Chapter 556: The Butcher of Jinyun Valley

Chapter 556 -518: The Butcher of Jinyun Valley

Chen Che reached a bare hand toward the sky and grabbed, causing the Thunder Jade Gourd to flare with brilliant light, its suction force multiplying several times over.

Zhang Miaqing hadn’t even had time to react. She instinctively flicked her hand, sending her Water Sleeve out to knock the gourd away. But instead, with a SWOOSH, the Thunder Jade Gourd slurped up the Water Sleeve as if it were a noodle.

An overwhelming force then transmitted through the Water Sleeve. Zhang Miaqing felt a sharp pain in her Divine Soul, and her control over the artifact instantly dwindled to almost nothing.

“A Tier Four Magical Artifact?”

Despite her astonishment, Zhang Miaqing’s eyes lit up.

After seeing Jiang Shaotian defeated earlier, she had already lost all patience. Her original plan was to have everyone swarm Chen Che and finish him off, lest the fight drag on and cause unexpected complications. But after witnessing the gourd’s power, she was immediately consumed by greed.

‘If I can seize this item, my power will instantly rise to a whole new level.’

Granted.

‘According to their original agreement, everything in Jinyun Valley was supposed to go to the Celestial Spirit Palace. But now that Qu Ming is dead and the other Golden Core cultivators aren’t strong enough to object, that rule no longer applies. Snatching this gourd is what matters most.’

At this thought, Zhang Miaqing let out a light laugh.

“Don’t tell me you think victory is in your grasp, Valley Master Chen? Why don’t you have a taste of my methods as well!”

As the second-in-command of Mist Rain Tower, she naturally had more than just two Water Sleeves.

With a flick of her snow-white wrist, a cyan jade ring shot out. As she pointed a finger, the ring swelled to a massive size in the wind. As it continued to spin, a hurricane began to rise from the ground up.

WHOOSH—

Amidst the roar of great waves, jets of water erupted from every waterway in Primordial City. Even the rivers of blood on the ground were not spared; as she clenched her right fist, they were drawn up to coil and weave together in mid-air.

The columns of water condensed, forming a long torso.

The blood swirled around it, forming a dense, overlapping layer of scales.

In the blink of an eye, the column of water had transformed into a ferocious Blood Dragon over ten thousand feet long.

The Cyan Jade Bracelet was embedded in the dragon’s neck like a collar. With a flick of her right hand, she recalled her other Water Sleeve from Jiang Shaotian. It wrapped around the Cyan Jade Bracelet, the endlessly extending sleeve transforming into a chain to control the Blood Dragon.

Tier Three Top Grade Magical Artifact:

The Immortal Water Jade Sea Bracelet!

It was refined from the Jade Sea Crystal found in the waters of Mist Rain Tower and served as the very foundation of their clan’s power. Although the bracelet’s full power could only be unleashed in a large body of water—where it could even rival a Tier Four Magical Artifact—it was by no means lacking on this occasion.

RUMBLE—

The Blood Dragon coiled rapidly as it skimmed across the ground. Buildings hundreds of feet tall were like children’s toys before it, collapsing into dust at the slightest touch.

At the same time, its massive body suddenly twisted like a giant serpent, its coils tightening layer by layer in an attempt to envelop Chen Che completely.

CRACK! CRACK!

Its constricting body crushed the very air until it cracked. Any Golden Core cultivator caught within would have been brutally squeezed into a bloody pulp.

SWOOSH!

But in the next moment, Chen Che’s figure blurred as he shot high into the sky.

“Running? Let’s see where you can run!”

Zhang Miaqing’s eyes narrowed, and she waved both hands.

WHOOSH!

The Blood Dragon’s massive body twisted on the ground, flattening the gouged-out earth. Then, with another turn, it shot toward the sky, its gaping, bloody maw like an abyss from hell, threatening to swallow the very heavens and earth whole!

‘High or low, he has nowhere left to run!’

This thought surfaced in everyone’s mind.

With the Blood Sealing Array above and the pursuing Blood Dragon below, no one believed Chen Che could escape this predicament.

“At this point, this Valley Master has truly made a name for himself! Even if the Primordial Sect falls, stories of his feats today will be told for a thousand years!”

Many of the Golden Core cultivators thought to themselves.

All by himself.

First, he killed Qu Ming, master of the Celestial Spirit Palace. Then, he shattered the Star-Picking Sect Right Protector’s Boundless Wind Travel Array Disc and the Supreme Mysterious Nine Dragon Celestial Thunder Array. And now, exhausted from the continuous fighting, he was about to fall to Zhang Miaqing, the second-in-command of Mist Rain Tower.

None who had fallen at Valley Master Chen’s hands were nobodies!

If the Three Sects hadn’t joined forces, they truly might not have been able to destroy the Primordial Sect.

Just as everyone was thinking this…

“Valley Master…”

Cries of alarm even erupted from the Spiritual Boat. Just then, Chen Che, soaring through the air, came to an abrupt halt. His entire body transitioned from extreme motion to absolute stillness. As he flipped his hand over, the gourd appeared in his palm.

Suddenly, Chen Che flipped over in mid-air, turning to face the ground.

Then, he thrust his right hand downward, pouring his True Essence into the gourd as he brought it smashing down from the sky.

Before the onrushing Blood Dragon, Chen Che and the gourd in his hand seemed as insignificant as a pebble at the foot of Taihang Mountain. Yet, the instant they made contact, the Blood Dragon’s head shattered under a horrifyingly immense force.

As the gourd bore down, the dragon’s body crumbled section by section wherever it passed. Its momentum was utterly unstoppable!

The dragon’s body dissolved into a mist of blood, which was then swept up by the gourd’s Strong Force and shot toward Zhang Miaqing like a blood-red comet with a long, trailing tail.

“What?”

Zhang Miaqing’s expression froze. Without a moment’s hesitation, she flicked both her sleeves.

The Cyan Jade Bracelet shot above her head, spinning, trying to block the gourd’s crushing descent. But in that moment, the small, exquisite bracelet was like a flimsy raft made of deadwood caught in the middle of a raging ocean.

CRACK—

In a flash, the bracelet exploded, disintegrating into countless specks of dust.

Then, the gourd reached her head.

BANG!

Blood and gore flew everywhere.

Before the look of utter horror could fade from Zhang Miaqing’s eyes, her entire body exploded under the gourd’s crushing force, splattering in all directions and leaving a stark, vivid smear of red upon the ground.

THUD—

The gourd hit the ground, landing with the force of a meteorite.

CRACK!

Its momentum still not spent, the earth caved in as if pressed down by an invisible bowl, leaving behind a deep, meteorite-like crater.

A dead silence fell over the world.