The might of three slashes—breaking taboos, slaying multitudes—was enough to strike fear into the entire world.
But Chu Feng clearly had no intention of stopping here. The Dark Firmament Earth Slash was his most powerful killing move—you either didn't use it at all, or, once you did, you settled the battle once and for all.
"Fourth Slash."
At last, Chu Feng softly called out once more, and a fourth round of slashes materialized across the sky. However, this fourth strike produced only two blades of crimson energy—one descending upon Zhao Yuetian, the other upon Kuang Bainian.
Unsurprisingly, the moment those blood-red slashes manifested across their bodies, the two were cleaved apart just as all the others before them had been—and died even more cleanly and swiftly. So swiftly, in fact, that many onlookers still hadn't registered what had happened before they were already dead.
"Damn it~~~~~"
Only then did Jiang Qisha finally snap back to awareness, finally comprehending just how terrifying Chu Feng truly was. Even though his talent was extraordinary—even regarded as a top genius in the Sacred Land of Martial Arts—right now, he was simply no match for Chu Feng whatsoever.
Sensing that things had gone terribly wrong, without another word he spun about and unleashed an extraordinarily profound movement technique. He was going to flee.
But what he hadn't anticipated was that his feet felt abnormally heavy. Though he could still take to the air, his speed was agonizingly slow—he had no hope of escaping.
"Chu Feng, you reckless fool who doesn't know what's good for you! How dare you kill my two junior brothers! Do you know who we are? Do you know who my Master is? If you dare kill me, I swear it won't be just you—even the Eastern Sea Region will be destroyed because of you!" Seeing no way out, Jiang Qisha whirled around, invoked his Master's name, and bellowed his threats at Chu Feng.
"Heh…" But Chu Feng merely smiled faintly in response, then spoke:
"Jiang Qisha, there are many things you should never have done. You shouldn't have interfered in my grudge with the Immortal Execution Archipelago. You shouldn't have attacked Ethereal Immortal Peak. And the one thing you absolutely should never have done was set your sights on Zi Ling."
"You can insult me, Chu Feng, however you please. But I will not tolerate anyone dishonoring those closest to me. Today, I don't care where you come from, what sect you belong to, or what realm your Master has reached—I will kill you."
As those words left his lips, Chu Feng's expression turned ice-cold. At the same time, streak after streak of blood-red light materialized, and amid the horrifying sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling, they slashed toward Jiang Qisha from every direction.
And the power contained within those streaks of light was several times greater than the previous four slashes—because this was the fifth slash of the Dark Firmament Earth Slash.
"Chu Feng, don't kill me!!!"
Feeling the terrifying crimson light slashing toward him from all directions, Jiang Qisha was instantly consumed by terror. At this moment between life and death, he suddenly cried out—and his voice had lost all its previous arrogance and bravado, now laced with sheer desperation and pleading.
Hearing this, Chu Feng shifted his will, and all the blood-red light froze a hundred meters from Jiang Qisha. He then spoke: "Is there something else you want to say?"
"Chu Feng, don't kill me! Spare my life and I'll give you anything you want! About you killing my junior brothers—I can pretend I never knew. I can even take you to the Sacred Land of Martial Arts and introduce you to join my Curse Earth Gate!"
"With your martial cultivation talent, you'll definitely earn my Sect Master's appreciation. He'll take you as a personal disciple, no question. And once that happens, you'll stand as my equal—anything you want, you can have. You'll rise to the very top in a single step!" Jiang Qisha's face was full of sincerity, yet his tone was utterly servile.
"Jiang Qisha… is actually begging Chu Feng for mercy…"
Every word of Jiang Qisha's desperate plea reached the ears of everyone present. Watching this genius from the Sacred Land of Martial Arts actually groveling before Chu Feng, the crowd's feelings were beyond complicated.
At first, when Jiang Qisha had appeared, they had felt they were witnessing a true genius—fully convinced that Chu Feng was nothing but trash compared to this man.