"Be my slave? Do you think I'm stupid? I can kill you right now!" Chase said sardonically."No! You can't do that!" Abel howled with despair.Chase punched Abel in the chest one more time. Abel's chest collapsed, and a few of his rib bones broke. He coughed up a lot of blood as his body curled up."Did you understand what I said? All that's left for you to do is to die!" Chase said coolly. He reached out to press Abel's head down to make him lose his mind and turn him into a mindless zombie.It was then that a few figures suddenly appeared at a distance. Among them was Hero, who had not been seen for quite a while."Haha! Chase Collins! You didn't think I was still alive, did you? Look who I brought with me."Hero laughed savagely. A few disheveled figures appeared from behind. It was Chase's sisters, Quinn and Lyana, the Sosa Saintess. They had ended up in the hands of the Secret Sect.Not only that, but Hero was using them to threaten Chase."Your sisters are in my hands, Cha
"Let Abel go, Chase Collins! Do you want your sisters to die here? I'll give you a few hours to consider this. Once your time is up, don't blame me for ruining them!" Hero grunted coldly.He waved his hand, and a few martial artists picked up Abel to drag him away from Chase.Chase seemed to decide on something. He knew that there was no way of escape. His only chance might be to use his mystical techniques. Once he used this mystical technique, he would end up in a weakened state for several days.However, he no longer cared about this as long as he could save his sisters. There was no better time to use this forbidden mystical technique."Kill Chase Collins!"Hero suddenly raised his hand, and a few martial artists attacked at the same time with swords in their hands.Chase roared and used the mystical technique. He was enveloped in a greenish-black light, and an eerie pattern appeared on his skin.The pattern looked like a slithering snake that was savage and evil. Chase's bo
"I admit that you're quite powerful, Chase Collins! But there's still a huge gap between us! You're not my match. I'll cut your head off personally!" Hero roared madly.His sword swung onto Chase's left shoulder.However, when his blade sliced into Chase's shoulder bone, only a chilling thread of flash was seen. All it did was create a shallow wound on Chase. It failed to slice through the defenses of Chase's solid flesh."What?" Hero's eyes widened in disbelief.Chase smiled. His body suddenly tremored, and he dislocated Hero's wrists. Hero's right hand released the grip on his sword, letting it fall to the ground.Chase reached out his left hand and slapped Hero. Hero's body shot out like a cannonball and crashed heavily in the mountains far away.There was a loud crash. His knees were on the ground, which cracked like spiderwebs under the impact. His body quivered violently.Abel struggled to stand from the crushed rocks. Half of his face was swollen badly, and blood dripped
He was protected by dragon scales.Chase's will to fight had increased to the extreme.He formed into a fragment of a shadow and lunged toward the Secret Sect's disciples."Die!" Chase roared and kicked one of the martial artists in the chest with a Steel Iron Kick. He flew several yards away. His rib bones were broken and his internal organs were damaged."When did he become so powerful?""Run!"The Secret Sect's disciples became scared. Chase had killed their companion the moment they faced each other. He was a monster!Chase was like a tiger among the sheep. Every punch he dealt killed a person.His punch rained down on them, and all his opponents went flying from the impact. Bloody mist began splattering all around as screams kept echoing throughout.These Secret Sect disciples were like nothing to Chase. They were too weak for him to be bothered.He was like a slaughter machine as he beat them down all the way. He was undefeatable.It took only a few short seconds for t
"Has he achieved the absolute stage?"The Secret Sect's disciples were shocked. The strongest among them was only a stage-seven martial arts overlord. They were walking toward their deaths."Kill me and the Secret Sect won't let you off, Chase Collins!" a Secret Sect disciple declared with clenched teeth."Won't let me off? Do you think the Secret Sect can still send powerhouses to kill me if I kill them first?" Chase grunted coldly. "Now that you've mentioned the Secret Sect, I'd like to see how powerful they really are."He took a step forward and instantly lunged at the crowd with his fists waving. The swiftness of his punches tremored the air.His physique had been pushed to the extreme. Every punch he dealt was like an avalanche. Two Secret Sect's disciples died on the spot. Their heads were removed from the bodies."Run!"The remaining people were scared to their deaths. They did not expect this young man to be so powerful.Chase's left and right arm moved in synchronizat
If they were being unscrupulous, so would Chase. Chase wanted to kill everyone in the Secret Sect and save his sisters.The staff led the way and they quickly headed toward a direction.A few hours later, they stopped moving forward. They saw numerous figures moving about not far away. They looked like people from the Secret Sect."Master, they've noticed us!" The staff looked anxious."There's nothing to panic about." Chase glanced at him. "Stay here and wait for me."With that, Chase moved forward with determined steps."Stop right there!" A muscular man shouted. "This territory belongs to the Secret Sect. All trespassers will be executed!"Six influential families made up the Secret Sect. These families were immensely powerful and mysterious."Get lost!" Chase ignored them and continued walking forward."How dare you?! You're a mere martial monarch ant. How dare you speak to us that way?!" The muscular young man was enraged. "I'm an important disciple of the Secret Sect. My
A young man trembled violently and turned to flee.However, a throwing knife shot through the air just as he began his escape, piercing through his neck.He screamed in agony as he collapsed to the ground. His body was writhing in pain.Moments later, two more flashes of cold light streaked by, severing the heads of two other Secret Sect disciples."How terrifying!"Everyone nearby froze in shock.In mere seconds, three Secret Sect disciples lay dead, killed by none other than a single young man."Run!""He's too powerful! We can't stop him!" The remaining disciples shouted in panic while retreating en masse."Hmph, just a group of rabble," Chase sneered coldly before striding deeper into the Secret Sect's territory.Along the way, every disciple he encountered fell swiftly to his hand. No words were exchanged as he killed them with ease. He was unstoppable in his advance.A short while later, radiant lights illuminated the area. They were dazzling and brilliant.Above the
The scene left the Secret Sect disciples horrified.Who could have imagined that Chase possessed such godlike power? Even the strongest among the Secret Sect could not withstand a single strike from him.What kind of monster was this man, and where did he come from?"Kill him!"Suddenly, a furious roar echoed. A crimson war spear pierced the sky, hurtling toward Chase with lightning speed, closing the distance in an instant."Another insect," Chase said coldly.He raised his hand as he caught the spear mid-flight. His fingers clenched tightly.A surge of overwhelming power poured out, and the spear shattered inch by inch, disintegrating into iron fragments before exploding into dust with a boom!A Secret Sect elder staggered backward, coughing up blood. His face was etched with terror as he stared at Chase, his pupils contracting violently.How could anyone be this strong? It was as if a god or demon had descended upon the earth."This is bad—he's far too powerful!""Retreat
As Clive had gained quite a lot, he decided to let it be. He allowed himself to let go of things. However, that being's consciousness began to open up to Clive, and that was when Clive realized how powerful the being was.It was one against the 12 Primal Treasures, and the universe was its target. It had existed for millions of years. The result of allowing it to take over was Clive losing complete control of his body. It was a projected image that vanished after Chase defeated it.However, Clive's body had been modified by it, and Clive's mind and soul were unable to control his own body. This was what had caused Clive to look like he was in a daze right after the match.Rania then used a mystical technique to transmit her cultivation and combine the powers of both parties. It triggered a lost talent within Clive that merged all of the swordsmanship he cultivated to form an unknown sword form that had never been seen before.Clive felt like he had been revived.He looked at the Ni
Inside the halved corpse, faint outlines of Rania and the coachman's bodies could be seen. They were twisted and contorted.Foul-smelling digestive fluid bubbled and hissed, corroding their bodies.Rania appeared to retain a shred of consciousness. "Cli... Clive... Clive... Help me... Save..."Her voice was faint, tremulous, and laced with sorrow. It stirred pity in the heart.In truth, even before she had spoken, Clive had already detected her presence through his spiritual consciousness. He raised his sword. His face was tormented as if he wanted to put a swift end to things. Yet in the end, he let out a long sigh and released a surge of true essence, pulling both the coachman and Rania from River's corpse.The coachman's cultivation was far too low, and his clothes were made of ordinary fabric. They offered no resistance to the corrosive and toxic digestive acid inside River's body.Half of his body was already unrecognizable, with the bones and internal organs exposed. His b
"Pathetic."The Nine-Sea Giant Squid that River had transformed into spoke with a human voice, then opened its gaping maw and swallowed her whole.The coachman, who had leaped off the horse the moment River transformed, scrambled and sprinted away. He was already dozens of feet out.Just then, a dark blur flashed past, and one of River's tentacles shot forward at incredible speed, snatching him back and devouring him in a single gulp as well."Disgusting. That woman tasted better," he muttered while slithering toward the carriage on his tentacles.Suddenly, an explosion echoed from within his belly, and faint glimmers of light shone through the surface of his body."That woman's protective artifact is so weak. Looks like she wasn't treated well in the Norths, after all."River examined himself carefully and found that it was indeed Rania's protective talisman that had just detonated. Yet his body remained largely unharmed. With some minor healing over ten days to half a month, he
Outside Light Divine City, Rania sat inside a carriage with Clive."Clive, say something, will you? You staying silent like this is really worrying me," she said while wiping the sweat from Clive's forehead and letting out a sigh.As a collateral descendant of the Norths, Rania's life had never been particularly easy. She had thought she had finally snagged a golden opportunity with Clive, only for him to fall into a daze after just one match.What was she supposed to do now?Everyone had witnessed their behavior during the tournament. Though some might look down on them, they would undoubtedly see the two of them as a pair by now.If she abandoned Clive at this point, she would surely be labeled a heartless woman.Just then, the carriage came to a halt. They had only left the city less than an hour ago and were still far from Universal Holy Land. Was someone blocking the road? Rania frowned and lifted the curtain.Sure enough, there was someone standing in the way.She looked c
Even though the match had ended, Lisa still could not fully escape the lingering terror.The slimy, wriggling tentacles covered in suction cups and jagged teeth, stretching out toward her… Such images were seared into her mind. The impact had been too great.Though she was a direct descendant of the dragon clan—an authentic ancient lineage and one of the top races in the entire world—she had been completely overpowered then.Normally, her bloodline would exert natural suppression over most others. However, at the time, she was almost crushed by another.She could not even begin to imagine what kind of race could do that."It tried to eat you?" Walter exclaimed in shock.As a great beast himself, he understood just how powerful the dragon clan's pure bloodline was.Even though the incident with the Lightning Dragon kneeling to Chase had dulled some of the mystique around dragons, it remained undeniable that they were a superior bloodline."For a creature to make a dragon feel lik
"Pfft, what Saints or Saintesses? They're just titles. They don't have any real skills to speak of!""Exactly. These so-called Saints who suddenly emerged probably got their status through shady means. The moment they enter a duel, their real strength shows."Amid the chorus of cheers and congratulations, a few jarring voices remained, and one of them was Rania's. Although she was a social climber herself, hearing the crowd ridicule Clive after his defeat made her deeply uncomfortable."That's not true. Clive is not like that," she repeated again and again. Those were the only words she could manage.Several in the crowd recognized her as the one who accepted a gift from Clive earlier and began to mock her."She's the perfect example of a shallow woman. The moment she accepts a gift, she loses her sense of judgment. It's pathetic.""Right? The truth is right in front of her—Clive is just a big show-off with no real skills. And yet she keeps lying to herself.""Hmph. They really a
Later, a certain senior of the sect discovered a secret technique of the Nefarious Spirits.It was to meditate on the image of a divine beast or an overwhelmingly powerful immortal being the embodiment of one's soul. As the level of visualization deepened, one's spiritual soul strength would grow accordingly.This method of cultivating Nefarious Spirits was a hybrid of corpse refining and body cultivation.However, while corpse and body cultivation focused on physical bodies, Nefarious Spirits cultivation trained the intangible—the spiritual consciousness and the mind and soul.After this discovery, they even improved the methods of refining corpses and bodies using it.When refining the body, practitioners would visualize fierce beasts like bears or wolves or celestial warriors, generals, and even gods. The subjects of their visualizations would match with their nature and temperament, making them their own Nefarious Spirits.Fallon's Nefarious Spirit was an ancient giant ape. It
As for Fallon and Carla on the high platform, they clearly sensed that the ominous gaze from above had lessened significantly.Clive, who was facing Chase directly, also felt that his seemingly unstoppable sword strike had suddenly stalled in front of Chase. It could not push forward any further. This shocked him greatly.After all, even when sparring with his own master, he had never encountered this sensation. His master had even praised him for his good fortune after obtaining a peerless sword and for mastering a sword technique unparalleled in this generation. If not for the looming limit of his life span and the need to break through to gain more years, his master would have wanted to cultivate that technique himself.This sword strike, which Clive considered to be the culmination of all his understanding of the sword path, was the most perfect attack he had ever executed since beginning his cultivation journey.Even so, this nameless opponent had forced it back with a single
Tania once attended celebratory events held by other sects, only to encounter top-tier demonic beasts on the road. A brutal battle left her covered in wounds, and she missed the celebration entirely, offending the host.At that time, her master's resentment had already reached its peak.That thousand-year-old wolf demon became the last straw that broke the camel's back.Her master unleashed Emerald Lake Holy Land's most powerful technique—Radiance of Emerald, Eternal Slumber.Heaven and earth changed color the moment it was unleashed. The thousand-year wolf demon gathered all of its cultivation but still could not withstand the strike. It was reduced to ashes in an instant.Tania once thought that the gap between her and her master was not too wide and that she would rightfully inherit the mantle of leadership over Emerald Lake Holy Land within a century.Yet after witnessing that attack, she realized how wrong she had been. From then on, she started training harder and more dilig