Chapter 564: Chapter 564: Time to Settle the Score!

"Brat, hand over the treasure and I can at least leave your corpse intact!" A powerhouse of the Da Xia Royal Family overlooked Chen Xiao from the sky, speaking coldly, his gaze as if looking at an ant.

"If you’ve got the guts, come take it yourselves!"

Although Chen Xiao said that, he didn’t dare be careless. A Heavenly Realm powerhouse— even the weakest Heavenly Realm powerhouse— he still had to go all out just to barely exchange a few moves under the other party’s hand.

To want to win was as hard as ascending to the heavens!

After all, the gap in strength between the two sides was just too, too great!

He looked toward the direction where Xuan Daozi was, and saw that the great battle there was still raging on. The fluctuations coming from that side were far too terrifying; he simply couldn’t see what was happening now.

Chen Xiao gritted his teeth and muttered inwardly, "Old man, you’d better pull your weight today, or the two of us are probably going to die here!"

Right at this moment, some experts of the Da Xia Royal Family and the Da Shang Imperial Family had already closed in around Chen Xiao. Though they were not Heavenly Realm powerhouses, they were all elites of the Transcendent Realm.

Their strength was not weak, and with their numbers, the killing intent on them was extremely terrifying.

Chen Xiao took a deep breath. "Kill!"

He exploded with his full power and charged straight in. Thunder Power erupted madly as he fought with everything he had, killing one person with each step, his strikes utterly merciless as he bulldozed his way through.

In the blink of an eye.

Another seven or eight Transcendent Realm experts were slain by him.

He was drenched in blood, some his own, some others’, looking incomparably ferocious and terrifying.

Everyone’s hearts trembled. The Chen Xiao who had gone blood-mad was too terrifying. Even Transcendent Realm Peak experts could hardly withstand his edge. With his strength having surged severalfold, Chen Xiao’s combat power had clearly already reached the Ultimate realm of the Transcendent Realm!

Those Heavenly Realm experts who had been watching from the sidelines could no longer sit still.

"All of you, fall back!"

"We’ll deal with him!"

Chen Xiao was too ferocious, fighting like he didn’t want his life. These people were already cowed; if they kept grinding away like this, it would only add to the casualties.

Might as well have them strike directly and suppress and kill Chen Xiao.

Several Heavenly Realm experts pressed down from the void.

Zi Yuan grew anxious, but her mouth spoke coldly, "Chen Xiao, as long as you’re willing to hand the item over to our Xuantian Sect, I can help you get through this crisis. At the very least, I can guarantee you keep your life."

"Otherwise, just wait for death."

Chen Xiao said faintly, "Thanks for the good intentions, but I will not hand this item over!"

"You—" Zi Yuan was so furious she nearly exploded. Why was this guy so ungrateful when someone was trying to help him?

Her fists clenched tight as she ground her teeth. "You two elders, you can make a move now. Just grab him and take him away."

The Great Elder and Second Elder’s expressions were a bit strange.

Why did it feel like Zi Yuan didn’t want that Mysterious Bead, but rather wanted to keep this guy alive?

However, they did indeed have to move now.

Otherwise, if Chen Xiao was snatched away by another faction, they would be in trouble.

Thinking of this, the two elders sped toward Chen Xiao.

High in the sky, that Heavenly Realm powerhouse of the Daxia Dynasty had already raised his palm and slapped down. His hand transformed into a several-zhang-large Palm Seal that domineeringly crushed down toward Chen Xiao!

Chen Xiao circulated all the power in his body and raised the Pope’s scepter, smashing it toward that massive Palm Seal!

"Bang—" He was blasted back on the spot, coughing blood, his figure staggering.

"Hm?" That Heavenly Realm powerhouse frowned. "This kid’s physique is actually this strong. Not only can he, with Late Transcendent Realm cultivation, slaughter Transcendent Peak Martial Artists, he can even block one strike from me!"

A freak like this must not be allowed to live!

Thinking so, the killing intent in his eyes grew even stronger.

One had to know, the gap between the Transcendent Realm and the Heavenly Realm was like night and day! A Transcendent Realm Martial Artist who could block a Heavenly Realm expert’s strike was exceedingly rare!

Moreover, even with the aid of a Secret Technique, Chen Xiao’s realm had only been temporarily raised to Late Transcendent Realm!

That meant Chen Xiao had blocked a strike from a Martial Artist two entire realms above him!

It was simply inconceivable.

"Brat, stop your futile struggle. Today, the only road left to you is death."

As that Heavenly Realm powerhouse’s words fell, he struck out with two more palms toward Chen Xiao!

The Palm Force was incomparably vast.

Chen Xiao gripped the Thunderbolt scepter, holding it above his head to resist with all his might, yet under that terrifying pressure he simply couldn’t withstand this power.

"Crack! Crack!"

The bones all over his body exploded with sound, and his knees bent down bit by bit!

Just then, the Palm Seal pressing down on his head was cleaved apart by a sword light that came slashing through the air. Chen Xiao looked up and saw Zi Yuan descending at his side together with the two Supreme Elders of the Xuantian Sect.

Zi Yuan’s lips curled in mockery. "And here I thought you were something impressive. Without my Xuantian Sect taking action, you’d already be dead. So, that thing in your hand—best hand it over to me."

Then she swept a cold glance over Emperor’s daughter Xiyue, her mouth full of ridicule. "The always-arrogant Emperor’s daughter Xiyue, the Heaven’s Chosen One of the Great Zhou Imperial Family, actually caught and pinched in someone’s hand like a chick. I really didn’t see that coming!"

Hearing Zi Yuan’s taunts, righteous anger flared across Xiyue’s delicate face.

She and Zi Yuan had clashed before inside a certain secret realm.

The two of them were both Heaven’s Chosen Ones of the younger generation in the Kunlun Realm, and both peerless beauties, often compared to each other. Now that she had lost face in front of Zi Yuan, she was endlessly humiliated and enraged.

"Don’t get cocky yet. Today, your Xuantian Sect won’t get this treasure either!"

"Oh yeah?" Zi Yuan snorted delicately and sneered. "At least my Xuantian Sect still has a shot. But your Great Zhou Imperial Family has completely lost its chance because you got pinned down and captured. You’ll even have to start working for him in reverse!"

Emperor’s daughter Xiyue, poked right in the sore spot, once again had a trickle of blood spill from the corner of her lips.

Clearly, she’d been angered into it.

Up in the sky, the Heavenly Realm experts of the Da Xia Royal Family and Da Shang Royal Family stood tall, their gazes icy as they fixed on Zi Yuan and the two Supreme Elders of the Xuantian Sect.

"Xuantian Sect wants to stick its hand into this matter too?"

"Xuantian Sect may be head of the Eight Sects, but compared to our Three Ancient Royal Families you’re still far behind. I hope you don’t overestimate yourselves and try to snatch things from us!"

The Xuantian Sect Great Elder said indifferently, "In front of such a massive fortune, you still want to use sheer prestige to suppress us? I say you’re dreaming. If we get that Mysterious Bead, who says our Xuantian Sect can’t surpass you Three Ancient Royal Families?"

As he spoke, the Great Elder grabbed Chen Xiao with one hand.

"Go—"

The moment Chen Xiao was grabbed, he felt over half the strength in his whole body vanish. No matter what he did he couldn’t break free of the other party’s restraints and could only struggle desperately.

"After them!"

The people of the Three Ancient Royal Families were horrified and all rushed after them.

Suddenly!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Several earth-shaking explosions rang out.

The ground violently trembled along with them.

Everyone snapped their heads around in shock, only to see four huge craters blown open in the earth.

The Heavenly Realm experts of the Three Ancient Royal Families who were wielding Holy Artifacts, along with the Xuantian Sect Leader Zi Xuantian, had been blasted down to the ground, spewing mouthful after mouthful of blood, their faces deathly pale...

And Xuan Daozi stood in the void with a sword in hand, overlooking all directions.

It was just that his face was also a little pale. Clearly, this great battle had not been easy for him, and the consumption was extremely heavy.

Chen Xiao instantly rejoiced and hastily shouted, "Old man, I’m over here!"

Xuan Daozi glanced at Chen Xiao, discovered he was being held hostage by people of the Xuantian Sect, and twitched the corner of his mouth. "Brat, you really are useless. Still gotta rely on your master, me."

As soon as he finished, his figure vanished from where he was...

"Whoosh!"

The Xuantian Sect Great Elder’s heart suddenly thumped wildly.

The next second, he saw Xuan Daozi appear in front of him, smiling at him with narrowed eyes.

In an instant, every hair on his body stood on end!

Xuan Daozi chuckled. "Little brother, grabbing my disciple like that seems a bit lacking in manners, don’t you think?"

The Great Elder’s body suddenly jerked backward in retreat!

Although he was also a Heavenly Realm expert, he was only at the Early-stage Tongtian Realm!

But this old man in front of him was the freak that even four Mid-stage Sky-reaching Realm experts armed with Holy Artifacts couldn’t handle together. How could he be his match?

Xuan Daozi raised his hand and clenched at the void!

The Great Elder felt his entire body seized tight by an invisible giant hand, even breathing became incomparably difficult. "O-old... old brother, spare me!"

"Depends on your luck." Xuan Daozi curled his lip and casually flung him down toward the ground.

The Great Elder’s body was hurled out like a cannonball, and the ground instantly erupted into a massive crater!

The Second Elder secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, quietly backing away from the battlefield, cold sweat already soaking his back.

Zi Yuan was completely scared stupid, her body rigid.

The other experts of the Three Ancient Royal Families who had been chasing Chen Xiao also halted their steps one after another, not daring to move forward.

In this battle, in the end, it was still Xuan Daozi who emerged victorious.

And all of their supreme experts—including the Xuantian Sect Leader—had been defeated.

Obviously, this time, they were destined to have no share in the Dragon Vein fortune.

"Just now, who was it that wanted to lay a hand on my disciple again?" Xuan Daozi’s voice rang out coldly as his gloomy gaze swept over the people of the Three Ancient Royal Families. "Now, we can settle the accounts."