High above.
Air currents swirled, and the colossal hand that blotted out the sky shielded the private jet.
The attacks from below were all nullified.
Chen Jiuyang stepped out of the plane, letting the Hongmen pilot leave and fly on a normal schedule.
Loneliness loomed at such heights. Chen Jiuyang slowly revealed his true appearance.
At this moment, twenty formidable auras of peak experts surged towards the sky!
The meticulously prepared, ultimate killing tribulation targeting Chen Jiuyang commenced!
It encompassed the Immortal Dao, Martial Dao, supernatural abilities, and the Way of the Blade!
Chen Jiuyang, with his tall and slender frame, faced the powerful auras erupting from all directions with an unperturbed expression. His eyes swept across them, naming each one:
"The Five Great Sacred Lands, five half-step Dao Integration stage cultivators, five elders and prodigies at the late stage of the Venerable Realm."
"Kunlun, Mu Yunhai, Xu Dengtian; Forbidden City, Xia Yunzhui, Jia Fusheng; Baiyujing, Duan Longguang, Qi Shanhe; Penglai, Jin Gongque, Fang Wuhhan; Shushan, Chen Rushen, Zhao Qian'an."
Mu Yunhai, Xia Yunzhui, Duan Longguang, Jin Gongque, and Chen Rushen were all prodigies who had made it onto the Mountains and Rivers Ranking.
Among them, Jia Fusheng was someone Chen Jiuyang had met several times; he was the grandfather of Jia Fu Ben.
"Sakurai Tenyunkawa, Katada Shuichiro, James."
"Solomon, Andre, Joshua."
"You truly think highly of me to set up such a deadly trap."
Chen Jiuyang's gaze turned icy, settling on the last person. His chilling voice, tinged with a hint of mockery, rang out:
"Taren..."
"I spared your life last time, and yet you appear here before your wounds have fully healed. It seems I was too merciful and tolerant. Very well, I shall send you on your way today."
Taren radiated divine light, his eyes filled with killing intent fixed on Chen Jiuyang:
"You are far too arrogant, believing you can still leave alive under such a killing formation?!"
"Do you think you are an omnipotent god? No, you are just like us, merely a martial artist, albeit slightly stronger."
"Slightly stronger?"
Chen Jiuyang chuckled softly and replied, "Do you truly believe that you, all by yourselves, can keep me here?"
"Hahahahahaha!"
That laughter, shaking the sea of clouds, echoed from the sky:
"You overestimate yourselves."
"Or perhaps, you underestimate me too much?"
"How many here are my defeated foes?"
Taren, James, Sakurai Tenyunkawa, and Katada Shuichiro's expressions darkened, their killing intent surging even more fiercely.
However, without the consent of the Five Great Sacred Lands, they could not act yet.
"Alas," Jia Fusheng, clad in a wide, flamboyant red robe, stood in the sky and looked at Chen Jiuyang, saying, "Kid, surrender. Hand over Zhu Zhaoming, renounce your demonic path, and return to the Chen family of Shushan to acknowledge your ancestors. Only then can you preserve your life."
Chen Rushen, wearing the ceremonial robes of the Shushan Chen family's young master, exuded a sharp aura, like a celestial sword. He spoke:
"Chen Jiuyang, concede. As long as you are willing to surrender and return to the Chen family, you will still be the young master of the Shushan Chen family. The Sacred Land will fully nurture you, and you can become the next generation's Sacred Land Sword Emperor."
Chen Jiuyang was truly astonishing, his talent undeniable. Even after everything that had happened, the Shushan Chen family still wished for him to acknowledge his ancestors.
But in Chen Jiuyang's eyes, it seemed utterly ridiculous.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
Chen Jiuyang slowly drew his saber, the 'Yan Sheng' saber's hum resonating sharply, moving in accordance with its master's will, becoming ever more fierce and terrifying. Chen Jiuyang's bone-chilling voice rang out:
"There's no need for further talk."
"Last time, I said that if you ever appeared before me again, I would kill you in an instant. Now is the time for me to fulfill that promise."
"Boom!"
With a single saber strike, the saber intent soared into the sky, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth instantly became chaotic.
This saber strike flew directly towards Taren.
Only Taren could feel the terrifying power of this strike, his every hair standing on end, his eyes filled with horror: "He wasn't using his full power last time!"
"If this strike hits me, I will die!!!"
"Divine Technique! Arhat's Indestructible Golden Body!!!"
In an instant, the heavens and earth were bathed in golden light, as if Arhats were chanting scriptures. Dense Buddhist characters surged onto Taren's body, resembling Arhats descending from the Western Thunder Sound Temple, sacred and powerful!
"Block this move! We cannot let this brat do as he pleases! Attack!!!"
Xu Dengtian of Kunlun roared, his magical power surging.
"Block?"
How could his blade path attack, achieved through Heaven-Man Unity, be blocked? Only the attacked could face this move.
In an instant, various lights erupted in the sky, like falling flowers and scattered jade, stirring the sea of clouds. Gales, lightning, and storms descended!
A portion of the multicolored attacks went to intercept Chen Jiuyang's saber strike, while another portion targeted Chen Jiuyang himself.
The Chi You divine ability immediately manifested. With seven arms swinging, they carried immense and terrifying true liquid magical power, with crimson and blue qi interweaving.
"Rumble!!!"
Explosions sounded simultaneously, echoing through heaven and earth. The residual shockwaves directly destroyed the airport below.
"Taren!!!"
Joshua's enraged roar rang out.
Chen Jiuyang's saber descended, the terrifying saber qi taking form, the powerful martial dao will manifesting in the world, striking Taren.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!!"
Taren's pure golden, Arhat-like sacred flesh let out a roar of painful torment.
Few could withstand Chen Jiuyang's saber.
"Swish swish swish!"
Following the saber qi were dazzling, fiery red flames of the Fire Origin, burning Taren's flesh.
The Buddhist characters on his body constantly resisted, then began to disintegrate, until they engulfed him, burning him to ashes!!!
An SS-class supernatural ability expert, annihilated by a single saber strike. How could this not cause shock and fury!
Even Joshua had no time to administer aid.
Of the seventeen peak experts who ambushed him, Chen Jiuyang had already killed one in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, the first moves made by the remaining individuals against Chen Jiuyang also yielded results.
The seven arms of the blue Chi You divine ability blocked all the attacks.
Chen Jiuyang remained safe and sound, unharmed.
His indifferent voice sounded again: "I said long ago that while others' divine abilities and techniques are useful, without forging one's own path, they are nothing more than that."
"You, overestimate yourselves."
"Those I, Chen Jiuyang, wish to kill, you cannot stop."
"Is this the extent of your power?"
"If this is all you have, then I shall send you on your way one by one."
High in the sky, Chen Jiuyang's eyes were cold, merciless, and indifferent.
"Arrogant!"
Fang Wuhhan's face darkened. Chen Jiuyang's move had been too fast. Such a terrifying saber strike, with almost no prelude and imperceptible power fluctuations, had caused them to be a moment late in their actions. Yet, that single moment had cost Taren his life!
"As such a rampant demon, we should unleash our trump cards and strike with full force to break his defenses, then seize his life!"
"Oh?"
Chen Jiuyang raised his eyelids slightly and said indifferently, "Fine, I will stand here and wait for you to unleash your trump cards."
"Don't say I didn't give you useless trash a chance."
"Come."
His casual words were filled with unparalleled dominance and confidence!
Looking down disdainfully upon the entire scene!