Chapter 257 - 168: Tearing Open the Grand Array! Fist Shakes Black Demon Mountain

Chapter 257: Chapter 168: Tearing Open the Grand Array! Fist Shakes Black Demon Mountain

The one who was severely wounded was the Fifth Elder. His body slammed into the ground like a cannonball dropped from the heavens.

CRACK!

The ground buckled violently, countless cracks spiderwebbing across its surface in an instant. A spray of innumerable stones erupted as waves of searing heat and residual force blasted outward.

All across Black Demon Mountain.

The remaining survivors were frozen in shock.

Even those standing amidst the flames seemed unable to feel the pain.

They felt as if the sky itself was collapsing.

Three elders...

’Is it... over for them, just like that?’

In the air, the burly, flame-wreathed figure slowly descended, his feet touching down with a soft tap.

The sound was faint, but it seemed to echo in the hearts of everyone present.

At that moment, many of them swayed, their knees buckled, and they collapsed to the ground. Both their bodies and their spirits were utterly broken.

As one person fell to their knees...

...the others quickly followed, one after another.

RATTLE!

In the blink of an eye, every disciple on Black Demon Mountain was on their knees, foreheads pressed to the ground, trembling in absolute terror...

A Celestial God!

This was a Celestial God!

For many of the younger disciples, this was destined to become a lifelong nightmare, a permanent scar on their psyches.

No matter how much therapy they received or how powerful they became in the future, they would never forget this day.

[You have beaten two Inner Realm Elders to death and severely wounded another in front of all the disciples of Black Demon Mountain. Your heart is filled with gratification. Retribution points +160,000!]

[The mental collapse of the Black Demon Mountain disciples has been detected. Retribution points +200,000!]

Two consecutive notifications appeared.

Chen Xuan’s expression was calm. He looked toward the crowd and asked, "Who is Cao Yun?"

’I have to give special attention to the one who hurt my good friend, Wang Qinglian.’

The crowd trembled, but no one said a word.

POP!

With a casual wave of his hand, Chen Xuan caused thirteen people to explode on the spot, turning into a mist of blood.

[...Retribution points +70,000!]

"Speak!"

Chen Xuan’s tone was indifferent. "Speak, or you all die!"

The remaining disciples completely broke down.

"He’s Cao Yun! That’s Cao Yun!"

Suddenly, someone cried out in terror, their finger pointing directly at a young man in the crowd.

The young man shuddered violently, terror-stricken. He felt as if his world had just collapsed.

He had already been struggling to survive within the Absolute Domain. Now, with everyone pointing him out, he completely fell apart. He began to desperately slam his head against the ground.

"Spare me! Spare me! I never did anything to you! I swear!"

Cao Yun broke down and wailed.

"Strip him naked. Take a whip and flog him to death!"

Chen Xuan’s expression remained impassive.

The few remaining survivors scrambled into action. Without a word of protest, they swarmed Cao Yun, forcefully stripping him bare. One of them grabbed a whip and began to lash his body furiously, the leather cracking again and again. Cao Yun shrieked, wailing like a tormented spirit as blood sprayed from his wounds. It was a truly miserable sight.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

The elder in the deep crater was coughing up blood, his face a mask of agony. Half of his body was shattered. Listening to the commotion, he used his last ounce of strength to scream in anguish:

"Stop it, you worthless fools! Even if you kill Cao Yun, he won’t spare you! He won’t!"

’The enmity between the Martial Alliance and Black Demon Mountain dated back more than two hundred years.’

’Back then, they had killed countless masters from the Martial Alliance...’

’Now, their enemy was here to collect the debt!’

SQUELCH!

Chen Xuan planted his foot on the elder’s face, grinding it into the dirt and silencing him. Treating him like a piece of trash, he said, "You’re wrong about that. I was actually planning on sparing them. How about this? You get on your knees, kowtow to me, and slap yourself in the face ten times. I’ll let them go if you do. What do you say?"

He shifted his gaze to the others. "Listen carefully. Whether you live or die is all up to this elder here. If he wants you to live, you’ll live. If he doesn’t... then you’ll all have to die!"

He laughed to himself.

’Fail to pull the weeds by the root, and they will grow again in the spring.’

’Even if he kneels, they’re all still going to die.’

’First, I’ll mess with this old man a little, squeeze some more retribution points out of him.’

The surviving disciples were filled with both terror and hope. They all looked at Elder Wuu on the ground, desperate for him to kneel.

"Fifth Elder, save my life..."

"Please, Fifth Elder, I’m begging you, save me..."

...

Gazing at their terrified faces, Li Muyun’s heart was filled with grief and indignation. Tears streamed from his old eyes. With his face being crushed under Chen Xuan’s foot, he didn’t know what he should do.

"I’ll count to three," Chen Xuan said. "One..."

"I’ll kneel!"

Li Muyun wailed. After Chen Xuan lifted his foot, Li Muyun, his face a mess of blood and tears, struggled up and fell to his knees. He raised a hand and began to slap himself viciously across the face.

"I beg you to spare them!"

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP...

Chen Xuan broke into a smile. "Just kidding!"

POP! POP! POP! POP!

Chen Xuan waved his hand.

The remaining disciples were like heads of cabbage, bursting apart one after another. Shattered limbs and fragments of flesh flew through the air as lines of retribution points rapidly appeared before him.

"You’ll die a miserable death!"

Li Muyun screamed in grief and rage, collapsing to the ground.

[Detected the mental collapse of an Inner Realm Elder. Retribution points +50,000!]

"Now, tell me. Where are the other two old bastards!"

Chen Xuan said calmly, "Even if you don’t talk, I’ll find them myself."

’He had Indestructible Fist Intent (Level 2); he could instantly sense any malice directed at him.’

’After he killed everyone here, if he still felt any malice, it would surely lead him to the hiding spot of the last two elders.’

"Cough, cough, cough..."

The Fifth Elder lay on the ground, his face covered in blood, his heart filled with bitter grief.

’Why did Black Demon Mountain have to provoke Chen Xuan?’

’Why?!’

...

「In the rear mountains.」

An elder with disheveled hair, coughing up blood, quickly shoved a book and a package into a young girl’s hands. "Go, quickly!" he urged. "Leave through the back of the mountain, and whatever you do, don’t let that Chen Xuan find you! He’s in the Inner Realm! You must not seek revenge! Wait for the Mountain Lord to return! You must wait for him! Black Demon Mountain is finished today! Go, now!"

He shoved the girl away.

"Third Grandpa, I won’t go!"

Tears streamed down the girl’s face, her expression one of utter grief.

"Go, go quickly! Flee towards Peach Blossom Mountain! If you don’t go, our deaths will have been in vain!"

The elder gave the girl a final, forceful push, then turned and sprinted toward the front of the mountain to buy her time.

At the same time.

Another heavily injured elder burst out from his seclusion and charged toward the front of the mountain as well.

"Second Grandpa!! Third Grandpa!!"

The girl’s composure shattered, and she broke into loud sobs.

But she knew she couldn’t linger. She turned and fled.

Tears streamed down her face as she ran, her heart seething with venomous hatred.

’Damn you, Chen Xuan!’

’I’ll never let you get away with this!’

’I will never, ever let you get away with this!’

’I’ll do whatever it takes to ruin you completely!’

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