Chapter 231 - 160: Thrashing the Inner Realm! The Inner Realm Kneels

Chapter 231: Chapter 160: Thrashing the Inner Realm! The Inner Realm Kneels

That was the Nine Yang Saint Body!

How was he killed as easily as a chicken?

This was a world-shaking event!

Heaven-Burning Valley would never let this go!

They had to go back and discuss this with the Alliance Leader immediately.

If this had been handled through the Alliance Leader’s official challenge, the other side might not have had much to say. But this was a private duel, which was a different matter entirely.

"Cough, cough..."

Suddenly, Mr. Zhuo heard a series of pained coughs and his gaze instinctively darted over.

He hadn’t paid much attention at first, but after a second look, his pupils contracted. He gasped, "You... You’re Dong Biao of the Dong family? The Inner Realm expert, Dong Biao?"

"What?"

Beside them, Zhou Yuan’s face also filled with shock.

’An Inner Realm expert?’

’Is this some kind of joke?’

"Go, let’s go, help me away..."

Dong Biao’s face was a mess of blood and tears, and he was constantly spitting up blood and bits of internal organs.

In all his years, he had never suffered such a great humiliation.

Dong Jianxue supported Dong Biao, tears streaming down her face. She didn’t forget to look back and say tearfully, "We’ll be going now."

"Okay, be careful on your way!"

Chen Xuan called out.

"We will."

Dong Jianxue replied amidst her sobs.

’She’s still so damn polite?’

Dong Biao coughed up more blood.

"Stop staring, Old Zhou. Take this girl back with you. She’s in as bad shape as your daughter. That bastard almost beat her beyond recognition."

Chen Xuan said.

"Ah, right, right."

Zhou Yuan snapped out of his daze and hurried over to Chen Xuan, taking the horribly mangled figure of a young woman from his arms.

It seemed he still hadn’t fully processed what had happened.

’Revenge came so quickly.’

’The key thing is, even an Inner Realm expert was seriously injured.’

’What incredible luck did I have to meet Chen Xuan?’

’I owe him for this life.’

"Chen Xuan, we need to hurry back and send a message to the Alliance Leader!"

Mr. Zhuo said nervously.

In his eyes, this was a disaster of epic proportions.

Jiang Longyang, one of the three great Saint Sons of Heaven-Burning Valley, the one with the Nine Yang Saint Body, had been slaughtered by Chen Xuan. And his... thing... had been cut off...

Once word of this got out, it would cause an unimaginable uproar.

"What about the body?"

Chen Xuan looked back.

"Who cares about the body? Let’s go!"

Mr. Zhuo urged.

Chen Xuan waved his hand casually. A surge of Fire Attribute True Essence shot out with a FWOOSH, striking Jiang Longyang’s headless corpse. It instantly evaporated all his blood and rapidly burned his body until it was charred black, then reduced to bone dust, ensuring there was no possibility of him ever resurrecting. Only then did he leave.

After all, in the various novels he had read in his previous life...

...special physiques like the "so-and-so Saint Body" were always incredibly strange.

Even after being killed, they could always be brought back to life by some muddle-headed means.

To eliminate any future trouble, Chen Xuan had burned the body to charcoal, then to ash. ’Let’s see you resurrect now,’ he thought.

’Even if you did come back, your physical body is destroyed. You wouldn’t be the Nine Yang Saint Body anymore, would you?’

Besides.

’Your junk was cut off and taken away by that woman. Even if some holy water could bring you back, you’d still be a eunuch.’

’What’s there to be afraid of?’

The group left quickly.

Mr. Zhuo returned to his residence and immediately released a Spirit Dove to send a message to the Alliance Leader.

A night passed. Aside from Chen Xuan, the others were all incredibly tense, pacing back and forth in their rooms, fraught with anxiety. They were terrified that someone from Heaven-Burning Valley would suddenly show up.

They had locked down any news from getting out.

Not a single whisper had escaped yet.

But there was no guarantee the Dong family wouldn’t leak it. Besides, there was also the Listening Wind Pavilion, constantly monitoring news from all over the world.

After all, walls have ears.

No matter how secret your actions, they could be quickly uncovered by others.

Thus, Mr. Zhuo and Zhou Yuan had never been so nervous. They were so on edge that when a gust of wind blew outside, they thought Heaven-Burning Valley had come for revenge.

Fortunately, Chu Shanhe was fast.

Early the next morning, Chu Shanhe appeared at the Martial Alliance’s stronghold.

"Greetings, Alliance Leader!"

Chen Xuan, Mr. Zhuo, and Zhou Yuan quickly rushed to greet him and pay their respects.

"..."

Chu Shanhe was speechless. He looked at Chen Xuan, his mouth twitching. He felt nothing but shock, layered upon more shock...

He had never, ever expected it.

’Chen Xuan killed Jiang Longyang so quickly.’

’That was faster than butchering a pig!’

He had originally planned to cause more trouble for Heaven-Burning Valley to force them into a life-and-death duel. But instead, that scoundrel Jiang Longyang had run out on his own and bumped right into Chen Xuan.

’Wasn’t this fate?’

Of course, what shocked him even more was that Dong Biao of the Dong family had also been seriously injured by Chen Xuan.

Dong Biao was a true Inner Realm expert...

Even if he was old and his vitality was declining, an Inner Realm expert was still an Inner Realm expert, far beyond what someone at the True Essence level could contend with.

Yet Chen Xuan had done it. He had beaten Dong Biao so thoroughly that the man had lost all his fight, knelt, and admitted his fault...

’What a monster!’

Chu Shanhe considered himself a man who had seen much of the world.

Before Chen Xuan, he had prided himself on being a top-tier legendary figure in his own right. Whether in the outside world or the Grotto Heavens, there was no one who didn’t fear his name.

But now, he felt that Chen Xuan was even more terrifying than he was...

"Alliance Leader, what should we do? Can this be resolved?"

Chen Xuan couldn’t help but ask.

"..."

Chu Shanhe was speechless again.

’You’ve already killed the man, and now you’re asking me if it can be resolved?’

"It can be, yes. But what about Jiang Longyang’s body?"

Chu Shanhe asked.

"Burned to ash."

Chen Xuan replied.

Chu Shanhe froze for a moment. "Where?"

"Over a hundred li away."

"You brat... take me there now!"

Chu Shanhe’s tone became heavy and extremely serious.

Chen Xuan’s heart sank as well.

’This is bad!’

’Could it be that Jiang Longyang can actually be resurrected?’

’Damn it, I absolutely can’t let something so cliché happen!’

"Alliance Leader, what do you need his body for? The man’s dead. We should be thinking about the aftermath."

Chen Xuan couldn’t help but say.

"This *is* me handling the aftermath for you. Jiang Longyang was the main ingredient for Heaven-Burning Valley’s Nine Yang Creation Pill. Find his body, send it to them, and this whole affair will be over."

Chu Shanhe said immediately.

"What?"

Chen Xuan’s expression was one of shock.

Beside them, Mr. Zhuo and Zhou Yuan also looked up abruptly, their faces just as shocked.

It was as if they had just heard a major secret.

"Jiang Longyang was also a main ingredient for a pill?"

Chen Xuan asked at once.

"There are twenty-seven mysterious physiques in this world: nine Flawless Great Saint Bodies, nine Taboo Calamity Bodies, and nine Celestial Dao-Defying Bodies. The so-called Celestial Dao-Defying means they are fated not to live, fated to pave the way for others."

"The Nine Yang Saint Body is one of those Celestial Dao-Defying Bodies. No matter how you raise them, they can’t be kept alive. Heaven-Burning Valley raised him for all those years precisely to use him for Alchemy. As the years went by, they grew attached and couldn’t bear to do it. Now, hurry up and find his body for me."

Chu Shanhe said.

Chen Xuan’s mind reeled, a buzzing sound filling his head.

’What the hell...’

’Things can work like this?’

’Jiang Longyang eating Human Pills was already outrageous enough.’

’Turns out he himself was the main ingredient for a pill...’

’Doesn’t that mean that by killing him, I actually did Heaven-Burning Valley a huge favor?’

’No wonder the Dong family didn’t agree to Dong Jianxue’s marriage. It turns out they must have known all along that Jiang Longyang was a Human Pill...’

"Let’s go, I’ll take you there!"

Chen Xuan quickly led Chu Shanhe, and they sped off toward the location over a hundred li away.

’You should have said so earlier.’

’If you had, I wouldn’t have burned him to ash.’

’Look at this mess now...’

...

「Half an hour later.」

In the previously ravaged mountain forest.

Chen Xuan had brought Chu Shanhe back to the scene.

However, when they arrived, Chen Xuan’s brow furrowed.

In the original battlefield area, four figures were already present.

Three of them were using their Power, carefully gathering the scattered ashes from the ground...

Only one, clad in a purple and gold robe, stood motionless in the distance with a grim expression.

"Valley Master Zhu, you’re here so early. Have you pieced it all together yet?"

Chu Shanhe walked forward with a smile.

"Chu Shanhe!"

The man in the purple robe’s eyes turned cold as he suddenly looked back at Chu Shanhe.

Then, his gaze abruptly shifted to Chen Xuan.

Chu Shanhe moved as if teleporting, instantly appearing in front of Chen Xuan.

Even so, Chen Xuan was suddenly plunged into an illusion.

BOOM! Endless flames erupted in all directions, surging violently. Fiery meteorites rained from the sky, and infinite magma burst from the ground. The world turned crimson, a scene straight out of the apocalypse...

The searing heat seemed about to melt heaven and earth.

But in the blink of an eye, the illusion vanished, completely blocked by Chu Shanhe.

"What do you think you’re doing?"

Chu Shanhe’s tone was icy. "Want me to play a round with you? You’re an old man, have you no shame!"