Chapter 35: Blown Apart

“Fire arrows! Fire arrows!”

Seeing the shield formation instantly crushed by Chen Yuan, Zhu Chengze immediately hid behind many Retainers, shouting loudly.

After undergoing Blood Fiend Body Tempering, Chen Yuan’s five senses were sharp; when there were few arrows, he dodged them directly using his perception, and when there were many, he would shatter them with a single strike of his blade.

With this volley of arrows, many of the Zhu Family’s Retainers were instead accidentally injured, causing them to curse loudly one after another.

Chen Yuan, however, seemed unstoppable, weaving back and forth among the many Zhu Family Retainers, leaving behind large sprays of blood and countless severed limbs, being ferociously ruthless to the extreme.

Of the hundred or so Retainers present, nearly half were killed by Chen Yuan in an instant.

Instantly, these Zhu Family Retainers collapsed and began to flee in all directions.

But when those Zhu Family Retainers looked back, they found that Zhu Chengze, who had been commanding from the rear earlier, had long since disappeared.

Zhu Chengze cherished his life very much.

Seeing the situation was bad just now, he had turned and fled immediately, but he hadn’t told those Zhu Family Retainers to retreat, completely using their lives to buy time.

Chen Yuan killed ten more people, and feeling that enough time had passed, he leaped directly out of the Zhu Family residence.

It didn’t matter that Zhu Chengze ran away; his target hadn’t been Zhu Chengze to begin with.

Shortly after Chen Yuan left, Zhu Chaofeng and Zhu Chengan also hurried back to the Zhu Family with their men.

After seeing the signal sent by Zhu Chengze, they were startled, likewise not expecting that fellow to be so bold as to take the initiative to attack their home.

Realizing they had fallen for the opponent’s ‘Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain’ trick, they immediately rushed back.

When they pushed open the gate and saw the mess of severed limbs in the courtyard, Zhu Chaofeng’s vision suddenly went dark.

He didn’t expect that within a single day, two of his sons would die!

“Father! Big Brother!”

While Zhu Chaofeng was searching the ground for his son’s body, Zhu Chengze suddenly poked his head out from behind a rockery.

“Third Oldest, you’re not dead!?”

Zhu Chengze showed a smile uglier than crying: “I commanded over a hundred Retainers to surround and kill that man, but we couldn’t stop him at all, and the Retainers all fled.

Seeing the situation was bad, I immediately fled, but that man didn’t continue the pursuit. He must have realized that Father and Big Brother were coming back to support us.”

This time, Zhu Chaofeng didn’t scold him, only sighing: “It’s fine as long as you’re okay. If those Retainers scattered, then so be it. As long as we have money, our Zhu Family will never lack Retainers.”

“Father, where is Second Oldest?” Zhu Chengan suddenly asked.

“I was afraid that fellow was hiding deep, so I sent Second Oldest to investigate the cliffs at the edge of the city.”

Gushan City was built on a mountain peak and surrounded by cliffs where few people went, making it indeed suitable for hiding.

After Zhu Chaofeng finished speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and his expression changed drastically: “Oh no! Go save Second Oldest!”

As his voice fell, Zhu Chaofeng directly pulled Zhu Chengan along and sped towards the direction where the second oldest, Zhu Chengguo, was located.

The opponent was indeed Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain, but he had done it twice in a row!

His target wasn’t the weakest, Zhu Chengze, but the second oldest, Zhu Chengguo, whose strength was second only to Zhu Chaofeng!

At this time, Zhu Chengguo was also rushing back towards the Zhu Family.

However, he had taken his men quite far, so he was also the slowest to return.

Chen Yuan stood on the roof of a building, gazing down at the group below.

Among the five tigers of the zhu family, except for Zhu Chengzhong who was not at the Zhu Family, Zhu Chengguo was the strongest, possessing a cultivation at the Middle Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

In terms of Realm, Zhu Chengguo was even one minor Realm stronger than Chen Yuan.

But Realm is Realm, and combat power is combat power.

A lower Realm doesn’t mean one cannot kill.

At this moment, Zhu Chengguo below suddenly felt a chill rising in his heart.

He suddenly stopped in his tracks, and in the next instant, a heaven-shaking killing intent erupted above his head!

Chen Yuan leaped down from the roof, triggering his killing intent origin and drawing the Blood Fiend into his body. He pushed the Surging Waves and Flowing Clouds Technique to its limit, causing his entire being to be shrouded in a blood-red, eye-piercing Blood Fiend!

Once Zhu Chaofeng returned to the Zhu Family, he would definitely notice something was wrong and come to support immediately.

Therefore, to avoid being besieged by three Foundation Establishment Realm experts, Chen Yuan had to kill Zhu Chengguo with the fastest speed possible.

To be safe, Chen Yuan directly triggered his killing intent origin, unleashing his strongest power.

Currently, he could only ensure that the Blood Fiend entering his body wouldn’t lose control within five breaths, but to kill one Zhu Chengguo, five breaths were enough.

The Blood Fiend on the Azure Dragon Blood Drink was dazzling as the Autumn Wind Slash descended, bringing with it a sky full of crimson blade shadows.

At this moment, it was no longer the autumn wind sweeping the ground, but a boundless storm of blood and gore that had suddenly arrived.

Within a radius of one zhang, any Martial Artist who was even slightly touched was instantly torn apart by that extremely overbearing Blood Fiend Force.

Zhu Chengguo gave a loud shout, his Internal Energy circulating frantically as sword light flickered on his longsword, bringing forth sixteen sword blossoms to meet Chen Yuan in an instant.

However, the Zhu Family’s Heavenly Water Qi Condensation Technique was only an ordinary Low Grade Black-level Internal Skill; its cultivation speed was decent, but its explosive power was weak.

Under that extremely overbearing Blood Fiend blade light, the sword blossoms shattered, the sword light dissipated, and the longsword in Zhu Chengguo’s hand was instantly torn into fragments!

Even Zhu Chengguo’s right hand was injured by the Blood Fiend Qi, becoming instantly bloodied and covered in deep wounds that exposed the bone.

Zhu Chengguo advanced instead of retreating, suddenly tapping several of his Acupoints. Instantly, his blood vitality burned frantically, and in a flash, an extremely violent burst of black Evil Qi erupted.

This was a secret technique within the Zhu Family’s secret skill, the Black Fiery Cloud Palm.

Burning blood vitality to strengthen the Evil Qi, although the explosive power was startling, such an injury was irreversible and could even lead to scorched Meridians, turning him into a complete cripple.

Infinite and intense Black Fiend Force surged on Zhu Chengguo’s palms.

As he struck with a palm, the black-red palm force erupted into an intense Black Fiend firelight across the air, like a fiery cloud descending, incredibly dazzling in the night.

Chen Yuan also struck with a palm, the crimson Blood Fiend Force transforming into a massive handprint that converged, as a boundless killing calamity suddenly descended!

The palm force of the Blood Slaughter Calamity Hand was incomparably overbearing; as it fell, all other attributes of True Qi in the vicinity were instantly suppressed.

Zhu Chengguo’s Black Fiery Cloud Palm seemed impressively powerful, but under Chen Yuan’s Blood Slaughter Calamity Hand, the fiery clouds were instantly extinguished, and the Black Fiend was suppressed and dissolved.

Before he could react, the handprint fell, and the startling Blood Fiend Force was instantly poured into his body, blasting Zhu Chengguo himself into fragments!

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, mobilizing his entire Internal Energy to begin suppressing his own blood vitality.

Three breaths.

One blade strike and one palm strike; it only took three breaths to kill Zhu Chengguo.

The surrounding Zhu Family Retainers were already scared witless.

From their perspective, Chen Yuan had suddenly leaped into the air with a blade strike, followed by a palm strike that had smashed Zhu Chengguo to pieces.

This sequence of moves was as swift as a leaping rabbit or a diving falcon, with a speed that was simply beyond their understanding.

Being able to become Zhu Family Retainers, they were also accustomed to Jianghu killings.

But cutting off a head with a blade was a completely different concept from blowing someone apart into a pile of shredded flesh with a single palm.

Is he even human?

After a moment of daze, the Zhu Family Retainers under Zhu Chengguo’s command fled in terror.

It wasn’t that they were cowardly, but rather that Chen Yuan’s palm strike was too terrifying, completely shattering their courage.

At this time, Zhu Chaofeng and the other finally arrived. Seeing the fleeing Zhu Family Retainers, Zhu Chaofeng roared: “Why are you running!? Where is Second Oldest? Where is he!?”

But which of those Zhu Family Retainers still cared about Zhu Chaofeng?

Although the money given by the Zhu Family was not small, it wasn’t worth fighting to the death against such a terrifying opponent!

“Stop shouting, your son is right here. These on the ground are him, and some on the roof are too.”

Chen Yuan pointed to a pool of minced meat on the ground, and some that had even splashed onto the roof.

Zhu Chaofeng’s face was deathly pale, his eyes bloodshot as he stared fixedly at Chen Yuan.

He didn’t expect that the person who killed two of his sons and almost caused his Zhu Family to disintegrate was actually so young, even younger than his youngest son, Zhu Chengzhong.

“Who on earth are you!? Why have you been so ruthless to my Zhu Family!”

Zhu Chaofeng asked through gritted teeth.

Chen Yuan shook his head slightly: “Every time a member of your Zhu Family sees me, they ask this question. I’m just a Blade-for-Hire who took a mission to exterminate your Zhu Family.

It’s just a family extermination. Your Zhu Family has done this kind of thing plenty of times, so what’s there to be surprised about?”

“Blade-for-Hire? Do you think I’m an idiot? Even if that bitch from the Chu Family sold herself, she couldn’t afford to hire an expert like you to deal with my Zhu Family!”

No matter what, Zhu Chaofeng was unwilling to believe that the expert who killed two of his sons was someone Chu Hongshang had hired to avenge the Chu Family.

“Sigh, I’m telling the truth, why are you so unwilling to believe it?”

Chen Yuan shook his head with a helpless look.

“Kill him!”

Zhu Chaofeng shouted sternly, his True Qi erupting as he suddenly lunged at Chen Yuan.

Zhu Chengan also struck with all his might, following close behind.

However, Chen Yuan had just suppressed the boiling Blood Fiend, and he didn’t want to risk his life against these two.

The power of the Surging Waves and Flowing Clouds Technique erupted to its maximum, and with a single leap of several zhang, he vanished into the night in an instant.