Chapter 175: Hall of Contribution; Sect Mission (2/2)
Xiao Chen snorted coldly and killing intent appeared in his eyes. A huge black hand appeared from nowhere and flew past the crowd. Then it smashed downward onto the head of the Wanren Peak disciple.
The crowd immediately scattered. The huge black hand descended and smashed on the table. Under the huge force, the wooden table shattered with a loud bang, filling the air with wooden splinters.
Within the Hall of Contributions’ Great Hall, everyone looked at Xiao Chen in astonishment. They had not expected Xiao Chen to make a move. After all, he was alone, how could he be a match for so many Wanren Peak disciples?
“You really dare to attack me. If I don’t beat you up badly and teach you how to respect your seniors, my name is not Li You,” the leader cursed when he saw Xiao Chen making a move.
“Hu!” Just as he was prepared to lead the Wanren Peak disciples to charge forward, a huge black hand suddenly rose up like a demonic shadow and clenched itself into a fist. Li You was caught off guard and captured by the hand.
Xiao Chen pulled gently and a huge force pulled Li You to the front. Then Xiao Chen punched him heavily on the chest.
The huge black hand had vanished. When Xiao Chen’s fist struck his chest, it caused him to vomit a large mouthful of blood and fall to the floor.
“Bang!” When Li You was struggling to get up, Xiao Chen stepped on his chest and pushed him back down. Xiao Chen had put all his strength into this push, causing Li You to vomit another mouthful of blood.
“Just a sneak attack, how is that considered capable? If you have the guts then let me go and fight me again!” Li You could not help but shout out; he did his best to resist Xiao Chen’s foot but to no avail.
Xiao Chen was not a three-year-old child, naturally, he would not fall for Li You’s trick. The ten-odd Wanren Peak disciples at the side quickly rushed over. Since Xiao Chen had Li You under his foot, they did not dare to do anything.
When Li You saw the situation, he shouted, “Do something! This is the Heaven Saber Pavilion. He won’t dare to kill me.”
“Kill!”
When the crowd heard this, they no longer hesitated. Their sabers lit up with saber light and they all rushed at Xiao Chen to attack him.
Xiao Chen smiled faintly and executed the Three Flowing Cloud Images without even drawing the Lunar Shadow Saber from his scabbard. He turned into a boundless ocean; he was not even fl.u.s.tered against the attacks coming without pause.
The Lunar Shadow Saber was like flowing water, causing gentle ripples as it changed direction continuously. Those attacking Xiao Chen felt like they were attacking the surface of water.
They caused the surface of the water to be disturbed, creating larges wave; the ocean tossed and turned. However, after a while, the water’s surface returned to being calm; it became like a mirror again, without any ripples.
Perfection like Water, competing by not competing. The attacks that struck Xiao Chen’s scabbard were all bounced back at themselves. At that moment, everyone was incredibly astonished.
After a while, another wave of attacks was sent at Xiao Chen. Like earlier, Xiao Chen did not even move an inch. His heart was calm like still water. The scabbard of his saber firmly blocked every attack.
“Ka Ca!”
When the fifth wave of attacks were bounced back, Xiao Chen lost all patience and drew the Lunar Shadow Saber with a ‘huang dang’ sound. There was a piercing cold light when it was drawn out of the scabbard.
In the time it took for a spark to fly, Xiao Chen pierced downward at Li You with the Lunar Shadow in his right hand.
With a ‘pu ci’ sound, the tip of the blade pierced an inch to the side of Li You’s heart. It caused a large amount of blood to continuously spurt out.
The originally quiet Great Hall now turned absolutely silent. Everyone in the Great Hall had their jaws open wide. They were all stunned, as though there had been a short circuit in their brain.
Because of the angle, everyone thought Xiao Chen had pierced through Li You’s heart with the saber. They all thought Xiao Chen had eaten the leopard’s gall bladder. He actually dared to kill someone in the Hall of Contributions.
[TL Note: Eating the leopard’s gall bladder: This means that Xiao Chen was very daring. Usually used in a situation where someone did some incredulous act.]
Xiao Chen quickly pulled the saber out of Li You’s body, causing a large amount of blood to spurt out. In the instant that the Wanren Peak disciples were distracted, he executed the Three Flowing Cloud Images.
Xiao Chen’s figure turned blurry. It was as though the entire place was filled with Xiao Chen’s figure. When all the figures merged back together, a saber had struck every Wanren Peak disciple’s chest. There was electricity dancing on all of their wounds as blood flowed continuously; it was extremely painful.
All the Wanren Peak disciples fell to the ground, continuously moaning in pain. It was extremely piercing in the quiet Great Hall.
“Hu! Hu!”
Suddenly two people appeared out of nowhere and checked Li You’s injures. They quickly pressed on some of his acupoints and exchanged a glance. They ignored the other injured people and retreated.
Xiao Chen understood that these two people were the guards of the Hall of Contributions. If he had really killed Li You, they would not have just watched without doing anything.
Xiao Chen continued to walk forward, ignoring everyone’s gazes. He completely ignored everything, including the rules the five great peaks had set for themselves. He was ready to go see what kind of high level mission was available.
In Xiao Chen’s opinion, since it was the mission from the Hall of Contribution, everyone had the right to take it. Monopolising these missions was a form of bullying.
Furthermore, Xiao Chen was desperately in need of contribution points. Even if he had to offend these people, it did not matter. He had already offended these people at the Heaven Ascending Platform, thus this would not make much of a difference.