288: Chapter 288 Poor acting skills, slapped away

Su Xuanchen looked at Old Ancestor Blood Saber's wrinkled face as he tried to squeeze out a flattering smile, listening to him boastfully claim to be "kindred spirits" with the Ancient Empress, and he almost wanted to laugh out loud.

He naturally knew this old dog was full of it. An evil cultivator who practiced a Blood Dao Demonic Technique and was covered in the aura of corruption—it would be an act of mercy if the Empress didn't slap him to death, let alone be kindred spirits. It was the joke of the century.

But Su Xuanchen didn't expose him on the spot. A playful glint flashed in his deep eyes. Since this old thing wanted to act, he would play along; he could use the old man's hands to open the Formation leading to the Core Divine Treasury, saving himself the effort of cracking it.

"Oh? So you and the Empress have that kind of relationship." Su Xuanchen raised an eyebrow and feigned a look of sudden realization, nonchalantly withdrawing the oppressive Immortal-Demon pressure from his body. "Since you're the gatekeeper arranged by the Empress, then you're one of us. Enough nonsense, hurry up and open the sealing Restriction to the Core Divine Treasury. As long as there really are the treasures you mentioned inside, you'll get your share of benefits."

Hearing Su Xuanchen's words, a flash of malicious ecstasy and ridicule instantly crossed Old Ancestor Blood Saber's lowered eyes.

"Hahaha! A greenhorn is just a greenhorn! He has a Heaven-Defying Physique and brute force, but his brain is as stupid as a pig's!" Old Ancestor Blood Saber mocked wildly in his heart, feeling overjoyed. "A few lies were enough to fool this naive idiot! Once I capture those three women and have the leverage to blackmail you, let's see if you still dare to be so arrogant before me! Your Physical Body, your treasure cauldron—they'll all be mine!"

Despite the frantic cursing and plotting in his heart, Old Ancestor Blood Saber appeared extremely respectful on the surface, nodding and bowing like an obedient lapdog.

"Yes, yes, yes! Young hero is wise! This old man will open the Divine Treasury Grand Formation for you right now, ensuring you return with a full harvest!"

Old Ancestor Blood Saber turned around, dragging his withered body that had been battered by Su Xuanchen's single finger, and limped toward an ancient stone wall deep within the Killing Temple.

His withered hands began to form extremely complex Seals while he muttered under his breath. With his movements, the corrupt grey mist that Su Xuanchen had previously dispersed began to silently seep from the ground again, gradually enveloping the empty Killing Temple.

Gu Hongchen stood beneath the myriad things mother qi cauldron, her beautiful face filled with extreme gravity. She didn't believe for a second that this old monster would be obedient. She gripped the biluo emperor sword tightly, pushing her True Immortal Realm Divine Sense to its absolute limit, standing ready.

"Old Ancestor Su, be careful of a trick! Something is wrong with this mist!" Gu Hongchen warned loudly, her beautiful eyes staring intently into the depths of the mist.

The Ice Spirit Snow Ape King was also so terrified that its white fur stood on end. Its massive body shrank into the protection of the treasure cauldron, not even daring to breathe loudly.

However, Old Ancestor Blood Saber's sneak attack was far too sudden and far too insidious!

Using the absolute concealment of the thick grey mist, he instantly hid his form. Even Gu Hongchen's sharp True Immortal Divine Sense failed to capture his bizarre movement trajectory!

"Jie jie jie! Die for me!"

A piercing laugh, filled with brutality and extreme triumph, exploded without warning from directly behind the three women, including Gu Hongchen and Ji Luanxi!

Like a life-taking wraith crawling out of the Nine Nether Hell, Old Ancestor Blood Saber instantly appeared behind the three women!

His sunken blood-red eyes were filled with ferocity and madness as his hands tightly gripped the dark red blood fiend raging saber, and the remaining Immortal King Origin in his body burned without reservation!

"Blood Fury Slash!"

Old Ancestor Blood Saber let out a hysterical roar and swung his raging saber, carrying a terrifying, murderous aura that seemed capable of cleaving through the ages, straight at the myriad things mother qi cauldron hovering above everyone!

BOOM—!!!

A terrifying saber light, mixed with extreme corruption and blood-fiend energy, struck the body of the myriad things mother qi cauldron solidly!

The massive sound shook heaven and earth, and the entire Underground Killing Temple seemed as if it would completely collapse under this strike, as countless huge boulders fell frantically!

Although the myriad things mother qi cauldron was an Immortal King Treasure Artifact and indestructible, this was, after all, a desperate sneak attack from an Immortal King. Hit by this terrifying force, the treasure cauldron let out a dull hum, and the descending mysterious yellow mother qi vibrated violently. The entire massive cauldron was actually knocked flying, crashing heavily into the distant ruins!

With the treasure cauldron knocked away, Gu Hongchen, Ji Luanxi, and Chang Xiyue instantly lost their strongest protection!

"Not good!" Gu Hongchen's eyes nearly burst as she immediately raised the biluo emperor sword to counterattack.

But Old Ancestor Blood Saber was too fast, and his pressure was too strong!

"Hahahahaha! You brat! Did you really think I would obediently open the door for you?! How naive!"

Having succeeded in his strike, Old Ancestor Blood Saber was overjoyed to see the three women without protection, his triumph reaching its peak.

His face, like old tree bark, was filled with a perverted fanaticism. His withered right hand transformed into a massive blood claw emitting a foul stench, and he lunged ferociously at the three women, intending to seize them as hostages in one go!

"Once I have you, that kid will have to kneel on the ground and kowtow to me!"

Old Ancestor Blood Saber trembled with excitement. His terrifying blood claw was less than half a foot away from Ji Luanxi's fair neck!

Ji Luanxi was pale with fright, her watery eyes filled with despair, unable to even let out a scream. Gu Hongchen tried desperately to swing her sword, but she was pinned down by Old Ancestor Blood Saber's Immortal King pressure and couldn't make it in time.

Just at the critical moment when Old Ancestor Blood Saber thought his grand plan had succeeded and he was about to turn the tables!

"Old dog, do you think you're being funny?"

A cold voice, laced with endless mockery and extreme frigidity, rang out abruptly in Old Ancestor Blood Saber's ear like the whisper of a death god!

The voice was right beside him, as if someone were speaking right into his ear!

Old Ancestor Blood Saber's body suddenly froze, his heart completely stopped beating, and a bone-chilling cold rushed from his spine straight to the crown of his head.

"What?!"

As an Immortal King, he hadn't noticed at all when Su Xuanchen had approached!

Before Old Ancestor Blood Saber could even turn his head, and before the triumph and fanaticism in his eyes could even dissipate—

SLAP—!!!

An incredibly crisp, loud slap, enough to shatter the stars of the Nine Heavens, exploded within the silent Killing Temple!

The sound of the slap resonated in all directions, its echoes endless!

Su Xuanchen didn't even spare him a glance. He nonchalantly delivered a backhand slap, landing it solidly and ruthlessly on Old Ancestor Blood Saber's wrinkled face!

This slap seemed casual, as if swatting away an annoying fly.

But the power contained within was terrifying enough to destroy a Star Domain! The power of the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body and the Chaos Immortal Bone erupted from his palm!

"Pfft—!"

Half of Old Ancestor Blood Saber's face was instantly slapped into a complete collapse. A mouthful of yellowed teeth, mixed with foul black blood, sprayed out like scattered flower petals!

His withered body, before this irresistible and terrifying force, was more pathetic than a kite with a broken string. He spun frantically in the air hundreds of times like a top before being brutally sent flying!

Not only that!

The Immortal-Demon Power contained in Su Xuanchen's slap was like an overwhelming storm of destruction, domineeringly surging into Old Ancestor Blood Saber's body!

"Crack crack crack!"

The Immortal power within Old Ancestor Blood Saber, which he took pride in and which was comparable to the Immortal King Realm, actually shattered inch by inch like fragile glass and completely dissipated under the impact of this force!

His massive blood claw, which had been about to touch Ji Luanxi, also exploded into a mist of blood under the aftershock of the slap, vanishing completely!

As the gale subsided, the surrounding grey mist was completely dispersed by the Immortal-Demon Aurora on Su Xuanchen's body.

Su Xuanchen, dressed in white, slowly emerged from the mist. He stood before the three women, casually dusting off his hands, his expression extremely calm as if he had truly just swatted away an insignificant fly.

"With your brain, you think you're worthy of playing double agent in front of me?"

Su Xuanchen looked at the sent-flying Old Ancestor Blood Saber, his lips curling into a wicked sneer as he mocked him mercilessly.

"Your clumsy acting wouldn't even fool a three-year-old. And that old face of yours—your smile is more disgusting than rotten mud in a latrine. I've been putting up with you for a long time."

Gu Hongchen looked at Su Xuanchen standing before her, panting heavily, her beautiful face filled with extreme shock and lingering fear.

"One slap... he directly slapped away an Immortal King's counterattack?!" Gu Hongchen gulped, her gaze toward Su Xuanchen completely as if she were looking at an unreasonable monster.

Ji Luanxi excitedly lunged forward, hugging Su Xuanchen's arm tightly, her face flushed red. "Husband is too amazing! That ugly freak scared me to death!"

In the distance.

BOOM!

Old Ancestor Blood Saber's body was like a cannonball, slamming heavily into the hard stone wall at the edge of the Killing Temple. The terrifying impact directly embedded him into the wall, creating a massive human-shaped crater as rubble fell frantically.

"Cough cough..."

Old Ancestor Blood Saber struggled to slide down from the wall, falling heavily onto the cold ground.

His appearance was now pathetic to the extreme. Half of his facial bones were completely crushed, and his Meridians were severed. What made him even more desperate was that the Immortal power he relied on for survival had been completely shattered by Su Xuanchen's slap. His consciousness was now muddled, and he couldn't even circulate a sliver of power!

"How... how can this be..."

Old Ancestor Blood Saber slumped on the ground, his blood-red eyes filled with blankness and despair. His proud sneak attack and his supposedly flawless scheme couldn't even withstand a single slap from this man!

Before he could recover from this extreme horror—

Su Xuanchen's figure was like a ghost, instantly crossing hundreds of yards to appear right in front of Old Ancestor Blood Saber.

Su Xuanchen's gaze was cold to the extreme, without any nonsense.

He stepped forward brutally, his right hand like iron pincers, tightly gripping Old Ancestor Blood Saber's withered neck!

"Ugh!"

Old Ancestor Blood Saber let out a muffled groan of pain.

Su Xuanchen exerted force with one hand, lifting this Immortal King who once dominated the heavens like a dead dog, holding him high in the air in extreme humiliation!

With his feet off the ground, a strong sense of suffocation instantly flooded Old Ancestor Blood Saber's nerves.

His deeply sunken blood-red eyes locked onto Su Xuanchen's deep, cold Immortal-Demon Pupils, which radiated the will of an absolute Dominator.

In that instant.

The fear in Old Ancestor Blood Saber's heart was like the Nine Nether Yellow Springs bursting its banks, frantically washing over his Soul and reaching its absolute peak. He had never feared a person so much.