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"Wait, wait!" Lady Hushan roared, "We've been waiting all day! How much longer? If Gu Chen doesn't come, we'll just stay here waiting!"

"When will we be able to avenge Da Hu'er?" It knew its husband Hu Shan Jun's concerns.

But Gu Chen killed their eldest son, so they wanted to eat Gu Chen's flesh and drink his blood. What did it matter if they slaughtered a few villages?

It can't control that much.

As long as we can force Gu Chen to come.

"We'll slaughter two more villages. If Gu Chen doesn't come within three days, we'll rush to the Night Watch of Luo'an County, kill him, and leave. At worst, we can just hide in the Ten Thousand Mountains and not let anyone find us. I can't wait any longer!" Lady Tiger Mountain said coldly.

Tiger Mountain Lord did not reply.

Instead, their gaze was directed toward the entrance to the rocky slope.

The high-ranking officials of the Divine Dynasty had an agreement with the great demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Those who are at least at the fifth level of the Innate Realm on both sides are not allowed to violate each other's territorial borders.

Those at or above the fifth level of the Innate Realm in the Divine Dynasty are not allowed to venture into the Hundred Thousand Mountains to hunt demons in large numbers and obtain demon materials.

Demons and monsters at the fifth level of the Innate Realm or above in the Ten Thousand Mountains are not allowed to invade the borders of the Divine Dynasty, nor are they allowed to eat ordinary people of the Divine Dynasty at will.

They sought revenge for their son by slaughtering a village within Luo'an County, which already constitutes a violation of the rules.

That's why it led its family to retreat to the rocky slope, letting Gu Chen come to it to apologize.

This back-and-forth maneuver, backed by its father, Tiger Seven, means that powerful figures in the Night Watch of Zhenshi County might not necessarily come to attack it.

Or perhaps by the time those important figures find out about this, it may have already killed Gu Chen and returned to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

If it doesn't know when to advance and retreat, and directly barges into Luo'an County, stepping into the territory of the Divine Dynasty, and kills Gu Chen, the head of the Night Watch of a county in the Divine Dynasty, in front of many people in the county.

This has caused the Divine Dynasty to lose face.

The Divine Dynasty will definitely not let it go, even if it is Tiger Seven's son.

By doing so, the family would have no choice but to hide deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, carefully avoiding the pursuit of the Divine Dynasty's Night Watch, and would never be able to show their faces in public again for the rest of their lives.

At this time.

Its second son looked toward the entrance to the rocky slope and said, "Father, someone is coming."

"Hmm." Tiger Mountain Lord nodded, his gaze falling on the entrance to the rocky slope, where a figure slowly approached from afar.

Tiger Mountain Lord's wife and their other five sons also looked toward the entrance of the rocky slope, toward the figure that was approaching them.

Gu Chen gripped the Fire Profound Blade, its tip slicing across the strange rocks on the rocky slope, creating streaks of sparks.

He had already stopped practicing his cultivation technique and was now focusing on restoring his internal energy, as his internal energy was now fully restored.

Their combat power has reached its peak.

Gu Chen arrived in front of Hu Shan Jun's family.

Before he could speak, Lady Hushan said, "You are Gu Chen, the murderer who killed my eldest son, Da Hu'er!"

Its gaze toward Gu Chen was filled with murderous intent, and its demonic power couldn't help but overflow.

"Are you talking about the Giant Tiger King?" Gu Chen said calmly, "Then I'm sorry, I did kill it."

"You deserve to die!" Lady Tiger Mountain glared at Gu Chen, gritting her teeth. "Later, I will smash your bones one by one, and then slice your flesh open piece by piece, making you suffer a agonizing death to avenge my Great Tiger!"

Tiger Mountain Lord's remaining six sons instantly arrived behind Gu Chen.

They blocked his escape route and surrounded him to prevent him from escaping.

Tiger Mountain Lord looked at Gu Chen and said, "My father, Tiger Seventh Master, had nine sons. I was the fourth. Among my brothers, my talent was average. It took me more than two hundred years of cultivation to reach my current level."

"Although I can live for another two hundred years in terms of the lifespan of a demon, and my strength may improve further in the future, breaking through to the level of a sixth-grade demon, I know that due to my limited talent, I will never be able to reach the level of my father, a fifth-grade great demon, in my lifetime."

"I have seven sons, but the eldest has the best talent. He was born with the bloodline of a different kind of white tiger and will surely reach the level of my father or even surpass him in the future, breaking through to the level of a fourth-grade great demon."

"But it was too rebellious and wouldn't listen to me. Just as it reached the fifth level of the Innate Realm, it insisted on going out to explore and eventually died here."

"Do you know?" Tiger Mountain Lord looked at Gu Chen: "I am heartbroken, really heartbroken. You have shattered our family's hopes. My other six children have no hope of reaching the level of a fifth-grade great demon. At most, they will be as mediocre as me."

"How do you think I should torture you to death to quell the hatred in my heart?"

Gu Chen did not answer its question.

Instead, he continued, "When I first arrived in Luo'an County to take up my post, I passed through a village and was extremely thirsty. It was that cute girl with two pigtails who quenched my thirst with two ladles of water."

"She told me that she and her grandmother lived in constant fear every day. Demons were causing havoc throughout Luo'an County, and there were forces in the county town that colluded with the demons. She was afraid that she would be captured by the Black Wolf Gang in the county town and handed over to your demon son to serve as food for your demons. She was very scared and hoped that I could help her."

"I promised her that from the moment I take office in Luo'an County, there will be no more demonic calamities in Luo'an County, and everyone will be able to live and work in peace and contentment."

"I failed, I broke my promise." Gu Chen looked at Tiger Mountain Lord: "I feel very guilty, truly guilty."

"Oh, you probably don't know who the little girl I'm talking about is. She's the child whose body was the first one lined up at the entrance of the village where you slaughtered her yesterday."

"She's just a child. What does she know? When she learned I was going to cleanse the demons, her eyes filled with hope. She just wanted to live safely from now on, without having to live in constant fear. What did she do wrong? If you want revenge for your son, come at me! Why are you slaughtering other innocent people!"

"Tell me, what means should I use today to settle scores with you all, so that I can appease the spirits of all the villagers in the village you slaughtered yesterday?" Gu Chen raised the Fire Profound Blade in his hand.

It points directly to Tiger Mountain Lord.

A murderous intent erupted in his eyes.

Streams of demonic essence emanated from Tiger Mountain Lord's body.

Different stances, different races.

There's nothing more to say.

Today, let's fight to the death.

Tiger Mountain Lord unleashed his late-stage True Yuan Realm aura as he strode toward Gu Chen.

It has a tiger's head and a human body. Beneath its mottled yellow and black fur are bulging muscles on its limbs and chest, and the explosive power contained within them.

Gu Chen did not underestimate his opponent. He unleashed the aura of a mid-stage True Essence Realm cultivator, activated the Azure Dragon Phenomenon, and a phantom of an azure dragon appeared behind him.

He walked towards Tiger Mountain Lord with his sword.

Seeing that Gu Chen had unleashed his cultivation at the mid-stage of the True Essence Realm, Tiger Mountain Lord was not surprised.

If Gu Chen did not have a cultivation level above the True Essence Realm, he would not have dared to come to Luanshipo alone to fight against the whole family.

Tiger Mountain Lord stomped his foot hard on the ground, his body suddenly lunging forward. His huge tiger claws opened, carrying his brute force and powerful demonic energy, and struck Gu Chen's chest directly.

The sharp, powerful claw-like wind created a whistling sound in the air.

The amplifying power of the Azure Dragon Phenomenon permeated Gu Chen's entire body. The Azure Dragon Phenomenon's enhancement of his combat power was mainly reflected in his strength, speed, defense, and reaction ability.

In addition, it amplifies the destructive power of his true essence and the lethality of his martial arts.

With his mid-stage True Essence Realm cultivation, amplified by the Azure Dragon Phenomenon, his strength, speed, defense, and reaction ability are enough to easily surpass Tiger Mountain Lord, who is in the late-stage True Essence Realm.

Gu Chen used the Flying Serpent Step martial art, instantly shifting his body to the side and easily dodging the attack. Tiger Mountain Lord's tiger claw landed on the rocks beside Gu Chen, causing the rocks to shatter and explode, sending debris flying everywhere.

With his attack missing its mark, Tiger Mountain Lord shifted his stance, exerted force with his waist, and swept out with his other tiger claw, its power even greater, sealing off Gu Chen's space to dodge to the side.

Gu Chen snorted coldly, his true essence surging forth and empowering the Fire Profound Blade. He held the blade horizontally to block, directly confronting Tiger Mountain Lord's sweeping tiger claws.

clang!

The sound of metal clashing together rang out crisply as true essence collided fiercely with the demonic essence on the tiger's claws, causing a shockwave to explode instantly.

As Tiger Mountain Lord's powerful claws struck, Gu Chen, amplified by the Azure Dragon phenomenon, steadily blocked the attack and forced Tiger Mountain Lord back.

Tiger Mountain Lord retreated several steps, feeling as if he were fighting a late-stage True Yuan Realm cultivator, not a mid-stage True Yuan Realm cultivator.

It was shocked. It hadn't expected that Gu Chen, who was in the mid-stage of the True Essence Realm, could actually go head-to-head with it.

It was even stronger than it, and it countered and suppressed it.

Ignoring its shock, Gu Chen didn't wait for it to recover before using his flying snake steps to instantly rush forward and launch a close-range attack.

He slashed out with the Fire Xuan Blade in his hand.

The third move of the Demon-Suppressing Blade Technique, the Demon-Subduing Slash, is unleashed.

He infused the Fire Profound Blade with a unique essence formed by the fusion of the Five Elements Thunder True Essence and the Azure Dragon True Essence.

It transformed into a demon-subduing strike.

He slashed at Tiger Mountain Lord.

The Fire Profound Blade was entwined with demon-suppressing runes, radiating a blood-red light. It was further enhanced by the power of the Five Elements Thunder and the Azure Dragon, making it even more ferocious!

Encountering someone at the late True Essence Realm stage will not end well!

Seeing this, Tiger Mountain Lord roared and withdrew its claws. A white tiger phantom appeared behind it. Its bloodline erupted, and surging demonic energy poured out from its body, covering one of its tiger claws.

Suddenly, a claw shot out.

It's its innate supernatural ability, the White Tiger Tear Claw!

This claw, imbued with terrifying demonic energy, tore through the air, creating five dark cracks in the sky in front of it.

It clashed fiercely with Gu Chen's sword technique.

Boom!

A terrifying wave spread outwards, as the violent demonic energy collided with Gu Chen's alien true essence.

The rocks were directly shattered and thrown into the air.

The explosive energy from the blade and tiger claw spread out, instantly crushing and pulverizing many of the rocks that had just been thrown into the air.

Tiger Mountain Lord's wife and her six sons quickly retreated, moving away from the battleground where Tiger Mountain Lord and Gu Chen were fighting.

A storm raged within him.

The collision just now was so intense that even someone at the early stage of the True Essence Realm could easily be injured by the aftershocks if they weren't careful.

If a powerful individual at the fifth level of the Innate Realm without having generated true essence approaches, they will be directly killed.

Gu Chen has actually become this strong.

At this moment, Gu Chen and Hu Shan Jun were engaged in battle.

This clash is over.

Tiger Mountain Lord was sent flying backward by Gu Chen's strike. The tiger claw that was fighting against Gu Chen exploded, and half of its sharp claw was directly cut off by a single slash.

A deep, bone-revealing wound appeared on its chest, bleeding continuously. The surrounding area was blackened flesh ravaged by the violent demon-suppressing blade energy and lightning power.

In this hard-fought battle, Gu Chen gained the upper hand.

It suffered considerable injuries.

Gu Chen's Fire Profound Blade has reached the top grade of Profound level.

A top-grade Xuan-level weapon was something that allowed Gu Chen to use up to the fourth-grade Core Formation realm.

The tiger claws of this Tiger Mountain Lord are at most comparable in strength to a low-grade Xuan-level treasure weapon.

Naturally, it couldn't stop Gu Chen's Fire Profound Blade.

"Next, it's time to take your life!" Gu Chen raised the Fire Profound Blade and pointed it at Tiger Mountain Lord.