Chapter 761: Belated Realization

Chapter 755: True Brothers!

“Disciples of the Five Elements Sect!” Shui Ruolan shouted. As her voice faded, hundreds of people flooded into the narrow, previously empty passage, surrounding the Blood Evil Alliance’s many Martial Artists. At the same time, arrays lit up beneath their feet, and a series of attack formations enveloped them.

At the sight of the attack arrays, the Blood Evil Alliance’s Martial Artists instantly panicked and tried to scatter. But in the narrow passage, disciples of the Five Elements Sect blocked them from both the front and rear. They wanted to retreat, but there was nowhere to go.

“Hold your ground! Don’t panic, you useless trash!” Wang Zhang roared when he saw the utter chaos among the Blood Evil Alliance Martial Artists behind him. He unleashed the full force of his Tier Five Spirit Emperor aura, finally quelling the turmoil.

Wang Zhang turned his head, staring coldly at Shen Haoran. He knew now that there was no escape. If it weren’t for Shen Haoran, he wouldn’t have feared this ambush in the slightest. The Five Elements Sect only had Chen Yu at the Spirit Emperor Level; the rest were just small fry, completely unable to contend with the Blood Evil Alliance. But with Shen Haoran in the picture, it was a different story. The power of the maid beside him alone was enough to make Wang Zhang and his two companions recoil in fear, to say nothing of Shen Haoran himself. ‘This is a hopeless situation!’

“Before I die, I have one last thing to say!” Wang Zhang said, looking at Shen Haoran with a bitter expression.

“Hmph. I won’t listen to a single word from anyone who harms my loved ones,” Shen Haoran said, his face devoid of expression. “Xue Ling, kill them. Leave no one alive!” His icy tone filled Wang Zhang’s heart with despair.

At Shen Haoran’s command, Xue Ling unleashed a heart-stopping aura. In a flash, she charged toward the Blood Evil Alliance. At the same time, the trap arrays set by the Five Elements Sect disciples activated, and screams of agony immediately echoed through the narrow passage.

Watching their Martial Artists get slaughtered in an instant, Wang Zhang and his companions roared, “I’ll kill you! Even if I die, I’m taking one of you with me!” With that, the three of them charged frantically toward Shen Haoran and his group. Shui Ruolan and the others by Shen Haoran’s side were only at the Spirit Aspect Tier. Even in death, Wang Zhang’s group intended to take one of them down.

A cold sneer played on Shen Haoran’s lips as he watched the three men charge in a frenzy. With a mere thought, a crimson giant descended from the sky like a meteor, crashing down upon Zhang Xiong. In the next instant, Zhang Xiong, a powerful Tier Five Spirit Emperor, exploded into a bloody mist. Blood and shattered organs sprayed in every direction, splattering the surrounding stone walls. Wang Zhang and Niu Chong stopped dead in their tracks, their faces stricken with terror as they stared at the crimson giant that had suddenly appeared before them.

If Xue Ling’s aura had merely alarmed them, then this crimson giant inspired true, abject terror. It was like an insurmountable mountain pressing down on them, so heavy they could barely breathe. Faced with a being that could instantly obliterate a Tier Five Spirit Emperor, all the two of them could do was tremble.

The Fire Vajra stood before Shen Haoran and his companions like a small hill. Gazing at the despairing Wang Zhang and Niu Chong, Shen Haoran showed no mercy. With a single thought, the Fire Vajra shot toward the two men.

Wang Zhang and Niu Chong watched the Fire Vajra charge, their hearts filled with terror. They tried to turn and run, but their legs felt as if they were filled with lead; they couldn’t move an inch. They could only watch helplessly as the enormous palm descended upon them.

BOOM…

A tremendous roar echoed as the entire passage began to tremble violently. Rubble rained down from the surrounding stone walls. With that single palm strike, the Tier Five Spirit Emperors, Wang Zhang and Niu Chong, were instantly obliterated!

“H-h-holy shit! Boss, what is that thing? It’s so badass! So brutal!” Zi Mo yelled, dancing with excitement as he stared at the Fire Vajra that had instantly killed three Tier Five Spirit Emperor powerhouses.

Shen Haoran just chuckled. The Fire Vajra was a relic from the Ancient Era, created by the first inheritor of the Chaos Divine Body. Furthermore, it had been tempered in the Lava World for ten thousand years, its power long since reaching an unbelievable level. If it weren’t restricted by his own strength, the Fire Vajra could have dominated the entire continent. Killing three Spirit Emperor Level Martial Artists was child’s play for it.

After the Fire Vajra killed Wang Zhang and his two companions, Xue Ling worked in tandem with the trap arrays to slaughter the rest of the Blood Evil Alliance Martial Artists. Of all the Blood Evil Alliance members who had entered the Five Elements Sect, not a single one was left alive. The narrow passage was now dyed crimson with blood.

Staring at the bodies strewn across the ground, Chen Yu, Shui Ruolan, and the others were in a daze. The very Blood Evil Alliance forces that had trapped them within the Five Elements Sect for the past couple of months, unable to leave, had been so effortlessly annihilated by Shen Haoran. Not a single one was left. The Five Elements Sect’s crisis was, for now, resolved. ‘Shen Haoran is truly our lucky star,’ they thought, ‘always appearing at the most critical moments.’

“Where is the Blood Evil Alliance’s stronghold? And I want all the information you have on them,” Shen Haoran asked coolly, his gaze sweeping over the corpses on the ground.

The killing intent in Shen Haoran’s tone stunned Shui Ruolan and the others. ‘Is he planning to take the fight directly to the Blood Evil Alliance’s headquarters?’ At this thought, Shui Ruolan quickly explained, “The Blood Evil Alliance’s headquarters is in Blood Evil City, not far from here. The alliance was formed by over a dozen powers from the Southern Domain. Three of those powers are only a notch weaker than the Five Elements Sect was at its peak. The rest are Sect Clans that have always held a grudge against us. The alliance has two experts at the Spirit Emperor Tier, ten Spirit Emperor powerhouses, and dozens of Spirit Aspects, not to mention countless other Martial Artists. If it weren’t for the strategic terrain of the Red Flame Mountain Range and the foundation our Sect has accumulated over the years, this massive force would have devoured us long ago!” A bitter smile touched Shui Ruolan’s lips as she finished speaking.

“But the Blood Evil Alliance’s actions are strange,” Long Mo added from the side. “Logically, after the last great war, our reputation as the number one Sect in the Southern Domain is just an empty title. We pose no threat to them. I don’t understand why they would go to such great lengths to destroy the Five Elements Sect. Someone must be pulling the strings from behind the scenes!”

Hearing Long Mo’s words, a flash of surprise crossed Shen Haoran’s eyes. ‘I didn’t expect him to have also sensed the presence of Fallen Valley.’

“I know. The ones pulling the strings are from Fallen Valley,” Shen Haoran said apologetically. “And their target is the Shen Clan Members I hid here.” He felt a pang of guilt, knowing the Five Elements Sect had suffered this disaster because of him.

“Tch. Are we brothers or not? Your problems are our problems. So why the long face?” Zi Mo said, rolling his eyes at Shen Haoran in mock disgust.

Shen Haoran paused, taken aback by Zi Mo’s words. ‘He’s right. These are my brothers. Being so formal is like looking down on them.’ They all looked at one another and broke into understanding smiles.