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Chen Qingcang's gaze fell heavily on the weighty seal of the prefect on the table. He remained silent for a long time, a resolute look flashing in his eyes.

"A-Yuan, hand over the power of the prefect to me."

"I will stabilize the situation in Tianqing County, so you can set off for Xijiang Prefecture without any hindrance."

Chen Yuan suddenly looked up, his brows furrowed in astonishment: "Grandpa, are you really going to lead the entire Chen family to become subjects of the Prince of Zhen Dong?"

You'll understand in time.

Chen Qingcang didn't elaborate, but changed the subject, his eyes showing concern as he asked with a smile,

"By the way, when you head to the Western Frontier Prefecture, do you have a goal in mind? Why don't you tell your grandfather about it?"

After a moment's thought, Chen Yuan said in a deep voice, "One reason is to go out and hone my skills through experience."

Secondly, I want to achieve the second level of the Demon God Devouring Heaven Technique and the Evil God Devouring Heaven Technique through battle merits.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qingcang's expression did not change much, only his brows furrowed slightly: "I see. However, you must be extra careful about the Western Frontier Prefecture..."

Next, Chen Qingcang gave detailed instructions on many important matters concerning the power dynamics in the Western Frontier Prefecture court and the undercurrents among various factions.

Chen Yuan listened intently, engraving every word into his heart.

After their long conversation, Chen Qingcang looked at him and asked calmly, "Is there anything else on your mind?"

"The Song family will never let us go."

Chen Yuan's gaze suddenly sharpened, and a chilling glint surged from the depths of his eyes.

Chen Qingcang nodded slowly, his tone grave: "That's right, especially Song Qingxue. She's vicious and will surely seek revenge."

"Since we're destined to be mortal enemies sooner or later, let's strike first and kill as many as possible, leaving none alive!"

Chen Yuan's voice was as cold as ice, and a monstrous killing intent surged within his chest.

Chen Qingcang, gazing at the surging bloodlust in his grandson's eyes, took a deep breath and, enunciating each word clearly, replied in a deep voice:

"Okay! Go ahead and do it, Grandpa will cover for you."

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Above the sky, a crimson blood moon hung high, almost covering most of the night sky, its pale red light spilling across the earth.

Chen Yuan grew jagged horns on his head, his blood-red hair flew wildly, and his pupils were burning red.

He traversed the sky, speeding towards Blackwater City.

Flying through the air was still a novel experience for him. The wind howled past him as he traversed the heavens and earth, and a sense of exhilaration and vengeance surged within him.

However, soaring through the air at high speed consumes a great deal of spiritual energy. Fortunately, the blood-red palace within his body, which was transformed from a red spiritual energy vortex, continuously pours out vast spiritual energy, supporting him as he flies along.

After discussing with Chen Qingcang for half a day, it was already past midnight when he set off alone under the cover of darkness.

This time, he was going to catch up with the Song family's retreating group, eradicate them completely, and wipe them out!

"Song Qingxue is vicious and ruthless. Once she recovers from her injuries, she will definitely do everything in her power to destroy the Chen family. We must not give them a chance to recover!"

Chen Yuan's mind was as firm as iron, and a chill permeated his very soul.

"And then there's Song Tianwen. My obsession won't be satisfied until he's eliminated!"

Before their departure, Chen Qingcang had already arranged for Jiang Shangwu to secretly keep an eye on the Song family and their group, and to find out where they were staying in Blackwater City.

Chen Yuan then disregarded everything and attacked overnight.

He borrowed the glutinous rice-skin umbrella to carry with him.

Deep down, he had a premonition that this evil creature would be of great use in dealing with Song Tianwen.

The night was as dark as ink, and the outline of Blackwater City was faintly visible in the distance. Chen Yuan's eyes were sharp, and his killing intent was boiling.

After several hours of rapid travel, Chen Yuan silently landed in Blackwater City and went straight to the Song family's temporary residence at the manor.

The manor was quite large, but it was deathly silent all around, with an oppressive atmosphere permeating the air.

Shadowy figures patrolled back and forth, all of them elite guards from the Song family.

The cold light of the blood moon poured down, making the entire manor resemble a dormant tomb, exuding a chilling and eerie atmosphere.

Chen Yuan activated the Evil God Devouring Heaven Technique, completely switching to his demonic form.

In this form, he was already at the Purple Mansion Realm, so infiltrating this place was no problem for him. He was even more confident that he could sweep through the entire Song family, so he simply stopped hiding and strode straight in.

"Who is it?"

The patrolling guards instantly noticed the disturbance, shouted sharply, drew their swords with a clang, and several figures immediately surrounded them.

"The ones who will take your lives!"

Chen Yuan's voice was icy cold, and he suddenly gripped the Blood Bone Sword in his palm, slashing down with a thunderous roar!

The terrifying crimson sword energy swept in all directions. Before the sword energy could collide with the flesh, the bodies of the seven or eight guards who rushed up were blown apart by the violent force, and pieces of flesh and blood flew everywhere!

The massive commotion instantly alerted everyone in the manor, and countless Song family cultivators swarmed in from all directions, surrounding Chen Yuan.

hum-

The human skin umbrella flew out of his body, hovering and spinning rapidly above his head. Gusts of bone-chilling wind howled and scattered, and thousands of scarlet blood blades shot out from the umbrella ribs, frantically sweeping towards the surrounding enemies.

hiss hiss hiss—

The crimson blades crisscrossed, like deadly scythes, ruthlessly reaping one fresh life after another!

Chen Yuan did not stop, but continued forward, with the human skin umbrella above his head spinning endlessly, and heads rolling off one after another.

The soul of the deceased was forcibly extracted by an invisible force and continuously poured into the human skin umbrella, causing the malevolent aura of this evil artifact to surge!

The cultivators rushing in from all sides turned deathly pale the moment they saw Chen Yuan's appearance under the human skin umbrella.

"It's...it's Chen Yuan!"

Someone gasped in shock, their eyes fixed on his long, blood-red hair and the menacing horns on either side of his forehead, terrified out of their wits!

"It really is him!"

"How did he end up like this!"

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Everyone was shocked and involuntarily took a step back.

Even Song Qingxue almost died at his hands, so how could these people possibly resist?

No one could believe that Chen Yuan would dare to come alone and storm their door!

This fierce and domineering nature is chilling.

Everyone's pupils contracted sharply, their gazes fixed on the overwhelming malevolent aura churning around him!

And the evil umbrella made of human skin above their heads was even more terrifying to everyone.

"He's a demon! He's not a pure human at all!"

Someone's voice trembled, and they screamed in terror.

"Need I say more! As the Grand Commander of the Formless Realm, he has probably already taken the Evil-Transforming Pill and shed his human skin!"

Under the blood moon, Chen Yuan stepped across the courtyard, the human skin umbrella floating above his head.

His fierce and menacing aura filled the entire area, causing all the guards to retreat, none daring to step forward and confront his power.

The boy was tall and straight, his face still showing some youthful features, but his whole being exuded an icy indifference.

His blood-red hair danced wildly, his horns were menacing, and a human-skinned evil umbrella hung above his head, making him appear like a demon god descending to earth, silencing the entire audience.

"I'm all alone, what's there to be afraid of! Kill them all!"

An elderly man from the Song family suddenly rushed out, his face contorted in a ferocious roar; he was the commander of the manor's guards.

Upon seeing Chen Yuan, he was greatly alarmed, but a ruthless glint appeared in his eyes in an instant. He raised his hand and crushed a pitch-black pill.

boom!

A billowing black mist exploded open, instantly engulfing the entire courtyard.

"roar!!"

From within the black mist, a series of ferocious roars echoed.

All the guards' eyes were filled with demonic light, their reason being consumed by madness!

kill!

Fearless and valiant, their weapons clashed, dark magic surged, and they charged towards Chen Yuan with reckless abandon!

Chen Yuan ignored it and continued to move forward steadily, his Blood Bone Sword hanging diagonally at his side, while the human skin umbrella above his head spun at a speed that increased several times over!

A fierce wind howled, sand and stones flew, and countless sharp wind blades swept out from under the umbrella.

Bang bang bang! !

The incoming spells, weapons, and longswords were all shredded and disintegrated like thin paper halfway through their journey.

The guards who rushed up were even more vulnerable, exploding one after another like clay pots, spraying blood everywhere and staining the entire courtyard ground red.

The Blood Bone Sword in his hand hummed and vibrated, drawing in the blood energy on the ground, which continuously gathered on the sword, condensing into an increasingly terrifying crimson sword aura.

The human skin umbrella spun rapidly, sealing away wisps of wailing souls within its surface!

Visible to the naked eye, countless phantoms struggled and roared silently on the surface of the umbrella, filled with despair and terror.

This scene froze the arriving team in place, chilling them to the bone.

The newcomers were all clad in gleaming silver armor, and the leader was none other than Song Yingxing, a junior general of the Wangdong Army, followed by more than two hundred Wangdong soldiers.

Looking at Chen Yuan, his blood-soaked hair dancing wildly under the human skin umbrella, and at the mangled corpses and pieces of flesh scattered on the ground, everyone was terrified.

"Chen Yuan! You're insane!!"

Song Yingxing's eyes were about to burst and he roared angrily.

Without uttering a word, Chen Yuan suddenly swung his wrist, unleashing a horizontal slash with the Blood Bone Sword!

A vast, blood-red sword aura pierced the air with a deafening roar, its momentum unstoppable!

Clang!

Where the sword energy passed, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and severed limbs and broken arms danced in the air!

puff!

Song Yingxing had no chance to resist at all; his head flew into the air and exploded in mid-air.

His head was smashed open by Chen Yuan!

"Stop! We are the Wangdong Army! How dare you slaughter government troops?!"

The remaining soldiers were terrified and, though outwardly fierce, inwardly shouted at them.

The only response they received was a single sword strike.

laugh! ! !

Dozens of heads rolled through the air!

Chen Yuan continued his march without stopping, stepping over the blood and bones scattered on the ground, crushing his way inwards, with no one able to stop him in the slightest.

In just a few breaths, all two hundred Wangdong soldiers were slaughtered.

Several elderly members of the Song family had just rushed out from the backyard when they saw the hellish scene before them. Instantly, their bodies turned ice-cold, their scalps tingled, and their hearts sank to their lowest point.

"Chen Yuan! How dare you be so insolent!!"

The one in the lead was the Song family steward, who was none other than Song Kui.

Song Kui roared angrily, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"presumptuous?"

The cold light of the blood moon fell on Chen Yuan's face, making his skin pale. A sinister smile slowly curled at the corner of his mouth, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

"Heh heh heh... So what if you're insolent? I'm here to kill you all!!"

A sinister laugh erupted, and his speed suddenly increased, charging forward like a blood-red phantom!