National Guardian's Gone and We're Done

Chu He showed no sign of anger.

He just looked calmly at the man named Chen Jia and asked, ”A few grown men like you, not out saving the world, but pinning all your hopes on this little girl?”

”Exactly!” Xia Chengli nodded eagerly.

”Xia Chengli, come back with us. Otherwise, we’ll be forced to act.

From the moment you were born into this world, you should have understood the duty on your shoulders.

Otherwise, why else would you have appeared in this world?”

Chen Jia looked away from Chu He and turned to Xia Chengli, saying coldly, ”You’ve had enough freedom out here.

Now, Ancestor Cain of the Vampire Clan has been resurrected.

This heralds that the tide of Evil Spirits will bring chaos across the entire Blue Star to its peak.

The resurrection of Ancestor Cain of the Vampire Clan isn’t the end, but the beginning.”

”By what right?”

Xia Chengli retorted.

”Didn’t you come out here and cause all this trouble just to find someone who could stand against us?”

The other man, Chen Yi, spoke up. ”It’s obvious. You must have realized it by now.

Only by completing our plan can we truly end the chaos on Blue Star and restore it to the state it was in before the Evil Spirit invasion.”

”I don’t know what kind of plan you all are plotting,

but I can’t just stand by and watch you place such a heavy burden on a little girl.

If you know what’s good for you, you’ll leave on your own.

Otherwise, there’s no way you’re taking Xia Chengli today.”

Based on the snippets of their conversation, Chu He was beginning to understand why Xia Chengli had suddenly latched onto him, wanting to learn some powerful Secret Techniques.

’It must be to deal with these people.’

’And that woman, Ruan Hongyi, must have known in advance about the complicated relationships trailing Xia Chengli, which is why she deliberately led her to me.’

’If I had killed Xia Chengli, it would have inevitably infringed on the interests of a large and mysterious organization,

bringing endless, deadly trouble my way.’

Chu He was now starting to get interested in the mysterious group behind Xia Chengli.

From the way they spoke, it seemed they already had a firm grasp on some of the world’s truths.

”Enough talk.

Since you are also an important force in the fight against the Evil Spirits, we didn’t plan on making a move against you.

But you insist on being stubborn.”

The great sun hung high in the sky, sunlight pouring down like a waterfall and plating the earth in a dazzling golden sheen.

In the bright light of day, Chen Jia’s movements were especially conspicuous as he gave a light wave of his arm.

In an instant, the three other men, including Chen Yi, flickered and vanished from their spots like ghosts.

When they reappeared, they stood firmly at the four cardinal points—east, west, south, and north—forming a perfect formation between them.

Their movements were swift and in perfect unison, as if they had rehearsed this a thousand times over.

Next, the four men drew their swords simultaneously.

The glint of their blades flashed like cold stars, yet the moment they touched the ground, the light gently merged into the earth, the sword tips burying themselves deep.

It was as if children of the earth were paying their deepest respects to their mother.

Then, their hands rapidly formed a series of seals.

The bend of each knuckle and the turn of each palm pulsed with profound and mysterious principles.

A heavy and solemn aura began to permeate the air.

Standing to the side, Chu He’s gaze was like a torch, keenly catching every minute change.

He was surprised to discover that these four could actually commune with heaven and earth,

and call upon the most profound and ancient force in the natural world—the Power of the Earth!

As they completed their sequence of hand seals, an earthy-yellow aura slowly rose from deep within the ground.

Its color was deep and ancient, as if containing the great changes and history of the earth over hundreds of millions of years.

This aura grew stronger, gradually suffusing the entire space as the earth began to tremble violently, as if answering a summons.

The ground began to heave and bulge irregularly, and earthy-yellow Dragon Veins snaked across the wasteland.

They churned and writhed, releasing astounding energy fluctuations that warped the surrounding air.

Finally, this earthy-yellow aura condensed into a dazzling, four-sided treasured seal that hovered in mid-air.

It radiated light in all directions, blanketing the entire Demon Cave region in an earthy-yellow brilliance.

The appearance of this treasured seal was like the descent of a Celestial God, carrying an unparalleled majesty and power,

and it completely purified this Demon Cave within the Great Xia Empire, a place perennially shrouded in gloom and a chilling aura.

”Hmph. You think the mere Power of the Earth can stop me?”

Chu He sneered. The Spiritual Power in his body roiled as lightning and True Sun Fire intertwined, forming a world-destroying force.

He stomped hard on the ground, his body rocketing forward. Lightning and fire wreathed his fist, which, like a fist of annihilation, flew toward the earthy-yellow seal with unstoppable momentum.

”Huh?”

Chen Jia flinched slightly.

He clearly hadn’t expected Chu He to be able to unleash such a pure and tyrannical power; it completely defied his expectations.

Although they had long heard of Chu He’s reputation, they had always secretly held him in contempt.

This was because Chen Jia and his men cultivated the most ancient and powerful of Ancient Techniques.

Yet now, from Chu He’s attack, they could feel the power of a similarly ancient and mysterious Ancient Technique.

Chen Jia’s hands changed, forming a new series of seals.

An earthen wall shot up from the ground before the four men, arching high into the air.

The torrent of lightning mixed with True Sun Fire crashed heavily against the wall, only to be forcefully blocked.

Chu He’s Primordial Spirit Power spread out rapidly in all directions,

capturing the flow of energy beneath the ground with perfect clarity.

Chen Jia, Chen Yi, and the other two were now one with the Power of the Earth, completely inseparable.

They were the Power of the Earth, and the Power of the Earth was them.

Chu He could sense that the four of them had not yet reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

In other words, they shouldn’t have been qualified to call upon the power of heaven and earth for their own use.

And yet, that was exactly what they were doing.

This meant there was only one possibility.

Chen Jia, Chen Yi, and the other two were practicing some kind of Secret Technique that could combine the power of all four of them into a single force.

This Secret Technique could elevate their strength to an unbelievable level in a short amount of time,

allowing them to harness the power of heaven and earth to kill their enemies.

Chu He had never seen such a peculiar Secret Technique.

No wonder Ruan Hongyi of the Ruan Family had thought that offending Xia Chengli could get one killed by her protectors.

However, Chu He’s eyes were filled with nothing but deep disdain.

Back when he was guarding the Demon Cave in the Great Jing Empire, Chu He’s power had already reached an unprecedented state.

Yet even then, countless humans had died tragically at the hands of Evil Spirits,

and countless mortals had also risen up through the path of Martial Arts.

With their blood and their bodies, they had desperately held back the final Slaughter Knife the Evil Spirits had raised against humanity, safeguarding the hope of the human race.

Yet this group of people who cultivated powerful Secret Techniques was nowhere to be found from beginning to end.

And now they had the gall to proclaim they were creating some kind of plan to resolve the Evil Spirit problem once and for all.

Chu He’s hand gripped the Xuanyuan Sword, and he took the initiative, slashing viciously at the man named Chen Jia.

The tyrannical might of the Xuanyuan Sword was like the descent of a supreme emperor, bringing with it a power that forced even heaven and earth to bow in fear.

This strike carried the Xuanyuan Sword’s inherent, supreme imperial majesty,

and with an absolutely tyrannical aura, it directly severed the connection between Chen Jia’s group and the Power of the Earth!

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