Chapter 258: Chapter 256: Brother Ling Dong...

At this moment, the Noble Family Descendants were no longer firmly convinced that Jiang Jichen would die.

Instead... a seed of doubt had been planted!

They had tried to corner and kill Jiang Jichen too many times, yet he always managed to escape the jaws of death, slipping away at the very last second!

It had left a scar on their minds. Unless they saw Jiang Jichen’s corpse with their own eyes, they wouldn’t dare believe he was truly dead.

However, this assault was no small matter. It was the combined ultimate killing techniques of six leaders from the Seven Great Families and the Three Major Sects.

An attack like this was enough to severely wound an ordinary Spirit Infant Early Stage Cultivator!

No matter how monstrously talented Jiang Jichen was, he couldn’t possibly compare to a Spirit Infant Realm Cultivator, could he?

And yet, in that instant, the Noble Family Descendants saw that Jiang Jichen didn’t move at all.

He put away his Ancient Medicine Cauldron and Red Copper Rust Sword, clasped his hands behind his back, and stood looking up at the sky, the very picture of arrogant composure.

’What’s going on?’

’Does he know he’s going to die, so he’s given up all resistance?’

’But he doesn’t look like it at all!’

His eyes, bright as stars, flashed with a cold, confident light.

His expression was proud and composed, radiating an air of absolute supremacy.

Clasping his hands behind him and tilting his head to the sky—it was the posture of a man who saw all the heroes in the world as nothing. This...

The moment seemed to stretch on, and a thousand different thoughts raced through the minds of the crowd.

"You... can’t kill me!"

They heard Jiang Jichen’s indifferent voice ring out.

As his voice faded, a soft, mysterious Light of Teleportation descended from the heavens, enveloping everyone.

In that instant, everyone was utterly dumbfounded!

"Why did the Light of Teleportation suddenly appear? This..."

"Impossible! He was still two kills short!"

"Gods, what kind of heaven-defying luck is this? He’s still not dead?"

...

Many were on the verge of madness, their gazes locked on Jiang Jichen, who stood in the distance striking a pose.

As the ultimate killing attacks from Ling Dong, Nangong Jinjie, and the other four landed on Jiang Jichen, they were silently dissolved, unable to harm him in the slightest.

Seeing this, the six who felt the worst—the ones most tempted to vomit blood from sheer frustration—were undoubtedly the attackers themselves.

They had unleashed their ultimate killing techniques in unison, and yet... it was all useless!

Failing to kill Jiang Jichen was one thing. What made them see red and spit blood was that their strongest ultimate killing attacks hadn’t even harmed a single hair on his head.

In the end, they were all silently dissolved by the mysterious Light of Teleportation!

Their hatred drove them mad. They were speechless before the heavens as a herd of ten thousand mythical beasts stampeded through their hearts.

"Jiang Jichen, you shameless bastard! You piece of trash who only knows how to use despicable tricks! I’ll kill you!"

Ling Dong couldn’t hold back anymore and started screaming curses. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

He had no outlet for the rage in his heart. Now, with his freedom restricted by the mysterious Light of Teleportation, he felt like he was about to explode.

Nangong Jinjie’s face turned ashen, his eyes bulging with rage. "Jiang Jichen, you worthless ant! Give me back my Soul-Extinguishing Nail! Aaaah! That was a Soul-Extinguishing Nail that could be used three times! The hatred...!"

Nangong Jinjie was practically tearing his hair out, beating his chest and stomping his feet, on the verge of insanity.

The second senior brother of the Flowing Cloud Sect, Cang Lengshan, Su Hao, and Wei Xiaolang also had faces as dark as thunder, glaring at Jiang Jichen and grinding their teeth.

Just then, Jiang Jichen flicked his sleeve, splattering some blood, but he paid it no mind. He faced the curses of Ling Dong and Nangong Jinjie with utter indifference.

Instead, he turned a soft gaze upon Ling Dong and smiled faintly. "Brother Ling Dong, you failed to kill me this time, but really, the biggest reason wasn’t you. It was all because of that bastard, Nangong Jinjie! In fact, you all had a chance to kill me at the beginning. But... that bastard Nangong Jinjie had a Soul Nail he could use three times, yet he was too stingy to use it. Instead, he used a Little Secret Killing Artifact, which only managed to injure me. And that was completely fucking useless. My Life Force is so powerful that a little wound like that means nothing to me. But if he had used the Soul Nail back then, Brother Ling Dong... you wouldn’t have even needed to waste your Jade Talisman!"

At this, everyone could only stare, utterly dumbfounded!

This wasn’t the first time they had witnessed such a scene, but seeing it again still made everyone want to vomit blood with rage.

’Brother Ling Dong? That bastard Nangong Jinjie?’

’Wasn’t this attempt to sow discord a little too obvious? It was completely unsophisticated!’

And yet, those very words made everyone hold their breath, leaving them speechless.

Ling Dong’s expression flickered. Of course he wouldn’t believe Jiang Jichen’s bullshit. In fact, he felt a profound sense of disgust for this incredibly shameless bastard.

However, Jiang Jichen’s words did make him realize something!

He glared at Nangong Jinjie. "Back on the first layer of the Exquisite Treasure Tower, it was your useless subordinates who let Jiang Jichen cut them down. Fine. But you had a Soul Nail that could be used three times. Why didn’t you use it at the start? If you had, how could this piece of trash, this bastard, still be alive?"

Hearing Ling Dong’s accusation, Nangong Jinjie was too furious to speak. But Jiang Jichen was right there to fan the flames. "Brother Ling Dong is absolutely right! That bastard Nangong Jinjie deserves to be killed! He’s despicable, utterly despicable!"

Nangong Jinjie’s tolerance for Jiang Jichen had finally snapped. His face was black with rage as he roared, "Bastard! Screw you and your whole family, you bastard! Jiang Jichen, you mongrel! You waste! You shameless piece of filth! You and I are sworn enemies! I... will... definitely kill you!"

Once again, the crowd was dumbfounded, staring at Nangong Jinjie—his hair a mess, screaming like a shrew in the street. It seemed... Jiang Jichen had really driven him insane.

Jiang Jichen looked at Nangong Jinjie with an expression of pity. "Why do you torment yourself? None of you can kill me. Even if I stood right here before you, close enough to touch, all you can do... is stare helplessly. You must feel awful, don’t you? Since that’s the case, maybe closing your eyes would make it feel a little better!"

Hearing Jiang Jichen twist the knife, everyone felt their hearts dripping with blood!

Pain, hatred, madness...

But most of all, they felt helpless. They truly couldn’t do a thing to Jiang Jichen.

To activate the Teleportation Array, Jiang Jichen had indeed needed two more people to be eliminated. But he had a connection to Little Haas through the Soul Planting Technique.

Knowing the situation was desperate and that his own life was on the line, Jiang Jichen had simply ordered Little Haas to step into the Sea Spiritual Cultivation Realm. Tang Ni went with him.

Even without Jiang Jichen’s command, Little Haas would have rushed into the Sea Spiritual Cultivation Realm—giving up his chance to enter the Third Layer Space of the Exquisite Treasure Tower—in a heartbeat.

After all, if Jiang Jichen died, he would be annihilated, body and soul.

How could the death-fearing Little Haas possibly allow that to happen?

As for Tang Ni, she had already reached the limit of her Cultivation and combat power just by getting this far. Advancing to the next layer wouldn’t necessarily have benefited her much.

Therefore, she had unhesitatingly followed Little Haas, giving up her spot in the Third Layer Space of the Exquisite Treasure Tower.

And so, the two-person quota was met, finally activating the Teleportation Array to the Third Layer Space of the Exquisite Treasure Tower at the last possible moment.

The Teleportation Array was now fully active. Everyone’s bodies began to fade as they were about to be transported away.

Jiang Jichen waved to Ling Dong and said amicably, "Brother Ling Dong, see you on the third layer! Interested in hunting down that little bastard Nangong Jinjie with me?"

"PFFT!"

Amidst the sound of someone spitting blood, the figures of the hundred or so people remaining in the second layer vanished, all of them teleported into the Third Layer Space.