"You... you actually weren’t blown up!"
Looking at Chen Nan in front of him, the middle-aged ninja had an expression like he had seen a ghost. He just couldn’t believe that the young man before him had cultivated to such an extraordinary realm!
In truth, the fact that Chen Nan only suffered minor injuries was not solely due to his powerful inner strength cultivation; there was another crucial reason—
His martial body, which was akin to being ironclad.
If it were just an ordinary martial artist at the Fifth Layer Heaven of Tao, they would suffer severe internal injuries, even if not killed by such an explosion.
"Just a mere grenade, it can’t harm me." Chen Nan said with a cold smile, staring at him. "Where is the Imperial Jade Seal? Speak up honestly, and I’ll make your death quick."
The middle-aged ninja sneered and flicked his right hand to the ground, causing a sphere the size of an egg to smash onto the ground.
A sound of explosion echoed, and in an instant smoke billowed as the middle-aged ninja turned and fled.
Seeing the smoke in front, Chen Nan stomped on the ground, leaping seven or eight meters high, arriving above the smoke to see the ninja escaping into the distance.
"Let’s see where you run to!"
Taking the Slaughter God Seven Steps, Chen Nan’s body flashed through the air like light and shadow, swiftly pursuing.
"Absorption Star Method!"
When he was only ten meters away from the opponent, Chen Nan landed on the ground, reaching forward with his right hand. An endless suction force emitted from his palm, instantly pulling the opponent back.
The middle-aged ninja shouted angrily.
Knowing he couldn’t escape, as soon as Chen Nan pulled him close, he swiftly turned around, waving the ninja blade on his back that flashed with a cold light, slashing towards Chen Nan’s chest.
The sound of clashing metal echoed as Chen Nan grabbed the blade with his bare hand.
The sharp ninja blade was firmly held in his palm, no matter how hard the opponent tried, he couldn’t cut into it at all; the gap in their power was truly immense.
Chen Nan twisted forcefully, instantly snatching the ninja blade away, grabbing its handle with one hand and the blade with the other, twisting it forcefully. A humming sound was heard, and the steel ninja blade was immediately twisted into a spiral.
Still unwilling to give up, the ninja threw a punch at Chen Nan, but was kicked in the stomach by Chen Nan, sent flying instantly and collapsing on the ground.
"You fool who doesn’t know your limits."
Chen Nan walked over, stepping on him, summoning the long sword fused in his left hand, sliding it down towards his face.
A cry of pain echoed as a long bloodstain appeared on the ninja’s face.
"When you are willing to tell the location of the Jade Seal, just give me a shout."
Chen Nan spoke with a tone devoid of any emotion, like a cold killing machine, continuously slicing the long sword onto him. The bloodstains intertwined like a fishing net, covering the middle-aged ninja’s back horribly.
The ninja was trembling in pain, continuously screaming, cold sweat and blood flowing out, staining the grass beneath.
Chen Nan showed no mercy, striking one sword after another, each only slicing the opponent’s flesh, not causing lethal damage, unless enough time passed for him to die from blood loss, these injuries wouldn’t be fatal.
After Chen Nan sliced over twenty swords, the ninja’s back was already a bloody mess, too horrific to look at.
"I’ll speak, I’ll speak, please kill me quickly!"
The middle-aged ninja cried out, finally conceding as the pain was simply unbearable for a human to endure.
Chen Nan tapped him twice to prevent him from dying from blood loss, then grabbed his hair to lift him up and coldly said, "Where’s the Jade Seal?"
"No...not on me, we hid it away...I’ll take you to find it." The middle-aged ninja trembled in pain, his speech faltering, his tongue not working very well.
The middle-aged ninja pointed to the east: "That way, about six or seven miles."
"If you dare lie, I’ll make you taste the greatest pain in the world!" Chen Nan grabbed his hair, using Qinggong to leap, stepping on treetops towards the east.
Soon after they left, another group arrived, seeing the blood left on the ground by the middle-aged ninja.
Despite Chen Nan’s strong power, carrying two people’s weight slowed his movements considerably.
About ten minutes later, he arrived at a valley with the middle-aged ninja, where stones were scattered all over, disordered, with only the occasional grass or tree growing among the stones.
The middle-aged ninja pointed at a huge rock ahead, saying, "The Jade Seal is hidden beneath that giant rock."
Chen Nan grabbed him and walked over. Under the rock, indeed there was a relatively large stone gap, a wooden box placed in the center of the gap.
Chen Nan tapped his acupoint to prevent him from escaping, walked over to take the wooden box.
But, with previous lessons, this time he wised up, activating his Protective Gang Qi before slowly opening the box. Fortunately, there was no explosion this time, and inside there was indeed a jade seal.
The Jade Seal was four inches square, with five coiled dragons on top. Chen Nan was just about to take a closer look when—
The sound of something piercing the air came from behind, someone was launching a sneak attack.
Chen Nan promptly covered the box and darted aside, just in time for a cold light to slash past from the side, "Crack," shattering the giant rock behind him.
This was a flying sword!
Chen Nan frowned, could it be the ninja’s accomplice arriving?
According to intelligence, there were three robbers at the Tianying Hotel— one ninja, one cultivator, and one magician, but now he only saw this ninja, the cultivator and magician hadn’t appeared.
"For the sake of us all being Huaxia people, hand over the Jade Seal, and I’ll spare your life."
A voice came, and three cultivators stepped on flying swords, appearing from three directions, surrounding Chen Nan in the center.
Chen Nan sneered, pointing at the three and saying, "Just you three? You’re not qualified to say that to me. Move away sensibly, or don’t blame me for being heartless."
To Chen Nan, three cultivators at the Eighth Layer Heaven of Tao were not worth paying attention to.
These three, believing their cultivation high, similarly did not take Chen Nan seriously. One of them even laughed arrogantly, "What a joke, a martial artist at the Fifth Layer Heaven of Tao dares challenge us. Brothers, please wait a moment, I’ll kill him with one sword!"
With those words, he controlled a flying sword, sweeping towards Chen Nan’s neck, clearly intending to kill.
"Idiot, you’re asking for death!"
Chen Nan sighed and shook his head, then slapped out. With a crisp "Crack," the flashing cold flying sword instantly broke into two parts. The tip shot back, "Puff," piercing through that cultivator’s chest.
Blood gushed from his mouth, he glanced unwillingly at his chest, his body falling, scattering a crimson shower in the air.