Slaying Jiang Ming

But Jiang Chen wasn't afraid of these sword flowers. He used Traceless Steps, his figure like a ghost, instantly dodging them.

With a flick of his hand and a drop of the blade, he struck directly at Jiang Ming before him.

Jiang Ming's face changed drastically. He hadn't expected Jiang Chen's footwork to be so exquisite, managing to charge through so many sword flowers without a scratch.

Jiang Chen had cultivated Traceless Steps to the perfected level.

Coupled with Jiang Chen's strength far surpassing cultivators of the same level, dodging those sword flowers was child's play for him.

Jiang Ming swung the long sword in his hand towards Jiang Chen. The two clashed in close combat.

A powerful force erupted.

"Boom." Jiang Ming felt an immense force and was directly repelled.

His sword-wielding hand went numb, and he stared at Jiang Chen in shock.

If he hadn't held onto his long sword tightly just now, it would have been knocked out of his hand.

Jiang Chen seized the opportunity and slashed, the Demonic Soul Blade unleashing a massive blade energy.

Jiang Ming had no choice but to meet the attack head-on.

"Pfft." The immense power directly sent Jiang Ming flying.

Jiang Ming couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing their hall master, a Martial Grandmaster Realm, First Level cultivator, being sent flying and bleeding by Jiang Chen, the numerous mercenaries' expressions changed.

"Hall Master." Several Martial Master Realm mercenaries went to help Jiang Ming up.

"Attack him, kill him!" Jiang Ming roared in anger.

Seeing this, the other mercenaries charged towards Jiang Chen.

"Hmph, seeking death." Seeing these underlings charge at him, Jiang Chen wasn't flustered at all.

He simply used the Demonic Soul Blade, swinging it rapidly.

"Pfft, pfft..."

"Ah, ah..."

"Ah..."

Many mercenaries died tragically under Jiang Chen's blade.

In a short while, dozens more mercenaries lay dead under Jiang Chen's blade, while Jiang Chen himself remained unharmed.

The strength gap between them and Jiang Chen was too vast; they couldn't even injure him.

Instead, they became souls claimed by Jiang Chen's blade.

With so many more dead, the remaining mercenaries dared not advance. Fear flickered in their eyes. Charging at Jiang Chen now would be suicide.

Seeing that so many dared not advance, Jiang Chen let out a disdainful smile.

These people from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group, who usually killed without mercy, were now afraid when facing someone stronger than them.

It seemed the fear of death was universal.

Jiang Chen admitted that he himself would not be able to remain calm when facing death.

Since these people didn't dare to charge forward for the moment, Jiang Chen saw the numerous corpses on the ground and began circulating the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art. A powerful suction force absorbed the vital energy from the surrounding corpses.

Jiang Chen's cultivation rapidly increased. Before long, his aura erupted.

"Pfft." Martial Master Realm, Sixth Level.

"What?" Jiang Ming saw Jiang Chen's aura suddenly erupt, advancing to Martial Master Realm, Sixth Level.

He just advanced like that?

The other mercenaries were also dumbfounded.

Advancing mid-battle like this was truly a shock.

The Jiang Chen who was previously Martial Master Realm, Fifth Level was already so powerful. Now that he had advanced to Martial Master Realm, Sixth Level, his strength would be even greater.

This filled them with even more despair.

As for Jiang Chen himself, he felt a flash of joy as he sensed his advancement.

This Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art was truly overbearing, allowing him to advance again.

However, Jiang Chen had killed so many people from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group, and their vital energy was more than enough to allow him to advance.

Jiang Chen looked at Jiang Ming. Killing Jiang Ming was the most important task at hand.

"Today, you won't be keeping this stronghold." Jiang Chen declared.

With that, Jiang Chen quickly charged towards Jiang Ming.

The Demonic Soul Blade in his hand descended.

"Demonic Soul Slash, Sky Annihilation Strike, Tenfold Amplification." Jiang Chen leaped, rising ten meters into the air.

Then, wielding the Demonic Soul Blade, a world-shattering blade energy condensed and struck directly at Jiang Ming's location.

There were still quite a few mercenary powerhouses there.

This wave of blade energy was at least thirty meters long, and its momentum was extremely terrifying.

Coupled with the tenfold power amplification of the Sky Annihilation Strike.

Demonic Soul Slash is a martial skill recorded on the Demonic Soul Blade.

Now that the Demonic Soul Blade recognized its master, Jiang Chen could check the contents it carried.

The earth-shattering blade energy directly slashed down.

This caused Jiang Ming and the others to change their expressions. Jiang Ming wanted to leave his spot, but the power of this martial skill was too great. It actually enveloped the entire area, increasing the gravity.

This hindered their movements, preventing them from quickly leaving the area.

"Boom..." The blade energy slashed down.

It directly carved a large pit dozens of meters long in front of them.

As for Jiang Ming and the others within the area, they had already been cut into pieces.

The power was too immense.

"This..." The expressions of some other mercenaries who weren't hit changed drastically.

Their powerful Hall Master Jiang was actually dead?

And in pieces, no less?

"Ah, Hall Master Jiang is dead, run!" Someone shouted.

Upon hearing this, some mercenaries in the Martial Artist Realm also quickly began to flee.

What a joke. Now their stronghold's top expert had died at Jiang Chen's hands.

If these experts couldn't defeat Jiang Chen, then they, as mercenaries in the Martial Artist Realm, were even less likely to be a match for him.

Didn't they see how many experts in the Martial Artist Realm and Martial Master Realm had died at Jiang Chen's hands just now?

Hearing this, the other mercenaries also took to their heels and ran.

How could Jiang Chen let these people escape so easily?

Jiang Chen rapidly activated Traceless Steps and pursued the mercenaries.

However, after Jiang Chen killed over forty people, the entire mercenary stronghold was empty.

About two hundred people escaped, mostly mercenaries in the Martial Artist Realm.

Jiang Chen killed about three hundred people this time. The entire stronghold was filled with corpses.

Jiang Chen circulated his energy again, absorbing the power of the blood qi. His cultivation directly reached the peak of Martial Master Realm, Sixth Level, without breaking through to Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level.

If the two hundred escaping mercenaries hadn't gotten away, and if he had killed and absorbed all of their blood qi, he could have completely advanced to Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level.

But Jiang Chen wasn't in a hurry. His current strength was already immense.

Jiang Ming, a Martial Grandmaster Realm, First Level expert, had died by his hand. Now, he was equivalent to a Martial Grandmaster. What more could he ask for?

The Bloodfire Mercenary Group had committed many acts of annihilation, but they never expected to be attacked at their own doorstep today.

The other mercenaries didn't dare to stay in the stronghold any longer and all ran outwards. Now, Jiang Chen was the only living person in the entire camp.

Jiang Chen collected the spoils of war and then plundered the treasury.

Afterward, he poured kerosene into some of the houses.

Jiang Chen had originally intended to destroy this stronghold this time.

Jiang Chen lit the fire, and instantly, the camp was engulfed in flames.

Jiang Chen glanced back and directly left the stronghold.

The entire Bloodfire Mercenary Group stronghold turned into a sea of fire.

Jiang Chen's figure quickly disappeared into the night.

When morning came, people from other Bloodfire Mercenary Group strongholds received the news and arrived, only to see a ruin that had been burned by fire.

This enraged the members of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.