Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

In a pool of blood, Jian Shisan’s corpse was already cold.

A gash marred his neck, and fresh blood gushed from the wound. Facing Jiang Chen’s overwhelming sword strike, Jian Shisan didn’t even have time to resist before he was sent to meet Yama.

"Too weak. You weren’t even worthy of forcing me to use the Instant Sword," Jiang Chen said coldly, shaking his head.

The faces of Jian Shisan’s experts paled.

They all stared at Jiang Chen in terror. Gazing at the young man standing against the wind with his sword in one hand, they could each feel their own hearts trembling.

If anyone dared to call Jiang Chen a waste now, the dozens of people who had just witnessed Jian Shisan’s death would have been the first to stand up and curse them out.

Damn it!

Have you ever seen a waste who could kill a Martial Arts Sixth Stage genius like Jian Shisan with a single sword strike?

The Jiang Family are a bunch of goddamn trolls!

"Don’t kill us! We were just hired for a job! Please, don’t kill us!"

"I can tell you where Jian Shisan was keeping the Demon Beasts! I’m just begging you to spare us..."

One after another, the experts pleaded for their lives.

Jiang Chen said lightly, "A place where Demon Beasts are kept? Tell me more."

"To aim for first place in the hunt, Jian Shisan sent many experts to capture Demon Beasts. He locked them all up in Prince Zhao’s Mansion, in the ruins of Ancient River City."

One of the experts spoke to Jiang Chen with a fawning, obsequious expression.

He spoke with vivid detail as he knelt on the ground, shuffling closer to Jiang Chen. When he was five meters away, a vicious glint flashed in his eyes. He suddenly ducked his head and roared, "You bastard! Go to hell!"

SWOOSH!

A hidden crossbow bolt was concealed on his back! It shot through the air, a deadly arrow aimed straight for Jiang Chen.

The arrow was sudden and unexpected.

A savage look contorted the expert’s face. "Hahaha, Jiang Chen, just die! Once I kill you, I’ll have avenged Jian Shisan! Chairman Qian is sure to reward me handsomely!"

Facing this fatal arrow, Jiang Chen neither dodged nor evaded. He simply opened his mouth and bit down, catching the arrowhead between his teeth.

He was holding it in his mouth!

"Th-this... how is this possible?" The man was stunned and shocked, the savage and triumphant look on his face crumbling away.

He couldn’t imagine how Jiang Chen could have possibly stopped his assassination attempt at such a short distance.

"Nothing is impossible. In my eyes, your movements are as slow as a snail’s!" With a flick of his head, the arrow shot from his mouth and embedded itself in the man’s heart. The poison took effect, and the man died bleeding from all seven orifices.

Jiang Chen snorted coldly and, longsword in hand, began a massacre.

Of the dozens of people present, not a single one was spared!

After looting the gold coins from their bodies, Jiang Chen headed toward Prince Zhao’s Mansion. What he didn’t notice was that shortly after he left, a dark figure suddenly appeared in the silent ruins.

This person stared at the corpses on the ground for a long time, their eyes glinting with a sinister light. They muttered to themselves, ’I didn’t expect everyone to underestimate this Jiang Chen... Thankfully, the Patriarch was wise enough to have me lie in wait to clear obstacles for the young miss. Hehehe, Jiang Chen, oh, Jiang Chen, so what if you’re strong? Making an enemy of the young miss will only lead to a dead end!’

...

In the ruins of Ancient River City, Jiang Chen was a lone wolf among a flock of sheep.

If he met a god, he killed the god; if he met a buddha, he cut down the buddha!

At Prince Zhao’s Mansion, he found the two hundred Demon Beasts that had been captured by Jian Shisan’s men. After slaughtering them all, Jiang Chen’s point total reached four hundred sixty-five, which was already an extremely high score.

However...

This time, the Four Great Clans and other major powers had all sent numerous experts. If he wanted to aim for first place in the hunt, he would need at least one thousand points.

Jiang Chen’s slaughter continued.

But what Jiang Chen didn’t know was that his movements were already being secretly monitored by a mysterious person and leaked to Lin Yu, Chen Fan, Xu Qilin, and the others.

With Jiang Ziyou taking the lead, the forces of the Four Great Clans had actually joined together to set a trap.

They wanted to put Jiang Chen in a death trap!

In East City of the Jiang City ruins, there was once a Battle Arena...

It had once been incomparably magnificent and prosperous.

Now, it was just a vast ruin, weathered by the river of time. A full three hundred Demon Beasts were imprisoned here, their roars rising and falling in a deafening chorus.

Jiang Chen lurked at the edge of the Battle Arena. He spotted some fifty-odd people on patrol, and a smile touched his lips. ’Looks like the intel was right. They really are keeping the Demon Beasts here. Over three hundred of them... If I kill them all, even someone as wealthy and powerful as Xu Qilin will be pissed half to death!’

With this thought, Jiang Chen stealthily slipped in among the beasts.

Sword in hand, he silently reaped the lives of the Demon Beasts, rapidly racking up points.

However...

Just as Jiang Chen had hunted down over a hundred Demon Beasts, he was finally discovered. "Jiang Chen is here!"

BOOM—

That shout was like lighting a fuse. The dark Battle Arena was instantly flooded with light as figures emerged from every shadow.

"Hm?"

Jiang Chen’s expression faltered. His brows furrowed as a foreboding feeling washed over him. ’Not good. This is a trap!’

"Hahaha, Jiang Chen, so you have a day like this too!"

"You blood-soaked butcher! You’ve killed so many of our people! Now you’ve finally fallen into our hands!"

A group of experts appeared, sharpening their blades and radiating killing intent.

They were all wearing the attire of the Four Great Clans and the Money Commerce Association—clearly, these were the forces that had been involved in hunting and targeting Jiang Chen over the past few days.

Jiang Chen’s gaze swept over them, but he didn’t see Xu Qilin, Jiang Ziyou, or the others. He couldn’t help but sneer, "Where are Jiang Ziyou, Xu Qilin, Lin Yu, and Chen Fan? Are they too scared to show up themselves? Did they send you good-for-nothing idiots here to die in their place?"

"Such an arrogant brat! There are three hundred of our best men here, and you still dare to be so insolent? You truly don’t know the difference between life and death!" The one who spoke was a disciple from a branch of the Jiang Family. He was quite old, and his cultivation was not weak, having reached the Peak of Martial Arts Sixth Stage.

Another was an expert from the Xu Family who had served loyally under Xu Ying—a genuine killer. "A waste like you isn’t worthy of the Young Masters dealing with you personally. Jiang Chen, just obediently accept your death!"

"This day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"

Three hundred people attacked Jiang Chen at once.

Jiang Chen’s eyes turned cold. The sword in his hand trembled slightly, emitting a tyrannical killing intent. "You pieces of trash think you can kill me? Jiang Ziyou and the others have underestimated me far too much. Let’s do this!"

SWISH!

Flowing Light Technique...

Thunderbolt Technique...

Jiang Chen’s sword was like the wind and shadows, like lightning and thunder. Every strike took a life...

His combat prowess was heaven-defying!

With a single sword, he weaved through the three hundred men, cutting his way in and out. A full three hours later, Jiang Chen had, by himself, slaughtered all three hundred of them. A river of blood flowed, and corpses littered the ground.

But he too had suffered unprecedented injuries. A gash deep enough to reveal bone stretched from his left shoulder to his right ribs, blood pouring from it without end.

Jiang Chen stood with his sword in hand, his foot on the last man’s chest. "Speak! Where are Lin Yu, Chen Fan, and Xu Qilin!"

"Th-th-they’re at the City Lord’s Mansion in the center of the ruins! Th-there’s a Beast Nest there! They’re working with Miss Ziyou to break into it..."

The man’s face was twisted in agony, his limbs having been severed by Jiang Chen. He spoke through the pain, "This ambush... it was Miss Ziyou and Xu Qilin’s idea. I’ve told you everything I know! Please, don’t kill me!"

"In your next life, remember to be more discerning. There are some people who, once provoked, will only bring you a path to death!"

He lopped off the last man’s head, his eyes glinting coldly. ’Lin Yu, Chen Fan, and Xu Qilin... Good. Very good. I had no quarrel with you, yet you’ve tried to kill me again and again. In that case, don’t blame me for being ruthless.’