Chapter 258: Decisive Battle of the Fang Family (Part 4)

It is too late!

Before Chen Che could reach him, Zhuque spread his limbs and kicked Fang Jixian in the back, sending the latter flying straight toward Chen Che.

Chen Che slapped Fang Jixian away, but before he could continue his pursuit, Zhuque's figure arrived in an instant!

"Boom!"

Chen Che hurriedly threw a punch, but Zhuque easily grabbed Chen Che's wrist, pulled hard, and simultaneously struck toward Chen Che's face with his palm.

Chen Che's pupils dilated; the heat wave from the palm wind rushed toward him, as if possessing the power to overturn mountains and drain seas.

He quickly formed a seal with one hand, lightning attached to his palm, and struck out to meet the scorching palm wind.

"Snap!"

Their palms collided, and both men retreated, opening up distance.

Chen Che clenched his fist tightly, not letting Zhuque see his arm trembling uncontrollably.

Zhuque, however, did not seem to notice Chen Che's condition; he circulated his internal energy to regulate his breath, and his aura became increasingly surging, actually reaching the might of a Post-Heaven Earth Master!

"Hahahaha..."

Zhuque laughed wildly and unscrupulously. Clusters of flames ignited around him, turning into a flame robe on his withered body, like a fire god descending to the mortal world—yet he was not bestowing the seed of fire, but burning everything to ash.

Chen Che glanced at Fang Jixian, who was hanging on by a thread, and said, "So this is the true purpose of the Martial Arts Alliance refining pills. Others take medicine to improve their strength, but you absorb the True Qi of those who take the pills; that way, you can rapidly increase your strength without any side effects."

"The methods of the Martial Arts Alliance are truly even more disgusting than I imagined."

Chen Che mocked coldly.

"To ascend to the heavens in one step without needing to cultivate—this is something countless people dream of."

Zhuque's face revealed an excited, ferocious look. "Chen Che, so what if your talent is high? With the Alliance here, with the pills here, I can make you look up to me in despair at any time. And as for ants like your father, being able to die at our hands is a supreme honor and fortune!"

Chen Che's anger surged, and he growled, "Then I will let you see, who exactly is the ant? And whose honor and fortune it really is!"

Chen Che shouted loudly, releasing his True Qi completely. At this moment, he no longer worried about the Great Red Sun Poison in his body; with the help of Su Xiao's blood earlier, even if he went all out now, the Great Red Sun Poison would remain dormant for two to three minutes.

Now that Zhuque was a Post-Heaven Earth Master, if Chen Che still held back, he would only be able to display the strength of a Pre-Heaven Earth Master, and he would never be able to win.

Therefore, Chen Che was going to unleash his true strength for the first time in these two to three minutes!

"You still have my Great Red Sun Poison in your body; even if you use Artisan Techniques to forcibly increase your strength, it is useless—"

Zhuque's words came to an abrupt halt, because he discovered that the aura on Chen Che's body was rising steadily, even surpassing the Earth Master Realm, reaching straight to the Heavenly Master Realm!

"This is impossible?!"

Zhuque stared fixedly at Chen Che. "Even if you know Artisan Techniques, it is impossible to rise from a Pre-Heaven Earth Master to the Heavenly Master Realm. This is absolutely impossible! Could it be that you... you..."

A shocking guess surfaced in his mind, and Zhuque was instantly drenched in a cold sweat.

"Because of the Great Red Sun Poison, you have been hiding your strength all along. The Heavenly Master Realm is your true strength!"

Zhuque's eyes widened in terror. "This is impossible! You are only twenty-five years old, and I was only fifteen when I hunted you down. At that time, you were still an ordinary person. In ten years, no matter how gifted you are, it is impossible to reach the Heavenly Master Realm! This is impossible! Impossible!!!"

Zhuque's mentality collapsed; a twenty-five-year-old Heavenly Master was simply not something a human could achieve!

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao was also stunned, staring blankly at that back, feeling as if she were in a dream.

She suddenly felt that she did not understand this man before her at all. His strength was already beyond doubt, but what attracted her even more was his mystery and that natural gentleness.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe you have reached the Heavenly Master Realm!! This is impossible!!"

Zhuque's mentality shattered, and he launched an attack while clinging to a final shred of hope.

Zhuque roared, his flame battle robe dancing in the wind. His body began to tremble slightly, but this was not fear; it was the condensation of power.

He took a deep breath, as if to suck all the surrounding air into his chest, and then slowly brought his hands together, closed his eyes, and whispered an ancient incantation.

Around his body, the flames began to twist and became abnormally violent, as if they could feel his inner unwillingness and madness.

As the incantation was completed, Zhuque suddenly opened his eyes, which flashed with a violent light.

His hands separated, and a dazzling firelight erupted from his palms, forming a huge pillar of fire that shot straight into the clouds.

The center of the pillar of fire was pure white, while the outer edges were layers of red and orange, like a blooming flower of flame.

The pillar of fire rotated at an astonishing speed, forming a huge Flame Vortex, devouring everything around it.

Zhuque made a desperate gamble, not daring to hold back in the slightest. He poured all his internal energy and power into this strike, and his already withered body became even more desiccated, as if it would shatter like a dead tree branch after this blow.

The pillar of fire was like an angry fire dragon, sweeping across the entire Fang Family and devouring everything.

"Boom~~"

The explosion was deafening. The firelight illuminated Zhuque's crazed face, and he stared fixedly at Chen Che's direction, harboring hope and expectation.

However, things did not go as he wished.

The might of the myriad flames began to twist, eventually turning and being sucked into one spot.

The Array Diagram around Chen Che rotated and shifted, absorbing all the scorching flames into the array.

"Is this all the skill you have? Ant!"

Chen Che shouted angrily. The sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled; his aura had already moved the heavens and changed the earth.

Zhuque's heart beat like a drum. Looking at the pitch-black cloud mass, he was shocked to see a Thunder Dragon flying within it, carrying the power and majesty to overturn clouds and rain.

"I will not die! I will not die! I will absolutely not die at your hands! Even if I am to die, I will drag you down with me!"

Trapped in a desperate situation, a crazy light flashed in Zhuque's eyes, and a twisted smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

He knew he had no way out; only by turning everything to ash could he manifest his power and existence.

Zhuque's body began to emit an ominous red light, and the surrounding air became distorted due to the high temperature, as if even time had frozen at this moment.

He opened his arms as if to embrace the whole world, then suddenly brought his hands together and let out a heaven-shaking roar.

Following the roar, his body began to burn, and flames gushed out from the surface of his skin, forming a huge fireball that contained endless destructive power.

His life force was completely ignited at this moment, turning into the purest power of flame.

The fireball began to rotate, faster and faster, forming a Flame Vortex that dragged everything around it into its center.

The flames at the center of the vortex became as black as ink, while the outer edges were a scorching red and orange, like the fires of hell, devouring everything.

He wanted to use this final strike to prove his power to Chen Che, even if the price was his own demise!

Chen Che let out a cold snort, his hands shifting through incantations as he pointed toward the sky; the Thunder Dragon in the dark clouds swooped down, carrying the force of a thunderbolt, as if a heavenly deity had descended to earth.

At this moment, two figures flew out from an inconspicuous room within the Fang Family, each standing atop the two highest rooftops of the Fang Family, releasing their True Qi to protect the remaining houses and clansmen of the Fang Family.

"Great-grandfather, could that be a Heavenly Master realm expert?"

The delicate-looking woman among the two looked at the earth-shattering scene in the Medicine Garden and asked.

The other old man had sharp eyes; even from a great distance, his gaze still saw through everything.

He replied: "I am not a Heavenly Master, so I do not know if it is, but this momentum should have already surpassed the Earth Master realm; it is just that the aura is unstable, and after this strike, there will be no strength left to sustain it."

"Hmph, if that's the case, then there's no need to fear them!"

The woman furrowed her delicate brows, her face full of displeasure:

"Two outsiders coming to our Fang Family to fight, killing so many of our people and destroying so many houses—I must make them pay dearly!"

Inside the Medicine Garden.

The fireball finally erupted, and the countless tongues of flame it transformed into merged into one, sweeping toward Chen Che alone.

Wherever the tongues of flame passed, everything was burned to ashes, and even the air crackled under the high temperature.

Chen Che's expression was calm; he took a deep breath and whispered: "Quaking Thunder: Dragon Snake!"

The Thunder Dragon roared wildly at the sky, launching a swift attack to meet the surging tongues of flame.

"Crack!"

A blinding white light illuminated the horizon, and the next second, a thunderclap erupted.

"Boom—boom—"

An explosion capable of destroying everything swept over, spreading in all directions with a force that crushed everything in its path.

……… "Thank you to all the readers who have been following along. August was too busy, and despite my best efforts, I still ran out of saved chapters. There are a bunch of troublesome matters in September, so there will only be one chapter per day this month. I will finish the things on my hands as soon as possible, sort out my thoughts, and save up some chapters to better reward everyone.

Once again, I sincerely thank everyone for your support!!!"