"Brother..."
Chu Yuxuan's pretty face was ashen.
The skeletal humanoid had just shattered the rockery and stone tablet in the courtyard with a single palm strike. She had personally witnessed its terrifying power.
This ferocious being, and it wasn't completely dead yet?
"This skeletal humanoid has developed sentience. It fears no pain and no death.
Unless its soul core is crushed with overwhelming force, it is difficult to kill!"
"Let's run!" Chu Chen grabbed his sister, Chu Yuxuan, and they rapidly retreated.
"Awooo!"
"Roar!"
"Screech!"
Howls of wolves echoed from various parts of the Chu family estate, reverberating through the night.
In the blink of an eye, the Chu family was surrounded.
"So many wolf packs!"
"We've fallen into a wolf's den?"
Chu Yuxuan was utterly terrified, her face etched with intense panic and fear.
At this moment.
The wolf packs also discovered their prey.
They roared and charged forward!
"Scram!"
Chu Chen let out a low growl.
He shook his arms, his clothes tearing open to reveal his well-defined muscles.
*Swish!*
He drew the treasured sword from his waist. Its blade glinted with cold light. With a single swing, sword energy slashed out, extending eight hundred zhang!
*Pfft! Pfft!*
Blood splattered!
Wolf after wolf was torn apart by the sword energy, their corpses lying scattered around Chu Chen, the smell of blood filling the air!
These wolf packs were numerous and fearless.
But against Chu Chen, a Sword King physique, they were no match!
In just a moment.
Chu Chen had slain more than half of the wolf pack.
"Brother, let's go!" Chu Yuxuan urged anxiously.
Her eyes were fixed on Chu Chen.
His swordsmanship was so sharp and overbearing.
Perhaps there was indeed hope that he could help her find her parents.
However, she harbored no wishful thinking.
Because Chu Chen was merely at the peak of the Martial Apprentice realm.
While that skeletal humanoid was already at the ninth stage of the Innate realm!
Even a master at the Great Perfection of the Innate realm would only meet their demise facing such a monster!
"Roar!"
A shrill cry echoed through the wilderness at night.
The sound was incredibly piercing, sending chills down one's spine.
Not far away, Chu Chen frowned. "This is bad. It seems I've attracted something more troublesome..."
The moment the wolf howls began, he had sensed danger!
"Roar!"
A wild roar, like the cry of a dragon and the roar of a tiger, resounded from the depths of the Chu family mansion!
Immediately after.
A colossal, burly black figure, ten zhang tall, shot up into the sky, overlooking the entire Chu family estate!
"Roar!"
This black figure let out a long howl to the sky, its pair of blood-red eyes filled with malice, hatred, and cruelty!
It was like a demon, enveloped in black flames, exuding an eerie and terrifying aura.
"That is..."
Chu Yuxuan's pretty face turned pale.
She clearly saw the flames.
The shape of those flames was exactly the same as the shape of the skeletal humanoid.
"It's the skeletal humanoid!"
Chu Chen gritted his teeth, a sense of unease rising in his heart.
In Chu Chen's understanding.
This skeletal humanoid was once a fifth-tier demonic beast, which he had slain and refined into an Yin soldier.
Now, this Yin soldier had clearly gained sentience, no longer merely a puppet!
Roar! Roar!
It howled to the sky, each cry more terrifying and ferocious than the last.
As if it had crawled out of purgatory, intent on devouring everything!
Chu Chen and Chu Yuxuan exchanged a glance.
They immediately made a decision: turn and run!
This place was too dangerous!
To stay any longer would surely mean death!
But just then, Chu Chen suddenly sensed something and abruptly turned his head!
A bloody head was suspended in mid-air!
A young man in a gray robe stood up from a pool of blood.
Blood stained the corners of his mouth, and his gaze was sinister.
"Damn humans!"
The young man growled, "How dare you damage this seat's skeletal clone!"
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed.
A dark ripple instantly appeared in the void.
The next second.
A sharp blade emerged from the air, slicing through the void, heading straight for Chu Chen's face!
This was the externalization of Innate Qi, condensing into a sharp Qi blade, incredibly keen!
*Whoosh!*
Chu Chen dodged to the side. The Qi blade grazed his shoulder and embedded itself in the wall!
*Rumble!* The incredibly solid wall was pierced by the Qi blade, creating a hole!
This hole quickly spread, covering almost every inch of the Chu family's floor!
"Hmm?"
Chu Chen was slightly surprised.
This gray-robed youth could actually injure people from a distance with his Innate Qi externalization ability?
"I know!"
Chu Chen's eyes flashed as he understood.
Legend had it that a powerful technique involved condensing Innate Qi into a protective layer, capable of killing enemies from afar!
And the most crucial aspect of that technique was tempering the physical body.
Tempering the tendons, bones, skin, and membranes, making the body tough and strong.
"No wonder you could withstand the skeletal person's attack..."
The gray-robed youth stared at Chu Chen, his eyes filled with mockery and brutality.
"Tempering the body, tempering tendons, bones, skin, and membranes?"
Chu Chen's gaze flickered.
Tempering the body, tempering tendons, bones, skin, and membranes all required immense resources!
And the Chu family's meager resources were insufficient to support such a lavish cultivation method!
"Who exactly are you?!" Chu Chen asked coldly.
"Heh heh heh... You'll know soon enough."
The gray-robed youth cackled and charged towards Chu Chen.
"Brother! Be careful!"
Chu Yuxuan shouted a warning. However, Chu Chen seemed not to hear.
Instead, he took two steps forward, meeting the gray-robed youth.
*Bang!*
Fists and claws clashed. Chu Chen unleashed a whip kick, instantly sending the gray-robed youth flying!
"How is this possible!"
The gray-robed youth was utterly shocked.
Although he had only recovered to the sixth stage of the Innate realm, he possessed the combat power of an extraordinary warrior!
This human Martial Apprentice could actually repel him?!
"Die!"
Chu Chen pressed forward, unleashing a collapsing punch, his fist whistling!
"Hmph! A mere ant, worthy of competing with me?"
The gray-robed youth snorted and threw a punch of his own, colliding with Chu Chen!
With a dull thud.
The two forces clashed fiercely, causing the surrounding void to twist and distort, with continuous explosions like muffled thunder!
Chu Chen was sent flying back three meters. He planted his feet on the ground, steadying himself!
"What?!"
The gray-robed youth's expression was one of great alarm.
His fist was in searing pain!
This human's strength actually surpassed his?
His bones were more than three times thicker than an ordinary person's, and his strength far exceeded the norm!
Yet, even so.
He still couldn't block Chu Chen's punch!
"As expected, the sixth stage of Innate!" Chu Chen narrowed his eyes.
"However, your foundation is unstable. You must have just broken through to the Innate realm, which is why you are so fragile!"
At the sixth stage of the Innate realm, one condensed Innate Qi within their body.
And the characteristic of Innate Qi was its extreme refinement.
Once fully released, it could easily shatter metal and stone, crushing everything in its path!
"Since you've just entered the Innate realm, I have a chance to kill you!"
Chu Chen sneered.
Then.
Chu Chen's figure flickered, disappearing from his original position. He reappeared behind the gray-robed youth and delivered a vicious punch!
*Bang!*
The gray-robed youth's spine was brutally snapped, bone fragments piercing his body, blood gushing out!
"Damn it!"
The gray-robed youth was terrified and struggled madly, trying to escape!
*Pfft!*
But how could Chu Chen let him have his way?
He threw another punch, hitting the opponent's waist and abdomen again!
This punch directly pierced the gray-robed youth's spine!
The gray-robed youth let out a scream.