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Chen Xiang took out a long broadsword from his storage pouch and fiercely leapt into air, in blink of an eye he flew past dozens of treetops, while simultaneously waving the broadsword with madness, one after another aura Qi flashed out from the blade, transforming into azure Qi blade and flying towards the treetops, immediately after several shrieks came from the trees inside, followed by pieces of flesh accompanied with blood raining from the branches of the tree.

In blink of an eye several people died, after killing these people Chen Xiang's slaughter Qi also rose, once again he leapt towards another treetop, while directly covering his long blade with aura Qi and he hacked towards this tree, when five people hiding inside the tree saw Chen Xiang's formidable strength, without any further ado they directly fled.

These people are only at 2nd or 3rd level of mortal martial realm, and their speed and power cannot even compare to Chen Xiang, in a flash their head flew one after another from their neck.

"Everybody retreat, he is 7th level of mortal martial realm expert."One shocked shout came, after which many black robe people jumped down from the tree and fled in different direction.

Those black robe people didn't even know who they were trying to kill, only the person leading them knew, and that is also the one who identified Chen Xiang's strength, while that person was trying to flee, Chen Xiang locked onto this man Qi.

Although the forest was very dense, but it did not affect Chen Xiang's speed in any way, his Qing gong has already reached to acme perfection, with a little aid from the branches he leapt into the sky, skimming through several trees, and his blade pierced straight into that black robe man's body, but it did not kill him, from the method which Bai Youyou taught him, he held the head of the captivated leader to get some answers.

"Who are you and why did you want to kill me?"

Both eyes of the leader turned sluggish, he replied:"We are the members of Black wind gang, my father ordered me to come here and kill you."

"Who is you father?"

"Black wind gang's chief...."

After listening Chen Xiang slightly frowned, his palm struck that man's spirit location, after killing him, with light and fast steps he ran, and tried to catch up those fleeing black robe men.

Whole forest was lit into flames by Chen Xiang, as long as he caught someone location from his divine sense, he blasted a fist in that direction, releasing countless Zhu Que aura Qi, and they transformed into arrows of fire and flew towards the black robe men, every time killing few people.

These people were only at 3rd level of mortal martial realm, in his eyes they were weak like an ant, simply untenable, not to mention they were still inside the fire sea.

Smoke was billowing in the forest, every time a tree fell it was accompanied by loud screams, the forest was like a blazing hell, and Chen Xiang was the lord of this hell.

Half an hour past, fire inside the forest was now extinguished, hostility was coming off from Chen Xiang's whole body, more than three hundred individuals and no one was spared, everybody died at his hands, which also helped him in comprehending White tiger divine exercise.

After the refinement of him body from Immortal and devil pond, he had laid solid foundation for practicing immortal and devil body, his body was strengthen up to a terrible degree, the more stronger the body is, the more strong and vigorous the true Qi would be!

"Black wind gang!After the King city martial art tournament, I'll find you and whoever ordered you."

Chen Xiang put away that bloodied long blade, and operated the Tai Chi divine exercise to restrain his slaughter Qi and returned to King city.

Chen Xiang only returned to Dan king hall in the evening, he was surprised to see Chen Tianhu standing there.

"Dad, how did you come here?You look pale....what happened?"Chen Xiang hurriedly walk towards him and held Chen Tianhu's wrist, as he released his divine sense into his body to probe his injuries, he saw Chen Tianhu dantian was broken, but also his injuries are now stabilized and are slowly recovering.

Although Chen Xiang's face was expressionless, but the killing intent emanating from his body even affected Chen Tianhu, at this point Meng Bo and Chen Luzhong also came out, when they felt Chen Xiang's intense slaughter Qi, they could not help but be surprised, this type of Qi can only be congealed out after killing many people, and it was harder to imagine at such a young age Chen Xiang already have such an appalling slaughter Qi.

"Dad, who injured you?"Chen Xiang asked in a hoarse cold tone.

Chen Tianhu has not seen his son for only few months, but he can still feel how much Chen Xiang have changed, and he sensed his strength is a lot stronger.

Sigh!

"Chen Furong!"

Chen Furong, one of the old veterans of Chen family, he was also recruited by those martial arts sects, heard his name, Chen Xiang already knew the reason Chen Furong acted like this.

"Chen Furong to stop Dan king hall from opening, came to me and asked me to close Dan king hall, since I disagreed and defied his order, he wounded me, my strength and his......."Chen Tianhua sounded very angry.

Chen Luzhong also could not help but angrily said:"This Chen Furong is simply lawless, he is already not welcomed by any of the Chen family member, as other veterans are no longer present, he could do whatever he wants, he is truly an a---ole."

Chen Furong returned from those martial arts sect, so his strength should be no less than 9th level of mortal martial realm, currently Chen Xiang can't possibly deal with him.

Chen Xiang clenched his fist tightly, and he swore he will make Chen Furong pay for what he has done!

Although Chen Xiang anger is not visible on his face, but Chen Tianhua, Chen Luzhong and Meng Bo are clearly able to feel his monstrous anger, which was accompanied by a heart trembling slaughter Qi.

"Your father has already been stabilized, you do not need to worry about that."Meng Bo said, at this time he knew Chen Xiang is out of the ordinary, he knew it is impossible for Chen Xiang to remain in this secular world, instead he will certainly make a mark in those big sects.

Chen Xiang nodded his head:"Many thanks Meng Lao, we first prepare to open Dan king hall in coming few days, the more he wants to stop us, the sooner I want it open."

Chen Xiang after leaving these words, he left Dan king hall, Chen Tianhu and others did not try to ask where he was going.

"Brat, I know you are very angry but you have to calm down and listen to me, I have one quick way to enhance your strength and make you breakthrough to 8th level of mortal martial realm!"Bai Youyou ice cold voice soon came after he left, as she tried clam his anger down.

Chen Xiang's eyes lit up and hastily asked:"Youyou sister, what do I've to do?"

He has just advanced into 7th level of mortal martial realm, but if you want to enter 8th level in a short time, it is still very unrealistic, but this ice cold beauty still have some means for him to advance.

"If you have not been practising immortal and devil body, I would have not allow you to study my devil skills this quickly."

Devil skill!Chen Xiang from Su Meiyao have learned that Bai Youyou's devil skills are both fearful and formidable, he already wanted to study them, but he must wait till he have reached a certain level.

"My Devil skills although have big advantages, but there are also some disadvantages, but it is still possible to eliminate the effects!"Bai Youyou transmitted to him:"My devil skill is called Engulfing devil skill, and with this you will be able to engulf others true Qi, while the other person's true Qi will be assimilated into your body, so you will be able to rob that man's entire strength."

Engulfing devil skill!Heard this, Chen Xiang suddenly got shocked, he stood there in daze like a statue, passers-by were looking at him with a strange look in their eyes.

"Do not be surprised, if not for this, my devil will not be called devil skill!Engulfing devil skill has three rules.First, never engulf anyone with huge difference between his and your power level.Second, never engulf a good person, otherwise you will feel guilty and will have evil thoughts, at last will lead you to turn into a devil.Third, never allow anyone to know you have this devil skill, otherwise you will be besieged by the right way martial artists."

Listening to Bai Youyou ice cold voice, Chen Xiang complexion turned more and more solemn, this devil skill is indeed formidable, you can seize others power level, but he also knew that if he frequently used this devil skill it will have a big effect on his cultivation.

"After you cast this once, you have to make sure you have refined all of their engulfed true Qi, furthermore you have to make sure that the entire true Qi is pure as much as possible, otherwise you will never be able to engulf a second time."Bai Youyou voice was cold as well as serious.

Chen Xiang took a deep breath, to cast this devil skill, he have to prepare his heart.

"I will now pass it on to you, casting this devil skill you have to be careful that there must be no other person present, and as you engulf other person he will definitely die."While Bai Youyou spoke, she also transferred some information in his mind using her divine sense, this information was the casting method of Engulfing devil skill.

It is possible to engulf other power with this skill, although this exercise is malicious, but on the other hand it is also very profound, so Chen Xiang was very eager to understand this profound Engulfing devil skill, he wants to see through every ins and outs of this skill.

"Do not presume to see through this devil skill, not to mention you, even I do not have the ability, this devil skill creator was one peerless genius, every exercise he ever created was great as well as frightening."Admiration could clearly be felt in Bai Youyou's voice.

Chen Xiang also started to admire this man, after getting the devil skill Chen Xiang starts walking toward the Black wind gang location, Black wind gang is one of the underworld gang in King city, although on surface it is clean, but they have been secretly responsible for a lot of shady things going on inside King city, they had even set up a headquarter in King city, from this Chen Xiang determined Black wind gang certainly have a patron inside king city, and he suspected this patron is none other than Yao family.

Since the disappearance of Yao Tianhua and that Yao family elder, most of the underworld gangs were destroyed, but Black wind gang was still there, from this anyone can easily determine there must be a reason.

Black wind gang tried to assassinate him, Chen Xiang certainly will not let go of them.

Chen Xiang saw a big mansion in some distance, while loud sounds were bursting out from the inside and he could even hear it at that distance, after some time Chen Xiang finally remembered that a few days ago Black wind gang started preparing for their leaders 70th birthday, and this birthday feast is now being held.

Chen Xiang's mouth slightly rose, revealing a cold smile, Black wind gang sent people to kill him, and they have certainly acquired lot of benefits, but moreover they think they have succeeded.

Although there is a rule that'nobody can fight inside King city', but for personal matter it was still possible to fight, not to mention they tried to assassinate Chen Xiang.

At this time Black wind gang's mansion front door suddenly opened up, and dozens of guard came from inside, when they saw Chen Xiang's attire was neither magnificent nor luxurious, they hastily put away their drink and asked:"Who are you?"

Chen Xiang glanced at them like they were nothing, with a look of disdain said:"Chen Xiang of Dan king hall!"

Those dozen or so guards suddenly got surprised for a moment, they have already heard of Chen Xiang but have never seen him, they have not expected for Chen Xiang to come here, but today is their leader's birthday, furthermore Black wind gang and Yao family are very close, and now that he had appeared here, they can easily guess his purpose.

"What are you doing here?Our chief never invited you!"One of the guard said, his tone was neither tough nor harsh, he didn't dare to, after all Chen Xiang is but one 7th realm of mortal martial realm martial artists, even more so he is one of the youngest alchemist, his status cannot be compared with Chen Xiang.

One of the guard ran quickly to inform, these guards are not able to handle this kind of matter, and Chen Xiang was being sly and difficult, he was simply standing in front of the entrance.

Not too long after, the noises from inside died down, from his divine sense he gathered many with strength from fifth to seventh level of mortal martial realm people were coming towards him, Chen Xiang was secretly astonished, he did not think that this Black wind gang leader had contacts with people with that level of strength, unexpectedly he also knew that person very well.

Chen Xiang both hands were behind his back, standing very relaxed in front of the entrance, with a steady gaze watching those congregation of people wearing luxurious gown coming towards him from inside.

These people mostly have middle-aged appearance, Chen Xiang although have been staying in King city for quite some time, but he had no contact with other martial arts family, but he can still guess that these people should have relatively good reputation and position in those martial arts family, even some of them would be patriarch of their family.

Everyone were watching the proud and clank teenager, seeing that calm look on his face, they could not help but secretly praise him inside their hearts, for them it was unbelievable that Chen Xiang is only sixteen year old and their family's teenaged boys and girls are not even his match.

"Chen family young master, today is my birthday, if it is not a sudden matter, I want to enjoy my birthday, if possible can we discuss it another day."Black wind gang's leader is one vigorous and healthy elder, the black leather cloak he was wearing gave him a more prestigious look, but when he saw Chen Xiang, a hint of shock flashed through his pair of eagle like eyes.

Chen Xiang also caught on that shocked expression in his eyes, while thinking about it he smiled, with clear and resonant voice said:"Chief Hei, I came here to tell you one thing, today as I was coming from outside, I encountered some people posing as Black wind gang members and I killed them."

Black Wind gang's leader pupil immediately fiercely contracted, he asked:"How do you know they were not Black wind gang members?"

Chen Xiang slightly raised his lips, smiled and said:"Although they had three hundred people, but------they still were killed by me, I think Black wind gang is not so weak."

As early as today, Black wind gang leader received an information, a fire broke out inside the forest, and they had not heard from those three hundred people they have sent, and now seeing Chen Xiang is back safe and unharmed, chief Hei's heart sank low with disappointment.

After Black wind gang's leader heard Chen Xiang words, his facial muscle started twitching, because all those three hundred people were very important to Black wind gang, but he cannot even acknowledge that they were his Black wind gang members.

Several of people standing behind Black wind gang's leader faces were full of surprise, Chen Xiang guessed that they must have known Black wind gang sent someone to kill him, so these people must be from Yao family.

"I said it right, Chief Hei?Some forces were pretending to be your gang members, they must have wanted to tarnish your reputation."Chen Xiang smiled and said:"I wanted to give you this information myself, consider it as your birthday present from me."

Black wind gang's leader's eyes shivered, his eyes were filled with both anger and sorrow, because those three hundred people were led by his son, and his son had said that he and the other wanted to give him Chen Xiang's head as birthday present, but he has not thought that they all would be killed by Chen Xiang!

"Chen Xiang--------"Black wind gang's leader suddenly yelled, Chen Xiang halted his steps after he heard the shout.

Chen Xiang twisted his head, while looking indifferent and a smile on his face, he asked:"Chief Hei, what's the matter?"

Black wind gang's leader sound was trembling, he reluctantly squeezed out two words from his mouth:"Many thanks!"

"No problem!"Chen Xiang slightly smiled, and then strode away.

Only two days are left until King city martial tournament starts, but still there is no information about Yao family genius Yao Tianhua, due to this whole Yao family were anxiously jumping around, Yao Tianhua is but one rare good seedling that was born in Yao family, although he was somewhat arrogant, but Yao family thought it is natural, but now whether he is alive or death is still unknown, and they don't have any information.

Chen Xiang returned from Black wind gang mansion, but he did not see his father in Dan king hall.

"GrandUncle, where is my father?"Chen Xiang quickly asks Chen Luzhong.

"He is now alright, you don't need to worry about him, and he has now returned to Chen family, he is preparing to convene each branch family against Chen Furong!"Chen Luzhong spoke while laughing:"Your father is not someone who will lay down his arms easily, Chen Furong destroyed the Chen family rules and regulations, not only that he injured patriarch but he also tried to meddle in Chen family affairs, furthermore he is also helping Chen family enemies, due to this, Chen Furong must be expelled from Chen family."

Chen Furong just for his selfish reasons is helping out Yao family to deal with Chen family, entire Chen family members are furious due to this, and now Chen Tianhu is treating Chen Furong as number one enemy of Chen family, only after getting rid of this problem--Chen Furong, will make Chen family unite together and become formidable.

Chen Xiang complexion turned solemn, he asked:"GrandUncle, Chen Furong is one of those martial arts sect's disciple, is our Chen family prepare to make enemies with that martial arts sect."

Chen Luzhong shook his head and said:"Rest assured, inside those martial arts sect there are rules, if the disciple stir up some trouble and they die due to it, then it's nobody's fault but the disciple's, humph, dignified great sect's disciple, actually they are just lower characters who are sent here to manage these things, if killed here they couldn't care less."

If those martial arts sects did not have rules to restrain their disciples, then one martial arts expert can casually dominate the secular world, and then it would be a total chaos.

Chen Xiang now have lot of confidence, if that's the case, he will not have any other concerns.

"Granduncle, Dan king hall will finally be open for business tomorrow, tell Meng Lao to be ready completely, while you're at it simultaneously announce it to whole Southern martial empire."Chen Xiang said loudly in an excited voice.

Dan king hall already have lot of pills in reserves, moreover they can restrict their sales anytime they want, furthermore there are many alchemists inside Dan king hall who are continuously refining pills, and also Meng Bo is here, so Chen Xiang is pretty much assured.

Chen Luzhong is also very excited, his old face is full of joy, he already had ambitions to make his mark in King city, but as he did not have enough manpower, he can only stay in Wohu city.

To open a pill shop in King city, you need to have a backing of someone with very strong heritage and strength.

Information spread quickly like a fire, long before the information spread everyone were very much concerned about Dan king hall, they already knew it is managed by Chen family, and Chen and Yao family are hostile to each other, so both will try to seize the market and will compete with their prices, and as a result they will be able to buy pills cheaply, which for those martial artists who are not very wealthy is but one good thing.

Yao family for many, many years have been selling pills alone in King city, Danxiang herbal manor mainly sells spirit herbs, so everyone have no alternative but to buy high-priced pills from Yao family, but not for long, and this will allow them to save them a lot of money.

At night, Chen Xiang took a bath and put on luxurious clothes, while walking towards Danxiang herbal manor when he thinks about that charming manor lord, Chen Xiang's could not help but got excited a little.

After notifying his arrival, Chen Xiang once again came inside the small hall filled with Hua Yueyun aroma, to his surprise Hua Yueyun was already here waiting for him, when Chen Xiang saw her enchanting figure, he could not help but stand in daze with amazement.

Hua Yueyun was wearing a dress stitched from purple chiffon, but she was not wearing any undergarments, the dress outlining her jade like body features, her clear and well-rounded bosom, slim waist, slender legs, her every move capable of seizing and moving any man's mind, obsequious in myriads ways, others are not even able to extricate themselves....Chen Xiang even had trouble breathing, he blushed red up to his ears, his heart crazily starts pounding.

"Chen young master, is little miss pretty?"Hua Yueyun with a cheeky laugh asked in a charming voice, her jade like foot treading lightly on the soft rug as she walkes towards Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang fiercely swallowed his saliva, then sat, he immediately pour himself a cup of tea, and drank it all one breath, dispersing away the heat arose in his body a moment ago, and he did not dare to look at that attractive Hua Yueyun again.

"Chen young master's control over his mind is very impressive, this little miss is full of admiration, if possible, little miss is willing to attend Chen young master for lifetime, I want to become Chen young master maidservant."

Hua Yueyun faintly said, looking completely sincere, as if she was not capable of telling any lies, she came up with one snow white colour dress to wear, which entirely covered her enticing jade like perfect body, she clearly knew in front of Chen Xiang she will just bring disgrace on herself.

She was almost bare naked standing front of one man, and only able to tempt him slightly, then he even did not take a look at her, which was a big blow to Hua Yueyun.

"Yueyun elder sister, please let off this little brother, do not joke with this little brother!You are so beautiful and strong, so why bother this little brother?"Chen Xiang smiled, because these days Danxiang herbal manor have been selling herbs cheaply to Dan king hall, so he was very grateful, he did not know that this Danxiang herbal manor lord had this kind of hobby, and actually liked to lure young innocent boys.

Hua Yueyun slightly pouted, after a light'Humph'said:"Chen young master, I really want to be your maidservant, I have long been attracted by your charm and cannot get away with it......"

What charm, Chen Xiang do not believe any of the things what Hua Yueyun previously said, he knew this is Hua Yueyun's goal, it has nothing to do with his charm but she simply fancies his alchemy talent, and wants him to enroll in Danxiang Taoyuan;that alchemy based sect.

Chen Xiang with a hollow laugh said:"Manor lord Hua, I have a fiancée, and if I accept you as my maidservant, that little girl will surely be jealous."

"I know you are looking down on me."Hua Yueyun had a self-deprecating smile on her face:"What did you come here for?"

Chen Xiang took out a small piece of Hell spirit grass and handed it to Hua Yueyun, and seriously spoke:"Yueyun, this is my thank you for providing your help to Dan king hall, and I hope to continue this relationship in the future, I also want you to raise the price a little higher when you sell your herbs to Yao family."

Hua Yueyun unceremoniously took that thumb size Hell spirit grass, albeit only a little, but it was very precious, with a big smile on her face said:"Chen young master is really generous, this little miss will certainly do whatever you order, if this Danxiang herbal manor would have been mine, I would have given you all the spirit herbs for free."

Chen Xiang was startled for a moment, looking at that stunning Yaoxing face, he secretly thought of taking her as his maidservant, but he was worried that this woman has some ulterior motive.

"Dan king hall will open tomorrow, and all of it is managed by my granduncle, I want to start my preparation for King city martial arts tournament so I will not be present, if it is convenient to you, can you come to Dan king hall and advertise about us."Chen Xiang laughed.

"No problem, will do."Hua Yueyun this time was like a maidservant, Chen Xiang wasn't able to stand it anymore, he and Hua Yueyun talked about several nonsensical stuff and then he quickly departed.

Watching Chen Xiang fleeing like tail between his legs, Hua Yueyun pretty eyes lit up, tenderly spat and said:"Really is a tough brat, even able to defend against my killer move, the more he wants to run, the more I want to get him."

Chen Xiang as always came outside to practice, his goal is to make Chen family reside in this King city, and become one potentially strong martial arts aristocratic family, only after this will he be relieved and go to those big sects, as for Dan king hall he doesn't care much about it, because it is personally taken care by dan king Meng Bo and Chen Luzhong, furthermore it is tacitly supported by Hua Yueyun, so he is simply focusing on elevating his strength.

Chen Xiang just entered into the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm, so now he is trying to stabilise his new found power. This will allow him to more smoothly cast "Engulfing Devil Skill" in the future.

The next day at noon, Chen Xiang left the forest and returned to King City. He was curious on how the sales of Dan King Hall were going.

Chen Xiang, while walking down the avenue, saw Dan King Hall from quite some distance away, but he did not expect it to be so busy. This made him feel strange so he quickly walked towards it.

When he arrived at the entrance, he saw that the whole shop was in a bit of a mess. Chen Luzhong was full of anger while directing others to clean it all up.

Dan King Hall was attacked, Chen Xiang was extremely sure of that.

"Granduncle, I'm back." Chen Xiang quickly stepped inside. After seeing the pale face on Chen Luzhong he frowned and asked "Granduncle, who attacked you!?"

Chen Xiang was completely furious. He decided that as long as he managed to get a name out from Chen Luzhong's mouth, he would immediately go and get revenge. He would make them pay a heavy price for what they have done.

"I was wounded by Chen Furong. And the Black Wing Gang members are the ones responsible for the destruction of the store. Not only that, but they also wounded the workers, thankfully Meng Lao and the other alchemists were in seclusion for refining dans so they are all fine!"

After saying so, Chen Luzhong hastily grabbed Chen Xiang "Where do you think you're going?"

When Chen Xiang learned that it was the Black Wing Gang who did this, he was seething with fury inside. Not only did they send assassins before to kill him, which is a debt that must be repaid, but now they even attacked the store!

Chen Xiang coldly replied "Granduncle, let me go. I must get rid of the Black Wing Gang once and for all. I'll go and settle old grudges and new debts all together! You go ahead and inform father that he needs to be completely prepared for a war with the Yao Family. If our Chen Family wants to have a stand in King City, we need to make an example out of the Yao Family and completely frighten all other forces."

"You want to go alone? No, I will also with you!" Chen Luzhong said.

"No, you need to go and first speak with Meng Lao. Dan King Hall will continue to remain open. At this time, if anyone comes to trouble us, they must be mercilessly slaughtered." Chen Xiang then walked away. Although Meng Bo and Chen Luzhong's individual strength was incomparable to Chen Furong's, if they fought together Chen Furong would have to pay a steep price to defeat both of them.

Along the way, Chen Xiang overheard many things about Dan King Hall. Many people were very disappointed. Dan King Hall's prices were much cheaper than the Yao Family Dans and once they started selling dans it would have a large negative impact on the Yao Family. As such, the Yao Family wanted to bully Dan King Hall into closing.

Although it meant there is no morals involved, and the methods were downright brutal, nobody could complain about them. This is because the Yao Family is one of the powerhouses in King City and no one wanted to be their enemy.

"Yao Family, just you wait and watch how I will destroy you!" Chen Xiang complexion gradually turned gloomy as his anger skyrocketed.

At the Black Wing Gang mansion entrance, many guards were present. When they saw Chen Xiang heading towards them, they hastily drew out their weapons.

"If you don't want to die, all of you leave at once!" Chen Xiang stood emotionless at the Black Wing Gang Mansion entrance. He clenched his fists, which suddenly became covered with a buzzling azure aura. Amidst the azure aura, lighting was bursting out one after the other emitting a horrifying crackling noise, it was truly frightening.

Everyone didn't want to die, they were all overawed by the sheer amount of True Qi emanating from Chen Xiang's fists. They knew they were nothing but ants in front of Chen Xiang so they immediately ran away.

The gate was tightly shut. Chen Xiang stood in front of it as lighting flashed past his eyes. With a shout, he circulated the Azure Dragon Lighting True Qi on both of his fists and then fiercely hurled them towards that door. It was as if two giant dragons were pounding on the gates.

"BOOM, BOOM, BOOM"

That thick door instantly disintegrated into powder. Smoke billowed about as all the guards present were stunned. Trembling, they realized that if it was their body there, it would have also been turned into dust like the gate.

"This… This is the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm! I'm absolutely sure that was Aura Qi!" One of the guards immediately shouted with shock after seeing how Chen Xiang entered the mansion.

According to the rumors, Chen Xiang was in the 6th level of the Mortal Martial Realm. Yet now he was clearly at the 7th level, it was too much to take in. All the guards secretly let loose a deep breath, had they tried to block him, it could have only resulted in certain death.

After entering inside the mansion, Chen Xiang's entire body was covered in a soaring Evil Qi. He had been practicing Slaughtering Heart, and now all the killing intent was boiling over. All the previously accumulated Slaughter Qi gushed out, deterring many retained and maidservants and forcing them to kneel. Thier whole body felt weak as they lied down. This is what makes Slaughtering Heart so formidable, merely the Qi only is capable of deterring the other party.

"Who has come here to cause trouble with the Black Wing Gang!?" Chen Xiang halted his footsteps when he heard the shout.

"Dan King Hall's Chen Xiang! Underlings of the Yao Family's stooges, today I will make sure the entire Black Wind Gang disappears from King City!" Chen Xiang said in a heavy tone.

Chen Xiang saw a blade of light flashing from the front. A person armed with a broadsword was leaping from quite a while away and aiming at his head.

"Humph!"

Chen Xiang just snorted in disdain, lightly waving his hand. An Azure Aura rich in Lighting Qi Aura madly gushed out from his hand. It shoot like a speeding star towards the man leaping up in the air. One could only hear the sound of an explosion, the man didn't even have the chance to cry before his whole body suddenly bursted into a mist of blood.

The Lighting Aura Power is extremely frightening! Many of the Black Wind Gang Members after seeing the blood mist drifting in the air and the shattered blade became petrified. For them, it was the first time seeing such a frightening attack. With just one move, an expert of the Black Wind Gang was crushed, moreover not even a slag was left after the attack.

Chen Xiang is in the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm. Skills of such experts are not common to begin with, not to mention how Chen Xiang has been using Divine Exercises to cultivate. Moreover, he also has the Five Element Attributed True Qi!

"You walked right into my trap Chen Xiang! Today, I will not allow you to leave here in once piece. You just killed my son and I'm gonna present your head as a sacrifice for him!" A resentful voice came soon after.

Chen Xiang was standing in the middle of a large garden. He was surrounded on all sides by black robed men. At this time, the Black Wind Gang leader appeared, and at his side were a few people standing in luxurious attire.

It was quite a surprise to Chen Xiang that the King City Governor, Hua Gaoyun, was actually present. A single teenager stood besides him, it should be his son.

Chen Xiang sneered "So your son is allowed to kill me, but I'm not allowed to kill him? Not to mention he even brought along three hundred people with him, yet he was still killed by me. They were just a big pile of trash, no one is to blame for his death except himself!"

"Worthy of the rumors, Chen Family young master. Could it be that you do not know about your own family's situation? Your wastrel father has been wounded and Dan King Hall was destroyed. Yet you actually dare to show your face here!? You're simply seeking death!" One middle aged man dressed in a Golden Huafu sneered and retorted.

Chen Xiang's body shook as mesmerizing lighting aura surged out. His eyes were filled to the brim with hate as he glared towards that middle aged man, saying "What did you just say!? My Father is trash!?"

"So what if I said that. Remember this great master's name, Wang Yushan! I'm the Patriarch of the Wang Family!" That middle-aged man said proudly.

The Wang family is one of the martial art families of King City, but Chen Xiang didn't have any strong impressions of them. But in return, the families that lie outside King City do not even appear in their sights, therefore they naturally didn't pay any attention to the Chen Family.

"Humph, so it was only a family of dogs licking the Yao Family's boots. I do not even consider you a threat." Chen Xiang sneered. These puny families trying to flatter the Yao Family was not much of a surprise to him.

"Little bastard! How dare you insult the Wang Family! I'll definitely waste you today!" Wang Yishan flew into a rage. Although Chen Xiang's speech was ugly, it was still the truth.

Wang Yishan roared before his body was covered in a golden aura. It was as if his entire body was on fire. This was the Wang Family's unique King True Qi and it gave off an incomparably fierce pressure. Wang Yishan took a few steps before blasting his golden fist into the air towards Chen Xiang. A tough and powerful Qi burst out accompanied by a roar. In a blink of an eye, the pressure had been directly thrusted into the face of Chen Xiang.

The aura filled strike rumbled as it dashed forward, leaving behind a trail of explosions that caused all the nearby stones to shatter into several pieces. A deep gully was formed, it was as if the floor had just been ploughed. Seeing this, the crowd shivered. If someone got hit with that kind of power, they would be reduced to nothing but mincemeat.

"With only this level of power you dare claim to be a patriarch!?" My dad could crush you with one hand behind his back!" Chen Xiang smiled contemptuously as he waved his arm fiercely, instantly striking the incoming Qi Aura and scattering it into nothingness.

Everyone could not avoid the sensation of shock. Chen Xiang just waved his hand like he was shooing away a fly, but instead that fearsome Qi Aura was easily swept away in front of the shocked onlookers.

Chen Xiang's Qi Aura rushed out with just a wave of his hand, and he was able to completely eliminate Wang Yishan's blow. This in itself was indisputable proof that Chen Xiang's Qi Aura was many times stronger than Wang Yishan's.

Wang Yishan's confidence and arrogance had vanished into thin air after just one light wave of Chen Xiang's hand. This made him doubt that whether his Qi Aura was able to unleash and display its full potential, but just by looking at the gully formed by his Qi Aura he realized that this was not the case. As he thought about it again, his whole body shook as he realized he was no match for Chen Xiang's formidable strength.

Currently, Wang Yishan, along with everyone else, stood in a stunned daze. With a flicker, Chen Xiang arrived in front of Wang Yishan with frightening speed which once again sent everyone into shock.

Before Wang Yishan was even able to react, he felt a severe pain explode from his abdomen. He immediately lowered his head and saw an arm cloaked in Azure True Qi. It had cleanly penetrated through his stomach and extended out of his back.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Wang Yishan loudly shrieked. At this time Chen Xiang had already ripped away his arm. He had just used [Azure Dragon Claw], transforming his True Qi into a sharp dragon claw. It sharpness could with ease penetrate a hard bolder, let alone the fragile human body.

True Qi was still wrapped around his arm, revealing not a single bloodstain left from that brutal strike. Looking at the pale Wang Yishan in front of him, Chen Xiang coldly stated "Get away from my sight. This is between me and the Black Wing Gang. You brought this upon yourself when you stepped in between us. For now I'll spare you dog life and let you take a look at the true strength of our Chen Family."

Wang Yishan was completely shocked by Chen Xiang's strength. Although his heart was filled to the brim with resentment, he did not dare say anything in reply. In the end, he reluctantly crawled away as a few people came to his aid, taking him away from the Black Wing Gang's mansion.

Chen Xiang focused his eyes towards the Black Wind Gang's Leader. Azure lighting was flashing within his eyes as Slaughter Qi started to soar out from his entire body. After sweeping his gaze through everyone present, he eventually reached the Black Wing Gang's Leader. Chen Xiang coldly stated "If any you meddle in things which you're not supposed to, don't blame me for what happens. You and I don't have any deep grudges, and I don't want to take any needless actions which would waste my strength."

Governor Hua Gaoyun was an expert of the 8th level of the Mortal Martial Realm. Although his overall strength was a lot higher than Wang Yishan's, when he had witnessed Chen Xiang's performance and skills, Hua Gaoyun was extremely conflicted. Even if he faced Chen Xiang and somehow won, Hua Gaoyun was dead certain that he would not get through it unscathed.

It would obviously not be beneficial for him, and he could clearly see this point. Otherwise he would have never become a Governor of King City. He saw that the Black Wind Gang's Leader has offended a young alchemist with immeasurable potential. It was simply not worth it, not even adding into the equation that the Chen Family was not to be trifled with.

Without any delay, Hua Gaoyun took his son and instantly left. As for the Black Wind Gang's Leader, he couldn't stop the current progression of things. This was because he already knew that after today, the Black Wind Gang would cease to exist in King City.

He could only stand by and watch as everyone he invited left one by one. Although he was extremely angry, he dared not to attack and force them to stay.

"Attack him together, he is just one person!" The Black Wind Gang's Leader yelled as he rushed towards Chen Xiang wielding a long black spear.

Just like an angry dragon, Chen Xiang madly roared as powerful Qi Aura waves rippled outwards with Chen Xiang as the origin. Wherever they went, only destruction followed. The bricks it breezed past were crushed into dust. Flowers and trees within the garden suddenly looked like they had been slashed by thousands of blades. Everyone present in the garden started to scream out miserably and their seven apertures started bleeding. As they were covered in scars that sprang up one after another in an endless loop, the entire group quickly fell down on the ground.

This move of Chen Xiang's burst out vigorous amounts of aura Qi along with a sonic attack. Although the consumption of energy was tremendous, the power and range of the attack was equally astonishing.

Only the Black Wing Gang's Leader was left standing. Over a thousand of his Black Wind Gang members were now lying on the ground, dead. It was unbelievable that they were taken out just by a single sixteen year old teenager who had such a vicious and fearsome True Qi.

The Black Wing Gang's Leader felt his heart constrict in terror, only now did he know what kind of person he had messed with.

"HAHAHAHA!" The Black Wind Gang's Leader suddenly start laughing maniacally.

"What are you laughing about?" Chen Xiang asked as he slowly advanced step by step towards him.

"I'm laughing because the Yao Family will not let off your Chen Family. Your entire Chen Family will perish." With a grim smile, the Black Wind Gang's Leader replied. In a flash Chen Xiang came in front of him, forcing out his vigorous True Qi he transformed it into Qi Aura and fired a powerful punch. The Black Wind Gang's Leader flew like a rag doll, crashing into a house on the distant horizon.

Chen Xiang quickly flew towards him. Entering into the house he gripped the Black Wind Gang's Leader's head, shouting in his heart "[Engulfing Devil Skill]!"

This Black Wind Gang's Leader was in the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm. The amount of True Qi in his body was not bad, but he was facing Chen Xiang. In front of this monster, the Black Wind Gang's Leader was completely helpless and utterly vulnerable.

As Chen Xiang cast the [Engulfing Devil Skill] for the first time, he felt a large amount of True Qi surging into his arm, heading straight to his body. This True Qi was very oppressive and it swirled around in his body. The entire process made him feel uncomfortable, but it was not to an unbearable degree.

The Black Wing Gang's Leader howled in despair, his heart in endless dismay. He had never dreamed that Chen Xiang could actually draw out the internal True Qi within his body and then absorb it. This martial skill was extremely frightening, if a righteous sect came to learn about it, they would certainly hunt Chen Xiang down.

Chen Xiang had refined his body within the Immortal and Devil Pond. His bones, muscles and meridians were all incomparably tough. It was actually enough to withstand this sudden surge of True Qi, thus stopping his body from exploding.

It was also the reason that Bai Youyou had dared to teach him this devil skill, because this technique required a very tough body.

In just a short moment, the Black Wind Gang's Leader hard cultivated True Qi had been entirely deprived by Chen Xiang. As a result the Black Wind Gang's Leader died shortly after. Chen Xiang was also having a hard time, he wanted to suppress and reign in this oppressive True Qi, otherwise it would be very troublesome.

At this moment, Chen Xiang was not thinking about looting Black Wind Gang, but instead hurried to incinerate the Black Wind Gang's Leader body before swiftly leaving. If a Yao Family expert came he would be in a very big trouble, also he was in a hurry to completely refine this True Qi.

Currently his strength was comparable to the 8th level of Mortal Martial Realm. Reaching this level of power in itself was very frightening. It must be known that in the entire Southern Martial Empire, only a few martial artists had reached the 8th level of Mortal Martial Realm.

In Dan King Hall's backyard, Chen Xiang arrived and quickly entered a private room deep below the earth. When Chen Luzhong saw Chen Xiang's dignified complexion, he did not dare ask anything. If only Meng Bo hadn't gone into seclusion to refine pills, Dan King Hall wouldn't have been destroyed.

"The Black Wind Gang had been destroyed." This news soon spread through the whole of King City. In the morning. they had gone to Dan King Hall looking to stir up trouble, but in that very same afternoon, the entire gang was completely eradicated. Not only this, but it was also done by Chen Xiang alone. King City's residents were all amazed by Chen Xiang's strength, and at this point they had a new understanding of just how powerful Chen Xiang was.

Although many people had died, nobody came forward to address these things, nor did they want to intervene. Although the Imperial Palace had the Emperor, even they did not dare to provoke these powerful figures as they knew very well about the formidability of these martial experts.

Although the Black Wind Gang was exterminated, there was no movement in the Yao Family. It was well known that the Black Wind Gang were the Yao Family's lackeys. Many people guessed that the Yao Family was busy preparing for the upcoming King City's Martial Tournament, as well as searching for their missing Yao Family Elder and genius.

Dan King Hall was quickly restored to its former brilliance and was ready to start anew. After the Black Wing Gang's extermination, all of King City's citizens were shocked by Dan King Hall's display of strength. Everyone was now rushing into Dan King Hall to buy pills, as their pills were far cheaper than the Yao Family's, soon their dan shops sales took a huge blow.

Most of the customers were martial artists who were neither very wealthy nor did they had a huge background. They earned money in order to buy dans and elevate their strengths, as such they just choose whomever sold at a cheaper price. Not to mention, Dan King Hall was managed by the Southern Martial Empire's Dan King, making these people feel more at ease about their purchases.

The main bulk of the sales were Low-Grade Mortal Level Dans, only a few Middle-Grade Mortal Level Dans were sold because they were a lot more expensive. High Grade-Mortal Level Dans were sold the least as ordinary people could not afford these dans.

Because the Danxiang Herbal Manor constantly supplied cheap spirit herbs, Dan King Hall managed to save a lot of money. Plus, even if Dan King Hall had made a great deal of profit, Chen Xiang simply did not want any of it, and all of it was left for Dan King Hall to use.

Even after an entire day had past, Chen Diang was still refining the True Qi he had recently engulfed and forcibly taken from the Black Wing Gang's Leader. This True Qi was very turbid. in order to transform it into the purest form, Chen Xiang had to remove many impurities. This process required a great deal of time.

Chen Xiang's dantian was stuffed full of True Qi and he was currently constantly compressing that True Qi, allowing his dantian to store more and more True Qi, simultaneously trying to break into the 8th level of the Mortal Martial Realm!

Operating the [Tai Chi Divine Exercise], the Tai Chi Yin and Yang Diagram in Chen Xiang's dantian quickly started to rotate. True Qi was constantly entering the Tai Chi Diagram, it then quickly broke into the five elements, swiftly turning into five True Qi vortexes.

The 8th level of the Mortal Martial Realm, the unlocking of divine power! At this stage, one could fuse their divine sense and True Qi together, as a result of which the True Qi evolved with a spirit of it's own and which would be even more powerful! Their aura would also become a lot stronger, exponentially more powerful compared to those in the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm.

In order to advance into the 8th level, one first needs to have vigorous True Qi and a strong divine sense. As Chen Xiang had fully absorbed all of the Black Wing Gang Leader's True Qi, there was no doubt that Chen Xiang's total True Qi was quite vigorous. Plus, after his body was refined in the Immortal and Devil Pool, his spirit was exceptionally strong. As his current divine sense could not be considered weak, as soon as he grasped the method to fuse his divine sense and True Qi together, he would be able to breakthrough.

The Mortal Martial Realm was divided into ten stages, and during each breakthrough it was like opening a giant locked gate, having to force it open with brute force at each stage. Not only does it need a certain amount of power, but one also needed to comprehend certain tricks.

Currently Chen Xiang had more than enough power, he just needed to comprehend how to fuse his True Qi and divine sense. As soon as he does, he can unlock that door and enter into the 8th Level of the Mortal Martial Realm, the realm of Divine Power!

By operating the [Tai Chi Divine Exercise] he was slowly comprehending the profound secrets of this divine exercise. Chen Xiang's True Qi and divine sense gradually fused together. The invisible divine sense melded together with the colorful True Qi. These two powerful forces slowly fused together as something seemed to burst open in Chen Xiang's body. Endless strength emerged constantly in a steady stream and continued onwards to impact his meridians, muscles, and bones...

"Thud" In Chen Xiang's mind a sound suddenly resounded. It was as if a heavy gate had just been opened. In a steady but swift stream, an endless flow of power surged from this opening into his body, thereby enhancing his strength and making it even more tyrannical than before.

As Chen Xiang opened his eyes, two white beams emitted as the golden mist enshrouding his body gradually dispersed. At this time, his eyes became clear. He could clearly perceive the tiny dust particles drifting on the ground. He can clearly hear far off sounds from every direction, but he didn't think it was noisy. He could clearly identify what each sound was, what each and every person was saying amongst those chaotic noises.

In the most crucial time, Chen Xiang had entered into the 8th level of the Mortal Martial Realm, the Divine Power realm!

He was also just about to reach seventeen years of age.

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King City's Martial Art Tournament was held once every decade. Only those twenty or younger could participate in this grand tourney. This time, it was organized by the Yao Family and supervised by numerous experts from the martial art sects from the Immortal Mountains. Whoever manages to place first in the whole competition would not only win a High-Grade Spirit Level True Elemental Dan, but also earn the qualifications to enter one of the observing martial art sects. These were very attractive rewards for anyone.

It should be known that Spirit Level Dans were extremely expensive already! In fact, they were generally not sold, those who require them would need to seek out an alchemist to personally refine it. Not to mention, there was always high risk of failure in refining dans, and besides this was a High-Grade Spirit Level True Elemental Dan!

Each True Elemental Dan contained a vast amount of pure True Qi. After taking and refining the energy within, the individual absorbing the dan could easily get a large amount of True Qi without going through the long arduous process of absorbing the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth. It was truly a superb dan that could quickly elevate one's power.

Many people applied for the King City's Martial Art Tournament, but only a select few were able to pass through the harsh assessments. In fact, there was merely forty people in total! This showed just how high the requirements to entire King City's Martial Art Tournament were.

During the test, Chen Xiang easily got the highest assessment. His fist had actually pulverized the strength measuring stone. Even the stone was unable to measure his true power! However, not a single person had yet to notice Chen Xiang's arrival.

The Yao Family's field was akin to mountain and seas composed of human, with a large sea of people encircling the six feet high and twenty feet in diameter, round martial stage. Standing above the crowd were a total of thirty nine boys and girls... Chen Xiang was still nowhere to be seen.

"I heard that two days ago he destroyed the Black Wind Gang, could it be that he was injured and cannot come?" Inside the crowd a person's voice could be heard.

"Most likely, after all I heard that the Black Wing Gang's Leader was a 7th Level Mortal Martial Realm Expert. Plus, Chen Xiang is rather young. It is highly likely that they were mutually wounded" Another person replied.

"En! No one has seen Chen Xiang within the Dan King Hall in the past two days. It seems like he really cannot come, such a pity." One man sighed.

Everyone watching the tournament was hoping for Chen Xiang's arrival, yet he had not. Many people were very disappointed, making the arrogant group onstage very unhappy. This was because it was as though the audience thought that Chen Xiang would come and easily get first place.

While everyone was talking about Chen Xiang, a figure cloaked in black, with sword like eyebrows and shiny starry eyes, walked up to the stairs of the stage with a clear expression of determination.

Watching the calm and handsome boy slowly appear on-stage, the entire field fell silent, before bursting into waves of screams. Chen Xiang had finally come, which made the entire crowd excited.

On the stage there were now forty boys and girls, yet Chen Xiang overshadowed them all because of what he wore. Very common black tights, compared to the others who were all luxuriously dressed. Yet in both temperament and build, they were far inferior compared to Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang gave off the impression of a very mature and stable individual, with a faint trace of a smile on his face. All in all, the other boys and girls had a high and mighty attitude, with proud looks on their faces and acting as if the crowd was beneath them. This made everyone watching displeased, comparatively everyone looking at Chen Xiang felt comfortable.

Chen Xiang had just entered the 8th level of the Mortal Martial Realm and his divine sense was already coming in handy. He could tell that there was actually two experts of 7th Level of the Mortal Martial Realm on the tournament stage, one of whom, was an around twenty year old boy cloaked in a shining golden aura.

The other was a very beautiful girl with soft white hair that was tied into a ponytail. Slim and slender, she looked very beautiful and mature as well, yet also cold and proud. Actually, she was wearing the same type of clothes as Chen Xiang! Black tights, sketching out her perfectly hot figure. However, the quality of her outfit far exceeded that of Chen Xiang's

This girl was attracting a lot of attention because of her strange white hair, mature appearance, sexy figure, and extremely beautiful but cold and proud face. Even Chen Xiang glanced towards her many times.

"The rules are being announced! The first round will be held today. Forty people will be divided into eight groups of five. The winner of each group will go on to the quarterfinals!" An old man shouted, he was an Yao Family Elder. "Five will fight on stage at a time, the last man standing will be the victor of the group and advance!"

The rules were quite common, five people would fight a battle royale on stage, eliminating each other one by one while the last one standing would be crowned the victor.

The Yao Family Elder mainly explained the tournament rules to state that they are allowed to use dirty tricks and tactics, but not allowed to kill.

Afterwards, the eight groups were soon formed, and Chen Xiang was not grouped with either of the two 7th level Mortal Martial Realm practitioners. In his group, there were four guys, each around nineteen to twenty year old and at the pinnacle of the 6th Mortal Martial Realm. It seemed like they were just about to breakthrough to the next level. Chen Xiang guessed that the Yao Family had intentionally put him such a group to get him eliminated during the first round of the tournament.

At this time, Chen Xiang also learned the identities of the two 7th level Mortal Martial Realm practitioners. The girl was called Leng Youlan, and she was the daughter of a famous general of Southern Martial Empire. Yet despite her mature looks, she was only fourteen years old, this made Chen Xiang secretly snarl.

The other teenager was called Song Nanming. He was the eldest son of the Emperor. Basically, he was the crown prince of Southern Martial Empire. This year he just turned twenty, and was at pinnacle of 7th level of Mortal Martial Realm. The inherent talent was also good, but in Chen Xiang opinion it was still poor compared to Leng Youlan, because she was only fourteen years old.

Chen Xiang's group was the last to fight, but also the most unbalanced. Not only was Chen Xiang only sixteen years old, but the other group members were nineteen or twenty. Everyone could see that this was intentional. If it was one on one, Chen Xiang would have the highest possibility to win. But if all five people fought in this melee knockout, Chen Xiang may very well be defeated.

If it was before, when Chen Xiang was only at the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm, he might have been somewhat worried. But now he was in the 8th level of the Mortal Martial Realm and had a lot more strength. Just by stomping his feet on the ground, his feet could shake the whole field. Plus, with the divine exercise and his five elements True Qi, his strength was comparable to that of a 9th level Mortal Martial Realm warrior!

Chen Xiang did not actually expect he would breakthrough to the 8th level of the Mortal Martial Realm just a few days after he entered the 7th level. This was all thanks to the [Engulfing Devil Skill] that was taught to him by Bai Youyou. At that time, he also understood the dangerous lure of devil skills!

Cheng Xiang stood among the audiences, watching the first five people as they fought on the tournament stage. He was observing their respective fighting styles and his eyes shone whenever they casted their martial skills. He could clearly see the True Qi flowing in their meridians thanks to his extraordinary divine sense. As such, it was a piece of cake for Chen Xiang to steal and learn their techniques unlike normal people. This was something he could easily imitate and use in the future.

All five people were squeezed near the center of the stage. No one wanted to fight near the edge, as once someone steps out, they are eliminated. At this time, they were chaotically fighting in the middle of the stage. This type of chaotic battle also required one to have a certain strength and endurance for them to last long enough to be the last man standing. Sometimes an individual would find themselves facing all other four fighters! Moreover, they all attacked and simultaneously resisted others. From these facts, one could see the participants capability to use and respond to a martial skill.

Although the audience exclaimed with gasps of shock and admiration whenever those five people cast their martial skills, Chen Xiang felt nothing but disdain. Although flashy, there were far too many shortcoming, as such he did not try to steal and learn them.

The first round was soon finished, the victor's strength was good, with vigorous True Qi he lasted until he was the last one left. The other four were not defeated, but rather had to step down as their True Qi had been completely consumed.

These boys and girls were in 6th level of the Mortal Martial Realm. In many people's eyes, they were geniuses and quite powerful. But Chen Xiang knew their basics were not good, their foundation was unstable. Their True Qi was not vigorous or pure enough. Although their martial skills were good, they were not able to unleash the full power of their martial skills, and they also had horrible accuracy.

"Well I suppose they are too sheltered. All their lives, they have been treated as treasures and supported by their families, having not suffered the bitterness of true practice." Chen Xiang muttered coldly in his heart. However, not many could practice like him, bitterly practicing until the moon started falling.

The next round was the Southern Martial Empire's Crown Prince, Song Nanming's, turn. He was a martial artist in the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm, but the others were only in the 6th level. In fact, at the beginning of the round, two quickly fell down from an explosion. Song Nanming then used his advantage of being in 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm to swiftly overcome the other two. The entire audience cheered with excitement after he won.

Next, it was the great general's daughter, Leng Youlan's, turn. When she stepped on stage, many men in the audience lost their breath as they stared lustfully at her figure. Leng Youlan was wearing black tights. With her slim, slender and flexible legs, her appearance really did not match her age. The mature and graceful body emanated a cold and proud temperament. It was hard for anyone to imagine that this girl was only fourteen years old.

"The True Qi from this girl is very strange!" Chen Xiang frowned and whispered.

Su Meiyao replied "This girl has a Fire-Ice Vein, what rank it is, I can't tell. The True Qi that she practices must be fire and ice True Qi. When these two opposing types of True Qi fuse, they become like this, strange and unpredictable. If you face her flames, it is very possible that they would be able to freeze you. In short, this little girl is marvellous and extraordinary. It would probably be for the best if you became friends with her."

Chen Xiang's pupils contracted. Watching that mature and charming figure on the stage, he was secretly shocked in his heart. Someone who could obtain Su Meiyao's acknowledgments would definitely not be ordinary.

"Start!"

As the sound faded away, Leng Youlan suddenly turned into a black shadow which rushed around the stage. Seemingly dragging something that looked like a long black ghost, her speed was so fast that the audience clicked their tongues in amazement. They weren't alone as the four men on stage were also stunned.

Chen Xiang's brow wrinkled, even he could barely make out Leng Youlan's beautiful but serious face. But this act made his eyes extremely strained, her fast speed surprised even him!

"BANG!" A sound suddenly came as one of the participants on stage suddenly flew off. Although most people did not see how the man was beaten down, everyone realized it must have been the quick Leng Youlan. In fact, only her shadow was visible to most of the audience at this point.

However Chen Xiang saw clearly that Leng Youlan sent out a powerful kick on the youth. It was actually strong enough that the individual in question flew out after one strike.

Leng Youlan quickly struck each of her opponents in such a way that only her silhouette was visible, yet all it took was one kick as each of her competitors flew out. As the other participants flew out one by one, everyone cheered.

"Leng Youlan has successfully entered the quarter finals! Next is the final group!" The Yao Family Elder shouted.

Finally it was Chen Xiang's turn. Everyone knew that Chen Xiang was going to face four other 6th level Mortal Martial Realm experts, each of them had remained in that realm for many years. They were naturally much stronger than others at the same level, making it even more disadvantageous for Chen Xiang.

As Chen Xiang stepped onto the stage, his facial expression was completely relaxed. He was in no way anxious because of his four powerful opponents. This calm and confident attitude made others admire him.

Chen Xiang stood with the other four on stage, and even though they were twenty years old, they were still shorter, their statures were not as robust as the seventeen year old Chen Xiang's. He actually looked more healthy and energetic compared to them!

Leng Youlan, who was in the audience, seriously watched Chen Xiang. Her cold and beautiful eyes carefully observed Chen Xiang, wanting to see through him. But it was like clouds had covered more clouds, she wasn't even able to sense Chen Xiang breath.

"Start!"

The instant the signal was given, all four of the other participants rushed towards Chen Xiang extremely quickly. At the same time, they simultaneously blasted out a fist wrapped in vigorous True Qi. Everyone could clearly tell that the four fists emitted a frightening amount of True Qi, it seemed like they could even blast giant mountains into tiny rocks.

Chen Xiang simply stood still with both hands behind his back. The four fists fiercely landed on his chest, and bursted into Qi waves which lead to a gust of fierce winds. The whole tournament stage wildly shook and nearly collapsed. At this moment, everyone's heart seemed to stop. The four fists were so frightening, and had all landed on a single target. Let alone people, even solid iron bars would easily break under such pressure.

But Chen Xiang was not an ordinary man. When the four fists struck his chest, his expression did not change in the slightest. In fact, if anything, his face was more relaxed as he stood there, which bathed the entire crowd in silence. Everyone stood dumbly like wooden chickens. Astonishment was clearly visible on every single face in the crowd.

Leng Youlan's brow wrinkled, she was tightly watching Chen Xiang. Her mature, proud and cold face was painted with surprise. Even if she completely exhausted all of her True Qi, she could only barely resist those four fists. Yet not only did Chen Xiang not use any True Qi, he didn't even prepare himself to defend. This was how casually he received those four blows.

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Chen Xiang didn't use True Qi because he had already entered the 8th level of the Mortal Marital Realm. Furthermore, his body was naturally a lot stronger due to the refinement in the Immortal and Devil Pool. For him, opponents in the 6th level and the 1st level of the Mortal Marital Realm were the same, their attacks were merely superficial.

Of course, out of everyone present, the most shocked were the four men who attacked Chen Xiang. As their frightening attacks struck Chen Xiang's body, it felt like everything went down the drain. The enormous strength they had put in their strikes just quietly disappeared, making them all question their own power because of how easily the other side had resisted their combined attacks with nothing but his body.

They all openly retreated, if Chen Xiang can casually resist their simultaneous attack and not even flinch, one could only imagine his strength. It was dead certain that he was extremely powerful. Chen Xiang fully opened his eyes fully as the invisible Slaughter Qi emerged from his body. All the four men were bathed in extreme bloodlust as their whole bodies froze. It was as if they had fallen into hell at the height of it's slaughter, and Chen Xiang was the God of Slaughter, and the four men were nothing but lambs lead to the slaughterhouse.

"Do you want get down and forfeit, or do you want me to act?" Chen Xiang voice was full of killing intent. This was truly terrifying, this Slaughter Qi resulted from him practicing the [Slaughtering Heart] from the [White Tiger Divine Exercise], which added a spiritual pressure.

Chen Xiang's voice resounded as the four people standing immediately backed off. Under the sweep of his frightening and almost divine killing sense, their spirits had collapsed long ago. With the help of his divine sense, not a single one of them had any intention left of fighting against him.

From start to finish, Chen Xiang did not even move. He simply scared away the other four and entered into the quarter finals! This result was outside anyone's expectations, those who had entered into the quarterfinals experienced a large amount of pressure from facing this monster, Chen Xiang. Their chances of winning just diminished greatly.

Next was to create four groups of individual one and one fights. This was also managed by the Yao Family, but the match ups had not been announced for quite sometime. Chen Xiang said nothing, in his eyes whoever he had to fight was the same. Even if the Yao Family tried to play dirty tricks, they would all amount to nothing like their attempt just now.

Chen Xiang's next opponent turned out to be a Yao Family member. In fact, it seems like he was the brother of Yao Tianhua. His name was Yao Chong and was only of the 6th level of the Mortal Martial Realm.

This actually made Chen Xiang surprised for a moment. But he quickly guessed things were not as they seemed as he was the most clear on the Yao Family's strength. Not to mention that the Yao Family had arranged for someone from their own family to fight, there was no doubt some form of trickery involved.

The Yao Family disciples usually either planted spirit herbs or learned alchemy techniques. From the very start, their strength was way behind others. Yao Tianhua was an exception as he could practice alchemy and have a good amount of power, however he was currently missing. The Yao Family simply did not have any other outstanding disciples.

The Yao Family mainly used their dans to attract other families and a large number of wandering martial artists to settle down under their authority.

Once again, Chen Xiang was in the last round of the day. Starting tomorrow, there would be two fights each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Chen Xiang wasn't concerned about anyone, so he didn't go watch the earlier matches. He felt that the time would be better spent practicing alchemy.

Once two days had gone past, and Chen Xiang was walking towards the Yao Family after eating lunch. Although he didn't go watch the three matches, two yesterday and one in this morning, he still learned who won. The Crown Prince and Leng Youlan both won their respective matches and would fight each other tomorrow morning.

"This match between the Crown Prince and the great general's daughter should be very interesting. Perhaps I'll go and watch tomorrow." Chen Xiang made a quick mental note as he stepped on the tournament stage, waiting for Yao Chong to arrive.

As for Chen Xiang's and Yao Chong's fight, everyone thought that Chen Xiang would easily win. However, they were uncertain why the Yao Family would allow Chen Xiang to face Yao Chong, it was like sending him to do a thankless and pointless job.

"You display of strength clearly shows your worth as someone who defeated Tianhua. I hope Brother Chen will show some leniency." Yao Chong approached Chen Xiang and said with a smile.

Yao Chen and Yao Tianhua looked somewhat similar. A sliver of pride could be easily seen on either of their faces, but it seemed more subdued on Yao Chen's.

Chen Xiang did not actually care about this Yao Family junior or his courtesy. Chen Xiang smiled and said "Then we can compare notes on our martial arts."

The two quickly separated from each other.

"Start!"

The instant the signal was given, Chen Xiang saw a hint of ruthlessness and cunningness appear in Yao Chong's eyes. Chen Xiang was slightly surprised in his heart, but knew that there was some dirty trickery ahead. Yao Chong took the initiative as he leapt towards Chen Xiang. Both of Yao Chong's fists were cloaked in hot flames, surging with a vigorous and scorching hot True Qi.

Watching the punch come towards him, Chen Xiang immediately moved to dodge. But in that instant, his whole body suddenly became slax, and he was unable to put forth even a tiny bit of strength. He was even unable to move his True Qi which made his heart jump with shock.

Yao Chong's face suddenly turned ferocious as he said in a heavy voice, "Chen Xiang, you are finished." Both of his flaming fists landed on Chen Xiang's body, madly striking him. In just a blink of an eye, his chest and head have all been smashed by those violent fists.

"This bastard, he's actually at the 7th level of the Mortal Martial Realm!" Chen Xiang had not expected that Yao Chong had hidden his strength so deeply. Yet what Chen Xiang was most angry about was the despicable trick that Yao Chong has used that resulted in Chen Xiang's body turning weak and made him unable to mobilize his True Qi.

Unfortunately, Chen Xiang's body could be considered tougher than stone. Despite being struck by a 7th Mortal Martial Realm expert with no defense, he was still not seriously injured which scared the living daylights out of Yao Chong.

"When you were talking to me, you released an odorless and colorless poison from you mouth, paralyzing my meridians so that I can't move my True Qi right?" Chen Xiang whispered, as his clear and calm eyes looked straight at Yao Chong.

Yao Chong did not expect for his opponent to find out what method used so soon, but did not confirm or deny Chen Xiang's statement, instead he attempted to strike him with even more ferocity and madness.