Chapter 175: Chapter 173: Fierce Battle with Luo Rui

Who was Luo Qing?

Third on the Spirit List, a Half-step Heavenly Destiny Realm expert, a top-tier genius who had once slain a Heavenly Destiny Realm Second Stage powerhouse with a single strike.

And Jiang Chen actually claimed that even if Luo Qing himself were here, he couldn’t save Luo Cheng?

What incredible arrogance and confidence!

If Jiang Chen had said something like that just a moment ago, everyone would have scoffed. But now, looking at Luo Cheng lying dead at Jiang Chen’s feet, they all obediently shut their mouths.

This was a deadly star who would kill even a direct descendant of the Luo Family without batting an eye!

Even Luo Rui was stunned, his face a mask of disbelief.

In his mind, once he made his appearance, Jiang Chen should have bowed his head in submission, not daring to act so presumptuously.

But what was the result?

Reality had mercilessly slapped him in the face several times.

Luo Cheng lay on the ground, his eyes wide open in death, seemingly filled with a resentful gaze, as if to say: ’Luo Rui, why the hell did you have to jump out? If you hadn’t shown up, I might have had a chance to live! But the moment you appeared, you got me killed, you bastard!’

The expression on Luo Rui’s face shifted, his complexion turning pale then green, finally settling into an extremely grim killing intent.

His fists clenched, and a wildly surging True Essence erupted from his body.

Luo Rui’s cultivation had reached the Late Stage of the Ninth Stage of the True Martial Realm. His True Essence was incredibly dense, and wisps of it roamed over his fists and palms like roaring, furious dragons.

An utterly frigid light shot from his eyes, which were filled with chilling killing intent and blazing fury. "Good. Very good! I don’t know how many years it’s been, but you are the first person to dare openly kill a disciple of my Luo Family."

Jiang Chen glanced at him and said coolly, "I was just having a normal arena match here. He was the one who insisted on running up here to die. Is that my fault?"

"Hmph!"

Luo Rui snorted coldly. "I don’t care what reasons you have. You dared to kill a member of my Luo Family, so you deserve to die!"

Jiang Chen said, "So, you’re saying that regardless of who is right or wrong, anyone who kills a member of your Luo Family deserves to die?"

"That’s right!"

Luo Rui nodded, his gaze sinister. "My Luo Family is one of the Ten Great Aristocratic Families of the Imperial Capital. Every one of our disciples possesses a noble bloodline. A single hair on our heads is more precious than the lives of you lowlifes. It was your honor that Luo Cheng wanted to kill you. But for you to dare kill him? That is high treason, an act of rebellion, a monstrous crime punishable by the extermination of your nine closest relations!"

An act of rebellion, punishable by the extermination of nine relations!

What a heavy accusation to be leveled directly at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen’s eyes slowly narrowed into slits, from which two beams of utterly frigid light shot out.

’The Luo Family is so tyrannical!’

’Other people’s lives are like ants, worthless and deserving of death. But the Luo Family is noble, their lives infinitely precious. It’s even an honor to be killed by one of them!’

’What the fuck!’

’Do you think you’re some high and mighty Venerable Emperor? Do you think you’re an omnipotent Sovereign?’

’Fuck your ancestors...’

Staring at Luo Rui’s arrogant face, Jiang Chen felt his stomach churn with nausea. "I really don’t know where you Luo Family people get this superiority complex from. Anyone who didn’t know better would think your family was forged from Gold, each one of you infinitely precious... But they wouldn’t know that in my eyes, even the self-reliant laborers on the docks are far nobler than anyone from the Luo Family. They are more deserving of respect."

"Damn you! How dare you compare my Luo Family to those lowly laborers? You’re courting death!"

Luo Rui’s face contorted with uncontrollable rage, and he let out a hysterical roar. Terrifying killing intent enveloped him as his True Essence transformed into a razor-sharp gale that shrouded his body. He enunciated each word, "I will cripple your cultivation and chop off your hands and feet. I will tie you to the city walls to rot for ten days, and I will find your family. Anyone and everyone connected to you deserves to die!"

The final three words, "deserves to die," landed with resounding force.

The moment his voice fell, Luo Rui’s figure transformed into a bolt of lightning, shooting forward. As fast as a flash, as swift as a Thunderbolt, he appeared before Jiang Chen in an instant, smashing down with an aerial punch. "Qiluo Emperor Fist!"

This punch was like the emperor of all fists.

Dominating heaven and earth!

As the punch flew, True Essence surged, stirring up a violent gale that converged into a torrent of True Essence.

RUMBLE—

The entire arena shook.

The power of the 30th-ranked expert on the Spirit List was truly extraordinary!

The force of the punch whipped Jiang Chen’s robes, making them flutter loudly. His long hair danced wildly, and he instinctively narrowed his eyes. "A Profound-Tier High-Level Martial Skill at the Great Success Realm? As expected of the 30th expert on the Spirit List. However, if this is all you’ve got, it won’t be so easy to defeat me!"

"Flood Dragon Soaring to Heaven!"

He threw a punch into the air, and a Flood Dragon Fist Shadow came whistling through.

Ever since his cultivation advanced to the Late Stage of the True Martial Realm Sixth Stage, Jiang Chen’s True Essence had become increasingly dense. He was now able to unleash seventy to eighty percent of the power of the Earth Tier Low Level "Eight Celestial Dragon Divine Fist."

The power of this punch was in no way weaker than the Qiluo Emperor Fist.

BANG—

The two completely different Fist Forces collided. The two fist shadows trembled simultaneously, then contracted violently into a ball before suddenly exploding outward.

The entire arena shook violently.

Cracks began to spread out in all directions from between the two fighters. Everywhere the cracks passed, it was as if the arena was being crushed by an immense force from all sides. Chunks of stone broke free from beneath the stage, flying high into the air, while sharp, broken fragments of rock shot up violently from the ground.

In an instant...

The entire arena had been reduced to ruins.

Sharp shards of stone stood on end like sharp battle spears thrust into the ground.

WHOOSH—

A fierce wind swept past, kicking up dust and sand.

Jiang Chen and Luo Rui stood facing each other in mid-air. Their gazes, so intense they seemed tangible, shot out and collided violently between them, dispersing the very wind that had just begun to rise.

"You’re very strong. You’re already qualified to challenge for the top fifty of the Spirit List. Luo Cheng’s death at your hands was not unjust!" Luo Rui’s eyes gleamed, a flicker of shock passing through their depths. Clearly, Jiang Chen’s strength had exceeded his expectations.

Jiang Chen curled his lip in disdain. "The top fifty? Why don’t you beat me first before you start ranking me."

"It seems you still don’t comprehend my power. Did you think that last punch was my full strength? To tell you the truth, I only used fifty percent of my power. If I were to go all out, I’d send you to the Yellow Springs within three moves!" Luo Rui declared with absolute confidence.

Jiang Chen remained noncommittal, his expression calm.

Luo Rui continued, "You don’t believe me? Fine. I’ll let you die under the might of my full power! Watch closely. The strength of the 30th on the Spirit List is more than enough to make you tremble in fear!"

"ROAR!"

Luo Rui suddenly let out a low roar as earthy-yellow True Essence surged madly from his body.

FWOOSH!

FWOOSH... FWOOSH...

A wisp of earthy-yellow True Essence Light appeared at his feet, followed by a second, then a third... More and more earthy-yellow True Essence Light surged forth, transforming into a gale of True Essence that wrapped around his entire body, forming rings of yellow light that floated up and down.

The aura around Luo Rui’s body also began to skyrocket.

His eyes glinted like cold stars, filled with an ultimate, sinister chill. He enunciated each word, "I know you’ve comprehended Tier Two Sword Intent, but you’re not the only one who has comprehended a Tier Two Martial Dao True Intent. This is my True Meaning of Earth! Today is the day you die!"

As Luo Rui spoke, surrounded by nine earthy-yellow rings of light, he charged violently toward Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen flicked his longsword, let out a thunderous shout, and met Luo Rui’s invincible charge head-on...

"Kill!"