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Chapter 66, Episode 81: Bloodbath! [Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!]

The invisible sword light was far too sharp.

Pei Huan's hand had been chopped off, but at first she didn't feel any pain. She just stared in astonishment at her bare wrist.

Lan Lin stared in shock at Pei Huan's hand lying on the ground, her face gradually turning pale and her body beginning to tremble.

The others were initially confused, then their faces showed shock.

Zhao Huan joined the Extraordinary People Division last month, and they held a welcome banquet for him. Lan Lin also gave him a special Ascension Potion—it wasn't time for the quarterly bonuses yet, but the others didn't receive any.

Then Zhao Huan received the potion and drank it casually in front of everyone, to which everyone secretly cheered.

Why now...

Has he suddenly become Pei Huan?

The Pei family, the founders of the state, were a century-old family in the Jing Kingdom, second only to the royal family in status.

Even if a member of the Pei family is not a direct descendant of the main branch, or even just a son of a collateral branch, in a place like Qingtu City, he is a true dragon descended to earth. He can do whatever he wants and get whatever he desires.

But now, the dignified Pei family scion has had his hand cut off by Lu Chen, a poor boy who is said to have lost both parents, has no power or influence, and is so poor that all he has left is a worthless villa.

Has Lu Chen gone mad?

How dare he?

At this moment, Pei Huan looked at the blood gushing from her wrist and finally felt the excruciating pain, her face contorted in agony as she screamed:
"My hand...you dare cut off my hand? What are you all standing there for? Cripple him! Cut off his hands and feet..."

Lu Chen was also somewhat speechless.

The welcoming banquet tonight was supposed to be a harmonious affair, and everything was as he and Rong'er had anticipated.

Lan Lin had no objection to taking the "Ascension" potion home. Later, if Lu Chen slightly increased his output and improved the test data, they could pretend he had already taken the potion, strengthening his physique and superpowers, and temporarily fool everyone. At least it should be enough to delay until the next quarter's bonus distribution. Then, during this time, they could gather more information about the underworld. But unexpectedly…

They unexpectedly bumped into a member of the Pei family who was always playing around with white dragon fish costumes and pretending to be weak while actually being strong.

In his previous life, he was a second-generation rich kid who would never act, was arrogant and domineering, and even mocked netizens.

In this world, there are royalty, nobles, aristocratic families, and extraordinary powers. It would be a disservice to their family background and power if the sons of these high-ranking families were not crazy or insane, and if they didn't produce a few madmen who say things like "I don't eat beef."

Unfortunately, a perfectly good welcome dinner was ruined, and it looked like it was about to turn into a bloodbath...

Just as I was lamenting the unpredictability of life and how plans can't keep up with changes.

The other superpowered individuals actually responded to Pei Huan's request and launched an attack on Lu Chen.

Feng Baiyu, who looked like a kind old man, glared and unleashed an invisible wave of energy that hurtled toward Lu Chen.

Luo Qi roared, his arm muscles bulged, and he threw a punch at Lu Chen.

The "invisibility" ability user Yuan Gang vanished instantly, along with his clothes, while the "sound wave" ability user Lin Xinyue opened her mouth as if to scream at Lu Chen.

The last "Stamina Absorption" ability user, Li Cheng, stepped forward and approached Lu Chen within two meters. He opened his palms, palms facing Lu Chen. His ability did not require contact to take effect; as long as Lu Chen was within two meters, he could steal his stamina and cause him to collapse on the spot.

Although the scene of Lu Chen cutting off Pei Huan's hand looked a bit strange, in the eyes of these five ability users, it was at most just a kind of "energy projection" type of superpower.

Feng Baiyu and Lin Xinyue, who were present, also possessed this ability.

Therefore, they were not afraid at all, feeling that with the five of them working together, how could they not defeat a newcomer who had just registered today and had not yet drunk the "Ascension" potion to enhance his abilities?

Of course, everyone should rush to serve the Pei family!

pity……

Little did they know what kind of vicious duo they had encountered.

Lin Xinyue had just opened her mouth to Lu Chen, and before she could even activate her ability, Huang Rong had already pulled out a handful of glass marbles from her pocket and flicked them with her fingers.

shhhhhh!
Three sharp sounds rang out, and blood and foam burst from Lin Xinyue's eyes at the same time. Her two eyeballs were blasted apart, and the sonic superpower that was about to come out of her mouth instantly turned into a shrill scream.

But before she could even let out a scream, another glass marble shot into her mouth, shattering half of her tongue.

Two more glass marbles then flew out and collided with each other in the air. One of them flew out of aim, while the other flew in an arc and hit Lin Xinyue's temple with a "plop".

Lin Xinyue froze, then collapsed to the ground with a thud, convulsed twice, and died on the spot.

On Lu Chen's side.

As Feng Baiyu glared and activated his Nen ability, he swayed and dodged Feng Baiyu's frontal attack with lightning speed, while also dodging a punch from Luo Qi coming from the side.

Feng Baiyu's mental power missed its target and struck a table behind Lu Chen, shattering it into pieces.

Before he could catch a glimpse of Lu Chen again, he felt a sudden chill on his neck and heard a hissing sound like a leaking pipe.

Feng Baiyu was startled, feeling his strength rapidly draining away. Only then did he catch a glimpse of a blurry shadow flash past him out of the corner of his eye.

Then the blurry shadow flashed past Roach, a hand gently grabbing Roach's neck, instantly splitting a huge gash in Roach's neck, blood gushing out like a fountain...

"What kind of superpower is this?"

Filled with doubt and fear, Feng Baiyu clutched his gushing carotid artery and collapsed to the ground in despair.

Lu Chen took away Feng Baiyu with a sword finger strike, then killed Luo Qi with a Nine Yin Divine Claw combined with sword light. He then struck out with a palm strike. Li Cheng, who was at a loss, was unable to hit Lu Chen with his hands, and could not steal a single bit of his strength. His brains splattered, and he collapsed to the ground without a sound.

the other side.

Huang Rong shot Lin Xinyue with a few marbles, then suddenly kicked her repeatedly. With three loud bangs, a figure appeared out of thin air beside her, was thrown backward, and crashed heavily into the wall. It hung on the wall for a while like a mural before slowly sliding down the wall.

It was Yuan Gang, who possessed the ability to "invisibly" .

He had just concealed himself, attempting to circle around behind Huang Rong and launch a sneak attack.

However, the ability to become invisible is not a complete "virtualization". The physical body is still there. If you shrink and remain motionless, you can barely survive by holding your breath. But as long as you breathe and move, how can you hide from a martial arts master with keen senses?
Huang Rong's three-kick whirlwind sweeping leaf kick struck Yuan Gang squarely in the chest and abdomen. Even before he was blasted onto the wall, his sternum had already collapsed and his internal organs were shattered, leaving him beyond dead.

In the blink of an eye.

Of the five superpowered individuals, three died at Lu Chen's hands, and two were killed by Huang Rong. The small hall was filled with blood, and blood plasma slowly flowed on the floor.

Pei Huan was stunned.

He stared at Lu Chen and Huang Rong in disbelief, his eyes, which had been filled with hatred and madness, now brimming with terror and horror.

Seeing Lu Chen walk towards him expressionlessly, Pei Huan suddenly shuddered and shouted:

"Wait, you can't kill me! If you kill me, no matter how big the Jing Kingdom is, you won't have a place to hide..."

As he spoke, his intact left hand was behind his back, and crimson flames emanated from his palm.

Unfortunately, before he could conjure a fireball, Lu Chen flashed forward and with a flick of his hand, severed Pei Huan's throat with a snap.

hiss……

With a soft, leaky sound like a water pipe, Pei Huan's neck blood gushed out, and she collapsed to the ground convulsing, her face contorted in disbelief.

"A mere fragile superhuman dares to get this close to a martial artist..."

Lu Chen muttered something to himself, glancing at Lan Lin, who was slumped in the corner, her face deathly pale and her body trembling like a leaf:
"What's up with this kid? Why would a member of the Pei family, the Founding Duke's family, come to Qingtu City?"

"he……"

Lan Lin stared blankly at Pei Huan's corpse, which had gradually stopped convulsing, and muttered in a daze:
"He got into trouble in the capital and came to Qingtu City to lay low... and incidentally, to pave the way for the Pei family's large force..."

"To scout ahead?"

"The Pei family wants to explore and develop the Great Green Mountain Secret Realm..." At this point, Lan Lin suddenly looked at Lu Chen and screamed:
"Do you know how much trouble you've gotten yourself into? Pei Huan may be an illegitimate child, but he still shares the Pei surname! He also has superpowers, and they're promising fire abilities! As long as his abilities grow, he'll eventually be able to return to his family... And you actually killed him! You killed a member of the Pei family, do you know what the consequences will be? Your family..."

"I have no family."

Lu Chen said calmly.

"..."

Lan Lin was stunned. Only then did she remember that Lu Chen had become an orphan when he was fourteen years old. He had no family, no close relatives, and his only remaining possessions were a worthless villa...

He's an invincible man!

No, he also has a girlfriend...

She stared at Huang Rong with a ferocious expression:

"He has no family, but what about you? You don't..."

Huang Rong chuckled:
"I'm sorry, I don't have any family in this world."

"..."

Lan Lin was speechless.

Lu Chen stroked his chin and said:
"Pei Huan has gotten into trouble in the capital and has to go to Qingtu City to lay low... A member of the founding Pei family, well, an illegitimate son, actually has to lay low for a while. It seems he's gotten himself into quite a bit of trouble..."

He had originally considered whether he could use this to his advantage, such as contacting the people Pei Huan had provoked to see if they could cooperate. But then he thought that the family that could force Pei Huan to run away might also be a top-tier family similar to the Pei family.

Even if those powerful families have some disagreements with each other, they would probably never like someone who dares to kill a member of a family of their caliber.

They might thank him for helping them vent their anger, and then turn around and sell him to the Pei family.

It's about sharing the benefits and working together as one.

Without this awareness, how could the ruling group have maintained its position at the top of the pyramid, and why have we never heard of any top family falling from grace in the past hundred years?
There are definitely not a few madmen like Pei Huan in top-tier families, so the leaders and core members of the family must be clear-headed.

Think of this.

Lu Chen didn't plan to do anything fancy.

Although Pei Huan's intrusion ruined his plan to obtain information through official channels, he at least learned about the existence of the "Ascension" potion, that it was almost impossible for controlled official superpowered individuals to coexist peacefully with him, and how to contact superpowered individuals and find information channels in the future.

That being the case...

"Manager Lan, how exactly does this Ascension Potion control superpowered individuals?"

"Want to know this secret?"

Lan Lin sneered, looking at Lu Chen and Huang Rong with a venomous expression:

"You might as well kill me!"

How could she dare to leak the secret?
The leak prevention measures imposed on insiders like her by the "Extraordinary Persons Division" headquarters were more cruel than death. During her training at the headquarters, she had witnessed firsthand the horrific consequences of those measures being activated.

Furthermore, Pei Huan is already dead here. Even if Lu Chen doesn't kill her and she doesn't leak the secret, her fate will still be absolutely tragic.

"Kill you?"

Lu Chen nodded:

"as you wish."

With two fingers joined together, he thrust out a sword-like finger, piercing through Lan Lin's brow with a soft "poof".

"It seems that the government's measures to prevent leaks are more frightening than death."

Huang Rong said thoughtfully.

"As expected. Otherwise, with the current level of information technology, there would be plenty of information online."

Lu Chen said calmly.

"Brother Lu Chen, what should we do now?"

"us……"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Chen's ears twitched slightly. Suddenly, he leaped to the front of the hall door, pressed his palms heavily against it, and with a burst of true energy, the door exploded. Countless pieces of wood whistled and flew out, sweeping into the corridor outside the door like a rain of arrows.

In the corridor, several burly men dressed in black suits and holding pistols had just raised their guns to aim at the door when they were hit squarely by the rain of splinters. They screamed and fell backward to the ground. The least injured were covered in splinters and convulsed in pain. The most seriously injured had their eyes gouged out and even had splinters pierce their throats.

“There must be hidden surveillance here. The people in the club already know that we killed Lan Lin, Pei Huan, and others.”

Lu Chen spoke calmly, walked to the pool table next to the bar, picked up a pool cue, used an invisible sword aura to cut off a section, leaving a four-foot-long piece, sharpened the tip of the cue, and then walked out the door with the cue.

Huang Rong also took out a handful of glass marbles and followed him out.

As he passed by the several burly men in black who were still rolling and screaming in agony, Lu Chen did not hesitate and delivered a fatal blow to each of them.

The two focused their attention on their ears, listening to the sounds around them as they walked briskly down the corridor.

As they moved forward, Lu Chen suddenly raised his sword, and with the support of his true energy, the cue stick easily pierced through a door on the left side of the corridor with a soft "poof".

Behind the door, a gunman, holding a pistol in one hand and the other on the doorknob, was about to open the door and fire when a cue stick pierced his throat through the door. His slightly bulging eyes were filled with disbelief.

Lu Chen withdrew his cue stick and continued on with Rong'er, encountering many more gunmen along the way.

However, thanks to their keen senses, none of the gunmen had a chance to fire. They were either stabbed to death by Lu Chen with a casual sword or blinded by Rong'er's marbles, and then finished off by Lu Chen with a sword.

Soon, the two passed by a dressing room. The door was open, and several lightly dressed young girls were peeking out.

Clearly, they are also one of the benefits the club provides to people with superpowers.

Seeing Lu Chen carrying a broken golf club with blood on the front, and Huang Rong silently approaching, the girls who didn't understand what was going on smiled at the two of them.

Lu Chen and Huang Rong returned a polite smile.

Immediately afterward, two gunmen rushed out from around the corner. Before they could even raise their guns, Lu Chen swiftly pierced their throats with two sword strikes.

Seeing the two gunmen collapse to the ground, blood gushing from their throats, the girls were stunned. After a long while, they gasped and shrank back into the dressing room, slamming the door shut.

The Inhumans Club is not a heavily guarded military base; it is simply an entertainment venue where superhumans exchange information and resources, and also seek pleasure.

Although there were quite a few gunmen here, their weapons were all pistols. There were no rapid-fire weapons or explosives, so Lu Chen and Huang Rong were able to easily break out of the club building as if it were empty.

Afterwards, the two did not take a car, but directly used their movement techniques to fly towards the outskirts of the city under the cover of night.

Qingtu City is becoming increasingly desolate and bleak, with its population halved and public security deteriorating.

During the day, things are alright; the city center still retains some of its former prosperity. But at night, many neighborhoods become like ghost towns, with some streets almost completely devoid of lights. Gang members are also seen either moving about in the dark or making loud noises in the streets.

Lu Chen, carrying Huang Rong, avoided surveillance cameras and even deliberately flew through streets where the cameras and streetlights had been destroyed by gang members. In less than half an hour, they had left the city and arrived at the hilly area with rolling forests on the outskirts.

Afterwards, he took Huang Rong away from the main road and went deep into the forest. When they reached a place where no one was around, he activated the Zhuxian Sword Intent and began time travel.

Going home is out of the question. The garrison command must have already received the news and may have already sent people to ambush him at his home.

Therefore, the only option is to take Rong'er to another world to avoid trouble for now.

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