Chapter 223: Chapter 223 This Time Not Holding Back
 

A new Falcon message arrived, from the Chief Town Heavenly Master’s residence in the Qian Capital.

Just as Fei Xinghe had said earlier, the Chief Defender of Cloud Sun, Superior Cao Chengping, had sent him an imperial edict.

In this edict, Cao Chengping severely reprimanded Wang Chen for the reckless murder of the Prefectural Governor Ruan Zhaoming, dismissed him from his position as Guarding Heavenly Master, and ordered him to await disposition in Nan Shao City by his successor.

There must be no disobedience.

Otherwise, sect rules will strictly punish without leniency!

If Wang Chen had not received the letter from Fei Xinghe, maybe he indeed could have been intimidated by Cao Chengping.

But now, he sneered at this edict.

A Purple Mansion Superior who had thrown in his lot with an arch-enemy actually still had the face to display an Upper Cultivator’s posture and order him around.

Did he really think that with a single edict, Wang Chen would obediently comply, and allow himself to be slaughtered without resistance?

Wang Chen had originally planned to leave Nan Shao City tomorrow.

The role of a Guarding Heavenly Master, let whoever desires it take over, as he was set to return to the Immortal Cultivation world anyway.

However, this edict from Superior Cao Chengping made Wang Chen feel extremely, extremely annoyed.

This was the second time he had been treated as an expendable piece.

In just a few days!

A stifling frustration inadvertently built up in Wang Chen’s heart.

He had to vent it to feel better!

He decided temporarily not to leave.

Although the identity of Guarding Heavenly Master was nothing to speak of, Wang Chen did not want to leave Nan Shao like a homeless dog slinking away.

If the people from Guiyuan Gate wanted to take over, they would need to exchange it for Heavenly Merit!

This time, Wang Chen decided not to be compliant!

Otherwise, his thoughts would never be clear, and it might even affect his Breakthrough Mansion process.

Once he made a decision, Wang Chen immediately set into action.

First, he dismantled all arrays in the secret chamber under the Star Observation Pavilion and retrieved all the Spirit Stones.

Not leaving a single one for the people from Guiyuan Gate.

He then made some arrangements within the Heavenly Master’s residence.

And the people from Guiyuan Gate arrived even sooner than Wang Chen had predicted.

The next morning, as he was cultivating at the top floor of the Star Observation Pavilion, he suddenly felt an induction.

He got up and approached the window sill. Wang Chen saw five streaks of light coming from the north, swiftly sweeping over the skies of Nan Shao City.

Eventually, they halted above the Heavenly Master’s residence.

Four young Cultivators and one middle-aged Cultivator revealed themselves.

Riding on their Flying Artifacts, they looked down from above at the Star Observation Pavilion, and one of the Cultivators shouted fiercely, “Where is Wang Chen? Come out immediately and accept your punishment!”

His voice was incredibly loud, instantly spreading throughout the entire Prefecture City.

Countless citizens hid in their homes shivering, fearing they might suffer collateral damage.

This was a battle between gods!

“You people from Guiyuan Gate also dare to accuse me?”

Wang Chen leaped out from the window, lightly tapped the edge with his toes, and used the momentum to jump onto the roof of the pavilion in one seamless motion.

With a mocking look in his eyes, he patted the Taoist Robe he was wearing and said, “Scram!”

This one word, “scram,” was unexpected by everyone.

The Cultivators from Guiyuan Gate were first stunned, then immediately burst into rage, “Asking for death!”

The hotheaded young Cultivator directly summoned a Flying Sword, and from his high position, he sent it slashing towards Wang Chen.

His move was incredibly fast, and his Sword Control Technique was quite remarkable. The sword was unexpected and carried a fierce momentum, slashing towards Wang Chen’s head in the blink of an eye.

This Guiyuan Gate Sword Cultivator clearly had no intention of holding back. The blade descended in its trajectory, instantly slicing through Wang Chen’s body.

However, this was merely an afterimage Wang Chen had left at his original spot!

“Be careful!”

The only middle-aged cultivator among the incomers suddenly bellowed.

But his warning was a fraction too late.

As Wang Chen used “Shrinking Ground into Inches” to dodge the opponent’s flying sword strike, he fiercely swung his right arm upward.

His wide sleeve, like a sword that could pierce the heavens, surged with mana and roared with power.

A pale golden sword light shot out from within his sleeve simultaneously, striking like lightning towards the Guiyuan Sword Cultivator above the Star Observation Pavilion!

What goes around comes around; since the opponent had slashed at Wang Chen, naturally, Wang Chen would reciprocate with a sword attack.

The technique he used to release the sword was called “Sleeve Sword,” which, along with “Belly Sword” and the most common “Back Sword,” is known as one of the three major concealed sword techniques.

The principle is quite simple: sew a Storage Bag inside the Taoist robe, specifically for storing sword artifacts.

In case of combat, it allows for the fastest counterattack!

The skillfulness of executing the Sleeve Sword technique was taught to Wang Chen by Chang Chun in the past.

After extensive practice, this sword attack was not merely about the Sleeve Sword technique; it also infused the power of the Geng Metal Finger at Great Perfection level, channeling ninety percent of his mana.

At the onset of the sword’s momentum, the Guiyuan Sword Cultivator sensed danger and immediately bit the tip of his tongue to spray out his lifeblood, attempting to use “Blood Escape” to break free from the lock-on of the Fire Crow Sword.

To him, Wang Chen’s flying sword brought an imminent sense of death!

However, by just a single breath’s time, the Fire Crow Sword infused with the power of Geng Metal remorselessly pierced through the Guiyuan Sword Cultivator’s body and emerged from the other side.

Without a single drop of blood staining it!

[Heavenly Merit +6]

But this was just the beginning, as the Fire Crow Sword controlled by Wang Chen, undiminished in its momentum, drew a beautiful arc in the sky. In an instant, the blade’s light intensified, heading straight for the middle-aged cultivator.

The middle-aged cultivator’s soul nearly fled his body as he hastily raised a Mysterious Iron Tortoise Shell Shield.

Trying to block the Fire Crow Sword headed his way.

But the moment the sword point was about to touch the shield, the sword light suddenly flashed, nimbly circumventing the hardy magic artifact and spiraling down around the middle-aged cultivator multiple times.

“Ah~”

A shrill scream rang out abruptly.

This middle-aged cultivator, possessing a high-tier Qi Cultivation level and rich combat experience, had been sliced into several sections from the waist down.

Bright red blood gushed from the severed parts as his upper body fell swiftly from the sky.

Though the middle-aged cultivator had already bolstered himself with Spirit Light Shield Armor, it only withstood the Fire Crow Sword’s edge for half a breath before shattering utterly.

The Flying Artifact he managed lost control and ended up colliding sideways with a young cultivator.

Knocking them nearly to the brink of falling.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Meanwhile, a barrage of scorching fireballs, accompanied by whistling Wind Blades, blanketed the sky towards Wang Chen.

At the same time, an axe, a whip, and a seal – three Magic Artifacts – were unleashed with a truly frightening force!

Wang Chen, however, smoothly dodged all hits from the enemy with two consecutive uses of “Shrinking Ground into Inches.”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All these attacks, including the Magic Artifacts, were borne by the Star-Picking Pavilion.

The top half of this high building, already stripped of Array protection, exploded outward in fragments, fire shooting skyward!

Wang Chen landed steadily on the ground.

Landing right in front of the middle-aged cultivator who had been cut at the waist.

The latter was not yet dead, struggling to take out a Magic Artifact from his Storage Bag.

Wang Chen swiftly slapped it down, instantly smashing the other into a lump of flesh!

[Heavenly Merit +8]

But this was far from over…

His gaze once again turned towards the sky.

There are still three more to go!

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The second update is here.