Unfettered Retribution: Slaughtering My Way through the World
Chapter 189 - 141: Weren’t You Looking For Me? Here I Am
Everyone’s faces were filled with terror. They froze, each one feeling as if a scorching hand was gripping their throat. They trembled in utter fear, as if the very sky was falling.
True Essence?!
...
A blazing inferno erupted from Chen Xuan’s body. The light was dazzling, the aura terrifying. The crimson-gold flames looked as though they would incinerate everything in their path. The dreadful pressure he exuded was even more frightening than the Eight-headed Fire Python they had faced earlier...
The crowd of figures trembled, their faces filled with dread...
Looking at Chen Xuan was like staring at some colossal, terrifying beast of molten rock. They were scared out of their wits, their very flesh and blood quivering.
[You have heavily injured an expert of the True Qi Fifth Layer. Retribution points +9000!]
[The crowd’s mental breakdown has been detected. Peerless satisfaction achieved. Retribution points +18000!]
Two consecutive messages sounded in Chen Xuan’s ear.
"Excellent. Let’s see how you all plan to swarm me and hack me to death. Go on, make your move."
Chen Xuan said, his tone casual.
The crowd was terrified, trembling uncontrollably.
No one knew who was the first to fall to their knees.
Suddenly, everyone dropped to their knees and began to kowtow, their foreheads hitting the ground with audible THUDS.
"It’s a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding! I didn’t say anything! I didn’t say a thing just now."
"Right, that was Iron Palm Zhang Qi who said it."
"Zhang Qi, you son of a bitch! Are you trying to get us all killed?"
The crowd cried out in terror, desperately trying to distance themselves from him.
They had no choice.
Chen Xuan’s power was just too terrifying.
The True Essence Realm!
’How the fuck were they supposed to fight that?’
Someone in the True Essence Realm could already control the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. A single, casual move would be enhanced by the Power of Heaven and Earth. And on top of that, he was an expert on the Human List, which meant he could definitely fight opponents above his own rank.
To be honest, for him to crush everyone here would be as easy as squashing an ant.
At the same time, their hearts were filled with a dawning horror. ’Could we be hallucinating?’
They’d only been stuck in this forest for four days. How had Chen Xuan gone from being sixth on the Human List to the True Essence Realm in that time?
As far as they knew, neither the current number one on the Human List, Xie Xinghe, nor the number two, Ye Guiyuan, had reached the True Essence Realm...
’And yet Chen Xuan had?’
Everyone began to question their own reality.
’Has the world outside been turned upside down in just four days?’
’Or maybe we’ve been hit with some dark magic? It only feels like four days, but has it actually been several years in the outside world?’
’How else could something so ridiculous happen?’
The man named Zhang Qi was terrified beyond measure. He cried out, "I have a big mouth! I was just kidding! I didn’t mean anything by it, I just can’t control my stupid mouth..."
He frantically began slapping himself across the face.
"You’ve got a problem with your mouth. I’ll fix it for you."
Chen Xuan waved his hand casually.
SPLAT!
Half of the man’s head flew through the air. His body crumpled to the ground, motionless.
[...Retribution points +4000!]
"Is that Eight-headed Fire Python in the cave?"
Chen Xuan turned his head to the crowd and asked again.
"Y-yes! It’s right inside."
"That beast was cornered by some experts from the Evil Cult a little while ago. They’ve already retreated, but we still couldn’t take it down."
The crowd hurriedly said.
"Then you’re all pretty damn useless."
Chen Xuan’s tone was blunt. He turned and started walking toward the cave again.
"Senior Brother Chen... be careful..."
Chu Qingyin, who had followed him, quickly warned.
"I know."
Chen Xuan walked on without looking back. He activated his Innate Tyrant Body almost instantly, and his already terrifying aura erupted like a volcano, surging to an even greater height.
Layers of scorching flames once again blazed across the surface of his body. The light was fearsome, and the wisps and clusters of golden fire seemed to become tangible.
At the same time, a suit of molten armor materialized from within him. It was ferocious and terrifying, magma dripping from it as it automatically enveloped his body from head to toe, leaving only two golden-yellow eyes gleaming from within.
Radiating heat like a miniature sun, he walked step by step toward the cave entrance.
HISSSSSSS...
From deep within the cave, a series of agitated hisses soon echoed out, accompanied by a foul stench and a spray of sand and pebbles, as if some incredibly terrifying beast was hiding inside.
It wasn’t particularly dark deep inside the cave.
On the contrary, it was quite bright.
This was partly due to the golden flames radiating from Chen Xuan, and partly due to the light from the Eight-headed Fire Python itself.
BOOM!
Suddenly, a foul and terrifying presence rushed toward him. It felt like an enormous monster, carrying an overwhelming, scorching heat as it lunged fiercely at Chen Xuan.
The light from Chen Xuan’s body suddenly exploded outward. His temperature soared, making him seem like a miniature sun. He condensed his power with no flashy or superfluous movements.
He simply raised his fist!
And threw a heavy punch!
KABOOM!
An incredibly terrifying roar echoed out, accompanied by a series of ear-splitting, miserable hisses. It was as if an explosion had occurred inside the cave. Rumbling blasts sounded as firelight surged and Qi Energy shot out in all directions...
The powerful and terrifying shockwave tore through the cave and rolled madly outward, carrying with it a shower of golden sparks, as if magma were erupting from the entrance.
Everyone scrambled backward, unable to resist the force.
Their faces showed their terror as they hurriedly circulated their True Qi to protect themselves.
Even so, the clothes on many of them caught fire, and they frantically slapped at the flames in alarm.
Everyone stared in horror toward the cave.
The commotion inside the cave quickly subsided. The deafening roars ceased.
There were no more signs of a struggle.
It seemed as if everything had come to a halt.
Soon, a SHUFFLE SHUFFLE SHUFFLE sound could be heard. A burly, fiery figure emerged from the depths of the cave, dragging an immense corpse behind him as he walked out step by step.