Chapter 16: God-Slaying Bone-Breaking, Three Arrows Suppress Sky Bone City
"Who told you that you could leave?"
The cold voice rang out suddenly. The moment City Lord Qi Shang finished speaking, two Solid Core Realm martial artists intercepted Su Chen.
The onlookers around them did not seem surprised. Since this man had publicly slaughtered six Void Pill Realm experts from the Dong family, and they were in Sky Bone City, it was impossible for the City Lord to simply let him go.
A Solid Core Realm martial artist was in an entirely different league than a Void Pill Realm expert.
It wasn't just the City Lord's Mansion; the Xia family had also dispatched two Solid Core Realm martial artists.
Four Solid Core Realm experts in total surrounded Su Chen, trapping him in the center.
Dong Xi sneered, "Boy, I, Dong Xi, keep my word. The grudge between you and my Dong family ends here. As for your insolence in Sky Bone City, that is a matter for the City Lord's Mansion."
How shameless!
Utterly disgraceful!
Su Chen, however, laughed.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at how you can be so shameless without even blushing. If Sky Bone City wants to keep me, you'd better see if you have the ability to do so."
This statement was arrogant—and domineering!
Xia Quan said with a smile on his face, "You possess extraordinary skills to be able to defeat Void Pill Realm experts, but this is Sky Bone City. Since you killed people here in public, you owe the City Lord's Mansion an explanation."
The figure of the White Fox suddenly appeared before Su Chen, its icy eyes fixed on the people in front of it.
"White Fox, go back."
It chose to ignore Xia Liyan directly, squeaking at him.
Su Chen patted the White Fox's head and said with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness, but leave this place first."
The White Fox bowed its head, pondered for a moment, and ultimately followed Su Chen's instructions, its figure rapidly vanishing from everyone's sight.
Looking at the four Solid Core Realm experts surrounding him, Su Chen could conclude that the Sky Bone City Lord and the other two family heads were likely all Golden Core Realm experts. He could slay Void Pill Realm experts, but he might not be able to contend with Solid Core Realm experts, let alone Golden Core Realm ones.
Giving up, however, was simply not an option.
"All of you, get out of the way! Those who block me die!"
He had to get out of Sky Bone City.
Hearing this, City Lord Qi Shang laughed. Anyone could see that Qi Shang's laughter was filled with unbridled mockery and contempt.
Being able to kill six Void Pill Realm experts did not mean one could defeat Solid Core Realm martial artists, and it was even less likely one could contend with a Golden Core Realm City Lord.
"Kill him!"
Qi Shang showed no mercy. In his view, as the City Lord of Sky Bone City, his job was to uphold his own dignity, which no one was allowed to violate—especially not a Foundation Establishment Realm nobody.
The four Solid Core Realm martial artists charged directly at Su Chen.
Su Chen’s eyes turned cold to the extreme. A black longbow instantly appeared in his hand—the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Bow he had obtained in the Heavenly Punishment Forest—and he nocked a God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Arrow.
Currently, the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Bow was suppressed within his Chaos body, assisted by eight Buddhas. Fearing a backlash, he had been unwilling to use it unless absolutely necessary.
But now, the situation was completely different.
Facing four Solid Core Realm experts and a Golden Core Realm City Lord, he would hardly leave Sky Bone City alive without using the bow.
He drew the bow and pulled the string.
Suddenly, terrifying killing intent, fierce and tyrannical, roared out from the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Bow. Everyone’s complexion changed drastically; even the four Solid Core Realm martial artists shivered involuntarily.
As they retreated, Su Chen didn't waste another second. He released the string, and a God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Arrow tore through the bow, roaring toward the sky with a fierce, malevolent aura.
"Dodge!"
It was too late. The four Solid Core Realm martial artists scrambled to evade, never imagining that they had already been locked on by the arrow; they didn't even have a chance to dodge.
Under the stunned gazes of all present, the four Solid Core Realm martial artists were pierced through by the black arrow. With a single shot, all four were killed—like kebabs on a skewer. Their bodies burst one after another, their chests exploding like fireworks, spraying blood mists. A pungent, bloody stench filled the air.
Staggering, Su Chen nearly collapsed. He knew full well that with his current cultivation, it was extremely difficult to force himself to use the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Bow. He had to finish this quickly; he could not delay.
In such a situation, the longer he dragged it out, the worse it would be for him; that was beyond doubt.
He didn't yet know how many arrows he could fire.
He had already fired the first.
Immediately after, a second God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Arrow appeared on the bow. He quickly drew it again, gritting his teeth against the waves of weakness washing over his mind, his eyes growing even colder.
The target of the second arrow was Dong Xi and Xia Quan.
Dong Xi and Xia Quan seemed to realize it and immediately turned to flee. However, while they were fast, the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Arrow was faster. Like a bolt of lightning, it tore through layers of space, shooting directly toward them.
The moment the arrow left the bow, Su Chen also vanished from where he stood.
A pig-like shriek pierced the sky.
Dong Zhang stared with wide, unbelieving eyes. He simply could not fathom why, even though his father and the City Lord had arrived, he was still going to die.
Was this guy really still in the Foundation Establishment Realm?
Killing Dong Zhang with a single shot, Su Chen's figure vanished again. He wanted to take advantage of this opening to execute the two primary culprits.
Dong Xi and Xia Quan were both Level 2 Golden Core Realm experts, among the best in all of Sky Bone City. Having led their families to stand tall for so many years, their capabilities spoke for themselves.
Unfortunately, they had mistakenly thought a Foundation Establishment Realm martial artist was easy to bully and intended to wipe him out, never imagining that the bow in Su Chen's hand would be so tyrannical.
The two fled in different directions, hoping to gamble on whose luck was better.
Yet, they hadn't expected that the moment Su Chen finished slaughtering Dong Zhang, a third God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Arrow was already fired—splitting into two trajectories, shooting toward Dong Xi and Xia Quan simultaneously.
He had absolute confidence that the two arrows he fired would be able to kill these two Golden Core Realm experts.
*Pfft!*
Su Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, his face pale as paper. He had fired three arrows in a row and could no longer fire a fourth. He had to get out of there immediately.
But before leaving, there was one more thing he had to do.
Appearing like a ghost in front of Xia Liyan, he stared at the young girl with cold, ghastly eyes and said coldly, "Using power to bully others comes with a price."
"No, I know I was wrong!"
She knew she was wrong?
It was too late.
There was no regret medicine for sale in this world. A mistake was a mistake, and some errors could not be forgiven. Xia Liyan would never have imagined, even if beaten to death, that things would reach this point.
Usually, she was high and mighty, the apple of the Xia family’s eye. Especially in Sky Bone City, she did whatever she pleased and had never encountered any trouble.
This time, however, she had bet wrong.
Because of her willfulness, unreasonableness, and reliance on status to bully others, she had lost her life.
***
Chapter 17: Ancestral Phoenix Nirvana Art
*Pfft!*
As blood sprayed, Su Chen’s body began to sway. He lacked the strength to fire a fourth arrow; otherwise, he would definitely have finished off this so-called City Lord as well.
The people who deserved to die were dead, though things hadn't ended perfectly.
Even if there was a lingering sense of disappointment, he didn't stop, for Su Chen knew clearly that even if he risked his life, he couldn't use the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Bow again.
The bow vanished from his hand instantly.
His head grew dizzy, but he gritted his teeth and pushed on.
Having used the bow to fire three consecutive arrows, an evil aura had silently invaded his mind.
A deathly silence!
Everyone stared at the scene before them, completely bewildered.
No one had imagined that a Foundation Establishment Realm martial artist, relying on a bow and three arrows, could kill four Solid Core Realm experts and two Golden Core Realm experts, including Dong Zhang and Xia Liyan.
Greed filled Qi Shang’s eyes as he stared unashamedly at the bow and arrows that had vanished.
As for the Xia and Dong families, they were decimated, but that had nothing to do with him; there were many families in Sky Bone City, and if two were lost, he could simply prop up new ones.
However, the bow and arrows in the young man's hand were clearly supreme treasures capable of bridging the gap between realms. Qi Shang could see that the youth was at his limit and could no longer fire a fourth arrow.
If there had been even a sliver of a chance, he believed the youth would have fired that fourth arrow without hesitation.
Qi Shang felt a lingering fear; it was fortunate that the man hadn't targeted him first; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The opportunity had arrived.
Watching the youth stumbling, ready to collapse at any moment, Qi Shang hesitated no longer. He strode toward the youth, his face filled with greed.
Many of the onlooking martial artists also felt greedy, but they dared not move to seize it. Unless one could suppress Qi Shang, it was useless.
Only a step away from the city gate, Su Chen could no longer hold on. An irresistible weakness surged through his mind, and his body collapsed.
Even so, everyone looked on with admiration; after all, for a Foundation Establishment Realm martial artist, being able to accomplish all of this was truly extraordinary.
Seeing the youth fall, joy flashed in Qi Shang’s eyes. Just as he came within a meter of the youth and prepared to strike to kill him and seize the bow, a figure appeared instantly—a face of such beauty that everyone felt suffocated.
Before Qi Shang could react, an icy, domineering power enveloped him, forcibly freezing his entire being.
With a *bang*, Qi Shang’s body burst apart, turning into a mist of blood. Everyone’s expression changed in terror; no one had expected that the mighty Golden Core Realm City Lord, Qi Shang, couldn't even withstand a single move from her.
Vanished?
Looking at the woman who had disappeared in an instant, and the youth who had already lost consciousness, it felt like a dream.
"Sky Bone City is going to change."
"No kidding. The City Lord has fallen, and the Xia and Dong families have been crippled. The other families won't let this opportunity pass."
"So, do we stay or go?"
"Stay, of course. Let's see if we can pick up some scraps."
***
At dusk.
Inside a dimly lit cave, Luo Tianfei frowned deeply as she looked at the unconscious youth. She had already left, but she kept feeling restless and had ultimately chosen to come back and take a look.
She had never held any man in high regard; this incident was purely an accident. She had originally wanted to obtain the divine demonic martial arts on the stone wall, but she hadn't expected the stone wall to be so tyrannical—even a top-tier existence like her hadn't been able to withstand its erosion.
Although Su Chen had taken advantage of her, he had always been passive.
She channeled the Ancestral Phoenix Nirvana Art, and waves of phoenix nirvana energy flowed continuously into Su Chen’s body. She then took out a yellow-red pill and gently placed it into his mouth.
She felt conflicted about the matter.
She had given her first time to Su Chen. To say nothing had happened would be a lie, but for her to accept the current Su Chen was impossible.
An hour later, Luo Tianfei walked to the cave entrance and formed hand seals, simply setting up a concealment formation.
With a sigh, she left. This time, she was truly leaving.
Time passed.
He didn't know how long it had been, but Su Chen slowly opened his heavy eyelids. His body was wracked with pain and weakness; it felt as if his internal organs had been displaced, and his soul felt as though it were being torn apart.
Barely managing to crawl up, Su Chen sensed a powerful force flowing through his body, along with the remnants of medicinal energy.
"Luo Tianfei?"
The moment he had blacked out, he had vaguely seen a phantom condensing before him. His intuition told him that the person who had saved him and taken him out of Sky Bone City was likely Luo Tianfei.
He shook his head helplessly. At this moment, Su Chen suddenly sensed a technique emerging in his mind.
"Ancestral Phoenix Nirvana Art?"
It had to be Luo Tianfei. He sighed deeply, understanding that he was currently not qualified to pursue her. He could guess that her identity was certainly not simple.
He wouldn't give up.
Luo Tianfei was his first woman. In the future, he would definitely go to the Ancestral Phoenix Palace to find her and tell the whole world that she was his woman.
As for the Ancestral Phoenix Nirvana Art she had left him, it was extraordinary; it allowed energy to circulate endlessly, and if practiced to the extreme, it possessed the power of nirvana and rebirth.
He immediately sat cross-legged and began to circulate his energy according to the trajectory of the Ancestral Phoenix Nirvana Art.
What happened in Sky Bone City had been a complete accident. He hadn't gone looking for trouble; it was just that a white fox had kowtowed to the purple fox in his arms, and a "simp" had jumped in, wanting to step on him to curry favor with the woman he was chasing.
Others might have been afraid or willing to accept the humiliation.
But he, even if he had to die in battle, would never do so.
If it happened again, he would still choose to fight; he would never retreat a single step.
However, Su Chen hadn't expected that the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Bow, suppressed within his Chaos body, would be so tyrannical. He had only fired three arrows, yet his soul had almost been destroyed by the backlash. Had Luo Tianfei not saved him in time, his fate would have been unknown.
Still, his luck was not bad; he had survived after all.
It seemed that in the future, he would have to abstain from using the God-Slaying Bone-Breaking Bow unless his cultivation reached a certain level. Otherwise, who knew if he'd be that lucky next time?
After an entire night of cultivation and recovery, by the second day, as the morning light bathed the world, Su Chen finally stabilized his injuries and was able to move.
Luo Tianfei had not returned; it seemed she had already gone.
He reached the cave entrance and felt an invisible energy barrier. He knew this was the formation covering the cave to prevent him from being discovered.
***
Chapter 18: Seems Like Another Backdoor Admission
The Su Clan.
A top-tier force in the Eastern Wasteland.
Located in the southwestern region of the Eastern Wasteland, it governed tens of thousands of miles of territory, controlling hundreds of dynasties and sects. It even had branches, of which the Su family in Panyou City was one.
On the mountainside of a secluded peak.
A handsome youth sat cross-legged on a boulder, his hands constantly forming seals as he practiced the Seven Kills Sword Technique.
Su Hao—the one who had stripped Su Chen of his Emperor Bone—possessed heaven-defying talent himself and was hailed by the Su Clan as their number one genius. His awakened Blood Wheel was the Seven Kills Sword Blood Wheel.
The fact that he could derive his own martial arts from his Blood Wheel spoke volumes.
Having obtained opportunities during his trip to the Heavenly Punishment Forest, his cultivation had successfully broken through to the intermediate Golden Core Realm.
Energy surged from his body like a vast sea. Above his head, his Blood Wheel condensed, containing a red-black sword that radiated terrifying killing intent.
"Seven Kills align, break!"
The Golden Core within him became even more solid, breaking through his own limits and successfully advancing from the intermediate Golden Core Realm to the advanced Golden Core Realm.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly condensed and knelt on one knee, saying, "Young Master, news from Panyou City: Su Chen has been expelled from the family."
Su Hao nodded, satisfied. In his eyes, Su Chen had always been an existence no different from an ant.
With his status and strength, he could crush Su Chen with the flick of a finger; there was no suspense at all.
However, Su Hao hadn't acted in the Heavenly Punishment Forest because he enjoyed the feeling of looking down from above, making Su Chen’s life worse than death.
"Send people to humiliate him. Remember, do not kill him."
"Yes."
The black shadow vanished without a trace.
Having just broken through to the advanced Golden Core Realm, he didn't waste time and slowly closed his eyes, beginning to charge toward the peak Golden Core Realm.
***
After five days of rushing, Su Chen finally entered the territory of the Eastern Wasteland Academy.
It was an immense valley surrounded by faint white mist. From a distance, it looked as if it were situated on the peaks of white clouds.
At the entrance to the valley stood a plaque with four words written on it: "Eastern Wasteland Academy." This was the famous Eastern Wasteland Academy.
The overall strength and heritage of the Eastern Wasteland Academy were very strong. Most importantly, the reason the academy had stood tall in the Eastern Wasteland for so many years was that many of the martial artists it cultivated had become powerhouses in the Eastern Wasteland, or even left the Eastern Wasteland to travel to the mainland.
No force was willing to provoke the Eastern Wasteland Academy.
Back in the day, Su Zhan was hailed as the number one powerhouse of the Eastern Wasteland and had done a favor for the Dean of the Eastern Wasteland Academy.
It was precisely because of this that Su Yuan had sought help from the academy, allowing Su Chen to come here to practice and, in a way, hide from the Su Clan.
"Student, please take out your identity jade plate."
"Teacher, hello. My name is Su Chen. I am a new student and have come to report today."
The middle-aged man sitting at the gate nodded and said, "Enrollment time has passed."
"I was delayed on the road."
The man took out a register and checked it one by one. It took him a full half-hour before he put the register away and said, "Su Chen, this is your identity jade plate. You have been assigned to the 22nd Primary Class."
"Thank you."
Receiving the jade plate with the words "Su Chen" engraved on it, he held his identity token.
"Su Chen, all Primary Classes are currently participating in the 'Rising Dragon Competition.' If you want to participate, head straight to the Eastern Wasteland Forest."
Rising Dragon Competition?
Before Su Chen could speak, the man introduced him to the academy’s situation and the so-called Rising Dragon Competition.
The Eastern Wasteland Academy was divided into five levels: Primary Class, Intermediate Class, Advanced Class, Ace Class, and Royal Class.
Foundation Establishment Realm martial artists entered the Primary Class.
Void Pill Realm martial artists entered the Intermediate Class.
Solid Core Realm martial artists entered the Advanced Class.
Golden Core Realm martial artists entered the Ace Class.
To enter the Royal Class, one had to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Such students became the key focus of the academy’s cultivation, could enter any area to practice at will, and received the maximum support and resources from the academy.
In the Eastern Wasteland Academy, there were two rankings: the Rising Dragon List and the Hundred Battles List. Whether it was for these lists, there was an annual competition. On normal days, students could challenge those on the lists.