Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zheng Ze shook his head and rejected the offer.

He might have accepted it if Zheng Yuwan did not say it out loud but Zheng Ze became more insistent since she did. He was insistent as Zheng Yuwan believed that he was weaker than Chu Li. Hence, he had rather tend to his injury all by himself and not accept Chu Li's help in any way.

Chu Li knew that it was pointless persuading him. A man who had fallen in love was sensitive and would reject any help the more it was given to him.

“Sigh… Alright,” Zheng Shoufang said hopelessly. “Sir Zheng will just have to do it by himself. Please don't rush it.”

Although he was the one who told Zheng Ze to not rush it, he was the one who looked extremely anxious.

He knew a lot about the Church of the Divine Blood as one night was more than enough time for them to catch up. They would appear on that very day and a gruesome fight would happen. The lives of the father and daughter may perish when the time came.

He looked at his daughter as he sighed in his mind. Now that she had someone she loved, it would not be considered a waste to arrive in this world.

Chu Li sensed his Heavenly Demonic Orb and found out that it was still asleep. There was no sign of it waking up and he did not know when it would wake up as well.

His strength had dropped to a certain extent now that he did not have the Heavenly Demonic Orb. This meant that he had less confidence in fighting against the Church of the Divine Blood that was still chasing after them. Since the Church of the Divine Blood was one of the Eight Big Factions, their strength was overwhelmingly powerful.

“I've made a mistake!” Zheng Ze sighed. “I've crippled my inner energy training.”

He had always believed that the Ultimate Temple had been using their sword technique to rule the world. The Ultimate Sword Technique was exquisitely complicated and rare in this world. Since he thought that the Ultimate Heart Technique was not considered to be the best, he had poured all of his training into its sword technique instead.

He had never met a worthy enemy since he came out of his faction and this was the reason why he believed that he had done the right thing.

Today, he understood that his training was off tracked when he personally tasted the Blood Jade Palm himself. The inner energy and the sword technique must be in equilibrium. After all, one could not guarantee that one would not be harmed no matter how good one's Swordsmans.h.i.+p was and everything would depend on the inner energy once one was attacked.

Chu Li frowned out of the blue. “They're here!”

He saw four middle-aged men gliding towards them via his Omniscient Mirror. Based on their inner energies flowing inside them, they were all powerhouses from the Church of the Divine Blood.

These four powerhouses were no weaker than Zhu Xing and all of them were stronger than Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze fist saluted. “Everything depends on you, Brother Du!”

Chu Li nodded. “I'll handle it. Old Zheng and Miss Zheng, please stand by Brother Zheng's side. I'll still need Brother Zheng to attack when the time comes.”

Zheng Ze's inner energy level was not considered top tier. However, his Swordsmans.h.i.+p was unrivaled. He would be able to catch up in time solely by his Swordsmans.h.i.+p.

“Understood!” Zheng Shoufang nodded.

“Hehe…” A sneered could be heard as four middle-aged men in fighting attire glided into sight and landed near them.

Chu Li unsheathed his sword and blocked their path. He asked coldly, “Who are you guys?”

“Are you the one that killed Brother Zhu Xing?” A square-faced middle-aged man muttered. “You've good Swordsmans.h.i.+p!”

Chu Li stated, “Zhu Xing deserves to die. Are you guys going to avenge him?”

“Submit your lives to us!” The four were straightforward as they pounced towards Chu Li simultaneously and ignored Zheng Ze and family.

Chu Li sighed in his mind. It was unfortunate that the Heavenly Demonic Orb was still in an inactive state. It was incredibly wasteful since he was not able to devour their blood cores.

He activated both Manifestation of Nature Restoration and Omniscient Mirror simultaneously. His inner energy flowed around his body as he threw out a slash at the strongest enemy.

The four enemies activated Blood Jade Palm to strike at him.

Before they were ecstatic that they had hit him, they realized that all they hit was nothing but his afterimage. Chu Li appeared behind a middle-aged man as his sword flashed. The latter's head flew up as the blood gushed high up into the sky.

“Brother Zhu!” The three were shocked.

They did not antic.i.p.ate this at all. They thought that they had shown Chu Li enough respect by ganging up on him with all four of them. They did not expect Chu Li to be able to escape their attacks.

Chu Li slammed at Brother Zhu's back, attacking his blood core but the Heavenly Demonic Orb did not react at all.

“Kill him?!” The three shrunk simultaneously as they activated their secret technique. Their eyes turned bright red. Their speed had doubled as they charged towards Chu Li like a ghost.

Chu Li vanished instantly and appeared at a distance.

The three of them relentlessly chased after him in anger.

Chu Li's Omniscient Mirror and Manifestation of Nature Restoration were activated the entire time as he searched for their flaws.

He kept evading them as they kept chasing after him.

“Whoos.h.!.+” Another head dropped as blood gushed high up into the sky again.

“Brother Lu!” The two exclaimed furiously before they shouted out loud. “Ah!”

Chu Li vanished once more as he threw out another slash and dropped another head to the ground.

More flaws showed as they got increasingly angrier. Chu Li's Manifestation of Nature Restoration was incredibly powerful as he was able to predict the enemies' movement. In addition to his Swordsmans.h.i.+p and his speed, the enemies could not respond at all as everything did not go as they had planned.

The last remaining man turned around and ran away as quick as lightning.

Chu Li harrumphed as he instantly appeared behind him.

Just as he was about to cut him up, he immediately retreated and appeared eleven feet away.

“Boom!” A blood mist exploded around the middle-aged man as it tried to engulf Chu Li.

Chu Li immediately activated Limb of G.o.d or he would not be able to evade this blood mist.

The guy had already disappeared as the blood mist dispersed slowly.

It was not just the enemy that had vanished, everything that was engulfed by the blood mist had disappeared. The trees, gra.s.s, and even rocks had disappeared. The only thing left behind was the big puddle of blood on the ground that gave off a vague strange aroma.

Zheng Ze's expression changed slightly. “It's the Blood Release Secret Technique!”

Zheng Shoufang's expression changed as well as he nodded slightly.

Zheng Yuwan's eyes flickered as she looked at him curiously. “Big Brother Zheng, what is the Blood Release Secret Technique?”

“The user will convert the blood essence around his body into an incredibly poisonous blood mist. Its destruction is immense and whatever that comes in contact with the blood mist would be decomposed into blood essence. It's simply disastrous!” Zheng Ze muttered.

He asked loudly, “Brother Du, did you come in contact with the blood mist?”

Chu Li smiled as he shook his head. “I'm lucky that I was quick to retreat and manage to evade.”

“Thank G.o.d!” Zheng Ze let out a sigh of relief. “Brother Du, you're really lucky!”

Chu Li nodded. “This blood mist is incredibly frightening. Is it called the Blood Release Secret Technique?”

“It's the most frightening secret technique that the Church of the Divine Blood possesses.” Zheng Ze claimed. “It disintegrates everything and can't be defended.”

Chu Li nodded slowly as he understood that the reason the enemy vanished was that he had turned into a blood mist. It was indeed a formidable skill and could not be defended against at all. If it was not for his sharp senses and quick reflexes, he would have been caught in it.

He looked at the three corpses and felt incredibly unfortunate.

The Heavenly Demonic Orb had yet to awaken and the three blood cores had been wasted. If he were to absorb all four blood cores from the enemies, the Heavenly Demonic Orb might just level up.

He sighed. “Brother Zheng, Old Zheng, Miss Zheng, let's part ways from now on.”

“Brother Du, why?” Zheng Ze frowned.

Zheng Shoufang asked, “Is it because Sir Du believes that we'll be dragged into the mess?”

Chu Li said, “I've single-handedly killed five of their powerhouses, the Church of the Divine Blood will not give up. They'll now focus on me and temporarily ignore you guys.”

Zheng Shoufang sighed. “The Church of Divine Blood will relentlessly execute their revenge. Sir Du, although you're very powerful, I'm afraid you'll be outnumbered.”

“So that's why!” Zheng Ze seemed to have understood the situation. “If the Church of the Divine Blood has powerhouses, do you think my Ultimate Temple has no powerhouse at all? Don't worry Brother Du, My brothers will arrive soon!”

Chu Li replied, “I feel bad for dragging you all into this.”

“It's because of me originally. Why has it become you dragging us into this mess?” Zheng Ze asked straightforwardly. “Don't worry. My brothers will arrive in a day. We'll see if it's the Church of the Divine Blood hunting us or us hunting them!”