Free Web NovelChapter 1016: Chapter 644: Counter-Kill
The Ninth Rank experts are extraordinarily powerful!
When cultivators reach the Ninth Rank Yang God realm, they can already bend the laws of Heaven and Earth, mastering the basic rules of the universe’s operation and overturning mountains and seas with a mere thought. Remember, the crack within the Empress Tomb was torn open by two Ninth Rank Yang God existences, creating the opportunity for Zhang Chen to enter the Empress Tomb.
If it weren’t for Jinling City being a place of Human Dao with Dragon Qi suppression, it might have already been destroyed in the confrontation between Ninth Rank experts.
Ninth Rank experts can already slightly borrow the laws of Heaven and Earth, thus possessing some resistance to Dragon Qi suppression, allowing them to act even under the pressure in Jinling City.
However, even with Dragon Qi suppression, Jinling City still trembles like an earthquake, causing the terrified populace to flee like panicked animals.
But none of this concerned Zhang Chen. Utilizing his escape technique, he appeared directly before Wang Tai’s remains, where he saw Wang Tai’s body split in two, with the internal organs stained with divine light, emitting a golden gleam alongside a faint, delightful fragrance.
The blood within Wang Tai’s body had entirely drained, yet the torso continued to emit a golden glow, with the dense Power of Incense flowing through.
Zhang Chen extended his hand, holding the Celestial Measuring Ruler in his grasp, and with a slight ripple of his sleeve, Wang Tai’s body flew into it.
This was the flesh of a Tenth Tier expert, a substantial nourishment for anyone, especially for demon beasts, capable of transforming them completely.
Wang Tai’s body suddenly vanished, attracting the side glances of those engaged in battle, though they were too occupied to investigate the oddity. Even if they noticed someone taking advantage of the chaos, they couldn’t afford to deal with it and let it transpire.
Zhang Chen took Wang Tai’s body, not eager to absorb it, but instead used his escape technique to distance himself from the battlefield, hiding in an untouched corner.
"Such a fine trick, you’ve managed to secure Wang Tai’s body. You’ve really made a fortune this time!" Tushan Qing emerged stealthily from the shadows, drawing closer to Zhang Chen, his eyes red with envy.
That’s the corpse of a Tenth Rank divine being. If consumed, it could grant him three more tails, even soaring to new heights, likely advancing to the Eighth Rank at least.
"Just a minor trick, hardly worth mentioning," Zhang Chen replied nonchalantly.
"Zhang, we’re good brothers, and good brothers should be loyal to each other. You should share some of that Tenth Rank divine being’s body," Tushan Qing begged shamelessly.
As a demon beast, he had no psychological barrier to consuming humans, and eating the body of a Tenth Rank expert was the most effective method of utilization for him.
Zhang Chen glanced at Tushan Qing, gesturing to the divine beings battling in the sky, "There are so many experts up there, you could easily pick up a body afterward. Why envy me?"
Tushan Qing sighed helplessly, "I don’t have your kind of courage."
"Look, Liu Xuansu seems like he’s in trouble!" Zhang Chen pointed to the divine light in the sky.
In the fierce confrontation below, after Shen Li from the Shen Family had slain Wang Tai, he pursued Liu Xuansu relentlessly, transforming into divine light and wielded the Immortal Slaying Sword at him.
"Help me!" Liu Xuansu, seeing Shen Li’s pursuit, was horrified and desperate. Without hesitation, he fled with a wretched scream.
He was already at a significant disadvantage compared with Shen Li, and now the addition of the Immortal Slaying Sword further terrified him, causing despair and a complete loss of will to resist.
It’s not that he didn’t want to resist, but truly couldn’t find a way to.
"Shen Li from the Shen Family has gone berserk!" Tushan Qing shook his head silently at the grim scene.
Shen Li not only had the energy to pursue Liu Xuansu but also the time to unleash bursts of Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, slaying the Yellow Heaven Dao experts attacking the Shen Family.
Countless Ninth Rank and Eighth Rank experts instantly fell, their souls vanquished by the dimension-reducing blows of the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, their bodies dropping to the ground.
Seeing the corpse of the Ninth Rank divine on the ground, Tushan Qing’s eyes gleamed. Using the Invisibility Rune, he charged forward, stealthily entering the battlefield before opening his mouth and swallowing the corpse whole.
With the Invisibility Rune, Void Transformation, and Shadow Escape Technique in play, Tushan Qing moved stealthily on the battlefield, unnoticed.
Zhang Chen showed indifference to Tushan Qing’s actions, watching him devour one divine body after another without stepping in to compete.
The Tenth Tier God was his target; if he acted too often, the risk of exposure would increase, and if someone got wind of it, it might cause trouble instead.
Not even a hundred Ninth Tier God corpses could compare to a single Tenth Tier God corpse.
Liu Xuansu screamed miserably in the void, his cries echoing through the void. Zhang Chen turned his head, seeing the Tenth Tier God of the Shen Family had caught up with Liu Xuansu, slashing off one of his arms with a sword.
"Ancestor, if you spare my life, I am willing to ensure the survival of the Shen Family bloodline after this great war," Liu Xuansu fled desperately in the void, bargaining for his life.
"Haha, wishful thinking! Only if you old geezers die and all the Tenth Tier Gods fall, will my Shen Family truly be safe." The Tenth Tier God of the Shen Family coldly laughed, his sword light criss-crossing. No matter what means Liu Xuansu employed to resist, the Tenth Tier God of the Shen Family obliterated him with a slash, leaving bloody sword wounds on him.
"Shen Li, do you really intend to exterminate us all?"
As one wound after another appeared, Liu Xuansu let out a painful wail, his voice full of anguish.
"You showed no mercy to my Shen Family," Shen Li, the Tenth Tier God of the Shen Family, sighed. The next moment, the Immortal Slaying Sword pierced through the opponent’s Protective Golden Light, splitting him vertically from the forehead, falling to the ground in two pieces.
"As long as you Tenth Tier experts aren’t all dead, my Shen Family descendants will never rise." After killing two powerful figures, Shen Li was still relentless, turning his sword light towards the other three Tenth Tier Gods crashing down.
"Masters of the White Lotus Sect, if not now, then when will you act?"
Facing Shen Li’s fierce assault, the Tenth Tier God of the Dong Family couldn’t help but shout out in surprise.
But despite his call, the darkness remained calm, with no reaction.
"You treacherous dog, how dare you offend my Shen Family, today you are dead! Do you think the scoundrels of Yellow Heaven Dao dare to come out? I’m now in extreme sublimation, with a treasure sword in hand; even if an Eleventh Tier expert descends, I dare to fight them. To me, the Tenth Tier is nothing but mere mortals and beasts, and the old rats of the White Lotus Sect are scared out of their wits, how would they dare to come out and die?" Shen Li’s cold laughter rang out, and the next moment, the Immortal Slaying Sword, shrouded in sweeping sword light, slashed towards the Tenth Tier God of the Dong Family.
Facing that dazzling sword light, feeling the chilling Sword Intent that seemed to freeze his soul, his body instinctively trembled, as if he was terrified to the extreme.
"You two bastards, aren’t you coming back to help me? If we get picked off one by one, we’ll all die with no burial place. If we join forces, maybe we can hold him off until his extreme sublimation ends, then we might have a sliver of hope." The God of the Dong Family, looking at the dazzling sword light, shouted in exasperation.
Unfortunately, the other two gods were already scared out of their minds, how could they dare to turn back?
The Power of Incense in Jinling City could only support a single Tenth Tier Divine Body, and now that an opponent was dead, it was a good thing.
"Kill!"
With a furious roar from Shen Li, after thirty breaths, another corpse fell to the ground. Then, Shen Li roared again, sword Qi sweeping across, transforming into thousands of beams attacking the experts of the five great families and Yellow Heaven Dao on the ground.
This wave of attacks alleviated the crisis of the Shen Family, his Qi Mechanism turning, surprisingly abandoning the other two gods, charging towards the battlefield of Hu Li the Immortal and the other Tenth Tier God of the Shen Family.
In the darkness
Zhang Chen, holding the Celestial Measuring Ruler with an Invisibility Rune stuck to him, came to the front of the Tenth Tier expert and collected his corpse into his sleeve. Before he could go for the next one, he saw from afar Tushan Qing swallowing the corpse of the Tenth Tier expert, showing a smug smile towards Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen ignored Tushan Qing; consuming a Tenth Tier Divine Body was inconsequential to him. He turned his head to the distant battlefield, a cautious glint in his eyes: "What a terrifying existence! Though all are Tenth Tier, the gap is still so large, slaughtering various experts like chopping vegetables."
Moreover, with Shen Li’s slaughter of a large number of experts from the five great families and Yellow Heaven Dao, the Shen Family’s decline was reversed.
"If this continues, perhaps the Shen Family could actually counterattack and win in the end today," Tushan Qing emerged from Zhang Chen’s shadow.
"Just a temporary reversal, that’s all, the overall situation is set, the downfall of the Shen Family is inevitable." Zhang Chen sighed mournfully, "Shen Li suffered heavy injuries and reached extreme sublimation but can only hold for a tea’s worth of time. If he and the other god join hands and heavily injure Hu Li the Immortal, maybe there would be a chance to reverse the situation. As long as he heavily injures Hu Li the Immortal, even if Shen Li dies, the Shen Family still has a Tenth Tier God who has formed a Divine Body to hold the ground, the other two Tenth Tier Gods are not a threat, and the hidden masters of the White Lotus Sect would gain nothing even if they appeared. Unfortunately... Unfortunately, they can’t defeat Hu Li the Immortal."
"How do you know they can’t defeat Hu Li the Immortal? Look at Shen Li, isn’t the old fellow quite fierce? The old fellow has ignited the Origin of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and his combat power is off the charts; the two of them joining forces may still have a chance to defeat Hu Li the Immortal," Tushan Qing objected to Zhang Chen’s prediction. He couldn’t see the descent of the Shen Family, today the Shen Family had a real chance to turn the tide.
"The current Hu Li the Immortal isn’t a match for the two of them, but what if Hu Li the Immortal breaks through to the Eleventh Tier?" Zhang Chen said meaningfully.
