Chapter 1526 - Taking Action, Shocking the Crowd

A single strike heavily injured Ma Xinglong, leaving him powerless before Deng Hui.

This scene stunned the furious members of the Rolling Thunder Mountain Manor into silence.

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

As one of their top three experts, Ma Xinglong stood near the peak of the Manor’s hierarchy. And even a third-level Immortal Platform realm expert like him couldn’t withstand a single blow from Deng Hui. This was too terrifying.

Suddenly, it was as if someone doused the Manor’s hot-blooded warriors with ice water, their spirits cooling in an instant.

Boom, boom, boom!

Meanwhile, Deng Ao and others descended, leading the Deng Clan, their auras roaring as their killing intent soared high, ready to massacre every last member of Rolling Thunder Mountain Manor on Deng Hui’s orders.

“Ling’er? Where’s Ling’er?” Deng Hong swept his gaze around, searching for Gongsun Ling’er and Chen Fan, but neither was anywhere in sight.

“Father-in-law, where’s Ling’er?” Deng Hong asked Gongsun Jing.

A look of disgust flashed across Gongsun Jing’s eyes. He said icily, “Who is your father-in-law? Are you worthy?”

Deng Hong’s eyes flickered. Something occurred to him, and his expression shifted. He quickly turned to Deng Ao and said, “Not good! Father, there must be a secret passageway within the mountain manor. Gongsun Ling’er and that damned brat must have escaped through it!”

Deng Hui’s powerful immortal will immediately swept out like a storm. Soon, he discovered two figures deep within the mountain manor.

Guided by Gongsun Ling’er, the two had made their way to a secluded rock garden. She pressed her palm into a specific spot, and a hidden passage appeared beneath the rocks, the perfect escape route out of Guangyuan City.

“Chen Fan, this is the secret passageway. Follow the passage straight ahead, and you will be out of Guangyuan City. Alright, quickly leave now,” Gongsun Ling’er said to Chen Fan.

He didn’t move.

“What about you?”

A resolute look flashed on Gongsun Ling’er’s face as she said, “I’m going to fight by my family’s side!”

“But your father asked me to bring you with me.”

“I won’t leave. Don’t waste any more time. Hurry up and leave, or you’ll miss your chance!”

With that, Gongsun Ling’er turned around and headed toward the mountain manor’s entrance.

Chen Fan looked at her back and smiled to himself. “She sure is stubborn.”

Then, Chen Fan went after her.

“

Hmm

? What are you doing? Why aren’t you leaving through the secret passageway? I already told you that I won’t leave.”

“Your father asked me to bring you with me. If he saw that you didn’t leave, he’ll surely curse me to death.”

“Rest assured, this is my own decision. Daddy won’t blame you.”

“That’s not how it works. I promised him; so, if you stay, so do I.”

“You...” Gongsun Ling’er stamped her feet anxiously. “Why must you do this? This isn’t your fight, so don’t throw your life away needlessly!”

“Little girl, you’re underestimating me! My injuries have fully healed, and I’ve advanced to the next level. In the entire Guangyuan City, I doubt anyone’s born yet who can kill me.”

Chen Fan shrugged. “Still, I came to your house for this very reason: to help. But your father kept trying to send me off. What a headache.”

“Help us? Are you in the fourth-level Immortal Platform realm?”

“No, I’m currently in the second-level Immortal Platform realm.”

She threw her hands up. “Then where’s all this confidence coming from? Even a third-level can’t handle Deng Hui, so how would a second-level like you stand a chance? It’s not too late. Leave while you can!”

“Don’t count me out. I’m a genius! Sometimes, geniuses can’t be measured by the usual standards.”

Gongsun Ling’er rolled her eyes back. Chen Fan paid her no heed either. He swept her up and flitted toward the mountain manor’s main gates.

“There’s indeed a secret passageway!”

Deng Hui’s powerful immortal will discovered Chen Fan and Gongsun Ling’er at once, and saw the latter opening the entrance of the underground passageway.

Deng Hong said urgently, “Grandfather, quickly get them. You mustn’t let them escape!”

He’d long coveted Ling’er and had no intention of letting her—let alone the damned brat—slip away. Suddenly, with a whistle of wind, a figure landed. It was Chen Fan and Gongsun Ling’er, exposed for all to see.

Swoosh!

“Ling’er! Chen Fan!” Gongsun Jing’s expression changed drastically.

Gongsun Ling’er raised her head stubbornly and looked at her father, “Father, I won’t leave. Even if I have to die, I’ll die together with you all!”

“You...”

Meeting Gongsun Ling’er’s stubborn gaze, Gongsun Jing sighed helplessly in the end and said, “Little Brother Chen, why do this?”

Chen Fan smiled and said, “I borrowed your place to recuperate. How could I not repay this kindness? How could I leave when you’re facing difficulties?”

“But,

haaa

... even if you’ve fully recovered, you’re only in the second-level Immortal Platform realm. Your presence or absence changes little. Don’t throw your life away. Compared to saving us, letting you stay a few months does not compare.”

“You’re wrong, Manor Master Gongsun. You saved my life in the Illusory Domain, and I saved you afterward. That makes us even, but I troubled you for three months by staying here. That’s a separate debt.”

“But—”

Suddenly, Deng Hong spoke up.

“

Hmph

, what’s all this debt nonsense! Huang Clan’s brothers, attack. Take down this damned little bastard, but don’t kill him. I will toy with him until he dies!”

Gongsun Ling’er didn’t run away, and Chen Fan had also shown himself. That was perfect.

“Yes!”

Behind him, five men in crisp training clothes advanced, their eyes icy and pitiless. The infamous Huang Clan quintet, all at the apex of the first-level Immortal Platform realm, joined forces. Their combined power was said to rival even second-level experts.

They were the reputed five brothers of the Huang Clan in Guangyuan City. All of them were in the peak first-level Immortal Platform realm. When they joined forces, they could contend against a second-level Immortal Platform realm.

The five brothers of the Huang Clan immediately struck upon Deng Hong’s command.

They were like five ferocious tigers. Light of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, erupted from them, carrying an overwhelming aura and forming a Five Elements Grand Formation, crushing down toward Chen Fan.

Under the Deng Clan’s banner, they had much to prove. Despite Deng Hong’s reputation as a useless scion, his status as the young Deng patriarch enabled him to lord over nearly all the immortals in Guangyuan; once he gave the order, action could not be delayed.

Gongsun Jing’s third-level Immortal Platform realm aura immediately erupted, ready to strike.

“Audacious!”

However, an incomparably powerful immortal might shrouded down in the next moment, suppressing his aura. The immortal might belonged to Deng Hui.

The Five Elements Grand Formation pressed down like a millstone, shaking the void as it swept through heaven and earth, surging violently, releasing endless power. The five brothers of the Huang Clan didn’t hold back at all.

All five of them were peak first-level Immortal Platform realm experts. Any one of them could collapse the sky and split the earth with a single strike. Combined, their strike might defeat any early second-level expert.

But... was Chen Fan just any ordinary early-stage second-level cultivator?

He allowed the formless, terrifying force to descend upon him without flinching, as if he couldn’t sense it at all.

“You deserve death for taking the side of the wicked!”

A flash of cold light suddenly shot out of Chen Fan’s eyes.

A powerful aura surged from him, emanating overwhelming killing intent, shaking the void. Facing the descending Five Elements Grand Formation, he raised his hand and struck out.

Rumble!

A Hand of Demon slammed into the Five Elements Grand Formation violently. The formation struggled to withstand the terrifying force emanating from Chen Fan, breaking apart with cracking sounds.

Boom, tch!

When the five fingers, which were like pillars of heaven, fully closed, the Five Elements Grand Formation, along with the five brothers of the Huang Clan, were crushed, leaving only a mass of blood mist drifting in the air.