Chapter 156 : Chapter 156

Chapter 156: It Is Only the Cheng Family Bloodline—What Does It Add to Me?

Cheng Zhenjiang and Cheng Cangshan both stared with widened eyes at something they simply could not accept.

Especially Cheng Zhenjiang.

An overwhelming sense of absurdity and regret surged up in his heart.

Cheng Yu had truly dared to sever the Cheng Family bloodline within himself!

One had to know—

The descendants of martial artists inherited powerful bloodline traits, and their chances of succeeding in martial cultivation far surpassed those of ordinary people.

The key lay in the Blood Essence passed down through the bloodline.

By severing the power of his bloodline, Cheng Yu was also rejecting the talent it brought.

His Martial Realm could very well regress because of it!

And yet Cheng Yu had still chosen to do it, fully aware of the consequences. Just how deeply did he hate the Cheng Family? How deeply did he hate Cheng Zhenjiang?

He would rather bear the risk of a falling realm—than preserve that bloodline connection any longer!

Did he truly hate them that much?!

Cheng Cangshan was equally dumbstruck by the sight before him, and he glared furiously at Cheng Zhenjiang.

This unfilial descendant had actually let such a gifted descendant go and driven him to this point.

Even if a genius like this could not be fully won back, he should still have been brought under control by force!

To let things go this far was utter incompetence!

Yet even as his heart ached with regret, he also felt a flicker of relief.

This boy was too ruthless, too violent, and far too full of hatred for the Cheng Family.

And now he had even gotten entangled with sword fanatics like the Sword Bearers. He had clearly already become a threat to the Cheng Family.

Since the Cheng Family could not have him, then it would be best to destroy him!

But in the very next moment—something happened that no one had expected.

As the strand of bloodline glowing with golden light was shattered by Cheng Yu, the bloodline suppression upon him vanished at once.

And yet the backlash everyone had expected never came.

Cheng Yu’s Martial Realm did not regress at all!

The pure Internal Energy within him remained just as solid and powerful as before, without the slightest change.

“How is this possible?! Your strength...”

The few of them stared wide-eyed, no matter how hard they tried, unable to accept one terrifying fact.

Cheng Yu’s youthful promise and terrifying strength had absolutely nothing to do with the Cheng Family bloodline!

And so it would naturally not affect him in the slightest!

Even more terrifying, the Internal Energy rewarded by the system was issued once again.

Not only did Cheng Yu’s aura not regress, it actually continued to grow stronger!

The barrier into the Upper Three Ranks, one that countless experts could never cross even after exhausting an entire lifetime, was suddenly blasted open by the scouring force of that pure Internal Energy.

Cheng Cangshan and the others stood as stiff as wooden chickens.

Seventh Rank!

A twenty-year-old Seventh Rank!

How could this possibly be real?!

When he had only been at the Sixth Rank, Cheng Yu had already been able to kill Late Seventh Rank experts by fighting above his level, and once he unleashed secret arts, he could even contend against the very strongest.

Now that he had crossed the threshold into the Upper Three Ranks—just how terrifying would his strength become?

And then, in the next instant, something even more astonishing happened.

A majestic aura beyond imagination suddenly erupted from Cheng Yu’s body.

Even from a distance, it still gave off a powerful sense of suppression, making others instinctively want to submit.

One had to know that everyone present was at least Ninth Rank.

And yet they were being suppressed by the Internal Energy of a martial artist who had only just stepped into the Seventh Rank!

The crowd grew even more dazed.

What kind of Internal Energy was this? It was utterly unheard of!

In the next moment, several blurry Phantom Projections of Internal Energy suddenly appeared behind Cheng Yu.

Below were a turtle and a snake. A man and a woman stood in attendance to the left and right, bearing a longsword and a banner. At the very center, a towering phantom of incomparable majesty gazed down upon all living beings.

RUMBLE!

For a moment, an incomparable pressure of Internal Energy descended. The few of them felt as though a mountain had been placed upon their backs. Under that suppression, even mobilizing their Internal Energy to resist became sluggish and obstructed.

What was that thing?!

Cheng Yu’s talent and strength were simply unheard of—terrifying to the extreme!

Standing with his hands behind his back, Cheng Yu revealed a look of utter contempt.

“It is only a mere bloodline. What does it add to me!”

He seized the Thousand-Forged Ice-Thunder Xiuchun Saber at his waist and drove it viciously into the ground. A burst of monstrous force rippled outward.

A pitch-black War-General Wraith clad in armor burst forth amid black smoke, brandishing a saber and howling as it charged toward the distance off to one side.

Cheng Zhenjiang’s heart tightened.

Sinister and eerie—it was a profound technique of the Imperial Hounds!

The War-General Wraith let out a fierce howl and slashed down with a single strike. A terrifying black saber-light tore through the air, shooting straight toward a patch of ruins in the distance.

“Ah!”

A cry rang out, and Cheng Fang’s figure suddenly leapt out from behind the ruins.

Where he had just dodged away from,

the saber-light swept past and cleanly sliced through the massive rubble of the ruins.

Several restrained Jinyiwei were revealed behind it. They stared at Cheng Yu with widened eyes and began struggling violently.

The Saber Intent crushed apart the Internal Energy Cheng Fang had used to block their meridians.

At last, they could speak.

“Lord Cheng!”

Prince Qing’s Remnants were all dead, and all the experts present had gathered here.

The one they had overlooked was Cheng Fang.

Although his limbs had been crippled, an Eighth Rank martial artist was still formidable even in decline.

After treating himself with pills, he had begun entertaining thoughts of resisting the Jinyiwei and making his escape.

A cold light flashed through Cheng Yu’s eyes.

“You are courting death!”

He lifted the Xiuchun Saber and was just about to charge forward.

Cheng Fang had personally seen Cheng Yu kill Xiao Teng, and he was trembling from fear.

He hurriedly shouted, “Clan Head! Old Ancestor! Save me!”

To his surprise, Cheng Zhenjiang immediately stepped in front of him and glared. “You rebellious son, you still dare act wildly!”

Contempt instantly appeared on Cheng Yu’s face.

Trying to stop him? Dream on!

The Xiuchun Saber smashed down upon the ground again. The War-General Wraith roared, swung its black longsaber, and lunged at Cheng Fang.

Cheng Fang’s eyes widened, and anger rose within them.

A junior having some ability was one thing, but to dare use a technique of the Imperial Hounds against him—that was blatant contempt for him!

He stopped fleeing at once, murderous light flashing in his eyes as he turned and charged at the War-General Wraith.

“Die!”

The others did not react much. Cheng Fang, though injured, was still in the Eighth Rank. Dealing with a mere wraith should have been effortless for him.

Only the two Grandmasters saw that something was wrong with the wraith’s might.

There was a trace of “Dao” upon that thing!

Cheng Cangshan immediately shouted, “Be careful!”

But his warning came too late.

Cheng Fang thrust his sword forward in fury, piercing the wraith’s body with ease. The wraith instantly dispersed.

He was just about to laugh when an eerie sense of dread suddenly rose in his heart.

In the next moment, the wraith abruptly appeared behind him. With a shrill howl, it spewed out a burst of black smoke, and then the blade-light swept past. Cheng Fang had no time to react at all.

His head fell to the ground.

“Cheng Fang!!!”

Cheng Zhenjiang looked at the scene before him with bloodshot eyes, stormy waves crashing through his heart.

His rebellious son had used nothing more than a Jinyiwei technique, and yet he had completely overwhelmed and slain Cheng Fang!

At twenty years old, he killed an Eighth Rank as easily as slaughtering a dog—and not just any Eighth Rank, but a powerful one cultivated by a thousand-year clan.

With strength like this, he was already enough to rank near the forefront of the Earth Ranking.

Cheng Yu looked at Cheng Fang’s corpse and let out a cold laugh.

“Anyone who dares act against my Jinyiwei commits an unforgivable crime! This is the end that awaits them!”

He then looked toward Cheng Zhenjiang and Cheng Cangshan, his eyes full of disdain.

“You know perfectly well what sort of people you are. Wash your necks clean and wait for me to come raid your household and confiscate its property!”

“Sword Chief Chang, there is no need to hold back against them!”

Chang Ningxiao nodded without the slightest hesitation and drove the countless sword-shadows down. Sword Qi burst forth in all directions.

Cheng Zhenjiang and Cheng Cangshan’s eyes reddened. They knew that all pretense had now been torn away completely.

“Chang Ningxiao’s Sword Intent absolutely cannot be underestimated. You go first!”

Cheng Cangshan’s face darkened. “I’ll use this avatar to hold her back for—”

“Good!”

Before he could even finish speaking, Cheng Zhenjiang, unable to wait even half a moment longer, turned and fled on the spot.

It was as if he had been waiting for this very instant all along. He did not even bother with a perfunctory word of courtesy!