[With a single punch, you shattered the confidence of hundreds of geniuses, grinding their dignity and pride into the dust and sending them flying backward, vomiting blood. An exceptional amount of retribution points has been gained. +200,000 retribution points!]
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Chen Xuan’s expression was calm, having returned to normal. The towering flames vanished in an instant, as if they had been nothing but an illusion. His black robes billowed.
His gaze fell upon the scene before him.
’Not bad, having all that confidence. Too bad they don’t know their place!’
’Inner Realm First Layer?’
’Who are they trying to insult?’
’I’m at the Inner Realm Fourth Layer!’
’Do they really think they can win with sheer numbers?’
’If I were really at the Inner Realm First Layer, you lot might have actually pulled it off.’
’Even someone at the Inner Realm Second Layer probably couldn’t have withstood your attacks.’
’But too bad for you!’
’You ran into me, a master at the Fourth Layer.’
’A Fourth Layer master who has also mastered Primordial Unity Qi, the Innate Tyrant Body, and Primordial Barbaric Energy...’
The entire secret realm was engulfed in roaring flames as cries of agony echoed. Figures lay scattered across the ground in torment, their tendons snapped and bones broken—a truly gruesome sight...
"..."
Chen Xuan suddenly turned to Chai Yuan. "Brother Chai, who beat you up before? Drag every single one of them out!"
Snapping out of his stupor, Chai Yuan quickly nodded. "Yes, yes!"
He was shaken to the core, trembling uncontrollably.
He was shocked beyond belief.
’So this is the power of the Inner Realm?’
’This is absolutely terrifying!’
’There’s not a shred of humanity in this!’
With his younger brother and sister, he quickly rushed forward, dragging Huyan Yunlong and Li Heihu out from the crowd.
He also pulled out the other members of their clans who were near them.
Huyan Yunlong, Li Heihu, and the others were scorched black, constantly vomiting blood. Countless bones in their bodies were broken, and their clothes were so tattered that their bare skin was exposed underneath.
"Kneel!"
Immensely satisfied, Chai Yuan grabbed Huyan Yunlong and Li Heihu and slammed them toward the ground.
But Li Heihu, unexpectedly, was a stubborn one and refused to kneel.
As he was being forced down, he braced his legs, trying to push himself back up.
SHLICK!
"AH!"
Chen Xuan gave a casual wave of his hand. Li Heihu let out a blood-curdling scream as his knees were shattered. No longer able to support himself, he collapsed to his knees before Chen Xuan.
"Don’t kneel to me. Kneel to my friend!"
Chen Xuan said coolly, "Kneel to Chai Yuan. We’ll see if he forgives you."
A delighted grin spread across Chai Yuan’s face as he looked down at the two. "Li Heihu, Huyan Yunlong, you never expected this, did you? That you’d have your own day of reckoning? I never understood it. Our Celestial Treasure Mountain is filthy rich, but that’s from generations of hard work by the Chai family. We know how to run things. Your Celestial Might Mountain and Celestial Killing Mountain are poor because you squander everything. And you beat me up just for that? Did you ever once think this day would come!"
SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!
He swung his arm, slapping each of them across the face.
"Don’t just hit them. There are others left."
Chen Xuan pointed at the sprawling mass of geniuses. "Go slap every single person who laid a hand on you before. And you two, go slap them too!"
He looked at Chai Hao and Chai Yu beside him.
Chai Hao and Chai Yu were already shocked beyond words, but then a fierce light glinted in their eyes.
With Chen Xuan backing them, they walked right up, picked out the people who had hit or cursed them in the past, and began slapping them viciously.
"Wait, wait! I was wrong, I admit I was wrong! Cut me some slack..."
someone said hurriedly.
"Cut you some slack?"
Chen Xuan cut him off. "When all of you were ganging up on me just now, why didn’t you cut *me* any slack? Rip his mouth open! Anyone else who dares to speak gets their mouth ripped open!"
’When they were mobbing me, there was no talk of this.’
’Now that I’ve flattened them with one punch, they want to admit they were wrong?’
’Sorry!’
’Not happening!’
’The more you beg for mercy, the more I want to rip your mouth apart!’
’The die is cast! An arrow loosed from the bow never returns!’
"I’ll do it!"
Incredibly excited, Chai Yuan rushed over and pinned the man down with his foot.
As the man watched in utter terror, Chai Yuan ripped his mouth wide open. Blood immediately began to flow as a horrific scream tore through the air.
Afterward, Chai Hao and Chai Yu, their faces flushed with excitement, ran over and started slapping each of the people who had attacked them before.
With a series of sharp slaps, they beat the so-called geniuses until their mouths were filled with blood, all the fight beaten out of them.
Once they had all had their fill.
Finally, it was Chen Xuan’s turn again.
"Alright, my friends have had their fun. Now it’s time to settle the score between us!"
His tone was calm. "Before we started, I said I would allow you to join forces. But I also said that if you couldn’t defeat me, you would all have to kneel and slap your own faces. Now it’s time to fulfill that promise. Kneel!"
His gaze swept directly over the crowd.
The geniuses on the ground merely grunted, playing dead without moving a muscle.
"What? You think you can bully me because I play fair?"
Chen Xuan frowned. "Unwilling to honor your promise? If you won’t, then don’t blame me. I’ll take anyone who refuses, knock them out, and hang them from the mountain peak outside for everyone to get a crystal-clear view."
The crowd lying on the ground immediately looked horrified, and an involuntary shiver ran down their spines.
’This Chen Xuan would actually do something like that!’
They had heard tales of his deeds before.
’No matter who it was, if you provoked him, he’d strip you bare and hang you up for all to see...’
They were terrified.
"Young... Young Hero Chen, I’m from Celestial Strange Mountain. We have some friendly relations with your Martial Alliance. Could you give me a chance?"
someone said miserably.
"Do you remember what I just said?"
Chen Xuan’s fiery, merciless gaze suddenly landed on the speaker. "I said that anyone who dared to speak would have their mouth torn. Do you take my words for bullshit?"