72: Demons and Aristocratic Families

Helian Xuning laughed wildly, the eyes on his body blinking incessantly.

After laughing for a while, Helian Xuning realized something was wrong.

Chen Heng’s gaze towards him seemed to hold no fear; instead, it was a kind of… greed?

That look sent shivers down Helian Xuning’s spine; he had never seen such a martial artist.

Chen Heng took a deep breath, further confirming what he thought.

At least ninety percent of Helian Xuning’s entire body had transformed into an Anomaly, and Chen Heng would absolutely not mistake that unique stench of Anomaly.

If he was an Anomaly, it meant that after killing him, he could drop Optimization chances.

And he didn't seem weak; at least he was much stronger than that chimera in the cave.

“Lunatic,” Helian Xuning muttered, all the eyeballs around his body rotating in unison, fixing their gaze on Chen Heng.

“Bone-Melting Divine Light!”

The eyeballs on Helian Xuning’s body trembled, and streaks of milky white light enveloped Chen Heng’s body.

Chen Heng was startled and quickly dodged.

But the Bone-Melting Divine Light clung to Chen Heng’s body, unable to be shaken off no matter how Chen Heng dodged.

After a while, both of them realized something was wrong.

The Bone-Melting Divine Light seemed to have no effect at all when shining on Chen Heng, just like an ordinary sunbath.

Chen Heng simply stopped fleeing, charging directly towards Helian Xuning while enduring the Bone-Melting Divine Light.

“How is that possible!”

Helian Xuning never imagined that his Bone-Melting Divine Light, specifically used to melt flesh, would be completely ineffective against Chen Heng.

Chen Heng’s current physical strength was comparable to steel, already beyond the range that the Bone-Melting Divine Light could melt.

In the instant Helian Xuning was stunned, Chen Heng had already rushed in front of him.

A large hand directly grabbed his head and slammed it to the ground with a bang.

“Damn it, weren’t you quite impressive just now?” Chen Heng asked, stepping on Helian Xuning’s head.

“Hundred-Eyed Dao Light!” The three eyes on Helian Xuning’s forehead simultaneously erupted with golden-purple light.

Chen Heng was startled and quickly raised his hand to block.

“…” After a few seconds, Chen Heng looked again at the bewildered Helian Xuning.

“Are you messing with me?”

Veins bulged on Chen Heng’s forehead; this guy seemed to be making fun of him?

The names of these Moves were more impressive than the last, but they were no different from ordinary light?

When shone on Chen Heng’s body, there was basically no other sensation besides a slight warmth.

Chen Heng didn't plan to waste any more time with him; the black fiend blade in his hand directly pierced through Helian Xuning’s head.

Brain matter splattered, and Helian Xuning’s body trembled a few times before becoming still.

“Still not immortal, huh.” Chen Heng curled his lips in disdain.

This guy’s initial display was quite grand, and he really did intimidate Chen Heng.

But after a couple of exchanges, he realized this guy was purely a good-for-nothing.

His strength was similar to Chen Heng’s when he compressed his muscles, but he had a special technique to neutralize Chen Heng’s power.

However, under eleven times the Dragon Tiger Strength and a fully unleashed body, his little technique was useless.

Commonly known as ‘brute force conquers all.’

Chen Heng just stood there, stepping on Helian Xuning’s body, waiting.

This guy said he was immortal; maybe he had a way to revive.

He absolutely couldn’t be careless.

Sure enough, the surrounding brain matter mixed with dirt began to re-gather at Helian Xuning’s neck.

A brand new head was thus born.

The two stared at each other, and Chen Heng once again stabbed through Helian Xuning’s head with his blade.

“Let’s see how many times you can revive.”

Chen Heng just stood there, stepping on Helian Xuning’s body, waiting for his revival.

“You revive once, I kill you once. Let’s see who gives up first.”

Time passed bit by bit.

Helian Xuning revived once every minute and a half on average, and Chen Heng killed him once every minute and a half.

The two remained in this stalemate until the sun set.

“Ah ah ah ah ah!” Helian Xuning revived again, but this time, he let out a beast-like howl.

A sound that only those with shattered minds would make.

“Hundred-Eyed Demonic Body! Release!”

With a squelch, all the eyeballs on Helian Xuning’s body burst, and he returned to his previous normal human appearance.

“Kill me, kill me!”

Helian Xuning had gone completely insane under Chen Heng’s repeated killings; now he only wished for death.

He deeply regretted why he hadn’t brought the Black Fiend Guards when he left home.

Why he had to go out alone to plant strange seed.

And he even encountered such a monster who ignored all the Divine Abilities of the Hundred-Eyed Demonic Body!

“Then as you wish.” Even if Helian Xuning didn’t say it, Chen Heng would never let him go.

If he wasn’t so weak, Chen Heng would have wanted to directly kill his way to the Imperial Capital and wipe out the entire imperial family.

With a bang, Chen Heng’s fist smashed Helian Xuning’s head.

Gurgle… and pulled out his spine, along with his fresh, steaming internal organs.

【Killed a Profound-grade Demonic Human, awarded eighteen Optimization chances!】

“Demonic Human?” Chen Heng was chopping Helian Xuning’s corpse into mincemeat when the System’s prompt suddenly sounded in his mind.

【Demonic Human: An existence that forcefully absorbs the power of an Anomaly, causing themselves to become a half-human, half-Anomaly being.】

【Demonic Humans generally possess intelligence and reason, and are skilled in various strange Moves and innate Divine Abilities.】

“So that’s it…”

Chen Heng now understood; it turned out that the Noble and powerful clans they spoke of were a group of half-human, half-Anomaly monsters.

And these monsters could even drop Optimization chances!

This was what Chen Heng cared about most.

If a weakling like Helian Xuning could drop eighteen Optimizations, then stronger ones would be… oh, just thinking about it made his mouth water.

He shook his head, pushing these temporarily unrealistic thoughts aside.

With his current strength, occasionally hunting a few Noble and powerful clans might be possible, but once discovered, he would face endless retaliation.

So, it was better to improve his own strength first.

Lighting a bonfire, Chen Heng threw the Helian Xuning-brand mincemeat into it.

A foul burning smell assailed him.

An hour later, Helian Xuning’s ashes were fresh out of the fire.

After scattering the pile of ashes into the river to feed the fish, Chen Heng waited another half an hour in place.

Only after confirming that the guy was truly unable to revive did he walk towards where Old Liu had parked the carriage.

“Vice Envoy Chen, you’re finally back!” Old Liu saw Chen Heng and quickly walked over.

“What’s wrong, why are you so flustered?” Chen Heng looked at Old Liu, somewhat puzzled.

He was in a good mood right now, after all, he had just gained eighteen Optimization chances.

“Hurry back to Goulan Street, something happened there.”