The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

"Give my things back!"

Jiang Chen's eyes were bloodshot. He took a step forward, and the ground cracked. The instant he charged toward the snake-eyed man, the hundreds of blood snakes formed from viscous blood had already changed direction uncontrollably and frantically burrowed into his body.

The platinum core within his dantian reversed, generating a terrifying suction force that not only devoured the blood snake but also acted like an invisible hand, gripping the snake-eyed man's essence and binding him tightly to the entire blood pool.

"What?" The arrogant smile on the snake-eyed man's face froze completely, replaced by endless terror.

He sensed that the source of power he had cultivated over the past century by absorbing the essence and blood of martial artists was being forcibly taken away in a ruthless and domineering manner. He himself had become the conduit for supplying energy to Jiang Chen!

"This...this is impossible!"

The man with snake-like eyes stared at Jiang Chen in horror. Jiang Chen's aura was surging at an unbelievable speed, soaring from the early stage of the Spirit Sea Realm all the way up, instantly breaking through the barrier of the middle stage, and only one step away from perfection!

This process took less than ten breaths!

"You... what kind of monster are you?!" The snake-eyed man was truly terrified.

He tried to sever his connection with the blood pool, but found that the suction force was like a leech, locking him in tightly and making it impossible for him to break free.

As Jiang Chen's hand reached for his heart, the air itself seemed to groan under the immense pressure. The snake-eyed man let out a sharp roar, his survival instinct overpowering his fear.

"Trying to devour me? Dream on! I'll rip your heart out first!"

His withered fingers transformed into sharp claws, neither dodging nor avoiding, reaching for Jiang Chen's heart in an attempt to perish together.

However, Jiang Chen's eyes held only a cold mockery.

"roar--!"

A deafening dragon's roar echoed through the ruins.

A dark golden dragon phantom, its scales standing on end and its whiskers and mane bristling, rose into the air from behind Jiang Chen!

The dragon's shadow was no longer illusory; each dragon scale was like solid metal, burning with purple-gold flames, and the oppressive aura it emitted made the entire underground palace tremble.

The dragon shadow opened its abyss-like maw, ignoring the snake-eyed man's sharp claws, and bit down on his head.

"No--!"

The man with snake-like eyes let out a final, piercing scream. His soul was being forcibly dragged out of his body by the terrifying suction from the dragon's mouth.

The Dark Gold Dragon Shadow gave him no chance to struggle and suddenly shook its head.

"Pfft!"

The snake-eyed man's upper body, along with his snake tail, was forcibly dragged into the air. The dragon shadow's sharp claws pressed down on his limbs and began to tear at them frantically.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere.

The "false god" of the Jun family, who had been asleep for a hundred years, couldn't even withstand a single move before being eaten as a snack by Jiang Chen's dragon shadow.

Even more terrifying, after tearing the snake-eyed man apart, the dark golden dragon's massive head plunged into the blood pool below.

"Gulp... gulp..."

The pool water level dropped at a visible speed. The essence of the blood pool, which could have submerged half a football field, was completely absorbed by the dragon shadow in one gulp.

Not a drop left.

At the bottom of the dried-up pool, layers upon layers of stark white skeletons were revealed, all innocent victims sacrificed by the Jun family over the past century.

After the dragon shadow devoured everything, it let out a satisfied roar, then transformed back into a stream of light and disappeared back into Jiang Chen's back.

Jiang Chen closed his eyes, feeling the immense power within his body that was almost bursting his meridians.

The Spirit Sea Realm is complete!

He slowly opened his eyes, and two streaks of purple-gold lightning flashed by.

The underground palace was deathly silent, save for the ashes of the snake-eyed man slowly drifting down from the sky. At Jiang Chen's feet, a black wooden plaque lay quietly—the ancestral tablet of the Jun family.

At the very top of the character "君" (jun), a fine crack appeared that ran from top to bottom.

Jiang Chen lifted his foot and stomped the ancestral tablet, which represented the Jun family's century-long fortune, into the mud beneath his feet.

He walked out of the underground palace.

It was already daylight outside.

On the ruins, the last few dozen shadow guards of the Jun family had been devoured by Jun Yao's Gu worms, leaving only skeletons. Nalan Jia purified all the bloodstains, leaving only a faint scent of grass in the air, as if the slaughter of the previous night had never happened.

"Big brother, are you alright?" Junyao ran up to greet Jiang Chen as he came out.

"It's alright." Jiang Chen patted her head, then his gaze fell on Shen Suxin's arms.

Su Jinyu's breathing had become so weak that it was almost imperceptible.

"Suxin, how is she?" Jiang Chen's voice was a little hoarse.

Shen Suxin shook her head, her eyes reddening: "Brother Jiang, my sister-in-law's Ice Phoenix Body essence has been exhausted, and her internal organs are failing... I... I am powerless to help."

Xiao Ruoye clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh, her voice filled with hatred: "Those beasts from the Jun family fed her 'Huayuan Powder,' a forbidden drug specifically designed to destroy special constitutions."

Jiang Chen's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

He walked to Su Jinyu's side, extended his hand, and slowly channeled platinum true energy from his fingertips into her. However, the moment the true energy entered her body, it vanished without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea. Her meridians had withered, and her dantian was completely lifeless.

"Jiang Chen..." Su Jinyu struggled to open her eyes, her lips moving slightly, "Don't... don't avenge me... take them... and live on..."

Her voice grew softer and softer.

"Shut up." Jiang Chen interrupted her, took her from Shen Suxin's arms, and carried her in his arms.

"I've said it before, even the King of Hell wouldn't dare take my patients."

He held her in his arms and turned to look at Jun Wanhe, a blind old man who was tied to a broken pillar with vines not far away.

"Wakaba, where is Jun Wanhe?"

"Right there!"

Jiang Chen walked step by step to him, his voice eerily calm: "The antidote."

Jun Wanhe raised his empty eye sockets and grinned, his mouth full of blood: "There's no antidote. 'Huayuan Powder' is a rare poison from Tianji Island, and there's no cure... Jiang Chen, so what if you won? You couldn't protect her, hahahaha..."

Jiang Chen didn't say anything more.

He stretched out his other hand, spread his five fingers, and pressed it on Jun Wanhe's crown.

"Since it's useless, then just die."

Platinum flames erupted from his palm. Jun Wanhe's laughter abruptly ceased, and his body turned to ashes in the flames.

Jiang Chen held the gradually dying Su Jinyu in his arms and turned to look at the east of the capital.

That's the direction the sun rises.

That's also the direction where Tianji Island is located.

"Tianji Island..."

He muttered those three words, and the murderous intent in his eyes froze the morning air.

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