The powerful Chu Yao

With a delicate shout, the earth suddenly cracked open, and countless tentacles shot out. They were as fast as lightning, flying straight toward the three Elders of the Blood Luo Sect.

The three Blood Luo Sect Elders were shocked and hurriedly tried to dodge, but the tentacles were incredibly fast and had already rapidly bound them.

The three of them were terrified and hurriedly used the weapons in their hands to hack at the tentacles. However, when their weapons struck, they found them to be both slippery and tough, and they were unable to sever them.

By the time they tried to strike again, the tentacles had already rapidly spread, binding their arms completely until they were finally unable to move.

Long Chen seemed to not see the scene before him. His face was filled with disbelief as he excitedly said, "Chu Yao, is it you?"

Because he was too excited, his voice even trembled slightly. That voice was too familiar, and precisely because it was familiar, he was nervous.

"Long Chen." With a soft call, a slender figure brought a gust of fragrant wind, pounced in front of Long Chen, and hugged him tightly.

"Chu Yao, it really is you." With her fragrant body in his arms, Long Chen still felt like he was in a dream. He held Chu Yao tightly, afraid that if he let go, she would fly away.

"Long Chen, I missed you so much." Chu Yao hugged Long Chen tightly, saying with a choked voice. Having been separated for over half a year, the two had finally met again.

Long Chen felt a heartfelt pity for Chu Yao; only he understood how pitiful Chu Yao had been back then.

Perhaps because their fates were somewhat similar, Long Chen felt even closer to Chu Yao. His feelings for her were a form of tender affection.

With the beautiful woman in his arms, warm currents rose in Long Chen's heart. His nose was filled with the fragrance of Chu Yao's hair, and Long Chen felt that nothing could be happier than this moment. Just as he was about to ask how Chu Yao had arrived, a roar suddenly came:

"Bastard, who is conspiring to harm people? Get out here!" The three who were trapped could not move at all and couldn't help but roar.

The three of them hadn't even noticed who had attacked them before they were trapped. They were so angry their faces turned purple. Only then did they discover that the things wrapped around them were actually wooden stakes as thick as arms.

The wooden stakes were square, looking as if they had been crafted, but after they wrapped around them like arms, they rapidly hardened, resembling steel.

Dense runes appeared on the wooden stakes. No matter how much force they used, they still couldn't shake them in the slightest, and they could only curse loudly.

At this time, the dust filling the sky dispersed. A dozen or so people had appeared around them, all looking at the three Blood Luo Sect Elders with shocked faces.

"Chu Yao, did you do this?" Long Chen looked at the three Elders with a shocked face, somewhat unable to believe it. From the earth, hundreds of wooden stakes had grown out of thin air, like wild grass, trapping the three Blood Luo Sect Elders firmly like zongzi, with only their heads exposed.

A trace of pride appeared on Chu Yao's pretty face, and her beautiful eyes shimmered as she gently nodded and said:

"After our Heavenly Wood Palace received the news, all the Disciples came to support. When I saw the forces stationed at Fengming, I felt something was wrong, so I hurriedly rushed over with Senior Sister Hua. As soon as we arrived, we found the three of them bullying you, so I took action."

As Chu Yao spoke, her beautiful eyes gazed at Long Chen. Ever since she had known Long Chen, he had always been the one protecting her. This was the first time she had protected Long Chen, and her heart was filled with pride.

"Kid, our Chu Yao became the Sect Leader's Disciple and has been training day and night, all for you, you brat. You are truly lucky to death." Hua Yu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was still as beautiful as ever, but her speech was still as blunt as before.

While Long Chen was shocked, he couldn't help but be moved. It seemed Chu Yao had also had some opportunities in the Heavenly Wood Palace, to actually become the Sect Leader's Disciple.

When the three of them left Fengming, he had been doing the worst. Chu Yao had become the Sect Leader's Disciple, and A Man had become the Disciple of the Sect Leader's Junior Martial Uncle, making him the Sect Leader's fellow apprentice.

Meanwhile, Long Chen was still miserably running around every day for points. Truly, people have different fates.

He sighed in his heart, but he was deeply happy for Chu Yao. He smiled at Hua Yu and said, "For Chu Yao to have today, Senior Hua Yu must have helped a lot. I must thank you, Senior."

"Annoying, how many times have I told you? You should call me Elder sister, don't make me sound old." Hua Yu said with some slight anger.

Long Chen hurriedly laughed it off: "It was my rudeness, little brother. Sister is beautiful and radiant, in the prime of her life, so I should indeed call you sister."

Long Chen considered himself to have a thick skin, but after saying these words, he still felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up.

That Hua Yu looked about thirty years old, but in reality, her age was likely several times greater than her appearance.

Because female cultivators, after ascending to the Bone Forging Realm, would consume a large amount of energy to activate their skin, which could greatly delay their aging.

Therefore, Hua Yu's age was likely more than enough to be Long Chen's grandmother. Calling such a person sister while using sweet talk made Long Chen worry he would be struck by lightning in a moment.

Hearing Long Chen say this, Hua Yu couldn't help but giggle: "At least you know how to talk, kid. No wonder this girl Chu Yao is so dead set on thinking about you. Tell me, how many women have you seduced at the Xuantian Branch?"

Long Chen was stunned. Can we not have a proper conversation? I just complimented you, and you immediately hit me with a stick.

"Senior of the Heavenly Wood Palace, can you let us down first?" Just at this moment, one of the Blood Luo Sect Elders finally couldn't help but interrupt.

Upon hearing the name of the Heavenly Wood Palace, those Blood Luo Sect Elders finally changed color. The Heavenly Wood Palace and the Xuantian Branch were of the same breath and branch, and their relationship was famously good. They had to soften their tone to plead.

Hua Yu coldly glanced at the three of them and said with disdain: "At first, Little Sister Yao'er was worried you would use public office to settle private grudges, and I didn't quite believe it. After all, it involves the war between the Righteous Path and the evil forces; the matter is of great importance. I didn't expect that I had underestimated your audacity. To think you would go to such shameless lengths for a little personal grudge; I really admire you."

Around Hua Yu was a group of Elder-level powerhouses from some nearby forces. Most of them knew Long Chen and had even invited him before, but Long Chen had politely declined.

"The Blood Luo Sect has truly fallen; they are becoming less and less capable." Other Elders also had faces full of disdain and shook their heads. They couldn't even be bothered to curse them; they were too much of a disgrace to the Righteous Path.

At such a critical moment, they actually still had the mind to play some petty tricks; they were truly courting death.

"Senior Hua, you cannot listen to one-sided words. This person says he is Long Chen, a Disciple of the Xuantian Branch. However, he neither took out his Nameplate to prove it nor stated his purpose, but instead took advantage of an Elder's lack of defense to kill that Elder. We wanted to capture him to ask clearly; that is not a big mistake!" That Elder's eyes rolled, and he defended himself.

The other two Elders also hurriedly called out their grievances loudly, insisting that it was Long Chen who launched a sneak attack and killed that Elder, which was why they took action to capture him.

Hua Yu couldn't help but be stunned. Although she felt it might be these three guys lying, there was no evidence for everything, and this became a difficult problem.

Long Chen snorted coldly and stomped his big foot on the ground. The earth trembled violently, startling everyone around. No one had expected Long Chen's power to be so strong. Without using any cultivation, just the power of one stomp, he could crack the earth into a large trench.

"Whoosh." Long Chen waved his large hand, and a figure flew out from the earth, caught by Long Chen in one hand. It was Senior Brother Luo, who had previously been slashed by Long Chen but had survived due to the protection of his soft armor.

Although Senior Brother Luo was alive, he had later been buried alive under the soil during the battle between Long Chen and Zhao Changxing.

Long Chen hadn't forgotten this guy's existence. He had originally left one survivor, intending to ask about some Blood Luo Sect matters, and at this moment, he happened to have a witness.

Holding Senior Brother Luo's neck with one hand, his Soul force surged out, attacking straight toward Senior Brother Luo's glabella, like a steel needle piercing into Senior Brother Luo's Soul.

Senior Brother Luo, who had originally been in a semi-conscious state, shuddered violently and looked at Long Chen with a face full of terror.

"Who told you to do this?" Long Chen said coldly.

"It was Elder Zhao who told us to do it, saying that as long as we killed Long Tianxiao, it would be fine." Senior Brother Luo trembled all over, his face full of terror, and answered honestly.

"Bastard, Long Chen, you are coercing a witness; this doesn't count!" One of the Blood Luo Sect Elders couldn't help but roar.

"Shut up! If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Long Chen used his Soul force to lock onto that kid, which is to make that kid unable to tell lies." Hua Yu coldly shouted.

Others might not know, but it couldn't escape her eyes. Long Chen's Soul force was like hundreds of millions of steel needles, forcing Senior Brother Luo. He had no ability to tell a lie; otherwise, his Soul force would be unable to withstand the pressure and would explode.

"Do these three know about this plan?" Long Chen continued to ask.

"They know. This was agreed upon by all four Elders."

"Alright, rest in peace."

After Long Chen finished speaking, his Soul force moved. Senior Brother Luo's body in his hand went tense for a moment, then slowly went limp.

"Thud." Long Chen reached out, and Senior Brother Luo's corpse fell to the ground. The sound wasn't loud, but in the ears of the three Blood Luo Sect Elders, it sounded like a thunderclap.

"Do you still want to quibble? The plan you four guys made—one of them was slaughtered by me, and you wanted to rely on your numbers to take my and my father's lives. Now that both witness and evidence are present, I think you have nothing left to defend yourselves with, right?" Long Chen looked at the three of them indifferently and said.

"Senior Hua Yu, this matter was Zhao Changxing's decision alone. We were just his subordinates; we had no choice but to obey. Please, spare us." One of the Blood Luo Sect Elders pleaded.

"Bullshit! You four Blood Luo Sect Elders, Zhao Changxing is ranked third. Do you need to listen to his orders? Do you think we are fools?" As soon as the voice fell, someone immediately cursed, clearly very knowledgeable about the Blood Luo Sect.

"This matter has nothing to do with me. You are all people of the Righteous Path; this belongs to personal grudges and has nothing to do with me. Long Chen, you handle it yourself." Hua Yu shook her head and said.

Although she represented the Heavenly Wood Palace, this matter clearly carried personal grudges, and the Blood Luo Sect had truly gone too far. She was also furious, so she simply let Long Chen make the decision.

Seeing that he was allowed to make the decision, Long Chen found it easy. He reached out and took out that ordinary long saber, preparing to kill them.

"Long Chen, let me do it!"