If Chase was right about this, there had to be a complete Crystal Lotus inside this great manor of the Hawkins family. There might even be seedlings that had yet to mature."Don't blame me for helping myself if I see one."There was a burning glint in Chase's eye. This spiritual medicine was rare and very valuable to martial arts saints.Chase reached into the air, and the Crystal Lotus floated onto his hand. It shone brilliantly."Is this all there is to the Hawkins family?"Chase glanced coldly and turned into a flash of light as he vanished into a direction far away.…Night fell.In the backyard of Hawkins Residence, Hoss Hawkins was seated cross-legged on the bed. He looked sullen. There was a cold and calculating look in his eye.Four martial artists were kneeling in front of him. All of them were seriously wounded and on the brink of death."Good-for-nothings! You're all useless!" Hoss roared furiously. He had sword wounds all over him, and most of his flesh looked min
Three heads were instantly stabbed with a hole through them. Blood splattered everywhere, and the wall turned red from it.Chase swung his spear again, and bright sparks shot out from it. Painful screams were heard next. Six or seven guards died in the next moment."H-How is that possible?"The guard in charge looked on with fear as he trembled. He fell limp to the ground.Seven guards were killed in one move. Such power was nearly impossible."I don't believe this. He's just a martial lord. Argh!"Before he was done speaking, Chase had stepped forward to hit the guard on the head. There were two loud cracks, and the skull of the guard, who was a martial arts master, shattered right away. Blood splattered from it, and Chase's shirt was splashed red."This…""Ouch! He's really fast!""He's so powerful!"Dozens of guards were watching this from a hidden spot. They were scared to death by what they saw and quickly ran away in all directions."Don't even think about escaping now
"Who are you?" Tanner was cautious as he looked at Chase. There was an air of danger about him."My name is Chase Collins." Chase reached out his right hand slowly and beckoned at Tanner with his finger. "Didn't you want to catch me? Come and get me!"Tanner was infuriated.This was an open challenge! He punched forward in attack.A series of muffled bangs were heard, but Tanner was unable to get anywhere near Chase. He could not even manage to touch Chase and was slapped to the ground instead."How is this possible?! You're just a martial lord. How can you be so powerful in battle?!"Chase frowned as he looked at the howling Tanner on the ground who was coughing up blood. "You're the current patriarch of the Hawkins family, aren't you? Cody Hawkins must be your son. Tsk, tsk, tsk. The Hawkinses are really disappointing."Chase had planned to kill every Hawkins family member. He wanted to destroy all of the highest-ranking members once and for all.However, he decided to give u
The lethal poison was cleared in an instant, and Tanner's mind cleared up. He looked up in fear and stared at Chase, who was standing next to him. He was looking at Chase in disbelief. "T-That was the antidote! How could you have such a pill?!"Chase ignored him and looked at the other high-ranking members of the Hawkins family. He said calmly, "How about all of you? Whoever wants to suffer in his place can step forward. I'll give you some time to think about it.""We admit defeat. Get lost right away!""That's right. The Hawkins family might not be guarded by powerhouses, but we won't allow anyone to bully us!""Get lost! Stop hindering our business!"Due to their fear, all of the high-ranking Hawkins family members began choosing to give in to Chase's demands. At the same time, they wanted to keep their dignity and began to evict him from the residence."Why didn't you just let me know earlier that you've already given in to me? Why must you make me dirty my hands?"Chase sho
Chase first took out two medicinal herbs, which were the Fiery Fruit and the White Spirit Herb.The Fiery Fruit and White Spirit Herb were grade-one spiritual herbs, but their medical properties were very different. Fiery Gin Root was a medicinal herb with fire attributes and possessed intense burning flames that could injure someone. White Spirit Herb had water attributes and could refresh a martial artist's body.A muffled sound suddenly came from within Chase. It felt like a seal had been broken.His body felt like it was on fire. Flames appeared out of thin air and enveloped his entire body.Wisps of green smoke began wafting out of him. The smoke fused with the flames, forming a misty cloud.Meanwhile, a strange epiphany flashed in Chase's mind. A mysterious flame seemed to exist deep inside his mind. It would take just a gentle touch for it to burst into a bigger flame."I heard that martial artists who consume a Fiery Fruit would go through a transformation. I wonder if th
The red veins gathered about his chest and abdomen and began to squiggle. It felt like a seed had been planted in his navel region.Chase could see a dim-looking seed there. It had a weak glow about it."Is that a cyclone growing?" Chase was delighted.He could clearly feel his organs expanding and growing in strength. The growth of the cyclone was contributed by his flesh, blood, veins, and bones, which formed into its current form. He would need to wait for the seed to grow and birth new life.However, birthing the cyclone was not easy. Only a martial arts saint could achieve that.A crack was heard coming from inside of Chase. Something seemed to have broken.The next moment, a wisp of true energy moved through his veins toward the navel region, and another smaller cyclone appeared on the original cyclone that was forming. This cyclone kept growing and eventually gathered enough energy to form a cyclone the size of a bean."Is this the cyclone that's birthed from the bodies
A group of men barged into the room. They were all dressed in black and had weapons in their hands. This was a planned attack."Hand over the treasure from the Hawkins family, young man, and I'll spare your life," the man in black, who was their leader, said with a savage smile."Hmph!" Chase's face fell. He did not expect someone to rob him of the treasure.There were seven or eight martial lords among the men in black. The rest were normal martial artists. The man in charge was a muscular person wearing bronze armor. He was a stage-four martial arts legend."You're not good enough to know who I am. If you're planning on robbing me, I won't hold back on you." Chase roared coldly and suddenly raced forward with a burst as he aimed an attack at the man in black.Both men collided in an instant, and there were loud clangs of their weapons exchanging attacks. It was defeaning. A strong gale swept through the courtyard."Run!"The men screamed in the courtyard as they began running
There was a loud crack. Chase's punch had gone through the man in black's chest. His hand appeared at the back of the man.Blood splattered instantly, and the man in black's eyes widened. He stared at this chest in disbelief, saying in a low, hoarse voice, "You…"There was a sarcastic look on Chase's face. He reached his palm out and suddenly gave a wave.The man in black's head immediately exploded. Red and white brain matter splattered all over the ground.Chase swung out another punch at the man, and his chest exploded into pieces. His corpse collapsed, and he turned into a heap of minced meat.He had been fighting with his bare hands from the start without using any martial arts techniques."Y-You killed members of the Hawkins family. You're dead!"The two remaining men in black were fearful as they kept backing off and shouting, "Don't you know what this place is? You killed them. The Hawkins family will send men to capture you to torture and interrogate you.""Quiet!"Ch
The blade contained powerful sword intent, and it sliced open a horrible wound on the Black Iron Demon Crocodile's belly. Blood gushed out from it.The crocodile roared furiously as it struggled. However, it could not escape as the blade had cut its veins, which immobilized it.Chase exhaled. He went forward and kicked the crocodile's head.A series of crisp cracks were heard before the crocodile ended up in a pool of blood. It was a horrifying sight.It was a martial nirvana beast, and even though it had been seriously hurt, it could still move. Chase did not dare waste any time. He took out some rope he had prepared earlier and wrung it around the crocodile's neck. He dragged it out of the underground palace."This Black Iron Demon Crocodile's body is massive. It must've consumed the blood essence of many human martial artists. I wonder what other surprises it has for me."Chase chuckled as he prepared to leave.However, that was when Chase paused in his footsteps and suddenly
The sinister and moist aura became stronger. Chase could even detect the rotting stench of dead bodies in the aura."Could there be more than one dead body buried in this place?" Chase contemplated this, but it did not bother him too much as victory was the only thing crucial to him.He leaped into the dark. Chase would come to some crossroads along the way, but he chose to keep going straight. The path led him underground.He had stepped into the tunnel for less than 15 minutes when he caught the sound of fighting. It did not come from outside but from below.He was puzzled and quietly snuck over.There was a loud bang, which was followed by the clanging of weapons.A massive dark shadow was on all fours in the middle of the underground palace covered in rubble. It had four limbs and a huge head. It had terrifying teeth and sharp claws while its back was covered with dark scales.It was crouching, and its red eyes looked vicious and violent. It could lunge forward and eat some
"Damn it!"Chase was enraged. He growled while madly absorbing the pure vitality and heaven and earth's spiritual energy from all around him.He sat down with great pain. He put his hands together to guide the vitality to condense it into lightning form.Purple lightning struck suddenly, tearing through the air and wrapping around the golden light.Chase's forehead was covered in sweat, and his entire body stiffened."This thing is tough to deal with. Why is it so hard to absorb it?" Chase clenched his teeth. The golden light contained incredibly powerful energy."I don't believe that you can take this."There was a cold look in Chase's eye. Thick veins throbbed all over him while limitless energy poured from within his body and into his hands. The energy gathered in his arms.The Might of Thunder and Lightning was an extremely powerful attack technique that was unbeatable.Chase was relieved to see the lightning and light vanish. Even though this was a powerful move, it exhau
"It's a voodoo bug!"The look on Chase's face changed. He instantly realized what it was and quickly waved his arms to release a raging wave of strength that caused numerous trees around him to fall.A swarm of green bugs, with each the size of a thumb, emerged in hordes. They were like swarms of locusts that filled up every space in the air.Massive sword flashes instantly sliced through them, and the bugs were crushed to dust. However, Chase had disturbed other ferocious beasts laying low in the forest with this move.In an instant, piercing howls were heard.Various beasts and birds came lunging at him.Chase's expression turned dark. He formed into a shadow fragment as he dodged the attack of these animals.He did not choose to escape because he could sense many wild dark beasts in this area.Chase had to get used to being in battle mode.That was the only way he was able to get into the rhythm of fighting the enemy while slowly training himself to uncover a combat techniq
The Sword Manual was extremely difficult to understand. Chase had spent close to two days on it before he could grasp the surface-level information it contained.He figured that it would take at least one month for him to be able to completely cultivate the first stance. As for the second and third stances, as well as the most powerful killing move, he did not dare to have much hope for now."I wonder if there are valuable medicinal herbs in this mountain range," Chase wondered.A sword flash brushed past suddenly, cutting off a huge chunk of a rock.Chase's eyes widened. He stopped and looked toward somewhere not far off.A dark, green venomous snake that was more than 20 feet long was slithering about, emanating a dangerous aura as it stared at Chase."A venomous dragon python?" A grim look appeared in Chase's eyes.The venomous dragon python was a rare snake-type ferocious beast. It was covered in lethal venom, and even a stage-four martial god would die instantly if he cam
However, Chase was not about to let him get away. He went after Thorn while wielding his sword.The sword's blade sliced Thorn's skin, causing blood to splatter everywhere. He was once again seriously wounded, and the slash on his chest looked horrible.That was a vicious swing of the blade. It had destroyed Thorn's core, and his basic martial arts skills were gone."No! This isn't possible…!" Thorn was chilled to the core. He fell to the ground and was close to death. His eyes were wide with disbelief. He had never expected to lose to a human martial god.This was a great humiliation!"The Black Feather Guards will tear you apart and turn you to dust!" Thorn cursed at Chase with clenched teeth."Exotic races like you are pretty dumb." Chase shook his head. "If I'm killed, your people will die with me. There are many factors to consider in this world. You need to be aware of the consequences."Chase spoke unfeelingly. The next moment, he lifted his leg and kicked Thorn in the th
"Scared? Haha!"Thorn threw back his head and laughed with a condescending look in his eye. "Human martial artists are nothing but ants. You only managed to obtain resources and heritage from what was left behind by your ancestors. It's because of mere inheritances that you think you're superior and know no fear. I'll teach you a lesson today about how weak humans are!"Chase grunted coldly, and the Thunder Sword appeared in his hand. Stepping forward, he lunged for the kill and swung his sword down.Weapons clashed, and sparks flew.Thorn's expression changed as he stumbled back a step. His arm was numb."The sword technique of a human is indeed exquisite. But such an unruly technique can only be used on low-level dark beasts. It won't be able to do anything to me." Thorn put his hands together, and a dark battle spear formed. The spear kept flashing with light like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.He moved quickly and lunged at Chase for the kill.The look in Chase's eye
"You shouldn't have left the sect like that, Chloe. What if the elders punish you?""This is all because of me, Kara. If I didn't leave, you would've gotten into trouble too…""Don't be silly. You're my junior. I can't stand by and watch you die."The women's words caught Chase's attention."Huh? It's them…"He raised an eyebrow, not expecting them to be hiding deep inside the valley.However, Chase quickly realized something, and a glint flashed in his eyes. He quietly said to himself, "They're martial artists too! Even though they're only early-stage martial gods, they possess the Energy of Drago Tiger. They must have taken some spiritual herbs and refined them."These were no ordinary women. They had a powerful background, so it was not unusual for them to possess some treasures. After all, a martial god had a long lifespan. Common herbs that were easily found would not be able to fulfill their needs."I don't care how unhappy you are, reveal yourself right now," Chase said
The lion's massive body flew off into the air.Chase lunged forward. His left hand was curved into a claw as he grabbed the lion's head. He pulled hard with his hand despite having a sword in his right.Blood splattered everywhere.Using sheer strength, he separated the lion's head from its body and flung it to the side.This caught the attention of many dark beasts that were martial gods."Huh? This human martial god looks really powerful. If we can get such a young elite to be our servant, we can make use of him for quite a while."Chase's slaughtering had crossed the line of most of these dark beasts.Powerful demon energy immediately burst from every corner of the valley. It gathered within the valley and formed into a dark chain of demon energy that came falling on Chase like a net to kill him.Chase swung the Purple Lightning Blade. The blade's flash exploded to every corner and destroyed the demon energy.There was a sharp look in Chase's eyes as he noticed something st