kill

A cold light flashed, blood splattered, and three heads flew into the sky. Blood sprayed more than a zhang high from their necks.

The three heads rolled onto the ground, their faces still wearing mockery, and their lips still curled in cold sneers.

Long Chen's blade was too fast, catching everyone by surprise. Those three never dreamed that Long Chen would actually kill.

"Drip."

Long Chen's body and blade were splattered with blood. The blood slowly dripped from the long blade onto the ground. The sound was very soft, but in the pin-drop silence of the venue, it felt like a heavy hammer slamming into everyone's hearts.

"You made my brothers bleed and my beloved shed tears. With this ruthless blade in my hand, I will kill every traitor."

Long Chen looked at the three corpses and whispered involuntarily. At this moment, he seemed like a lit powder keg; the killing intent within his chest soared into the sky, shaking the universe.

"Whoosh."

Long Chen moved his feet, turning into a gust of wind as he rushed straight toward the two people still in a daze. Those two were the traitors planted in Ye Zhiqiu's team.

At this moment, Long Chen's eyes were blood-red, like a bloodthirsty demon from Hell, rushing toward the two with boundless killing intent.

The two were immediately terrified by Long Chen's horrific killing intent. Their faces turned pale as paper, and they were horrified to discover that their bodies wouldn't obey them. They wanted to run, but they couldn't move.

"No…"

"Pfft, pfft."

With a scream, the two fell as Long Chen slashed out, severing their necks and cutting off their voices.

The scent of blood soared, drilling into everyone's nostrils. Everyone was dumbfounded.

He killed someone? Long Chen actually killed someone?

Everyone wore expressions of shock. Looking at Long Chen, whose body was stained red with blood like a reaper, everyone felt their hearts and courage turn cold.

Although they had gone through life-and-death battles and passed the assessment to enter the Branch Academy, their courage was already quite significant.

But facing the sky-high killing intent of Long Chen, they still felt a chill in their bones. Some people were clenching their teeth tightly.

Because if they didn't, their upper and lower teeth would chatter rhythmically; it was simply too terrifying.

Lei Qianshang and the others also changed expressions. They hadn't expected Long Chen to be so ruthless, daring to kill in front of so many people.

"In my life, I, Long Chen, will never betray anyone, and I absolutely will not allow anyone to betray me…"

Long Chen wanted to say more, but suddenly felt the world spinning. After summoning the Fengfu Battle Body and using Heaven-Opening, Long Chen was already exhausted.

Later, he was struck by Lei Qianshang's punch and suffered serious injuries. After all, he was not an Yijin Realm expert, and his Spiritual Qi was not as thick as theirs.

Then, being betrayed by the traitors, his brother being seriously injured, and Tang Waner being heartbroken made his mind buzz, unleashing unprecedented killing intent.

This killing intent seemed not only to come from himself but also from the will in his mind. He had killed the five people while having almost no Spiritual Qi left.

Now, after killing the five, he could no longer hold on and collapsed. But just as he fell, two soft, fragrant bodies immediately caught him.

At the same time, a surge of extremely pure Spiritual Qi was transmitted into Long Chen's body. It was clearly Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu who had arrived.

On Ye Zhiqiu's cold face, a rare touch of gentleness appeared, and her beautiful eyes and pretty face were stained with tear tracks.

And Tang Waner was crying like a tear-stained person, sobbing while inputting True Qi into Long Chen.

"Don't cry, didn't we agree? I'm responsible for handling the idiots, and you're responsible for being beautiful. Since those bastards made you cry, I will make them bleed," Long Chen forced a smile.

"You bastard, you've caused a huge disaster."

Tang Waner couldn't help but cry. Her heart was moved and sad. She hadn't expected Long Chen to kill for her sake. Thinking of the consequences, she couldn't help but feel a surge of sorrow, unable to control herself, only knowing to keep inputting True Qi into Long Chen.

On Tianmu Mountain, Ling Yunzi looked down indifferently. Watching that figure, who was like a god of slaughter, a touch of admiration appeared in his eyes.

"It's just as the legends say. Tu Fang, do you see? Someone has done the cleaning work for you."

Tu Fang smiled bitterly and said, "This Long Chen's courage is truly too great. Does he not know what taboos are? By the way, Sect Leader, what do you mean by 'just as the legends say'?"

Ling Yunzi slowly stood up, walked to the front of the railing, and looked at the ethereal clouds on the top of Tianmu Mountain, saying:

"Legend has it that an anomaly of Heaven and Earth is born Heaven-Defying and acts against the Heavenly Dao. They fear no pressure from the Heavenly Dao and oppose the Laws of the Heavenly Dao."

"Such a person dares to oppose even the will of the Heavenly Dao and does not regard all the Laws of the Heavenly Dao. Why would they care about the rules of our Branch Academy?"

Tu Fang shook his head and said, "Are they crazy? If this continues, there is only a dead end. Who can oppose the Heavenly Dao?"

Living in the Major Thousand Worlds, one needs to comply with the Laws of the Heavenly Dao, comprehend the will of the Heavenly Dao, and follow the Heavenly Dao to survive. Acting in a Heaven-Defying manner is foolish and seeking death.

No matter how powerful a person is, they are forever under the Laws of the Heavenly Dao. No wonder countless anomalies rise like comets and are as dazzling as fireworks, but unfortunately, they are ultimately just a flash in the pan and do not enter the annals of history.

Among those experts standing at the Peak of the world, there are no anomalies, because their fate is only one—to be destroyed under the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, Tu Fang couldn't help but sigh.

"You are wrong about that. Some things, the process is more exciting than the result. The Donghua region is boundless, and practitioners are like the sand of the Ganges River. How many can have a good ending?"

"Even if you comply with the Heavenly Dao, so what? When charging toward the Supreme Realm, don't most of them still perish under the Heavenly Dao?"

"Death is not the end; the process is more important. The cultivation world has thousands of Great Daos and millions of minor paths. As for who is the Great Dao and who is the minor path, who can give a clear standard?"

"Since they cannot, we have no right to comment on the paths others choose. Remember, no matter how high your cultivation is, you must maintain a humble heart," Ling Yunzi looked at Tu Fang and said meaningfully.

Tu Fang bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Sect Leader. Tu Fang feels that his state of mind has improved quite a bit. It seems I was too fixated."

Tu Fang was full of respect for the Ling Yunzi before him, feeling that his state of mind was far behind his.

"But Sect Leader, Long Chen killed someone. According to the Branch Academy rules, he must be expelled," Tu Fang said with some difficulty.

Long Chen's potential was undoubtedly terrifying, but the Branch Academy's rules could absolutely not be changed. Expelling such a Genius, Tu Fang asked himself, he was reluctant.

"It's fine, let's watch and see," Ling Yunzi smiled slightly, looking down. He wanted to see how Elder Sun would handle it.

Elder Sun also didn't expect that Long Chen would be so bold as to kill here, but this made him happy inside.

The first time Long Chen killed was an accident, and the second time he could have stopped it, but he didn't do so. He just wanted Long Chen to violate the sect rules with the most heinous behavior so that no one could protect him.

"Long Chen, you are so bold! During the Grand Competition, you actually poisoned your fellow Disciples. You are so deranged, ruthless, and vicious; you are simply no different from a demon," Elder Sun felt it was about enough, so he stood up, his face full of anger, and shouted righteously.

With Tang Waner's help, Long Chen recovered slightly. Although he couldn't fight, he could already stand firmly.

He gently broke free from their support and slowly walked forward a few steps. Although still a bit weak, carrying the remaining prestige of having just killed five Disciples, the people in front retreated one after another, clearing a path.

Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu slowly followed behind Long Chen. They couldn't help but feel uneasy, just like prisoners about to be sentenced.

Long Chen looked at the sanctimonious Elder Sun and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Bastard, what are you laughing at?" Elder Sun shouted in anger.

"I'm laughing at you, you old idiot. You are clearly overjoyed in your heart, yet you still pretend to be righteous. Do you know what it means to want to be a whore and yet still want to build a memorial archway?" Long Chen said with a look of disdain.

Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu looked at each other and saw the despair in each other's eyes. This Long Chen was truly someone to be loved and hated. At this time, you still deliberately provoke Elder Sun; are you poking a dog with a stick when it wasn't biting?

Originally, they wanted to plead for mercy to see if they could reduce Long Chen's punishment. After all, Long Chen's potential was there, and the Branch Academy's rules favored the strong.

But with this sentence from Long Chen, it completely cut off their thoughts of pleading for mercy. Slapping someone in the face and then pleading for mercy, isn't that just asking for humiliation?

"Long Chen, do not talk nonsense."

Senior Brother Wan stepped forward and shouted coldly at Long Chen, while secretly giving Long Chen a look, a hint for him not to resist, perhaps there was still a glimmer of opportunity.

Long Chen smiled slightly and nodded at Senior Brother Wan. He thanked Senior Brother Wan for his kindness, but he also had his own helplessness. Perhaps he could endure some humiliation, but he absolutely could not watch his friends being bullied.

Most importantly, he could not accept betrayal. That was a bone-deep hatred, a hatred that made him want to kill all the traitors in the world.

Looking at the face of Elder Sun, which was darkened by anger, Long Chen sneered, "Although I haven't been in the Branch Academy for long, I know the purpose of the Branch Academy is: uphold justice and eradicate evil."

"But you have all seen it. Is this your so-called justice? Using a partner's trust to stab them in the back?"

Qi Xin heard this and sneered, "Idiot, this is called strategy. This is wisdom. This is that in war, one does not shy away from deception. You didn't think of it yourself, which only proves that you are stupid."

Qi Xin's words made the people under Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu furious.

"Bullshit! When you came to our group, we all treated you as brothers, and this is how you treat our trust?"

"F*** your grandma! According to what you said, everyone stop Cultivating and just stab each other in the back. Why even bother Cultivating?"

For a time, foul language and curses were shouted, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation. Betrayal is always the most hated thing.

Qi Xin sneered endlessly. For these agitated Disciples, a mocking smile always hung on his face.

Gu Yang, Lei Qianshang, and others stood together, also disdaining this.

"Despicable villains, no matter how powerful you Cultivate to be, you are just bigger pieces of trash. Long Chen, we support you."

Suddenly, two people walked out of the crowd and stood on Long Chen's side.