48: Chapter 48 Mysterious Mastermind, Enveloped in a Fog of Intrigue

"Oh, you can actually still get up?"

"It seems you are a little bit stronger than I imagined."

Jiang Chen smiled indifferently, his tone mocking.

"How dare you..."

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's face was twisted in a snarl. Just as he opened his mouth, he saw Jiang Chen take a single step forward, arriving before him as if he had shrunk the earth to inches.

Before King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong could react, Jiang Chen's fist struck again.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong gathered rolling blood-colored Qi energy in his hands, meeting Jiang Chen's punch head-on.

"Bang!"

The two fists collided, erupting with a deafening sound.

Immediately, the two separated, and King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong retreated rapidly.

"What immense strength; how on earth does he Cultivate?"

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong was filled with shock.

His hands trembled slightly, shaken by the thousands of pounds of force carried by Jiang Chen's fist.

"Again!"

Jiang Chen flashed before King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong again, his fingers held like a blade, and he slashed down with a palm.

This palm strike carried rolling True Qi, as if it were about to tear the very air apart.

"Bang!"

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong instinctively threw a punch to block, barely managing to withstand the palm.

But soon, he felt a current of Qi rampaging through his body, causing intense pain throughout, forcing him to stumble back seven or eight steps.

After regaining his senses, King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's face was filled with horror.

He felt the blood Qi within him reversing; had he not forcibly suppressed it, he would definitely have vomited blood.

In the three exchanges just now, he had been completely at a disadvantage.

This meant that Jiang Chen was an undisputed Grandmaster, without a shred of pretense.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong stared fixedly at Jiang Chen, his eyes showing a trace of wariness as he shouted in a deep voice, "Who... who exactly are you?"

He did not believe that the young man before him was the Jiang Family's good-for-nothing, Jiang Chen.

How could a playboy who knew nothing, only interested in eating, drinking, and having fun, possibly step into the Grandmaster realm in just five short years?

Absolutely impossible!

He himself had spent over forty years to Cultivate, consumed countless Heaven And Earth Treasure, and possessed excellent talent, only to barely step into the Grandmaster realm.

The other party had only spent five years in prison; how could he possess such terrifying cultivation?

Moreover, Jiang Chen had clearly missed the optimal age to Cultivate.

Unless...

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong thought of the only possibility, and a trace of fear finally appeared on his face.

But he absolutely did not believe that such a thing could happen!

"I am the fourth son of the Jiang Family, Jiang Chen."

Jiang Chen's indifferent voice drifted over.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Chen flashed before King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong again and kicked out directly.

This kick carried incomparably violent True Qi and monstrous murderous intent for revenge.

It was as if this kick would blast King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong and everything he had into fragments.

After all, King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong was a Transformation Realm Grandmaster ranked on the Heaven Ranking; his reaction speed was still fast, and he struck out fiercely, narrowly catching Jiang Chen's foot.

"Success!"

After catching Jiang Chen, King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's expression was immediately filled with joy.

He immediately exerted force with his arms, preparing to throw Jiang Chen to the ground and smash him into a bloody mist.

But how quick were Jiang Chen's reactions? The moment his body was in the air, his other foot was raised high, and like a mountain-splitting giant axe, he slashed fiercely toward King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's head.

"Bang!"

This kick landed directly on King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's crown.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's skull emitted a cracking sound; clearly, he was severely injured under the impact of this kick.

His body could not withstand this terrifying force at all, and he knelt on the ground with a thud.

His knees slammed heavily into the ground, causing excruciating pain.

After landing, Jiang Chen flew up again and kicked King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong on the chin with the tip of his foot.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong could not react at all, and his entire body flew backward again, smashing into the ground like a cannonball, creating a large crater in the ground.

At this moment, his face was deathly pale, and he was continuously vomiting blood.

He desperately tried to get up, but his entire body was aching, and he could not muster a single ounce of strength.

He had lost!

A miserable defeat.

He didn't even have a chance to fight back.

Jiang Chen looked at King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong lying in the crater and let out a long breath.

The several strikes just now were almost his full power.

It was impossible to sustain such attacks for long.

Jiang Chen walked to King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong, stepped on his chest, and looked down at him from above, like a Dragon on the clouds looking down at an ant on the ground.

With this step, King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong could not help but cough.

Every time he coughed, his internal organs were in excruciating pain, and he could not help but vomit blood.

Who would have thought that the high and mighty King of Jiangnan would fall into such a state?

He looked up at Jiang Chen before him.

Jiang Chen's cold eyes were filled with endless murderous intent.

His heart was filled with shock and fear.

Could it really be as he had guessed, that Jiang Chen was not an Ancient Martial Artist at all, but a Cultivator!

Only a Cultivator could allow a good-for-nothing to transform into such a terrifying existence.

But how difficult it was to be a Cultivator!

Not only did it require Heaven-Defying talent, but also immeasurable resources to Cultivate.

However, these were secondary.

Most important of all was a set of immortal martial Cultivation Technique.

Immortal martial Cultivation Technique were extremely rare and had long been lost; even that Lord did not possess one.

He did not expect that Jiang Chen had actually obtained an immortal martial Cultivation Technique!

Jiang Chen stepped on King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's chest and stared at him with cold eyes: "I will give you a chance; answer my questions, and I will consider letting you go."

Blood spilling from the corners of his mouth, King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong gritted his teeth and said: "I know what you want to ask; don't even think about it!"

"Crack!"

Jiang Chen snorted coldly, exerted force with his foot, and instantly snapped several of King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's ribs.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong screamed in pain, gasping for air continuously.

Jiang Chen said coldly: "King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong, I advise you to cooperate with me obediently, otherwise I guarantee I will make you wish you were dead."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen took out a silver needle and violently stabbed it into the Yang acupoint on the top of King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's head.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong immediately felt a chill, an indescribable, terrifying sensation welling up inside his body, filling him with terror.

"If I tell you, will you really let me go?"

The fear of the unknown made him choose to compromise.

"That depends on your performance."

Jiang Chen moved his foot away from King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's chest, his voice cold: "Besides you, is there anyone else who knows of my existence?"

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong shook his head and said: "Currently, only I know. I accidentally discovered that someone wanted to re-register the Jiang Group in Jinling, so I sent my younger brother to investigate, and I didn't expect to discover your existence."

"Especially after learning that you also Cultivate, I decided to eradicate you completely to avoid you becoming a major trouble in the future."

Although King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong said this, his heart was bitter.

It seemed he was still a step too slow.

Jiang Chen had already grown to a point where even he could not stop him.

"Who is the Lord you spoke of?"

Jiang Chen suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and continued.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong smiled bitterly: "How could a small figure like me know of that Lord's existence? The entire Huaxia Cultivation world, and even the powerful families in the capital, must bow and lower their heads before that Lord."

Jiang Chen wanted to know more information and continued to ask: "Where is that person? Where should I go to find him?"

"You want to find that Lord?"

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong suddenly laughed, then began to cough incessantly: "Jiang Chen, I advise you to dispel this thought; with your bit of strength, you are simply not worth looking at before that Lord!"

"Answer my question!"

Jiang Chen lifted his foot and slammed it onto King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's face.

King of Jiangnan Gu Yuandong's entire face was twisted and deformed, and he said with a trembling voice: "That Lord is elusive... even I have never seen him... I only know that people in the Cultivation world call him the Holy Lord..."

"Holy Lord?"

Jiang Chen's brows were locked tight, his heart filled with confusion: "One last question, why did that Holy Lord want to kill my parents and destroy my Jiang Family? Has my Jiang Family ever offended him?"