Bear My Wrath

The powerful blast of light struck Yuan Ruochu, smashing him into the ground and leaving a deep crater.

Yuan Ruochu then rose shakily from the crater and looked coldly at the crowd. "If I hadn't used up eighty or ninety percent of my spiritual power, how could the likes of you have injured me so easily? If I escape today, I'll slaughter every last one of you someday."

With that, he used what spiritual power he had left to forcibly unleash the Samsara Physique's Six Paths of Samsara. Two enormous black-and-purple rings appeared in the sky, filled with purple light and radiating a mysterious presence.

Seeing the rings appear, Yuan Ruochu shouted at the crowd, "Six Paths of Samsara: Hungry Ghost Path, Animal Path!" Countless evil spirits and exotic beasts then flew out of the mysterious rings and charged toward them.

Seeing the countless evil spirits and exotic beasts lunging at them, the crowd unleashed their own moves, killing them without pause.

But there were too many to kill them all. Yuan Ruochu watched the crowd struggle against the evil spirits and exotic beasts, then clapped a hand over his mouth and spat out another mouthful of blood. He was a spent crossbow bolt. With a flash, he fled the area at full speed.

Wang Teng, the divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain, and Crown Prince Tianyu saw Yuan Ruochu trying to escape. They immediately used their spiritual power to unleash powerful waves of light, hoping to knock him out of the air, then swiftly gave chase.

Seeing the powerful waves of light speeding toward him from behind, Yuan Ruochu hurriedly accelerated and shot forward.

Then came a sound. Bang!

Yuan Ruochu was still struck by one of the waves of light.

After all, he was already gravely wounded and his spiritual power was exhausted, so he was not as fast as he had been at his peak.

Yuan Ruochu gritted his teeth and stubbornly endured the damage the wave of light had inflicted. His power surged once more, and he sped onward.

Though the wave of light had shifted his internal organs out of place, he gritted his teeth and continued to flee at full speed. Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe. Yuan Ruochu's eyes had grown unfocused, and his mind was no longer clear. He fled until he reached the air above a waterfall, where he caught one last glimpse of a figure.

Unable to hold on any longer, he fell straight from the sky...

Whether Yuan Zhexian had been wandering around or had obtained a supreme treasure, he returned to this waterfall every time. The scenery here was simply too enchanting, and every time he stood here admiring it, he felt especially delighted.

But just now, Yuan Zhexian's delighted expression had suddenly turned grave. The power around him ran riot, and its terrifying force instantly dried up the waterfall. The figure Yuan Ruochu had seen just before losing consciousness was none other than Yuan Zhexian.

When Wang Teng, the divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain, and Crown Prince Tianyu were pursuing Yuan Ruochu, he activated the jade pendant Yuan Zhexian had given him. He immediately sensed Yuan Zhexian's location and dragged his gravely wounded body toward him, leading to what had just happened.

Yuan Zhexian watched the unconscious Yuan Ruochu fall from the sky and waved a hand. A stream of golden energy instantly appeared beneath Yuan Ruochu and carried him slowly downward.

Yuan Zhexian waved one hand again, and two holy pills appeared: the Holy Spirit Pill and the Nine-Aperture Primordial Qi Holy Pill. The two holy pills then turned into a stream of Spiritual Qi that flowed into Yuan Ruochu's body.

Yuan Ruochu's clouded mind cleared, and his spiritual power was gradually replenished. As the power of his bloodline rumbled, he instantly knew that the ordinary-looking man before him was Yuan Zhexian.

Seeing Yuan Ruochu struggle to get up and pay his respects, Yuan Zhexian immediately asked, "Cousin, there's no need for formalities. What happened?"

Yuan Ruochu immediately told Yuan Zhexian everything that had happened. After hearing him out, Yuan Zhexian smiled and said, "Cousin, focus on recovering. Leave everything to me." His gaze then turned cold. "Those who dare hurt my people had better prepare to bear my wrath."

With that, he waited where he was for their pursuers.

Half a quarter of an hour later, swish, swish, swish...

More than twenty figures appeared. Every last one of them had come. Yuan Zhexian looked at the crowd.

Aside from Wang Teng and the other two, he found that they included members of the Heaven-Overturning Barbarian Bull Clan, the True Dragon Clan, the Golden-Winged Peng Clan, the Heavenly Profound Holy Land, and the Heavenly Cang Clan, among others.

Every one of them was a peerless prodigy or a prodigy of the ages. Yuan Zhexian looked at them and said coldly, "Everyone, are you trying to surround and kill a Yuan Clan sequence member?"

At that, Gu Renjie, the divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain, said, "Every Yuan Clan sequence member who came in this time is incomparably powerful. With them around, we'll have far fewer opportunities."

"Therefore, to obtain more opportunities and heavenly materials and earthly treasures, we can only surround and kill the Yuan Clan members. Especially the Yuan Clan's divine son. His combat prowess is unmatched, he's invincible among his peers, and he's extraordinarily terrifying and powerful."

"Only by surrounding and killing the other Yuan Clan members will we have nothing to fear when the Yuan Clan's divine son is the only one left. After all, no matter how terrifying or powerful one person is, he can't withstand everyone joining forces. Look! Yuan Ruochu is an example right here."

"Why waste so much breath? Hand him over, and we'll spare your life."

For some reason, Wang Teng shouted at Yuan Zhexian.

"Oh... you'll spare my life?"

Yuan Zhexian responded coldly.

Crown Prince Tianyu also stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist, if you hand him over, I have a holy weapon here that I'll give you. What do you say?" As he spoke, a dagger-shaped holy weapon appeared in his hand.

Yuan Zhexian looked at the crowd and smiled coldly. "Are you finished? If you are, then you can die."

Yuan Zhexian then flashed over to a peerless prodigy of the True Dragon Clan and said to him, "Then you can be the first to die."

He threw a punch, and its terrifying force struck the peerless prodigy directly. The True Dragon Clan's peerless prodigy widened his eyes, terror spreading across his face.

Bang!

In an instant, he became a mist of blood, deader than dead. Yuan Zhexian flashed about several more times. Bang! Bang! Two more peerless prodigies became mists of blood. Seeing this, the crowd immediately gathered together, back to back, to keep Yuan Zhexian from killing them in an instant.

Watching this, Yuan Zhexian smiled faintly. "Bunching together? If bunching together worked, wouldn't my next move be wasted?"

He gave a low shout. "The Approach Secret of the Nine Secrets." As he spoke, a domain suddenly appeared with Yuan Zhexian at its center: the Divine Forbidden Domain.

Yuan Zhexian then used the Yuan Clan's inherited technique, One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones. Golden light flashed from his body, and two identical figures appeared beside his original body.

The three Yuan Zhexians formed a triangle around the crowd. Each formed a seal with one hand, and a gigantic golden triangular barrier appeared, sealing eight or nine peerless prodigies inside.

Yuan Zhexian's original body softly said, "Divine Forbidden Dao Transformation." Golden light flickered across the golden triangle, and an unknown force suddenly surged forth.

The eight or nine peerless prodigies frantically attacked from inside the golden triangle, striking it with all their strength and even burning their essence blood in an attempt to shatter it. Unfortunately, the golden triangle was too sturdy for them to break.

As the force surging within the golden triangle grew stronger, the golden light also brightened, and the people inside began to scream madly in despair.

The golden light flared, and the screams inside fell silent. After the light faded, the bodies and souls of the eight or nine peerless prodigies inside had already been destroyed.

If the person Yuan Zhexian had punched into a mist of blood could still leave that mist behind in the world, then these eight or nine peerless prodigies had certainly not even left scraps behind. They had vanished completely.

Seeing Yuan Zhexian use such a method, everyone was stunned. Those were eight or nine peerless prodigies, not chickens and ducks being slaughtered at a market.

And they had all been killed in an instant? Fear welled up within them. Yuan Zhexian glanced at the remaining people and said, "Your turn."

At that moment, a peerless genius was scared witless and tried to flee with a shriek.

He immediately fled forward at the greatest speed he could muster in his life.

Yuan Zhexian watched him flee and moved his lips slightly.

"Bind!"

The man froze, as though seized by an invisible hand.

"Burst!"

At that word, the man's body burst apart like a balloon. He too was deader than dead.

Seeing how terrifyingly powerful Yuan Zhexian was, Crown Prince Tianyu, one of the three prodigies of the ages, immediately said, "Your Excellency, I'm willing to hand over every treasure I've obtained. I only ask that you spare my life."

The other two looked at Crown Prince Tianyu with contempt for his cowardice.

Yuan Zhexian looked at Crown Prince Tianyu and said indifferently, "Once I've killed you, won't your possessions be mine anyway? Why should I spare your life?"

The divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain asked in confusion, "Who exactly are you, Your Excellency? If you kill us today, aren't you afraid our ancestors will settle the score with you someday? Why must you go this far?"

"Heh. When you surrounded and hunted the geniuses of my clan, did you ever think this day would come? Did you ever consider whether the forces behind you could bear my clan's wrath once your hunt for our geniuses came to light?"

As soon as Yuan Zhexian finished speaking, everyone stared at him in surprise. Wang Teng said in astonishment, "You're from the Yuan Clan? But why haven't I seen you before? In this generation of the Yuan Clan, only the divine son is stronger than Yuan Ruochu. I've seen the Yuan Clan's divine son, and you're not him. Could you be... an ancient freak of the Yuan Clan?"

"Who I am doesn't matter. You're all going to fall anyway, so it makes no difference whether you know. So, prepare to die."

Two of the three Yuan Zhexians, the clones, then attacked everyone except Wang Teng and the other two. The original body watched the three of them to keep them from scattering and fleeing. In a quarter of an hour, all the remaining peerless geniuses died with grievances in their hearts, amid despair and fear. Yuan Zhexian then said to the three prodigies of the ages, "Only you are left. Die."

Seeing this, the three wasted no words and resolved to fight to the death. Wang Teng struck first, rising into the air and kicking at Yuan Zhexian. Yuan Zhexian reached out and caught his foot, swung him through half a circle in the air, and flung him away.

Wang Teng slammed into the ground, leaving a deep crater, and spat out a mouthful of blood. The divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain formed seals with both hands, and countless phantom exotic beasts appeared in the air. He immediately shouted, "Myriad Spirits Return to the Source!" The countless beasts turned into countless rays of light and shot straight at Yuan Zhexian.

Looking at the sky full of light, Yuan Zhexian immediately threw a punch. Its tremendous force became countless fist shadows in the air, which met the countless rays of light. Terrifying explosions rang out ceaselessly across the sky.

After the explosions, the divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain flew backward more than ten li before steadying himself. But a trickle of blood was already running from the corner of his mouth.

Crown Prince Tianyu then brought out the imperial weapon, the Purple-Gold Space-Breaking Spear, and thrust it at Yuan Zhexian.

As soon as Crown Prince Tianyu brought out the powerful imperial weapon, it radiated terrifying imperial weapon might. With his thrust, the space around him trembled.

Looking at the imperial weapon thrusting toward him, Yuan Zhexian smiled faintly. "An imperial weapon? You make it sound as though no one else has one." A golden bell the size of a person appeared. The sun, moon, and stars were engraved on its front, and on its back was a supreme figure looking down upon all things in heaven and earth.

Seven-colored light of chaos illuminated the entire space, and chaotic imperial might shook the universe. This was Yuan Zhexian's imperial weapon, the Chaos Bell.

As the Purple-Gold Space-Breaking Spear thrust forward, the Chaos Bell flashed with golden light and appeared in front of Yuan Zhexian. The spear struck its surface fiercely.

The terrifying imperial might radiating from the two imperial weapons made the entire space begin to shake violently.

The Chaos Bell then rang with a clang, and the Purple-Gold Space-Breaking Spear was violently knocked away. As the spear rebounded, Crown Prince Tianyu also slammed into the ground.

Seeing this, the three came together at once as if of one mind and used their strongest attacks.

Wang Teng rose into the air and formed seals with both hands. The power radiating from his body grew stronger, and he shouted at Yuan Zhexian, "Star Radiance Heaven-Slaying Art!" His body began to turn incorporeal, transforming into countless points of starlight.

The starlight filling the sky gathered into a gigantic sphere of light that radiated terrifying power, then sent an enormous beam of light toward Yuan Zhexian.

The divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain immediately formed seals with both hands as well. Terrifying spiritual power gathered behind him and took the form of a shocking exotic beast with a dragon-like head, a lion-like body, and two enormous wings on its back. The beast let out a heaven-shaking roar, its terrifying presence spreading throughout the space, and then charged toward Yuan Zhexian.

Meanwhile, Crown Prince Tianyu used the Heavenly Firmament Imperial Dynasty's inherited technique, the Heavenly Evolution Scripture. Golden light surrounded him as the spiritual power around him poured ceaselessly into the Purple-Gold Space-Breaking Spear.

The imperial might radiating from the Purple-Gold Space-Breaking Spear was even more terrifying than before. Using all his strength, the Heavenly Clan Crown Prince flung the spear with a sweep of his hand, and it streaked toward Yuan Zhexian as a ray of light.

The three terrifying forces slowly merged as they surged forward. The Purple-Gold Space-Breaking Spear transformed into a pair of sharp claws that attached themselves to the exotic beast's forepaws.

The light formed by Wang Teng's Star Radiance Heaven-Slaying Art enveloped the beast's entire body. Waves of terrifying chill radiated from its claws, which could pierce anything. The light surrounding the beast made it appear even more strange and inscrutable.

The exotic beast then let out a heaven-shaking roar of rage. Its immensely terrifying presence made cracks appear in space as it raced toward Yuan Zhexian.

Watching the terrifying beast charge at him, Yuan Zhexian put away the Chaos Bell. The spiritual power around him erupted, shooting straight into the sky.

His spiritual power then surged wildly to ten times its previous level, and its terrifying force darkened the sky.

This was the All Secret, one of the Nine Secrets, which could instantly increase spiritual power and physical strength tenfold. He then punched at the terrifying exotic beast.

The energy unleashed by the punch formed a beam of light that pierced straight through the terrifying beast. Golden light flashed from it, and it exploded violently, turning into specks of spiritual power that filled the sky.

When the beast exploded, Wang Teng, the divine son of Myriad Spirits Mountain, and Crown Prince Tianyu each spat out a mouthful of blood. Their spiritual power of the mind had already suffered severe trauma.

Looking at Yuan Zhexian, Wang Teng suddenly remembered something and said in shock, "You... you're the Yuan Clan's divine son! I thought it was strange when you first used one of the Nine Secrets. The reward from the Heavenly Dao Ancient Tablet..."

Before he could finish, Yuan Zhexian cut him off and said coldly, "What if I am? When you surrounded and hunted a member of my Yuan Clan, you should have known you'd have to bear my wrath."

Crown Prince Tianyu took up the conversation. "But we never expected you to be so powerful. You easily defeated us without even using your three great physiques."

Yuan Zhexian's killing intent surged into the sky. "Defeated? No, you're wrong. I'm killing you. Enough. You've talked too much. Perish."

With that, Yuan Zhexian threw another terrifying punch. As the three watched the terrifying light unleashed by the punch, they vanished from heaven and earth, filled with regret and fear.