Chapter 376 - 198: The Heavenly Ranking? Elder Chen is on the Heavenly Ranking!

Chapter 376: Chapter 198: The Heavenly Ranking? Elder Chen is on the Heavenly Ranking!

But things didn’t go as planned.

They massacred the town, accidentally killing a few Martial Alliance experts in the process. News of this leaked to a nearby Martial Alliance outpost, and the rest is history.

But what was even more frustrating was this:

The flying corpse was still far from fully awakening.

After devouring so much blood essence, it was actually evolving again, transforming into a drought demon...

What a surprise, and not a pleasant one.

What was a drought demon?

Among ancient corpses, a drought demon already possessed power close to the Outer Saint Level. Wherever it went, it left a thousand miles of scorched earth and caused great droughts. It was utterly terrifying.

Now, everyone from the Corpse Refining Mountain was on edge.

They could only pray that they wouldn’t attract any powerhouses from the Martial Alliance.

In the end, the Martial Alliance didn’t send any experts, just a group of grunts.

The problem was, someone else had been drawn here.

Like the ones right now.

An old Daoist had appeared out of nowhere.

His mouth was a bit crooked, and his eyes were a little slanted.

No matter how you looked at him, he didn’t seem like a respectable person.

Trailing behind him was the Lice Monk. The pair couldn’t have been more bizarre.

And yet, the auras of both men were unfathomably deep, making them impossible to read.

The crucial thing was that they had managed to get from the outskirts all the way into the town’s interior.

That was even more impressive!

After all, the Corpse Refining Mountain had secretly stationed countless experts throughout the town.

They should have been able to instantly detect any disturbance.

But somehow, these two had gotten through unscathed?

"Senior, as we’ve said, there is nothing going on here. Why must you insist?"

Tie Kui of the Corpse Refining Mountain spoke, his voice hoarse.

’If I hadn’t appeared when I did, I never would have spotted this old Daoist.’

"Nothing going on? How could nothing be going on? The yin energy here is so thick you could cut it with a knife. Something is definitely up. Nope, this old Daoist has to go in and see what’s what."

The old Daoist grumbled as he tried to push his way inside.

"I said nothing is wrong, so nothing is wrong! Where are you from? Don’t come here making trouble!"

Tie Kui said grimly.

"Whoa now, trying to scare this old Daoist?"

The Crooked-mouth Daoist turned to the monk beside him and said, "Is he trying to scare me? He’s trying to scare me!"

"If he tries to scare you, you can just scare him back."

The Lice Monk looked bored. He yawned and said, "Are you two going to fight or not? If you’re not, I’m leaving!"

"Of course we’re fighting! How could we not?"

The Crooked-mouth Daoist rolled up his sleeves. A surging aura began to brew around him, and powerful waves of True Essence erupted from his body like a tsunami.

"I don’t care what strange things are going on in this town. This old Daoist is forcing his way in today!"

"The Eight Gates! Open!!"

He formed a hand seal, and his entire body seemed to inflate as thick veins bulged across his skin.

The Lice Monk grew even more excited, clapping his hands and laughing. "Good, good, good! They’re finally gonna fight! They’re gonna fight!"

PFFT!

The words had barely left his mouth when a large hand shot out from behind.

It grabbed the Crooked-mouthed Daoist by the neck and lifted him up like a puppet, setting him aside.

"Alright, stop getting in the way! Go open your gates over there!!"

A calm, indifferent voice followed.

The Eight Gates?

’Too slow!’

The expressions of the Crooked-mouthed Daoist, the Lice Monk, and Tie Kui all changed as they whipped their heads around to look at the newcomer.

The Crooked-mouthed Daoist and the Lice Monk were especially shocked.

The Crooked-mouthed Daoist’s surging aura instantly deflated.

With their level of Cultivation, how could they have completely failed to notice his appearance?

To be grabbed and lifted aside while he was still gathering his power—what kind of joke was this?

"You... you..."

Tie Kui’s face was a mask of terror. He trembled and stumbled backward.

Unlike the Crooked-mouthed Daoist and the Lice Monk, he had clearly recognized the man.

"Chen Xuan, you’re *that* Chen Xuan?"

He looked as if he’d seen a ghost.

The fourth on the Heavenly Ranking, Chen Xuan!

The Martial Alliance sent the fourth-ranked expert on the Heavenly Ranking!

He had thought it was a serious matter for the Martial Alliance to send even an Inner Realm expert.

But they sent someone from the Heavenly Ranking?

Had the heavens fallen?

"You know me?"

Chen Xuan frowned. "And you still dared to capture people from my Martial Alliance? You’ve got some nerve!"

POP! POP! POP!

With a casual wave of his hand, golden True Qi shot out as if it had a built-in guidance system.

One by one, the ’Corpse Demons’ lining the street exploded.

He stomped his foot lightly on the ground.

With a BOOM, the entire ground was torn open. A terrifying fire erupted from below, and shrill screams echoed from the depths.

The acrid smell of burning filled the air. Countless Corpse Demons had been burned alive.

Lines of retribution points rapidly appeared before Chen Xuan’s eyes.

The Crooked-mouthed Daoist and the Lice Monk watched, utterly astonished.

"Damn, he’s way fiercer than you are,"

the Lice Monk said in shock.

"Yeah, very, very fierce. And the key is, he’s so young."

The Crooked-mouthed Daoist’s lips trembled. "What kind of monster did Feng Wuji secretly train? Is he trying to leave no path for anyone else to survive?"

"Hm?"

Chen Xuan’s gaze turned cold as he keenly caught their words.

His eyes locked onto the Lice Monk and the Crooked-mouthed Daoist.

The two of them felt a chill in their hearts. For a moment, it was as if they were facing a supreme demon lord. A searing heat washed over them, so intense it made their skin prickle and felt as if it would singe their beards right off...

’So strong!’

The two were even more stunned!

Chen Xuan frowned but quickly ignored them. Instead, he reached out, grabbed the last remaining man, Tie Kui, and lifted him into the air like a puppet.

"Speak. Where are you keeping the people from the Martial Alliance?"