Unfettered Retribution: Slaughtering My Way through the World
Chapter 188 - 141: Weren’t You Looking For Me? I’m Here
Chen Xuan calmly withdrew his hand. "Speak. Where is that Saintess of yours?"
[You have killed five masters of the True Qi Ninth Layer. Retribution is exceptional. Retribution points +45,000!]
[The pink-skirted woman’s spirit has been broken. Retribution points +14,000!]
[Chu Qingyin’s mental state has collapsed. Retribution points +6,000!]
Lines of text appeared one after another.
To the side, Chu Qingyin, who had been on the verge of despair, was completely stunned. Her small face was blank, her mind in a daze.
Her mouth was hanging open, wide enough to fit a fist.
’Chen Xuan...’
’Killed five Half-Step True Essence experts with a single punch?’
’Is this some kind of joke?’
"Not talking? If you don’t talk, I’ll have to torture you!"
Chen Xuan frowned and waved his hand casually.
SPLURT!
A spray of blood erupted as the pink-skirted woman’s shoulder was sent flying. Agonizing pain shot through her body, and she let out a shrill, heart-wrenching scream.
SPLAT!
With another wave of his hand, one of her legs flew off, and her body collapsed to the ground.
"Don’t kill me! I’ll talk! As long as you don’t kill me, I’ll tell you everything..."
The woman shrieked in terror.
"That’s not an option. You’re going to die regardless. Talking or not won’t change your fate. If you talk, you’ll get a quick death. If you don’t, you’ll only suffer."
Chen Xuan’s tone was indifferent as he walked up to her. "Besides, you’re a True Qi Realm master. Your life force is tenacious. As long as a sliver of your True Qi remains, your body won’t die. I imagine you’re the last person who should be afraid of torture."
He grabbed the woman’s head. As she watched in utter terror and wailed, his scalding True Qi surged into her brain like countless crimson steel needles.
"AHHH!"
The woman immediately let out another bloodcurdling scream.
She felt as if her flesh was being slowly cooked, as if the skin all over her body was being gradually peeled away by the True Qi. The pain was beyond description.
But Chen Xuan had been right about one thing.
As a True Qi Realm master, her life force was indeed tenacious.
At this moment, she couldn’t even pass out.
"Demon! You’re a demon!"
The woman cried out miserably, "I’ll talk! I’ll tell you where the Saintess is!"
"Go on. Where is she?"
Chen Xuan asked calmly.
[The pink-skirted woman’s spirit has been broken a second time. Retribution points +8,000!]
"She... She’s in a village thirty li to the south. There’s only one village there... Kill me. I beg you, just kill me..."
The woman sobbed in agony.
"Are there any other masters with her?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"Yes... Only one Hall Master at the Half-Step True Essence Realm is guarding her. The other masters were all sent out, WAHHH..."
The woman wailed.
"Good. I hope you’re not lying to me."
Chen Xuan’s voice was flat.
CRUNCH!
With a squeeze of his five fingers, the woman’s head instantly exploded like a watermelon, shattering into pieces.
[You have killed a master of the True Qi Ninth Layer. Retribution points +10,000!]
Another line of text appeared.
Chen Xuan glanced at his status panel.
Retribution Points: 122,000.
’Excellent!’
’I can level up again soon.’
"Let’s go. We’ll find that Eight-headed Fire Python first, then we’ll come back and crush that so-called Saintess."
Chen Xuan called to Chu Qingyin, and they continued onward.
Chu Qingyin’s mind was reeling, a dull buzzing in her ears. She still hadn’t processed what had just happened...
’What is going on...’
’What realm has Chen Xuan reached?’
A look of horror soon crossed Chu Qingyin’s face, and she hurried after Chen Xuan again.
But this time, she was noticeably more respectful, more cautious.
As Chen Xuan charged forward.
Finally, they saw a large group of figures up ahead. Most of them were wounded and stained with blood. Their faces were pale and they sat gasping for breath, clearly exhausted.
Some had even lost arms, their expressions pained.
These were obviously not members of the Evil Cult.
They were from other factions.
They had been trying to besiege and kill the Eight-headed Fire Python, but the beast was too terrifying. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and they had only managed to force the python into a cave up ahead.
Now, no one dared to approach it rashly.
As Chen Xuan arrived, everyone present immediately turned their gazes toward him.
Chen Xuan swept his gaze over the crowd before fixing his eyes on a dark cave ahead. He could clearly feel a chaotic, fiery aura emanating from within...
It was like it contained molten magma, or as if some great beast was lurking inside.
There was an indescribable presence.
"Is the Eight-headed Fire Python in there?"
Chen Xuan asked aloud.
The crowd, all pale-faced and with cold eyes, refused to answer.
Everyone present had come for the Eight-headed Fire Python.
’We fought with all our might to grievously wound the Eight-headed Fire Python, and you think you can just swoop in and take the prize?’
Chen Xuan frowned, but instead of asking again, he walked directly toward the cave.
"He’s overestimating himself. So what if he’s sixth on the Human List? He’ll just be walking to his death in there!"
Someone sneered.
"What did you say?"
Chen Xuan glanced back at the man.
The man snorted coldly and said no more.
Chen Xuan continued walking forward.
"The second he kills the Eight-headed Fire Python, we’ll all attack at once and hack him to pieces! Even being sixth on the Human List won’t save him from all of us."
The man continued with a sneer.
BOOM!
SPLAT!
"AHH!"
The words had barely left his mouth when a heavy fist, wreathed in fiery light, slammed into his abdomen. He screamed, spat out a mouthful of blood, and was lifted off his feet before Chen Xuan grabbed him by the ankle and slammed him to the ground.
CRACK! The ground shattered.
The faces of everyone present changed. They roared in anger and lunged to their feet.
But the next moment!
BOOM!
An utterly terrifying aura of the True Essence Realm erupted from Chen Xuan’s body, blazing like a torrent of fire and instantly engulfing the entire area.