Chen Jie had gradually tamed the Mystic Ice Power.
Chen Jie was surprised at this, but after some thought, he understood. The Yang Chun Skill was the introductory Chapter of the Spring Word Technique in the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomenon Technique.
Its power wasn’t formidable, yet like the nurturing of all things in spring, it was the foundation for growth.
With it, various martial arts and techniques could be performed – it was the basis.
It might seem unimportant, but in reality, it was the most crucial cultivation technique.
Without it, other techniques, despite their strong lethality and infinite uses, would come with severe side effects. The Yang Chun Skill could neutralize those effects.
Because of the Yang Chun Skill’s marvelous benefits, it helped Chen Jie in practicing the Mystic Ice Power, and in utilizing it swiftly, which is why Chen Jie had planned to kill Qin Ying.
Chen Jie aimed to kill Qin Ying, take over the Fishing Guild, and then leave traces of the Mystic Ice Power at the scene to frame Nan Batian.
"It wasn’t I, Chen Jiusi, who killed the man; it was Nan Batian who killed him, what does it have to do with me, Chen Jiusi?"
When Qin Ying saw Chen Jie activating the Mystic Ice Power, he instantly understood his malicious intent and with eyes wide in anger shouted, "Chen Jiusi, you’re truly vile!"
Chen Jie, upon hearing this, laughed and said, "Ha ha, thanks for the compliment!"
With that, Qin Ying bellowed, "Run, try every possible means to escape, save whoever can be saved!"
After Qin Ying’s roar, he raised both claws and unleashed the Blood Eagle Claw.
With a cry of an eagle, Qin Ying attacked Chen Jie with all his might, circulating his Gang Qi throughout his body, and immediately sent it surging into his eagle claws, grasping directly at Chen Jie.
The Blood Eagle Claw, an innovation built upon the Eagle Claw Skill, was a martial art with astonishing offensive power and terrifyingly destructive force – it was an outright Energy Transformation Technique. At this last moment of his life, Qin Ying revealed a glimmer of humanity.
He charged at Chen Jie, fighting for a sliver of hope for his brothers.
But Chen Jie wouldn’t give him the chance. With the Yang Chun Skill fueling the Thunderbolt Step, he vanished from his initial position with a whoosh and reappeared beside Qin Hu in the next moment.
Upon seeing Chen Jie, Qin Hu was hugely alarmed, still haunted by the past beatings from Chen Jie.
However, facing a life-and-death crisis, despite the haunting memories, he still struck, attacking Chen Jie with Tiger Claw.
Chen Jie didn’t even bother to dodge; he reached out with a hand imbued with Mystic Ice Power and struck at Qin Hu. With a crisp snap, bones broke and tendons snapped.
Chen Jie’s palm strike directly shattered Qin Hu’s wrist, and he immediately grabbed Qin Hu by the throat.
Lifting Qin Hu into the air, with eyes bulging in agony, Chen Jie infused his Cold Ice Power into his hand, and the next moment, with a crack, twisted and broke Qin Hu’s neck.
Qin Ying roared in fury and pounced on Chen Jie from behind. Chen Jie turned and dodged, avoiding the eagle claw swipe coming at his ear.
Qin Ying missed his strike and shifted from claw to sweep, sending a horizontal swipe.
Chen Jie ducked and leaned backward, then with a strong shoulder bump against Qin Ying’s wide-open chest, the Yang Chun Skill powered by Mystic Ice Power with Cold Ice Gang Qi forced Qin Ying to spout a mouthful of fresh blood.
Qin Ying stumbled back continuously, and at this moment, Chen Jie spun around, closed in rapidly, and then executed Fast Fist, driving the Cold Ice Force fiercely into Qin Ying’s chest.
A rapid sequence of attacks had Qin Ying spitting blood frantically, which soon carried chunks of his internal organs.
Chen Jie finally sent Qin Ying flying with a palm. Qin Ying spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, splashing everywhere, and blood was scattered all over the floor.
Immediately after, Qin Ying fell flat on his back, his mouth foaming with blood and ice, body twitching, quickly showing no signs of life.
Chen Jie then looked up to see Qin Bao had already made it to the doorway.
Chen Jie lifted his foot to pursue but was unexpectedly caught as Qin Ying grabbed his trouser leg.
Upon glancing at Qin Ying, Chen Jie saw that his consciousness was fading, and in that moment, clutching his pant leg, Qin Ying pleaded, "Give them a chance to live..."
There was a hint of begging in his voice.
Chen Jie then ripped Qin Ying’s hand away, saying, "If you were in my place, could you let your enemy go?"
At those words, Qin Ying suddenly choked on a mouthful of fresh blood, his body starting to convulse wildly. Chen Jie said, "I’ll keep your one-year-old daughter alive; that’s the last of my mercy!"
Qin Ying’s body then stiffened up and was shortly completely breathless.
In the meantime, Qin Bao was scared witless, desperately running out. But could he possibly outrun Chen Jie?
Chen Jie, with a step of the Thunderbolt Step, instantly appeared in front of Qin Bao.
Qin Bao fell to the ground with a slap, "Grandpa Chen, Grandpa Chen, I submit, spare me, spare me!"
Chen Jie looked at Qin Bao and asked, "How could you be spared?"
Qin Bao said, "I, I can be a dog for you, Grandpa Chen, just like Qin Ying was to Nan Batian."
Chen Jie chuckled. "I just killed your two brothers!"
"That’s... it doesn’t matter, in the Jianghu, who doesn’t lose a relative or two, they had it coming for opposing Grandpa Chen, they deserved to die!"
"I, I wish I could have slain those two villains myself. If you give me a chance, I’ll, I’ll go and kill their entire family to prove my loyalty, wouldn’t that suffice?"
At that moment, Qin Bao’s eyes bulged as he thought of a perfect way to demonstrate his loyalty.
That was to kill his own elder brothers’ entire families to show allegiance.
Hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Qin Bao, "Qin Bao, I don’t know if you’re trying to dull my senses to seek revenge later, or if you’re truly so depraved, but I’ll tell you this, I dare not employ someone like you! Prepare to die!"
With that exclamation from Qin Bao, Chen Jie had already raised his hand and slammed a palm infused with Mystic Ice Power directly onto Qin Bao’s Heavenly Spirit.