Chapter 973: Chapter 945: This place is under my control!
“Wait, wait, wait!”
Just as the young man and his group were preparing to strike, Li Chen suddenly reached out a hand and spoke.
“What? At this point, are you planning to beg for rcy?” The pale youth stared at Li Chen and sneered coldly.
“Of course not.” Li Chen shook his head and said, “Since you’ve already decided to kill , shouldn’t you at least announce who you are? Otherwise, if word gets out, it wouldn’t look good for anyone, right?”
Hearing Li Chen’s words, not only the pale youth but also the others began to look at Li Chen with peculiar expressions.
On the brink of losing his life, and he still cares about face—what exactly is going on in this guy’s head?
“Alright!” The pale youth stared at Li Chen for a mont before suddenly chuckling, “Since you’re already destined to die, there’s no harm in letting you know.”
“There’s always been this idea, both in the past and present, where people categorize martial artists into two factions—the so-called division of orthodox and evil. We are what those self-proclaid orthodox martial artists call ‘Evil Demons and Deviants’.” The youth spoke indifferently, as if unconcerned about his own identity.
“Evil Demons and Deviants?” Li Chen sized up the group before nodding, “Fairly fitting. But could it be that your sect or family is actually nad ‘Evil Demons and Deviants’?”
“Hmm?” The pale youth raised an eyebrow, “I didn’t expect soone like you, who hasn’t even cultivated True Qi, to know so much. You’re correct, we do co from a sect. And our sect is called ‘Heart Devouring Palace’.”
“Heart Devouring Palace.” Li Chen nodded, “Got it.”
“Now, can you die peacefully?”
“Wait!” Li Chen waved his hand again, “Since you’ve already introduced yourselves, it’s only fair that I do the sa, right?”
Hearing Li Chen’s words, the pale youth couldn’t help but mock, “What, you? Soone who hasn’t even reached the Yellow Rank—you think you have so impressive background? Besides, those self-proclaid orthodox folks don’t scare us anyway!”
“What you said—I fully agree with part of it.” Li Chen held up a finger and said, “Those people truly are just self-proclaid orthodox martial artists. When it cos to dirty tactics, they’re worse than anyone.”
“Seems like you’ve had so encounters with real martial artists.” The pale youth nodded.
“Hmm, now it’s my turn.” Li Chen said quietly, “My na…is Li Chen.”
“Li Chen?” Hearing his words, the pale youth furrowed his brow. For so reason, he faintly felt like he had heard this na sowhere before.
“I’m not from any famous orthodox sect, nor am I part of any Evil Demons or Deviants.” Li Chen pointed to the ground beneath his feet and said, “But, in Linchuan, this place is under my jurisdiction!”
Hearing Li Chen’s words, the group was montarily stunned before bursting into laughter.
“You? Soone who hasn’t even reached Yellow Rank—this place is under your jurisdiction? Hahaha… How do you plan to govern it?” A man behind the pale youth pointed at Li Chen and laughed.
Their individual strengths were decent, but none of them had been able to discern Li Chen’s true power.
In their eyes, Li Chen was simply an ordinary person—at most, a moderately skilled ordinary person.
To real martial artists, such ordinary people were nothing but easy prey.
Li Chen slowly raised his hand, “In a martial artist’s world, isn’t the biggest fist the ultimate argunt? So, naturally, I govern it with my fist.”
“Oh?” The man glanced at Li Chen with a mocking smile, “Yet I’m standing on this land now—why don’t you co govern , then?”
“Govern you?” Li Chen nodded, “Alright.”
“Bang!!”
No one saw what happened. A muffled sound suddenly echoed from the man’s chest, and without any resistance, he landed heavily at the side, rolling down the staircase.
After tumbling dozens of steps, he finally stopped.
But judging by his appearance, it was clear he had already lost consciousness.
“This…”
The remaining group froze instantly, their expressions tightening as they swiftly assud battle stances, watching Li Chen with wary eyes.
Only now did they realize that the man before them was not so powerless ordinary person.
But rather a super expert far beyond anything they could have imagined!
They had heard the sound just now, yet not a single one of them had managed to see how Li Chen attacked. Such eerie speed and the sheer strength to incapacitate their companion in one strike—it was sothing none of them could even dream of accomplishing.
“You… Who exactly are you?” The pale youth’s face darkened significantly.
Li Chen dusted his hands off, “I’m a reasonable person. I’ll answer your question, but you owe an answer in return. Deal?”
The pale youth thought for a mont before nodding, “Deal.”
“Alright.” Li Chen asked, “Why have you targeted these people? They’re just ordinary folks—even if you use a special thod to extract their vitality, you’d gain very little energy, wouldn’t you?”
The pale youth hesitated before replying, “In truth, we didn’t care about these people initially. The one we’re interested in is that girl.”
He gestured toward Lin Xiaoxiao.
“Though this girl is only at the Yellow Rank, we can sense that there’s sothing peculiar about the power hidden in her body. That’s why we followed her. The others are just collateral.”
“So you an, back in Linchuan, you had already set your sights on her?” Li Chen’s voice grew cold.
“That’s right.”
“Very well.” Li Chen nodded, “Now, I’ll answer your question.”
“Indeed, my na is Li Chen. And yes, Linchuan is under my jurisdiction!” Li Chen declared decisively.
“You’re lying! Linchuan has a force called the Palace of the Nether King—that’s the real ruler here! Don’t think we didn’t investigate!” Another man behind the pale youth retorted loudly.
“Seems you know quite a lot.” Li Chen nodded, “But yes, Linchuan is indeed managed by the Palace of the Nether King.”
“However…” Li Chen pointed to himself and smiled faintly, “The Palace of the Nether King is under my jurisdiction. So, technically, I didn’t get anything wrong, did I?”
“This…”
Hearing Li Chen’s words, the group collectively fell silent.
The pale youth’s expression changed drastically as he finally recalled why the na Li Chen had sounded familiar earlier.
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