"Let’s go!"

Jiang Chen led Black Emperor and Little White, racing at top speed toward the location he had sensed.

Before long...

Following Black Emperor’s directions, they found the location of the Blood Wolf Village expert he had targeted. However, as the thick white mist dissipated and the scene before him came into view, Jiang Chen froze.

There was a small town here!

It was a well-known fact that the white mist in Yunxian Valley was so disorienting that even a hawk flying into it would lose its way.

Combined with the Demon Beasts that roamed the valley, mostly ferocious creatures like cloud leopards and cloud tigers, it should have been impossible for humans to survive here.

But the town before him was undeniably real.

At this moment, many of Blood Wolf Village’s experts had already gathered here. In addition, numerous experts from other powers like the Brotherhood, the Celestial Python Gang, and the Fire Bandit Alliance had also discovered this town in the mists and assembled.

Jiang Chen’s gaze swept over the scene, and he noticed that everyone was standing outside the town, not having entered. At the entrance, two imposing stone lions crouched like guards on either side. Between the two lions were several piles of mangled flesh, fresh blood dyeing the ground red. The pungent smell of blood filled the air.

The experts from Blood Wolf Village, the Brotherhood, the Celestial Python Gang, and the Fire Bandit Alliance were gathered together.

Everyone who looked at the two stone lions did so with a hint of dread.

Nether Wolf of Blood Wolf Village was in the crowd. He glanced at the others with a cold, indifferent expression and said flatly, "You want my Blood Wolf Village to be the ones to test the waters? Impossible!"

"My brothers from the Brotherhood won’t be sacrificed for nothing either!"

"Why should our Celestial Python Gang be the ones to go first?"

The top experts from the various powers were all arguing their case.

As it turned out, this town in the mists was fraught with bizarre dangers. A few experts had just tried to enter, but the moment they stepped past the entrance, the stone lions had swatted them into a bloody pulp with a single strike.

Nether Wolf and the others didn’t dare to act rashly.

Thus, they wanted to send a few experts in to test the waters so they could be better prepared.

However, none of the powers were willing to sacrifice their own men, so they argued until they were red in the face, resulting in a stalemate.

Just then, Jiang Chen suddenly emerged from the mist, naturally drawing everyone’s attention...

"Huh? Who’s this kid? He actually dared to enter Yunxian Valley all by himself?"

"He’s not with the Celestial Python Gang..."

"And not with Blood Wolf Village..."

"Since he’s not with any of our groups, this makes things simple!" A bald expert from the Fire Bandit Alliance, a True Martial Realm Sixth Stage master named Weng Li and known as the Butcher, spoke up. A cold light flickered in his eyes as he said to Jiang Chen, "Kid, hurry on over to your Grandpa Weng!"

"Who are you calling ’Grandpa’?" Jiang Chen asked, looking at him.

Weng Li replied gruffly, "You, of course!"

"Oh!"

Jiang Chen nodded, a look of disdain on his face. "Well, you’re rather old and ugly, but since you’re so respectfully calling me ’Grandpa,’ I suppose I can reluctantly accept. So, my dear grandson, what can your grandpa do for you?"

"Uh..."

Weng Li’s face stiffened, and he was rendered speechless.

The onlookers, however, could no longer hold back and burst out laughing. "Hahaha, Weng Li, did you just become his grandson?"

"I’m dying of laughter, hahaha..."

"They always say the Fire Bandit Alliance is a bunch of illiterates. I didn’t believe it before, but now I do!"

"Pfft, haha, to think he’d just call someone ’Grandpa’ on his own..."

Even the usually stoic Nether Wolf was grinning, looking at Weng Li’s ashen face with amusement. "Ah, Weng Li, if I were you, I couldn’t possibly let that slide."

"Scram!"

Weng Li snorted, his face a grim mask. A sinister, cold light glinted in his eyes as he stared at Jiang Chen. "You little bastard," he said menacingly. "Got some nerve, do you? Playing me for a fool? You think you’ve got a sharp tongue? I’ll rip that mouth right off your face and see how sharp it is then!"

Before the words had even left his mouth,

Weng Li suddenly struck, a mass of black True Essence Light erupting from his body.

A jet-black Iron Fist, like a falling meteor, thundered forward. "Blast Flame Fist—Die!"

"I never provoked any of you, yet you want to use me as bait to test the waters. And now you want to kill me? Then you can just die!" Jiang Chen’s eyes turned cold as he threw a punch toward Weng Li. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Fist against fist, flesh against flesh.

This was a battle of pure power!

"He’s actually trying to match Weng Li in a contest of strength? He’s courting death!"

"Weng Li, don’t be too rough. Just beat him half to death. We still need him as bait to test the waters!" Nether Wolf and the others chimed in with a laugh.

Weng Li snorted and sneered, "Don’t worry. I’ll just cripple his arms before we use him as bait!"

However, in the next instant, the sneer on Weng Li’s face froze solid, replaced by an expression of utter shock and horror.

He watched as his raging Blast Flame Fist was shattered by Jiang Chen’s punch, exploding on contact.

Jiang Chen shot through the air, appearing before Weng Li in an instant and aiming a punch straight at his face. "Die!"

"No—!"

Weng Li’s face twisted into a hideous mask as he let out a hysterical roar, desperately trying to defend himself.

Unfortunately for him...

Before Jiang Chen’s Iron Fist, Weng Li was as fragile as paper. With a BOOM, his entire body exploded into a cloud of blood mist!

A collective gasp went through the crowd.

The expressions on the faces of Nether Wolf and the others, who had been laughing and joking just moments before, changed in unison.

’Weng Li was a master at the True Martial Realm Sixth Stage, yet he was killed instantly, unable to even block a single one of Jiang Chen’s punches?’

The Fire Bandit Alliance had over two hundred members gathered there. Seeing Weng Li killed, their experts were enraged. A tall young man standing in the crowd looked at Jiang Chen with an icy gaze, his killing intent intensifying. "I didn’t expect we’d misjudged you. Your strength is indeed impressive. But you never should have provoked my Fire Bandit Alliance! Now... how do you want to die?"

"Hm? And who are you supposed to be?" Jiang Chen glanced at him and asked nonchalantly.

"How dare you! This is our Fire Bandit Alliance’s Young Alliance Leader, Ding Yunzhong! How dare you speak to him like that?" a True Martial Realm Fifth Stage expert roared.

Jiang Chen shot him a glance. "Noisy."

SWISH—

A Sword Finger shot out. The expert shuddered, then his body exploded, and he died on the spot.

"Fuck!"

"This is a direct provocation against our Fire Bandit Alliance!"

"Young Alliance Leader, please kill this fiend!"

The eyes of the Fire Bandit Alliance experts were practically bursting with rage as they roared, seething with killing intent.

The tall young man, Ding Yunzhong,’s face darkened. "Good, good. Very good!" he said menacingly. "It seems you truly have no respect for the Fire Bandit Alliance... Nether Wolf, Blood Slaughter, this kid’s life is mine. None of you are to interfere!"

"Be my guest, Young Alliance Leader," Nether Wolf said with a shrug.

The Blood Slaughter Brothers said nonchalantly, "It’s best if you just cripple his cultivation. We still need to keep him alive to use as bait for those two stone lions."

"I know what I’m doing!"

Ding Yunzhong snorted and looked at Jiang Chen. "Kid, prepare to die!"

"Die? You alone aren’t enough to kill me!" Jiang Chen held up a finger and wagged it dismissively. He then looked past Ding Yunzhong at the two hundred experts of the Fire Bandit Alliance, beckoning with his finger. "All of you, come at me together."

"Damn it!"

"He’s too arrogant!"

Ding Yunzhong’s face turned ashen.

He had followed the Fire Bandit Alliance’s Alliance Leader into battle since he was five and had made his first kill at six. No one had ever dared to underestimate him like this.

Jiang Chen’s attitude was a grave insult to Ding Yunzhong. He roared in fury, "Thousand Years Fallen Leaves Saber Technique—Autumn Wind Cutting Leaves! Die!"

WHOOSH—

Saber light filled the sky. Countless slivers of bright, silver light flashed like falling autumn leaves in a brilliant, chaotic shower.

This was the Thousand Years Fallen Leaves Saber Technique, a Profound-Tier Middle-Level Martial Skill of incredible power!

Jiang Chen’s eyes narrowed. "I told you, you’re not worthy of killing me!"

As the words left his mouth, Jiang Chen pointed out a single finger.

One Finger Shatters the Earth!

VMMMM!

A jet-black finger materialized in the air and ground forward like a Qingtian pillar, crushing all the falling blades of light until they burst. Even someone as strong as Ding Yunzhong had his Battle Blade knocked from his grasp. The ink-black finger slammed into his body, causing his chest to collapse. He coughed up blood and was sent flying backward.

Defeated with a single finger.

Jiang Chen extended one hand, palm facing up, and beckoned to the members of the Fire Bandit Alliance. "I told you. Come at me together."