Unfettered Retribution: Slaughtering My Way through the World Chapter 48: You’re About to Die! Surprise

BOOM!

In the spacious courtyard, a searing, formidable force erupted from Chen Xuan, spreading out like tangible ripples. Sand and stones scattered at his feet as leaves danced in the air.

The intense heat radiating from his body faintly distorted the air.

He appeared taller and more upright. His brawny muscles, wrapped in great tendons like steel wires, shimred with a searing, bronze-colored glow.

"HUUH!"

Chen Xuan exhaled a hot breath and clenched his fist, producing a series of sharp cracks.

"The fourth layer of Transforming Force."

His voice was calm, yet he felt a torrential power surging through him, a sensation of being able to destroy anything.

With the blessing of his Innate Divine Strength,

his fourth layer of Transforming Force was at least comparable to the Seventh or Eighth Layer.

He looked at the panel again.

Na: Chen Xuan

Heart thod: None

Martial Arts: Vajra Sun Art (Fourth Layer), Hundred-Splitting Slash and Hang Fist (Fourth Layer), Blast Palm (Perfection · Soul-Shattering Palm), Black Evil Palm (Perfection), Thunderbolt Step (Perfection)

Cultivation: Transforming Force, Fourth Layer

Talents: Innate Divine Strength, Bronze Skin and Iron Bones (A new talent can be unlocked with each level of renown. Current Renown: Minorly Famous)

Retribution Points: 2000 (Can be used to deduce Martial Arts)

...

’Good. This level of strength shouldn’t be considered weak anymore,’

Chen Xuan’s eyes glinted.

’I wonder how the battle in the city is going?’

’Can I go and fish in troubled waters?’

Once the idea took hold, Chen Xuan found it hard to restrain himself.

A short while later, everyone at the docks had quickly gathered.

None of them knew what had happened. They all looked at each other suspiciously, murmuring amongst themselves.

So had even just been hauled out of the brothels.

"Squad Leader, everyone is here,"

Jia Gui said respectfully.

"Silence!"

Chen Xuan ordered coolly.

Instantly, the courtyard fell so silent you could hear a pin drop. Not another sound was made.

Everyone turned to look at Chen Xuan in unison.

Chen Xuan was satisfied. He had the illusion of inspecting a mighty army.

"Everyone, I’ve just received news. The Thirteen Golden Dragon Fortress has joined forces with the Giant Whale Gang, the Poisonous Snake Sect, the Black Water Gang, and about seven or eight other factions of varying sizes. With the help of the Bai family from the prefectural city, they are attacking our Red Sand Gang headquarters. As for the current situation... I, your Squad Leader, do not know yet. However, I just received a ssage from the Gang Leader telling us to temporarily retreat to Little Qing Mountain for refuge."

Chen Xuan said imdiately.

"What? The Thirteen Golden Dragon Fortress has tead up with so many factions to attack us?"

"Are they crazy?"

"And the Bai family from the prefectural city? No way!"

"Why would the Bai family suddenly get involved? They’re a centuries-old, well-established Martial Arts Clan..."

The crowd imdiately erupted in an uproar, completely shocked.

Even Jia Gui was secretly alard. He lowered his voice and said, "Squad Leader, with so many factions attacking the headquarters together, I’m afraid even our Gang Leader might not escape. The situation in the city must be complete chaos. Why don’t... we just run?"

"Run? Where do you plan to run to?"

Chen Xuan glanced at him.

"Well... what about fleeing to a neighboring city? Or becoming bandits?"

Jia Gui asked tentatively.

"Get lost!"

Chen Xuan’s tone was cold. "Becoming bandits... I can’t believe you’d even suggest that. I repay my debts, both of gratitude and of grievance. The Gang Leader’s kindness to is as heavy as a mountain; he has never treated unfairly. If I run now, how would I be any different from an animal?"

"Ahem, my mistake. Please, don’t take it to heart."

Jia Gui said sheepishly.

[Well said. A true man distinguishes between gratitude and grievance. This is as it should be. You refuse to act like a cowardly rat. Your actions and words are one, your heart is true. Retribution points 1000!]

A line of text appeared.

Chen Xuan’s eyes flashed.

’It works like this too?’

"Listen up! We will first retreat to Little Qing Mountain for refuge. We’ll see if the Gang Leader is there. If he isn’t, I, your Squad Leader, will personally go into the city to investigate the situation. As for the rest of you, you will all remain on Little Qing Mountain."

Chen Xuan declared.

"Yes, Squad Leader!"

the n shouted in unison.

With a wave of his hand, Chen Xuan set the group into motion. They grabbed their weapons and rushed toward Little Qing Mountain under the cover of night.

Just as they left the docks, a blood-soaked figure with disheveled hair burst from the woods ahead, sprinting rapidly in their direction.

Upon seeing the large group of people ahead, the blood-soaked figure quickly tried to hide.

However, by the dim moonlight, the figure soon made out the attire of the approaching group.

His pupils contracted when he saw the person in the lead.

"Squad Leader Chen..."

The blood-soaked figure suddenly shouted, his body swaying as he staggered out from the bushes again.

Chen Xuan had already noticed him from a distance and was inwardly surprised.

’Right Protector Xiang Tao.’

"Xiang Protector, what happened to you? How did you end up in this state?"

Chen Xuan rushed over, feigning shock as he questioned him.

"It’s chaos... complete chaos."

Xiang Tao gasped for breath and said hurriedly, "The Thirteen Golden Dragon Fortress, the Bai family from the prefectural city, the Giant Whale Gang... they all attacked us together. The Gang Leader and Zuo Qiuyun are most likely dead. I’m the only one who escaped..."

"What? The Gang Leader is as good as dead too?"

Chen Xuan’s expression changed slightly.

"Yes! You need to hide imdiately and not reveal your location!"

Xiang Tao blurted out, "I heard those people say they want to capture you alive..."

Taking advantage of the shock on Chen Xuan’s face, he raised both palms, channeling all ten-tenths of his power into a sudden strike aid at Chen Xuan’s chest and abdon.

BOOM!

The mont his palms made contact, a trendous force like a tidal wave surged into Chen Xuan’s body, intending to kill him on the spot.

In the next mont, however, a look of utter astonishnt appeared on his face.

Chen Xuan was still standing perfectly still, his body not even swaying in the slightest.

The cataclysmic power that had erupted from his hands had vanished as if a clay ox had entered the sea—disappearing without a trace.

’Chen Xuan’s strength?’

The thought had just crossed Xiang Tao’s mind when an excruciating pain suddenly erupted from his abdon, instantly spreading through his entire body and forcing a scream from his lips.

Chen Xuan’s arm had pierced straight through his protective force, impaling his body like a scarecrow.

"You... you..."

Xiang Tao’s face was filled with terror and disbelief.

" what? Surprised? Didn’t see that coming, did you?"

Chen Xuan grinned. He raised his other hand, which crackled with a terrifying, berserk power, and slamd it into Xiang Tao’s chest as the man’s pupils shrank in fear.

BANG!

Even though Xiang Tao desperately tried to defend and resist, it was useless. Struck by Chen Xuan’s indescribably monstrous strength, his body was uncontrollably ripped from Chen Xuan’s arm and sent flying, trailing a spray of blood as it smashed violently into the bushes behind him.

With a sickening CRUNCH, a large patch of bushes was flattened by the impact.

The mbers of the Red Sand Gang were all stunned.

They stared blankly from Chen Xuan to the Right Protector, who had been sent flying and whose condition was unknown.

’This is...’

’What just happened?’

’Just a mont ago, their Squad Leader was lecturing them, declaring his unwavering loyalty to the Gang Leader.’

’So why did he turn around and kill the Gang Leader’s trusted confidant, the Right Protector, the very next second?’

Jia Gui shivered violently, terrified that Chen Xuan, caught up in the heat of killing, might eliminate them all as well.

"Don’t be afraid," Chen Xuan said suddenly, steadying their nerves. "I don’t kill the innocent!" He then walked directly toward Xiang Tao.

Jia Gui and the others felt a wave of relief, but they remained deeply unsettled.