Chapter 377 - 198: The Heaven Ranking? Elder Chen Is on the Heaven Ranking

Chapter 377: Chapter 198: The Heaven Ranking? Elder Chen Is on the Heaven Ranking

A cold, calm voice spoke. "And another thing. What about the people in this town? Did you kill them? Or are they locked up somewhere? Give me a straight answer. Tell me, what exactly are you people up to?"

BOOM!

Though they were simple words, they slammed into Tie Kui’s mind with terrifying force, leaving him dazed, terrified, and lost in a hallucination.

He suddenly found himself plunged into a vast world of crimson magma.

In this world, a great Golden Crow stared down at him coldly, ancient fire dragons bared their fangs, and thunderous elephants watched with icy eyes. A Primordial Giant Demon, wreathed in terrifying flames, leaped from the magma and roared at the sky...

Its mouth full of tusks, it looked ready to swallow him whole...

The scene was too horrifying.

As a mere Inner Realm expert, he broke in an instant, wetting his pants on the spot.

"...We killed everyone in the town. An ancient corpse appeared underground... it was buried over five hundred years ago by the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect and our Corpse Refining Mountain. He’s one of our ancestors. The townspeople were used as a blood sacrifice for him. The Martial Alliance... the Martial Alliance experts... we killed the first few, but we didn’t dare to kill the ones who came later..."

Tie Kui’s voice trembled as he confessed everything.

[An Inner Realm expert has been detected. Mental breakdown confirmed. +40,000 retribution points!]

"Good. Where is this ancient corpse? Take me to it!"

Chen Xuan’s tone was indifferent.

"Yes, yes."

Tie Kui, his spirit utterly broken, agreed in terror.

And so, Chen Xuan walked forward, holding the man with one hand.

Just then, Su Jianxue and Yan Jinghan finally rushed over with a large group from the Martial Alliance stronghold.

All the experts from the Martial Alliance stronghold who had followed were shocked, finding the scene incredible.

’We just... waltzed right through this incredibly dangerous town?’

And! Were all the Corpse Demons on the street really wiped out in a single move?

Even the ancient corpses underground were all dead!

’This is too terrifying!’

"Saint Envoy Su, who exactly is this elder?"

Hong Tai, looking dazed, couldn’t help but ask again.

"Just follow along. All you need to do is clean up after us!"

Su Jianxue laughed heartily.

After a pause, she lowered her voice and chuckled, "Ever heard of the Heavenly Rankings?"

"Yes, of course!"

Hong Tai nodded his head like a bobblehead.

’Those people are like gods!’

’How could he not have heard of it?’

"Let me tell you, Elder Chen is on the Heavenly Rankings. Now you see how safe we are, right?"

Su Jianxue continued to chuckle.

Though she was a beautiful woman, her grin at that moment seemed a bit sleazy, as if she were telling a dirty joke.

"Someone from the Heavenly Rankings?"

A BOMB went off in Hong Tai’s mind, leaving it ringing. Every hair on his body stood on end.

’Holy shit!’

’This wasn’t just safe!’

’I’d hit the ancestral lottery!’

What had he, Hong Tai, ever done to deserve witnessing a figure from the Heavenly Rankings in person?

Nearby, the Crooked-mouthed Daoist and the Lice Monk were startled yet again and exchanged a look.

"An Outer Saint?"

’That young man is an Outer Saint?’

’This is too ridiculous!’

"Incredible, incredible. So Feng Wuji really did have a trump card up his sleeve!"

The Lice Monk muttered.

"Let’s go. Follow them and see what happens!"

The Crooked-mouthed Daoist replied via voice transmission, "Monk, use your Wisdom Eye and check his foundation."

"Easy enough!"

The Lice Monk cautiously activated his Secret Technique.

A faint golden light appeared in his left pupil.

Under this faint golden light, it seemed as though no living creature, no object, could hide.

But the instant he looked at Chen Xuan, a hallucination flared in his vision. A pair of enormous, cold eyes suddenly materialized, swiveling like lightning to stare right at him.

The monk was terrified. He immediately cut off the technique, his body swaying as he nearly collapsed to the ground.

His vision returned to normal.

Chen Xuan was still walking forward, not having given him so much as a glance.

"Are you all right?"

The Crooked-mouthed Daoist sent via voice transmission.

"It’s deep, so deep..."

The monk’s mind was in turmoil, and he still couldn’t fully calm down.

’How could this be?’

’What were those eyes just now?’

"Deep? How deep?"

the Crooked-mouthed Daoist asked curiously.

"Incredibly deep. As deep as three or four great mountains stacked together!"

The monk was panting heavily, cold sweat dripping down and soaking his robes.

He had never seen such a strange person.

Unfathomable, unseeable...

It was simply too bizarre.

...

「At that same moment.」

Deep within the town.

About thirty meters below the surface.

A vast underground space had been opened up.

A ferocious, massive monster covered in bony scales was seated cross-legged here. It was over three meters tall just sitting down. A dense yin energy swirled around it, and its skin was covered in menacing bone spurs...

Wisps of black qi emanated from its pores like ink in water, so thick it wouldn’t disperse.

Before it stood Tie Shilong, an ancestor of Corpse Refining Mountain. His expression was conflicted, his small, thin body seeming insignificant in front of the monster. "So, Ancestor, you mean for me to stay behind and draw their fire?"

"Yes. For the future of the Tie family, your ancestor needs you."

A hoarse voice came from the huge, ferocious monster. "Rest assured, your ancestor will not treat you unfairly. I will take good care of your descendants. I will help every one of them break through their own shackles. From this day forward, you will be the greatest hero of the Tie family. I will make sure every future generation of the Tie family remembers you! And you will not die in vain. No matter who kills you, I will personally cut them down myself. I will plunge them into an endless hell, where they will know no peace!"

"..."

Tie Shilong’s face was deathly pale. With trembling lips, he said, "Fine. I am willing to cover the ancestor’s retreat. I hope the ancestor will not go back on his word and will treat my descendants well in the future!"

"I will, I will."

A strange smile appeared on the massive, ferocious monster’s face. "Don’t worry, you won’t be handling this alone. My body will stay behind to accompany you. My divine soul is complete, and my future is now limitless. That Chen Xuan is nothing. Your ancestor will kill him. I most certainly will."

Its stomach suddenly began to churn violently, rapidly swelling as thick, purple veins spread across its surface.

The bulge then moved from its lower abdomen up to its chest, and from its chest to its neck, stretching the throat until it was round and taut.

Then, its mouth gaped open wide, its eyes bulging and bloodshot.

"GWAAH!"

A bucket-sized, jet-black eggshell was forcibly spat out of its mouth.

CRACK!

The eggshell hit the ground and split open on its own. A slender, fair hand reached out from within, slowly breaking the shell apart. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth stood up. He was handsome and radiated an imposing, sharp aura.

His eyes were cold as he looked at Tie Shilong. "Rest assured, I will avenge you. Fourth on the Heavenly Rankings is nothing. Even first on the Heavenly Rankings is insignificant. Your ancestor will remember your contribution and remember our enemy. From this day forward, your heroic name will be immortalized in the Tie family!"

"Yes, Ancestor!"

Tie Shilong, face pale, pressed his forehead to the ground. "I respectfully see the Ancestor off!"

The youth raised his head, his gaze piercing through the ground to look toward the town not far away. His voice was icy. "Chen Xuan, I will remember you. I will remember!"

He turned and left, disappearing in a WHOOSH.

Meanwhile, the massive monster that had been sitting there now seemed to have lost its soul. But then it suddenly stood up and spoke in a hoarse, dull voice.

"Tie Shilong, come. Merge with my body, and face this powerful enemy with me!!"

Waves of black, baleful qi radiated from its body, blanketing the area...

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