Chapter 184 The Hunting Society's Conspiracy

Hu Chi, like a trapped beast, erupted with powerful combat strength.

Seeing this, Chu Han did not delay any longer. With a flash of his body, he appeared behind Hu Chi.

"Profound Fire Finger!"

Chu Han let out a low shout, tapping repeatedly into the Void Realm.

"Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi!"

With four soft sounds, the Battle Saber in Hu Chi's hand was instantly sent flying. At the same time, his four limb joints were each pierced through by the Profound Fire Finger, leaving behind four charred blood holes.

"Ah!"

Hu Chi let out a heart-wrenching scream as his body went limp. He collapsed to his knees, his limbs hanging powerlessly; clearly, the Meridians in his limbs had been destroyed.

Xiao Ya seized the opportunity, lunging forward and piercing Hu Chi's Dantian with her sword.

"Puchi!"

Hu Chi's Dantian was punctured, and he instantly became like a deflated ball. His aura rapidly plummeted, and his cultivation was completely ruined.

Hu Chi slumped on the ground, his face filled with pain and resentment. He looked at Chu Han, his eyes brimming with fear: "Who on earth are you? How can your strength be so great?"

There had been only one variable in this operation against the Xiao Family, and that was Chu Han.

It was precisely Chu Han who had completely reversed the disparity in strength between the two sides; instead of the ones slaughtering, they had become the ones being slaughtered.

Hu Chi felt extremely resentful and, at the same time, harbored intense hatred for Li Tian.

If Li Tian hadn't misjudged Chu Han's strength, they wouldn't have ended up in such a state.

It was too late for regrets now.

Chu Han ignored Hu Chi and instead turned to walk toward Li Tian, who was not far away.

At this moment, Li Tian was lying on the ground, his whole body in excruciating pain and unable to move.

He watched Chu Han approach step by step, his eyes filled with venom and fear. He let out an indistinct roar: "Chu Han, if you kill me, the Li Family won't let you off!"

Chu Han squatted down and looked at him with indifferent eyes: "The Li Family? If they dare to come looking for trouble, I don't mind wiping the Li Family out."

After saying this, Chu Han raised his hand and struck Li Tian's head with his palm.

"Bang!"

Li Tian's head shattered like a watermelon, his life force completely extinguished.

Xiao Ya and Uncle Fu both had looks of gratification on their faces; their hearts were filled with hatred for Li Tian.

Now that Li Tian was dead, it could be considered revenge for their fallen subordinates.

Afterward, Chu Han looked at Hu Chi, who had become a cripple, with a cold gaze.

Since a notorious organization like the Hunting Association dared to provoke him, they had to pay the price.

More importantly, he wanted to uncover the organization's background and pull them up by the roots to avoid being harassed by them in the future.

"Where are the rest of your Hunting Association people?" Chu Han asked.

Hu Chi just glared venomously at Chu Han, a cold sneer curling at the corner of his mouth: "Kid, do whatever you want with me. You want to get information out of my mouth? In your dreams!"

"Oh? Quite the tough guy, aren't you." Chu Han raised an eyebrow and crushed Hu Chi's knee with a stomp.

Hu Chi only frowned for a moment, holding back a scream.

"Hmph! I, Hu Chi, have roamed the wilderness for decades. What torture have I not seen? Even if you slice me to death slowly, don't think you'll get any information!" Hu Chi said with a stiff neck and fierce eyes.

Seeing this, Xiao Ya said coldly: "Mr. Chu, this kind of person is obstinate. There's no need to waste words with him; just kill him."

Chu Han waved his hand, his gaze still fixed on Hu Chi: "Killing him would be too easy. Since he likes to resist so much, I want to see just how tough his bones are."

With those words, Chu Han raised his right hand. A wisp of Yuan Qi condensed at his fingertip, and with a light tap, it landed on Hu Chi's shoulder.

"Chi~"

The Yuan Qi was like a red-hot iron, instantly piercing through Hu Chi's flesh and seeping into his Meridians, burning them.

The intense pain made Hu Chi tremble all over, his forehead instantly covered in cold sweat. But he gritted his teeth and didn't let out a single scream, though the venom in his eyes grew even stronger.

Chu Han increased the input of Yuan Qi, and Hu Chi's body began to burn.

Even so, Hu Chi still bit his teeth hard, his lips bleeding, yet he refused to beg for mercy, let alone reveal information about the Hunting Association.

"You do have some backbone."

Chu Han withdrew his finger and sneered at the dying Hu Chi.

As he spoke, a golden light flashed through Chu Han's eyes, and the Mental Energy around him suddenly erupted.

A Soul Imprint condensed and turned into an invisible stream of light, instantly sinking into Hu Chi's Sea of Consciousness.

With his cultivation crippled, Hu Chi's Sea of Consciousness was completely defenseless. The moment the Soul Imprint entered his body, he felt a sharp pain in his mind, as if pierced by thousands of steel needles.

He wanted to resist, but found that his own Mental Energy was like an ant trying to shake a tree before Chu Han's ocean-like Mental Energy—utterly powerless.

"No! My Sea of Consciousness! What did you do to me?!"

Hu Chi let out a shrill scream, and his eyes instantly became hollow and lifeless.

In an instant, his Sea of Consciousness was completely controlled by Chu Han's Soul Imprint, and he fell into absolute mental enslavement.

Xiao Ya and Uncle Fu were both shocked by the sight.

They only knew that Chu Han was powerful, but they hadn't expected him to possess such a bizarre Mental Martial Skill that could directly control another's Sea of Consciousness. Such methods were simply unheard of.

Chu Han ignored Hu Chi's screams and, using his Mental Energy through the Soul Imprint, began to probe Hu Chi's memories.

Countless images flooded into Chu Han's mind like a tide: information on the Hunting Association's members and their recent activities were all laid out before him.

Through Hu Chi's memories, Chu Han learned that Hu Chi was the deputy leader of the Hunting Association, with strength at the 7th-Rank Limit and a very high status within the organization.

Above him was a leader with strength at the 8th Rank Initial Stage named Long Feng. This person was cruel and powerful, the absolute core of the Hunting Association.

Besides that, the Hunting Association possessed a massive armed force, with seven Grandmaster-level Martial Artists alone and as many as several hundred 6th-rank Martial Artists. Their strongholds were scattered across multiple regions of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Their nest was hidden within a treacherous valley deep in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Although this information was important, Chu Han didn't care too much.

With his current strength, even Long Feng at the 8th Rank Initial Stage posed no threat to him.

What truly piqued his interest was a memory he saw next.

Deep within Hu Chi's memories, Chu Han saw a secret transaction.

The parties involved in the transaction were Hu Chi, the Hunting Association leader Long Feng, and a mysterious person dressed in a black robe with their face shrouded in shadow.

Although the mysterious person's appearance was unclear, from their build and manner of speaking, Chu Han instantly recognized that this mysterious person was actually Japanese!

That Japanese person, speaking in stiff Longxia Language, handed over a large amount of cultivation resources to Long Feng on the condition that the Hunting Association would ambush and kill Longxia Martial Artists in the Wilderness Areas of the Dragon Summer Federation.

At the same time, they were to collect the Dragon Summer Federation's Cultivation Techniques and resource intelligence.

Recently, they had even devised a massive conspiracy against the Xiao Family of the Dragon Summer Federation, aiming to penetrate the Dragon Summer Federation's Heaven And Earth Treasure trading market in one fell swoop.

To obtain these benefits, Long Feng and Hu Chi had agreed without hesitation, even promising to assist the Japanese in searching for certain special Heaven And Earth Treasures.

Behind this operation against Xiao Ya was the secret manipulation of the Japanese.

Additionally, in Hu Chi's memories, the Japanese were also planning to head deep into the Poisonous Swamp, seemingly having designs on the Eighth-Tier Exotic Beast there.

"The Japanese!"

Chu Han's eyes were instantly covered in frost, and the killing intent around him erupted like something tangible, causing the surrounding temperature to drop several degrees.

Whether in his past life or this one, Japan was the mortal enemy of the Dragon Summer Federation.

In this life, he hadn't expected to see a scene of the Hunting Association colluding with the Japanese here in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains!