Annihilating the Zhou Family, the Wildly Invincible Body Refinement Method

Jiang Li's appearance drew everyone's attention.

His features were strikingly handsome, his black robes fluttering as though a Reincarnated Immortal had descended into the world. His feet moved in the Dragon-Shaped Step, stirring up a fierce wind, while the aura of an emperor around him grew ever more distinct.

More than a thousand Demon Suppression Division soldiers stared at the back of the black-robed youth before them. Their hands tightened around their sword hilts, and their postures became even straighter.

They were like soldiers awaiting an emperor's inspection.

The young captain's gaze burned with fervor, Jiang Li's image deeply etched into his eyes. He thought, A true man born between Heaven and Earth ought to be like this.

Behind him, on the open road, Jiang Li's reflection filled Li Xi's eyes. It felt as though a frantic sparrow were flapping inside her chest. Nervously, she swept her eyes around, puffing out her cheeks and exhaling hard, afraid that others would notice the starlight in her eyes—especially her own good sister.

Her good sister, Murong Qing, was likewise staring to the side in a daze, seemingly stirred by something. Light shimmered in her clear eyes.

At the same time.

Jiang Li stepped through the gates of the Zhou Residence.

The reverent gazes of over a thousand people behind him made him feel rather uncomfortable.

He had merely designed the dialogue. The actual execution had all been the Cultivation Technique Hosting of the Emperor's World-Shocking Art acting freely on its own.

For instance, he had never considered tossing out corpses as a provocation.

It could be said that this body refinement technique had shown off more today than he had in the past three years combined.

Fortunately, this was faraway Qinghe County. Otherwise, he did not dare imagine how much attention this whole performance would have drawn.

Still, the results were indeed astonishing.

After this display, the Demon Suppression Division had basically been won over.

As long as he smashed the Zhou Family today, under the gaze of all the people, all of Qinghe County's Incense and Fire Prayer Power would belong to him.

Moreover.

With the Demon Suppression Division in place, Qinghe County's future Incense and Fire Prayer Power would continue flowing to him without end.

Once he settled things here, he would have a stable channel for producing Dragon Qi.

That was why he had not ended the hosting, allowing the Emperor's World-Shocking Art to display itself as wildly as it pleased.

At that thought.

Jiang Li continued typing into the text box.

"You were looking for me, weren't you? I'm right here. What can you do about it?"

His voice was not loud.

Yet it slowly carried through the air.

In an instant.

The whole world seemed to fall silent at that moment.

In the Zhou Family's direction, the elder at the Qi Refining Peak was temporarily cowed, a trace of wariness appearing in his eyes.

Naturally, he could tell that Jiang Li's cultivation had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

So young, with such bearing, with such cultivation—the black-robed youth before him seemed to have the words "upright famous sect" carved directly onto his face.

No one who saw him could possibly mistake him for some wild rogue cultivator.

For a moment.

The Zhou Family elder's fury unusually subsided.

"Young friend, I do not know what rumors you have heard, but my Zhou Family is a prominent clan of Qinghe County. We have always kept to our own waters with the Demon Suppression Division. Today, they have been biting us like mad dogs and refusing to let go. They truly do not know which king is greater."

"With your knowledge, young friend, you must have heard of the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land. Zhou Yang, one of my Zhou Family's twin stars, is an outstanding figure of the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land and ranks among the top ten Outer Sect Disciples. You are both prodigies of great sects, so perhaps you even know each other."

A strange expression appeared on Jiang Li's face.

"Zhou Yang? I do know him. You mean this one?"

Before the Zhou Family elder could fully reveal his delight, Jiang Li casually tossed out a Nine-Ringed Curved Saber broken in two.

A member of the Zhou Family cried out, "Ah! That's Brother Zhou Yang's weapon!"

A bad feeling rose in the elder's heart. "Where did you get this, young friend?"

Jiang Li said indifferently, "Naturally, I broke it. I was also the one who captured Zhou Yang. He should be in the Law Enforcement Hall's prison by now."

The moment those words fell.

The entire Zhou Family lost their composure.

Zhou Yang was the Zhou Family's hope.

He was the key figure who might one day become a Golden Core True Person and lead the Zhou Family into becoming a Golden Core lineage.

And now...

Someone was telling them that Zhou Yang had fallen.

He was never coming back.

It was a bolt from the blue.

The blast left the Zhou Family members dizzy and disoriented, shocked and enraged.

The elder's body swayed, his eyes splitting with rage. "Do you know what you've done? How has my Zhou Family offended you?"

Ding! The Emperor's World-Shocking Art was unwilling to waste any more breath. Treacherous ministers and rebels ought to be suppressed with thunderous methods.

Jiang Li thought, See? You're getting worked up again.

Though he thought that, Jiang Li still closed the dialogue box.

"Too lazy to talk to someone unworthy of hearing me."

As the words fell.

Jiang Li, under Cultivation Technique Hosting, moved.

With the domineering momentum of a king, he charged directly at the Zhou Family.

The mountain-and-river patterns on the surface of his skin shone brilliantly.

He was plainly planning to play the lone hero.

To strengthen the authority of his rule.

An emperor on horseback was more arbitrary and more firmly in control of power than a ruler who merely preserved what had been built before him.

"Impudent! You are only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Even if you are a disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land, so what? The Qi Refining Peak is a threshold you cannot cross!"

The elder roared.

Mana surged forth.

It formed a pair of bloody claws, their stench of blood rushing straight at him.

However...

Bang!

A deafening boom rang out.

The Zhou Family elder was blasted away on the spot.

He smashed through a wall and collapsed amid a heap of rubble.

Even his tongue lolled out.

His aura dissipated.

This time.

The entire Zhou Family was stunned.

Was this a joke?

One punch had killed an elder at the Qi Refining Peak. Was this fucking thing even human?

Were disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land truly this terrifying?

But Zhou Yang, one of their Zhou Family's twin stars, had never displayed such dreadful destructive power even at the Qi Refining Peak.

Were they even cultivating the same immortality?

"Don't panic! If we swarm him together, he cannot kill us all before his Mana is exhausted!"

Another elder stepped forward.

His cultivation was equal to Jiang Li's: the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Jiang Li did not even look at him.

In the most violent manner possible, he smashed the man to death. It was like a ferocious tiger descending the mountain to hunt sheep descending the mountain—no matter how one looked at it, it was a slaughter.

With every punch he threw, another Zhou Family disciple fell.

Even the weapons in their hands were smashed apart.

After finally organizing a counterattack and raining all their attacks down upon Jiang Li, the Zhou Family members discovered in despair that their weapons could not even break his skin.

Forget drawing blood—even a red mark did not remain.

Impervious to blades and spears, possessed of immense strength, wild and tyrannical—how could such an enemy be defeated?

Unless they could invite the Family Head to act.

The eyes of some Zhou Family members flickered as they quietly retreated.

The cultivation technique also halted its offensive, brushed the corner of its robes, and elegantly wiped the blood from its hand clean.

Jiang Li was baffled.

There were still more than two hundred Zhou Family disciples here. Why had it stopped?

Ding! The Emperor's World-Shocking Art stated that I am an emperor. How could I fall into the plight of being surrounded and killed? That would damage imperial dignity. Professionals handle professional matters; this is the way of employing people.

Jiang Li: ...

Oh, damn.

He had not expected this showboating brute to be more than just pure muscle.

It had actually remembered that the Demon Suppression Division soldiers were all outside.

He had nearly thought that the body refinement technique intended to clear the entire place by itself.

At this moment.

Murong Qing sent him a voice transmission. "The Zhou Family still has a secret passage. It should lead to where the Zhou Family Head is."

Jiang Li's expression shifted.

Until now, one crucial figure had been absent from the Zhou Family.

The Zhou Family Head.

To complete the Option Mission, this person had to be dealt with.

Otherwise, it could not be considered cutting the weeds and digging out the roots.

At that thought.

Jiang Li raised a hand.

"Do not let a single one escape."

He had investigated it already. There were three hundred and fifteen people in the Zhou Family, and everyone with cultivation had a red marker above their heads.

Every last one of them was a demonic cultivator.

Using the population of all Qinghe County to support a single lineage—calling them a Demonic Path lineage would not be an exaggeration.

The young captain stationed at the entrance of the Zhou Residence immediately accepted the order.

He strode inside.

He took a deep breath and roared, "Demon Suppression Division, heed my command! By the immortal master's order, encircle and exterminate the Zhou Family! Leave none alive!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

More than a thousand Demon Suppression Division soldiers roared in unison.

They were venting the pent-up frustration of five years.

Five years.

No one knew how they had endured those five years.

But that was no longer important.

What mattered now was carrying out the immortal master's command and exterminating the Zhou Family to the last member.

Elsewhere.

As the Demon Suppression Division slaughtered the Zhou Family members, Jiang Li had already arrived before the Zhou Family's secret passage.

A glow flickered in Murong Qing's eyes as she focused her gaze. "It's here. The smell of blood inside is very heavy, and there is also a fluctuation of wood-attributed spiritual energy."

Li Xi placed her hand on Jiang Li's shoulder.

As Mana poured into him, a green ring appeared around her body, healing every minute injury.

This energetic young woman was quite repulsed by the foul stench of the secret passage. Her delicate nose wrinkled slightly, and even her breathing slowed. "This Zhou Family is truly vile. A mere Foundation Establishment lineage actually dared to act so recklessly. Their Family Head is even hiding in such a filthy place. Are they raising some evil creature?"

Murong Qing lowered her brows. "Hard to say. But even at such a critical moment, the Zhou Family Head has not appeared. He presumably cannot leave, or is temporarily unable to get away."

Jiang Li's face remained expressionless. "We'll know once we take a look."

Boom!

The entrance to the secret passage was smashed open directly.

Broken stones flew everywhere.

An even stronger foul stench of blood rushed at them.