"When you wanted to kill me, did you think this day would come?" Fang Chen asked calmly.
"Fang Chen, you're asking for it. The Heaven Fiend Palace will not let you off," the leader roared.
"This place is so remote. Even if I kill you, the Heaven Fiend Palace will not know." As soon as Fang Chen finished speaking, the four captains joined forces to attack the leader.
Although the leader was a martial artist in the Sixth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm, under the attacks of the four captains, he was forced to retreat.
His body was sent flying by the four captains. Just as he was trying his best to stabilize himself, a long sword suddenly pierced his body from his back.
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Fang Chen held the Qingyun Sword in his hand and pierced the leader's body.
"Fang Chen, you …" The leader spat out a mouthful of blood. Before he could finish his sentence, he lost his life.
After the four of them were dead, Fang Chen quickly destroyed the corpses and removed the formation. He put away the four captains and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
The remote streets were very quiet, as if nothing had happened.
When he returned to Kamikaze Kenbu, Fang Chen's cultivation had reached the peak of the Third Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm. Now, he could easily fight a martial artist in the Fifth Realm. He could even challenge a disciple in the Sixth Realm.
When Fang Chen returned to Kamikaze Kenbu, he heard that Yuwen Batian had reached the Sixth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm not too long ago.
In response, Fang Chen nodded slightly. With Yuwen Batian's potential, breaking through to the Sixth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm was within his expectations.
"Let's exchange for a better weapon first," Fang Chen said with a grin.
Previously, Fang Chen had close to a million mid-grade Spirit Stones. He had won a million mid-grade Spirit Stones from the bet with Yuwen Batian. After selling the items in the space ring of the bandits, he had obtained close to two million mid-grade Spirit Stones.
Adding the one billion mid-grade Spirit Stones from the elixirs, Fang Chen now had a total of 1.04 billion mid-grade Spirit Stones.
After arriving at the Weapon Hall, Fang Chen directly asked, "What's the highest grade weapon you have here?"
When the staff member heard Fang Chen's words, he was slightly taken aback. Soon after, he said, "In the Weapon Hall of the Intermediate Zone, the highest grade weapon is the high-grade Yuan Soldier."
After saying that, the staff member brought Fang Chen to where the high-ranking Yuan Dynasty soldiers were.
"There are a total of ten high-level Yuan soldiers here. Which one do you need?" the staff member asked.
Fang Chen took a look and saw that the lowest price for a high-grade Yuan Soldier was ten million mid-grade spirit stones.
However, these spirit stones were nothing to him right now. In the end, Fang Chen's gaze was fixed on a long sword.
This longsword had an aura around it, and there was a dragon-shaped sculpture on the hilt.
"Hidden Dragon Sword."
When Fang Chen saw the two words "Hidden Dragon" on the pitch-black longsword, he understood that this was the longsword's name.
"How much is this Hidden Dragon Sword worth?" asked Fang Chen.
The other high-grade Yuan Soldiers all had a price tag, but this Hidden Dragon Sword didn't. That was why Fang Chen asked this question.
"This Hidden Dragon Sword is the highest grade Yuan Soldier in the Intermediate Zone. It's worth thirty million mid-grade Spirit Stones," said the staff member.
Fang Chen nodded. "I'll take it."
Under the staff member's shocked gaze, Fang Chen handed over thirty million mid-grade Spirit Stones and took the Hidden Dragon Sword.
"This fellow is too rich. The Hidden Dragon Sword has been in the Weapon Hall for many years, and no disciple has been able to afford it. I never thought that this brat would take out thirty million mid-grade Spirit Stones in one go," said the staff member when he saw Fang Chen leave.
For three days, the Heaven Fiend Sovereign had searched the entire imperial capital, but there was no news of the four disciples. In the end, the Heaven Fiend Sovereign confirmed that the four of them had been assassinated.
After receiving this news, the Heaven Fiend Sovereign Palace was furious. The four of them were the Eighth Prince's personal disciples, and they had never thought that they would die in front of so many people.
"Damn it! Go and investigate! Find the murderer at all costs!" roared the Heaven Fiend Sovereign.
In the following period of time, the Heaven Fiend Sovereign Palace mobilized the entire Sovereign Palace to investigate this matter.
At first, they suspected that the Elixir Pavilion and a few other elixir organizations had assassinated the four of them. But after investigating, they realized that this matter had nothing to do with them.
In other words, the four of them had been killed by a mysterious expert.
After a series of investigations, the Heaven Fiend Sovereign Palace finally determined the location where the four of them had been killed. The Heaven Fiend Sovereign's face was filled with anger when he looked at the scene.
"There are no traces left behind. They must have destroyed the corpses," said the Heaven Fiend Sovereign in a deep voice.
"To be able to kill the four of them silently, the person must be an expert on the Qi Ranking or a Qi Sea Realm expert," said the Heaven Fiend Sovereign.
In the end, the news of the four of them being killed reached the Eighth Prince's ears. The Eighth Prince was furious. The four of them had become the Eighth Prince's confidants after returning from Golden Creek County. Who would have thought that they would die silently?
"Investigate this matter," ordered the Eighth Prince.
But no matter how hard they investigated, they could not find the murderer.
During this period, the Heaven Elixir Hall's business was booming. Grandmaster Tian He was grinning from ear to ear. Following the Heaven Elixir Hall, the Elixir Pavilion and the other organizations, their business was booming as well.
Of course, Fang Chen, as the person involved, was cultivating in Kamikaze Kenbu.
"With the Hidden Dragon Sword, I can definitely fight against a Sixth Level Qi Transformation Realm martial artist," said Fang Chen with a grin.
"It's time."
Fang Chen put away the Hidden Dragon Sword and slowly walked out of the courtyard.
In the middle class area's square, many middle class disciples were cultivating. Coincidentally, Yuwen Batian was in a particularly good mood today, so he was here to teach the weaker disciples.
"Senior Brother Yuwen, after listening to your explanation, I'm enlightened," said a disciple.
"Senior Brother Yuwen, thank you for your guidance," said another disciple.
In the square, all the disciples were praising Yuwen Batian.
Hearing this, Yuwen Batian's face was full of smiles. He liked the feeling of being admired by tens of thousands.
But at this moment, a discordant voice suddenly came from afar.
"Yuwen Batian, I said before that I would return the humiliation you gave me a hundredfold."
Hearing this voice, everyone turned their heads and saw that the person who spoke was Fang Chen.
"Do you think you have the strength to challenge me now?" said Yuwen Batian in a low voice.
"Yuwen Batian, it's time to settle old scores," said Fang Chen.
"Fang Chen, you're not senior brother Yuwen's match."
"That's right. You might be strong, but it's impossible for you to defeat senior brother Yuwen."
"Fang Chen, I'd advise you to be a bit more rational. Don't go against senior brother Yuwen."
Many disciples began to berate Fang Chen. They all thought that Fang Chen was courting death.
However, Fang Chen ignored their berating. He icily stared at Yuwen Batian. "Yuwen Batian, are you afraid?"
Yuwen Batian sneered, "Fang Chen, are you prepared to die?"
"We still don't know who will live and who will die," said Fang Chen.
"Alright, since you want to die, I'll help you out. Do you dare fight me to the death on the life and death stage?" asked Yuwen Batian icily.
"Why wouldn't I dare?"
"I'll give you three days to prepare. Three days later, I'll personally kill you," laughed Yuwen Batian sinisterly.
After obtaining his answer, Fang Chen turned and left.
News of Yuwen Batian and Fang Chen's life and death battle instantly spread through the middle disciple region. Countless disciples were discussing it.
As for the middle disciple region's higher-ups, they were furious. No matter what, they refused to agree to the life and death battle.
"What kind of joke is this? Both of them have fourth rank talent in the Sword Dao. If we agree to their life and death battle, then no matter what the result is, one of us will definitely die. No, we won't allow it," said the middle disciple region's supervisor.
"Although the two of them have enmity, their talent is there for all to see. With a fourth rank talent in the Sword Dao, give them some time and they'll definitely become one of the eight Kings."
"That's right, we definitely won't agree to their life and death battle. No matter who dies, it'll be a loss that our Kamikaze Kenbu cannot bear."
The various higher-ups all spoke up, but no one agreed to the life and death battle.