Chapter 741: Prodigies Become Sacrificial Offerings, Brothers Become Food

Chapter 741 -190: Prodigies Become Sacrificial Offerings, Brothers Become Food

It was the Nine Heavens Gang Wind, as sharp as blades.

‘This woman is relying on her Magical Treasure to fly at a low altitude. While I’m chasing her on the ground, there’s no way I can catch her.’

A sharp glint flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes as his mind raced.

‘But if I could borrow its power…’

He thought of the “Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture” he cultivated.

This Cultivation Technique was best at harnessing the power of the wind. If he could charge high into the sky and use the violent Gangfeng for a boost, his speed would surely increase severalfold!

At this thought, Chu Fan no longer hesitated.

The Wind Seed in his Qi Sea erupted instantly, and the air around him began to surge violently!

At the same time, the muscles in his legs tensed abruptly, his entire body like a powerful bow drawn taut.

BOOM!

The ground cracked beneath him as Chu Fan shot upward like an arrow loosed from its string, soaring diagonally toward the heavens!

“Huh?!”

Feng Luoyan, who was about to accelerate and shake Chu Fan, suddenly sensed a disturbance in the air behind her. She whipped her head around and let out an incredulous gasp.

One had to understand that even peak Bright Heart Realm Cultivators mostly relied on Spiritual Artifacts or Magical Treasures to fly through the air.

To traverse the void with one’s physical body alone was something only those at the Ruyi Realm or higher could accomplish.

‘And according to the intelligence reports, this Chu Fan is clearly a pure Body Cultivator whose Martial Arts Cultivation is only at the Divine Power Realm. How could he possibly have this kind of ability…’

As she watched in astonishment, Chu Fan’s figure rose higher and higher, charging straight into the layer of Gangfeng that even she dared not enter!

Harnessing the power of the violent Gangfeng, Chu Fan’s speed instantly skyrocketed. He was like an Ancient Fierce Beast that had sprouted wings, closing in with an intensely oppressive aura!

“This is bad!”

Feng Luoyan’s heart trembled, and the color drained from her beautiful face.

‘Is this guy some kind of monster? He actually dares to use the Gangfeng to accelerate!’

Watching the distance between them shrink rapidly, the corner of Feng Luoyan’s mouth twitched. While urging the green leaf beneath her feet onward, she shouted, “Lord Chu, I have not offended you, nor have I wronged the Demon Suppression Bureau! We have no quarrel, so why must you press me so relentlessly…”

But before she could finish, something unexpected happened!

High above, the once-gray sky seemed to become enraged, and a terrifying, world-destroying pressure descended without any warning!

With no sign of gathering clouds, a rift tore open in the void.

KRA-KOOM—!!!

A bolt of bizarre, blood-red lightning as large as a door panel descended in an instant, carrying with it an air of judgment!

Its target was none other than the one who dared to enter the high-altitude forbidden zone with his physical body—Chu Fan!

The blood-red lightning was impossibly fast, so fast that neither the focused Chu Fan nor the spectating Feng Luoyan had any time to react.

BOOM!

A deafening explosion resounded through the heavens and the earth.

Chu Fan didn’t even have time to let out a muffled groan before he was viciously struck by the bolt of blood-red lightning!

His Protective Primordial Qi shattered like paper, and like a swatted fly, he was enveloped in lightning and fire as he plummeted straight toward the ground like a meteor!

THUD!!!

The earth trembled violently, and dust filled the air.

A deep crater emitting black smoke had been smashed into the ground!

“…”

In the air, Feng Luoyan, her head still turned back, froze completely.

Her beautiful eyes widened as she stared blankly at the rift in the void above, which was gradually closing.

‘Wh-what in the world was that?’

‘The intelligence from the sect elders never mentioned a lethal restriction like this high in the skies of the Profound Origin Secret Realm!’

She only knew that experts at the Ruyi Realm and above were unable to enter due to a restriction.

‘And while Bright Heart Realm cultivators like her could fly at low altitudes on Magical Treasures, they all knew that the high-altitude Gangfeng was a fierce, natural barrier. Who would be foolish enough to fly up and contend with it?

‘Unexpectedly, this brute, Chu Fan, had ended up ‘scouting the path’ in such a manner.

Feng Luoyan hesitated in the air for a moment, but ultimately, she couldn’t suppress her curiosity and cautiously lowered her altitude.

She didn’t descend rashly. Instead, she extended her Divine Sense like a tentacle, probing into the depths of the dust-filled crater.

“Hiss!”

The moment her Divine Sense touched the scene at the bottom of the crater, Feng Luoyan gasped, her scalp prickling with fear.

At the bottom of the deep crater, Chu Fan lay motionless, spread-eagled on the scorched earth with his hair in disarray.

His once-tough Martial Robe had been completely reduced to ash. His bare upper body was charred black, and even more terrifyingly, his back and limbs were covered in a dense, spiderweb-like network of horrifying cracks!

His flesh was split open, revealing the bone beneath, and faint arcs of blood-red electricity still danced across his wounds.

‘Th-That’s probably gotta hurt a little…’

The corner of Feng Luoyan’s eye twitched twice. She called out tentatively, “Lord Chu? How are you? Are you still alive?”

The crater remained deathly silent, with no response.

Feng Luoyan scanned him carefully with her Divine Sense before finally concluding, ‘Oh well. His aura is completely gone, not even a heartbeat…’

‘Tsk, tsk. Truly a horrible sight. To be struck dead by heavenly lightning.’

‘A genius from the Demon Suppression Bureau, perished just like that…’

Feng Luoyan patted her chest. Although there was some lingering fear, her eyes held more relief and schadenfreude. ‘Sigh, Lord Chu, it wasn’t I who harmed you. You were the one who insisted on defying the heavens. Even Old Man Heaven himself couldn’t bear to watch anymore…’

Confirming the threat was gone, Feng Luoyan lingered no longer. After a soft sigh, she turned and urged the green leaf onward, transforming into an even swifter streak of light and vanishing among the distant mountains in the blink of an eye.

「Ten breaths later.」

From the crater where the “thoroughly dead” body lay, a light cough suddenly sounded.

“Cough, cough…”

Chu Fan’s eyes snapped open. He leaped out of the crater as if nothing had happened and shook off the scorched earth.

‘This woman is certainly cautious…’

Where was even a hint of Death Qi in Chu Fan’s bright eyes now?

In that instant, he had indeed been hit hard, but he had seized the opportunity to activate the “Spirit Turtle Hibernation Technique.” He instantly suppressed his entire aura until it vanished, even forcing his heartbeat and blood flow to a halt, entering a state of feigned death.

He had thought Feng Luoyan would come closer to inspect him, or perhaps come down to deliver a finishing blow.

He hadn’t expected the woman to be so cautious, merely sweeping the area with her Divine Sense and leaving quickly without even bothering with “Corpse Handling.”

Chu Fan looked down, examining the shocking cracks covering his body in the faint light, and grinned.

“That really packed a punch!”

Fortunately, he possessed the third level of the “Vajra Undying Body,” and his physical form was incomparably tough.

If it had been one of those peak Bright Heart Realm prodigies, they would have been reduced to ash by that bolt of blood-red lightning, not even a speck left behind, unless they were protected by a defensive Ancient Treasure.

But as for him, while he looked miserable, his internal organs were actually unharmed, and he could still move about freely.

Still, it had been a long time since he had been so severely injured.

The powerful regenerative ability of the “Vajra Undying Body” was on full display!

A faint golden light shimmered across the surface of his body, and the residual blood-red lightning in his wounds was forcibly expelled and dissipated.

Flesh writhed within the shocking cracks, which were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye—knitting together, scabbing over, and peeling away!

In just a few moments, the new skin was as smooth as it had been before, and perhaps even more resilient.

Although Chu Fan already knew how powerful the third level of the “Vajra Undying Body” was, he still couldn’t help but beam with joy at the sight!

‘This Profound Origin Secret Realm actually has such a tyrannical Sky-controlling Restriction…’

After his injuries had healed, Chu Fan didn’t rush to act. Instead, he looked up at the sky, his expression growing solemn.

His pupils contracted slightly as he replayed the recent danger in his mind.

‘It seems this Secret Realm has an invisible ‘boundary.’ As soon as you reach a certain height above the ground, you trigger the restriction and draw down that blood-red heavenly lightning.’

‘Bright Heart Realm Cultivators using Sword Flight are fine as long as they stay at a low altitude and don’t cross that ‘warning line.’

‘And because this realm repels Ruyi Realm experts, there was no mention in previous intelligence reports that ‘flying high in the sky will get you struck by lightning.’

‘The power of that blood-red lightning is truly terrifying…’

Chu Fan touched his newly healed chest, a lingering fear still in his heart.

‘It could instantly crack my entire body, even with the third level of the ‘Vajra Undying Body’…’

‘From the looks of it, forget about a peak Bright Heart Realm cultivator. Even if a Ruyi Realm expert forced their way in and took a hit like that, they’d likely be half-killed by the blow, if not perish on the spot.’