Chapter 418: Giving You a Chance
Cheng Yuan was so infuriated by these Celestial Witch Sect subordinates that he could have died. ’These bastards, are they gloating over my misfortune?’
Only now did Cheng Yuan understand. These people weren’t allies; they were here to kick him while he was down!
The one in the lead was Wu Qinghe’s disciple, Ma Gu!
Cheng Yuan was enraged. He bellowed, "All who betray me will die! I’ll give you one last chance! Kill Ma Gu and submit to me! Do that, and I might just let you live!"
Everyone scoffed. ’This kid is already at death’s door, and he still dares to run his mouth?’
What a joke!
No one took Cheng Yuan’s words seriously.
Showing no intention of acting, they all took leisurely seats in the audience, ready to watch the show. They waited in anticipation, eager to see the spectacle of Cheng Yuan being torn to shreds!
’The only pity is that there are no snacks and fruit. It makes watching the show a little less satisfying.’
So angry he started to laugh, Cheng Yuan shoved a handful of Three Patterns Essence Enhancement Pills into his mouth. He channeled the Celestial Witch Heart Method with all his might and bellowed, "Celestial Witch Nine Extremes Third Technique—Inverted Sea!"
A vast ocean suddenly materialized above the stone platform!
Cheng Yuan seemed to transform into a thousand-meter-tall giant, standing tall within the ocean and stirring it with frenzied power!
When the skeleton had used Inverted Sea before, it had only kicked up waves tens of meters high.
But now, under Cheng Yuan’s power, the seawater spun wildly, creating monstrous waves hundreds of meters tall!
Even the seabed was exposed as the massive vortex sucked up huge amounts of mud and sand into the sky. It merged with the giant waves, turning them into a terrifying, tsunami-like mudslide!
CRASH!!!
In just a single impact!
All six hundred-plus skeletons were smashed to pieces, instantly washed into the hundred-meter-deep trench by the mudslide tsunami!
As Cheng Yuan unleashed Inverted Sea, all the skeletons at the bottom of the trench had recovered to their peak condition.
Regardless of whether the skeletons on the platform won or lost, they were all prepared to charge up and tear Cheng Yuan to pieces!
However, what these skeletons never expected was that Cheng Yuan would summon colossal waves hundreds of meters high! He had annihilated all six hundred skeletons in a single move!
What terrifying power was this?
Cheng Yuan slowly walked to the edge of the stone platform. Looking down on the petrified skeletons below, he roared, "Who else?!?!"
This time, Cheng Yuan wasn’t bluffing. Aided by the Three Patterns Essence Enhancement Pills, he had enough True Essence in his body to use Inverted Sea five or six more times!
Even if all the skeletons in the trench jumped up, they wouldn’t be enough for him to slaughter!
Cheng Yuan’s terrifying strength awed the skeletons. A frenzied and worshipful light flickered in their eyes!
They prostrated themselves before Cheng Yuan in worship!
THUD! THUD!
All the skeletons fell to their knees. Gazing up at Cheng Yuan, they roared wildly, "We greet the Witch Master! From this day forward, we are the Witch Master’s most loyal Warriors! We fight for the Witch Master!!"
The scene was beyond terrifying!
Just moments ago, the spectators had been chatting joyfully, their faces wreathed in enthusiastic smiles.
But now, every single one of them was dead silent! They stared, dumbfounded, unable to believe what they were seeing with their own eyes!
They could clearly sense Cheng Yuan’s cultivation realm!
Cheng Yuan had only just broken through to the Martial King realm!
How had he annihilated six hundred Martial Emperor-level skeletons in a single move?
And a considerable number of them were at the Martial Emperor Peak!
Even if those skeletons couldn’t use their full strength, the crowd couldn’t comprehend how Cheng Yuan could possess such astonishing combat prowess.
’That ’Inverted Sea’ technique from just now... it faintly possessed the might of a Half-Step Martial Saint, didn’t it?’
’Cheng Yuan is an absolute monster!!’
’If they had been the ones facing that attack, could they have withstood it?’
’The answer was no!’
In the spectator area, everyone’s face turned deathly pale. Cold sweat beaded on their foreheads, and their legs trembled uncontrollably. They stared at Cheng Yuan in terror, afraid that he would suddenly turn on them next!
Ma Gu knew that he had offended Cheng Yuan beyond any hope of reconciliation. If Cheng Yuan didn’t die, then he would!
Suppressing his fear, Ma Gu yelled, "Don’t be afraid! Those skeletons couldn’t even use half their combat strength! It would be easy for us to destroy them too! Let’s attack together! Kill Cheng Yuan!"
It had to be said, Ma Gu had some guts. Unfortunately, he had overestimated the courage of his "allies"!
Wu Qinghe and Wutubo were of comparable strength, but Wu Qinghe was in his prime. That was why they had chosen to side with him.
But faced with a prodigy as young and monstrously powerful as Cheng Yuan, how could they dare to oppose him?
Elder Li, who was standing behind Ma Gu, suddenly launched a sneak attack!
PFFT!
Elder Li’s blade stabbed into the small of Ma Gu’s back, piercing straight through his kidney!
Ma Gu cried out in pain and spun around instinctively. He stared at Elder Li with utter incomprehension and demanded sharply, "Elder Li! Why are you betraying the Sect Leader?"
Elder Li rebuked him righteously, "The Sect Leader of our Celestial Witch Sect is the Young Master! The ones who betrayed the Sect Leader are you, Ma Gu, and Wu Qinghe! You two, master and disciple, are trying to murder the Sect Leader and usurp his position! It is my righteous duty to kill you!"
The crowd froze for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening. To survive now, there was only one path: kill Ma Gu and grovel desperately before Cheng Yuan!
Everyone turned to look at Ma Gu with incomparably icy gazes.
"Kid, your master tried to harm the Young Master, so you’re clearly no good either! Today, I, Lan, will eliminate a cancerous tumor like you! Die!"
"Ma Gu and his master have betrayed the Celestial Witch Sect! Every member of the Sect has the right to execute them! Take this!"
In an instant, Ma Gu was besieged from all sides!
Facing an assault from so many Elders and Protectors, Ma Gu had no strength to resist. He was quickly stabbed until he resembled a hornet’s nest!
The group dragged Ma Gu’s corpse and hurried onto the stone platform, looking at Cheng Yuan with fawning expressions.
"Sect Leader, Ma Gu and his master tried to harm you, but we have slain them! We are willing to follow you, Sect Leader, to exterminate the traitor Wu Qinghe!"
Unfortunately for them, Cheng Yuan wasn’t buying it.
Cheng Yuan swept his gaze over them indifferently. "A moment ago, I gave you a chance, but you didn’t take it. Isn’t pledging allegiance now a little... insincere?"
The crowd’s faces fell. They immediately dropped to their knees and began kowtowing frantically to Cheng Yuan.
"Sect Leader, we were coerced by Ma Gu and Wu Qinghe! We had no choice but to feign compliance! We can swear a Celestial Dao Blood Oath to pledge our undying loyalty to you."
’A Celestial Dao Blood Oath?’
Cheng Yuan laughed.
"It seems Wu Qinghe also swore a Celestial Dao Blood Oath. He swore that as long as my grandmother’s descendant came to the Celestial Witch Sect, he would abdicate the Sect Leader position and assist them with all his might. And what a fine job of assisting he’s doing! Do you really think I’d still believe in a Celestial Dao Blood Oath?"
Their faces changed. It was true that the Celestial Dao Blood Oath had loopholes that could be exploited!
They continued to kowtow desperately.
"Young Master, spare us! For the sake of the fact that we once followed our former Master, please spare our worthless lives!"
Originally, Cheng Yuan hadn’t wanted to give them any chance at all. But then, they mentioned his grandmother.
’Then I’ll give them a small one.’
Cheng Yuan raised his hand and pointed to the hundred-meter-deep trench. He said coolly, "Fine. I’ll give you one chance. Jump into that trench right now. If you can last for a quarter of an hour, I’ll consider you to have died once, and we’ll let bygones be bygones!"