Chapter 289 - 176: Entering the Earth Ranking! Battle Record Exposed!

Chapter 289: Chapter 176: Entering the Earth Ranking! Battle Record Exposed!

A fist came crashing down from above.

BANG!

The terrifying, peerless strike instantly smashed the Earth Ranking-equivalent expert’s head into his own abdominal cavity, where it exploded. Then, his mangled body was slammed into the ground by an immense force.

CRACK!

The ground shattered, and an area dozens of meters wide erupted into a sea of flames.

He couldn’t be any more dead.

As for the man who’d had half his head caved in earlier, he writhed in agony, his face contorted. He rolled to the side and shrieked, "Yama Chen, even as a ghost, I won’t—"

BANG!

Another punch crashed down, deepening the already massive crater.

Flames surged and billowed everywhere.

Flesh and bone turned to ash.

[You have killed two masters comparable to the Earth Ranking. +100,000 retribution points!]

A line of text appeared.

"Comparable to the Earth Ranking? That’s all they amounted to," Chen Xuan said calmly.

’The Celestial Secret Pavilion should see this battle record.’

’Maybe I can unlock the next talent now.’

He strode away, heading back toward the previous area.

On the ground, more than ten Inner Realm masters were screaming in agony. Afflicted by the corpse poison, they hadn’t died immediately. Instead, black fur began to sprout from their bodies, their faces turned a deathly purple, and they showed signs of turning into zombies.

’This corpse poison is truly strange,’ Chen Xuan mused. ’If it weren’t for my Innate Tyrant Body, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to resist it either.’

"ROAR!"

The Inner Realm masters on the ground suddenly roared and lunged at Chen Xuan.

But as they charged, Chen Xuan casually waved his hand, unleashing a sweeping wave of golden True Essence.

PFFT PFFT PFFT PFFT...

The dozen or so Inner Realm masters before him were all brutally killed.

[... +400,000 retribution points!]

Chen Xuan suddenly looked back toward the entrance of the Grotto Heaven, a thought stirring in his mind.

’I wonder how Old Deng is doing?’

’Forget it. He said he’d be fine. The enemy was after me, so they probably won’t go so far as to kill him.’

’I’m out of here!’

He flickered and vanished in an instant.

He could never understand those idiots in novels who, when someone risked their life to buy them time, would refuse to leave.

’Someone’s already bought you time, and you’re going to go back?’

’To give them a free kill?’

’Trying to give them a double kill?’

He knew his own strength best. While he could kill experts comparable to the Earth Ranking, it was only by relying on the immortal-like trait of his Innate Tyrant Body and trading blow for blow.

’If an Outer Saint expert manages to smash my head, wouldn’t I be completely done for?’

So, he decided to bolt.

...

Not long after Chen Xuan left, a powerful wave of energy erupted from the Grotto Heaven entrance behind him.

A terrifying figure shot out and appeared in the area of the previous battle. A pair of icy eyes scanned the surroundings, quickly noticing the corpses on the ground.

’They failed...’ The Outer Saint’s heart churned.

Two figures comparable to the Earth Ranking had shown up personally.

’And they still couldn’t take down Chen Xuan?’

’Did someone help him? Or did Chen Xuan manage this on his own?’

If it was the latter, that was simply too terrifying.

Gazing at the vast mountains and rivers of the outside world, his expression shifted. In the end, he didn’t dare to give chase. Instead, he flickered away and re-entered the Grotto Heaven.

Just as he left, Ancient Star River, covered in blood and gasping for breath, rushed out as well, cursing, "Son of a bitch! Making me kneel again, fuck you!"

He charged into the distance, trying to find Chen Xuan.

He soon arrived at the previous battlefield and was stunned, his eyes quickly scanning the area.

At the same time, he began frantically searching through the corpses on the ground.

’He’s not here?’

’Did that kid get away?’

’Or was he blasted to ashes?’

’What the hell happened?’

His heart filled with dread, Old Deng fled toward the Martial Alliance Headquarters.

He wanted to go back and see if Chen Xuan was there.

...

「In another direction.」

Inside the Celestial Secret Pavilion.

Dozens of Spirit Doves descended like a blanket, covering the sky.

A group of old men rushed out to retrieve the messages tied to the Spirit Doves’ legs.

After glancing at the messages, every one of them was shocked.

"Chen Xuan really did go to the Grotto Heaven!"

"This kid is defying the heavens!"

"He single-handedly swept through the Grotto Heaven, making fourteen Inner Realm masters bow their heads? Even someone as strong as Song Baoyi had his companion spirit seal slapped to pieces by him? Wu Yunxue was too scared to even fight? All the other prodigies retreated before him?"

"Damn it, this kid has to be ranked on the Earth Ranking now, right?"

"And he has a Flawless Great Saintly Body?"

This string of astonishing news left the group of old men utterly horrified.

"Even if he’s not quite qualified for the Earth Ranking, he can’t be far," one of the old men muttered.

’A twenty-year-old on the Earth Ranking?’

’What the fuck...’

’If we spread this news, wouldn’t the entire Jianghu call our Celestial Secret Pavilion a bunch of morons?’

The news was just too outrageous!

As they reeled in shock, a Spirit Dove flew in from the outside.

This was a Three-Colored Spirit Dove.

It signified a message of even greater importance.

The Spirit Doves of the Celestial Secret Pavilion were categorized as Five-Colored, Three-Colored, and Common.

The type of dove used depended on the importance of the message.

Someone quickly rushed out, took the Three-Colored Spirit Dove, and removed the message from its right leg.

After reading it, he was shocked once again.

"The one who destroyed Black Demon Mountain was Chen Xuan!"

"What?"

"The Black Demon Cave Master went into the depths of darkness, so the strongest person left guarding it was at the Inner Realm Eighth Layer! Doesn’t this mean Chen Xuan killed an expert at the Inner Realm Eighth Layer?!"

"That’s impossible!"

The group of elders was stunned yet again.

Each piece of news was more outrageous than the last.

If they had been hesitating about whether to place Chen Xuan on the Earth Ranking before...

...then now, they didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

Because with Chen Xuan’s growth rate, if you didn’t rank him now, he would rapidly rise up the ranks later anyway.

His growth rate was too fast.

So fast that they couldn’t even keep up.

’Rather than have him prove us wrong later, it’s better to be sensible and proactively rank him now.’

"Rank him!"

"Right! To hell with it!!"

The elders gritted their teeth and stomped their feet.

No matter how absurd it was, they had to rank him!

...