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Martial Saint Palace's Earth Martial Department. The hall was very spacious and magnificently decorated, but at this moment, a strong smell of blood filled the air. Corpses were lying in pools of blood, and the splashing blood dyed the exquisite decorations in the hall red. It was a ghastly sight.
A figure stood in the middle of the hall, holding a sword in one hand. A drop of blood slid down the blade and dripped from the tip of the sword.
Drip!
The drop of blood fell to the ground with a soft thud, shattering into countless smaller drops of blood that splashed in all directions like a blooming scarlet flower. It was especially jarring in this quiet hall.
There were still eight Pseudo Transcendents surrounding Chen Zong. Four of them were Seven Star, three were Eight Star, and one was an early Nine Star.
Breathing heavily, the eight remaining Pseudo Transcendents of Martial Saint Palace all had bloodshot eyes filled with grief, anger, and murderous intent. However, their trembling hands and bodies betrayed the fear in their hearts.
Dead, all of them were dead.
A group of Martial Saint Palace disciples attacked Chen Zong, but they were all killed. None of them could withstand a single sword strike.
Whether it was the True Martial Realm or the Pseudo Transcendents.
As an important branch of the Martial Saint Palace in the Earth Martial City, there would usually be one Extreme Mortal Realm cultivator, twenty Pseudo Transcendents, and over a hundred True Martial Realm cultivators guarding it. This level of strength was already comparable to some Low Rank Sects.
This time, the Ultimate Mortal had been summoned back to Martial Saint Palace, leaving behind twenty Pseudo Transcendents and over a hundred late-stage True Martial Realm cultivators.
Twenty Pseudo Transcendents, naturally, there were Seven Star and Eight Star cultivators. There was even an early Nine Star Grandmaster.
Now, there were only eight Pseudo Transcendents left under Chen Zong's sword.
"Kill!"
"We'll fight to the death!"
At this point, there was no point in saying anything else. Only blood could wash away this blood feud.
Even though they knew they were no match, the eight Pseudo Transcendents of Martial Saint Palace still used their most powerful attacks and charged towards Chen Zong without fear of death. Even if they had to die together with Chen Zong, it was better than nothing.
"A futile struggle." Chen Zong said softly as he slashed out with his sword.
It seemed to be one sword, but it also seemed to be eight swords. The speed of the swords was extremely fast.
Seven of them froze as if they had been immobilized. The light on their bodies also dimmed. Only the early-stage nine-star grandmaster pushed his combat strength to the mid-stage nine-star level. He was faster and stronger. He dodged Chen Zong's sword and approached Chen Zong. He opened his arms and hugged Chen Zong fiercely.
This hug took all of his strength. If he hugged a mountain, then the mountain might be broken in half.
A smile appeared on Chen Zong's face.
Middle-Nine-star combat power!
It was just a matter of struggling a little longer.
Swish! Swish!
The long sword pierced through the air and cut the space in front of it as if it was cutting a piece of paper. The nine-star mid-stage master couldn't dodge and could only let the sword light hit him. He had to resist it with his own strength and then use his arms to hug Chen Zong and die together with Chen Zong.
However, he underestimated the sharpness of Chen Zong's long sword.
The incomparably sharp sword light instantly broke through the defense on his body, then cut open his tough skin, cut into his muscles and bones, and severed them.
A stream of blood splattered in the air. This pseudo-transcendent who had used a secret technique to raise his combat strength to the mid-stage nine-star level fell forward with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
At this point, everyone in the Earth Martial Department except for the Extreme Mortal who hadn't returned yet had been killed.
Chen Zong moved quickly. He swept through the valuable items in the Earth Martial Department, choosing the more useful items and putting them away. He then drew his sword, and with a flash of sword light, he began to draw on the walls of the Earth Martial Department like a brush.
"Thank you for your many notes. I hereby return the favor. I hope you are satisfied."
At the end of the letter, it was signed off by Chen Zong.
With a hum, the sword light disappeared and the long sword returned to its scabbard. Chen Zong glanced at it and a smile appeared on his face. He then turned around and strode out of the Earth Martial Department of the Sacred Martial Palace.
Not long after Chen Zong left, someone poked his head in and looked inside. Immediately, his face turned pale and he was terrified.
The smell of blood was too strong here because hundreds of people had died inside.
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
More people rushed over and after wandering around for a while, they all rushed into the Earth Martial Department. Then, their faces changed and they were all horrified.
Dead.
All of them were dead.
The people of the Sacred Martial Palace's Earth Martial Department had all turned into corpses and were lying in pools of blood. The blood of the hundreds of people had completely soaked the floor of the Earth Martial Department. It was scarlet and reflected rays of light. It was a ghastly sight.
"What's that?"
Someone saw the words engraved on the wall and was shocked. More people looked up and were shocked.
"Let's go."
"Let's get out of here."
One by one, they reacted from the shock and hurriedly retreated from the Earth Martial Department.
Who could be so cruel as to massacre the entire Earth Warrior's Department?
But from the words left on the wall, they were sure that there was a great grudge between the culprit and the Sacred Martial Palace. Otherwise, they wouldn't have killed their way to a branch of the Sacred Martial Palace and slaughtered it. Such a cruel method made people's hearts palpitate.
Whether it was the culprit or the Sacred Martial Palace, they couldn't afford to offend them. As the saying goes, if it's none of your business, it's best to stay away so that you won't be implicated and die an unnatural death.
In the Earth Martial City, the Ten Thousand Sky Sect also had a base. Its scale was similar to the Sacred Martial Palace's Earth Martial Department. Chen Zong originally wanted to kill his way to the Ten Thousand Sky Sect's base and destroy it, but he gave up after thinking about it.
Compared to the Sacred Martial Palace, the grudge between him and the Ten Thousand Sky Sect wasn't that great. Chen Zong didn't want to escalate the situation.
Since he had already returned the favor to the Sacred Martial Palace, Chen Zong didn't plan to stay in the Earth Martial City any longer. He immediately left.
After the incident with the Yang Family in Skylight City, Chen Zong understood that the so-called cultivation rooms that weren't disturbed were only on the surface. Once something happened, what was supposed to happen would still happen. Since that was the case, there was no need to rent a cultivation room in the city. It was better for him to go out and find a safer and more remote place to cultivate.
Although he now had the powerful battle strength to kill mid-Nine-star and even late-stage Martial Masters, it hadn't been long since he broke through to the Pseudo Transcendent Realm. His potential was still active, and he could quickly improve himself.
The moment Chen Zong left the Earth Martial City, the people of the Sacred Martial Palace had already received the news. Moreover, the Extreme Mortal Realm powerhouses quickly rushed over.
When the Extreme Mortal Realm powerhouse was still a thousand meters away from the Earth Martial Department, he could already smell the thick stench of blood. The stench of blood was still as pungent as ever.
In a flash, the Extreme Mortal Realm powerhouse stepped into the Earth Martial Department. With a glance, he saw the scarlet blood that hadn't dried up yet. It was a ghastly sight, as if there was a trace of red light reflected on the Extreme Mortal Realm powerhouse's gloomy face.
After a martial artist went through the cultivation of the Blood Qi Realm, their physique would become stronger and their Blood Qi vigorous. When they reached the True Martial Realm, their Blood Qi wouldn't be visible, but it would be more vigorous and active than when they were in the Blood Qi Realm. Therefore, even if they were killed and their blood flowed out of their bodies, it wouldn't dry up and turn black in a short period of time like an ordinary person. Instead, it would remain active for a certain period of time.
"How ruthless!" The cold voice was like the cold wind from the underworld that blew through the gaps between his teeth.
His gaze shifted away from the corpses and blood all over the ground, and landed on the words on the wall.
"Chen Zong!" An even colder voice filled the air with murderous intent.
The reason he was summoned back to the Sacred Martial Palace this time was related to Chen Zong.
Because of the Heaven defying artifact, the Extreme Mortal Realm powerhouse couldn't do anything to Chen Zong. Even Grand Elder Hong Wu couldn't do anything to him. Moreover, Grand Elder Hong Wu's condition didn't seem too good, as he had suffered some injuries. This had completely attracted the attention of the Sacred Martial Palace's higher-ups.
Therefore, the Sacred Martial Palace's purpose of summoning the Extreme Mortal Realm powerhouses was to announce that before they found a suitable solution, all Transcendents couldn't act against Chen Zong. It would only make them a laughingstock. They even restricted the Sacred Martial Palace's disciples from attacking Chen Zong. After all, Chen Zong was able to kill more than twenty Pseudo Transcendents from Xia Hou's bloodline, including two Grandmasters. This was enough to show Chen Zong's astonishing strength and potential.
Unexpectedly, just as they were discussing and hadn't come to a conclusion, Chen Zong killed his way into the Sacred Martial Palace's Earth Martial Department and brutally slaughtered all the Sacred Martial Palace disciples in the Earth Martial Department in one fell swoop, not leaving a single one alive. He even left behind a message to return the courtesy. This was a merciless slap to the Sacred Martial Palace's face.
Even though he was furious, this person was still able to maintain a clear head. He immediately left the Earth Martial Department and rushed back to the Sacred Martial Palace.
He had to report everything that happened here in detail and let the Sacred Martial Palace's higher-ups come up with a solution.
… …
Chen Zong rushed straight into the mountain. After searching around, he found a relatively remote place. He used his two swords to carve out a small cave, which was dozens of meters deep. After carving out a larger cave and sealing the entrance, he began to cultivate in seclusion.
This time, Chen Zong planned to cultivate for a longer time and improve his cultivation as much as possible.
As for what was happening in the outside world, Chen Zong didn't care about it for now.
After adjusting his essence, energy, and spirit to their peak, Chen Zong began to open his Heaven's Apex and Earth's Abyss meridian, absorbing a trace of Heaven and Earth's Spiritual Qi into his body.
The feeling of absorbing Heaven and Earth's Spiritual Qi was completely different from absorbing the Spiritual Qi of substandard spirit sources.
Although absorbing Heaven and Earth's Spiritual Qi was more taxing, it was more enjoyable.
Not long after, Chen Zong refined the trace of Heaven and Earth's Spiritual Qi and felt the slight improvement in his cultivation. With a faint smile, Chen Zong began to comprehend the sword art.
How to create a Pseudo Lingwu with the Minor True Meaning as the foundation could further increase his strength.
First and foremost was the Secret Sword Point.
Chen Zong would continue to improve it, increasing the speed and power of his attacks, and reducing the consumption as much as possible. Once it reached the peak, Chen Zong planned to truly integrate the Sword Speed True Meaning into it. At that time, if he could integrate two Minor True Meanings into it, the Secret Sword Point would become even more powerful, and its grade would rise to the level of a Pseudo Lingwu.
On the Sky Curtain Mountain, a figure moved as fast as the wind and brought along a series of thunderous roars. He drew a white line across the sky and quickly climbed up the mountain until he reached the peak and looked down.
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