Chapter 158 Southeast Sorcerer
"Won't be disappointed? Heh, how dare you say that!"
At this moment, Ji Xiong swept his gaze over the rich men of Jiangbei. "Everyone, my Ji family cannot protect you for nothing. As long as you offer thirty percent of your annual profits as tribute."
The rich men of Jiangbei cursed inwardly, but now that they had turned their backs, they could only shed tears in their hearts and agree with smiling faces.
"Murong Yuan, why don't you join them? As long as you obediently offer all your assets to me, Ji, and make your feng shui master kowtow and apologize to my Ji family, my Ji family, being magnanimous, can protect you." Ji Xiong narrowed his eyes, staring at Murong Yuan with a half-smile.
"No need!" Murong Yuan's expression instantly turned grim.
This guy was clearly deliberately humiliating him.
A few minutes passed, and the Southeast Sorcerer had not yet arrived, while the Ji family was boasting loudly.
At this moment, Ji Xinghai walked up to Chen Xuan, his eyes filled with extreme venom as he stared at Chen Xuan. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Kid, what did I tell you back then? I told you not to mess with me, but you insisted on not listening. Regretting it now? How about this, if you obediently kneel down for me, I can spare your life."
"Is that so?" Chen Xuan looked at Ji Xinghai playfully and said faintly.
"What? You still dare to resist?" Ji Xinghai was stunned.
Ah—
The next moment, a scream erupted!
Chen Xuan raised his leg and kicked Ji Xinghai directly in the abdomen. Ji Xinghai flew out, his body crashing into the railing, deforming it.
The sharp force penetrated his dantian!
Feeling the vital energy slowly draining from his dantian, Ji Xinghai's face turned ashen.
"Dad, he crippled my dantian..."
He clutched his abdomen, looked up, and cried out to Ji Xiong.
The rich men of Jiangbei gasped. To cripple Ji Xiong's son right in front of the Ji family, was this person insane?
Many of the Jiangbei rich men who had defected felt fortunate. They were glad they had changed sides, otherwise, they would have been implicated by Chen Xuan.
Fatty Zhang's heart trembled. Master Chen was too arrogant!
Ji Xiong's expression instantly turned grim. He rushed to Ji Xinghai's side and checked him. Discovering that Ji Xinghai had indeed been crippled, his heart was filled with boundless rage!
Ji Xinghai was the second genius of the Ji family. He didn't know how much effort and resources he had spent to cultivate him, but now Chen Xuan had destroyed him!
"You actually crippled my son?" Ji Xiong stared at Chen Xuan and asked coldly.
"Your son provoked me time and again. Crippling him is the greatest mercy. With his temperament, he would have brought disaster upon your Ji family in the future, so you should thank me." Chen Xuan said expressionlessly.
The rich men of Jiangbei gasped.
You crippled their son and expect them to thank you? Too arrogant!
"Well said, 'thank you'!"
Ji Xiong slowly stood up, his expression exceptionally cold, his voice as if from hell. "Xingchen, I want him to wish he were dead!"
"Chen Xuan, how dare you cripple my brother? Before I kill the Southeast Sorcerer, I'll cripple you, you trash!" Ji Xingchen's face was covered in ferocity as he slammed the table and stared coldly at Chen Xuan.
Just then, a cold voice suddenly sounded, "I heard the Ji family wants to kill me?"
This voice seemed to come from beyond the heavens, echoing in the vast expanse of the world.
Many of the Jiangbei rich men trembled, looking around, but saw no one.
"Chen Xuan, I'll kill the Southeast Sorcerer first, then I'll kill you."
With that, Ji Xingchen ignored Chen Xuan and scanned his surroundings. He said coldly, "Stop hiding and get out here immediately!"
"A mere third-grade internal energy master dares to kill me? Hahaha, what a colossal joke."
"Stop spouting nonsense. I can kill you as easily as crushing a chicken or slaughtering a cow!" Ji Xingchen's face was full of arrogance.
Having reached the third-grade internal energy master realm before the age of thirty, and bearing the title of the foremost among the Four Heroes of Yanhuang, he had the capital for his pride.
His response was met with mocking laughter.
"If you have the guts, show yourself. Stop hiding like a turtle!" Ji Xiong also cursed loudly.
Today was the day his Ji family would dominate Jiangbei, and he could not wait.
"I am to your southeast..."
Everyone suddenly looked in that direction, but there was no one on the boat.
Suddenly, a wealthy man from Jiangbei shakily pointed at the rippling lake and shouted in terror, "He... he... he's on the lake..."
Everyone looked over and saw a figure in a black robe walking on the waves several kilometers away on the lake.
Beneath his feet, on the water, tens of thousands of蛊 worms supported the figure in the black robe, rapidly approaching the cruise ship.
Seeing this, everyone's eyes widened.
Ji Xingchen's face changed drastically. "Walking on waves, transmitting sound from a thousand miles away, you are a peak internal energy master!"
Walking on waves and transmitting sound from a thousand miles away were exaggerated terms. It was said that only a grandmaster could achieve such feats.
However, a peak internal energy master could manipulate objects and walk on waves, using their internal energy to transmit sound for several miles.
He was a third-grade internal energy master, six grades away from a peak internal energy master, and no match for him at all.
Ji Xiong's face turned extremely grim. Even Ji Xingchen was no match for him?
"Kid, you've got some discerning eyes. Then today, I'll start by taking care of your Ji family!" the Southeast Sorcerer's voice carried a hint of coldness.
Ji Xiong almost fainted upon hearing this, his heart filled with endless regret. He wished he hadn't made such grand pronouncements, otherwise, he wouldn't have brought such great trouble upon the Ji family!
"I am from the Yanhuang Iron Brigade, withdraw quickly." Ji Xingchen's face also sank slightly, he said with difficulty.
"You want to suppress me with the Yanhuang Iron Brigade? I have killed no less than ten people from the Yanhuang Iron Brigade."
As if hearing a great joke, the Southeast Sorcerer let out a strange laugh, coupled with his hoarse voice, making him appear extremely terrifying, causing the listeners' souls to tremble.
"This is bad, run! This is an extremely wicked individual!"
Ji Xingchen's face changed drastically upon hearing this, and he suddenly shouted, turning around and fleeing.
Chaos erupted around them, everyone eager to escape for their lives.
Indeed, they were as abject now as they had been arrogant just moments ago.
The Ji family had intended to dominate Jiangbei in this upheaval and crush Murong Yuan under their feet. However, they never expected that the Southeast Sorcerer invited by the Fang family would be so powerful, not only leaving Ji Xingchen helpless but even daring to kill people from the Yanhuang Iron Brigade.
Such a person was not to be trifled with!
"Master Chen, we should leave quickly too," Fatty Zhang said in panic.
As Chen Xuan had predicted, another voice rang out.
"Heh heh, too late!"
Before the words had even fallen, the rich men of Jiangbei had no time to react when a buzzing sound suddenly filled the air. A dense swarm, thousands upon thousands of蛊 worms, swooped towards them!
"Gu worms! Run!" someone screamed frantically.
Many turned to look, and upon seeing the terrifying蛊 worms, their legs went weak, and they almost fainted to the ground, but they still summoned all their strength to run.
Because they found that those who were slow were already being gnawed by the蛊 worms, foaming at the mouth, their faces covered in pustules, screaming and rolling in agony, a horrifying sight.
Ji Xingchen was the strongest among this group. His palms were like jade, and his body exuded sharp internal energy. He wielded a set of palm techniques so tightly that not a single蛊 worm could get close, and he even killed several of them.
However, because he also had to take care of Ji Xiong and his brother Ji Xinghai, he was bitten by several蛊 worms. He was poisoned, his lips turned purple, and his vision gradually blurred, feeling dizzy.
Looking at the tragic scene on the boat, Fatty Zhang swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but shout, "Master Chen, Mr. Murong, let's get out of here quickly, or we'll be finished!"
"Wait a little longer," Chen Xuan said calmly.
For some reason, he always felt that this Southeast Sorcerer from the Dark Blood organization had come for him.
"Ah? Master Chen, how about... how about... I leave first?" Fatty Zhang, hearing the desperate screams from the boat, was truly scared and said in a small voice.
"If you leave and the蛊 worms bite you, don't blame me," Chen Xuan said.
"Ah?" Fatty Zhang was stunned. He immediately looked up and found that there wasn't a single蛊 worm near them. He widened his eyes in surprise.
Murong Yuan's eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise. He looked over sharply.
No, it wasn't that there were no蛊 worms nearby, but it seemed that there was something around them that the蛊 worms feared. As the蛊 worms flew over, they all turned and fled in fright!