51: Chapter 51: I'm Giving You a Chance!

He could no longer care about the crimson sun demonic fruit, and he even threw the hatred of his fellow disciples' tragic deaths to the back of his mind.

The instinct to survive overwhelmed everything else.

The spiritual power within his body circulated frantically at an unprecedented speed.

Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and transformed into a streak of bloody light, desperately fleeing in the opposite direction of Chu Xiao!

In that instant, he unleashed all the acceleration secret techniques he had learned in his life.

He was so fast that he even left behind a series of afterimages.

However, as fast as he was, Chu Xiao was even faster!

Or rather, Chu Xiao didn't move at all.

He just quietly watched his wretched, fleeing figure, a faint hint of mockery in his eyes.

"Did I say you could leave?"

The moment the words fell, Chu Xiao lightly pointed the god-slaying sword in his hand toward the direction Jiang He was fleeing.

Buzz!

A thread-like, almost invisible pale gold Sword Qi silently separated from the tip of the sword.

It felt as if it ignored the distance of space, instantly catching up with the desperately flying bloody light.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream echoed through the mountain valley.

The bloody light suddenly stalled and tumbled down from mid-air.

Visibly, Jiang He's entire left leg had been severed at the root.

The cut was as smooth as a mirror, with not a single drop of blood flowing out.

Only wisps of fine golden Sword Qi were frantically destroying the vitality within his body.

With a "thud," Jiang He fell heavily to the ground, clutching his severed leg and rolling in agony.

The intense pain caused his face to contort.

Carrying his sword, Chu Xiao walked toward him slowly.

The footsteps weren't heavy, but each step felt like the approaching stride of Yama's Judge.

"Don't... don't kill me!"

Looking at the figure slowly approaching like a demon god, Jiang He completely broke down.

He struggled to a kneeling position and desperately kowtowed to Chu Xiao, begging for mercy.

Tears and snot streamed down his face.

He no longer possessed even a fraction of the majesty and poise of a Jiuyou Sect True Disciple.

"Senior Brother Chu! Lord Chu! I was wrong! I failed to recognize your greatness! Please, spare my life!"

"I'm willing to serve you like an ox or a horse! I'll give you everything I have!"

"The crimson sun demonic fruit! That Rank 4 Spirit Medicine is yours! And this Mountain King's corpse, my Jiuyou Sect's Cultivation Technique—I'll give you everything! I only ask that you spare my dog life!"

He was incoherent, wanting only to use every means possible to trade for a sliver of hope for survival.

However, Chu Xiao's footsteps didn't pause for a moment.

His eyes remained calm, so calm that it made Jiang He feel despair.

"Noisy."

Chu Xiao didn't even seem interested in listening to him finish.

When he reached a distance of three zhang from Jiang He, he stopped.

He looked down upon this opponent from a superior height.

"I'll give you a chance."

Chu Xiao spoke indifferently, "Use your strongest method to attack me."

"If you can make me take half a step back, I will spare your life."

Hearing this, Jiang He was stunned at first, and then a flash of wild joy erupted in his eyes.

But immediately after, this joy turned into intense resentment.

He thought this was Chu Xiao playing cat and mouse, but he had no choice.

This was his only chance!

"Fine! You said it!"

Jiang He suddenly leaped up from the ground, standing on one leg, his eyes filled with madness!

He knew that ordinary methods were no different from suicide in front of Chu Xiao, who had comprehended Sword Intent.

To live, he had to risk his life!

"Aaaaaah!"

Jiang He let out a roar. He suddenly opened his mouth and bit the tip of his tongue, and a mouthful of pure essence blood spurted out like a blood arrow, drenching the Hundred Soul Banner in his hand!

Buzz!

Having absorbed its master's essence blood, the Hundred Soul Banner instantly erupted with a piercing bloody light.

The banner moved without wind, fluttering loudly.

The black gas swirling around it was more than ten times denser than before!

An eerie, tyrannical, and extreme aura swept out with a bang.

Causing the temperature of the entire valley to drop suddenly.

"With my essence blood as the guide, and my Divine Soul as the sacrifice!"

"King of a Hundred Ghosts! Condense!"

Jiang He's voice was hoarse and crazed.

As he cast his final hand seal, the blood banner instantly exploded, turning into a sky full of black gas.

Over a hundred soul shadows that had previously been intimidated by Chu Xiao's Sword Intent now emerged again.

But they didn't pounce on Chu Xiao; instead, they frantically devoured and fused with each other in mid-air!

Shrill screams and resentful roars were heard incessantly.

Finally, all the soul shadows merged into one, transforming into a hideous ghost king ten zhang tall, pitch-black as ink, wearing tattered battle armor and holding a giant bone blade!

The ghost king's eyes were hollow, burning with two clumps of eerie green flames.

The aura it emitted had surprisingly surpassed the scope of the Golden Core Stage, reaching a level infinitely close to the Nascent Soul!

This was Jiang He's trump card life-risking technique, at the cost of burning nearly half of his essence blood and Divine Soul.

The strongest attack he could summon!

This blow was enough to insta-kill any Cultivator at the Peak of the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage!

"Die! Go to hell!!!"

Jiang He, looking like a madman, used his last bit of strength to point at Chu Xiao and let out a resentful roar.

That colossal ghost king let out a soul-shaking roar, raised its giant bone blade, and chopped down at Chu Xiao with the power to split mountains and shatter rocks!

Even space itself groaned under the weight of this blade strike.

However, facing this world-destroying blow.

An expression of interest finally appeared on Chu Xiao's face.

"A bit interesting."

He praised softly, then slowly raised the god-slayer in his hand.

This time, he no longer held anything back.

Inside the Dantian Qi Sea, that purple-gold Golden Core spun frantically.

The vast Chaos golden light spiritual power, like a surging Yangtze River, poured entirely into the blade.

At the same time, that crystal-clear tiny Sword Core burst forth with brilliant light!

Wind and Cloud Xun Thunder Sword Technique!

"Slash!"

A single word was softly uttered. There was no earth-shaking momentum, nor were there any gorgeous or dazzling sword moves.

Only a brilliant purple-gold sword beam burst forth from the tip of the god-slaying sword!

As soon as the sword beam appeared, the clouds and winds changed color, and thunder and lightning flashed!

A majestic and domineering, terrifying Sword Intent, like heavenly majesty, instantly filled the entire valley.

It was as if even the heavens would tremble under this single sword strike!

Before it, that hideous ghost king was like a bug in a gutter.

Encountering the brilliant sun above the Nine Heavens!

Chi-la!

There was no earth-shaking collision, only a soft sound.

The moment the giant bone blade, which condensed all of the ghost king's power, came into contact with the purple-gold sword beam.

It was like ice and snow meeting a branding iron, being melted and annihilated inch by inch with unstoppable force.

Immediately after, the purple-gold sword beam's momentum remained unabated.

Arriving later but striking first, it instantly pierced through the ghost king's massive body!

"Roar..."

The ghost king let out a wail full of resentment, and its massive body, along with the sky full of eerie Devilish Qi, was completely purified under that majestic purple-gold sword light!