Chapter 1097: My Turf, My Rules

"Looking for me to vent your anger? Heh, you're courting death!"

Seeing Xu Que charging toward him, Chu Ao's face immediately filled with mockery and disdain.

Although he knew that every member of the Exploding Heaven Gang possessed extraordinary strength, based on Xu Que's current aura, he felt absolutely no need to be wary.

Even though his Six-Ren Earth Plate had been snatched away by Xu Que, the Six-Ren Earth Plate was a special low-grade Immortal Artifact; not everyone who got their hands on it would immediately know how to use it. Therefore, he was completely fearless at this moment.

But soon, the smile on Chu Ao's face gradually froze!

With a "whoosh," Xu Que gripped a sharp sword, releasing a powerful killing intent that swept across the entire scene.

"An Immortal Artifact-level sword?"

Chu Ao's eyes widened slightly, and his expression turned grave.

A cultivator at the mid-stage of the Human Immortal Stage, combined with an Immortal Artifact-level sword—his overall strength could not be underestimated!

"Heh, so what if you have an Immortal Artifact sword? I don't believe you can turn the world upside down. Here, I am the sky!"

A cold, mocking smile curled at the corners of Chu Ao's mouth.

However, at that very instant, with a "boom" of wind and fire, a pair of Wind Fire Wheels suddenly appeared under Xu Que's feet. They spun at high speed, his velocity surged instantly, and his entire body transformed into a black shadow, vanishing from everyone's sight.

"Another Immortal Artifact? And it's a flight-type Immortal Artifact!"

The expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

This fighting style seemed familiar; when the members of the Exploding Heaven Gang were storming the top twenty of the Half-Immortal List, this pattern had appeared on the competition stage more than once.

The only difference was that the person wielding two Immortal Artifacts back then was only at the Half-Immortal Stage, while now, it was a mid-stage Human Immortal!

"Damn it!"

Chu Ao was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face turning into a twitch. He cursed loudly and retreated rapidly!

Although Xu Que had vanished from their sight, the roaring sound of wind and fire continued to echo in their ears, thunderous and filled with killing intent!

"You bastard, return the Six-Ren Earth Plate, and I might spare your life!" Chu Ao roared while retreating.

His heart was filled with wariness; he already sensed the aura of danger and truly did not want to fight Xu Que head-on.

Of course, if Xu Que really returned the Six-Ren Earth Plate, he would definitely activate it to teach Xu Que a lesson!

However, there had never been a precedent of Xu Que handing back something he had already obtained!

The only response Chu Ao received from the air was the roaring sound of the Wind Fire Wheels, which made everyone's eardrums ache!

The current Xu Que was not the same as before. Not only had he stepped into the mid-stage of the Human Immortal Stage, but his internal Immortal Yuan was also incomparably pure. Even without relying on any external force, his raw strength alone was enough to rival many geniuses at the late-stage of the Human Immortal Stage.

With this strength, combined with the Wind Fire Wheels and the sword spirit-imbued blade, he could completely push the power of both Immortal Artifacts to the limit. The combined lethality would be terrifying!

"Whoosh!"

At that moment, several sword beams appeared out of thin air, manifesting right in front of Chu Ao without any warning.

"Ah!" Chu Ao, who had been retreating, was startled by these sword beams. He roared with all his might, forcing his speed to increase, and frantically moved back a great distance, narrowly escaping the attack of the sword beams!

Hiss!

Everyone present gasped; no one had been able to see exactly where Xu Que was or how he had attacked!

But those few sword beams were enough to make all the Earth Immortal Stage experts present turn grave, their hearts filled with extreme wariness. They could imagine that if they were the ones facing those sword beams, they would have already been decapitated!

It was fortunate that Chu Ao was at the peak of the Earth Immortal Stage, possessing sufficient strength to break his limits at the critical moment and escape disaster. However, a scar was still left on his face by the final sword beam, and blood immediately began to ooze out.

"What a powerful youth!" an Earth Immortal Stage expert from the Litian Academy couldn't help but exclaim.

They had no grudges against the Exploding Heaven Gang and had never seen them kill anyone; everything was hearsay, and most people thought it was exaggerated. But now, seeing this scene with their own eyes, they were truly shocked!

"This guy... it seems he really has some strength, but can he really kill Chu Ao?" Qin Xueru also muttered in astonishment, her cheeks flushed red!

She had originally wanted to make Xu Que lose face, but she hadn't expected this guy to be such a monster, actually wielding two Immortal Artifacts and wounding Chu Ao's face with a single strike.

"I'm afraid he still can't win. Although the Six-Ren Earth Plate is powerful, it has always been managed by Mo Tianji. If Chu Ao uses his true methods, that fellow Daoist from the Exploding Heaven Gang might be in danger!" an Earth Immortal Stage expert from Litian Academy said with a grave expression.

The others fell silent, offering no rebuttal!

Chu Ao was famous; almost everyone knew him. Besides being Mo Tianji's direct disciple, it was also because he had learned countless divine calculation arts from Mo Tianji, allowing him not only to calculate but also to scatter stones to form arrays, trapping and killing enemies!

This method of scattering stones to form arrays was different from the standard array path. The array path required array disks, spirit stones, or array flags to set up, whereas scattering stones to form arrays was a method of altering the terrain to borrow the power of nature.

With just a few small pebbles, one can instantly alter the terrain, naturally creating a deadly and perilous trap with infinite power!

"You bastard, you dare to hurt me? Today, I will make sure you die without a complete corpse!"

Almost simultaneously, Chu Ao had already stabilized his stance, freeing himself from the passive suppression. With a face full of rage, he lowered his palm and instantly sucked up several small pebbles, imbuing them with Immortal Yuan!

Then, with a wave of his large hand, the pebbles instantly turned into streams of light, shooting out in all directions like meteors.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

As the pebbles flew out, Chu Ao quickly formed hand seals, his ten fingers appearing to pluck at the Dao Rhyme of heaven and earth, surrounded by streams of flowing air.

"Oh no, he's started setting up an array, stop him quickly!" At this moment, Tang Xueru also reacted and shouted to the Earth Immortal Realm experts of the Litian Academy.

But before the Earth Immortal Realm experts of Litian Academy could make a move, the sound of wind, fire, and thunder in the air abruptly stalled. Then, Xu Que's figure appeared, riding his Wind Fire Wheels. With his palm facing outward, he shouted loudly: "Return!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Instantly, the pebbles within a radius of several miles, along with those small stones Chu Ao had just thrown out, were all sucked back by Xu Que with one hand!

Chu Ao's hand seals were just about to be completed when they were abruptly interrupted by Xu Que's move. The airflow gathered between his ten fingers dissipated on the spot, turning into a massive force that surged into his body!

"Pfft!"

In an instant, Chu Ao opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked at Xu Que with a face full of shock and terror, exclaiming: "How is this possible? You... you can actually break my master's Pebble-Scattering Array Technique?"

The entire crowd was also stunned, completely not expecting Xu Que to have such a trick up his sleeve; he had actually broken Chu Ao's lethal move so simply!

"Hehe, did you think you could reach the heavens just by messing around with a few broken stones? Sorry, I announce that from this moment on, this fifty-mile radius is all the territory of my Zha Tian Bang! My territory, my rules!"

A smile curled the corners of Xu Que's mouth, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly waved his palm forward!

Boom!

A loud noise suddenly erupted from the ground in all directions. Following that, the ground within a fifty-mile radius bloomed with brilliant radiance, and a powerful aura of slaughter permeated the entire scene!

Everyone's expressions changed drastically: "A... a Trapping and Killing Array? When did he set up a Trapping and Killing Array here?"

"Not good!" The many Earth Immortal Realm experts from the Ding Tian Academy and the Zhan Family seemed to realize something. Their hearts shook, and they quickly rushed toward the surroundings, wanting to escape!

Without a doubt, they remembered the incident at the Artifact Sect branch.

This scene was too similar to the rumors: also a Trapping and Killing Array, also a lone person, yet in the blink of an eye, he had slaughtered dozens of Earth Immortal Realm experts and countless Human Immortal Realm experts at the Artifact Sect branch!