The Sect Leader of the Vajra Sect deeply regretted his actions now. He should never have underestimated Luo Chen.
Had he known he would provoke such a being, he would have simply handed Jiang Yifei over immediately. How would it have escalated to this?
But now it was far too late for him to realise this. Once a figure of such calibre was angered, there would be no forgiveness.
Luo Chen had already walked up the steps, one step at a time.
This time, Luo Chen did not even spare the Vajra Sect Leader a glance. He simply reached out and grabbed him by the throat.
Just as Luo Chen was about to crush his windpipe, a hoarse, elderly voice suddenly rang out.
“Stop!”
Immediately after, an old man with grey-white hair stepped out.
He was the former Sect Leader of the Vajra Sect, and had already entered the Dao realm.
He had been meditating in a cave just moments ago, completely unaware of what was happening.
But the tremendous commotion just now had undoubtedly startled him awake.
The moment he emerged, he saw Luo Chen’s hand tightly gripping the current Sect Leader’s throat.
“Are you that young grandmaster?” the former Sect Leader asked.
“Crack!” Luo Chen did not answer. He simply snapped the Vajra Sect Leader’s neck.
“Such audacity!” The former Sect Leader was so furious his beard seemed to bristle.
He had previously heard from his seventh disciple about offending some young grandmaster, but he had not taken it to heart.
After all, the Vajra Sect alone possessed seven or eight grandmasters. Why would they fear a mere young grandmaster?
Moreover, he himself was already a Dao-entering cultivator, not recently, but for many years.
If one were to describe his state with a single phrase, it would be the peak of the Entered Dao realm.
All those below the Entered Dao realm were mere ants, especially since he had also mastered the Qimen Dunjia arts.
Upon coming out, he had intended to stall his opponent, rescue his disciple, and then eliminate him.
But the other party had actually killed his own disciple right in front of his eyes.
That disciple was the one he cherished and favoured the most. Otherwise, why would he have passed the position of Sect Leader to him, along with his teachings?
“You brat, you have tremendous nerve. I explicitly told you to stop, yet you still dare to commit murder!” The former Sect Leader’s eyes turned red.
“You tell me to stop, so I just stop?”
“Where were you earlier?” Luo Chen sneered.
“Are you here for that child from the Jiang family?” the former Sect Leader asked in a deep voice.
“I was, but no longer.”
“I have changed my mind. Now I am here to exterminate your entire sect!” Even with the best temper, Luo Chen could no longer suppress the thrill of bloodlust rising within him.
He had wiped out entire clans too many times.
He had long lost any sense of guilt.
Besides, he had already given these people a chance.
Yet they had failed to cherish it.
“Exterminate my sect?” The former Sect Leader laughed.
“You brat, what arrogant words!” The former Sect Leader roared.
“Do you truly think the Vajra Sect is devoid of capable fighters?” The former Sect Leader was so angered by Luo Chen’s remark that he actually laughed.
“I will make your blood spill right here and now, to keep my disciple company!” The former Sect Leader made his move.
He truly possessed considerable skill. His very first strike was a formidable technique.
Stomping his foot on the ground, a surge of purple qi suddenly rose, transforming into a horned dragon that lunged at Luo Chen with its jaws wide open.
Luo Chen was almost amused into laughter. In the past, he would have ended such a minor trick with a single slap.
However, having just broken the Xuantian Grand Formation, his energy was indeed heavily depleted, so he opted to dodge.
Avoid the brunt of the attack, strike at the vital points.
As the horned dragon roared and charged, Luo Chen sidestepped, then delivered a fierce punch directly to its midsection.
The weak point of creatures like tigers and wolves is the waist, and horned dragons were no exception.
Striking the vital spot seven inches from the head would have been ideal, but Luo Chen missed it.
But just as his strike landed, a second horned dragon suddenly emerged.
Luo Chen had to abandon his follow-up and dodge again, only for a third one to appear.
Then one after another emerged, totalling nine horned dragons.
“Hmph, my Purple Gold Nine Dragons technique, let alone you, even a master from the Transformation Realm would struggle to withstand it.” The former Sect Leader sneered.
The Qimen Dunjia arts were profound and extensive. How could they rely on mere simple arithmetic principles?
His Purple Gold Nine Dragons had been refined to perfection. An ordinary person truly could not endure it.
“Enough. I will not waste any more time.” Although still dodging, Luo Chen suddenly shook his head.
He stomped his foot in the exact same manner, and instantly nine genuine dragons appeared!
This was not because Luo Chen knew Qimen Dunjia, but because the Immortal Realm possessed a technique called the Mirror Hand.
It could replicate an opponent’s attack methods, but what Luo Chen conjured was clearly far superior to the former Sect Leader’s.
This made things rather awkward.
There was a fundamental difference between horned dragons and true dragons.
Obviously, the former Sect Leader was also stunned. He had never witnessed such a miraculous technique.
“Could it be that you also know…”
Before the former Sect Leader could finish his sentence, his nine horned dragons were completely shattered and dissipated into nothing.
Luo Chen’s nine dragons vanished as well.
The former Sect Leader was about to attack again, but suddenly realised Luo Chen was already standing right before him.
With a casual swing of his hand, he delivered a slap that sent the former Sect Leader crashing to the ground.
“Where is Jiang Yifei?” Luo Chen coldly grabbed the former Sect Leader by the neck.
“He is inside, but you will not take him out today.” Even at this stage, the former Sect Leader seemed utterly unfazed.
“All of you, come out!” The former Sect Leader shouted loudly, and instantly over three hundred people emerged.
They immediately surrounded Luo Chen.
“Do you think they can stop me?” Luo Chen sneered.
“No, they are already under my control via Qimen Dunjia. The moment you make a move, they will throw themselves at you without fear of death.” The former Sect Leader laughed coldly.
“I will just kill them all then.” Luo Chen remained completely indifferent.
“Kill them all?”
“Young man, I must say, you are still too inexperienced.” The former Sect Leader seemed very confident.
“I forgot to tell you, although this old man is advanced in years, I still keep up with the times. I have placed over a thousand pinhole cameras here. You probably did not know, did you?”
“Moreover, they transmit the footage in real time. Do you dare to kill them?”
“Over three hundred lives!”
“If this is exposed, just imagine the consequences.” The former Sect Leader chuckled repeatedly.
“I need not elaborate.”
“If over three hundred people die by your hands, no matter how formidable your background, the law will not spare you.”
“If it were only a few, you might pull some strings to settle it.”
“But for over three hundred people, the moment you dare to kill them, the state will move against you.”
“Do you really dare to oppose the state?”
Indeed, no one would dare to oppose the state.
Even Luo Chen was unwilling to do so. After all, he was Chinese. Were it not for this restraint, countless people would likely already be dead.
“Heh, you brat, now you understand the severity of the situation, do you?” The former Sect Leader smiled triumphantly.
Then he broke free from Luo Chen’s grip and stood up.
“I was already navigating the martial world before you were even born.” The former Sect Leader was highly pleased with himself. He did not consider his methods in the least bit dishonourable.
How could a mere young man be a match for a seasoned veteran like him?
“Do you feel like you are riding a tiger and cannot get off now?”
“Exterminate my entire sect?”
“With just you?”
“Far too inexperienced.”
But at this moment, Luo Chen merely shook his head. “Oh, is that so?”