In short, this is the novel story of a true man who, after being mistaken for a beastman, rises up in resistance, escapes his awkward situation, and hunts flames.
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Ling Yun sneered, "Chen Nan, you're incredibly lucky! It would have been perfect if you had died in the mountains, but unfortunately you escaped. However, that doesn't matter; you're still doomed to die, and your reputation will be utterly ruined!"
At this point, Chen Nan had no desire to say anything more. Gripping his gleaming longsword, he swept it forward, the unparalleled blade light like the scythe of death, emitting a terrifying howl and unleashing waves of horrifying energy. The courtyard, which had just calmed down, was once again engulfed in a raging storm of energy, with rubble flying everywhere and the earth churning violently.
This terrifying attack made Ling Yun's expression change. He shouted to the fourth-level expert not far away, "Steward Liu, let's attack together and take him down quickly to avoid any unforeseen complications."
The fourth-level expert, who was adjusting his breathing, rushed over upon hearing this, and the two of them unleashed two sword energies towards Chen Nan's dazzling blade light.
The area seemed to have been struck by an earthquake; the ground shook violently, and huge cracks appeared beneath the feet of the three, stretching into the distance. The terrifying energy storm unleashed after the unparalleled blade light and sword energy collided clashed devastating the entire courtyard. The rubble on the ruins instantly turned into fine sand, turning the courtyard into a small desert. The six experts who had followed Ling Yun were thrown back by the impact, each coughing up blood.
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The deafening roar continued unabated. The guests in the other courtyards of the inn had already fled in terror. Blade flashes and sword auras, like lightning slicing through the void, illuminated the night sky, crisscrossing and intersecting in the air. The three masters were fighting with all their might, a life-or-death struggle, each holding nothing back, unleashing their most powerful and unique skills.
Chen Nan's Heaven-Shattering Demonic Art circulated continuously within his body, dissolving the fierce air waves outside. The gleaming longsword in his hand shone like a rainbow, its momentum like divine punishment, generating bursts of thunderous sounds as it fiercely clashed with the two masters.
Rows of houses collapsed one after another. The three had moved their battlefield to another courtyard, where the fierce battle was incredibly brutal. Houses collapsed, the ground cracked, and the killing intent soared to the sky. The blades and swords gleamed, dimming even the stars and moon. As the three continued to move, the outer-area experts who had been knocked down by Chen Nan all died unconscious, succumbing to the blades and swords of the three.
Chen Nan single-handedly fought against two fourth-tier experts. Although he did not gain the upper hand, his opponents could not do anything to him for the time being. However, the true energy in his body began to stir at this moment. The reason was simple: stimulated by the immense pressure from the two fourth-tier experts, his profound energy was about to reverse.
Chen Nan was greatly alarmed. As his skill improved, the thing he least wanted to happen was the reversal of his profound energy. When his cultivation was at the third level, he discovered that every time his profound energy reversed, the dark, lustrous true energy within his body would grow stronger. If this continued, sooner or later the true energy within his body would completely change, transforming into dark, lustrous, reversed true energy. At that point, his profound energy would likely run in reverse forever, and the golden true energy would probably disappear completely from his body.
Chen Zhan was a scholar of unparalleled learning, possessing cultivation that was unmatched throughout history. He had warned Chen Nan more than once that there must be a reason why his profound skills were irreversible. If given a choice, Chen Nan would certainly not reverse the flow of his true energy. However, ever since he was forced to reverse his profound skills for the first time, the true energy within his body sometimes seemed to be beyond his control, reversing on its own.
"Ah..." Chen Nan cried out to the sky. The true energy in his body was completely out of control due to the surging power of the two masters. It became violent and agitated, and finally reversed its direction. The dazzling golden true energy turned as black as ink in an instant, and then burst out with a terrifying wave of dark light.
Although it was night, the dark light was still incredibly bright, as if endless, eerie demonic flames were dancing around Chen Nan's body. The black true energy surged and raged, even more vast than the previous golden true energy.
Ling Yun and the fourth-level expert stared at Chen Nan in horror, wondering what changes had occurred to his body. But one thing was certain: the Chen Nan before them was far more terrifying than before, and the violent energy fluctuations made them deeply uneasy.
Although Chen Nan was helpless, he couldn't change anything. After his profound energy reversed, two dark beams of light shot from his eyes, and a murderous impulse surged in his heart. Looking at his mortal enemy, the blade light emitted by the longsword in his hand became even more condensed and completely materialized.
Chen Nan roared, his hair flying wildly, as he slashed his longsword diagonally towards the two masters with unstoppable momentum. The four-zhang-long black blade light seemed to connect with the netherworld, and with this unparalleled strike, all sorts of eerie and ghostly sounds echoed in the arena, sending chills down the spines of those who heard them.
Hallucination? Illusion?
At this moment, Ling Yun and Butler Liu could no longer distinguish between them. The two roared and fought back with all their might.
A deafening thunderclap resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and black lightning ripped through the void. This earth-shattering sound alarmed countless cultivators in the City of Sin, and many people rushed here quickly.
"Hey!" The Netherworld Flame around Chen Nan's body became even darker and brighter, as if it had transformed into demonic armor and was draped over his body. The long sword in his hand was as swift as lightning, and he slashed at Ling Yun and Steward Liu one after another.
Streaks of lightning and thunderclaps illuminated the night sky and echoed throughout the city of sin. Ling Yun and Steward Liu were forced back five steps by Chen Nan.
Chen Nan pressed his advantage relentlessly, striding forward with unwavering determination. With each step forward, he unleashed a slash, single-handedly holding off two fourth-tier experts!
After five consecutive slaps, Ling Yun's face turned pale, while Liu the steward's mouth was constantly oozing blood. Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer and opened his mouth to spit out blood. His injuries were compounded, and he was clearly on the verge of collapse.
"Hey, Ling Yun, go to hell!" Chen Nan had already taken his sixth step. At this moment, the long sword in his hand seemed to transform into a divine sword from the heavens, shining like a black sun in front of Chen Nan's arm, its light so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it.
A vast and unparalleled power reverberated between heaven and earth, and an incomparably mighty strike was finally unleashed. Ling Yun and Steward Liu were shocked and did their best to resist.
With a deafening roar and a blinding flash of light, Ling Yun was thrown back more than ten steps, while Steward Liu was even more severely injured, spitting out three large mouthfuls of blood and staggering back another dozen steps. Steward Liu, already wounded, had participated in this battle of powerful warriors, and the impact of this attack had worsened his injuries to a very serious degree.
Ling Yun and Steward Liu never expected that Chen Nan would be so powerful, able to hold his own against both of them and gain the upper hand. If they hadn't joined forces, they would have been defeated long ago.
Upon seeing Steward Liu injured once again, the six high-level experts watching rushed into the arena, shouting, "Master..."
They stood between Chen Nan, Butler Liu, and Ling Yun.
Chen Nan roared, "Those who block my way shall die!"
He charged forward again with his longsword, but Ling Yun sneered and retreated quickly. He had already heard the sound of air being torn apart and knew that cultivators were already on their way, so he stopped fighting desperately.
Chen Nan was aware that a powerful expert had arrived, but he did not retreat. He continued the battle according to plan, and a dazzling blade of light instantly cleaved open the chest of a high-level expert, who died instantly.
The other five high-ranking experts standing between Chen Nan and Steward Liu saw the shadowy figures approaching in the distance and shouted, "The demon Chen Nan is here! He's escaped back to the City of Sin! Come and kill him!"
"Heh!" Chen Nan sneered, his dark eyes gleaming with a chilling light. He strode forward, brandishing his longsword. High-ranking experts were as vulnerable as scarecrows before him. The gleaming blade instantly shattered a man's sword, whistling as it sliced across his neck, decapitating him. Blood gushed forth, filling the air with a pungent, metallic stench.
At that moment, Chen Nan transformed into a bloodthirsty demon king. With another swing of his longsword, he shattered four swords in one strike, cleaving the two men in two at the waist. The four pieces of their corpses rolled on the ground, and crimson blood gushed and sprayed from the broken pieces.
The remaining two experts were terrified and tried to escape, but they were instantly pierced through the chest by Chen Nan's longsword. The two were strung together and hoisted high into the air.
Chen Nan sneered, throwing the two towards Ling Yun, and then quickly approached Steward Liu. His long sword was like a rainbow, its light shining between heaven and earth, turning night into day.
"Shameless members of the Ling family, you can die now!" Chen Nan slashed down with his long sword, the light making Butler Liu's face even paler, and the surging energy fluctuations made the space and the earth seem to tremble at the same time.
Just then, a figure in the distance finally rushed to within ten feet, and someone shouted, "Demon Chen Nan, stop right now!"
"Shut your mother's head!" Chen Nan roared, his unwavering determination as he brandished his long sword, vowing not to rest until he had killed Steward Liu.
Ling Yun's expression changed drastically, and he sent his longsword flying. At present, the Ling family's power in the City of Sin was completely destroyed. If Steward Liu, a super expert, was killed, he would be the only one left. He could not let such a powerful protector die an unnatural death.
With a loud "boom," the three experts retreated. Chen Nan sneered, Ling Yun's face turned pale, and Steward Liu coughed up blood again before finally staggering and falling to the ground.
At this moment, the cultivators who had rushed over to Chen Nan's side angrily rebuked him.
Chen Nan sneered, "You bunch of fools, you must have seen the papers on the way here. I wrote down everything that happened in the Deathly Abyss clearly, but you all believed that shameless man from the Ling family's one-sided story. Do you want to get rid of me now and act as the righteous judge?"
"Bah, you devil, stop trying to argue!"
"This shameless scoundrel harmed his own comrades, and now he's trying to distort the truth and frame Ling Yingxiong! Shameless!"
"Let's go up together and kill him, avenging the seven fallen heroes!"
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Chen Nan was furious. The seven who hadn't escaped were hailed as the Seven Heroes, and he had nothing to say; they deserved it. But Ling Yun, that despicable and shameless scoundrel, was also being praised in this way—he could no longer tolerate it. However, he also noticed that some people remained silent, seemingly pondering the veracity of the words on the papers they had found along the way.
Chen Nan was overjoyed. He didn't expect people to believe him, but he only needed to shake the minds of some people. As long as the people of the City of Sin were talking about it and began to doubt the truth, the papers he distributed would have worked and achieved the effect he had expected.
"Heh!" Chen Nan sneered, shouting, "I've written down the facts clearly, but you don't believe me at all. I have nothing more to say to you. I'm leaving now. If you try to stop me, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Chen Nan turned to Ling Yun and shouted, "Shameless scoundrel! I'll let you live a few more days for now, but I'll take your life later!"
He charged outwards, brandishing his long sword, but countless cultivators shouted and blocked his path. More figures in the distance, carrying torches, rushed towards him, and the City of Sin was filled with clamor.
"Hey! I told you, anyone who gets in my way dies!"
Chen Nan showed no mercy to those who tried to stop him. The long sword in his hand was dazzling, and a materialized sword light streaked across the sky like a rainbow. Terrifying energy fluctuations rippled through the area, and the unparalleled sword aura was cold and intimidating. Many people were blown away by the surging energy fluctuations even before the sword light touched them.
The unparalleled strike was unstoppable; its terrifying aura chilled everyone to the bone, and the vast majority retreated hastily. Those who refused to retreat raised their swords to meet it, but how could they possibly contend with Chen Nan, who had reached the fourth rank?
Countless swords and blades broke on the ground, and the dazzling light of the blades slashed across the necks of one person after another, heads flying and waves of blood shooting into the sky. More than a dozen headless corpses fell to the ground, and blood mist filled the air above the ruined inn.
"Foolish! I've said Ling Yun is the despicable executioner! Use your brains, will you? Everything he's saying is just his side of the story!" Chen Nan raised his long sword to the sky and coldly shouted, "Who dares to stop me?"
At this moment, more than a hundred cultivators had gathered here. The place was completely silent, and no one dared to answer. Chen Nan sneered, glanced back at Ling Yun, and then strode away.
One man's power intimidated hundreds! The arena fell into complete silence.
After a while, someone shouted, "Chase him! We can't do anything to him, but someone can. The news has spread, and countless super strong people will definitely come to capture him!"
After rushing a hundred feet, Chen Nan quickly rushed into an alley, then waved to the sky. The purple-gold dragon swooped down, carrying him into the dark night sky.
Chen Nan looked down from high above at the shadowy figures on the ground, his face calm.
"Awoo... Kid, things are getting out of hand. Tonight's operation is going to be difficult to continue. Let's get out of Sin City as soon as possible."
"No, although many unexpected things happened, it didn't affect my plan. The real show has only just begun. Tonight I must 'die,' otherwise it will be impossible to lure Meng Ke'er out. If she doesn't come out, who will clear my name? Hmph, I'll have to watch her and Ling Yun fight it out in the future!"
"Ooh... I see! Why didn't you tell me sooner? What are we going to do now?"
"Battle against all the masters of Sin City, plunge Sin City into utter chaos—in short, go kill!"
"Aww... I love it!"
This is destined to be a bloody night...