Chapter 324 - 185: Countless Talents! Not Worth Even 0.5 Points

Chapter 324: Chapter 185: Countless Talents! Not Worth Even 0.5 Points

"So you like to make threats, huh?"

"Still feeling threatening?"

THUD THUD THUD THUD...

The ground cracked as a scorching aura billowed out.

Like flailing a scarecrow, Chen Xuan furiously slammed Zhao Man into the ground countless times. Zhao Man screamed ceaselessly, blood splattering everywhere in a truly gruesome scene.

In what felt like a moment, he had slammed him hundreds of times before finally stopping.

"Still want to threaten me?"

Chen Xuan looked at him.

"I was wrong! Okay, I was wrong! Everything I said was just bullshit. Please, spare my life, I’m begging you! Please!"

Zhao Man wailed.

[Detected an Outer Saint master suffering a mental breakdown. Exceptional retribution. +120,000 retribution points!]

’Not too bad.’

Chen Xuan was quite satisfied.

’Though not as high as what he’d gotten from others.’

He yanked the man up by his hair. "If you know you were wrong, then you need to be corrected. Weren’t you going to castrate me? Well then, I’ll just do the same to you."

Zhao Man frantically shook his head.

He was terrified beyond measure.

Just as Chen Xuan was about to act, his brow suddenly furrowed.

’Forget it.’

’I should leave this for Old Deng!’

’I’m not interested in this kind of dirty work.’

"I’m not going to castrate you now. But I am going to pull out your teeth to teach you which words you can say and which you can’t."

Chen Xuan squeezed the man’s cheeks, his fingers like iron pincers. He grabbed his teeth and started pulling them out, producing sickening CRUNCH CRUNCH sounds.

Zhao Man instantly shrieked in agony, hot tears streaming down his face as he wailed wretchedly.

He had completely broken down.

[Detected an Outer Saint master suffering a secondary mental breakdown. Exceptional retribution. +100,000 retribution points!]

’Excellent!’

Chen Xuan’s expression was calm.

’It’s not every day I run into an Outer Saint. I have to squeeze this one completely dry today.’

Just then, the sound of a powerful wind whistling at high speed came from the distance.

Wreathed in a turquoise-green light, Old Deng finally rushed over. The moment he arrived, his pupils constricted as he saw Zhao Man pinned to the ground by Chen Xuan, and his face lit up with delight.

"Chen Xuan, let me handle him!"

"I’m going to castrate him!"

Old Deng let out a boisterous cry and pounced.

"Alright, the rest is up to you!"

Chen Xuan shook his hands, flicking away the last broken tooth. His tone was casual as he added, "Oh, by the way, leave his life for me!"

’He’s an Outer Saint master, after all.’

’He should be good for at least another 100,000 retribution points.’

Old Deng pounced over, pinning Zhao Man with his foot. Ignoring Zhao Man’s terrified pleas for mercy, he condensed his True Essence into a sharp blade and got straight to work.

"AAAAH!"

A series of blood-curdling screams erupted.

Chen Xuan looked up to see another streak of light approaching. It landed nearby, revealing a woman in her fifties or sixties. Dressed in elegant courtly robes, she had the dignified air of a noble lady who had long been cloistered away.

Upon seeing Chen Xuan, Helian Yu’s expression changed, and her scalp went numb with fear.

"You must be Yama Chen?"

"And you are Old Deng’s..."

Chen Xuan asked curiously.

"*Cough.*"

Helian Yu lowered her head in embarrassment, giving a noncommittal response.

’Alright then!’

Chen Xuan nodded.

’Old Deng’s really got some skills.’

’Even though he’s a total wreck, he still has a woman completely devoted to him.’

’Countless men would be jealous.’

"Hahaha, Zhao Man! Look at you now! You dared to try and steal my woman—didn’t see this coming, did you? Hahaha..."

Laughing wildly, Old Deng walked over holding a fleshy lump, which he tossed to Helian Yu. "Here, hold this!"

"I don’t want it!"

Helian Yu recoiled with a look of utter disgust. "That’s disgusting!"

"Just take it when I tell you to! Stop your yapping!"

Old Deng was furious.

"You!"

Helian Yu’s face flushed with anger, but she obediently picked it up anyway.

"Hey, uh, Chen Xuan, we’re going to get busy now. You can find your own way back in a bit!"

Old Deng turned to Chen Xuan with a chuckle, then led Helian Yu away.

"Need the Unfalling Spear?"

Chen Xuan asked.

"No need! This old blade is still sharp!"

Old Deng waved his hand proudly and left with Helian Yu.

On the ground, Zhao Man screamed miserably, "Ancient Star River, I won’t let you go! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill your whole family! Waaaah... give it back..."

His mind completely shattered, and he broke into agonized wails.

"Sorry, but you won’t be able to kill his family now."

Chen Xuan appeared before the man, his voice indifferent. "I didn’t want to get involved in your feud, but you just had to go and insist on castrating me. So you really can’t blame me for this. My apologies."

BOOM!

With a single punch, he utterly shattered Zhao Man’s head. The ground trembled as flames once again shot up from below.

Zhao Man’s voice stopped abruptly.

[... +100,000 retribution points!]

With a casual wave of his hand, Chen Xuan summoned a sheet of golden flame that enveloped Zhao Man’s body, burning it fiercely. In an instant, the corpse was reduced to ash.

Chen Xuan looked at his panel again.

Retribution Points: 801,500

’It might still not be enough, but it should be close. If I can just get a few more stalks of Nine-Orifice Profound Ginseng, then it’ll be a sure thing.’

Chen Xuan mused.

’As for right now?’

’I might as well wait. I can always allocate the points later.’

’This isn’t a small amount, after all. If I commit the points and still come up short, wouldn’t that be disastrous?’

’It’s like business.’

’You think it’s a sure thing, so you borrow money from all your friends and relatives, sell everything you own, and go all-in, only to find out you’re short twenty thousand. That’s when your world comes crashing down.’

’The old saying about a hero being stumped by a single penny would play out in vivid detail.’

’So right now, I absolutely cannot take the risk.’

With another casual wave, Chen Xuan extinguished the flames and quickly vanished from the spot.

...

Without a doubt, news of the incident in the valley spread like wildfire.

Countless voices rose in shocked discussion.

Chen Xuan’s reputation undoubtedly grew even greater.

And all the powerful experts grew tense.

They realized that the "Grotto Heaven War" might truly be about to erupt.