Chapter 275: Chapter 274: Let Me See

"You brat, you ruined the great plans of my Holy Palace and slaughtered countless of my disciples."

"It’s only right to flay you, strip your bones, and throw you into the Blood Pool!"

Gazing at the figure struggling helplessly in the binds of the Blood Net, Zhou Shi’s aged face couldn’t hide his glee. A vicious glint flashed in his eyes, and he clenched his powerful hand into a fist.

"Retract!"

When dealing with an invader, there was naturally nothing to be said. No amount of words could compare to the satisfaction of throwing the man’s flesh, skin, and bones into the Blood Pool.

And then watching him be refined into a pool of blood amidst his wails would be truly delightful.

Besides, this was the most pressing matter at hand.

As for handing this bastard over to the Palace Master?

There was no need.

The Holy Palace had been preparing this plan for a long time, and the destruction of five flesh pools for forging armored bodies was within an acceptable range of losses.

But as Zhou Shi looked at the figure bound by the Blood Net, a flicker of doubt entered his mind.

’Was the intruder really bound so easily by the Blood Net? Did he have no other tricks up his sleeve?’

’Is this truly the man who wiped out five of my disciples’ garrisons?’

He was a little annoyed at himself for killing Li Gui and the other one too soon.

"Huh?!"

As he pondered, Zhou Shi’s five fingers had already clenched into a fist.

But the Blood Net, which should have been tightening to crush its victim, remained completely still.

He opened his hand and clenched his fist again, but the result was the same.

The Blood Net, connected to his very origin and usually as responsive as his own limbs, showed no reaction whatsoever!

It remained hovering three feet away from its target, unable to advance even an inch!

"Retract!"

Zhou Shi, refusing to believe it, let out a beastly roar from his throat. His origin power surged madly into his arm, causing the veins to bulge.

A vast amount of origin power flooded into his fingers, and he clenched his hand abruptly, producing a short, crisp BANG.

BANG!

Silence!

After the bang, only silence remained.

Even after channeling his origin power without regard for the cost, the Blood Net remained frozen in place, showing no sign of moving at all!

It was as if its connection to his origin had been severed.

"How is this possible!"

Sensing the powerful aura that was staunchly resisting the Blood Net’s advance, Zhou Shi felt his mouth go dry with astonishment.

"But an aura this powerful... It seems this is the scoundrel, without a doubt!"

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the figure in the distance. Though supposedly trapped by the Blood Net with nowhere to run, the man stood as firm as a mountain. Zhou Shi instantly confirmed his identity.

With such power, what need was there for confirmation?

It had to be the villain who had annihilated the five garrisons of his disciples!

But feeling the ache in his arm, doubt crept into Zhou Shi’s heart once more.

He had been wary of the intruder’s strength, so he had specifically ordered a hundred of his disciples to offer up a wisp of their Origin Essence Blood to create this Blood Net, all for the sake of catching the villain by surprise and killing him.

But just what kind of power could render a Blood Net, woven from the essence blood of nearly one hundred Blood Coagulation Realm disciples, completely useless?

At this thought, he swallowed hard.

The eldest, He Chen, and the one with the goatee also noticed something was wrong with Zhou Shi. They exchanged a glance and placed their hands on the hilts of their sabers.

SHIIING!—

The two of them drew their sabers in unison and walked toward the Blood Net, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to kill the invader while he was supposedly bound and unable to move.

"Wait, you two!"

Zhou Shi called out to them.

They stopped and looked back in confusion, only to hear Zhou Shi say, "I have one more move!"

With that, he let out a short shout:

"Explode—"

But before the word had even left his mouth, a violent torrent of Gang Qi slashed out from within the Blood Net.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!—

The nigh-indestructible Blood Net was instantly sliced to pieces by the Gang Qi, dissipating into a useless cloud of Blood Qi.

After tearing through the Blood Net, the Gang Qi continued onward with unabated force, slashing directly at the three men.

The three of them never expected that Wu Chen hadn’t been restrained by the Blood Net at all and still had the strength to unleash a killing move.

Caught completely off guard, they scrambled to dodge, which also interrupted Zhou Shi’s next move.

"Conspiring so loudly..."

Wu Chen grumbled to himself speechlessly, lightly brushing the ashes of the Blood Net from his shoulder.

He had originally planned to act like a cornered beast, pretending to be unable to break free from the Blood Net, and wait for someone to come close enough to strike him.

Then he would use that opportunity to counter-kill one of them.

He just hadn’t expected that the old man with the strongest aura had another trick up his sleeve for the Blood Net!

Regardless of what that trick was, Wu Chen wasn’t truly afraid.

The ’Body Like Adamant’ trait, his Perfection stage ’Blood and Flesh Cast Armor Body’, and the silvery-white Rhombic Crystal origin, which pulsed with incredibly vigorous life force.

These things gave him the confidence to withstand whatever the enemy threw at him next.

But, after all, he was holding a girl of mortal flesh and blood in his arms.

So, left with no other choice, he could only blast out his Blood Evil True Gang to interrupt the enemy’s killing move.

The result was just as Wu Chen had expected.

His Blood Evil True Gang, which had absorbed the Tiger Demon’s essence blood and was now clearly a level stronger, had easily broken through the Blood Net’s restraints.

But the three men, who were several dozen feet away, had dodged it easily.

"And then there’s you..."

It was within Wu Chen’s expectations that the three old men with the strongest auras would dodge.

So he wasn’t surprised. Instead, he used the moment they were dodging to spare a glance for the girl in his arms, who was practically trying to inhale him.

It gave him goosebumps!

He pinched the scruff of her neck and pulled her away like a baby chick, saying speechlessly:

"If you keep sniffing... you’ll have to pay with Martial Arts!"

"Who’s sniffing you! I was just scared, okay!"

Sun Yuting pouted and said softly, "Besides, if the price is more Martial Arts, then so be it!"

Wu Chen sighed and didn’t respond, instead looking at the three old men who were still scrambling to avoid the Gang Qi. He then said flatly to the girl:

"We should probably run for now. This time is different. There are three in the Leakless Realm, and they’re all at the Perfection stage."

Sun Yuting asked in a low voice, "You can’t beat them?"

Wu Chen shook his head. "It would take some time. I’m afraid you wouldn’t be able to hold on."

"..."

Sun Yuting looked embarrassed and couldn’t respond.

If it had been anyone else, not only would she have disbelieved them, but she would have mocked them for being arrogant and courting death.

But since it was Wu Chen saying it, she had no reason not to believe him.

After all, for the past few days, Wu Chen had been slaughtering his way back and forth through the demon-men’s garrisons all by himself without getting a single scratch. So, dealing with three Perfection-stage Leakless Realm masters...

...was probably just a matter of time.

He could kill them, but it would take time.

"Haaa..."

Sun Yuting sighed, realizing that in the end, she was the one holding him back.

She said helplessly, "Lord Wu, you can just go ahead and fight. I told you before, I have my own ways..."

Glancing at the dense crowd of demon-men surrounding them, her confidence wavered. She shrank back and added, "If I can’t hold on, I’ll just die on my own..."

"..."

A smile unknowingly touched the corners of Wu Chen’s mouth. He hadn’t expected Sun Yuting to be so carefree as to joke at a time like this.

He was about to say something, to tell the girl to think it over, that once the fighting started, he really might not be able to look after her.

Just then, he saw Sun Yuting brush a hand over her storage pouch, and a palm-sized, crimson box covered in intricate carvings appeared in her hand.

CLICK!

The box opened.

A thrumming, heart-pounding aura immediately surged from the box, causing everyone present to feel their hearts skip a beat.

It felt as if an invisible hand was squeezing them, making it difficult to breathe.

Although Wu Chen didn’t feel any adverse effects, he could still sense the tyrannical aura within the box.

He cocked his head curiously to look inside and saw an egg-sized, jade-white object. It seemed to pulse faintly, as if it were alive.

The suffocating aura was emanating from this object.

"Everyone!"

The domineering and overwhelming aura startled Zhou Shi, who had just dodged the Blood Evil True Gang. It was an aura that made even a Perfection-stage Leakless Realm master like him feel wary, which showed that his opponents’ methods were anything but ordinary.

If they were allowed to use this item, these two already formidable villains would be even harder to deal with.

With that thought, he roared:

"Attack—"

Before the word left his mouth, he saw the young man in the distance raise a slender finger and point it gently at him.

Then, six beams of violent, pure white light shot toward Zhou Shi.

"Fuck!"

This forced Zhou Shi to swallow the rest of his words and dodge once again.

After tossing out a Blood Evil True Gang, Wu Chen looked at the girl and said impatiently:

"Quick, quick, quick, how do you use this thing!"

"Let me see!"

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