Chapter 724 - 721: You’d Be Better Off Dead

Chapter 724: Chapter 721: You’d Be Better Off Dead

Xia Hao’s body trembled, and he coughed up another mouthful of blood, his face growing even paler.

He stared at Jiang Jichen, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Jiang Jichen, you... how can you still be alive?"

"And this power... how is it so immense?"

Xia Hao hovered in the air, staring intently at Jiang Jichen from several hundred meters away.

At this moment, the golden Undying Light emanating from Jiang Jichen’s body grew more intense, and his Life Energy was vast and boundless.

Under the combined effect of his Undying Power and Life Energy, Jiang Jichen’s physical body, which had been on the verge of collapse, was now repairing itself from the inside out at a terrifying speed.

Soon, a completely unharmed body stood before Xia Hao.

At the same time, an astonishingly powerful aura erupted from Jiang Jichen, making the very void tremble slightly.

This was the Holy Body Second Realm!

’The Fourth Turn Middle Realm of the Undying Scripture, the Fourth Reincarnation of the Demon Phoenix Technique!’

Jiang Jichen thought to himself as he savored the powerful feeling that came with his Sacred Body’s breakthrough.

He opened his eyes and stared coldly at Xia Hao. "Nothing is impossible! Now that I am alive, you can die!"

As he spoke, Jiang Jichen took a single step, the space around him seeming to warp as he appeared before Xia Hao in an instant.

"Hmph, so what? I am a High Tier genius at the Eighth Layer of the Saint Realm. Do you really think I’d be afraid of trash like you at the Holy Dao Second Realm?" Xia Hao said through gritted teeth.

He had no intention of retreating; he would fight Jiang Jichen to the bitter end.

Jiang Jichen replied coolly, "If you were still unharmed, you might have had the strength to fight me. But now? Killing you will be child’s play!"

With that, Jiang Jichen raised his fist and struck.

Heaven and Earth Silence!

All Things Perish!

Six Paths Collapse!

He directly unleashed all three forms of the Annihilation Fist, holding nothing back in an incomparably dominant display.

Golden Fist Seals blasted toward Xia Hao from all directions.

Caught in the middle of it all, Xia Hao felt as if he were facing the might of the heavens themselves.

Silence descended in all directions; all things seemed to perish!

The final Fist Seal carried the momentum to shatter the Six Paths.

’How can the power of the Holy Body Second Realm be so strong?’

Xia Hao was utterly terrified, an endless fear rising in his heart.

In that moment, he felt the crushing pressure of life and death.

In that moment, he was filled with regret.

He shouldn’t have tried to act so tough. He should have retreated at the first opportunity.

Just as Jiang Jichen had said, he was severely injured and could only exert seventy percent of his combat power!

Now, facing a Jiang Jichen who was powerful beyond imagination, he felt the urge to flee.

BOOM!

Facing Jiang Jichen’s aggressive close-quarters assault, Xia Hao had no chance to evade and could only meet him head-on.

Even though he was badly injured, Xia Hao, an Eighth Layer Saint, was still incredibly strong.

He managed to withstand one round of Jiang Jichen’s Annihilation Fist assault.

But now, he felt his strength failing him.

Before he could even catch his breath, Jiang Jichen’s next attack descended upon him like a violent storm.

This time, Jiang Jichen executed a Saber Technique.

Sweeping the Six Harmonies!

Suppression of the Eight Desolates!

Dominate the World!

Destruction of the Vast Heaven!

Jiang Jichen executed the four forms of the Heaven-Dominating Saber Technique in a single, fluid motion.

Blade Auras surged forth like a raging sea, sweeping toward Xia Hao.

For the final strike in particular, he fused the power of Sinking Mountain into his body.

Achieving Man and Blade Unity, Jiang Jichen became the blade itself, slashing toward Xia Hao.

Xia Hao only managed to block the first three forms of Jiang Jichen’s Saber Technique.

But when the fourth form, Destruction of the Vast Heaven, fell upon him, his body shuddered, and all of his defenses shattered.

Then, a Black Short Sword suddenly appeared in Jiang Jichen’s hand, its tip pressed against the location of Xia Hao’s Spirit Infant.

With just a slight push from Jiang Jichen, Xia Hao’s Spirit Infant would be extinguished, and he would die instantly.

Feeling the icy Sword Qi at his abdomen, Xia Hao’s body went rigid. He didn’t dare move an inch.

"Jiang Jichen, what do you want? I am the Second Young Master of the Xia Family! You can’t kill me!"

"Killing me will only bring you immense trouble. It’s better to let me live. You’ll gain far more benefits."

Xia Hao’s voice trembled with fear as he spoke.

At this moment, he truly felt how close he was to death.

However, he didn’t believe Jiang Jichen would actually dare to kill him.

The Xia Family was the number one reclusive Noble Family in the Eastern Land. Their true power and foundation were simply unimaginable.

What the Xia Family had revealed to the world so far was merely the tip of the iceberg.

"Benefits? What benefits could I possibly need?"

"I am the Venerable of the Six Paths Illusion Realm, the Luochen Sect Master, and the new hegemon of the Southern Continent. What benefits could you possibly offer me?"

"I think you’d be better off dead!"

Jiang Jichen remained unmoved, speaking in a flat tone.

"No, don’t! Jiang Jichen, I have the Xia Family’s bloodline imprint on me! If you kill me, their Ancestral Artifact will immediately reveal that you were the one who did it! When that happens, you’ll die for sure...!"

"If you spare me, from now on, I will obey your every command!"

To save his own life, Xia Hao first resorted to threats, then to begging.

However, Jiang Jichen applied a bit of force, and with a gentle push, the Black Short Sword extinguished his Spirit Infant.

Xia Hao’s eyes flew wide open in disbelief.

He simply couldn’t believe that Jiang Jichen had actually stabbed him to death.

"Sorry, but the Xia Family and I are fated to be mortal enemies," Jiang Jichen said coolly.

He then stood up and walked over to Xuu Zhuang and Qian Zhijing.

Carefully sensing their condition, he found that both of them still had a single breath of life left.

Jiang Jichen gave them each a Healing Pill, which even stabilized their injuries.

All they needed was time to recuperate, and they would recover fully.

Jiang Jichen was actually quite surprised by Xuu Zhuang and Qian Zhijing’s earlier actions.

He hadn’t expected the two of them to be so loyal. It seemed he hadn’t made a mistake in taking them on as followers.

As for someone like Xia Hao, Jiang Jichen would rather kill him to be done with it once and for all than ever keep him as a subordinate.

Next, Jiang Jichen began to clean up the battlefield.

The Storage Bags collected from so many Holy Dao Cultivators amounted to an immense trove of Cultivation Resources.

Having no time to take inventory, Jiang Jichen tossed them all into his Poison Devouring Pearl Fragment Space.

After finishing, Jiang Jichen didn’t leave Blood Radiance Forest immediately. Instead, he found a hidden spot and began to recover his Spirit Cultivation.

With the Ancient Source Character Scripture, it only took Jiang Jichen a few double-hours to restore his Spirit Cultivation to its peak state.

Once he was done, Jiang Jichen called out Luoo Xiaoshuang.

Goddess Luoo was still in a state where her Cultivation was temporarily gone.

Seeing Jiang Jichen, she showed little surprise.

Just as she had said before, she trusted her eyes.

Bare-faced, Goddess Luoo was beautiful to the extreme.

Jiang Jichen said, "I promised you I would upgrade your Celestial Frost Divine Bow. We’re about to head deeper into the Valley of Ten Thousand Extremes, so let me upgrade it for you first. It will be useful then."

Hearing his words, a look of delight flashed across Goddess Luoo’s face. She took out the Celestial Frost Divine Bow and half a Star River Divine Stone, handing them both to Jiang Jichen.