Immortal Martial Emperor

Hong Renjie was supremely confident. Hong Yu’s Spiritual Power attack couldn’t do a thing to him!

When it came to his soul, Hong Renjie had every reason to be confident!

After all, his soul was at the Primordial Embryo Realm Level. Since the previous Ice Divine Blade attack had been ineffective against him, Hong Renjie didn’t give this Spirit Storm a second thought.

However...

The moment the Spirit Storm entered his body, Hong Renjie was filled with regret.

Unlike the Ice Divine Blade, which directly used Hong Yu’s Spiritual Power as its attack vector, the Spirit Storm took an unconventional approach. It used Hong Yu’s own Spiritual Power as a catalyst.

Once inside the opponent’s body, the Spirit Storm would incite the target’s own Spiritual Power to run rampant.

This was the Spirit Storm!

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

The expression on Hong Renjie’s face instantly froze.

He clutched his head in agony. Under the assault of the Spirit Storm, it felt as though his skull was about to split open.

The intense pain was so unbearable that Hong Renjie nearly collapsed.

He wished he could just rip his own head open.

"Blood Demon Purifying Heart Spell!"

With crimson eyes, Hong Renjie growled through the intense pain.

Sustained by the Blood Demon Purifying Heart Spell, streams of cool energy flowed through his body, and Hong Renjie’s agony gradually subsided.

He glared venomously at Hong Yu.

But Hong Yu was already standing before him. Seeing that Hong Renjie had regained some clarity, Hong Yu grinned mockingly, then lashed out with his left hand, unleashing a sharp Palm Wind.

BOOM!

The spectral palm instantly swelled to ten meters in size and viciously slammed into Hong Renjie.

Still dazed and not yet fully conscious, Hong Renjie’s body shuddered under the blow, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Palm Force behind Hong Yu’s strike was immense.

The single strike sent Hong Renjie flying thirty or forty meters away. Hong Yu didn’t waste a moment, using Wind Rider to pursue him at extreme speed.

Just as Hong Renjie was about to hit the ground, Hong Yu caught up. The Godslaying Spear in his hand shot forward, and with a powerful, one-armed upward flick, he launched Hong Renjie into the sky.

Hong Renjie’s body was sent soaring into the air.

BANG!

Hong Yu kicked powerfully off the ground.

Using the recoil to launch himself upward, he shot into the sky and caught up with Hong Renjie.

"Get down!"

Hong Yu gripped the Godslaying Spear with both hands and smashed it down hard.

BANG!

The blow landed squarely on Hong Renjie’s shoulder.

Hong Renjie cried out in agony. His entire left arm went limp from the shoulder down, and his body shot toward the ground like a falling star.

THUD!

Hong Renjie smashed heavily into the ground.

The impact gouged out a half-meter-deep crater, leaving him lying inside it.

If not for his Primordial Core Realm cultivation and his Primordial Gang Armor, that blow would have been enough to kill him.

’D-damn it, how could this happen?’

Hong Renjie spat out a mouthful of dirt and tried to roll over and get up.

His heart was now filled with regret.

’I shouldn’t have been so careless and underestimated my enemy. I fell right into Hong Yu’s Spirit Storm.’

’A single mistake, and my entire advantage collapsed like a landslide!’

’Damn it, I can’t just lie here and wait to die...’

Hong Renjie struggled to push his weakened body up.

But just as he turned, an icy chill touched his neck.

He looked down to see the sharp tip of Hong Yu’s Godslaying Spear pressed against his throat.

Hong Renjie struggled in agony for a moment before Hong Yu stomped on his chest, forcing him back into the crater. Hong Yu’s calm voice followed, "Hong Renjie, I bet you never dreamed you’d end up in a situation like this, did you?"

"Wh-what do you want?"

Hong Renjie asked through gritted teeth.

The corner of Hong Yu’s eye twitched. "You’re asking me what I want?" he said coldly. "Hmph. Do you remember the Third Elder? The one whose arms and legs you cut off, whose ears you sliced off, whose eyes you gouged out, and whose tongue you chopped out?"

Hong Yu’s eyes were bloodshot with rage.

He had never forgotten his quest for vengeance for the Third Elder.

That kind old man had had his limbs severed and his senses destroyed by Hong Renjie, only to be kept alive in a vat of medicinal fluid, unable to live, yet forbidden to die.

Back in Yaoyue City, Hong Yu had already tried to take his revenge on Hong Renjie.

But his attempt had been thwarted by Hai Cangtian.

Faced with Hai Cangtian’s overwhelming power, and with Feng Xue Xin’s condition still unknown, Hong Yu could only suppress his hatred.

It wasn’t until he was in the Land of Trial that he finally understood: killing Hong Renjie was the only way to break the Blood Curse affecting Feng Xue Xin and the others.

However, while in the Land of Trial, Hong Yu never found a suitable opportunity to strike.

That is, until Hong Renjie and his men were lured in by the astronomical bounty on his head.

Forced into a corner, Hong Yu had a breakthrough at a critical moment, turning the tables completely. And now was the perfect opportunity to deal with Hong Renjie once and for all!

SCHLICK!

The Godslaying Spear flashed with golden light.

Hong Renjie let out a sudden, bloodcurdling scream as his left arm was cleanly severed at the shoulder.

Blood gushed like a fountain as the arm flew high into the air.

"AGH..."

Hong Renjie roared in agony, his screams turning into hysterical curses. "Hong Yu, may you die a miserable death! You dare cripple my arm?! Just you wait! Your entire Hong Family is under my control. Feng Xue Xin, Luoo Xiaoguai, and your master, Baiyun Feng—they’re all under my control..."

"Believe it or not, I can kill them all with a single thought!"

In the face of Hong Renjie’s contorted, snarling expression, Hong Yu simply snorted coldly.

Once again, the Godslaying Spear flared with a golden Spear Aura.

SCHLICK!

His right arm was severed cleanly at the shoulder.

As columns of blood sprayed into the air, Hong Renjie now found himself without either arm.

His face had turned a deathly pale. The agony of losing both arms was so intense his eyes looked ready to split from their sockets. If not for his incredibly powerful Soul, he would have passed out from the pain long ago.

He could only watch helplessly as his own arms were cut off, powerless to resist.

The feeling of being shrouded in powerlessness and despair was so overwhelming that Hong Renjie’s mind was on the verge of shattering.

"Can’t take it already?" Hong Yu’s voice was exceptionally calm. "Rest assured, I won’t let you die so easily. And don’t even think about passing out. If you do, I’ll just feed you the best Healing Medicine to bring you back, so you can watch yourself experience everything the Third Elder went through."

In the entire, sprawling Hong Family...

’Besides his parents, his younger sister, and Tiger Instructor, the Third Elder was the only other person he truly considered family.’

’Or rather, outside of his immediate family, the Third Elder was the first elder in the entire Hong Family to ever truly acknowledge him.’

’Every time he thought of the Third Elder, Hong Yu remembered his kindness and affable nature.’

’He could never forget the image of the Third Elder after being crippled: conscious, submerged in a great vat of medicine. Even the phrase ’a fate worse than death’ couldn’t begin to describe the Third Elder’s suffering.’

’How could he not be filled with rage?’

’And on top of that, this Hong Renjie had tormented his master Baiyun Feng and Feng Xue Xin, and was even responsible for the deaths of his friends, like Liu Liyun.’

’These were unforgivable sins, an inextinguishable hatred.’

CRACK! CRACK!

Hong Yu violently lifted his right leg and stomped down hard, twice in a row.

Each stomp landed with brutal precision on Hong Renjie’s legs. Everything below the knees was shattered by Hong Yu’s kicks, reduced to a bloody pulp.

The excruciating pain sent Hong Renjie’s body into violent convulsions.

Drenched in blood, he glared at Hong Yu with a venomous, pain-filled expression. "You bastard! If I die, your entire Hong Family, your master Baiyun Feng, all of them—they will all die! They will all be buried with me!"

"Hmm?"

Hong Yu frowned.

’He hadn’t paid it any mind before, but now he realized Hong Renjie had repeatedly said ’your Hong Family’.

A thought stirred in Hong Yu’s mind. A flicker of insight that had been eluding him was finally caught, and he suddenly understood its meaning.

"You’re not Hong Renjie?" Hong Yu asked suddenly.

Hong Renjie cackled hysterically. "Of course I’m not Hong Renjie! The real Hong Renjie died a long time ago!"

Hong Yu’s voice was grim. "Then who are you?"

"Hahaha! You want to know who I am? I’m not going to tell you! If you’ve got the guts, then kill me! Go on, kill me!"

The man who was once Hong Renjie roared with maniacal glee.

Even a Primordial Spirit Realm expert only gets one chance to be reborn through possession.

Unless he could find a legendary Divine Pill capable of resurrecting the dead and regrowing severed limbs, he would be stuck in this mangled, limbless body for the rest of his existence. This realization had driven the man who was once Hong Renjie into a state of complete, hysterical madness.

His venomous gaze locked onto Hong Yu. "Jie jie... Hong Yu, oh, Hong Yu... Others might not know your secret, but I know it crystal clear. If it weren’t for that Treasure your father left you, how could you possibly have defeated me? Jie jie... What do you think would happen if I were to spread the word that you possess such a Treasure? Don’t you think people would come looking for you?"

"Hahaha! The bounty from a single Zhui Yang Old Monster already has you in this sorry state. If people found out you possess that Treasure, I’m afraid even the top old freaks in the Southern Border Profound Domain wouldn’t be able to resist coming after you!"

A fiery greed suddenly appeared in his eyes, which darted about craftily. "However... if you let me go and hand that Treasure over to me, not only will I release everyone in the Hong Family, I can even tell you where to find your parents."

The man who was Hong Renjie had his own calculations. ’Even though my limbs have been destroyed, and I have no more chances to possess another body...’

But...

’...if I can bring this Treasure back, the Hall Master will surely reward me handsomely. With the Hall Master’s power, restoring my strength would be a simple matter.’

Hong Yu’s brow was tightly furrowed as he looked the man up and down. "You’re Demon Owl?"

The man froze for a second, then let out a sinister laugh. "Jie jie... That’s right. I am Demon Owl. Hong Yu, now you know what you must do, don’t you?"

Hong Yu took a deep breath and nodded.

Demon Owl let out a chilling cackle. "Jie jie jie... Since you know, then hurry up and give me your—y-you, what are you doing?" His voice suddenly became a sharp shriek of panicked rage.

With a blank expression, Hong Yu raised the Godslaying Spear and thrust it straight into the man’s head. Blood and brain matter splattered everywhere.

Staring into the man’s disbelieving eyes, Hong Yu spoke in a calm, quiet voice...

"Years ago, your people forced my parents to flee, scattering my family to the winds. Today, you dare to threaten me with them? If I don’t kill you, I am unworthy of being their son!"

BOOM!

A golden light erupted from the Godslaying Spear, and the body of the man who was once Hong Renjie exploded, scattering into a shower of blood and gore.

"Third Grand-uncle, I’ve avenged you!"

Hong Yu took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

He failed to notice, however, that from within the remains of the corpse, a faint wisp of red light quietly vanished...