Chapter 308: A Single Strike

Xu Chen turned his head to look at another middle-aged Danyuan Realm cultivator from Junwang Hall: "Do you also want to wipe out my entire family?"

The middle-aged man couldn't help but shiver under Xu Chen's gaze, which was as cold as an ice blade, and he stumbled back two steps, but he gritted his teeth and braved it: "This matter originally had nothing to do with you, Daoist Friend. If you stop now and apologize, naturally nothing will happen. If you insist on protecting this woman, Junwang Hall will naturally not let this rest."

Xu Chen laughed out loud: "What a 'not let this rest.' So this is the prestige of the fifth-ranked Immortal Sect in Shenzhou. It seems the word 'morality' is about the same as bullshit to you people. If the Shenzhou Immortal Alliance relies on people like you to uphold justice, I fear it will all turn into bandits and robbers; how can one even speak of the Dao of Heaven and Earth!"

Having said this, Xu Chen turned his head to look at the hundreds of onlookers gathered around: "What do you all think of what I said?"

The onlookers suddenly went quiet, then collectively retreated another few yards, leaving Xu Chen and the others even more exposed in the middle.

"Hey, what is wrong with you people? Could it be that so many of you are afraid of just a few of them? My Senior Brother is very powerful, he has already cultivated to the Danyuan Realm. Everyone, help out and attack together; we can definitely defeat these scoundrels from Junwang Hall."

Suddenly, a red figure leaped down from the second floor of the nearby teahouse and landed in the middle of the scene.

The crowd was in a stir, only to find it was just a pretty young girl dressed in red, holding a white fox in her arms, with an aura around the middle stage of the Zhenyuan Realm.

Xu Chen couldn't help but have his face darken.

When he first met this woman, she was in a white dress with an elegant temperament, truly like a fairy from the nine heavens who did not eat the food of the mortal world.

But ever since she changed into a young girl in red, her personality had unexpectedly changed as if she were a different person; not only did she talk much more, but her behavior had also become much more eccentric, and she had even started to become a bit gossipy.

Originally, Xu Chen was just saying a few polite phrases before taking action to accumulate some popularity for his own strike; once it spread, he would be able to stand on the side of morality in future conflicts with Junwang Hall.

To put it plainly, it was just building momentum.

After all, he currently had no powerful sect as a backer.

Furthermore, he had never thought that anyone among the onlookers would stand out to support him; after all, they were facing a behemoth of a sect like Junwang Hall, and the large number of cultivators and sects gathered at the foot of the mountain were basically small and medium-sized forces, so they certainly wouldn't dare to openly oppose Junwang Hall.

But he had not expected Ling Yuzhen to suddenly join in the fun and jump out to help cheer, with an air of fearing that the world wouldn't be chaotic enough.

Seeing that not a single person in the surrounding crowd echoed her, Ling Yuzhen immediately tightened her small face and shouted: "Hey, are you all still men? One by one, timid as mice, spineless and soft—it's truly shameful!"

Countless onlookers lowered their heads in shame, but retreated even further away.

"Hahahaha..."

The short and fat cultivator from Junwang Hall couldn't help but laugh loudly, pointing at Xu Chen: "Hehe, you saw it, didn't you? My Junwang Hall has a Divine Monarch guarding it, and even Taiqing Palace and Thunder God Hall have to give us plenty of face. You, a mere wild little cultivator from who knows where, also want to uphold justice? Since you are tired of living, today this True Person will send you to see the Sanqing Dao Lord. Remember, in your next life, don't be so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth..."

Having said this, he turned his head and instructed the remaining group of Junwang Hall people: "I will deal with this brat along with Senior Brother Qi. You all go up and capture this little female cultivator as well, and bring them both back to be dealt with by the Young Sect Master!"

"Yes!"

The group of Junwang Hall cultivators who had just been knocked over by Xu Chen's Protective Origin Qi surrounded Ling Yuzhen and Lin Qiu Ya together.

"Senior Brother, save me!" Ling Yuzhen seemed frightened, her face pale, and she retreated in a flurry.

Xu Chen was between laughter and tears, but he didn't want to drag things out any longer, so he closed his eyes slightly, and several powerful Divine Senses turned into sharp arrows and shot fiercely toward everyone from Junwang Hall.

"You brat, how dare you!"

The two naturally sensed Xu Chen's Divine Sense attack, so in their great rage, they each released powerful Protective Origin Qi, and at the same time, a large saber and an Array Disk whistled down toward Xu Chen.

Every Danyuan Realm cultivator is a titan of their region; Spirit Realm Great Cultivators are unwilling to be tainted by worldly affairs, so the Danyuan Realm is the strongest in the Immortal World, and each one can guard a region, truly the backbone of the Immortal World.

And the foundation of the Danyuan Realm's strength is their thick Origin Qi and powerful Magic Treasures and Magic Spells.

Once unleashed, there is nowhere to hide within hundreds of yards, and the momentum is monstrous, the sound shaking a hundred miles.

Right now, this is the location of the Immortal Alliance Assembly, and the surroundings are full of stalls, buildings, and crowds of onlookers. With three Danyuan Realm cultivators fighting, the terrifying aura immediately swept across a thousand yards, and the violent fluctuations of Origin Qi erupted with the sound of thunder.

"Not good, retreat quickly!"

Countless onlookers did not expect the three to actually release Magic Treasures and fight after a disagreement, so they exclaimed in alarm and scattered like birds and beasts, taking to the air.

The entire scene was in chaos, as if a pot had exploded.

At the same time, under the powerful fluctuations of aura, almost all the cultivators on and around Langya Mountain were alarmed. In an instant, dense figures took to the air, and colorful Escape Lights were as brilliant as fireworks; the entire Langya Mountain was surrounded by a patch of brilliant spiritual light, which looked truly spectacular.

However, just as everyone was looking in the direction of the intense aura fluctuations, this aura suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if someone had just played a joke.

"What happened?"

"I don't know, it seemed like Danyuan Realm experts were fighting!"

"Fighting? You're overthinking it. This is the Immortal Alliance Assembly, with dozens of Great Cultivators sitting in charge. Who would dare to act recklessly as a mere Danyuan Realm cultivator?"

"That's true, it must have been someone sparring with Magic Treasures or Daoist arts."

"What a pity, what a pity, I was ready to watch the excitement."

Countless people in the sky and on the ground discussed it; some were curious, some were doubtful, but more were disappointed.

The Immortal Alliance Assembly is getting closer and closer, and this grand event gathering over a hundred Immortal Sects of all sizes from dozens of countries can be said to be unprecedented. There are quite a few sects among them with grudges and hatreds, but recently they have all been well-behaved and no one dared to cause trouble, so there has been much less excitement.

Today, a trace of movement finally appeared, but who would have thought it was just a flash in the pan, ending before it could even get intense.

Thus, the tens of thousands of cultivators who had taken to the air looked around for a moment, then, feeling depressed, landed back on the ground and went back to what they were doing.

At the battle site, Xu Chen was still standing in the middle. The surrounding onlookers had long since fled completely, and only many bold or highly cultivated cultivators were watching from a thousand yards away, among them quite a few Danyuan Realm cultivators who had arrived upon hearing the news.

At this time, all ten members of Junwang Hall, including the two Danyuan Realm cultivators, were lying all over the ground in very twisted postures.

And they were all already unconscious, each with extreme fear on their faces, as if they had seen the most terrifying thing before losing consciousness.

Xu Chen's expression was calm, and he didn't even glance at the two third-grade Magic Treasures that had fallen to the ground. He turned to the dumbfounded Lin Qiu Ya and said: "Daoist Friend Lin, this place is not suitable for a long stay. Let's change places to talk!"

"... Okay!" Lin Qiu Ya snapped out of her silence with a start, nodded in terrified, dry-mouthed shock, and followed Xu Chen and the young girl in red as they quickly left the spot. Behind the three, the Ghost Spirit True Monarch came down from the teahouse and followed them slowly and unhurriedly.

And it was only after the three of them disappeared that a few powerful Danyuan Realm experts flashed and appeared in front of the teahouse. Looking at the Junwang Hall cultivators lying all over the ground, someone stepped forward to sense them with their Divine Sense, and their face instantly turned pale.

They had been nearby, and almost as soon as the chaos began, they had released their Divine Senses to pay attention to this place; they had seen almost the entire event from beginning to end.

However, from the moment the two Danyuan Realm experts from Junwang Hall made their move until they fell, it had not even taken a single breath of time. All the previous exchanges and conversations were more like meaningless padding.

The few Danyuan Realm experts had not seen clearly at all how, suddenly, everyone from Junwang Hall had instantly collapsed to the ground.

And it was only after checking at this moment that they discovered that everyone had suffered severe damage to their Souls, and had been completely knocked unconscious in a single strike.

Ordinary Zhenyuan Realm cultivators would be one thing, but the two Danyuan Realm cultivators were the same; the opponent's strength could be called terrifyingly peerless.

Furthermore, it was impossible for a super Immortal Sect like Junwang Hall not to have Magic Spells or Magic Treasures to protect the Soul, but they seemed to have been completely useless.

What was the background of those two young people just now?

The few Danyuan Realm cultivators looked at each other, their hearts shaken, and one by one they began to feel inexplicably chilled.

Because judging by the age of Xu Chen and the young girl in red, they were at most sixteen or seventeen years old.

At this age in the Immortal World, regardless of how large the sect is, reaching the Zhenyuan Realm is considered a person of peerless talent.

But it is very obvious that the youth's strength far exceeds the Zhenyuan Realm, and is not even ordinary Danyuan Realm cultivation.

Could it be that they are Disciples from a sect even more powerful than the Junwang Hall?

But the only sects more powerful than the Junwang Hall are the four top Immortal Sects: Xumi Mountain Taiqing Palace, Longhu Mountain Thunder God Hall, Qingcheng Mountain Spirit Treasure Temple, and Kongtong Mountain Xuanyuan Hall.

And among these four Immortal Sects, the only one that came this time is the Thunder God Hall.

Then the answer seems ready to emerge; only Thunder God Hall Disciples would have the courage to contend with the Junwang Hall.

But why has such a prodigy been unheard of during this gathering?

One must know that during this Immortal Alliance Assembly, the group of cultivators who have nothing to do and are full of gossip and curiosity have already thoroughly investigated all the news about the various large and small Immortal Sects that came to attend the meeting, and combined with various news and rumors from the Immortal World in the past, the collected and organized information is extremely detailed.

These materials are specifically recorded into Jade Slips by sects or cultivator groups for sale, with prices ranging from one to five Spirit Stones depending on the amount of content.

The content involves introductions to various aspects such as sect numbers, Magic Treasure grades, Daoist technique systems, Spirit Pill characteristics, introductions to great cultivators, rankings of Danyuan Realm powerhouses, and Zhenyuan Realm geniuses.

Furthermore, there is even an organization that compiled a Shenzhou Prodigy Ranking.

This ranking is determined by a comprehensive score based on various conditions such as aptitude, potential, cultivation, realm, and combat power of all young cultivators under thirty years old from the Immortal Sects.

Because there are too many cultivators from the participating sects, the data collection is very chaotic, and the final ranking is not completely true and reliable, but generally speaking, it can roughly represent the collective image of the genius figures of the young generation of various sects in the Shenzhou Immortal World.

(End of this chapter)