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"Five Cave Heavens alone are enough to scare you senseless?"
Zhu Chen sneered coldly.
"It seems your understanding ends here."
The moment his words fell, he vanished.
In an instant, Zhu Chen appeared before the bandit leader. Without giving him the slightest chance to react, he pressed one hand onto the man's face and smashed his head straight into the ground.
Boom!
The earth trembled violently.
A terrifying shockwave erupted outward. Centered on Zhu Chen, the land within several hundred meters shattered instantly, rocks and dust exploding into the air like a storm.
When the dust finally settled—
The bandit leader who had been flaunting his strength moments ago lay motionless on the ground, his head completely pulverized.
"So… so strong…"
Huo Ling'er stood frozen in place, utterly stunned.
She hadn't been surprised when Zhu Chen instantly killed those Blood Transformation Realm bandits.
After all, for a Cave Heaven Realm cultivator, slaughtering Blood Transformation Realm opponents was no different from swatting flies.
But this man was different.
That bandit leader was also a Cave Heaven Realm cultivator.
Even though Zhu Chen had opened five Cave Heavens, defeating someone of the same realm shouldn't have been so effortless.
Yet Zhu Chen had crushed him with a single move.
Even more absurd—
He hadn't used any divine technique or treasure at all.
He had relied purely on physical strength to utterly suppress and annihilate a cultivator of the same realm.
If Huo Ling'er hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, she would have thought it was a dream.
"Could these bandits be the ones Shi Hao dealt with in the past…?"
Zhu Chen glanced at the corpse on the ground and suddenly recalled the bandits Shi Hao had killed in the original storyline.
If he remembered correctly, that bandit leader possessed a spirit-summoning technique.
Why hadn't he used it?
Was it because he died too quickly?
Zhu Chen shook his head lightly and turned back to Huo Ling'er.
"Zhu Chen," she asked hesitantly, her cheeks still flushed, eyes bright with curiosity,
"Have you cultivated some special method? How did you suddenly become this strong?"
Ever since Zhu Chen broke through to the Extreme Realm, she had been cultivating tirelessly, trying to follow in his footsteps.
But no matter how hard she trained, her strength in the Blood Transformation Realm had never surpassed ninety thousand jin.
Out of pride, she had always avoided asking him.
Yet after witnessing today's battle, she could no longer remain silent.
Zhu Chen's cultivation speed was simply abnormal.
More frighteningly, he possessed absolute invincibility among those of the same realm.
Such talent far exceeded even the first-generation geniuses of the Eight Domains.
If she didn't seize this opportunity now, she feared she would never again be able to walk beside him.
"The Primal True Explanation gives a completely different cultivation experience," Zhu Chen said honestly.
"But it's best to cultivate the Blood Transformation Realm to its extreme state before learning it. Otherwise, the effects will be greatly diminished."
"The… ultimate state of the Blood Transformation Realm?"
Huo Ling'er bit her lip lightly, her eyes filled with unwillingness and frustration.
Only those who had tried knew how difficult it was.
She had already pushed herself to the limit—yet her talent simply wasn't enough.
Just as disappointment settled in her heart, Zhu Chen's voice rang out again.
"Next time, I'll refine some body-refining pills for you.
We'll see if we can help you reach the ultimate state then."
Huo Ling'er's pupils shrank instantly.
Before she could ask anything more, an elderly voice sounded from the forest.
"Young friend Zhu Chen… are you unharmed?"
It was Village Chief Shi Yunfeng, leading the other villagers over.
Zhu Chen briefly explained the situation.
After entrusting the aftermath—rescuing and treating the wounded hunters—to the villagers, he took Huo Ling'er and returned to Stone Village.
The bandits were already dealt with.
Staying behind served no purpose.
Moreover, he still had many things to do.
He needed to comprehend the Suanni Treasure Bone, cultivate the Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Art and the True Phoenix Treasure Technique, and find Xiao Yan to refine pills.
Once Liu Shen finished studying the Grass Character Sword Technique, he would need to learn it as well.
The more he thought about it, the more Zhu Chen realized—
He was about to be busier than an ox or a horse.
"Damn it," he muttered,
"Wasn't working 996 enough in my past life? Did I come to this fantasy world just to keep grinding?"
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