Acheron Manor's Zheng Miao and Craggy Ocean Manor's Yuan Xian were sky-prides who were both placed on the Soaring Dragon Leaderboard. As such, they have both garnered great reputations for themselves. Now that they were both looking for Chu Kuangren, they would surely want more than just to chat with him.

On the Firmament Star, many of the great ones were currently looking for Chu Kuangren.

They, too, knew that Chu Kuangren was currently in the Royal Azure Dynasty.

Hence, when Yuan Xian and Zheng Miao successfully located Chu Kuangren, a lot of people had already been keeping an eye to see how things would develop.

“Chu Kuangren, my reason for coming here is the same as Yuan Xian's. Please give the Blood Dragon Claw and Nine Profound Heavens Fire Forcefield back to Acheron Manor.”

Zheng Miao said with indifference.

Compared to Craggy Ocean Tower, Acheron Manor had lost more.

They had lost two whole Emperor Weapons.

“Interesting. My dear Acheron Manor and Craggy Ocean Tower, you were the ones who came looking for me. Fine then, let's cut straight to the point. Both of you come at me together, and we can get this done earlier so that I can go back home in time for dinner.”

Chu Kuangren said in a casual tone.

Both of his adversaries looked at each other when they heard that. They felt rather taken aback.

Was Chu Kuangren really confident of beating them both?

“Hmph, for someone who is under the Heavenly Punishment Seal and doesn't have even an ounce of spiritual power energy, I want to see how you're going to deal with us.”

Zheng Miao immediately attacked without saying another word.

He spread his five fingers, and an ominous Daoist Rhyme circulated around his palm before it turned into a giant skeletal claw. Along with the eerie cold wind, the claw lashed out toward Chu Kuangren.

Just when Zheng Miao initiated this attack, Yuan Xian still had his eyes transfixed on Chu Kuangren. At the same time, he channeled his spiritual power, preparing himself to strike at his opponent at any moment.

It was not just him as various great ones were also paying close attention to this scene secretly. This was a glorious opportunity for them to determine if Chu Kuangren had removed his seal. They could not miss this.

The giant skeletal claw swooped toward Chu Kuangren, but he remained seated on his chair. Suddenly, gold runes that were as magnificent as a rhythmic poem emerged right in front of him, forming a block of rune wall that blocked off the giant claw which would otherwise hit him.

“Is this some kind of runic power?”

“There are no spiritual power fluctuations. How did he do that?”

All the great ones who were watching in secret could not help but gasp in shock.

Yuan Xian and Zheng Miao themselves, too, were staring at Chu Kuangren with utmost surprise.

When Zheng Miao's giant skeletal claw was blocked off, Yuan Xian, and the two Sages behind him, seized this window to attack him.

Three bouts of Daoist Rhymes from the same sect and origin were unleashed at once. They then transform into three menacing b.e.s.t.i.a.l soul wild beasts and charge at him from three different directions.

“I'm sick of seeing this same trick from you guys.”

Chu Kuangren shook his head. Upon lifting his arm, numerous golden runes ama.s.sed in the s.p.a.ce above him, forming a runic greatsword. The greatsword contained an incredibly ferocious Sword-based Daoist Rhyme, which erupted at the incoming attacks with zero mercy.

“Ancient Sword of Gold!” An unimaginably sharp sword qi pulverized those three b.e.s.t.i.a.l soul wild beasts that were charging at him. The energy and force released from that sword even sent Yuan Xian and the two Sages flying off their feet.

The entire inn was almost slashed into two halves by the sword qi.

“How is this possible? What an incredible runic sword qi. This guy didn't even mobilize an ounce of spiritual power. How did he even pull this off?!”

Yuan Xian, Zheng Miao, and the others stared with wide eyes.

“Let's give it another go. He didn't show any single spiritual power fluctuations, so I'm pretty sure he hasn't unlocked his Heavenly Punishment Seal. Without spiritual power, his combat strength would surely be far worse than his past self!” Yuan Xian said before summoning his Craggy Ocean b.e.s.t.i.a.l Soul.

A green-eyed, tiger-like wild b.e.s.t.i.a.l soul immediately appeared. This is an ancient wild beast, the Turquoise-Eyed Tiger!

It may not be as powerful as the Nine-Headed Snakelet or the Serpent, but it was still an incredibly rare beast.

Right beside Yuan Xian, those two Sages summoned their own Craggy Ocean b.e.s.t.i.a.l Souls as well. All of a sudden, there were an additional three beings with Sage-level combat strength at the battle scene.

This was the strength of Craggy Ocean Tower cultivators.

With their Craggy Ocean b.e.s.t.i.a.l Souls, they had an equivalent of double the combat strength.

Zheng Miao was not willing to look weak as well when he saw that.

“Eye of Acheron!”

Acheron Manor's Emperor Technique was cast almost instantly. An enormous blood-red eye appeared atop the sky and shot out a demonic ray!

The three great Craggy Ocean b.e.s.t.i.a.l Souls and the demonic ray lashed out all at once. Their combined power was so tremendous that the surrounding void quivered. The entire street shook as well.

“Sword of Five Ways.”

Chu Kuangren slowly raised an arm.

Spiritual qi from the surroundings began to surge into five different-colored giant runic swords, and the majestic Five Ways sword qi swept outward like a violent gust.

The so-called runic Dao could be formed by gaining insight into the Daoist Rhymes contained within mother nature, then harnessing their path and putting them together to form runes.

As such, the Five Ways itself was also a part of mother nature.

Chu Kuangren could gather them to form the Five Ways runes with ease and infuse them into his Sword-based Daoist Rhyme. Therefore, he was able to forge this incredibly powerful Sword of Five Ways.

Five Ways sword qi swept across the whole landscape, shattering those Craggy Ocean b.e.s.t.i.a.l Souls and the Acheron Manor demonic ray effortlessly. Despite that, the Sword of Five Ways remained unscathed, and to everyone's shock, it began cycling around Yuan Xian and the few others, blocking off any means of escape for them!

“Good riddance!”

Chu Kuangren lifted an arm then pressed it back down. The Five Ways sword qi shuttled in and out of the fabrics of s.p.a.ce. In the blink of an eye, the group of people that he trapped were pierced by the sword qi numerous times over.

Shrieks of terror rang out.

Fresh blood kept spurting out in jets.

“Chu Kuangren! How dare you!!”

“Stop this!”

Two agitated voices were heard from afar.

Then, two Daoist Rhymes were unleashed and locked onto Chu Kuangren's body, one in front of him and the other behind. Those were furies of Sage Rulers!!

They may not be here in person, but their spiritual thoughts were able to lock down on Chu Kuangren from over ten kilometers out. This was their stern warning to Chu Kuangren.

However, even if both Sage Rulers were standing in front of Chu Kuangren now, he would still be unafraid, let alone facing these two mere spiritual thoughts.

Chu Kuangren did not care about these. After all, the Daoist Rhyme auras contained in those two spiritual thoughts could not do any harm to him at all.

With just a lift of his arm, Zheng Miao, Yuan Xian, and the two Sages were brutally slaughtered by his runic sword qi.

He slowly stood up. His slender but well-built body was like a divine sword, flas.h.i.+ng its brilliance as his Sword-based Daoist Rhyme emanated across the land!

“I know that all of you are watching me. You must be guessing whether I've unlocked the Heavenly Punishment Seal, and you want to see what kind of combat strength I have left.”

“You can all stop guessing now. Why guess when you can come forth and have a taste of it for yourself. If you don't have the b.a.l.l.s to, then wait for me to visit you personally. By then, you guys will have a good idea of how much power I have left in me!”

“This message is especially for those orthodoxies who were part of the great war against Black Heaven Sect years ago. Brace yourselves!”

Chu Kuangren said indifferently toward the void. He was waging war with the few forces who had ambushed Black Heaven Sect back then.

He still remembered everything that happened that year, and there was no way he could let that slide so easily.

Upon hearing what he had said, the great ones, who were observing him in secret, were all astonished.

Back then, the six great unknown lands gathered a million cultivator-army to surround and attack Black Heaven Sect, yet Chu Kuangren was able to fend them off almost single-handedly. This incident had been indelibly ingrained in many people's minds even until now.

This time, it seemed like the first thing Chu Kuangren wanted to do after leaving the Black Heaven Sect was to seek these six great unknown lands and exact revenge!!

“Outrageous. Even if he has these bizarre rune techniques, he still has the Heavenly Punishment Seal in him. Golden Imperial Palace and the few other orthodoxies may have sustained heavy losses back then, but their resources and manpower still shouldn't be underestimated. These orthodoxies must have more Sage Rulers. If he goes and looks for these forces, it would be equivalent to seeking his own death.”

“Exactly. Does he still think he's the madman he was three years ago? If he dares to go to the Craggy Ocean Tower, he'll most certainly suffer a humiliating defeat.”

“Ha! I'd like to see how badly he'd embarra.s.s himself!”

“This guy is really a nuisance. Every time he steps out, the world will be rid of peace.”

Some people could not wait to see what would unfold, some people were not really bothered, while others sighed at the horror that was to come.

Meanwhile, orthodoxies like Craggy Ocean Tower and Acheron Manor were fuming with so much rage that their entire bodies trembled. They vowed to stop Chu Kuangren from getting whatever he desired!