Chapter 160 Forcing Open the Road to the Underworld
The old man in the black robe said coldly, "Alright, enough nonsense. Now, you obediently go to the Su family and bring me the ancient jade, and I can fulfill your wish of refining your physical body into a bronze corpse."
"Good, I've finished asking my questions. Now I can send you to the Yellow Springs!" Chen Xuan said indifferently.
"Brat, you were trying to trick me?!"
The old man in the black robe understood something, his blood surging with anger, his fury rushing to the top of his head.
With that said, the old man in the black robe opened his dry palm.
A giant palm of energy hovered above Chen Xuan's head, with countless Gu worms crawling on it.
A monstrous aura emanated, sweeping in all directions!
The energy burst forth, like steel blades, slicing through the ship's railings, turning the wooden floor into sawdust, and kicking up dust!
The wealthy men of Jiangbei crawled on the ground, screaming in terror.
"It's Master Gui from the Xuan Yin Sect! It's said that Master Gui cultivates both witchcraft and inner strength, and has achieved perfect integration. He was already at the peak of inner strength ten years ago!"
Ji Xingchen, the leader of the Four Heroes of Yanhuang, recognized the identity of the old man in the black robe, a deep fear appearing on his face.
Although he had a disagreement with Chen Xuan, compared to the notorious and bloodthirsty Master Gui, he hoped Chen Xuan would win. If Master Gui won, his fate would be even more miserable.
At this moment, his psychology was a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.
But could Chen Xuan really win? He was momentarily dejected.
As for Master Gui, Chen Xuan had never heard of such a person.
"Brat, with this palm strike, you'll be crushed into powder. I'll ask you again what I said earlier, do you agree?"
Given Master Gui's personality, he would have already killed him directly, but he had a mission to complete. If he failed, the punishment from the Dark Blood Organization was something even he feared.
"You talk too much," Chen Xuan said coldly.
"Since you refuse to obey, then be destroyed!"
Master Gui waved his arm.
The giant palm full of Gu worms descended with a roar, striking towards Chen Xuan!
Bang!
The wooden floor instantly caved in, and Chen Xuan disappeared from the deck along with it.
"It's over! Master Chen has probably been smashed into a meat patty!"
"Jiangbei will be finished from now on!"
The wealthy men of Jiangbei looked on in despair.
Ji Xingchen clenched his fists, veins bulging on his forehead, filled with unwillingness and helplessness.
Chen Xuan was finished!
Master Gui grinned at the sight.
But at this moment, under everyone's shocked gazes, Chen Xuan patted the sawdust and dust off himself and jumped out from the cabin, appearing completely unharmed.
Master Gui's expression changed slightly.
How could this be possible?
Ji Xingchen's eyes widened, showing a hint of excitement.
But then he thought about how, if he were the one to take Master Gui's attack, he would have no chance of winning. Comparing the two, a trace of jealousy and bitterness welled up in his heart, but more than that, it was powerlessness.
Chen Xuan stared at Master Gui and said indifferently, "Your cultivation of both energy and witchcraft is too weak, far inferior to Mao Xiaomao!"
Mao Xiaomao?
Upon hearing the name, Master Gui's expression completely broke. His eyelids twitched violently, and he looked at Chen Xuan with dread.
Internationally, there was a very famous master who cultivated both witchcraft and inner strength, known as Mao Shen, whose real name was Mao Xiaomao. Master Gui had coincidentally watched a video of Mao Xiaomao fighting against overseas powerhouses, which gave him the idea of cultivating both witchcraft and inner strength.
But from Chen Xuan's words, this guy had actually fought against Mao Xiaomao?
"Who exactly are you?" Master Gui stared at Chen Xuan and couldn't help but ask.
"You won't have the chance to know!"
Chen Xuan moved, appearing beside Master Gui, and slapped him across the face. Master Gui fell directly onto the deck.
"Hmph, how could you possibly know Mao Shen."
Master Gui got up from the ground, shaking his head. "Don't think you can kill me just because of that... No one can kill me..."
With that said, Master Gui clenched his fists, and with a dull thud, his entire body turned into a pool of blood. Then, countless Gu worms surged up, devouring the blood on Master Gui's body. After devouring the vital essence, each of the Gu worms had grown several times larger, the largest being as big as a washbasin, extremely ferocious and terrifying.
"Forbidden technique of the Witch Gu Master: Self-destruction!"
"It is rumored that after a Witch Gu Master self-destructs, they will sacrifice their vital essence to the Gu worms, and the Gu worms will take over, gaining incredibly powerful abilities, and what's more, they are unkillable, to the death! This is big trouble!"
Ji Xingchen shouted in terror.
This was also his first time seeing such a situation!
However, he was also amazed that Chen Xuan could push a witch to such an extent.
How old was this Chen Xuan, and how did he cultivate to be so strong?
At this moment, the Gu worms surged like a tide on the broken floor, coalescing into a human shape, opening their mouths and biting, actually emitting a hoarse voice, "How about it? Do you still want to fight me?"
Although it was a self-destruction, Master Gui still retained some consciousness.
"If it were before, it might have been a bit tricky, but now, it's nothing." Chen Xuan said indifferently.
"Braggart!"
As soon as the words fell, the humanoid figure scattered with a roar, and countless Gu worms converged into a surging black wave, charging towards Chen Xuan!
The wealthy men of Jiangbei screamed in terror.
At this moment, Chen Xuan held a flying knife in his hand, precisely the flying knife magical artifact that Chen Xuan had cut out from the raw stone today!
Swish!
Chen Xuan raised his hand, and the flying knife instantly flew out!
The flying knife flew into the darkness, seeming to stretch infinitely, never stopping, and suddenly turned into a beam of light!
"Is that all?"
Master Gui laughed, "The knife is a good knife, but unfortunately..."
The next moment, Master Gui seemed to have his throat choked, and the rest of his words couldn't be spoken.
The wealthy men of Jiangbei stared at the lake.
They saw a beam of light filled with dense death energy appear, leading to the lake, and at the end of the beam of light was a mirage!
"One sword cleaves the road to the underworld!"
"Ah—how can you..."
That beam of light was the road to the underworld, and the mirage at the end was the so-called Underworld.
"Since it's a fight to the death, then I can only send you to the Underworld!"
Chen Xuan waved his hand, and yin energy surged, sweeping up the tide-like Gu worms.
"No, no... you can't kill me... the Dark Blood Organization won't let you go!"
Amidst screams, the previously arrogant Gu worms seemed to have seen something terrifying and scattered in panic, but it was useless. They were still swept into the Underworld by the yin energy.
After that, the Underworld and the road to the underworld slowly dissipated!
At this moment, the wealthy men of Jiangbei, who had recovered from their shock, fell to their knees before Chen Xuan and cried out in unison, "From now on, Jiangbei will respect Master Chen!"
On a small boat in the distance, an old man wearing a straw cloak twitched his fishing rod. "Oh? He can actually open the road to the underworld?"
...
Returning to the Murong family's villa, Chen Xuan looked at the flying knife in his hand, which had turned into scrap metal, and smiled wryly.
To forcibly open the road to the underworld, besides the price of a rare magical artifact, he also consumed a year of his lifespan. And this was only to open the road to the underworld for a dozen seconds. If it were for a longer time, his lifespan would probably not be enough.
Of course, the magical artifact also had to support the construction of the road to the underworld, otherwise, before the road to the underworld was built, the magical artifact would be destroyed, and the road to the underworld would be finished.
Originally, Chen Xuan had planned to return to Jiangzhou the very next morning, but he was stubbornly kept by Murong Yuan and Zhang Pangzi. The wealthy men of Jiangbei wanted to hold a grand celebration banquet for Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan thought it made sense. In the future, the wealthy men of Jiangbei would pay tribute to him annually. If he were to leave immediately, it would be bad for his reputation and easily chill the hearts of the wealthy men of Jiangbei. Therefore, he decided to stay in Jiangbei for one more day before returning to Jiangzhou.