Chapter 1272

Shangguan Hong took out the message. When she saw the contents, her expression changed.

"What's wrong?"

Beside her, Zi Chen, who had just killed a Spirit Grade Battle Beast, was dealing with the corpse. He cut off some of the delicious meat to be roasted in the future. When he noticed Shangguan Hong's abnormality, he asked.

"Old Ling wants us to go back," said Shangguan Hong.

"Go back? When?"

"Now, immediately, immediately."

"Why are you in such a hurry? Did something happen?" Zi Chen looked at Shangguan Hong.

Shangguan Hong shook her head. "I'm not sure."

"That's good. We've gained a lot from this experience. Let's go back and rest for a while." Zi Chen nodded. The two began to return.

…

On the third day after the auction, the survivors who had surrounded and killed Zi Chen returned. At the same time, the early Corporeal Realm cultivators who had come to watch the show returned.

News of Zi Chen's crazy massacre spread throughout Huping City.

There had been rumors a few days ago, but not many people believed that Zi Chen had gone on a crazy killing spree, or even killed those above his level.

However, with the return of many people involved, the news spread at the fastest speed.

For a time, the entire Huping City was talking about this matter. Compared to Zi Chen's killing spree, the Void Tree after the auction was no longer as attractive.

"What? You don't believe me? I saw it with my own eyes," said an early Corporeal Realm cultivator in a tavern.

"Only a fool would believe you. He's just a mid Virtual Realm cultivator. Even if he had a supreme treasure to raise his strength to the early Corporeal Realm, how could he kill those in the late Corporeal Realm?" Someone retorted sarcastically.

"I saw it with my own eyes," said the early Corporeal Realm cultivator.

"You saw it with your own eyes, but we didn't see it with our own eyes. Unless … you have evidence."

"Evidence?" The early Corporeal Realm cultivator hesitated.

"What? You don't have any evidence, right?" The sarcastic voice sounded again.

The early Corporeal Realm cultivator shook his head and said, "Of course I have evidence, but I risked my life to obtain it. If I let you see it like this, wouldn't I suffer a great loss?"

He suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Believe it or not, the evidence is right there. I'll keep it for myself."

The surrounding cultivators were startled at first, then curiosity appeared on their faces. However, their faces were soon filled with disdain. Obviously, everyone understood what the reality meant.

"Name your price," someone said.

The early stage Corporeal Realm expert wasn't a hypocrite either. He swept his gaze over the crowd and said, "Everyone here, I'll give you ten thousand each. Don't be in a hurry to reject me. I promise that the thing in my hands will be an eye-opener for all of you, because this is the visual proof of a massacre."

Ten thousand was equivalent to one Reality fragment, so everyone could accept it. After hearing the Early Reality fragment, everyone agreed and handed over enough law fragments.

The cultivator didn't lie. In the next moment, he took out a crystal ball and said, "I risked my life to get this. Look carefully."

Everyone stared at the crystal ball with wide eyes.

Following the injection of a trace of energy, the crystal ball began to glow, and a scene appeared within it.

That was the moment Zi Chen's eyes shot out gold and silver light. Then, he leapt into the air. Without further ado, the slaughter began.

In the crystal ball, no one could see Zi Chen's figure. They could only see heads flying in the air and corpses falling to the ground.

The tavern was silent. Everyone's gaze fell on the crystal ball. Even their breaths were held.

The slaughter continued. Finally, the group of mid Corporeal Realm cultivators began to retreat. Then, the group of late Corporeal Realm cultivators surrounded him.

Everyone's expression became tense because the most crucial part had arrived.

Many late Corporeal Realm cultivators began to use the power of space to suppress Zi Chen. Zi Chen's speed was greatly reduced. Then, an earth-shattering attack enveloped Zi Chen.

A longsword struck Zi Chen's chest. Zi Chen had chopped off the head of a mid Corporeal Realm cultivator with a single slash.

The nervous crowd burst into an uproar. Someone sighed, "Heavens, he actually killed a late Corporeal Realm cultivator with a single slash."

The others nodded in agreement.

The original early Corporeal Realm cultivator said disdainfully, "This is nothing. The real show is yet to come."

The scene continued. After the first person died, a second and a third person's head was chopped off one after the other.

Zi Chen's armor shattered. The others watched anxiously and worriedly. More late Corporeal Realm cultivators died. There was an indescribable feeling in their hearts.

Zi Chen began to get injured. The number of injuries on his body increased. Gradually, he became covered in scars. He looked very miserable and his wounds were shocking.

However, even more late Corporeal Realm cultivators were killed.

Zi Chen had finally reached a state where he was on the brink of death. The real show had arrived. Zi Chen began his mad slaughter...

Corpses fell one after another. Zi Chen's condition was the same as before.

In the end, Zi Chen killed the group of late Corporeal Realm cultivators until they were scared out of their wits.

The early Corporeal Realm cultivators had personally experienced the scene. However, they still felt the same thrilling feeling when they watched it again.

"How was it? I wasn't lying, right?"

When the scene ended, everyone was still in a state of shock and daze. The early Corporeal Realm cultivator who was the first to react spoke with a proud expression.

However, the proud expression on his face quickly froze. He looked around and saw that the tavern, which had only had a dozen people a moment ago, was now packed with people.

Everyone seemed to have turned to stone as they stared at the crystal ball that had long since disappeared.

"Not good. We've lost big time. Hurry up and close the door. We'll charge." The early Corporeal Realm cultivator rushed forward to block the door.

Scenes like this had already played out in many places. There were still many people with business acumen like the early Corporeal Realm cultivator.

The purple clothed man happened to be in the tavern. His expression also changed when he saw the scene in the video.

"This is the Heavenly Thunder Wings that the Thunder Clan lost a long time ago."

A strange light flashed through the purple clothed man's eyes. "This person is also extremely powerful. If he joins us this time, our chances of success will be even greater."

As the video spread, the news about Zi Chen also spread. At the same time, the debate about Zi Chen also spread.

For example, why did Zi Chen possess an inexhaustible amount of energy after forcefully increasing his cultivation? Why was he not corroded by the laws despite his serious injuries?

These were all suspicious points and the subject of debate.

At the same time, a close-up video was sent to Hunter's Castle and then placed in Lord Wu's hands.

It could be said that Zi Chen was the person who had spent the most resources on a small cultivation in history. Therefore, he received the attention of the upper echelons.

The original four Domain Realm cultivators sat in the same conference room and watched the video together.

After the video finished playing, the four of them fell into silence. Although they were silent, their emotions were fluctuating greatly.

"How was it? How was my ten billion investment?" Ling Xing asked proudly as he looked at Ming Zhu and the other Domain Realm cultivator.

The two of them glanced at Ling Xing, but couldn't say a word.

Zi Chen had only increased his cultivation by one small cultivation level, yet he already possessed such powerful combat strength. He was completely worthy of this expenditure.

"Powerful and exciting."

Lord Wu concluded.

"Of course. I knew that he was extraordinary when I saw him casually slaughter the early stage Corporeal Realm cultivators. I would be willing to invest a hundred billion in a person like him, let alone ten billion. Plus, his combat strength isn't any weaker than those special existences. He might even be comparable to a higher life form."

Ling Xing said proudly, "Think about it. If we used resources to raise Zi Chen to the Domain Realm, what kind of concept would that be? He would definitely be able to kill enemies above his level. Do you think he would still care about resources at that time? Without resources, he could just find a random Domain Realm cultivator and kill them."

Ling Xing was very proud. Lord Wu nodded repeatedly, but the expressions of the other two Domain Realm cultivators became very unnatural and ugly.

"This time, Zi Chen killed more than forty late stage Corporeal Realm cultivators. Let's not talk about the mid stage Corporeal Realm cultivators first. The wealth that Zi Chen obtained this time is probably in the hundreds of millions. Shang Guan Hong also told me that Zi Chen also obtained a great harvest from killing spirit grade battle beasts. The total harvest this time is probably in the hundreds of millions."

Ling Xingyi looked at the two cultivators with ugly expressions and said, "Every time he goes out, he can obtain hundreds of millions of wealth. Do you think he won't be able to pay back a mere ten billion? Also, don't forget that he's only in the Void Realm now. He still has a long way to go. Resources are nothing in his eyes."

He then said sarcastically, "Think about him and then think about you. When you were at his level, did you have his achievements?"

"Also …"

Lord Wu interrupted Ling Xing when he saw that there was no end to his pride. "Alright, that's enough. We now know that Zi Chen is extraordinary. What we need to do is to protect Zi Chen and not let anything happen to him."

The two of them nodded with ugly expressions.

Ling Xing also nodded and said seriously, "Actually, I didn't mean to make things difficult for you two."

The two's expressions relaxed and Ling Xing continued, "I was just too happy and couldn't help but say a few more words. Haha, who told me to have a pair of discerning eyes? Haha … haha …"

Ling Xing's laughter rang out in the meeting room. The two's expressions, which had just relaxed, naturally became ugly again.

Lord Wu looked at Ling Xing and shook his head with a smile. He was also very happy, but he didn't laugh because he thought about the feelings of the two beside him.

"Now, what we need to do is to let Zi Chen have a sense of belonging to Hunter's Castle. We need to protect him and prevent people with ill intentions from attacking him." Lord Wu said after a moment.

"If we really want to protect him, then it'll be fine if we don't let him leave the city. I don't think anyone in Huping City would dare to assassinate Zi Chen in the city." Ming Zhu was the first to speak.

"That's right. Therefore, Zi Chen doesn't need to participate in this mission at all." Ling Xing said.

On this point, the four of them were surprisingly in agreement.

Just as the news about Zi Chen was spreading like wildfire, the person involved, Zi Chen, finally rushed back with Shangguan Hong.