Chapter 95: 93. Killing Across Ranks (2/3)

93. Killing Across Ranks (2/3)

Inside the cave, Chen An was frantically scattering flammable medicinal powders from his Storage Bag.

In just a moment, the cramped cave was filled with various powders, forming clouds of dust.

Gang Leader Zhu, who was walking in from the outside holding a Changjian, saw the powders drifting toward him, but there was not a hint of fear on his face as he walked straight into them.

He knew Chen An was an Alchemist, and when he decided to pursue Chen An personally, he had already taken a Clear Poison Pill that granted immunity to all poisons.

The Clear Poison Pill was a high-grade Second-tier pill; as long as it was not a Third-tier poison or above, he could be immune to it.

And Chen An was merely an Alchemist who had just entered the Second-tier; it was obviously impossible for him to possess a Third-tier poison.

"Although this person cannot use Sword Flight, his running speed is extremely fast."

Gang Leader Zhu used his Divine Sense to perceive the situation and discovered that Chen An was constantly widening the distance between them, which made him feel somewhat surprised.

Chen An's strength was truly strange; he knew no Dharma Spells, yet his physical body's strength was different from ordinary cultivators, giving one the feeling of a martial artist who could use Spirit Power but knew no Dharma Spells.

"No matter how strong the physical body is, it is futile if one knows no Dharma Spells."

Gang Leader Zhu chuckled.

He immediately cast the Earth Escape Technique to merge into the ground, approaching Chen An at an astonishing speed.

Up ahead, Chen An was still continuously scattering various flammable medicinal powders.

Just then, he suddenly sensed a high-energy mass approaching at high speed from the ground behind him, and his expression changed instantly.

Gang Leader Zhu had caught up!

It was the Earth Escape Technique!

Chen An realized this and immediately stopped scattering the flammable powders, took out all the medicine bottles containing powder and threw them on the ground, then sprinted forward with all his might to put distance between himself and Gang Leader Zhu.

Unfortunately, legs were ultimately no match for Dharma Spells.

Before he could run more than a few steps, the next second, Gang Leader Zhu emerged from the ground in front of him, holding a Changjian, and said with a playful look:

"Alchemist Chen, keep running. Let's see if your legs are faster, or my Earth Escape."

"..."

Chen An did not respond; he turned his head and ran for his life, sprinting wildly toward the cave entrance.

Watching his rapidly retreating back, Gang Leader Zhu could not help but laugh.

"Alchemist Chen, run. Run faster."

"Cherish the time you have left."

"I will let you run to the cave entrance first, then I will use Earth Escape to catch up and cut off your legs with one sword strike, letting you experience what despair is."

Gang Leader Zhu held the Changjian and walked toward the cave entrance unhurriedly, letting Chen An widen the distance.

When he was unsure of an opponent's strength, he liked to be cautious.

But when he was clear that the opponent's strength was far inferior to his own, he instead liked to play cat and mouse, tormenting the opponent physically and mentally to make them feel despair.

A few breaths of time passed.

Feeling that Chen An was about to run out of the cave entrance, Gang Leader Zhu moved his thoughts and cast the Earth Escape Technique again, sinking into the ground.

He wanted to catch up to Chen An in a single thought.

To cut off his legs.

To make him completely desperate.

However, just as he escaped into the ground, Gang Leader Zhu suddenly sensed the airflow in front of him rapidly heating up and expanding.

Before he could react to what was happening.

The next instant!

A loud "Boom!" rang out.

An incomparably terrifying shockwave erupted from within the cave in an instant.

The entire cave was instantly filled with soaring flames.

The earth crumbled and the rocks split.

"This..."

Gang Leader Zhu let out a sound of extreme terror, but unfortunately, he only managed to say one word before being instantly engulfed by a terrifying sea of fire.

On the other side, at the cave entrance.

To be safe, Chen An had flicked a wisp of Pill Fire behind him before he even ran out of the cave, detonating the dust clouds inside.

The powerful shockwave generated by the instant explosion of the dust clouds blasted him, body and soul, out of the cave, where he tumbled for dozens of meters outside until he stopped after hitting the trunk of a towering giant tree.

"Boom—!"

"Boom—!"

Inside the cave behind him, two more deafening explosions rang out one after another.

They shook the entire earth.

The cave, which had looked incomparably sturdy, had now collapsed with a roar, becoming a pile of ruins.

Flames were still flickering among the ruins, and white smoke was rising.

Looking at this scene, Chen An knew that his act of taking out all the medicine bottles and throwing them on the ground had paid off, providing the conditions for multiple explosions from the dust.

"I wonder if that Gang Leader Zhu is still alive."

"It doesn't matter if he's alive or not."

"The top priority is to reunite with my wife and daughter."

A thought flashed through Chen An's mind to approach the ruins to see if Gang Leader Zhu was dead and if he could loot the body, but this thought was dismissed by him before it had even existed for a second.

There was really no need to take this risk.

If Gang Leader Zhu hadn't been blown to death, or even seriously injured, then approaching him would be courting his own death.

It would be better to hurry and find my wives and daughter to run away together.

"Cough... cough cough!"

Just as Chen An was about to leave, a few dying coughs suddenly came from the ruins.

He turned his head at the sound and saw Gang Leader Zhu, who had been full of high spirits just a moment ago, now lying on top of the ruins with his limbs severed and charred black, his face deathly pale, and the vitality within his body constantly draining away.

This was the result of being ravaged by the Dust Bomb, yet not being completely blown to death, having used the Earth Escape Technique to crawl out while on the verge of death.

Seeing Chen An, who was almost completely unscathed ahead, Gang Leader Zhu realized that everything that had just happened inside the cave was caused by him, and he couldn't help but ask in a dying breath:

"You, what kind of Dharma Spell was that..."

"... Swish!"

Chen An did not give Gang Leader Zhu the chance to finish his question; he stepped forward with an Instant Step and decapitated him with a single sword strike, easily ending his life.

He then quickly fished the Storage Bag from his body, stuffed it into his robes, and left to go meet up with his wives and daughter.

Not long after.

Chen An successfully found his wives and daughter.

As soon as Song Huaying saw him, she threw herself at him, weeping with joy, her tears streaming down uncontrollably as she cried and said, "Husband, I was so scared, I was truly so scared that I would never see you again, woooo..."

"Ying, stop crying; haven't I already returned safely?"

Chen An said in a gentle voice while stroking Song Huaying's head.

Gu Xinyue saw Chen An's charred back and immediately stepped forward to circle behind him to check, asking with a worried face, "Husband, why is your back all blackened? Does it hurt a lot?"

"Yue, don't worry; my back only has some scorched skin, it will heal on its own very soon."

"Husband, that won't do; hurry and take out the Recovery Powder for me, I will help you apply the medicine."

"There is no more Recovery Powder; almost all the medicinal pills are gone, as I used them just now to kill people."

"Ah?"

Gu Xinyue was a bit stunned hearing this.

At this moment, Wen Zhiyun walked up and asked, "Husband, how is the situation now?"

Chen An said indifferently, "There shouldn't be any danger for the time being. The Gang Leader of the Bamboo Leaf Gang, along with the five Elders under his command and several Deacons, have all been dealt with by me alone. From today on, I fear the Bamboo Leaf Gang is effectively finished."

"This..."

Hearing this news, the three wives and concubines all looked at Chen An in shock, their faces full of disbelief.

Chen An did not explain too much to them, but instead said, "Let's go, we will return to the depths of the forest from before. On the way out of the Bamboo Leaf Forest, we will stop by to save Fellow Daoist Shen as a small favor."

"Alright, we will listen to you, Husband."

After just these few simple words, the family of five set off again toward the depths of the forest.

PS: Setting out the bowl, begging for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!