Unfettered Retribution: Slaughtering My Way through the World

Chapter 159: Chapter 126: Uproar in the Outside World! Mr. Zhuo’s Shock

Liu Xuanqing, the lead elder of the Qingyun Sect, was shocked. He moved like a flash, almost teleporting as he shot directly toward the town’s entrance.

The elders from the other factions were also shocked and flashed over in the next instant.

In an instant, they all appeared at the town entrance.

From within the great formation, they saw a large group of figures rushing out, carrying two blood-soaked, unconscious bodies.

Although Zhao Qingchen and Zhao Qingyue had briefly regained consciousness on the cliff face, the sheer psychological shock and intense humiliation had caused them to faint once more.

Out of respect for the experts they were, the others had quickly rescued them, carried them out, and someone had even thoughtfully draped a piece of clothing over them.

Upon seeing his sect’s two geniuses in such a state, the Qingyun Sect’s lead elder, Liu Xuanqing, was overcome with grief and fury. His eyes turned crimson and his aura flared, making him look as if he wanted to devour someone alive.

"Chen Xuan!"

He let out a furious roar that seemed to shake the very heavens.

"What’s all the barking about? What did Chen Xuan do to you?"

Mr. Zhuo of the Martial Alliance looked furious. "Everyone fends for themselves in the Secret Realm," he said. "That has always been the rule. Can it be that your Qingyun Sect can’t afford to lose? The juniors get beaten, so a senior has to step in? The Martial Alliance has never done that in the past. Or are you saying the Qingyun Sect intends to break the rules?"

"You!"

Liu Xuanqing of the Qingyun Sect was rendered speechless.

He was simply overcome with grief and indignation.

’It’s utterly humiliating.’

The twins!

They were seventeenth and eighteenth on the Human List, talents his sect had cultivated with great difficulty, and now both were grievously wounded.

"What happened in there? Tell me everything, down to the last detail!"

Liu Xuanqing bellowed at the group of Gang Energy Realm experts.

"We don’t know either," one of the Gang Energy Realm experts said, his tone panicked. "We were observing the stone inscriptions when we suddenly saw the two of them on a cliff wall. They were barely clothed, bound tightly by vines, and left hanging there in a spread-eagle position..."

’In a spread-eagle position...’

Liu Xuanqing’s mind went blank, as if he’d been struck by the Five Thunders.

The leaders of the other factions were also inwardly shaken, exchanging stunned glances.

’What the fuck...’

’Just imagining the scene is intense enough!’

’Did that Chen Xuan do this?’

Even Mr. Zhuo was dumbfounded, frozen like a statue.

’Chen Xuan... What in the world did he do?’

"Good, good, good!"

Liu Xuanqing suddenly burst into a furious laugh. Unwilling to stay a moment longer, he grabbed the two unconscious twins, and with a flash, he fled the scene.

The other elders continued to ask the group for more details about what had happened inside.

But these Gang Energy Realm experts knew nothing about the events that followed.

Just as everyone’s minds were reeling and they were craning their necks in anticipation, a few more moments passed.

At the entrance to the Secret Realm, the faint sound of footsteps echoed out again.

All eyes snapped toward the sound, and a moment later, pupils constricted in shock.

A tall, powerfully built figure in a black robe was walking out of the Secret Realm at an unhurried pace.

Following behind him was a woman with a remarkable presence, dressed in tight-fitting leather with her hair in a high ponytail. It was clear, however, that she was deliberately keeping her distance from the man ahead of her.

It was as if she held some form of unspoken apprehension toward him.

"Chen Xuan!"

Mr. Zhuo was the first to recognize him, and he instantly closed the distance between them.

Chen Xuan finally took a step out of the Secret Realm, appearing fully before the crowd in the town.

"Mr. Zhuo, you’re here," Chen Xuan said calmly. "We’re finished. We can leave now."

"Good. Let’s head back first!"

Mr. Zhuo responded at once.

This was no time for idle chatter.

Any questions could be saved for later.

"Wait!"

The elder from the Lingxiao Sect immediately spoke up, blocking Chen Xuan’s path. "Little Brother Chen," he said, "how are you finished so quickly? What about the others? Where are they?"

"Yes, what about the others?"

The crowd all turned to look at Chen Xuan.

"I didn’t see them," Chen Xuan said, shaking his head.

"You didn’t see them?"

The crowd looked startled.

"I just didn’t see them. I got separated as soon as I went in. If you wait here a while longer, they’ll probably come out on their own."

Chen Xuan replied coolly and continued on his way out.

Everyone frowned, a hundred doubts surfacing in their minds.

Still, no one pressed the matter.

Even Mr. Zhuo was suspicious.

’Could it be that Chen Xuan didn’t go toward the Ancient Tree of Life?’

’But to enter the Secret Realm and not go to the Ancient Tree of Life would be a colossal waste...’

His mind was in turmoil, but he ultimately chose not to ask any more questions. Instead, he led Chen Xuan and the woman away, leaving quickly.

The remaining crowd continued to wait.

Some more time passed.

"Cough... cough, cough..."

The sound of weak yet clear coughing came from the edge of the light curtain at the Secret Realm’s entrance.

Immediately after, a figure covered in blood stumbled out of the light curtain, his aura in disarray. He braced himself against the stone wall, his steps faltering.

He lifted his head, his face deathly pale and filled with the terror of a survivor. "Something happened..." he said, shocked. "We... we were all defeated by Chen Xuan!"

It was Ling Feiyu of the Lingxiao Sect!

He had previously used the ’Heavenly Demon Disintegration’ Secret Technique to forcibly escape the disaster.

"What?"

Everyone was shaken, finding it hard to believe.

...

...

「In the distance.」

Mr. Zhuo said nothing, focusing only on leading Chen Xuan and the woman away. They traveled at immense speed, streaking off into the distance.

Although countless questions swirled in his mind, he didn’t voice a single one at that moment.