In the chaotic Hong Domain, ravaged by the blood calamity, the Great Chu Empire had become a rare land of peace. With the blood demons annihilated, calm returned to the nation.
News quickly spread that Chen Fan, once the top figure of the younger generation in the Great Chu Empire, had returned, and it was his return that ended the blood calamity.
Stories circulated of how he led the orthodox alliance army to kill the blood demons, eliminating their powerhouses with ease. With each retelling, Chen Fan’s deeds grew more legendary, transforming him into a near-mythical figure.
When Xue Kui arrived at the Great Chu Empire, he moved discreetly. He disguised himself as an ordinary traveler while gathering information.
Standing atop a mountain peak, he fixed his gaze in the Spring Autumn Sect’s direction.
“Chen Fan...” A sharp glint flashed across Xue Kui’s eyes.
Over the past few days, he had pieced together the events in the Great Chu Empire and realized that the Blood Demon Cave’s forces had fallen at Chen Fan’s hands.
“Very well, how dare you kill our Blood Demon Cave’s people, Chen Fan. You’re dead!” Xue Kui muttered to himself, filled with killing intent.
Although the rumors painted Chen Fan as a god, Xue Kui analyzed them carefully, concluding that Chen Fan was indeed powerful, likely reaching the eighth or ninth level of the Divine Nascent realm.
However, this level of cultivation meant little to Xue Kui. He sprang into motion, flying directly towards the Spring Autumn Sect.
He would make Chen Fan pay a heavy price!
In the Spring Autumn Sect, Chen Fan was cultivating at this moment.
All of a sudden, he opened his eyes, gazing sharply into the distant void.
His divine will had grown immensely powerful; not even the faintest movement could escape him.
He noticed an unfamiliar Heavenly Star realm aura darting toward the sect.
Xue Kui appeared above the Spring Autumn Sect, his aura erupting without restraint and pressing down on heaven and earth. A terrifying pressure enveloped the sect, suffocating many.
Even Divine Nascent realm experts like Feng Baiyu and others felt like ants under this heavy pressure.
“Chen Fan, come out and accept your death!” Xue Kui’s thunderous shout echoed through the Spring Autumn Sect, causing weaker disciples to faint from the sheer impact.
“Heavens, who is that? What terrifying pressure!”
“Look, it’s an expert from the Blood Demon Cave. So terrifying, what is his cultivation level?”
“It’s over, it’s over! The Blood Demon Cave has sent their elite!”
The Spring Autumn Sect disciples looked on in horror, despair visible on their faces.
Feng Baiyu, Yun Tu, Wei Buyu, and the others shot into the sky, staring at Xue Kui with dread. They sensed a bottomless power within him, one that filled them with hopelessness.
“You are...” Feng Baiyu began, but before he could finish, Xue Kui struck.
A huge, blood-colored hand descended from the sky, blotting out the sun as it crashed down.
The large hand crushed the air, making it explode. A large area of space collapsed, turning into primal chaos.
This blood-colored hand was like a palm of death. The loud booms were the beckoning calls of death.
Before the large blood-colored hand fully descended, its terrifying pressure shattered the sect’s Sect Protecting Grand Formation, breaking through as if it were mere paper.
Without the formation’s protection, the pressure on Feng Baiyu and the others became even more terrifying, pressing them from the sky to the ground, terror etched on their faces.
It was too terrifying!
So terrifying that they could not imagine it!
It made them feel even less significant than ants.
Crack, crack, crack, crack...
The earth cracked immediately, and buildings collapsed.
However, before the palm could do any real damage, a large golden palm rushed out from the Heavenly Vein Mountains, growing larger as it traveled, smashing into the blood-colored hand.
An explosion resounded as the two forces clashed, unleashing a torrent of qi waves that swept across the skies and ground.
Chen Fan stepped into the air, standing opposite Xue Kui.
“So, you are Chen Fan?” Xue Kui looked at Chen Fan, narrowing his gaze.
He had assumed that Chen Fan was in the eighth or ninth-level Divine Nascent realm. However, he couldn’t perceive the cultivation level of the man standing before him, confusing him.
“You are here to die.” Chen Fan’s statement wasn’t a question—it was a judgment.
“What? What did you say?” Xue Kui, stunned, repeated, “You said I am here to die?”
Chen Fan replied indifferently, “Isn’t that the case?”
“Hahahaha!” Xue Kui laughed out loud and said coldly, “You’re delusional, boy. I’ve already done my homework. The number one figure of the Great Chu Empire’s younger generation, a True Martial Academy disciple, yes, but five years ago, you hadn’t even stepped into the Divine Nascent realm. I have to admit, your talent is not bad.
“Let’s say your talent is extraordinary, pushing you to the eighth or ninth level, maybe even a half-step into the Heavenly Star realm. But to me, you’re still nothing more than an ant.
He squinted, scrutinizing Chen Fan as if trying to pierce through an illusion. “I can’t see through your cultivation. You’ve probably used some technique to mask your level, haven’t you?”
Xue Kui did not believe Chen Fan could reach the Heavenly Star realm or even higher in five years.
Chen Fan shook his head, unmoved. “Fools tend to be blindly confident.”
A cold glint shot out of Xue Kui’s eyes. He revealed two rows of white teeth and said coldly, If anyone here is overconfident, that’s you. You think your status as a True Martial Academy disciple makes you my equal? What a joke! I’ll show you the true terror of a Heavenly Star realm cultivator!”
Before his voice faded, a terrifying aura erupted from Xue Kui. Blood-colored true primeval rushed out from the top of his head like the ocean, dyeing the sky crimson.
When the crowd below saw this scene, they all felt a deep sense of despair.
It was too terrifying!
They no longer had any confidence in Chen Fan.
“Blood Devil Murder!” Xue Kui shouted. A terrifying, hideous-looking blood devil walked out of the tumbling sea of blood. It was incomparably cruel and rushed toward Chen Fan.
Chen Zhengqing, Nangong Yue, and the others felt their hearts tighten at the sight.
Facing the oncoming blood devil, Chen Fan did not waver in the slightest. Not even his eyelids twitched. He simply pointed with his finger.
Green Lotus Sword Qi shot out, tearing that blood devil in two, then went on to annihilate Xue Kui under his horrified gaze.