Chu Tianba's figure was like an illusion as he lunged towards Chu Chen.
A sense of alarm surged within Chu Chen, and without hesitation, he unleashed the movement technique from the "Nine Strikes of Lingyun."
With a single step, he leaped out of the training ground, evading Chu Tianba's assault.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Chu Tianba roared, giving chase once more.
Chu Chen continuously shifted his position.
With each dodge, the malevolent aura and killing intent radiating from him grew more intense.
"This Chu family… I will destroy them!"
Chu Chen's eyes gleamed with cold light.
In his past life, to protect his loved ones, he had endured humiliation and barely survived.
Alas, the so-called family elder never believed him!
Ultimately.
He was pushed to a corner, severed ties with the entire family, and left his homeland.
Reborn!
His goal was to rewrite the tragic fate of his past life!
But now.
Before he had fully grown powerful, he encountered an enemy from the Chu family.
Forced to resort to such despicable means, he had to awaken the sword intent within him prematurely!
"Sword intent!"
"I need sword intent!"
Chu Chen cried out in his heart.
Buzz!
His entire body trembled, and a faint purple mist emanated from his brow, swirling around his limbs.
"Hmm?"
Chu Tianba was startled, his pupils constricting. "Sword intent? Isn't this the sword intent on Chu Heng!"
At this moment.
The sword intent emanating from Chu Chen's body grew increasingly potent, even condensing into a sharp aura.
It transformed into sword light, coiling around him!
Swish!
The next instant.
Chu Chen drew his sword.
This strike.
He held nothing back.
A wisp of purple flame sword intent wrapped around it, piercing directly towards Chu Tianba's brow!
Chu Tianba's face contorted in shock!
"Damn it! You dare kill me?!"
Chu Tianba roared, channeling all his vital energy to resist.
Bang bang bang!
The violent collision echoed far and wide, alerting the entire Chu family!
Many elders rushed over, only to see the clan leader, Chu Tianba, in a sorry state.
Blood trickled from his nose and mouth, and several corpses lay around him – the assassins previously sent to kill Chu Chen!
"How is this possible?"
The elders were astonished.
He had easily killed eight peak Body Tempering realm experts with his bare hands?
"Chu Chen, I am Chu Heng's father. If I die, none of you will have an easy time!"
Chu Tianba roared in fury.
Upon hearing this, Chu Heng's expression grew even more grim.
Chu Chen, however, merely smiled, a mocking smile. "Chu Tianba, you dare call yourself his father?"
"He is a direct descendant of our Chu family, a candidate for future clan leader. How dare you speak such words?"
"Heh, what business is it of yours who the future leader of our Chu family is? Who do you think you are?"
Chu Tianba sneered. "If I don't eliminate you, this scoundrel, today, then I, Chu Tianba, will be ashamed to face our ancestors!"
With that, his true qi surged.
Crack!
His bones cracked, his muscles bulged, and his entire body suddenly expanded.
In the blink of an eye, he grew to a height of two zhang, appearing like an iron tower giant!
"Gale Palm!"
He extended a claw, and a fierce wind howled, like sharp blades, tearing through the void, and slammed towards Chu Chen's head.
"Chu Heng, why aren't you acting yet?!" Beside him.
Chu Tianba roared.
Chu Heng gritted his teeth, his fists clenched, his fingernails digging into his palms, drawing blood!
Though he wished to kill Chu Chen and seize his treasures, Chu Tianba was, after all, his nominal father!
If he didn't help now, where would the Chu family's honor go?
Chu Heng leaped up, wielding his silver spear, and charged towards Chu Chen.
"Scram!"
Chu Chen's gaze was icy as he flicked his palm.
Clang!
The silver spear flew out of Chu Heng's hand and embedded itself in a blue brick.
Simultaneously, he flicked a stream of internal energy with his right hand, piercing Chu Heng's shoulder and sending him howling backward.
In an instant.
The faces of many Chu family elders showed shock.
Who was Chu Heng?
He was one of the most outstanding prodigies of the Chu family!
He had broken through to the peak of the Body Tempering realm at a young age, reaching the seventh stage of Body Refinement!
Within the entire Chu family.
Few could suppress him.
Yet now, Chu Heng had been defeated by Chu Chen in a single move?!
"Damn you, you unfilial son…" Chu Tianba roared, charging forward, intending to rescue Chu Heng.
However.
Before Chu Tianba could get close.
Chu Chen, with lightning speed, drew his sword and slashed.
Screech!
A terrifying sword light swept out, carrying an overwhelming, destructive aura.
In an instant, it sliced through Chu Tianba's chest.
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered, staining his snow-white robes.
Chu Tianba's eyes widened as he incredulously clutched his throat.
In his vision.
Chu Chen's lips curved into a mocking arc as he slowly sheathed his sword.
"No… impossible…"
His Adam's apple bobbed, his lips quivered.
He managed to utter only three words before his head lolled to the side, and he breathed his last!
Chu Chen shook his head.
"I once said, Chu Heng, I would avenge you!"
"Now, I fulfill my promise."
He kicked Chu Tianba.
Bang!
Chu Tianba's body smashed through the windowpane and fell into the water pool beneath the eaves, sending a spray of water into the air.
Chu Heng stood not far away, his expression complex, remaining silent.
...
Chu Heng left.
He left cleanly and decisively.
Because he understood that Chu Heng was no longer under his control.
This filled him with both shock and anger!
At the same time, he was extremely fortunate that he had not recommended Chu Heng to the other elders of the Chu family.
Otherwise, Chu Heng would surely have been used as a pawn by some individuals in the Chu family, and might even have lost his life.
All secular families that practiced martial arts would cultivate some martial artists.
For example, the patriarch was a martial apprentice expert.
But these martial apprentices had limited lifespans, living at most around two hundred years before dying.
Martial Masters and Martial Kings, however, had long lifespans, living for five to six hundred years!
But even so.
There would still be many patriarchs, clan leaders, and elders who sought out descendants with excellent potential.
Sending them to martial arts academies to study, in the hope that their descendants would produce more Martial Masters and Martial Kings!
Chu Heng was an exception!
His mother, Liu Yuechan, was a Martial Master expert with exceptional talent. After giving birth to Chu Heng,
Her cultivation stagnated, and instead, she grew weaker.
Ultimately, she was forced to abandon her cultivation and switch to practicing the art of alchemy to extend her lifespan.
Liu Yuechan's talent was inherited by Chu Heng, combined with the genetic talents of his father, Chu Tianba, and other elders, his own talent gradually improved.
"My cultivation talent is too poor, I must work hard!
As long as I successfully advance to the Martial Artist level, Chu Heng will be completely free from his shackles and possess Martial Master-level strength!"
"I, Chu Heng, am destined to be more brilliant than anyone!"
...
Chu Chen stood in the courtyard, gazing at the corpses scattered on the ground, and sighed in his heart.
He had not forgotten his past life.
In Chu Heng's memories, the Chu family's genealogy had been lost and unrecorded for thousands of years.
Moreover, in his past life, he had never heard of any signs of resurgence from Chu Heng's father's lineage after Chu Heng's death.
Clearly.
The elders of the Chu family had never considered Chu Heng to be the hope of the Chu clan!
"Perhaps, I should change my target."
Chu Chen's thoughts stirred, and his gaze shifted to the distance.
The Chu clan was located in Yunzhou.
It was less than ten thousand li from Luoyang City.
According to the original trajectory.
Chu Chen and Liu Yuechan's son was supposed to perish in Luoyang City fifteen years later.
And Chu Chen, in this life, would arrive in Luoyang City prematurely!