Chapter 967

The whole Zhang Village was dead silent. The thick smell of blood lingered in the air. Other than the corpses, there were no other living people.

Looking at the corpses and the villagers' unwillingness and despair, Zi Chen and the devil ape's faces turned pale. This was not done by beasts, but by cultivators.

Cultivators massacred the entire village.

To be able to appear here, the cultivators were naturally powerful. Most of them were in the Inner Core realm, or even the Great Circle of the Inner Core realm. However, such powerful cultivators disregarded their status and slaughtered ordinary people.

Zi Chen's heart was burning with anger.

Cultivators often said that ordinary people were ants. They were high above. When they saw the ants under their feet, they would let them go if they were in a good mood. If they were in a bad mood, they would kill a large group of them with a single kick.

However, ordinary people were humans, not ants. They were the same as cultivators. The only difference was that they had no power.

"Where's Bing 'er?" The devil ape's words woke up Zi Chen from his anger.

He spread out his spiritual thoughts and checked all the corpses. He did not find Bing 'er, Old Zhang, or Little Baihu.

"They should be fine. Let's go and have a look."

Before Zi Chen left, he gave Bing 'er a jade pendant that could save her life at a critical moment. At this moment, he had already sensed the aura left behind by the jade pendant.

Bing'er used the jade pendant to help Grandpa and Little White escape. Those people were like crazy. They killed as soon as they arrived. They didn't even say a word. Those people's cruelty made Bing'er's heart tremble. She was furious. But what she couldn't understand was why Grandpa would take the initiative to attack.

Old Zhang, who had taken the initiative to step forward, was injured. In Bing 'er's eyes, Grandpa's actions were akin to sending himself to his death. However, it was precisely because he had been the first to question the other party that the other party had mocked him and disdained him. As a result, the other party had failed to kill him in one strike.

"Grandpa, hang in there. Zi Chen will be back soon. He must have a way to save you." Bing 'er, who was already in the Connate Stage, carried Old Zhang and escaped quickly.

She activated the jade pendant. She did not know where the jade pendant had taken her. In short, she was afraid. After the jade pendant stopped, she continued to escape. Little Baihu followed beside her.

Old Zhang was coughing up blood. His face was pale and devoid of color. However, he looked very peaceful. He did not fear death.

The attack just now had completely damaged his heart and lungs. As a mortal, this was a fatal injury.

Suddenly, Old Man Zhang started coughing violently. Every time he coughed, a large amount of blood gushed out from his mouth. Bing 'er was so scared that she quickly put Old Man Zhang down and let him lean against a big tree. During this time, her hand never left Old Man Zhang's chest.

One stream of gentle natural energy after another suppressed Old Zhang's injuries.

"Grandpa, wait a moment, I'll find you the pill." Bing 'er's face was also pale, her voice trembling, and she actually forgot how to open the Spirit Ring.

After coughing violently, Old Zhang's face became ruddy, and his injuries seemed to be much better. He waved his hand slowly and said, "No need. I can't take it anymore."

"No, grandpa, you won't die, you definitely won't die!" Bing 'er cried out loudly, her voice extremely mournful.

"Everyone will die, including Grandpa." Old Zhang's voice suddenly became nimble as he asked, "How's Zhang Village?"

Bing'er cried and shook her head. "I don't know, but they are so bad. Zhang Village should be gone."

"Sigh."

Old Zhang sighed. "I can't take care of you anymore. From now on, follow Zi Chen and be obedient. Don't be willful."

Bing 'er kept shaking her head, her tears could not stop.

Old Zhang slowly raised his hand, but it was obvious that he did not have enough strength. His hand was trembling. Bing 'er grabbed Old Zhang's hand and placed it on her face.

Old Zhang smiled. "Grandpa is already very satisfied to be able to see you grow up into an adult. Grandpa can die without regrets if he sees you become a cultivator who can fly in the sky and burrow into the earth. Grandpa will die with a smile on his face if he sees you meet your sweetheart and be together with her."

Old Zhang's face had a satisfied and happy smile. He seemed to want to say something, but his mouth moved, and no sound came out. His ruddy face immediately turned pale. After he took a deep breath, the light in his eyes dissipated.

"Grandpa." Bing 'er's mournful voice came out from Heaven and Earth.

She hugged Old Zhang and cried. Little Baihu beside her was also crying.

Old Zhang was dead, but he still had a smile on his face. It was a happy smile.

Zi Chen and the devil ape heard Bing 'er's mournful cry from a distance. The two of them quickly rushed over and saw Old Zhang leaning against a tree. He was no longer breathing.

The two of them landed and looked at Old Zhang, then at Bing 'er. Zi Chen looked at Old Zhang's expression, and a complicated expression appeared on his face. He then bowed deeply to Old Zhang.

When Zi Chen got up, he was filled with admiration and emotion. This was Old Zhang's flesh and blood. Old Zhang had done far too much for Bing 'er.

Zi Chen pulled Bing 'er up and said to the devil ape, "Devil ape, deal with Old Zhang's corpse."

The devil ape nodded. Zi Chen pulled Bing 'er over. "Come with me to get revenge."

Revenge wasn't just for Old Zhang, but also for the villagers. This kind of cruel slaughter had to be paid with blood.

A group of people from the Martial Heaven Alliance were rapidly fleeing. They had come from the outer regions, and wherever they went, everything was annihilated. This was what the spirit bodies had told them to do.

"It really is regretful to let that girl get away," said a late Primal Core expert.

"Just what was that pressure? It was so terrifying. Could it be a peerless calamity has appeared?" asked another.

They had been continuing their slaughter when they sensed an unimaginable pressure. Only then did they stop and hastily retreat. They even gave up on chasing Zhang Yubing.

"Who knows? But it should be a terrifying existence. It's useless for us to go."

"Did the spirit bodies obtain the Mortal Yuan Fruit?"

This was a group of over twenty Primal Core experts. There were Celestials as well as ordinary cultivators. They were all from the Martial Heaven Alliance.

They had just slaughtered a village of over a thousand people, but they didn't feel any guilt. It was like they hadn't killed people but ants. Their only regret was that they had let one person escape.

Just as they were chatting, they sensed an aura coming from behind them.

The group of people turned around and looked ahead. They saw the little girl who had escaped before, but at this moment, she was being carried by a young man in the air.

The two of them were very fast, arriving in front of them in the blink of an eye. Zi Chen stopped and looked at the group of Celestials. He asked, "Bing-er, is it them?"

"It's them! It's him! He's the one who killed grandpa!" Bing-er pointed at one of the Celestials, her emotions stirred.

That Celestial laughed sinisterly at Bing-er. "I thought it was a pity that you had run away. I didn't expect you to take the initiative to deliver yourself to me. Good, very good."

Just as they were speaking, a group of people began to approach Zi Chen and Bing-er. Their eyes were filled with ill intent, and killing intent surged out of them.

Zi Chen glanced at them and took a step forward. He icily said, "You killed the innocent. You deserve to die."

"Haha, you'll have to …" One of the Celestials laughed sinisterly. But before he could finish speaking, he saw the youth in front of him release light. Two rays of light shot out, one from the left and one from the right.

Those two rays of light transformed into two silhouettes, one from the right and one from the left. One of them was surrounded by golden light. He charged at one of the Celestials.

"You want to use a clone to kill me? You're courting death!"

The Sky level warrior was full of confidence. With a loud shout, a Pill Weapon appeared in his hand. He waved the Pill Weapon and attacked the golden light clone.

The golden clone pointed a finger. Golden energy shot out of his finger and touched the pill weapon.

The pill weapon was instantly broken. The Celestial cultivator had thought the pill weapon contained a terrifying amount of energy, but it didn't even cause a ripple before it dissipated. That scene made the Celestial cultivator's expression change drastically. Terror filled his eyes. He quickly retreated.

But that wasn't the end of it. The golden energy continued forward and landed on his body.

As the golden light surged, the Celestial cultivator's vitality disappeared. His eyes lost focus and his body fell down.

On one side, the golden clone had killed a Celestial cultivator. On the other side, the silver clone had already killed three ordinary Primordial Core cultivators. They were all killed in one blow.

During this time, Zi Chen and Bing 'er looked coldly at the blue-armored Celestial cultivator in front of them.

He was the one who'd killed Old Zhang.

At first, he had a smug expression on his face, and there was a cruel grin on his face, just like when he was slaughtering the villagers. The appearance of the two doppelgangers from Zi Chen surprised him, but he didn't think much of it.

Because he had many subordinates, he had more people than the doppelganger. When the silver doppelganger killed several people in an instant, and it was a one-hit kill, his expression changed. When the golden doppelganger killed a Sky level warrior who was not weaker than him, his expression changed greatly.

"How is this possible?" He was clearly shocked. His heart was filled with terror.

Popping sounds kept coming out. Soon, there were dozens of popping sounds. Each popping sound represented the death of a Primordial Core cultivator.

This kind of slaughter speed was even faster than when they had slaughtered the mortal villagers.

When they had been slaughtering mortals, they had been smiling sinisterly. But now, their expressions were extremely calm. It was like they were slaughtering cats and dogs.

"Run!" The Celestial cultivator's fear reached its limit. Finally, before the last person fell, he thought of running.

However, as soon as he turned around, he felt a powerful force on his chest. Someone had kicked him. It was that youth. Just now, he had been in the distance, but now he was right in front of him.

"Don't kill me! Please don't kill me!" begged the Celestial cultivator.

Zi Chen looked at him. "When you were slaughtering the villagers, did you also encounter villagers begging for mercy? Did you let them go?"

The Celestial cultivator's expression changed once more. "You can't kill me! I'm a member of the Martial Heaven Alliance! If you kill me, you'll offend the Martial Heaven Alliance. At that time, there won't be a place for you in the entire eastern region!"

Zi Chen laughed out loud when he heard this. "I even dared to kill a spirit body. I've killed at least fifty Xiantian martial artists, if not a hundred. Do you think I'll care about a Houtian martial artist like you who is inferior to an ant?"