101: Kill the Guardian

Chu Jiang stood astride, blade in hand. If he left at this moment, wouldn't that prove the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division was inferior to the Purple Flame Demon Sect and was yielding to them?

In terms of both reason and principle, that was impossible.

"I didn't expect you to stand up for them. Is it worth it to go against someone nearing the Great Grandmaster Realm?"

High in the sky, the gray-robed guardian stood with his hands behind his back. His raspy voice remained calm as he looked down at Chu Jiang, like an eagle surveying an ant.

"Since you are unwilling..."

"Then I will give you one last chance!"

"It just so happens that my Young Lord has taken a liking to your subordinate. Hand her over, and for the sake of Ye Lingkong, I might still consider sparing your life."

The gray-robed guardian said sinisterly, a wicked smile appearing on his face that made people shudder.

"You dog-spawn, shut your filthy mouth!"

Chu Jiang's eyes were icy. He gripped the Blood Sun Saber, filled with biting killing intent.

The gray-robed guardian looked indifferently at Chu Jiang. With a thought, his palm erupted with raging flames, and he launched a strike. It was the same Move, but the power was countless times stronger than Young Master Ling Xiao's.

In the sky, a massive flaming palm over ten meters wide, carrying terrifying fire energy, struck toward Chu Jiang. Wherever it passed, the air ignited and exploded.

With a casual slash from Chu Jiang, the Crimson Fire Palm was easily shattered.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Around the gray-robed guardian, the temperature suddenly spiked, spreading for a thousand meters.

Everyone could feel the change in the air.

In their line of sight, waves of heat from the superheated air swept toward the guardian's body, eventually forming a blood-colored sun.

There were dozens of these Blood Suns, densely packed, obscuring the entire sky above the Hundred Flowers Sect.

It was exceptionally spectacular.

The gray-robed guardian, caught in the center of the Blood Suns, had no mood to appreciate the view. He only felt a fatal danger; these Blood Suns surrounded him, leaving no path for escape.

Within each Blood Sun, a terrifying killing blade was gestating. Countless bolts of thunder tore through the sky, as if they could destroy everything.

"Damn it!"

Just how deep is Chu Jiang's True Qi?

Such a terrifying killing Move, which an ordinary Grandmaster would need to risk their life to execute even once, he had unleashed dozens of times at once. It was simply unimaginable.

Chu Jiang's gaze locked with the gray-robed guardian's.

"This Move will kill you!"

The guardian felt the immense pressure of this strike. His previously calm expression showed fear for the first time, and he used every means at his disposal.

But it was completely useless.

Before the blades formed by the Blood Suns even drew near, he felt a deep, piercing pain.

"Chu Jiang, stop!"

"This time, it was my Purple Flame Demon Sect that was in the wrong. We will concede your subordinate to you—no, she was yours to begin with. We won't touch the Hundred Flowers Sect either. Just let me take my Young Lord away."

The gray-robed guardian, like a rat on a hot pan, shouted urgently.

Now, the situation was desperate.

He had no choice but to compromise.

"Screw you!"

"Is one of my people a commodity for you to trade? Die!"

Chu Jiang let out a roar. The Blood Sun Thunder Blades in the sky flashed with a blazing and brilliant light, each blade containing endless power of suppression and slaughter.

The twenty-plus Blood Sun Thunder Blades swept past with destructive force. The gray-robed guardian could not resist at all and was instantly swallowed by this overbearing power.

His body turned into a sky full of blood mist.

Not even a speck of bone remained.

Completely vanished.

The surrounding people watched this scene, dumbfounded, their hearts filled with shock and fear.

An expert nearing the Great Grandmaster Realm.

Just like that, gone?

It happened before everyone's eyes like a dream.

Young Master Ling Xiao was stunned. His guardian was the person in the Sect closest to the Great Grandmaster Realm, and his strength was in the first tier of the Grandmaster Realm.

Yet he hadn't even blocked a single Move from his opponent. He began to realize he might have provoked someone he shouldn't have.

This person was not only powerful but acted without any taboos, not caring at all how strong the forces behind you were or how deep your background was.

If you dare to be arrogant.

He directly suppresses and kills you.

He acted like a reckless youth, completely different from the other seasoned Commanders of the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division. They might have been three parts wary, but this menace would not be.

In the end, he was the clown all along.

Damn!

Before he could continue thinking, several Demon Suppression Guards brought over a long Spirit-Locking Chain, preparing to pierce his collarbones with practiced ease.

"What are you doing!"

"I am the Young Sect Master of the Purple Flame Demon Sect, you cannot... no..."

Puchi!

The cold-glinting Spirit-Locking Chain flashed like lightning, instantly piercing his flesh and hooking tightly into his collarbones.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream pierced the sky. Young Master Ling Xiao's face twisted in agony, veins bulging on his forehead, sweat rolling down like beans, his face pale as paper.

He dared not struggle; every movement was accompanied by intense pain that made him almost unable to breathe.

His eyes became dull, tears sliding down his cheeks, mingling with the sweat to form a path of pain.

He truly regretted it.

He had always been the one to inflict severe punishments on others, never imagining that one day, it would be his turn to be punished. Was it really this painful?

The three people hanging behind the horses were discussing the newcomer joining them.

Why three?

Because Gu Hongchen had been dragged to death on the road; a cripple who had lost his limbs simply couldn't withstand such torture. Only death awaited him.

Xiao Tianxiong looked at Jin Rilun and said with a grin: "Big Brother, our Collarbone Army has gained a new member."

Jin Rilun replied lazily: "This is just the beginning. In a while, these Spirit-Locking Chains won't be enough."

"There are plenty of blind fools!"

He wasn't joking.

There were always blind second-generation heirs or elders who underestimated Chu Jiang and paid a painful price.

It wasn't that they didn't fear Chu Jiang or know his strength.

It was that they were used to being high and mighty and would not bow their heads to anyone.

Unless your strength could completely crush these noble, powerful factions, they would remain as arrogant as ever, holding no one in their eyes.

It had been like this for thousands of years.

"Just like the stars in the sky, clearly shining in the night, yet blinded by their own arrogance, unable to see the road ahead."

A figure like Chu Jiang might not appear in hundreds of years. They wouldn't change the rules of thousands of years because of one anomaly.

"Big Brother, you truly deserve to be a Grandmaster. I feel your Realm is stronger than that guy who was just killed by the menace and called himself a near-Great Grandmaster."

"Aside from being a bit stronger, that guy couldn't compare to you, Big Brother."

Xiao Tianxiong said seriously. Every time he spoke with Jin Rilun, he gained much insight. This is what it meant to be a Grandmaster, unlike that mysterious kid beside them.

He hadn't made a peep since joining so long ago.

However, he admired the kid's temper. Being dragged for so long, flesh and blood blurred, half his life gone, yet he hadn't opened his mouth to ask for mercy.

"Alright, stop flattering your Big Brother. I know what my own level is."

Jin Rilun said calmly. Since being captured, he had indeed gained much enlightenment, but it was useless now. Having become a prisoner, he could die at any moment.

The path of life is long, but his path had come to an end.

...

"My Lord, are you alright!" Fu Yunxuan's voice was soft. Her hand reached toward Chu Jiang unconsciously, but stopped in mid-air and was pulled back just in time.

To unleash such a terrifying martial art, the cost must be great.

That scene just now struck straight into her heart.

She made up her mind; she would follow this superior, Chu Jiang, for the rest of her life.

He was worth following for a lifetime.

Chu Jiang waved his hand to indicate he was fine. His True Qi sea was a hundred times that of an ordinary Grandmaster. After breaking through to the Peak of the Grandmaster Realm, his capacity was no different from a Peak Great Grandmaster.

Never mind unleashing dozens of Moves; he could fire off hundreds of major ultimate techniques and still be fine.

"Commander Chu, thank you for your righteous intervention."

"I truly don't know what to say... If there is anything in the Hundred Flowers Sect that catches your eye, feel free to take it." Sikong Miaoyin's red lips trembled slightly, her voice filled with emotion.

Her emotions fluctuated violently.

Sinking to the bottom, reaching the Peak, being cast back into the abyss, and then climbing to the summit against the odds once more.

It was like a roller coaster, rising and falling.

Bai Ruoxue's gaze, however, could not Move from Chu Jiang.

At that dangerous moment just now.

Under the threat of the gray-robed guardian, she had thought everything would end.

But instead.

Chu Jiang stepped past her to directly confront the gray-robed guardian.

In that moment.

Deep in her heart, ripples surged. It was a feeling mixed with gratitude, admiration, and even a hint of imperceptible love.

It was very strange.

She had always thought the tropes in plays and novels were too fake. Why would a heroine fall for a male lead who turned the tide at her most critical moment?

Now that she was experiencing it herself.

The Purple Flame Demon Sect was forcing them aggressively, and no one dared to risk offending the Purple Flame Demon Sect to help the Hundred Flowers Sect. They had finally managed to invite Chu Jiang, this young Prodigy.

Hoping he could suppress the Purple Flame Demon Sect.

Unexpectedly, another turn of events occurred. The guardian behind them applied pressure with strength infinitely close to the Great Grandmaster Realm, leaving the entire Hundred Flowers Sect in despair, dead as ashes.

Just as they were accepting their fate.

Chu Jiang stood before her like a hero, facing the strong enemy head-on.

It was exactly like in the plays and novels.

But even cooler.

Reaching straight to the soul.

Perhaps this is what is called heroic spirit, making one willingly fall for it.

"Plays and novels, you truly do not deceive me!"