Dragon-Marked War God

Jiang Chen could not bear it. Watching Red Lotus cry so heartbrokenly, her eyes full of grief, there was no longer a trace of the strong woman she had once been.

Or perhaps, in his eyes, she had long since stopped being that strong.

“Let me try.”

Jiang Chen’s expression was grave. At this moment, he gripped the Heavenly Dragon Sword and unleashed the Eighteenth Sword, using every bit of his swordsmanship to try to break the restriction formation in the eighteenth level of purgatory. But in the end, it still ended in failure.

Jiang Chen would not give up. Wave after wave of Heavenly Lightning power surged madly and fell on the eighteenth level of purgatory without the slightest effect. The four Heavenly Lightnings bombarded it again and again, but the restriction formation was not stirred in the least.

Finally, Jiang Chen took up the bronze throne and smashed it down hard, but it was still useless. This time, even the Ancestral Dragon Emperor inside the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda seemed unable to keep watching.

“Give up. Without the strength of the Heavenly King Realm, it’s simply impossible to break this restriction. No matter how many divine weapons you hold, no matter how extraordinary your talent, it’s simply impossible. Because that restriction is… forget it. In any case, you two should give up. Even in the primordial era, the Hell Karmic Fire was an extremely terrifying existence. There are reasons it was suppressed here.”

The Ancestral Dragon Emperor sighed.

“Senior Ancestral Dragon Emperor, do you know something?”

Red Lotus asked hurriedly, as if grabbing at a life-saving straw.

“I don’t know much, and what I do know concerns only some minor figures. Even for me, it was very hard to come into contact with the truly great figures, so it’s better that you don’t know. Back then, I could only count as an expert of the post-primordial era.”

The Ancestral Dragon Emperor said in a low voice, then went back into the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda and vanished without a trace once more.

Jiang Chen smiled bitterly. This Ancestral Dragon Emperor really knew how to whet people’s appetites. But Jiang Chen guessed that perhaps he really was powerless too. Otherwise, the Ancestral Dragon Emperor would not have stood by without helping. Moreover, the Ancestral Dragon Emperor seemed very reticent about that restriction and unwilling to say more.

“Let’s go for now. We’ll come back here eventually.”

Jiang Chen said gently.

Red Lotus silently gazed at the eighteenth level of purgatory where the Hell Karmic Fire rose, lost in thought. In the end she nodded and left with Jiang Chen.

At this moment, outside the Heavenly Dragon Prison, Niu Tianlang and three Early Divine Emperor experts were all waiting respectfully. They were even full of anticipation. As soon as Fen Gudong appeared, he would surely have devoured the Hell Karmic Fire completely, and then they too could rise straight up through Fen Gudong’s methods. This was their good fortune and their opportunity.

“Gentlemen, in the future you must put in a few more good words for me in front of Brother Fen, hahaha.”

Niu Tianlang said with a laugh. After all, compared with the three who were Fen Gudong’s direct subordinates from the Ghost Pill Sect, his presence was bound to be a bit weaker. Although none of the three was as strong as he was, they were all from the same school as Fen Gudong. That kind of bond was something he could never match.

“Of course, of course. Palace Lord, you’re too kind. In the future we’ll all serve Elder Fen together, so we should pull together in the same boat, shouldn’t we? Hehehe.”

The three elders of the Ghost Pill Sect also smiled and nodded.

At this moment, there was finally some movement in the eighteenth level of purgatory.

“It’s Brother Fen. Brother Fen must be coming out?”

Niu Tianlang’s eyes lit up, and the smile at the corner of his mouth grew even brighter.

But just as Niu Tianlang was excited, an unparalleled sword qi shot out from the eighteenth level of purgatory. At this moment, none of the four had the slightest guard up, and all of them were heavily wounded.

“What’s going on…”

“This is impossible!”

When Niu Tianlang and the others saw Jiang Chen and Red Lotus standing at the entrance to the eighteenth level of purgatory, their faces all turned extremely ugly, pale and bloodless. Fear and terror arose spontaneously.

“You you you… how are you still alive? Jiang Chen!”

Niu Tianlang looked at Jiang Chen in alarm and doubt, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Why couldn’t I be alive? He wanted to kill me, but that Fen Gudong went to the eighteenth level of hell first himself. Who is there to blame?”

Jiang Chen smiled faintly. These four were already at the end of their strength. Caught completely off guard and heavily wounded by his one sword, they had no fighting power left at all. They had thought the one coming out of the eighteenth level of purgatory would be Fen Gudong, but never expected it to be Jiang Chen.

All of them were stunned, staring at Jiang Chen at a loss for words. With Fen Gudong dead, it was as if they had instantly lost their backbone and become a band of scattered stragglers.

Jiang Chen took a step forward, and Niu Tianlang said in a deep voice,

“Jiang Chen, what are you going to do!”

“What am I going to do? Don’t you know? If I spare you, you’ll surely be a serious threat later. Tell me, shouldn’t I kill you?”

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

“This is a sneak attack. Such despicable behavior, you’ll be struck by lightning.”

Niu Tianlang said angrily, but he could not hide the fear in his eyes.

“Jiang Chen, if you dare kill us, you’ll come to a bad end. The Ghost Pill Sect will definitely hunt you down.”

One of the Ghost Pill Sect elders said viciously.

“What? Say that again, I didn’t hear clearly. How can you say something so shameless? If I don’t kill you, then I’ll be hunted endlessly. If I kill you, no one will ever know. When you wanted to kill me back then, why didn’t you think about being hunted by the Drawing Sword Sect? And now you’re warning me? Hahaha, a bunch of idiots.”

Jiang Chen sneered without end. Talking to this bunch, he felt it was an insult to his intelligence.

“May you be good people in your next life. No, wait, you won’t have a next life. You’ll all be reduced to ash.”

Jiang Chen raised his sword. Instantly, the faces of Niu Tianlang and the other three turned deathly pale. His hand rose and the sword fell. The Heavenly Dragon Sword’s momentum was like a rainbow, cutting across the sky. The four were completely wiped out by Jiang Chen, and their souls were swallowed whole by the Great Yu Soul Forming Light.

Jiang Chen did not hesitate in the slightest, because leaving these people alive would only make every step harder for him. And at this moment, the Profound Connection Divine Palace had completely fallen. The few people of the Ghost Pill Sect had also been wiped out silently by Jiang Chen. Only by killing them to the last could future trouble be removed forever.

Jiang Chen was like an unstoppable force, like a king ruling the world, standing proudly above the Profound Connection Divine Palace. At that moment, all eyes were on him. Countless instructors and disciples gazed at Jiang Chen with extreme fear.

Lin Youkang’s face was pale. Jiang Chen’s pressure made everyone find it hard to breathe.

Lin Youkang smiled bitterly. Things had come to this. He knew the Palace Lord was already dead, and the Profound Connection Divine Palace now would surely exist in name only.

If Jiang Chen wanted to wipe them out, there was nothing at all to stop him.

All three Palace Lords had died at Jiang Chen’s hands. It had to be said, it was like a curse, like a cycle.