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hum!

The longsword in Chen Zhaoning's hand trembled slightly, with wisps of spiritual energy permeating it, and the sword light suddenly exploded!

laugh!

She slashed forward with her sword, instantly killing several guards blocking her way. Then, she spurred her horse and charged into the crowd!

kill!

At this moment, Chen Zhaoning was using her family's sword technique—the Mountain and Sea Demon-Slaying Blade!

hum!

Blades of light danced around her, slashing left and right, unleashing a torrent of killing intent as heads rolled to the ground!

"A-Yuan, wait for me!"

Chen Zhaoning roared. Riding a horse in the woods already made it difficult to maneuver, and with blades flashing all around her, she still managed to carve a bloody path through the enemy!

Clang!

Chen Zhaoning parried one blade with his left hand, bent down to avoid another, and then swept his long sword horizontally with his right hand, instantly decapitating both of them!

She took the opportunity to hug Nuomi and lie down on the horse's back, then turned and slashed a dazzling blade of light behind her!

laugh!

Crimson lines of blood instantly appeared on the necks of several guards, and blood spurted out!

The Chen family's swordsmanship is inherently expansive and powerful, and this Mountain and Sea Demon-Slaying Blade combines the might of moving mountains with the force of vast ocean waves!

However, it's impossible to fully utilize one's abilities in the dense forest.

But Chen Zhaoning was agile, and even as he galloped away on horseback, he still managed to terrify his enemies.

Soon, she too went berserk, and corpses littered the ground around the horse... some killed by her own hands, and others by bamboo poles thrown by Chen Yuan from afar!

Even though Chen Zhaoning comes from a family with a thousand-year history, he has never seen such a powerful young man!

As expected of someone who has opened 361 spiritual apertures, the strength of his physical body has actually reached the level of the Dharma Body Realm!

"Freak!"

Chen Zhaoning was secretly shocked, her eyes filled with undisguised awe at Chen Yuan.

Countless people died at Chen Yuan's hands, including many human guards and orcs.

"Is this the true power of the Dragon Binding and Slaughtering Technique?"

Chen Zhaoning sighed inwardly.

She had heard of the Sword-Wielding Society's fighting technique when she was with the Chen family.

Seeing it for myself today, I can confirm that it truly lives up to its reputation!

Soon, no one dared to step forward around Chen Zhaoning.

The people were afraid of the long knife in her hand, but even more afraid of the sharp bamboo poles that were thrown from a distance from time to time, which were deadly weapons!

That's too violent.

Only seven or eight guards, covered in blood, remained, following at a distance.

Their expressions showed deep apprehension; they dared neither to approach nor to flee.

And so, Chen Zhaoning gradually approached Chen Yuan's battlefield.

But what she saw before her completely shocked her.

Chen Yuan had somehow produced an iron spike and was now lying on the body of the giant blue snake, frantically stabbing it!

Puff, puff, puff!

For some reason, Chen Yuan's strength was several times greater than before!

The once incredibly hard scales of the giant blue snake were now riddled with holes, resembling a honeycomb, from which blood gushed forth!

"Hiss!!!"

The giant blue serpent let out a mournful hiss, and its form visibly shed its serpentine shape, transforming back into human form.

Chen Yuan grabbed her by the neck, pressed the iron spike against her chin, and roared fiercely at the woods ahead:

"stop!"

"Damn it, all of you stop right there!!"

Chen Zhaoning was startled!

She then noticed that on the other side of the woods, another group of people dressed as yamen runners had appeared.

The leader was dressed in official robes, his face so gloomy it seemed to drip water.

The man stared intently at Chen Yuan and commanded in an icy tone, "Let her go."

"Get lost! You son of a bitch!"

Chen Yuan roared, glaring fiercely at the middle-aged man, looking like a madman.

He slowly applied force with the iron spike in his hand, piercing into Liu Qing's chin and quickly penetrating her mouth. The end of the spike pressed against her palate!

The middle-aged man's pupils contracted sharply, his hands clenched into fists, and his whole body trembled slightly.

The restless constables all stopped in their tracks and held their breath!

They stared intently at Chen Yuan, not daring to make the slightest move.

Chen Zhaoning took a deep breath, rode his horse up behind Chen Yuan, and lowered his voice to say:

"This person should be Wang Defa, the garrison commander of Shangang Town."

After receiving news that his wife and son had been attacked, Wang Defa rushed over, but he was too late.

The son, whose head was pierced by a bamboo pole and nailed to a tree trunk, was already dead. His wife was now being held hostage by Chen Yuan.

This unexpected turn of events drove him to the brink of madness with hatred!

"You can't escape!"

Wang Defa spoke in a gloomy tone, his voice icy cold and devoid of any warmth.

In the dimly lit woods, shadowy figures and deadly intents had surrounded the three.

"We'd rather die together!"

Chen Yuan sneered and increased the force in his hand even more!

Liu Qing, held in his arms, trembled violently in pain... If he exerted any more force, the iron spike would pierce her brain.

"Stop! Let's talk this out!"

Wang Defa's eyes widened in horror as he roared ferociously.

Chen Yuan stopped applying pressure, a vicious grin spreading across his face. "So you're willing to talk properly now?"

Wang Defa's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Liu Qing's legs... where they were riddled with countless holes from which blood gushed out!

It was the wound Chen Yuan had inflicted on her when she transformed into snake form.

Wang Defa's pupils contracted repeatedly!

He had never seen such a ruthless person before; how could this be an ordinary person?

He glanced at Chen Yuan, then at Chen Zhaoning, and finally fixed his gaze on Nuomi before slowly closing his eyes.

He knew that his son had a penchant for toying with young girls, but he never imagined that his son would lose his life because of it.

But Liu Qing can't die!

After all, Wang Defa's career path still depends on Liu Qing's family background and status.

Whether he could advance further to become a county magistrate or county governor depended entirely on the support of the Liu family.

If Liu Qing dies, Wang Defa will probably not survive either.

Thinking of this...

Wang Defa looked at Chen Yuan, took a deep breath, and said in an icy tone, "Release her, and I can let you leave safely."

"You all step back!"

Chen Yuan roared loudly.

Wang De waved his hand, and the figures lying in ambush all around slowly retreated.

Chen Yuan, holding Liu Qing hostage, slowly approached the horses.

Chen Zhaoning, mounted on horseback, held his sword horizontally in front of him, his left hand tightly gripping the reins, slowly steering his horse backward...

Once they retreat to the main road, the three of them can ride their horses and break through the encirclement to escape this place.

"Waaah... Brother Yuan... It's the glutinous rice's fault..."

"Nuomi caused trouble...putting Brother Yuan and Sister Ning in danger..."

"Waaaaah..."

Nuomi, who was lying on the horse's back, cried with tears streaming down her face, her little shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

Chen Yuan turned around, looked at Nuomi, and forced a gentle smile. "It's okay, it's not your fault. Those people are just too mean."

"Waaah... I often see Brother Yuan and Brother Li muttering to themselves that their clothes are ugly, unattractive, hard to wear, and smelly..."

"And they said they didn't know when they'd be able to wear clean, handsome new clothes..."

"Nuomi was thinking of saving money to buy you new clothes, to give you a surprise..."

"But... Waaaaah... I never imagined that the clothing store owner was a bad person."

"He not only stole Nuomi's money, but he also sold Nuomi to that wicked person... Waaaaah..."

Nuomi cried more and more sadly as she talked, and her little body trembled more and more violently.

"It's the glutinous rice that's bad... glutinous rice is the troublemaker."

"The glutinous rice is what's made Father act strangely..."

"Now, I'm going to put my older brother and sister in a desperate situation again..."

……

Hearing Nuomi's words, Chen Yuan and Chen Zhaoning felt a pang of sadness and helplessness, and could only offer her gentle words of comfort.

"Ah...no!"

"We can't let them go! They killed my Cheng'er, I want them dead!!"

Just then, Liu Qing, whose chin had been pierced by Chen Yuan, was still able to scream at the top of her lungs:

"Not only should those two adulterers die, but that little beast should die too!"

Even if I die, I want to go down to the afterlife to be with my son, so he can have lots of fun!!!

Chen Yuan's gaze instantly turned colder, and the killing intent in his eyes intensified!

"Boy, I advise you not to do anything foolish. She's a noblewoman from the Manchu royal family; you can't kill her!"

Wang Defa noticed the ruthlessness in Chen Yuan's eyes and quickly spoke in a deep voice.

Manchu register?

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, but the killing intent in them did not diminish in the slightest.

"The Manxiangji are beings of a higher rank than the Zhongshengji. They are born superior and enjoy privileges in everything, just like the nobles in the human kingdoms of the past."

Wang Defa explained in a deep voice, his tone carrying a hint of contempt, as if afraid that this unruly villager would not know the nobility and importance of Manchu rank.

"Hmph! This bullshit Manchu certificate, this bullshit claim of being superior!"

"To hell with this world, there's no logic to it!"

Chen Yuan roared, his eyes bloodshot, his expression ferocious and terrifying.

"The reason? In this human world ruled by gods, the high-ranking officials of the Great Xiang Empire are divine messengers, and those who possess the bloodline of these divine messengers are the descendants of gods!"

And the Xiang Beast is a descendant of the gods!

Even the lowest-ranking fully-formed beast is superior to others!

This is the truth, this is the supreme divine law!

Wang Defa looked at Chen Yuan and shouted repeatedly!

He then pointed to the glutinous rice and said dismissively:

"If she is a slave, she is worse than a pig or a dog, and can be trampled on however one pleases!"

Even those with the status of "All Beings" are still lowly humans, inferior to those with the status of "Manxiang"!

"If Man Xiangji bullies her or kills her, it's just the death of a worthless life. At most, he'll pay some compensation; it's no different from killing a chicken!"

"So why would you offend me, and even a nobleman of high rank, for the sake of such a lowly girl?"

As he spoke, Wang Defa looked at Chen Yuan, his eyes narrowing into slits, his tone carrying a hint of seduction:

"I see you're already a cultivator at the Spirit Aperture Realm, why don't you come with me?"

"I can make you a beastman, grant you a place in the Manchu register, and elevate you to a higher status."

Hearing the other party bring up things like the Divine Court, the gods, and the descendants of the gods, Chen Yuan was completely unfazed.

He scoffed, his face full of mockery and disdain: "Hmph, divine justice? Rule of the gods? Supreme divine law?"

"Pah! That bullshit justice, that bullshit gods, to hell with your superiority!"

"One day, I will overthrow this filthy world!!"

"I will send all the scheming and despicable people of this world, and all these so-called gods, to their deaths!!!"

Chen Yuan roared, his emotions on the verge of exploding.