Chapter 130: Severing the Golden Core with a Blade

Three Rivers Valley.

The White Egret River flows out from the White Egret Marsh; passing through here it splits into three, becoming three rivers that flow into Jia Shui Jun.

Therefore it is named Three Rivers Valley.

But now there is basically no trace of the river.

The shockwave from two Golden Core realm battles pushed the surrounding several li of land flat, turning the entire Three Rivers Valley into a lake.

"Do you really want to block me?"

A white ape up to eight meters tall coldly stares at the white‑clothed swordsman hovering in midair before him.

The white ape is the Golden Core realm beast king of White Egret Marsh; its strength and speed can be described as terrifying.

The white‑clothed swordsman's robes flutter, and the blade in his hand slowly flows with water‑ripple patterns.

He is the Liushui Dao, Chen Ju, who came to support.

Chen Ju's eyes gleamed with ferocity: "Not staying properly in White Egret Marsh, you run out to cause trouble, and now you blame me for blocking you?"

The white ape shook its head: "I just want to leave this place."

Chen Ju snorted: "Then just sneak away? You're a Golden Core realm—can we still stop you?"

The white ape fiercely beat its chest and let out a long howl to the sky.

"I can't just leave like that!"

"I want to take all the beasts of White Egret Marsh with me!"

"You of Great Wu just trap us in White Egret Marsh like this! Do you call that fair?"

"We can think too! Why must we be locked up in White Egret Marsh like slaves?"

"I just want to leave! I mean no harm! Open a path for me; I'll head east into the sea now and never return—how about that?"

Chen Ju couldn't hold back; a surge of fury rose in his chest.

"Go fuck your mother!"

"You mean no harm? Then the civilian corpses along the way—did I, his mother, hack them out?"

"I think the Wu Emperor treated you too well, even leaving you a piece of White Egret Marsh to live in. In my view, non‑humans have different hearts; you should have been slaughtered long ago."

"Also, you constantly talk about 'all the beasts'; I suspect the few deer and cranes you bring are your confidants. If you take them away, what about the remaining ferocious beasts in White Egret Marsh?"

"If you dare cause trouble today, tomorrow the Great Wu army will flatten White Egret Marsh!"

"Also, not leaving early, not leaving late, when the Wokou call you, you go? You don't even know what you're thinking."

"And you're still putting on a show of righteousness?"

Chen Ju said each word deliberately.

"You're pretending, your mother?!"

Every word struck to the heart; the white ape couldn't speak, the two white scorching air columns jetting from its nose showed its temperature was absolutely not low.

After all, he was right; they could have left long ago—east of East Sea Jun lies an endless sea with many deserted islands for them to live on, and White Egret Marsh is truly a blessed land, protected by the fortune of Great Wu, so it's nowhere near as bad as he claimed.

But he still fancied the precious medicine offered by the Wokou, unable to resist such temptation.

The white ape drew a deep breath of foul air, its aura rising steadily; seeing it couldn't fool Chen Ju, it also decided to go hard.

However Chen Ju seemed to sense something; after all, as a human martial practitioner, he had the advantage of yuan energy.

Without a hint of hesitation, Chen Ju roared: "Heaven‑Covering Water Curtain!"

Immediately he swung his blade, and a sky‑filling mist quickly veiled the entire Three Rivers Valley, cutting it off from the outside world.

The white ape's face darkened as it looked around at the water curtain.

"Your move is not bad against human martial practitioners, but don't you know our ferocious beasts have incredibly strong bodies?"

"This water curtain is just a waste of yuan energy!"

Saying that, he unleashed a series of punches that blasted several holes in the water curtain.

Chen Ju said nothing, merely frantically repairing the blasted water curtain.

After a while, the white ape also noticed something off: "What are you doing? What's your scheme?"

"Only noticing now? Too late!"

Chen Ju gave a cold smile, raised his hand, and the sky‑filling water curtain frenzily contracted toward the white ape, restricting its movements; the white ape furiously roared and smashed the curtain, but couldn't break free in a short time.

At the same time, the sounds from outside finally reached the Three Harmony Valley: the violent sonic boom and the terrifyingly intense sword intent.

Chen Ju let out a sky‑ward roar.

"Now!"

A terrifying blade light appeared in midair; Shen Qing's self‑created supreme art descended from heaven, its fierce sword intent seeming to rend heaven and earth.

In the next instant, heaven and earth fell silent; the wind stopped outside the Three Harmony Valley, the rushing water ceased flowing, and even the white ape stopped its howl.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Only when the earth of Three Rivers Valley issued a violent roar did the silence break; the ground continually split, forming a ravine up to a hundred meters long and several tens of meters deep.

Meanwhile, the white ape's gaze focused on its left shoulder, where a blood line gradually appeared.

Blood began to spurt continuously, and its left shoulder slowly slid off.

This blade directly severed the white ape's entire left arm together with half of its shoulder; through the crimson flesh one could even see its heart beating nonstop.

And Shen Qing's figure slowly descended from the sky, looking down at the white ape with contempt.

Chen Ju also laughed loudly: "Hahaha! Beast! My reinforcements have arrived—die!"

"Brothers! Let's... uh?"

Chen Ju's eyes glazed over instantly.

At this moment he began to doubt whether he was dreaming; no matter how he looked at Shen Qing, he seemed like a Grand Master realm cultivator.

"Whether you can fly or not doesn't matter! What's the deal with this blade of yours?"

One strike was just a point away from making this white ape's heart explode.

You have to know this ferocious beast is physically strong and highly defensive.

Shen Qing didn't turn around; he launched a black dragon straight at the white ape with a fierce shout.

"What are you waiting for?"

That roar snapped Chen Ju out of it; his face flushed red—he, a mighty Golden Core Realm cultivator, had actually spaced out in battle, how embarrassing.

"Nine Sea Pillars!"

Chen Ju gave a low shout, his qi surging out as nine water columns shot forth, tightly sealing the white ape's lone arm and two legs.

The white ape, about to strike Shen Qing, halted for an instant.

But that moment was enough; Shen Qing's black dragon had already blasted the spot where the white ape's arm had been cut off.

The opponent is a Golden Core Realm cultivator and a ferocious beast with terrifyingly high defense, so Shen Qing naturally wouldn't target other heavily defended areas.

Shen Qing has always believed in the principle of ruthlessly kicking the cripple's good leg.

The surging qi wave burst forth! The overbearing true qi relentlessly ripped at the white ape's wound; the heart, which had been barely visible, was now completely exposed to the air.

The white ape went utterly berserk, roaring as it broke free of the water pillars and swung a palm at Shen Qing.

By then Chen Ju had already closed in, blocking Shen Qing's side; he waved his blade, sending out a water curtain that halted the white ape's fist, and Shen Qing likewise leapt several meters away on the momentum.