It was well known that the strongest weapons of the Blood Clan were their claws and unmatched vitality. Yet now, Chen Fei had just blocked a Blood Clan Prince's claw using nothing but his raw physical strength. What does that imply? Just the thought of it made his heart tremble.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a surge of intense excitement. This time, it seems I really made the right bet! I've befriended an extraordinarily fearsome expert from the East!
And if he could realize this, it was obvious Granny Doya, a being on the level of a Prince, had realized it as well. Being reprimanded so harshly would have sent her into a killing spree in the past. But now, she merely stood there with a gloomy expression, not saying a word. After a long pause, she finally spoke, her voice low. "No matter what, you owe me an explanation for what happened today."
Speaking these words was a clear sign of weakness. She wasn't sure just how strong Chen Fei was, and it simply wasn't worth offending such an unpredictable madman over Vivian. That was why she had said such a thing. An explanation? What kind of explanation? A single word could be an explanation. A way to save face could be an explanation. That was all.
Everyone present stared at Chen Fei with complicated expressions, the shock they felt beyond words. He had killed Vivian right in front of Granny Doya, and now, the Prince herself was showing weakness?! This was simply unbelievable...
However, what was even more shocking and terrifying was yet to come. "An explanation?" Chen Fei said, his voice cold and merciless. "What explanation do you want? Do you really think I'm that easy to deal with? Then listen carefully. There is no explanation! If you're not convinced, then try me." He wasn't unaware of the implications; he simply disdained compromise. His response caused both Granny Doya and Nemosin's eyes to narrow fiercely.
Granny Doya's expression darkened completely. "You little bastard," she said sternly, enunciating each word, "are you serious?" To have reached her current level, she was certainly no pushover. This little bastard was too presumptuous!
"Granny Doya, why waste words on him? Wouldn't it be better to just kill him?" Black Dragon Nemosin's goading voice followed, thick with self-interest. "Since when does someone from the East get to act so wantonly in our Western Dark World!?" Previously, Chen Fei had publicly humiliated him, saying he wasn't qualified and making him lose face. How could he possibly let that go? Now was his chance. As long as he successfully provoked a conflict between Granny Doya and that little bastard, wouldn't it be easy to get him killed?
After all, at his level of power, Nemosin was already on par with the weakest of the Blood Clan Princes. Was he someone to be trifled with? A Blood Clan Prince was equivalent to an SSS-level existence. Above that were the exceedingly rare SS+-Peak Powerhouses, of which maybe one would appear in a century. A being of his level was already at the pinnacle of power on Earth. How could he be so easily intimidated by a single person?
"Hmph!" Hearing this, Chen Fei, Young Master Chen, shot Nemosin a deep, cold look, a murderous urge rising within him. He then shifted his gaze back to Granny Doya's frosty face and burst into arrogant laughter. "Why don't the two of you try me together?"
"You think I don't dare?" Granny Doya finally spoke again, her icy gaze locked on Chen Fei. She shook her withered palm, and it once again transformed into a grotesque bat's claw.
WHOOSH! A moment later, a pair of dark red, malevolent bat wings unfurled from her back. With another flap, a terrifying, bloodthirsty aura billowed out like a tidal wave, horrifically oppressive. She then moved, entering the Blood Clan's strongest combat state. With a single step and a beat of her wings, her body shot out like a bolt of dark-red lightning, streaking toward Chen Fei.
Witnessing this, everyone present held their breath, their bodies tense. In their eyes, this was about to be a battle of the century!
Yet, when Chen Fei, Young Master Chen, saw the terrifying, dark-red figure rushing toward him, the corner of his mouth merely curved into a disdainful smile. Then, a faint light flashed from one of his hands, which had been held behind his back. An ancient, palm-sized mirror appeared.
A Blood Clan Prince? Just barely qualified to 'whet the edge' of my Mystic Stone Mirror.
As Chen Fei, Young Master Chen, was having this arrogant thought, Nemosin also made his move. His face twisted, and his scarlet eyes filled with intense murderous intent. In the next moment, he opened his mouth. CRACKLE! A horrifying black energy began to coalesce, crackling as if wrapped in lightning, and swiftly formed a huge black sphere in front of his face.
"Black Dragon Cannon!" Nemosin roared. The massive black sphere transformed into a terrifying pillar of black light that shot toward Chen Fei, seeming to vaporize the very air in its path and leaving a deep scar in space.
Sword, riseā¦ Just then, Chen Fei, Young Master Chen, finally moved. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as unseen Spiritual Energy surged forth. Numerous strands of Sword Qi of Sanyang True Fire materialized, forming a crimson shield of light that directly intercepted the Black Dragon Cannon. The two forces deadlocked in mid-air, stunning Nemosin.
Not only that, but it wasn't over! A portion of the fiery shield split off, weaving itself into a cage that instantly trapped the attacking Granny Doya in mid-air.
"Hiss! This isā¦"
"How terrifying! Does he really have the power to surpass Granny Doya?"
"Who in the world is he? Some kind of monster from the East?"
...
This scene left everyone stunned, with colossal waves of shock crashing through their hearts. Nemosin's Black Dragon Cannon was a signature technique that had once heavily injured even Vance! And now, not only was that blocked, but Granny Doya herselfāa Blood Clan Prince in her strongest combat stateāwas trapped in mid-air by a cage made of that mysterious power.
It was an unbelievable sight! Even the two ancient beings who had been silently observing the battle from within the Ashford Family castle had their expressions change as they unfurled their bat wings and shot outside.
"Break!" Granny Doya was on the verge of hysteria, feeling an intense, life-threatening danger. She frantically attacked the cage holding her suspended in the air.
However, even though she had the power to shake the prison formed by the Sword Qi of Sanyang True Fire, it was already meaningless.
"I told you to try me if you weren't convinced," Chen Fei said indifferently, tossing the Mystic Stone Mirror into the air. "But with your meager strength, are you even qualified to be defiant?" Unlike before, after fusing with the Blood Moon Stone and the drop of blood from the Three-Headed Hellhound, the mirror had evolved into a Mid-Grade Magic Artifact. Its aura was now completely restrained, making it look like nothing more than a battered old bronze mirror.
"Wha-what is that!?" And yet, the faint aura emanating from the Mystic Stone Mirror made even Nemosin cry out involuntarily, a look of horror spreading across his face.
"Is thatā¦ a Holy Artifact? No, that's not right! Is it one of the so-called Immortal's Treasures from the Ancient Huaxia of the East?" Granny Doya, who was now completely locked onto by the mirror's aura, felt as if her heart was being squeezed. Her gaze froze, the depths of her eyes flooding with profound fear and shock. At her level and realm, she had encountered so-called Immortal's Treasures from Ancient Huaxia before. But one this terrifying? She had never seen anything like it!
"Oh, heavens! Could that man be a legendary Divine Demon? Why is he so strong? And what in the world is that mirror?" Everyone was petrified, completely dumbfounded. By now, even they could see that Granny Doya was in grave danger.
Butā¦ but that was a legendary, great Blood Clan Prince! Yet now, she was as helpless as a child before this man from the East. They felt their hearts were about to stop beating, their gazes and faces frozen solid.
"Kill."
At that moment, the single, chilling word from Chen Fei, Young Master Chen, reached their ears. Just one word, yet it made every person present tremble uncontrollably, their faces instantly turning pale. Becauseā¦ kill who? Kill Granny Doya!?
RUMBLEā¦ A terrifying sound shook the air. The Mystic Stone Mirror shot into the sky and split in two, becoming a pair of pitch-black orbs the size of millstones. They were immensely heavy, their surfaces crawling with thumb-sized fire snakes. With terrifying momentum, they pressed down toward the horrified Granny Doya.
"No!" The legendary Blood Clan Prince, Granny Doya, let out a heart-wrenching scream as the terrifying black orbs crushed her body, tearing her flesh and bones to shreds.
Because of this scene, everyone's pupils dilated wide with uncontrollable fear. On this day, their Blood Clan's legendary great Prince and the nigh-invincible 'Black Dragon' had both made their move. And on this day, their esteemed Blood Clan Princeā¦ fell!
"Prince!" Grand Duke Melissa shrieked. Witnessing the titan of her Nuo Weiya Family being utterly obliterated by those eerie, terrifying black orbsācrushed into nothingāshe could no longer contain her fear and anguish. That was a legendary Blood Clan Prince, an existence powerful enough to found a Mafia Great Family on their own! For an ancient family of the Blood Clan like theirs, the number of Princes they possessed directly determined their status in the Western Dark World. They were the foundation of their power! But now, the Nuo Weiya Family had lost a Prince.