Chapter Eighty-Four: A Reputation That Shakes the World

Chapter Eighty-Four: His Fame Shakes the World Again

This time, Chu Jie had deliberately chosen not to defend against Huang Zhengde’s attack. Only after the opponent’s strongest strike had passed did he suddenly unleash the Nine Suns Sky-Rending Claw.

He had already discovered earlier that Huang Zhengde’s Azure Dragon Chasing the Sun Fist needed to build momentum in order to unleash its full power; it could not be released in an instant. His own Nine Suns Sky-Rending Claw was much the same, requiring some measure of buildup.

The reason he dared to take Huang Zhengde’s blow with his body was precisely because of the formidable defenses of his Nine Tribulations Body. Without that physique, he truly would not have dared to endure it head-on. For an ordinary man, that single fist strike would likely have been fatal.

Chu Jie was merely gravely injured, and with his hardy constitution, he could recover quickly.

In truth, he had been gathering strength for his strongest strike the entire time, and after Huang Zhengde attacked him, that moment had been the best possible opportunity.

Chu Jie’s killing intent locked tightly onto Huang Zhengde as the golden dragon claw seal slammed into the Azure Dragon Chasing the Sun Fist.

Boom!

Because Huang Zhengde had built up too little power in his haste, the Azure Dragon Chasing the Sun Fist was shattered outright. A series of cracking sounds echoed as bones broke, and Huang Zhengde let out a miserable scream.

The scream was shrill and piercing, instantly spreading through the surroundings.

Everyone turned to look this way.

Wu Long’s worry turned to joy. Just moments ago, when he saw Chu Jie blasted away, he thought all was lost. Yet in the blink of an eye, such a reversal had occurred, filling him with delight. As expected, worthy of the boss — turning the tables so quickly.

Li Yao was also staring at Chu Jie. “Boss is amazing. When will I ever reach that level?”

The golden dragon claw did not stop after smashing Huang Zhengde’s arm. It continued falling, and amid everyone’s stunned silence, it struck Huang Zhengde’s head.

His head was smashed to pieces like a watermelon.

The nine blazing suns behind Chu Jie flew forth one after another, all of them crashing into Huang Zhengde’s body. Their main purpose was to strike his vital points and destroy his physical form.

With a succession of booming explosions, and under the burst of one blazing sun after another, Huang Zhengde’s body fell to the ground and was utterly silent.

Huang Zhengde was dead.

His subordinates instantly collapsed in spirit. A few knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, hoping Chu Jie would spare them, but no one paid them any attention. They were killed without hesitation.

The one killing them was Duan Kun, who was also growing more and more excited as he fought. He had already slain nearly ten experts at the Spiritual Merger Stage.

Wu Long and the others were in charge of defense, while he handled the offense. With both attack and defense covered, the results were especially excellent. After fighting for so long, none of them had suffered any serious damage. Even when their spiritual power ran low, they still had Azure Pills to consume.

Thus, their side had a much easier time of it.

And now that Chu Jie had killed Huang Zhengde, the outcome could be said to have been decided.

But many Spiritual Merger Stage experts still refused to accept it. The remaining experts gathered together, and there were fewer than thirty left.

In a very short time, Chu Jie and the others had slaughtered nearly thirty people in a frenzy, and that number still seemed to be rising.

The remaining experts wanted to flee, but Chu Jie gave them no chance at all.

These people had cursed him so viciously and even wanted his life. Now it was time for them to pay.

As the saying went: those who kill others shall themselves be killed. When they had hunted him down, they should have prepared themselves for the resolve of death.

Seeing that escape was impossible, the martial artists immediately joined forces to attack Chu Jie, but after Chu Jie killed several more of them in succession, they changed direction and charged toward Duan Kun and the others. Yet once they arrived, Duan Kun and the seven alongside Wu Long launched a frenzy of attacks. In no time at all, the number of these men plunged from thirty to twenty.

By then, Chu Jie had also arrived. After the battle with Huang Zhengde, his internal spiritual power had already been nearly exhausted. Later, after eliminating several weaker martial artists, his spiritual power had long since become insufficient. He took a White Jade Pill to replenish it.

“You slaughtered so many people. Heaven will surely punish you. The heavens will not spare you!” one of the martial artists roared.

At that moment, a vast whirlpool in the sky above the Abyss of Gods and Demons was expanding, becoming ever clearer. The heavens were oppressive beyond measure, making everyone’s hearts feel especially heavy.

“Noisy.” Chu Jie slapped out with his hand and killed that martial artist.

His ordinary strikes were already fearsomely powerful. Though injured, he was still more than capable of dealing with these men. Of the martial artists still alive, only a few were at the fifth level of the Spiritual Merger Stage, while the rest were around the third level, posing little threat to Chu Jie.

Though Chu Jie had been grievously wounded, there was no danger to his life. He only needed time to recover. And now, he had an intense desire to kill these people.

Under their frenzied slaughter, all of them were finally dead. Corpses covered the ground. As for Chu Jie and the others, Chu Jie was severely injured, Duan Kun lightly injured, and Wu Long and the others all bore wounds, though none were fatal.

In short, it was a complete victory. The injuries were not a problem.

Chu Jie’s Barbaric Wilderness Cauldron flew out and swept through the area, swallowing up all the corpses and bloodstains on the ground.

“Let’s go. Find a safe place and recover,” Chu Jie said.

The nine of them immediately left Windfire Gorge. In a while, more people might come to investigate this place, so it was better to leave first. Right now, they urgently needed time to recover, but since they could not leave, they had to think of another way.

At present, most of the Ninth Terraced Fields were being searched by people looking for Chu Jie. It was not easy to find a safe place to hide.

Windfire Gorge was safe enough, but half the traps were already gone. If too many people came, they would be trapped inside with nowhere to escape.

Moreover, it was easy to foresee that even more people would come here.

After some time on the road, they returned to the Wind Iron Forest where Wu Long had been taken in earlier. There, they could temporarily conceal themselves.

“Boss, why do I feel like someone’s been following us all along…” Wu Long said to Chu Jie as they neared the Wind Iron Forest.

Chu Jie frowned. “Don’t be nervous. If it’s only a few people, they’re no threat to us.”

Though he said not to worry, he knew very well that trouble was likely brewing. Along the way, he had also felt as though a gaze had been watching him. He had the impression that it was definitely not some ordinary martial artist, but rather someone else entirely.

In the past, there had only been one person who gave him that feeling: a true supreme fiend!

Chu Jie always had an uneasy feeling. Now that he was severely wounded, he had to recover as quickly as possible. He did not have many healing pills on him, but he had not yet searched the corpses of those Spiritual Merger Stage experts. Perhaps they carried some.

After reaching a secluded spot, Chu Jie used the Heaven and Earth Treasure Wheel to dig a pit in the ground, creating an underground cavern that could serve as temporary shelter. At present, this was the only way to let them hide in peace.

After covering the entrance with branches, they immediately sat down to recover.

Chu Jie sent his divine sense into the Barbaric Wilderness Cauldron. Inside it were now many corpses, all of them Spiritual Merger Stage experts.

After searching through them, he found quite a few things and then piled the corpses off to one side.

“As expected, the Spiritual Merger Stage really are wealthier. Thirty bottles of Azure Pills — more than enough. What are these white bottles? I’ll ask about them later.” Chu Jie held up one bottle. There were only five such white bottles, and each contained only five pills. Yet when he smelled them, he felt refreshed, as if they were some kind of restorative medicine.

Aside from these items, Chu Jie had also gained ten inferior-grade treasures this time, all of them offensive in nature. This was already a very good haul. Though he could not use them himself, he could reward others with them.

Then there were several hundred mid-grade profound crystal stones. Since these people had come out prepared to fight for their lives, they had not brought much with them. More importantly, they did not have cosmos bags capable of storing large amounts of supplies, so even if they had wanted to bring more, they could not.

These things earned Chu Jie another small fortune, especially the treasures, which would be very useful to the Mad Dog Battalion. It would not be long before members of the Mad Dog Battalion reached the Spiritual Merger Stage.

“Wu Long, have you seen this kind of pill before?” Chu Jie tossed a medicine bottle to him.

Wu Long opened the bottle cap, sniffed it, and said, “This is a White Jade Pill. It’s specially for healing injuries, and its effects are very good. This bottle alone is worth at least two high-grade profound crystal stones.”

As expected, it was a medicine for healing injuries. Chu Jie took out another bottle and distributed one pill to each person before beginning to recover.

The White Jade Pill melted the instant it entered the mouth, merging into every limb and bone, bringing a slight warmth to the body. With its help, Chu Jie, whose injuries had been grave, was recovering rapidly. The wounds on his chest were also healing.

His Nine Tribulations Body already possessed astonishing defensive and regenerative power. For another person, after suffering such heavy injuries, even with medicine, they would need seven or eight days, perhaps even half a month, to recuperate. But Chu Jie’s body had already recovered by half in only half a day.

As for the others, their injuries were not nearly as severe as Chu Jie’s, so their recovery was progressing very well.

To help everyone recover even faster, Chu Jie took out two more bottles of White Jade Pills and handed them out.

A day later, everyone’s injuries had basically healed, and Chu Jie’s own wounds had also recovered by seventy to eighty percent.

They did not know that during this one day, the entire Abyss of Gods and Demons had learned that two supreme fiends had slain one hundred Spiritual Merger Stage experts. Among those hundred martial artists were people from many different powers, and this immediately enraged the upper ranks of numerous factions.

“Find them for me. Even if you have to turn the Abyss of Gods and Demons upside down, find them!” Many faction leaders were furious.

One hundred Spiritual Merger Stage experts — among them even one at the seventh level of the Spiritual Merger Stage — had been killed. For them, the loss was immense.

In order to gather another force to hunt down the two supreme fiends, these powers issued a bounty, jointly offering three thousand high-grade profound crystal stones.

At the center of the Abyss of Gods and Demons, atop a high platform, a martial artist was posting the bounty, while beneath him stood a crowd of martial artists.

At that moment, a somewhat seductive man stepped out from the crowd and looked up at the one posting the bounty on the platform.

“I’ll go wipe them out,” he said.

“How many people do you need?” the man on the platform asked.

The seductive man replied coolly, “I alone will be enough.”