157: The Grand Protector makes a move

"I originally intended to give you a quick death."

Chen Heng's face was incredibly twisted, as if he had lost his mind.

"I know you wanted to provoke me."

"Very good, you succeeded, very much so."

Under Nine Zero's horrified gaze, Chen Heng's body began to contort, and four new arms sprouted from his shoulders and armpits.

Asura Undying Body, activate!

Two fangs pushed through his lips, and Chen Heng's skin turned pale at a visible speed.

The surrounding earth began to crack, and the temperature rapidly rose.

Hanba Body, activate!

"Hanba!?" Fear appeared in Nine Zero's eyes, and she desperately scrambled backward.

Although she didn't know a Hanba would have six arms, it would be as easy as flipping a hand for this terrifying creature to kill her.

"Die." Chen Heng's body temperature suddenly soared, and the ground began to melt!

"Ah!!!" Nine Zero, having lost her lips, let out a Soul-piercing scream, instantly turning to ash.

This time, Nine Zero did not Rebirth; she and her Soul dissipated between heaven and earth.

The Hanba's high temperature didn't just burn the flesh; the Soul was also consumed.

After reducing Nine Zero to dust, Chen Heng scanned his surroundings.

The originally fanatical cultists, including the Elders, all retreated.

"Not a single one of you will escape."

Chen Heng's six arms wielded six weapons, directly transforming into a meat grinder, crushing through the Wutong Sect's a location within the Cult.

Meanwhile, Bai Jun in mid-air was gleefully throwing thunder spells.

Bai Jun hurled the Five Elements Divine Thunder of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in various ways, causing the cultists to scatter, clutching their heads.

If this frequency of thunder spells were used normally, Bai Jun's mana bar would have long been depleted.

But he had a large pouch full of Heaven-Grade blood and qi replenishing pills; if he ran out of mana, he'd just eat one.

One blood and qi replenishing pills later, Bai Jun's mana bar was instantly full.

At the current output frequency, this large pouch of blood and qi replenishing pills would be enough for him to continue outputting for another three days.

But just as he was having fun, a blood-red figure rapidly approached him.

"Little thief! Stop right there!"

A blood-red giant hand, like a celestial curtain, enveloped Bai Jun.

There was no avoiding it, no escaping!

"I'm done for!" Bai Jun's heart skipped a beat, and he enveloped his body in the Five Elements Divine Thunder, attempting to withstand the blow head-on.

But after a moment, the imagined pain did not arrive, and only then did Bai Jun look towards the source of the voice.

"You do your thing, leave these beasts to me."

Chen Heng had directly leaped up from the ground, grabbing the figure's head with one hand.

He then slammed him directly into the ground.

"Oh..." Bai Jun swallowed, Big Brother Chen seemed to be getting serious.

And, his mood seemed to be not so good?

At the same time, in the secret chamber.

"Nine Zero is dead." The Great Protector's expression was indifferent, seemingly not too concerned about the matter.

"Didn't you say it was an Unmelting Bone? How did it turn into a Hanba?"

The Great Protector's cold gaze turned to Elder One One.

"This..." Elder One One was drenched in sweat; he also didn't know why a Hanba would suddenly appear.

That was an ancient, terrifying creature, not seen for many years.

"A bunch of good-for-nothings, I have to deal with it in the end." With a cold snort, the Great Protector stood up.

"Great Protector, how about we of the Zero Generation go and test the waters first?"

The square-faced man from before stood out again, along with seven other strangely shaped individuals.

"No, you going would just be sending yourselves to your deaths."

The Great Protector patted the two coffins beside him.

"Even Nine Zero, who could Rebirth from a drop of blood, died at his hands. You go?"

"Ridiculous."

The square-faced man's face fell upon hearing this, but he obediently sat back down.

"Time to wake up, we've got a big one outside."

Patting the coffins again, the Great Protector impatiently lifted the coffin lids directly.

"I know, why the rush?"

The lids of the two coffins were opened, revealing their true contents.

Two heads, identical to the Great Protector, appeared in everyone's vision.

This bizarre scene utterly stunned Elder One One; the coffins actually contained this?

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Great Protector picked up the head on the left and placed it on his chest.

Numerous tiny tentacles extended from the bottom of the head, which was identical to the Great Protector, and fiercely pierced into the Great Protector's body.

Soon, that head merged into the Great Protector's body, and a face appeared on the Great Protector's left chest.

The other head was also picked up by the Great Protector, likewise extending tentacles and merging into his body.

But this head ultimately appeared on the back of the Great Protector's head.

"It's been a long time since the three of us brothers worked together."

"Mhm, mhm, yes, I know."

"Alright, the Hanba's heart is yours, the flesh is mine, and the bones belong to the third brother."

The Great Protector kept talking to himself, the scene was incredibly eerie.

While speaking, the Great Protector pulled two long blades from the coffins.

The long blades were covered in layers of blood-red worms, and a foul, pungent smell assailed their nostrils.

"All of you wait for me in the secret chamber, you useless lot."

After communicating with the two heads inside him, the Great Protector spoke to the people in the secret chamber in an extremely cold tone.

"If it weren't for the need to restore the glory of the Sect, you useless lot, I would have eaten you to replenish myself."

With a cold snort, the youthful-looking Great Protector leaped out of the window.

A pair of wings made of blood-red worms extended from the Great Protector's back, and with a flap, the Great Protector flew towards Chen Heng's direction.

The secret chamber was unusually quiet, and Elder One One, who looked the oldest but was actually the youngest among them, softly asked a question.

"Could it be that the legendary three Sect Protectors are actually one person?"

"You're young, kid, there are some things you don't know." A thin man shook his head.

"Originally, there were indeed three Sect Protectors in the Sect."

"But after the Qian Fa Tower's madmen attacked, the other two Sect Protectors lost their bodies."

"And these three were always at odds, so the Great Protector took the opportunity to kill their Divine Souls."

"And then he split his own Divine Soul into three, stuffing them into these two heads."

"If the Great Protector were alone, his strength would be ten parts."

"Once he attaches the heads of the other two Sect Protectors, the Great Protector's strength will be more than three times its original."

"It seems that Hanba is not easy to deal with, to be able to force the Great Protector to go all out."

"Four Zero, stop talking, these are not things these young people should know." The square-faced man glared at Four Zero, and Four Zero stopped speaking.

"Kid, you don't need to know too much, just know that the Great Protector is a God-chosen one who has undergone nine hundred and ninety-nine baptisms."

"God-chosen!?" Elder One One's eyes widened; he had originally thought that only the legendary Sect Leader was the sole God-chosen in the Sect.

He never expected that the Great Protector was also one of the God-chosen!