Chapter 158: The Mysterious Expert

As the sound of Long Yun's voice faded, the surrounding crowd instantly burst into a roar of laughter. The fluctuation of true qi around Long Yun's body had not been specially concealed, and it merely reached the Heaven-Reaching Realm.

Compared to that previous period of time, Long Yun's rate of advancement could be described as terrifying, but compared to everyone around him, purely in terms of cultivation, Long Yun was still the lowest one.

"Hmph, just by you? Though I must admit that your cultivation progresses very quickly, and if given some time, perhaps you really might be able to achieve it, but as for now, in my eyes, you are nothing more than an ant!" Chen Chang said with utter disdain.

"An ant, am I?" A cold smile curved the corner of Long Yun's mouth. "Then let's find out!"

"All of you, come out!" Long Yun shouted in a deep voice. The Samsara Space quietly opened, and a massive spatial rift cut horizontally across the top of Long Yun's head.

Auras of terrifying might surged forth from within that rift!

One... Two... Three... Four...

A full ten figures stepped forward in unison from the rift, surrounding Long Yun and shielding him at the center. At the same time, they spoke in unison, "Master, you have summoned your subordinates. What are your orders?"

" Slaughter them all, leave none alive!" Long Yun spat out those few words gently, without the slightest shred of pity on his face. These people had first captured Yan Qingqing, and then severely injured Qu Chong.

Almost every single action had been challenging the limit within his heart. A dragon has its reverse scales, and touch them and it will rage! Yan Qingqing was his reverse scale, and so was Qu Chong.

The very instant Long Yun's voice fell, the expressions of Chen Chang and the others—who had been full of high spirits just moments before—changed drastically in unison. Feeling the auras of these countless powerful experts, their expressions transformed from smug triumph into a complexity that was dazzlingly extreme.

Chen Chang's expression shifted violently, but fortunately, he reacted promptly. He crushed the jade transmission slip at his waist, sending a distress signal to his father.

Immediately afterward, those ten experts of the Revolving Heaven Realm charged forward like a tidal wave. The killing intent reached an absolute extreme at that moment. Ten Revolving Heaven Realm experts—

They were simply entities that these people could not possibly contend against. These young aristocratic scions might be extraordinary geniuses, but they usually relied on the prestige of their families to bully the weak and oppress the small.

Accustomed to arrogance on ordinary days, they had never known what true danger was. Until now, it felt as though they had plunged into an ancient glacial cave, and that bone-chilling cold made everyone's hearts violently contract.

"No! I don't want to die—" Everyone roared and screamed from the depths of their hearts. Yet, how ferocious were those ten Revolving Heaven Realm experts? Aside from Xiong Bin, Chen Chang, and two other Tribulation-Crossing Realm experts from Central City who could barely manage to put up a fight without suffering immediate defeat, all the others plunged headlong into utter panic.

Chen Chang gritted his teeth as he desperately fended off the tempestuous, storm-like attacks of a Revolving Heaven Realm expert, yet anxiety surged uncontrollably in his heart. He had already sent out the transmission, complete with a top-priority emergency code.

At his father's speed, it would take only a moment to arrive here. As long as he could hold out for a little while, there was still a chance of survival, so he must not give up under any circumstances.

The sounds of miserable shrieks echoed endlessly, and hearing them in Chen Chang's heart made his hair stand on end. Every single scream seemed to be torturing his very soul.

Qu Chong quietly gazed at the scene of slaughter unfolding before his eyes, his heart boiling with excitement. This was what a real big brother looked like; it had been so long since he felt this surge of hot blood.

An inexplicable excitement arose within Qu Chong's heart, making him wish he could spring up right now and join the battle circle.

Long Yun continuously channeled his Samsara True Qi into Qu Chong's body without joining the fray himself. Ten Revolving Heaven Realm experts were already more than enough. His sole objective was to await the outcome. Today, no matter who came, he would not abandon this conviction—every single person present was going to die!

The longer the battle dragged on, the more alarmed Chen Chang became, and his arms had already gone numb and sore. His opponents had now increased to two, and the death of a massive number of disciples placed an exponentially heavier burden on the few of them who possessed higher cultivations.

Chen Chang gritted his teeth to force back the attacks of the two opponents, frowning inwardly as he thought: *By this time, Father should have arrived already. Why hasn't he appeared yet? Could something unexpected have happened?*

Yet he immediately dismissed this notion. His father possessed a cultivation height that was counted among the top experts in Central City. Ever since he could remember, he had never once seen his father defeated, so he refused to believe his father would be late.

Just as Chen Chang's mind was wandering wildly, thirty miles away outside the distant Central City, six figures stood motionless, looking with panicked expressions toward a single grey-robed figure before them.

Among these six individuals, the leader was none other than Chen Chang's father, the current head of the Chen family, Chen Tianyi. His cultivation was unfathomable, making him the supreme expert of the Chen family, and the six people by his side were all elite elders of the Chen family.

Upon receiving his son's emergency plea for help, Chen Tianyi's mind had already fallen into complete disarray. He had only two sons; his eldest son had suffered a deviation while practicing a special cultivation technique and remained encased in ice to this day.

Chen Chang was his second son. Because of the eldest son's condition, Chen Tianyi had transferred all his pampering onto Chen Chang, which naturally cultivated Chen Chang's tyrannical and arrogant personality.

Receiving Chen Chang's transmission containing merely the blood-red words "Save me," Chen Tianyi was nearly driven mad with fury. In the Profound Heaven Realm, there were probably very few people who dared to provoke the majesty of the Chen family.

Even if there were, they certainly wouldn't dare to kill his most beloved son. If the other party did so, he would exhaust every ounce of his strength to drag the enemy down to hell with him.

The Chen family possessed that capability, so upon receiving the message, Chen Tianyi did not dare to delay for even a fraction of a breath, leaving the Chen family estate with five grand elders. However, the moment they stepped out of Central City, their path was blocked by this grey-robed figure whose face remained hidden in obscurity.

Initially, in his blazing fury, Chen Tianyi had intended to strike the grey-robed man down with a single palm palm-strike. Yet the moment he lashed out with his palm, the grey-robed figure neither dodged nor evaded, nor did he make any visible effort to raise a protective true qi barrier.

He simply stood there, allowing that palm-strike to land squarely upon him, yet his figure did not budge so much as an inch. What was even stranger was that his own palm-wind, which possessed enough force to split mountains and shatter rocks, had quietly dissipated the instant it made contact with the other's body, vanishing like a gentle breeze without stirring up the slightest ripple. This caused Chen Tianyi's expression to change drastically, his blazing rage instantly transforming into sheer terror.

Such a terrifying expert likely did not even exist within the entire Profound Heaven Realm. What kind of sacred entity was he to possess such horrifying might? Chen Tianyi was not afraid of perishing together with anyone, but once the opponent's strength transcended his understanding—

Reaching a level where a single glare could annihilate everyone utterly—no matter how unyielding Chen Tianyi might normally be, he dared not harbor the slightest hint of anger any longer. Including the other five grand elders, all of them stared at the figure before them with trembling hearts.

"Se... Senior... This junior was previously unaware of Senior's cultivation and committed an offense. I beseech Senior to grant me forgiveness!" Chen Tianyi, head of the Chen family, had shed every trace of his former pride as he spoke with intense nervousness.

The grey-robed man let out a cold snort and said, "You are in such a rush—are you going to rescue that good-for-nothing son of yours?"

Only then did Chen Tianyi understand. It seemed his son had provoked a character he never should have crossed, and a bitter taste welled up in his heart. He truly had spoiled that little bastard rotten on ordinary days.

Seeing the cold sweat beading on Chen Tianyi's forehead, the grey-robed man said calmly, "The one who wants to kill your son right now is my son. You tried to go interfere with my son's affairs, so I intercepted you and left those juniors to resolve their own matters among themselves. If you wish to drag the older generation into this as well, then I will simply have to accompany you to the end!"

The sweat on Chen Tianyi's forehead poured down like a cascading brook. Sure enough, it was that unfilial son who had stirred up this catastrophic trouble! But who on earth was this grey-robed man's son, and why had he come to the Profound Heaven Realm?

This left Chen Tianyi utterly baffled. He immediately spoke up, "With Senior's supreme cultivation, your words are bound to be impartial. I will obey Senior's wishes entirely. Let the matters of our juniors be resolved by themselves; I will not intervene!"

As he finished speaking, Chen Tianyi's heart felt as though it were bleeding. That was his most beloved son! Yet what more could he possibly say now?

The grey-robed man's face was veiled by a faint layer of mist, obscuring his features. Hearing Chen Tianyi's words, he slowly turned around and said indifferently, "Remember, if you ever dare to seek vengeance against my son in the future, your Chen family will cease to exist, and furthermore, you shall never be reborn for all eternity! Consider this time as merely giving you a lesson."

After turning around, he lightly flicked his arm backward, and six golden beams of light shot forth from his palm, transforming into six writhing, clawing golden dragons that roared as they hurtled toward the six men!