Supreme Alchemist-Chapter 2425 - 2415: Strong to the Point of Perversion

Lei Bao now recalls the spine-chilling feeling he had when he first encountered the Old Lunatic. He had discovered the Old Lunatic in a small mountain village, living in a cave.

Lei Bao, along with his doglegs, slaughtered the entire village. At the end of the carnage, they found the Old Lunatic’s cave. Inside, there were massive iron chains sealing something. The aura emanating from the seal was unlike anything even his master in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had ever sensed. At that moment, Lei Bao made up his mind to undo the seal, but little did he know that they would unleash a demon.

The seal had clearly aged, and nobody, neither Lei Bao nor his doglegs, ever imagined that the being chained here might still be alive. Yet, just as they undid the seal, the Old Lunatic opened his eyes.

Thinking back now, Lei Bao almost laughs out of fear. If carrying the blood of a hundred kills gives someone a faint murderous aura, then the Old Lunatic carried a boundless sea of blood from slaughtering thousands. He didn’t even need to use True Qi—without warning, he split all of Lei Bao’s companions in half. The sheer terror of it makes Lei Bao completely unwilling to relive the memory.

"Where is my apprentice?"

It was just this one sentence, but the Old Lunatic kept repeating it tirelessly. At first, everyone was dumbfounded, but years of bullying and dominance allowed them to overcome their fear in an instant.

After all, they’d already massacred a village. Whether anyone believed the Old Lunatic’s accusations was secondary; in the ears of those who were paying attention, his words were evidence.

Lei Bao had lost count of how many enemies he had in the Cultivation World. The only reason they hadn’t acted against him was because they lacked proof. But if he let the Old Lunatic go free, he’d undoubtedly leave evidence in the hands of others.

Despite his fear, Lei Bao still ordered his gang of doglegs to kill the Old Lunatic right there. To him, only the dead deserve trust—that was Lei Bao’s way of thinking all along.

Yet things went far beyond Lei Bao’s expectations. In just the blink of an eye, his moderately skilled subordinates were sliced cleanly in half. Watching his former companions’ flesh and organs mixed together and strewn across the ground, Lei Bao was scared out of his wits.

"Your turn!"

It was as if someone blew gently into Lei Bao’s ear. A foul stench surged forth, nearly making him vomit, but Lei Bao dared not say a word. The oppressive weight emanating from the giant sword above his head was almost enough to make him piss himself.

"I know where your apprentice is."

At the critical moment between life and death, these words were what saved Lei Bao’s life. The Old Lunatic grabbed Lei Bao by the collar and lifted him into the air.

"Really?"

Lei Bao, struggling to breathe, forced his mouth open and replied.

"Really, but he’s currently occupied and can’t come to see you."

Lei Bao suddenly felt his collar loosen, and as air flooded back into his body, he found himself gasping greedily for breath. The air seemed to taste strangely sweet in that moment.

"Take me to him."

With just these few words from the Old Lunatic, Lei Bao heard the metallic clinking of iron chains echoing from deep within the cave. The hilt of the giant sword in the Old Lunatic’s hand had been forcibly broken off, and he proceeded to strap the iron chains tightly to his arm. Lei Bao could even see the white of the bone where the chains cut into the flesh.

Yet the Old Lunatic seemed unfazed by the pain. He tied the blade edges of two large swords to his arms as if it were natural.

"Lead the way."

These two simple words felt like a blessing to Lei Bao. He scrambled to run out of the cave.

Yet once outside, he felt trapped. He realized he’d just lied to the Old Lunatic. If the Old Lunatic found out, Lei Bao instinctively touched his neck, fearful that his head might get chopped off.

In order to save his own neck, Lei Bao had no choice but to settle the Old Lunatic in a discreet courtyard he knew, asking him to wait there for now.

At first, the Old Lunatic was a bit irritable, but as time passed, he seemed to grow less restless. Occasionally, he muttered incomprehensible phrases about how his apprentice was off accomplishing great feats.

Seeing an opportunity, Lei Bao began to use the Old Lunatic. Whenever he encountered someone he wasn’t willing to deal with personally or couldn’t defeat, he sent the Old Lunatic instead. The results were astoundingly effective. The Old Lunatic never seemed to use True Qi, but his opponents had absolutely no power to fight back. Not even a Divine Emperor fifth-stage nemesis stood a chance; the Old Lunatic dispatched him with a single strike of his sword.

Witnessing Long Yan’s ability, Lei Bao dared not intervene directly, which led to the incident of the Old Lunatic sneaking into the bamboo forest at night.

When they heard the Old Lunatic’s words, everyone present was dumbfounded. Killing just because he doesn’t have an apprentice? Even with such strength, the lunacy left Long Yan in a tricky situation. He sheathed the Lu Xian Sword in his hand and summoned the Magic Gun. As the Magic Gun materialized in midair, the surrounding temperature seemed to rise.

"A fine treasure indeed."

The Old Lunatic’s eyes lit up the instant he saw the Magic Gun. He stepped forward, as if to inspect it more closely, but Long Qingyan immediately assumed a defensive posture, forcing the Old Lunatic to step back.

The surrounding blood mist thickened, becoming so dense that Long Yan could no longer make out the Old Lunatic’s face. Even pushing the White Tiger’s Secret to its limits yielded no result; the mist was impenetrable. Long Yan felt an ominous chill.

"There’s something wrong with this blood mist, everyone be careful!"

With that warning, Long Yan darted away from his spot. Just as he left, a deafening explosion erupted where he’d been standing, sending soil and debris flying. The impact left a massive chasm, and the terrifying force flung Long Qingyan far off into the distance.

"Not bad—you can sense my killing intent?"

The Old Lunatic’s drawn-out voice echoed from within the blood mist, surrounding Long Yan as though coming from everywhere at once. Long Yan couldn’t pinpoint the source.

Seeing that Long Yan didn’t respond, the Old Lunatic didn’t seem to care. He continued to babble his insane ramblings.

Sweat trickled slowly down Long Yan’s forehead. He hadn’t expected his first battle after regaining his strength to be against such a formidable opponent. He had a premonition that this Old Lunatic was undoubtedly one of the great Strong Ones, yet Long Yan had never heard his name before. It seemed he’d been sealed away due to some incident, his existence erased.

Still rambling, the Old Lunatic’s giant sword came slashing down toward Long Yan’s head. Long Yan rolled out of harm’s way and countered by thrusting the Magic Gun toward the source of the attack. However, his strike generated only a burst of sparks.

Judging by the sensation transmitted through the Magic Gun, it seemed he’d struck one of the Old Lunatic’s other swords. The Old Lunatic wielded one sword for offense and one for defense. Though not particularly fast, his balanced approach made him a tough challenge. Left with no other choice, Long Yan ordered Niu Shan and the others to retreat from the bamboo forest while he devised his next move.

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