Chapter 963 - The Might of Hand of Demon

“Scram!” Chen Fan unleashed a punch carrying an unstoppable momentum.

His fist force merged with the pool water, forming a flood dragon. It lunged over ferociously, shredding his opponent’s attack before striking him head-on.

“Ah!” A miserable scream immediately rang out. This seventh-level Manifestation realm expert was torn in half by the flood dragon’s fist force, his blood dyeing the cold pool red.

Having broken through to the fifth-level Manifestation realm, Chen Fan’s combat prowess had soared, allowing him to fight against an eighth-level Manifestation realm expert.

A mere seventh-level Manifestation realm could no longer enter his eyes, despite his cultivation still being unstable.

Some of the people who had also been enticed by Chu Chong’s words immediately felt a chill rising from their soles to their skulls.

So strong!

He killed that seventh-level Manifestation realm expert with one move. This is too terrifying!

Even though the position of the Hell Flame City’s vice city lord promised by Chu Chong moved many people’s hearts, they needed to be alive to enjoy it.

Facing a ferocious character like Chen Fan, people like them, in the fifth, sixth, or seventh-level Manifestation realm, would only be courting death if they went up.

Suddenly, Chen Fan turned around. Incomparably sharp sword qi spewed out of his countless pores and swept toward the Cold Ice Vicious Flood Dragon and the other pursuers.

“Die!”

Simultaneously, he punched continuously. Numerous streams of fist force transformed into flood dragons, rushing toward the pursuers.

Rumble!

Sensing the danger, the faces of the Cold Ice Vicious Flood Dragon and the others darkened. They hadn’t expected Chen Fan to become this terrifyingly strong after breaking through to the fifth-level Manifestation realm.

They dared not underestimate his attacks—each was a heaven-tier martial art brimming with power. A single misstep could lead to severe injuries, a risk not worth taking.

Without hesitation, they unleashed divine lights, roaring as they clashed with his strikes. Explosions erupted, forming several vortexes and undercurrents that swept out.

Chen Fan didn’t try to fight them; instead, he used the undercurrents to boost his speed. In a flash, he neared the cold pool’s exit.

In just a few breaths, he rushed out, unhindered.

When he emerged, the powerful divine wills of the peerless experts hiding in the vicinity swept over, but they ignored him after sensing his cultivation.

Seizing the Herbaceous Water Spirit with only fifth-level Manifestation realm cultivation was simply nonsense.

Many of those who entered the cold pool were experts in the seventh or eighth-level Manifestation realm, with even sixth-level cultivators being common. A fifth-level expert barely registered in their eyes.

One by one, the divine wills withdrew.

Chen Fan also sighed in relief. It was indeed as he had thought. As expected, they dismissed him due to his “low” cultivation.

A few divine wills still lingered, scanning him. Still, Chen Fan did not mind it. After deciding on a direction, he shot into the distance.

Shortly after Chen Fan emerged from the cold pool, Chu Chong and the other two also rushed out. They immediately roared, “It’s him! The little bastard stole our Herbaceous Water Spirit. Chase him!”

Their words stunned the hidden experts.

What? That brat took the Herbaceous Water Spirit. Impossible!

And he snatched it right from their hands? That’s not even believable.

Immediately, a peerless expert in the ninth-level Manifestation realm showed himself and said coldly, “Chu Chong, is this true?”

“Sir City Lord, it is indeed true. Our three forces found the Herbaceous Water Spirit first, but while we fought its guardian—a Cold Ice Vicious Flood Dragon—he seized the opening and took it.”

Before Chu Chong’s voice faded, the Hell Flame City’s city lord shot after Chen Fan like a storm.

“Brat, hand over the Herbaceous Water Spirit!” Another ninth-level Manifestation realm expert took action immediately.

The voice belonged to an expert whose divine will was on Chen Fan all this time. He manifested a large terrifying hand that broke through the heavens, grabbing toward Chen Fan like an eagle catching a chick.

Chen Fan’s face changed.

Although he had anticipated such a situation, facing it still sent a tremor through his mind.

Several terrifying auras locked onto him firmly.

“Break!” Chen Fan slashed out, his attack shaking heaven and earth as it clashed with the sky-covering hand. The impact was cataclysmic—like the collapse of the heavens and the splitting of the earth.

“What!” The ninth-level Manifestation realm expert let out an exclamation of shock, surprised that Chen Fan cut his move down with one stroke.

Suddenly, a skinny figure appeared behind Chen Fan. A terrifying aura surged out like a towering wave, pressing the heavens. It simply left others feeling like they were being suffocated.

“Brat, hand over the Herbaceous Water Spirit, and I can guarantee your life!”

The overwhelming aura made Chen Fan’s aura plummet, and his expression changed drastically.

A peak Manifestation realm expert was targeting him.

“Zhu Tianzong! It’s Zhu Tianzong!” Someone recognized the skinny man quickly.

Zhu Tianzong was a renowned figure in the Dead Region.

Chen Fan ignored the man and moved the Wings of Rain Dragon crazily, sweeping across the sky.

Seeing as he was being ignored, Zhu Tianzong snorted coldly and looked at Chen Fan like he was a dead man. He pressed down with a palm strike toward Chen Fan. “

Hmph

, I gave you a way out but you chose death. Since that is the case, go to hell!”

Rumble!

The space shook violently as if it was about to collapse.

The primeval qi of heaven and earth gathered crazily, turning into a large flaming hand burning with a blazing fire and smashing toward Chen Fan.

He had formed this flaming hand by gathering all the fire-attributed primeval qi within a five-kilometer radius using his Martial Soul. The attack could heavily injure even a ninth-level Manifestation realm expert.

The attack underscored the might of Zhu Tianzong’s peak Manifestation realm cultivation.

Sensing that terrifying scorching aura, a pressure descended onto Chen Fan, directly distorting the space, shocking him greatly.

He had fought a ninth-level Manifestation realm expert before; it was very terrifying.

However, facing a peak Manifestation realm, he felt like a speck of dust despite being stronger than ever now.

As the flaming hand descended, a suffocating sense of doom washed over him—just like when he had faced the black-robed man in the past.

“

Roar

!” Chen Fan roared furiously. His true primeval thoroughly erupted as he channeled the Chaotic Heaven Demonic Art. An overwhelming demonic will erupted, and a demonic light shone in his palm, forming profound seals and he struck out.

“Hand of Demon!”

Chen Fan was using the Hand of Demon for the first time.

At the Myriad Demon Islands, he had used the power of adjudication in front of others to hide this power. However, the power of adjudication was far inferior compared to the Hand of Demon.

Chen Fan had seemingly transformed into a demon god.

With a single palm strike, the Hand of Demon descended, as if it could annihilate the heavens and shatter millions of stars. It clashed violently with Zhu Tianzong’s flaming hand in the air.

Rumble!

Deafening sounds of explosions erupted at once.

A terrifying destructive storm swept out crazily like the Yangtze River. A large area of space shattered and turned into primal chaos—a vision of pure destruction.

Both Chen Fan and Zhu Tianzong retreated continuously under the terrifying shockwaves.