Living Yama! Blood Butcher! Resplendent Merit!

"Gasp!!..."

Sharp intakes of breath rose one after another.

Not to mention the Three Rivers Alliance disciples.

Even Situ Junwen stiffened all over in fright.

He stared at Zhang Chu with a face full of terror.

"Zhang... Daoist Priest Zhang, you..."

He had long heard that Zhang Chu acted with thunderous decisiveness, killed without hesitation, and could not tolerate a single grain of sand in his eyes. But he had never imagined he would be ruthless to this extent!

That was Chu Bai! The future core successor of the Three Rivers Alliance, hailed as the most outstanding junior of the Three Rivers!

The proudest disciple of the Three Rivers Alliance's Jade Liquid Great Elder, a genius ranked twenty-ninth on the Human Ranking—the Young Master!

Daoist Priest Zhang had actually killed him just like that!

"Quick! Go inform the Protectors! The Young Master has been killed! Hurry and summon the Protectors to capture the murderer!"

"Zhang Chu, from this day onward, there will be no place for you in the Seven Counties! The Three Rivers Alliance will hunt you down with all its strength!"

One disciple trembled from head to toe, yet still pointed at Zhang Chu with a show of bravado and shrieked!

"Too noisy."

Zhang Chu snorted coldly. He made no move at all; an invisible wave of Gang Qi merely swept out.

"Pfft! Pfft!..."

Several muffled explosions of bodies shattering rang out in succession.

[Merit Points +200!]

[Merit Points +180!]...

That disciple, along with more than ten assassins who had come to hunt Situ Junwen, were instantly struck as though by massive hammers. They spewed blood in great mouthfuls and utterly lost their breath.

This horrifying sight completely shattered the psychological defenses of the Three Rivers Alliance disciples still rushing over.

"They're dead! They're all dead!"

"Is he... is he human or a ghost?! He didn't even move—how did one cold snort kill so many people?!"

Another twenty Three Rivers Alliance disciples who arrived turned deathly pale with fright and instinctively staggered backward.

Their eyes were filled with terror as they looked at Zhang Chu, with not a trace left of their former arrogance.

Those were all First-rate Realm experts!

This man was simply a Living Yama!

"You can all go down and accompany them in burial as well." Zhang Chu's gaze was indifferent, as if he were looking down upon dust.

These people had helped a tyrant commit evil, slaughtered sects on a massive scale, and oppressed the innocent. Not one of them was innocent.

The Gang Qi around him trembled faintly once more!

"Thud! Thud!!..."

More than twenty Three Rivers Alliance disciples had their heart meridians shattered in succession. Blood spilled from their mouths as they died on the spot.

At the same time, system prompts rang out one after another.

[Merit Points +300!]

[Merit Points +170!]

[Merit Points +220!]...

In an instant, blood flowed into rivers across the street.

The disciples from various sects who had regained their freedom were first terrified, then erupted into long-suppressed cheers!

"Good! Well killed!"

"These beasts should have died long ago!"

"They are unworthy of the Jianghu Righteous Path!"

With no Three Rivers Alliance members left to guard them, the disciples of the various major sects regained their freedom, delight appearing on their faces.

Situ Junwen could not control his emotions either. "Father! Did you see that? The Daoist Priest has avenged you!"

Amid the cheers were tears of blood, sorrow, and indignation.

Yet after the brief celebration, some people came to their senses and hurried before Zhang Chu.

"Daoist Priest Zhang, run quickly! You killed Young Master Chu Bai and so many Three Rivers Alliance disciples. The Three Rivers Alliance will never let you go!"

"That's right! The Three Rivers Alliance Leader is a Jade Liquid Grandmaster, and there are two Grandmasters in the sect!"

"And their Great Elder was once ranked sixtieth on the Heaven Ranking. His strength is unfathomable!"

"Daoist Priest, hurry and leave! You are no match for them at all! While the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!"

Everyone was extremely anxious. They were grateful to Zhang Chu, but they also knew that the Three Rivers Alliance was a colossal behemoth.

It was not something they could possibly fight against.

"It's fine. There is no need for everyone to worry."

Faced with their persuasion, Zhang Chu did not move. He merely slowly raised his head and cast his gaze toward the distant horizon.

There, a powerful aura was racing toward them like a gale!

"Zhang Chu, are you tired of living?!" A furious shout rang out, carrying towering rage and dense killing intent!

"Our Three Rivers Alliance showed you, an Earth Ranking Grandmaster, respect by only conscripting two True Martial Temple disciples. Not only did you fail to be grateful, you actually cruelly murdered the Young Master!"

A furious roar drew nearer from afar, shaking the houses on both sides of the street until they quivered.

Then, a burly figure shot over like an arrow released from its bow. When he saw Chu Bai's mangled corpse scattered across the ground, he trembled with rage!

This man was the Three Rivers Alliance Protector in charge of escort arrangements in Jiang County, Linjiang—Grandmaster Wu Longlie!

"Zhang Chu! I know what you are capable of. You killed the Southern Border Three Absolutes, bear the title Yellow Court Dao Master, and are a Grandmaster in the top ten of the Earth Ranking. I, Wu Longlie, admit that I am no match for you."

"But do you know who Chu Bai was?"

"He was the Great Elder's final disciple, the future hope of the Three Rivers Alliance, yet you butchered him!"

"From this day onward, there will be no place for you in the Jianghu Righteous Path, and the entire True Martial Temple will be eradicated!"

Wu Longlie was both shocked and enraged.

Though they were both True Gang Grandmasters, Zhang Chu was a Grandmaster ranked tenth on the Earth Ranking. Wu Longlie knew he was no match for him.

But he was no fool. What he needed to do was stall Zhang Chu until the Great Elder arrived, not fight him head-on.

After all, he could not escape blame for the Young Master's death. If he failed to keep Zhang Chu here today, he would surely die. The Great Elder's wrath was not something he could bear!

"Do not even think of fleeing. Linjiang is entirely under the Three Rivers Alliance's control now. Surrender without resistance!"

Wu Longlie reminded him with an unusual expression.

Zhang Chu looked calmly at him, utterly unconcerned, and spoke in the same tranquil tone as always:

"I'll give you the time it takes to say one sentence. Tell me where my fellow disciples are, or I do not mind wiping out the Three Rivers Alliance."

Zhang Chu's casual words instantly plunged the entire scene into dead silence, drawing astonished looks from everyone.

Wu Longlie froze at first, then, as though he had heard the greatest joke in the world, laughed in extreme fury.

"Hahaha! Zhang Chu, you really are insane. Wipe out the Three Rivers Alliance? With just you, an Earth Ranking Grandmaster?"

"You don't truly think that killing the Southern Border Three Absolutes gives you the right to contend against the Three Rivers Alliance, do you?"

"You should know that even the Southern Border Three Absolutes would obediently lower their heads when speaking before the Great Elder!"

Wu Longlie's face was full of disdain. Who was the Great Elder? He was a Jade Liquid Realm Grandmaster on the Heaven Ranking!

A mere tenth-ranked Earth Ranking Grandmaster—once the Great Elder arrived with others, Zhang Chu would be unable to escape even with wings!

"I am asking you where my fellow disciples are."

Zhang Chu repeated himself, his voice calm and without the slightest ripple, yet carrying unquestionable majesty.

"Impudence! You killed the Young Master first, then ruined the Alliance Leader's grand plan, and you still want people? Once the Great Eld—"

BOOM!!...

Terrifying Gang Qi exploded like thunder.

Zhang Chu's expression remained unchanged as he casually struck out with his palm. Such an ant did not even possess the right to make him angry.

"Not good!" Wu Longlie's expression changed drastically as a fatal sense of crisis instantly enveloped his entire body!

He wanted to dodge. He wanted to mobilize his Gang Qi to defend himself.

But it was all too late!

A palm print drifted through all of his Body Protection Qi and struck his chest like a ghost.

"Argh—!!!"

A miserable scream tore through the long street.

The next second, Wu Longlie's entire body exploded in the open street like a firecracker in midair.

[Merit Points +20000!]

"Junior Brother! No!..." At that moment, an incomparably agonized cry came from the end of the street!