Contempt! Madness! Lawlessness! Smash Them Apart!

How many years had it been?!

Ever since he had taken the seat of Great Elder of the Three Rivers Alliance, no one had ever dared to openly defy his will like this.

Still less had anyone dared, right under the nose of a dignified Jade Liquid Grandmaster, to kill several of his sect's protectors in succession.

In his eyes, Zhang Chu was nothing more than a newcomer who had only recently emerged in the Jianghu—not worth mentioning, someone he could crush to death with a casual pinch.

Yet this very brat, whom he had not even deigned to notice, had slain Protector Duan He before his eyes, massacred Three Rivers Alliance disciples, and treated him as though he were nothing!

"Buzz!" At that moment, the Great Elder's aura surged forth, nearly crushing the entire long street into dead silence!

He pointed through the air, his body swooping like a savage bird of prey, and in an instant he was above the long street—

"What a lawless little wretch—"

"What's so good about it? Die!"

Before the Great Elder could finish, Zhang Chu abruptly struck, giving him no chance to spout another word of nonsense.

Boom!!...

Zhang Chu suddenly moved. Neither dodging nor evading, he charged straight toward the Three Rivers Alliance group!

Situ Junwen and the others were dumbfounded.

That was the Great Elder of the Three Rivers Alliance—a genuine Jade Liquid Grandmaster! One of the foremost experts in Lingnan Circuit, whose might had overshadowed the Seven Counties for decades; none dared meet his edge.

Not only did this Daoist Priest Zhang refuse to retreat, he actually took the initiative to attack and charged at him to kill him. This was no mere decisiveness in slaughter—it was naked contempt!

"Buzz buzz!..."

Gang Qi roiled. As Zhang Chu rushed forward, the Yellow Court Gang Qi within him erupted in an instant.

More than ten Three Rivers Alliance disciples did not even have time to scream before their bodies seemed to be struck by ten-thousand-pound hammers. With muffled bangs, they were smashed straight into the bluestone bricks, blood spraying in every direction.

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Zhang Chu moved like the wind. Wherever he passed, no Three Rivers Alliance disciple could escape the reach of his Gang Qi—some were blasted into the air and killed, while others had their heart meridians shattered by the shock!

His attacks were ruthless, leaving not the slightest room for mercy!

At the roadside, Situ Junwen and the others stood frozen in place, eyes wide and faces filled with horror.

They had roamed the Jianghu for many years and seen numerous seniors, yet they had never encountered such a terrifying figure!

Someone secretly lifted his eyes toward the Great Elder, only to discover that this lofty figure, who was usually beyond reach, now bore a trace of bewilderment and disbelief on his face.

Clearly, even the Great Elder himself had never expected Zhang Chu to be this formidable!

Screech!!... At that moment, from a shadowed corner, a cold killing intent suddenly locked onto Zhang Chu.

A True Gang Realm assassin concealed in the corner seemed to have finally seized an opening while Zhang Chu was off guard.

A jet-black steel needle, as thin as an ox hair, shot out along the ground—soundless, vicious, and venomous.

This strike had been hidden deeply, its force cunning and treacherous. Even a Grandmaster would suffer serious injury if caught unawares.

Situ Junwen saw it clearly, and his expression changed at once. He was just about to open his mouth and warn Zhang Chu to be careful.

But in the next instant, Zhang Chu merely raised his foot slightly, then stomped down hard.

Boom!!

Violent inner force swept madly through the ground, exploding all the way forward as bluestone bricks shattered and dust billowed.

The instant that venomous steel needle collided with the Gang Qi in the ground, it shattered into powder.

The remaining force did not cease. Like an enraged dragon, it raced along the ground straight toward the hidden assassin.

The assassin's face changed drastically. His feet retreated frantically, until his back slammed hard against a wall.

But before he could move again—

Bang! With a muffled blast, a mist of blood exploded.

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The assassin did not even manage a scream before his body burst apart in the corner, blood mist filling the air.

From beginning to end.

Zhang Chu did not even turn his head.

As though that True Gang Realm assassin who had launched the sneak attack was merely an insignificant ant by the roadside, something he could crush beneath a casual step—not worth a second glance.

Such contempt.

Was even more despairing than being slain in public!

The long street fell into an even deeper silence.

The Great Elder's eyes were split with rage. In nearly a hundred years since the Three Rivers Alliance had been founded, how many True Gang Grandmasters had they produced in total?

These people were the backbone of the Three Rivers Alliance, the foundation that let them stand firm in the Seven Counties!

But today.

In a single exchange, three had died in quick succession!

Every one of them had fallen at Zhang Chu's hands!

Watching his men die one after another before his very eyes, the Great Elder could no longer suppress the towering fury in his heart.

Jade Liquid Realm Gang Qi surged violently around him, and his entire body resembled a humanoid savage beast on the verge of going berserk.

"You're not True Gang—you're..."

"Cut the crap. Take my palm!" Zhang Chu's gaze was indifferent, his tone icy, without a shred of wasted breath.

He had already forced the whereabouts of his fellow disciples out of Duan He. To him, this Great Elder no longer held any value; keeping him alive would only waste time!

Before his words had even faded, Zhang Chu curled the fingers of his right hand into a seal.

Cold and flame intertwined in his palm. [Northern Cold Flame True Hand] erupted at full force as he struck directly at the Great Elder.

The palm wind howled, carrying boundless terrifying might!

The Great Elder swallowed his unfinished words back down. Already enraged, he was now furious beyond measure.

No longer caring about the bearing of a Grandmaster or a renowned veteran of the Martial World, he let out an angry roar. "Good!"

Instead of retreating, he advanced. The Gang Qi throughout his body roiled at once, his physique swelling by a full circle as though a god of strength had possessed him!

With decades of bitter cultivation behind him and his full strength unleashed, the Great Elder's punch carried the force of a colossal beast awakening!

If this punch landed, even a small hill would be blasted flat with one blow!

Though Situ Junwen and the others stood far away, they could still feel the suffocating pressure of that fist intent. Every hair on their bodies stood on end, and they involuntarily retreated several steps.

If even they felt this way, what kind of terrifying pressure must Zhang Chu, facing that punch head-on, be enduring?

"Boom!!"

The next instant, fist and palm collided with a thunderous crash.

The deafening blast rang through the entire long street. Sound waves swept in every direction, and the houses were all shattered by the violent gale!

Situ Junwen and the others struggled to raise their heads through gaps in the raging Gang wind, trying to see the outcome of the clash.

In their expectations—

No matter how strong Zhang Chu was, facing a full-force punch from a Jade Liquid Realm expert should have resulted in a deadlock.

Yet the sight before them left everyone frozen!

Zhang Chu's robes fluttered wildly, his aura steady, utterly unscathed. Meanwhile, half of the Great Elder's body had vanished entirely, with only scarlet blood still streaming down!

The Great Elder was terrified out of his wits!

The peerless divine art he had relied upon to make his name had not achieved the slightest effect before Zhang Chu!

The violent force of his full-power punch had been effortlessly crushed at the instant of contact.

Only Zhang Chu's incomparably terrifying Gang Qi surged onward like bamboo splitting beneath a blade, driving straight in and wreaking havoc without restraint!

He had no power to resist at all!

"What kind of monster is this man?"

"Even... even if he had started practicing martial arts in his mother's womb, there was no way he could possess such terrifying methods!"

With only one move, the Great Elder's courage had shattered. At this moment, regret flooded his heart—regret that he had ever come!

Yet before he could think further—

The Gang Qi around Zhang Chu suddenly stirred!

"Bzzz!" A vast, ancient, and supremely majestic tide of horrifying Gang Qi abruptly descended upon the long street.

It was precisely: Phenomenon: Sea of Bitterness Sows Golden Lotus!

In an instant, it seemed as if boundless golden lotuses descended upon the Northern Abyss, rosy radiance illuminating all beneath heaven, their pressure reigning through the ages.

At the sight, the Great Elder's soul nearly fled his body.

"A phenomenon!"

"It's actually a martial phenomenon!"

Who in the Jianghu did not know that a phenomenon was the sign of martial arts reaching their ultimate peak? One in ten thousand, only peerless geniuses who had touched upon the true essence of martial arts could give birth to a martial phenomenon.

He had cultivated bitterly for seventy years, never daring to slacken, exhausting the efforts of his entire life, yet not the slightest phenomenon had ever emerged.

But this young man before him, who appeared to be no more than twenty, had actually already cultivated a phenomenon!

Suppressed by the terrifying phenomenon of Sea of Bitterness Sows Golden Lotus, the Great Elder felt as though ten thousand towering mountains had pressed down upon him. His body was locked in place, unable to move an inch.

Even the speed of his thoughts and reactions was greatly weakened. It was as if he had sunk into a mire, his mind sluggish and dull.

"Thud!!"

The dignified Great Elder of the Three Rivers Alliance, a Jade Liquid Grandmaster who had once fought his way onto the Heaven Ranking decades ago, was forcibly beaten by Zhang Chu until he knelt and bowed, unable to struggle in the slightest.

Zhang Chu's eyes were cold. With a casual grab, he precisely seized the back of the Great Elder's neck. His five fingers hooked like claws, sinking deep into flesh as they clamped tightly around a section of spine.

"Crack!!"

A crisp sound of bones dislocating rang out.

With a miserable scream, Great Elder was hoisted into the air by Zhang Chu as easily as a chick!

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