Free Web NovelChapter 212: Chapter 194: The Longswords of the Thirty-Six Peaks Are Here
Easily crushed.
So easily crushed.
The thought surfaced in everyone’s mind.
In the eyes of Qi Refining Cultivators, Foundation Establishment Cultivators were lofty and supreme, each one a master who dominated their own region. But seeing Chen Che’s demeanor, as if he were slaughtering chickens and dogs, they actually started to think, ’So this is all a Foundation Establishment Cultivator amounts to!’
Even the many Foundation Establishment Cultivators present felt the same way.
"The Flame Spear, a Tier Two High Grade Weapon. Here at the Jinyun Valley auction, it has slain two Foundation Establishment Cultivators. The starting bid is now raised to twelve hundred Spirit Stones!"
Chen Che stood with his hands behind his back, looking over with great interest.
"I wonder, do the three of you from the Hu Family have any objections?"
This time, Chen Che directly excluded everyone else in the auction hall, specially holding a small, private auction just for these three.
Ma Cong turned his head to watch, a smile playing on his lips.
Lu Qinglian remained seated and still. The swirling mist around her quietly dispersed, revealing a hint of smug satisfaction in her eyes.
Then, one after another, all eyes converged on the three Hu Family members.
At this point, it was no longer a simple business dispute, nor was it a common squabble over pride. It now involved the family’s honor. The three men, now being roasted over a fire, had only two choices: either continue to cause trouble to the end, or flip the table...
But!
If they chose the latter, it meant they would lose all face.
This was the very definition of "You can lose the battle, but you must not lose your presence."
’Your Hu Family is too arrogant. There will always be someone who can put you in your place.’
"Insolent whelp!"
Hu Chaohong’s True Essence surged violently, his long hair whipping about like wild pythons. He tilted his head, signaling for another Major Cultivator to speak. That person took a deep breath, stepped forward, and was just about to open his mouth when he saw Chen Che turn his head and watch him silently.
Chen Che’s gaze was placid, but it was like a Fierce Tiger looking down, making the man’s hair stand on end.
"I... I..."
The man opened and closed his mouth, but he simply couldn’t speak.
"Useless trash!"
Retracting his gaze, Hu Chaohong turned to the other man. Only then did he realize that Chen Che had also turned to look, and this man had subconsciously taken several steps back.
"Pfft—"
Someone in the crowd let out a quiet chuckle.
They had lost the battle and their presence.
When Hu Chaohong first arrived, he had suppressed the other Major Cultivators into silence; even Meng Changyuan had given him a wide berth. What overwhelming arrogance, what an air of invincibility!
But now, how utterly ridiculous he looked.
His gaze swept across the crowd. Although no one spoke, Hu Chaohong could feel that every look was filled with ridicule. It was as if coming to Jinyun Valley to cause trouble was the most idiotic thing anyone in the world could have done!
"It seems these two gentlemen have no objections."
Chen Che stood there and glanced at Hu Chaohong.
"What about you?"
"Chen Che! You dare bully my Hu Family as if we have no one?!"
When had Hu Chaohong ever been mocked like this?
With a furious roar, he wrapped his robes around himself and shot forward like a ball of fire. In a single instant, he crossed the several-hundred-zhang-wide hall, his long sleeves filled with blazing flames. The two palms he threw out were like a pair of Fire Snakes intent on devouring heaven and earth.
"Today, this old man will not rest until Jinyun Valley is washed in blood!"
As he roared, the furious flames intensified.
Countless embers intertwined, spiraled, and wove together, instantly forming a colossal Flame Dragon. This Flame Dragon was dozens of zhang long, stretching across the entire hall the moment it appeared. Its horns were elegant, its claws savage, and it opened its thunderous maw to lunge at Chen Che.
The churning, high temperature instantly turned the entire auction house into a sea of fire. freēwēbnovel.com
’The face I’ve lost can only be reclaimed with blood!’
Meng Changyuan’s expression was grim to the extreme.
"Scarlet flames like a dragon... This is a Tier Two Middle Grade Palm Technique! The Red Dragon Fierce Flame Strike!"
BOOM!
He and Rong Zhongxuan exchanged a glance. The two instantly clapped their hands together, releasing their Protective True Essence to form a barrier ten zhang in radius, shielding Hu Yao, Meng Qingxuan, and the others within it.
’Is he trying to kill Chen Che in a single blow?’
The other Major Cultivators all retreated in horror.
Chen Che merely raised an eyebrow and chuckled.
"You dare make such a boast with just this?"
He clenched his fist, and his aura changed drastically. His Qi and Blood surged to their absolute peak, as if a savage ape were roaring at the heavens. At the same time, he charged forward to meet the attack head-on.
Nine Shocking Ape Strikes!
The raging Flame Dragon was like a pouring sea of fire, reaching Chen Che in an instant. It was a vast and unending torrent, melting the very ground it passed over. To the onlookers, Chen Che seemed like a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot.
They were not on the same level at all!
BANG!
But in the end, when their four palms collided, it was merely like a great wave crashing against a reef. The Fire Dragon exploded on the spot, revealing Hu Chaohong, who had been wrapped within it. No matter how overwhelming his momentum, it had to come to a dead stop before Chen Che!
"How is this possible?"
Hu Chaohong stumbled back several steps, each footfall leaving a deep imprint on the ground. His expression changed. ’My full-powered strike, fueled by rage, was blocked so easily?’
"So this is all you amount to."
Chen Che stood as still as a mountain.
"Insolent whelp!"
Hu Chaohong refused to believe it. He decided to abandon his Palm Technique and crush Chen Che with a Magical Artifact.
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BOOM!
He clenched his fist, and a Bronze Battle Mace appeared in his hand.
A Tier Two High Grade Magical Artifact:
The Red Mace!
The moment this Battle Mace appeared, the raging fires burning in the auction hall flew crazily toward his hand, like swallows returning to their nest or a hundred rivers flowing into the sea. In an instant, the Bronze Battle Mace swelled a hundredfold, instantly becoming over forty zhang long!
"This old man will definitely obliterate your body and soul!"
With a guttural roar, Hu Chaohong swung his hand.
The Battle Mace was like a meteorite falling from the sky, blotting out the sun. Wrapped in terrifying flames, it smashed down ferociously toward Chen Che.
"Oh no, he’s really going to destroy all of Jinyun Valley!"
Seeing this strike, the crowd cried out in alarm.
The scene was like an act of god.
The many Foundation Establishment Cultivators all looked terrified, retreating rapidly and trying to escape. But the Qi Refining Cultivators were ashen-faced, their legs trembling, practically unable to move. Under the immense pressure, countless houses and residences began to crackle and pop, countless fissures appearing on their surfaces!
Beneath the giant mace, only Chen Che remained.
His Divine Sense enveloped the area. The instant Hu Chaohong attacked, the surging True Essence in his body had already swept out, sending Rong Zhongxuan, Meng Changyuan, Meng Qingxuan, and the others hundreds of zhang away to prevent them from being caught in the aftershocks!
He looked at Hu Chaohong’s utterly savage expression and the colossal mace that was plummeting down.
"Sword Array!"
Chen Che slowly raised his head and stomped his foot.
"Rise!"
In that instant!
As if hearing his command, Jinyun Valley trembled, and thirty-six heaven-shaking Sword Rainbows shot out. In a flash, the thirty-six Sword Rainbows converged into a single force. A torrent of Sword Qi surged to the heavens and slashed toward the Battle Mace! Countless flames on the Red Mace were instantly scattered, revealing its crimson body.
KRA-CHUNK!
There was a deafening sound.
The forty-zhang-long giant mace shattered on impact, exploding piece by piece like broken porcelain, then dissipating like dying embers.
The apocalyptic scene from a moment ago now seemed like an illusion!
"This..."
Those who were trying to flee and those who were too paralyzed to move were all struck dumb, standing frozen in place as if hit by lightning, unable to believe their eyes.
Beneath that patch of sky, only Chen Che remained, his hands hanging at his sides.
From beginning to end, he had not moved a single step.
