Pride Resurrection

It was as if he had turned into a giant skeleton, looking extremely terrifying. In that instant, Jiang Yifan's power erupted to an unprecedented Realm.

Watching from afar, Luo Bing's face turned pale instantly. She knew about that Blood Burning Art; it was a self-harming secret technique that burned one's essence blood to forcibly increase power.

Even ordinary Geniuses would not use it lightly because the aftereffects were too terrifying; if mishandled, it could cause their Realm to stagnate.

Especially for core-level Disciples, the higher-ups strictly warned that unless it was a life-or-death moment, they were not to burn their blood, otherwise the consequences would be very serious.

But at this moment, Jiang Yifan had already lost his sanity and could not be understood by normal human logic.

In that instant, Long Chen suddenly felt as if a volcano had erupted from his opponent's staff, and he was directly sent flying hundreds of feet away.

"Die!"

After sending Long Chen flying with one strike of his staff, Jiang Yifan roared and smashed down with another blow. The effective time of the Blood Burning Art was very short, and he had to kill Long Chen immediately.

Long Chen took a deep breath, pointed his long saber at the sky, and slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, a star pattern appeared in his eyes.

"Fengfu Battle Body—Appear!"

Hum!

A terrifying aura, almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, shot straight into the sky, shaking the clouds and shattering the clouds in the sky.

In the face of that aura, even Luo Bing, an Innate Realm expert, felt her heart tremble, and she couldn't help but feel an urge to kneel and worship.

This terrified her. It was a will that could destroy the Nine Heavens, slaughter gods, and kill demons. In the face of that will, she felt like an ant.

Will is a mysterious and profound thing, unrelated to cultivation base. Compared to Luo Bing, Tu Fang and the others were actually much better off.

Because they were still in the Acquired Realm and not as sensitive as the Innate Realm. As for the ordinary Disciples, they couldn't feel anything at all and only felt that Long Chen was currently a Heavenly God.

"Sever!"

Long Chen let out a sharp cry, like the roar of a god or demon, causing the clouds in all directions to move and the four seas to tremble. He slashed forward with the Zhan Xie in his hand.

"Boom!" "Crack!"

Long Chen's saber strike directly severed the spirit-rank long staff in Jiang Yifan's hand, and the terrifying shockwave sent Jiang Yifan flying.

"Puff!"

Jiang Yifan spat out a large mouthful of blood, but people discovered that there was actually very little blood in that mouthful; most of it was fragments of internal organs.

It turned out that in his loss of sanity, Jiang Yifan had burned most of his essence blood to exchange for super-strong battle power, and there was not much blood left in his body.

After Jiang Yifan spat out that mouthful of blood, he immediately entered a weakened state, unable to maintain his previous form, and slowly returned to his original appearance.

At this moment, Jiang Yifan suddenly woke up, but a sharp saber blade, carrying thick killing intent, came straight for his neck.

"No…"

Jiang Yifan's face was filled with horror. He did not want to die. Although he was a Prodigy, he had never thought that death would descend upon him.

Now that death was right before his eyes, instinctive fear occupied his heart, making his whole body tremble.

"Get lost!"

Just as Long Chen was about to sever Jiang Yifan's head, a figure appeared out of thin air in front of Long Chen and slapped Long Chen's long saber with one palm.

"Bang!"

Long Chen felt a huge force coming through; his right hand shook violently, his entire arm was shattered into several sections, the Zhan Xie flew out of his hand, and he was sent flying backward.

"Puff!"

Long Chen felt as if his body was about to explode, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He saw Luo Bing standing in front of Jiang Yifan; that strike had come from her.

"At such a young age, you have already fallen into the Demonic Path and are so ruthless to your fellow Disciples. Why haven't you knelt to repent?"

Long Chen had just stabilized his figure when he heard Luo Bing's angry shout. Suddenly, a powerful force of heaven and earth bound him.

He felt that the surrounding space had solidified, and the force of heaven and earth was ruthlessly compressing him, making his whole body tremble as if he were about to be crushed to death.

It felt as if Long Chen was being pressed down by the entire sky; his bones were cracking and popping, ready to shatter at any moment.

Long Chen's heart was filled with raging anger. This vicious woman not only cheated by saving Jiang Yifan but also wanted to humiliate him and destroy his Dao Heart.

If Long Chen were forced to kneel, his invincible Dao Heart would be stained, creating a Heart Demon for future advancements. Perhaps Long Chen's life would be ruined, with no day to break through his Bottleneck.

Long Chen's eyes were filled with monstrous killing intent, but his whole body was being squeezed by the force of heaven and earth, and he felt his body was about to explode; he couldn't say a single word.

Long Chen gripped his fists tightly, biting his teeth until they bled, desperately resisting that force, and secretly swore in his heart: "If I, Long Chen, do not kill this bitch, I will not be a human."

Things had happened too suddenly. No one expected that a dignified Innate Realm expert would actually attack a Blood Condensation Realm Disciple.

By the time Tu Fang and the others realized something was wrong, they discovered that they couldn't move either. In front of the Innate power of an Innate Realm expert, they had no power to resist and were all imprisoned.

Just as Long Chen was about to be unable to hold on and his legs were about to snap, the space twisted, and a figure appeared out of thin air.

"Do you really think this is your home?"

A cold snort came, and Ling Yunzi appeared out of thin air in front of Luo Bing. In that instant, Luo Bing was horrified to find that she couldn't move.

"Slap!"

Luo Bing watched helplessly as a large hand made intimate contact with her face.

"Boom!"

Luo Bing was directly sent flying by Ling Yunzi's large hand. One must know that Ling Yunzi was an Innate Realm expert; even a casual strike carried Innate power.

Luo Bing flew out like a cannonball. Originally everyone was at the bottom of the pit, but Luo Bing was directly slapped into the soil.

Outside, one could see a wave of earth on the ground rushing straight into the distance like a torpedo, directly rushing hundreds of miles away and crashing into a large mountain.

That mountain, which was a thousand feet tall, was actually shattered by the impact, collapsing with a boom and kicking up dust that filled the sky.

With Luo Bing sent flying, everyone's pressure was instantly relieved. Long Chen could no longer hold on, panting crazily, his whole body in intense pain, his bones feeling as if they were about to fall apart.

"It's a pity. The Sect Leader isn't very good at slapping faces. If he had my technique, he could definitely slap that old hag to death in one hit. But it's fine; I'll leave this grudge for myself to settle in the future!" Long Chen took a deep breath.

"Bang!"

The soil exploded, and a disheveled and disheveled Luo Bing flew out of the soil, rushing straight at Ling Yunzi.

"Ling Yunzi, you dare hit me!" Her voice was shrill, sounding like a shrew.

"Clang!"

Just as Luo Bing was furious and preparing to fight Ling Yunzi, her vision suddenly blurred, her neck felt cold, and she dared not move a muscle.

"You… have actually… stepped into the Innate Middle Stage?" Luo Bing said with a look of shock.

One must know that Ling Yunzi had only just broken through to the Innate Realm for a little over a hundred years, yet he had already reached the Innate Middle Stage.

After entering the Innate Realm, wanting to improve even a little bit is extremely difficult. Otherwise, Luo Bing wouldn't have been unable to consolidate her strength even after breaking through to the Innate Realm for several years.

She had originally thought that Ling Yunzi was not much stronger than her, which is why she dared to come and find trouble. But she hadn't expected that Ling Yunzi had not only broken through the Innate Early Stage but had even reached the Middle Stage, suppressing her completely.

She could never have dreamed that Ling Yunzi had only completed his Breakthrough to the Innate Middle Stage within the previous half an hour.

"This is not your 36th Branch. On my territory, you humiliate my Disciple. Do you really think I don't dare to touch you?" Ling Yunzi said coldly.

"Hmph, I don't believe you would dare to do anything to me!" Although she was subdued by Ling Yunzi, Luo Bing still said with an arrogant expression.

Ling Yunzi's cultivation was higher than hers, but the ranking of their Branches was far apart, so she really wasn't afraid of Ling Yunzi.

After all, Ling Yunzi's 108th Branch was the bottom-ranked existence among all Branches, and no Branch would pay any attention to them.

But their 36th Branch was different. Many Branches below them fawned over them, and they had many connections with the Branches above them; otherwise, they wouldn't have come to kill so blatantly.

"Long Chen, you decide. As long as you are willing, I will help you cut off her head," Ling Yunzi said calmly.

His voice was full of calm, but it was filled with unquestionable firmness, causing Luo Bing's expression to change.

Long Chen did not expect Ling Yunzi to have such boldness, daring to kill Luo Bing. One must know that she was an Innate Realm expert; if she were killed, Ling Yunzi would have brought down a monstrous disaster upon himself. If the Branch punished him, he wouldn't be able to escape.

But Long Chen could feel Ling Yunzi's determination. He believed that as long as he nodded, Luo Bing would immediately lose her head.

The whole scene was dead silent. Everyone looked at Ling Yunzi and Luo Bing with horror, then scanned back and forth across Long Chen's face. Everyone felt as if a huge stone was pressing on their hearts, making it impossible for them to breathe.

Who could have thought that a battle between two Disciples would actually cause an Innate Realm expert to make a move? If Long Chen really nodded, it would truly be poking a hole in the sky.

Tu Fang couldn't help but feel anxious. He couldn't quite understand how the Sect Leader, who was always wise and steady in his actions, had suddenly become like this.

What he didn't know was that Ling Yunzi had already regained his original pride and backbone. He didn't even care about life or death, so would he care about any consequences?

"Forget it. You are a dignified Sect Leader. If you kill a shrew, I'm afraid it will affect your image," Long Chen shook his head and said.

Although Long Chen really wanted to nod and let this vicious woman, who wanted to force him to kneel and destroy his Dao Heart, lose her head.

But he knew that while that would be satisfying, it would put Ling Yunzi in danger. He couldn't do that; it would be better to handle this matter himself.

Long Chen slowly walked to Jiang Yifan's side. At this moment, Jiang Yifan was already withered on the ground, unable to move.

"Slap!"

Long Chen slapped him across the face, sending him flying directly to the front of the 36th Branch's Disciples.

"You still dare to threaten me with my family? It's your luck that I'm not killing you today," Long Chen said coldly.

Turning his head, Long Chen looked at the ugly-faced Luo Bing and said: "You are truly worthy of being an Innate Realm expert. Have all these years of Cultivation been practiced on your face? It was clearly a life-or-death battle, and the life-and-death contract was signed. How can you have the nerve to use the excuse of being ruthless? With your IQ, you were still able to enter the Innate Realm; the Heavens must be blind. Ptooey!"

Long Chen spat and continued: "Now that I have won, let's follow our previous agreement. A bet is a bet. You should admit that you are a pig now, right?"

Long Chen's words made Luo Bing's expression turn cold. Killing intent surged in her eyes as she stared fixedly at Long Chen.