pjbooks Chapter 11 Killing someone is not as bad as destroying their spirit
Chapter 11 Killing someone is not as bad as destroying their spirit
How could this happen?! How could this happen?!
Liu Mingxuan rushed towards his daughter and hugged her limp body.
Ice-type spiritual energy surged relentlessly into her body, attempting to seal the bloody hole and prolong the fading life force.
But the life that had already passed away was devoid of any vitality, and Liu Ruyan's beautiful face revealed her final hesitation.
Those once bright and lively eyes have completely lost their luster.
Liu Mingxuan held his daughter's cold body, his whole body trembling violently.
He raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and a surge of cold air erupted from his body, instantly turning the entire reception room into an ice cave.
"Jiang Chen!!!!"
The roar of boundless hatred echoed throughout the Liu family. More and more footsteps sounded around them as the Liu family guards came out in full force. The old man who had led Jiang Chen here was also holding a black iron, his eyes coldly fixed on Jiang Chen.
He witnessed everything right there at the scene.
He claimed to have witnessed it, but in reality, he didn't see what actually happened.
Because everything happened too fast. One second, Liu Ruyan was confronting Jiang Chen, who was watching from behind the whole time, but the next second, her chest turned into a bloody mist.
He didn't blink, making sure he hadn't missed a single frame!
In other words, if Jiang Chen was indeed behind all of this, then his killing spree just now was something that could not be detected by the naked eye.
Jiang Chen admitted to the bombing, but so far there is no evidence to prove that he was responsible for the incident.
In other words, Jiang Chen's actions that night were perhaps just as quiet and unknown as they are today.
Such terrifying strength, yet he is the only person in the world without any abilities?
What exactly is being hidden in this?
Who exactly is this Jiang Chen?!
In an instant, various spiritual energy fluctuations surged into the sky, swords were drawn and bows were drawn, and killing intent boiled.
He didn't even glance at the guards.
He merely tilted his head slightly to look at the lifeless body in Liu Mingxuan's arms.
The last expression on Liu Ruyan's face was one of bewilderment.
She probably couldn't understand it until the moment she died—how could the boy she had abandoned, mocked, and considered a waste possibly...
How could I possibly have really killed her?
And it was described so casually, so... insignificantly.
"Patriarch Liu, are you still planning to threaten me with my family?"
Liu Mingxuan raised his head in anguish. He knew that his daughter was beyond saving. Although countless awakened beings in this world awaken extraordinary powers every year, no one had ever possessed the power to reverse life. His bloodshot eyes were filled with endless hatred.
He ignored Jiang Chen's words, and frost surrounded him.
"Jiang Chen!!! I'll make you pay with your life!!!"
Liu Mingxuan looked up to the sky and roared, his voice shaking the heavens.
He gently laid Liu Ruyan's body down, and when he stood up, the temperature in the entire reception room had dropped below freezing.
Water vapor in the air condenses into countless ice crystals, which refract a chilling light under the lamp.
As soon as he finished speaking, countless Liu family guards attacked simultaneously.
Flames, lightning, wind blades, and metal storms—all sorts of awakened skills rained down on Jiang Chen like a storm.
These are all elites carefully cultivated by the Liu family, with the lowest level being a B-level Awakener, and three A-level powerhouses among them.
Such a lineup is enough to wipe out a small army in an instant.
Brilliant light shone in the hall, yet Jiang Chen's expression remained calm in the face of this deadly attack.
He has never taken the Liu family seriously, not in the past, and not now.
He simply raised his right hand slightly, his five fingers spread wide.
The next moment, the overwhelming offensive came to an abrupt halt.
It wasn't blocked, it wasn't neutralized, but rather... it vanished into thin air.
The roaring flames, raging lightning, and howling wind blades vanished completely just three feet away from Jiang Chen, as if they had never existed.
"What?!"
The pupils of the three A-level guards contracted sharply.
They had lived for over forty years, participated in countless battles, and seen countless powerful figures, but they had never seen such bizarre methods.
There were no fluctuations in spiritual energy, no signs of the release of an awakening technique, and not even any trace of energy clash.
Their attack... just like that... ended?
"What are you standing there for?! Continue!!!"
Liu Mingxuan's roar jolted everyone awake.
He himself took the lead, forming hand seals, and his body condensed into thousands of ice spikes, each containing terrifying power enough to pierce through steel plates.
Thousands of ice spikes poured down like a torrential rain, covering a radius of ten zhang around Jiang Chen.
This is Liu Mingxuan's signature move. Twenty years ago, he used this move to kill three awakened individuals of the same level, making him famous in one battle.
Jiang Chen looked up.
He looked at the sea of ice cones rushing towards him, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.
With a mere wave of his hand, the icy storm that had engulfed everything melted away instantly, like snow under the blazing sun.
The ice cones turned into water mist, which then evaporated instantly. In the blink of an eye, the overwhelming attack vanished without a trace.
The entire reception room fell into a deathly silence.
All the guards stood frozen in place, their eyes filled with disbelief.
That was the full-force attack of an S-rank Awakened! That was Liu Mingxuan's signature move!
It disappeared with just a wave of his sleeve?!
Could it be that Jiang Chen, who has no special abilities, possesses a terrifying ability or profession that even the Awakening Stone cannot detect?
If that's the case, then the existence of the world's first person without capacity for manhood makes perfect sense.
"this one?"
Jiang Chen's voice rang out calmly.
He withdrew his right hand, his gaze sweeping indifferently over everyone present. Wherever his gaze fell, every awakened one instinctively took a step back.
It's not that they're cowardly, but rather that they have an instinctive fear.
The boy stood there, showing no signs of spiritual energy fluctuations, and appearing to be just an ordinary seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth. Yet, in their eyes, he seemed to be facing an indescribable demon god.
"What...what exactly are you?!"
The guard's voice trembled.
Jiang Chen looked at him, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"thing?"
"After a thousand years of cultivation, I shattered the void, cleaved the heavens, comprehended the three thousand Great Daos, and ascended to the pinnacle of the world."
His voice was soft, but every word resonated like the voice of the Great Dao, striking deep into the souls of everyone present.
"How dare you call me a thing?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a genuine emotion finally surfaced deep within Jiang Chen's eyes.
That wasn't murderous intent, nor anger, but rather the indifference of looking down upon ants.
He raised his right hand again, this time not with his fingers slightly spread, but by gently making a fist.
"etc!!!"
Liu Mingxuan seemed to realize something, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he roared sharply.
But it was too late.
The moment Jiang Chen clenched his fist, all the guards in the entire reception room, except for Liu Mingxuan, instantly exploded.
There were no screams, no wails, and not even a chance to struggle.
Blood splattered everywhere. Liu Mingxuan trembled as he looked at the scene before him. He was one of the few S-level Awakened in Jiangzhou and had participated in wars in his early years, but he had never seen such a scene before. The exploding blood splattered on his face, and his eyes were no longer filled with anger, but with deep fear.
"Patriarch Liu, since you previously used my family to threaten me, then... what if your beloved daughter wanted to kill you?"
"Wh...what?"
Liu Mingxuan was somewhat confused; Jiang Chen's words were filled with too much strangeness.
A thousand years of cultivation? Shattering the void? What is he talking about?
Wasn't he just officially declared a useless person with no abilities a few days ago?
Why has it turned out like this?
And... what does it mean for your beloved daughter to kill you?
Before Liu Mingxuan could figure it out, Liu Ruyan's body twitched at his feet.
The dead cannot be resurrected, and there is no awakened being in this world with such an ability.
But...all his past knowledge was shattered at that moment, because Liu Mingxuan witnessed his daughter's feet twitch twice, and then...
Those previously unfocused eyes suddenly snapped open.
"Like...like smoke?!"
Liu Mingxuan was both surprised and delighted, and subconsciously bent down to help her. Even though he knew this went against common sense, even though he knew it was impossible, she was, after all, his daughter, the apple of his eye that he had cherished for twenty years.
However, just as he reached out his hand, Liu Ruyan stood up.
Her movements were stiff and eerie, like a puppet that had just learned to walk. The bloody hole in her chest was still there, but not a drop of blood flowed out. Her face was expressionless, and her once lively eyes were now as empty as two bottomless black wells.
"Ruyan? You...you're still alive?!"
Liu Mingxuan's voice trembled, whether from surprise or fear, it was hard to tell.
Liu Ruyan did not answer.
She simply looked at him quietly, and that gaze sent a chill down Liu Mingxuan's spine, a chill that had run deep in his bones, even though he was an S-class awakener who had experienced countless life-and-death battles.
That's not the look a human being should have.
It wasn't even the look a living creature should have.
"Master Liu."
Jiang Chen's voice rang out calmly, with a hint of a smile.
"As I said, after a thousand years of cultivating immortality, I have comprehended the three thousand Great Daos."
He tilted his head slightly, looking at the standing body as if admiring a newly completed work of art.
"One of them is called Puppet Technique."