Chapter 136: A Severed Head

Unlike the others' worries, when Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yimin heard the black-robed man say he was confident he could kill Chen Che, the joy in their hearts was hung on their faces without any concealment.

Zhang Yimin even recovered instantly from his hopeless despair, once again revealing his arrogant and ferocious face:

"Chen Che, who did you say you were going to settle scores with just now? This Master has already seen through your Secret Technique; you will eventually die here!"

Zhang Sheng also had a gloomy expression and an arrogant, insufferable demeanor as he said, "Chen Che, I tell you, even if the Zhang Family is to perish, I will die with everyone knowing it, killing as many people as possible to be buried with me, and letting Shanghai remember forever that the Zhang Family is the eternal overlord of Shanghai!"

"You killed my son and grandson, so I will reward you by being the first one buried with the Zhang Family!"

Zhang Sheng's face was ferocious, and he couldn't wait to see Chen Che die miserably on the spot, "Lao Kui, make him die in agony!"

Facing the clamor of the Zhang father and son, Chen Che merely smiled slightly, then looked at the remnant of the Martial Arts Alliance, Lao Kui, and asked, "Do you really think you can kill me?"

"If you don't believe it, let's try!"

Lao Kui snorted coldly, his face full of contempt, rolled up his sleeves, took a stance, and his whole body surged with True Qi.

However,

Chen Che said something at this moment that exceeded everyone's expectations: "No need to try, you have already lost."

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.

Lao Kui's expression froze; sensing something, he looked down at the ground abruptly.

He was a Martial Artist, and with his eyes filled with True Qi, he could see the Array Diagram under his feet clearly!

"How... how can this be?"

Lao Kui widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Because he discovered he could not move, and even more bizarrely, he hadn't stepped into the range of the Array Diagram under Chen Che's feet.

Previously, through secret observation, he had discovered that the range of this Array Diagram was Chen Che's Absolute Domain; those dead Zhang Family Martial Artists were immobilized precisely because they had intruded into the Array Diagram.

At the same time, he also discovered that the range of the Array Diagram was fixed; perhaps there was a possibility of expansion, but combined with Chen Che's physical endurance, he concluded that Chen Che could not do it.

Even when he had flashed in front of Chen Che just now, he had deliberately controlled his distance, not landing within the range of Chen Che's Array Diagram.

Yet now, he was still immobilized!

"No... impossible, how did you do it?!"

Lao Kui stared fixedly at Chen Che and asked.

"You think you've seen through everything, but in reality, you are just a frog in a well! And who said that what you saw was the extent of my Array Diagram?"

Chen Che stomped his foot, and the Array Diagram on the ground instantly expanded, spreading to the entire banquet hall.

"So the Array Diagram under your feet was a diversion!"

Lao Kui suddenly realized; his mouth twitched as he realized he had been played, and at the same time, a strong sense of shock rose in his heart, "Impossible, with a Secret Technique of this intensity, how could your body possibly withstand it?!"

"Too lazy to waste words with you!"

Chen Che raised two fingers and shouted, "Absorb!"

The Artisan Technique was activated, the Array Diagram began to rotate, and an arcane character moved under Lao Kui's feet. The next second, the True Qi on Lao Kui's body uncontrollably overflowed from his body and flowed into the Array Diagram.

"No! No! My True Qi! My True Qi!"

Watching his True Qi being sucked away while being unable to do anything, Lao Kui shouted and screamed in a breakdown!

Others saw this scene and were stunned once again!

Chen Che's miraculous skills, time and time again, had already numbed the people present with shock.

"Go Chen Che!"

"Kill him!"

The guests who were originally worried, along with Cheng Honglin and his wife Cheng Weijun, were now beaming with joy again, their hearts filled with excitement, and some even couldn't help but shout out.

Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yimin, father and son, had their expressions change drastically; they had thought that with Lao Kui's appearance, victory was in their grasp, but they hadn't expected the reversal to come so quickly!

A strong sense of worry rose in their hearts again; they clenched their fists and prayed silently in their hearts!

"No! Give it back to me, give it back to me! This is the True Qi I have cultivated for decades, give it back to me!"

Lao Kui's eyes were splitting, his face was crazed, and he struggled with all his might, actually relying on brute force to shake the Array's Immobilization Technique.

"If you steal my True Qi, then I will perish together with you!"

Lao Kui raised his fist, gathered all his True Qi, swung it down like a meteor hammer, and smashed it heavily onto the ground.

"Boom!"

A violent, muffled sound exploded; the floor of the entire banquet hall cracked into gullies, and all the marble tiles were torn apart, lifted, and overturned!

Others were also affected; the guests let out screams, covering their heads to avoid the splashing and falling stone debris.

Shen Qi, Cheng Kexin, and Li Qingyan scattered quickly, circulating their True Qi to form a Protective Shield to protect the guests present.

As the dust settled, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yimin climbed out of the ruins, their faces covered in filth.

They stared fixedly at the center of the banquet hall, eager to know who had won.

Not just them, but others, after escaping danger, also cast their gazes over.

As the dust slowly dissipated, the situation in the middle of the banquet hall came into everyone's view.

Chen Che stood in his original spot, calm and composed, with True Qi lingering around his body; whether it was flying stone debris or smoke and dust, everything was blocked at his side.

As for Lao Kui, he was in a more wretched state. He knelt on one knee on the ground, his clothes covered in a mixture of blood and dust.

He raised his head and looked at Chen Che in astonishment, his face pale and bloodless.

"No, this is not a Secret Technique of yours; anyone who performs a Secret Technique will inevitably suffer a backlash. How could you possibly be completely fine?!"

Lao Kui had intended to exhaust all his strength to break the Array Diagram; once the Array Diagram was broken by external force, Chen Che, who was performing the Artisan Technique, would inevitably suffer a backlash.

Even if it couldn't be broken, if the Array Diagram suffered an attack, the damage would extend to Chen Che; it was absolutely impossible for him to be as unscathed as he was now, without even a change in his complexion!

"I told you earlier that you are a frog in a well; the sky you see isn't even enough for a small boat."

Chen Che walked slowly toward Lao Kui, his words hitting like pearls, dealing another heavy blow to his spirit.

"Wah~~"

Lao Kui spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at the approaching Chen Che; for some reason, his figure seemed so tall, so tall that he couldn't even see the top.

Lao Kui gave a bitter smile, and at this moment, he actually felt a trace of relief.

Whether it was himself, Luo Tianxiang, or the Martial Arts Alliance, being destroyed at the hands of such a person was perhaps an honor.

Because, at the very least, before dying, although he hadn't been able to see the vast sky, he had been fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of a corner of it—it was worth it!

Lao Kui suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "I admit that I was shallow and foolish! There is a heaven beyond heaven; it is no injustice to fall into your hands, but as long as I have a breath left, I will not wait for death with my hands tied!"

"Quick, stop him!"

Li Qingyan and Cheng Kexin shouted at the same time.

The others felt the crisis of the situation once again, all watching intently without blinking, holding their breath!

They saw Lao Kui's blood-stained hand reach into his pocket, pull out a small bottle, and pour out several purple Pills.

Chen Che's gaze sharpened, the Array Diagram beneath his feet spun rapidly, and at the same time, his figure flashed over.

Lao Kui's body froze again, the Pills slipped from his palm, fell to the ground, and were crushed under Chen Che's foot.

"Array Diagram..."

Lao Kui looked at the Array Diagram beneath him again in disbelief, filled with horror.

He clearly remembered that his full-force strike just now had already broken the Array Diagram; how could it still exist?

Was it that Chen Che had activated it again, or had it never been broken at all?

There was no answer!

However, this time Chen Che did not provide him with an explanation; instead, he pressed one hand onto his shoulder and easily plucked off his head with the other!

The head was tossed high into the air, tracing a perfect parabola, and landed in front of the father and son, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yimin.

"Thump!"

Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yimin both fell to the ground on their backs at the same time, staring in terror at the head that had rolled to their side, which bore the expression of shock Lao Kui had worn in his final moments.

Those eyes were filled with unwillingness and disbelief; under the gaze of those eyes, the hearts of Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yimin were completely filled with despair and fear!