shameless

Hearing Long Chen say this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Long Chen laughed and said, "Let me ask you all, what is the purpose of fighting?"

"To temper one's own will and physique, and to become stronger," a Core Disciple replied.

Long Chen shook his head and said, "What you spoke of is the meaning, not the purpose. Let me tell you all: the ultimate purpose of fighting is to slaughter the opponent."

"To slaughter the opponent, what is needed is not necessarily martial force, but rather a kind of technique. And the highest Realm of this technique is shamelessness."

Everyone listened with blank expressions, not quite understanding Long Chen's meaning. Long Chen continued, "I told you all long ago: having great combat power does not necessarily mean having great lethality. The performance of the Evil Path Disciples is a very good example."

"You have seen their cultivation; it differs greatly from yours. Yet their ruthlessness and their method of attacking to kill leave people terrified."

"Therefore, at the beginning, I needed you to be able to overcome the fear within your own hearts."

"Now that you have done it, and are no longer panic-stricken at the moment of life and death, this kind of tempering is no longer necessary. Otherwise, the tempering will turn into attrition."

"From today on, I want to teach you all another way of fighting. However, you don't need to be nervous; this tactic is very simple, and it will make you very happy…"

An hour later, another wave of Evil Path Disciples appeared. But when they saw the number of people from the Xuantian Branch, they stopped in their tracks.

Because this wave of theirs only had about four hundred people. Although Evil Path Disciples are exceptionally ferocious, they are not fools; they wouldn't continue charging forward when facing an enemy four times their size.

Although they had heard that Righteous Path Disciples were all cowards, the sheer number of them still made them afraid to act rashly.

However, what surprised them was that the Righteous Path Disciples before them completely ignored them. Except for a dozen or so Disciples in the front, everyone else was sitting on the ground with their eyes closed, Cultivating. Some had even entered a state of deep meditation.

There was even a large man who was actually lying on the ground, sleeping soundly.

"Are this group of Righteous Path Disciples idiots? Did they come to fight, or to play? They are even sleeping?" an Evil Path Disciple cursed.

"When things are abnormal, there must be demons. Let's not be fooled. They have many people, we cannot take them down. Let's wait for other forces," a leading Core Disciple said cautiously.

They weren't stupid either. For the Xuantian Branch to dare to do this, it was definitely abnormal, so they decided to observe for a while before making any plans.

Both sides stared at each other across a valley, separated by over a hundred miles. Seeing that the other side refused to come over, Tang Waner whispered, "They seem to be waiting for reinforcements. What should we do?"

Long Chen was lying comfortably on a mattress, with a small umbrella shading his head, just enough to block the sunlight. On the head of the bed sat a cup of prepared royal jelly.

Lazily taking a sip of the royal jelly without even opening his eyes, he said indifferently, "Let them wait. Either way, the meat will rot in the pot; they won't be able to escape."

Gu Yang looked at the Evil Path Disciples opposite and tentatively said, "How about I take a portion of the brothers and slaughter our way over? I guarantee that within half an hour, I will kill them all!"

Looking at these Evil Path Disciples, Gu Yang and the other battle-hungry people felt their hands itching; they couldn't wait to charge over right now.

"There is absolutely no need. Now that everyone has been through a life-and-death battle, your previously surging Qi will be tempered. This is the best moment to consolidate your cultivation and attempt a Breakthrough."

"Now that everyone can calmly face the threat of death, there is no need to waste time killing these small fry. Your current task is to exert all your efforts to improve your strength."

"Breaking through in this atmosphere is another test of your will, because the real battle is still ahead. Don't worry about having no one to kill."

"Stop talking nonsense. All of you, start consolidating your cultivation and try your best to achieve a Breakthrough. Leave this place to me!"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Following Long Chen, they were going to use up all the expressions of surprise they would have in their entire lives.

It seemed that no matter how bizarre an idea was, it would appear on Long Chen. They had already become accustomed to it.

Out of trust in Long Chen, everyone began to enter a state of cultivation. With the assistance of the royal jelly crystals, it was very easy to enter a state of deep meditation!

Usually, entering deep meditation on the battlefield is no different from seeking death, because after entering deep meditation, you wouldn't even know if someone killed their way to your side.

Entering deep meditation here required immense courage. Most importantly, they all trusted Long Chen. Since Long Chen had said it, he definitely had the certainty to protect their safety.

For a time, the people on both sides just stared at each other. On the Xuantian Branch side, except for a few dozen Disciples guarding the front, everyone else was sitting in meditation and Cultivating.

Two hours later, two more forces gathered on the opposite side. Because of the terrain, in this radius of over three thousand miles, this valley was the only path to take.

However, both forces were small. Merging with the previous force, the combined number of people from the three parties was less than a thousand.

A one-eyed Evil Path Core Disciple with a long scar on his face looked at the opposite side and said:

"What are we waiting for? Let's go over and slaughter this group of Righteous Path idiots. Actually pretending to Cultivate, this is truly bullying us too much!"

With two armies facing off, actually ignoring the other side was simply a humiliation. The person the Evil Path Disciples could least tolerate was Long Chen.

Lying on the mattress, crossing his legs, letting the sunlight shine on his body, and picking up his cup to take a sip from time to time—that ease and comfort were simply like slapping them in the face repeatedly.

From the mouths of Seniors, they had learned that Righteous Path Disciples were all existences with powerful cultivation but were cowardly as mice; killing them was simply like chopping melons and vegetables.

Therefore, although their numbers were now only half of the opponent's, that one-eyed large man was already unable to restrain himself.

Just like the Righteous Path, Evil Path Disciples would also receive extremely generous rewards for killing enemies. Most importantly, most of the Cultivation Techniques and battle skills that Evil Path Disciples cultivated required killing people to improve.

Therefore, they were exceptionally hungry for battle, and had always viewed Righteous Path Disciples as prey.

"Such an obvious lure, don't tell me you can't see it. Could it be that your remaining eye is also blind?" the Core Disciple who had arrived earliest cold-snorted.

Among the three major forces, he had the most people, so he had absolutely no qualms about what he said.

The one-eyed large man's expression changed upon hearing this. A fierce light released from his only remaining eye, and he stared at that person, saying, "Do you want to die?"

"I do want to die, do you have the ability to do it?" That person didn't buy his act at all. Evil Path Disciples had never been united; killing each other among fellow Disciples was a common occurrence.

Now, they had only gathered together for the sake of profit. No one looked at anyone else with any regard, so their words were filled with the smell of gunpowder from the start.

"Bastard."

The one-eyed large man suddenly had a long saber in his hand and walked towards that person with intense Killing Intent.

"Boom."

Just as they were about to have internal strife, a muffled sound suddenly came from the opposite side, causing their expressions to change as they all looked over.

"Damn it, they aren't bluffing. They are truly Cultivating and achieving a Breakthrough."

Someone cursed loudly. They had seen people bullying others, but never like this. If this wasn't humiliation, then the word 'humiliation' didn't exist in this world.

With two armies facing off, to be so bold as to Cultivate and achieve a Breakthrough here—the Evil Path Disciples were so angry their faces turned green. This was naked disregard for them.

The one who had previously held a cautious attitude, believing that the Xuantian Branch was truly putting on a show and deliberately luring them into a trap…

…now couldn't help but feel his face burning, as if someone had slapped him hard. They weren't using any damn strategy; they simply didn't think much of them at all.

"Kill them for me! Chop this group of bastards into meat paste!"

The Evil Path Disciples let out an angry roar, their eyes turning red. Under the roar of the Core-level experts, they rushed forward rapidly, killing towards the Xuantian Branch side.

On Long Chen's side, a Disciple had just broken through their Realm, actually entering the second heaven of the Tendon Transformation Realm.

One must know that the Disciples of the Xuantian Branch, even the Outer Sect Disciples, because of the assistance of the myriad beast essence blood, mostly achieved flawless advancements.

After advancing to the Tendon Transformation Realm under such circumstances, one's cultivation would be solidified to a terrifying degree.

However, for every good side to things, there is a bad side. Their combat power was more than ten times stronger than average Tendon Transformation Realm experts from other Sects.

But their future advancement speed and difficulty were also almost several times that of others, so the Branch Disciples' advancement was very slow.

Now, after experiencing a life-and-death battle, it allowed them to transcend the shackles of life and death, and further solidified their Dao Heart, so their Bottleneck had become extremely loose.

In the future, the difficulty of their advancement would be greatly reduced. This is why the Branch intended to take the initiative this time.

This was like the great waves washing away the sand; once the sand was washed away, what remained was all gold. And under Long Chen's command, they had indeed all become gold.

Following the first person's Breakthrough, continuous muffled sounds kept ringing out within the ranks as several more people successively broke through their shackles and advanced to the second heaven of the Tendon Transformation Realm.

As the Xuantian Branch Disciples here continued to break through one after another, the Evil Path Disciples on the other side became even more certain that the Xuantian Branch Disciples simply did not take them seriously at all.

"Damn bastards, I'm going to chop you all into meat paste!"

The Evil Path Disciples charged forward crazily with hideous expressions, which made the few dozen guarding Disciples in the front feel a bit nervous, and they tightly gripped the weapons in their hands.

Long Chen slowly stood up, stretched a big stretch, reached out to finish the honey in his cup, and took a look at A'Man.

Alright, I was just feigning sleep, but this buddy was actually sleeping for real. Looking at that puddle of drool on the ground, one could tell that A'Man was sleeping very soundly.

He slowly walked to the front of the ranks. When everyone saw Long Chen arrive, their originally nervous emotions were suddenly alleviated by a lot.

"Don't be so nervous; just treat it as watching a show."

Long Chen stood in front of the ranks, indifferently watching those rapidly approaching Evil Path Disciples, a trace of excitement emerging in his eyes.

Originally, the two sides were only a hundred miles apart. Those Evil Path Disciples ran extremely fast, and in a short while, they were only a few miles away from the crowd.

Suddenly, the ground beneath the running Disciples collapsed over a large area, like the mouth of a giant beast, instantly swallowing them up.

"Ahhh…"

Screams shook the sky, and explosive sounds continued incessantly!