Chapter 29: As If the Master Arrived in Person

Chapter 29: Chapter 29: As If the Master Arrived in Person

The Pig Craftsman’s large, sturdy body was sent flying several yards by a single slap. His head lolled to the side, his neck completely snapped. He died on the spot.

Everyone stared at the massive corpse, which looked like a dead pig.

Whether they were the many Daoists of Dao Yi Mountain or the seven remaining members of the Extraordinary Nine Monsters, all eyes turned to Chen Sha.

For a moment, the emotions swirling in those hundred-plus pairs of eyes were a mixture of endless shock and terror, along with the ecstasy, awe, and reverence of the Dao Yi Disciples, who now saw Chen Sha as a god.

"Sect Leader... Junior Brother, you’ve become a Grandmaster!"

In the distance, Song Yu shouted in excitement.

The Pig Craftsman was an expert of the Grandmaster Level, yet Chen Sha had killed him on the spot with a single slap.

Just how powerful was that slap?

"Sect Leader..." Yuu Miaolian, his Second Senior Sister whom Chen Sha had just barely saved, felt her heart pound. She couldn’t believe his strength.

Three months ago, when Chen Sha fought Old Fifth, the strength he had shown was formidable and shocking.

But a power at the Grandmaster Level was, at least, conceivable.

Yet now...

How much time had passed?

He could kill a Grandmaster like the Pig Craftsman with a single slap!

"I’m not a Grandmaster yet. Still a little ways to go."

Chen Sha, who had not uttered a single word since arriving and killing two people, finally spoke, turning to Song Yu.

"I was late."

"Not late!"

Hearing this, Song Yu’s voice boomed, "Not late at all!"

’Since the Sect Leader made it here, that means the three Grandmasters from the Demon Sect—the demoness the Extraordinary Nine Monsters mentioned—couldn’t stop him.’

They couldn’t even imagine how Chen Sha had managed to arrive in time while being besieged by three Grandmasters.

At that moment, Chen Sha’s gaze swept across the battlefield and immediately landed on the one with the profoundest Power among the Nine Monsters, who was currently fighting one of the Dao Yi Sect’s Elders.

It was a child.

The leader of the Extraordinary Nine Monsters.

"Let me deal with these invaders first."

After this brief remark to Song Yu, Chen Sha strode toward the Child Emperor.

The Child Emperor and the other six surviving monsters were horrified, having witnessed Chen Sha kill two of their brothers in the space of a couple of breaths.

Although Mei Xiangu was only a first-rate fighter, the Pig Craftsman was a genuine Grandmaster.

’This means...’

BANG!

The Child Emperor watched Chen Sha approach and demanded sharply:

"You’re the Dao Yi Sect Leader, Chen Sha?"

As he spoke, he quickly distanced himself from the Dao Yi Mountain Elder, afraid of being cornered by the two of them.

He demanded again:

"Yun Feifei couldn’t stop you?"

He gravely scrutinized the fluctuations of Chen Sha’s True Qi, while also recalling the words Chen Sha had just spoken to Song Yu.

’This young Daoist’s True Qi Cultivation is very close to the Grandmaster Realm, but he definitely hasn’t entered it yet.’

The Child Emperor had some knowledge of Yun Feifei’s abilities. The Saintess of the Celestial Demon Sect, who was known throughout the Jianghu for both her beauty and her lethality, was at the Grandmaster Peak. With the addition of a few Demon Sect Secret Techniques, she could even fight a Half-step Grandmaster.

’But for her to fail against Chen Sha... it means he’s just like me: a Half-step Grandmaster, just one step away from the Second-Grade Grandmaster Realm.’

The Child Emperor sneered. "So much for the Saintess of the Celestial Demon Sect. A pretty vase, after all. It looks like if I want to force out the location of the Ancient Transformation Dragon, I’ll have to do it myself."

He focused the full Power of his Childlike Heart Scripture. Though his body stood less than three feet tall, it radiated waves of pressure upon the disciples of Dao Yi Mountain, as if he were a giant.

After the Child Emperor spoke, the Elder who had been fighting him retreated and warned Chen Sha,

"Sect Leader, these people came up the mountain for that old Demon."

Then, he roared angrily at the Child Emperor:

"Your plot will never succeed!"

"No need to waste words on a dead man."

Chen Sha took a few steps and was already in front of the Child Emperor.

"I’ll leave one alive to find out who’s pulling their strings!"

He moved as he spoke, his fist already chopping down toward the three-foot-tall child.

"Hahaha! I never imagined that after Chen Canxuan died, the mountain would still be guarded by a genius like his son."

Facing Chen Sha’s fist, the Child Emperor threw back his head and let out a long howl. A powerful True Qi roared from his mouth, immediately forming sonic waves that blasted the air and surged toward Chen Sha’s ears.

This was the Child Demon Sound. Controlled by the True Qi from his Childlike Heart Scripture, it could influence the emotions of others, amplifying their sorrow. Mastered to its peak, it could literally make someone die of a broken heart.

The Dao Yi Sect Elder who had just been fighting the Child Emperor had been repeatedly affected by it, to the point that tears streamed down his face uncontrollably during the battle. His Heart Spirit would falter, allowing the Child Emperor to land several palm strikes on his chest and inflict severe internal injuries.

WAAH WAAH~~

Amidst this demonic roar, which sounded like the wailing of ghosts, the Child Emperor’s small, bird-claw-like hands turned a snowy, jade-like white as they viciously collided with Chen Sha’s fist!

BANG!

At the moment of impact, however, the Child Emperor’s heart jolted. He felt a power hidden within the young Dao Yi Sect Leader’s fist, like a toppling mountain or a surging sea, crashing against his palm in wave after relentless wave.

"You’re not affected by my Demon Sound?"

The moment they made contact, the Child Emperor shrieked. His True Qi was already buckling under the heavy blow, on the verge of being completely crushed by the single punch.

"Why?!"

Chen Sha remained silent. As he had said, he wouldn’t waste words on a dead man.

’So what if it was the Celestial Demon Strategy from the Celestial Demon Sect of the Six Demonic Paths? So what if it was the Celestial Demon Aura? None of it could stir the heart of one who cultivates the Great Yellow Court, much less a mere Childlike Heart Scripture.’

THUD!

After landing the punch, Chen Sha stepped forward again. Having gauged the Child Emperor’s cultivation, he no longer held back and formed a Fist Seal.

The moment the Fist Seal formed, different kinds of Power gathered in his palm and fingers—a thousand transformations contained in a single strike!

In an instant, a power both hard and soft, yin and yang, surged from his Dantian and countless Qi Points. The sleeve on Chen Sha’s arm billowed, and from within it, a massive hand emerged, striking down toward the Child Emperor’s skull!

BOOOM~~~

This palm strike shook the very heavens, compressing the air above the Child Emperor’s head!

It was the Dao Yi Seal!

A single strike with the power of a Grandmaster!

In the Child Emperor’s eyes, a hand as full and smooth as jade, its every line and vein distinct, descended from the heavens and appeared before his forehead.

The moment this palm appeared, it dominated the Child Emperor’s entire field of vision, blotting out all light and color.

"This palm..."

The Child Emperor instinctively tried to retreat, only to find himself stuck as if in quicksand, unable to move. His True Qi was completely suppressed beneath the pressure of the palm.

DEATH!!

A single, desperate, blood-red word pulsed violently in his mind.

He had only one instinctive thought.

If Chen Sha’s palm landed, he would die without a doubt!

"No! I won’t accept this! I’m the leader of the Extraordinary Nine Monsters, a Half-step Grandmaster..."

’How can I not even withstand a single palm from this young Sect Leader?!’

Roaring, the Child Emperor forced his arm upward, clenched his fingers into a fist, and drove all the True Qi in his body into a punch aimed at the descending palm.

BOOM!

But an incomparably terrifying power exploded overhead, instantly shattering his will to resist.

SQUELCH~

With a sound like a heavy hammer smashing into ground meat, the Child Emperor’s raised arm and his head collapsed in unison.

The endless red and the coppery stench were the last things he ever sensed.

That was... his brains.

THUD!

To the onlookers, the scene was one of a dull explosion mixed with the sound of splattering flesh and blood as Chen Sha’s palm landed violently...

...and the Child Emperor became a headless child, his mangled upper body collapsing to the ground.

WHOOSH~

The whistling gale from the aftermath of the battle swirled back, causing Chen Sha’s simple Daoist Robe to flutter and the hair at his temples to fly. Everyone watching felt as if they were seeing the once-invincible Chen Canxuan standing right before them.

"Master..." Gazing at Chen Sha’s back, the eyes of Song Yu, Yuu Miaolian, and the others filled with hot tears.

It was as if they were truly witnessing that familiar, invincible being return to the mortal world.

Killing the Child Emperor with a single palm—it was as if their master himself had descended!

Father and son possessed the same magnificent bearing!

As for the six remaining members of the Extraordinary Nine Monsters, the sight of the Child Emperor’s mangled corpse sent a jolt through their bodies. A deathly chill shot up from their tailbones to the crowns of their heads, making them shudder violently.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

"Run!"

"Run for it!!"

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