Chapter 1398: Contractor

They had gained a new understanding of Chen Yu's strength; in their view, this brand was established between them and the contractor, and some parts of it were deeply embedded within their Soul Consciousness.

Unless the contractor was willing, outsiders had no way to erase these brands, but Chen Yu was different; he could bypass the contractor directly and remove the brand, which was almost impossible for others, yet he had truly accomplished it.

"You actually have the ability to bypass me and erase the brand?" Lao Qiao looked at Chen Yu in shock: "How did you do it?"

"It's not difficult; you just need your Mental Power to be strong enough, and you can easily erase someone else's Contract Brand. This isn't some big secret," Chen Yu smiled slightly: "The prerequisite is that you are strong enough."

"Good, strong enough." Lao Qiao could not help but nod slightly, and he sneered: "It seems you are no ordinary person."

"No, you're wrong; I am just an ordinary Dharma Cultivator." Chen Yu smiled slightly: "Aren't you also a Dharma Cultivator? We are much the same."

"Heh, I am different from you; I do not practice Dharma." Lao Qiao sneered: "My ability comes from the demons here; after obtaining their Demon Cores, I improve my own cultivation."

"The two before you have enough Demon Cores, so I intend to take their Demon Cores in the near future to help my cultivation advance further, but unfortunately, at this juncture, I met you. You want to take them away?" Lao Qiao stared at Chen Yu.

"Oh, yes, I want to take them away because I need people." Chen Yu nodded, and he stared at Lao Qiao: "Taking Demon Cores to refine them to aid one's own cultivation—this is a method from the Record of Bright Demon Classics. I remember this classic is a Forbidden Dharma, right?"

"That's right, it is a Forbidden Dharma, but so what?" Lao Qiao laughed.

He said leisurely: "Even if it is a Forbidden Dharma, so what? My cultivation progresses by leaps and bounds; compared to you people who practice by the book, it is I don't know how many times faster."

"Fast, so what? From ancient times to the present, no one like you has ever achieved great success in cultivation, because shortcuts are not so easy to take." Chen Yu said calmly: "So I advise you, while you can still turn back, turn back early. Otherwise, you will know what Heavenly Tribulation is."

"Heavenly Tribulation? I have never believed in these things, and even if they exist, so what?" Lao Qiao laughed: "For example, these demons before us, regardless of good or evil, when the time comes, there will surely be a Heavenly Tribulation descending from the sky."

"From ancient times to the present, few demons have succeeded in their cultivation. Those who fare well obtain a position in the Demon Realm and can be considered safe and worry-free, but most Great Demons, if they do not go to the Demon Realm, will be wiped out in the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation."

"So, is there absolute fairness in this world? It's fine, I am taking a shortcut now, and I don't think there is anything wrong with it."

"If that is what you think, then I can only tell you that you are wrong, dead wrong." Chen Yu sighed slightly and said: "The method you practice is not permitted by the Heavenly Dao, so... abandon it early."

"Abandon it? You don't know my current realm, do you?" Lao Qiao could not help but laugh: "Although I haven't been practicing for long, my current strength is far greater than most people's."

"So don't use your so-called Heavenly Dao to threaten me; I don't buy that."

"Fine, if you don't buy that, I can't control it, but you cannot touch these people hanging around in the bar." Chen Yu smiled: "Because I promised them I would not harm them."

"That is not up to you. There is no point in saying so much nonsense. Since that is the case, then today I will keep you here along with them." Lao Qiao sneered, and he raised his head to stare at Chen Yu.

"Do you think you can keep me here?" Chen Yu stared at Lao Qiao.

"How would I know without trying?" Lao Qiao sneered, his right hand grabbing into the void, and a giant blade appeared in his hand.

This guy's Cultivation was piled up using Demon Cores, which was very strange; the blade shimmered with a faint, ghostly light, looking very dazzling.

Moreover, wisps of chill radiated from the blade, giving people a feeling of great terror.

"Heh, nice blade." Chen Yu nodded, staring at the blade radiating icy coldness: "This blade was refined from demon bones, right? These demons are truly pitiful; not only were their Demon Cores taken by you, but they were also skinned and deboned to make a weapon."

"Stop with the self-righteous pity here." Lao Qiao stared at Chen Yu and said coldly: "Since we have torn off the mask, let's have a good fight. Why don't you go first?"

"I'd better not." Chen Yu stared at Lao Qiao, and he suddenly smiled: "Because I am afraid that once I make a move, you won't have a chance."

"Heh..." A chill flashed through Lao Qiao's eyes, and he said coldly: "What an arrogant fellow. Since that is the case, then I will make you pay the price for your arrogance. Watch the blade..."

With a wave of his right hand, the Bone Blade in his hand whistled, whipping up a demon wind, and black energy radiated out. Within the black energy, dozens of demon heads revealed ferocious expressions.

This blade was refined from dozens of demons whose Demon Cores had been taken. Even though they were skinned and deboned, they could not escape Lao Qiao's vicious hands; their souls were still sealed into the blade, becoming sacrificial offerings.

Chen Yu took a few steps back and pointed his right hand; Li Chen appeared. People like Lao Qiao were wild practitioners, and those like Chen Yu who practiced in a proper, serious manner looked down on such wild practitioners the most.

Because their actions had already angered both heaven and man; they deprived others of their Life just to boost their own cultivation, so Chen Yu naturally would not show mercy.

Hand raised, sword fell; as the blade and sword clashed, a loud noise suddenly erupted at the scene, the sound like a thunderclap.

Immediately following, the monstrous force surged in all directions like a hurricane, blowing everyone to retreat involuntarily.

With a 'whoosh', the scene seemed to have been ravaged by a tornado, blown into a mess.

As for Black Tiger and Qingji, they were shaken back a long distance, both of them shivering in this powerful Primordial Qi.

For people like Black Tiger, Dharma Cultivators were their supreme nemesis, and now that two great Dharma Cultivators were competing, if they were the least bit careless, they might be caught in the middle, and the final result would be to vanish into smoke.

So now the two did not dare to show their heads, fearing they would be caught in the middle; that was a life-threatening existence.

The storm at the scene gradually subsided, and the figures of the two appeared from within.

Lao Qiao held the blade made of demon bones tightly in his hand, but all the Demon Souls in the blade had disappeared; Chen Yu's strike just now had slaughtered the twenty-six Demon Souls sealed within his blade.