38 Consuming your soul!

As the beam fired, the ground shook like mad, making it seem like an earthquake. The soldiers had stopped their bickering. They knew that this was even that decided their fate! Though they didn't know who Ji Chen was, they could assume that he was human just like them. There was a chance of survival if Ji Chen won the fight.

-Fool, he may not know, but this attack can finish off even a Half-step Warrior! How can this Second Layer ever hope to breach over this line?

Ful De'than was non-stop insulting Ji Chen in his mind. He wasn't sure if the treasure was fragile enough to be destroyed by this attack, but he was quite angry at Ji Chen for wasting his time. At this moment, he could've been satisfying his lust with many females!

Ji Chen stood still as he watched the beam near him. He didn't have any sort of emotion displayed on his above average face, not that it mattered, as all the rest could only see a shadowy figure.

As the beam hit Ji Chen, Fu De'than started to grin. He was sure that Ji Chen would be pulverised by such a move:

"HAHA, didn't I tell you? You can't survive this! You should've compiled and I would've killed you in a less painful way!"

The beam that Fu De'than had fired would first shatter the meridians of the other party, then it would consume their souls, never for them to be reborn! It was a move that he was taught by his father, it would, of course, be powerful.

The beam stayed in the same spot for about thirty whole seconds. The soldiers had already given up. They weren't expecting the cool shadowy figure to die in one move.

"I guess fate has decided that our journey ends here."

Lard had voted that Ji Chen would come out on top because of the weird feeling that he had in his chest when he stared at Ji Chen. Even he didn't expect for Ji Chen to lose in one move. Saying that; he sat down on the ground, keeping his head down, awaiting death.

"We've had a good run."

Another soldier said as he sat down alongside Lard.

"I still have many regrets."

Lard spoke heavily. He had tears coming out of his eyes. He may have said that he was ready to die, but in reality, all that he had to live for, his family, would eventually fall. Many soldiers could see Lard's ugly face. They had faces of pity. They had never really seen Lard's true face, he was always hiding behind his strong shadow.

Fu De'than, seeing the faces of Lard and the soldiers started to have eyes full of lust. Knowing that the little girl had escaped, he started eying the men. Even if they all committed suicide, he would do it to their dead bodies. He had already started to walk towards them, causing the soldiers to shiver in fright, but then, the voice of Ji Chen sounded:

"You dumb insect! How dare you ignore me!"

This caused Fu De'than's large ears to twitch in surprise. His face had then turned a deep purple, making him fall to the ground.

"Puny insect, you dare run away from me? I stood in your weak attack for half a minute for courtesy and you dare become arrogant just for that? It is my turn to attack!"

Ji Chen had a devilish grin on his face, which was now quite visible. He was holding a scythe and was wearing a hood, only part of his mouth was visible. He was emitting a pressure that would scare even kings!

"Who... Who are you?"

Fu De'than, who had a purple face asked while trying not to collapse on the floor. The soldiers were still sitting there, they never felt a thing.

"Didn't I already tell you, peasant? I'm a Deity!"

Ji Chen didn't like repeating himself, but he wanted to break down Fu De'than brick by brick, making him fall into the pit of despair. The moment Ji Chen spoke, Ful De'than was already floating in mid-air.

The soldiers had faces of disbelief. They could only watch as the scene took place.

"You have really crossed my bottom line. I don't mind you liking both genders, but doing it without their consent in front of my presence? You have a death wish!"

Ji Chen angrily exclaimed. He threw out three rings that surrounded Ful De'than and started to draw out a white substance from his body.

"For doing such a thing, I shall punish you by consuming your soul!"

Ji Chen grinned devilishly. Though he wasn't a good person, he still had his standards. If they were crossed, he would become something worse than the devil!

"No....Please..."

Ful De'than tried to apologise for at least an hour. After that, the three rings had already drawn all of the white substance from his body, leaving him with dull, lifeless eyes. It was hard to believe that Ful De'than was even alive.

Ji Chen had extracted the soul of Ful De'than. It was one of the cruellest ways of torture to extract a soul. It was worse than anything physical that could happen to the body. Though it may have been short, the amount of pain that Ful De'than had faced was an eternity's full.

Ji Chen retracted the three rings, making them smaller and then consuming them with a single bite. He then glared at the Soldiers and then instantly disappeared from their vision.

The soldiers could only draw in a breath of cold air as they watched the lifeless body of Ful De'than fall down.

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IN A PART OF THE FORREST

"At least I don't smell anymore."

Ji Chen smelled himself then continued to float across the sky. He needed to find Mu Lu. It was already afternoon, it was morning when he had come to the Thirty-Third Heaven.