Chương 330: Ren clan joins the fray

After making no sense of the situation, Long Feng put that question aside. As long as the Hong clan didn't try to interfere in his matters or plot against him, then he couldn't care less about what they did. They flew for several hours before the Hong clan chief began to slow down and stare ahead with a serious expression. Everyone behind came to a slow halt and followed his gaze as well.

Before them was a flowing river, and at the other side of the river were nearly a hundred men of different ages and cultivation gathered, staring at their group with extremely savage expressions. Leading their group was a rank nine Imperial realm warrior and beside him was a rank eight Imperial. The Hong clan chief's gaze sharpened as he pointed at the other side of the river.

"The evil iron blood gang! Esteemed guests, it appears that they know there is no road ahead for them so they didn't try to flee." He exclaimed in an excited voice. The two supreme heaven sect's disciples stared at the group at the other side of the river with solemn gazes. Even with their confidence, what they'd heard about the infamous crimson Chen was enough to make them take him with utmost seriousness. They had never seen him, but he had to be the only rank nine Imperial among the group without doubt.

As long as they could take his head as well as the heads of his two brothers, then the mission would be completed. But… they could only sense a single rank eight Imperial. There were supposed to be two of them. Where was the other one? Laying in ambush? After a few seconds, the two youths three all caution to the wind and flew towards the iron blood gang with surging auras.

"Hong clan! Destroy the iron blood gang and get rid of these scourges from the face of this world!" The Hong clan chief shouted loudly and rushed right behind the two youths with the others speeding along as well. Long Feng stared at them rushing ahead and followed with a slight frown. When he saw that one of the two rank eight Imperials from the iron blood gang was missing, he suddenly had a thought. But he couldn't yet confirm if his imaginations were accurate or not. The iron blood gang didn't move.

They waited until the two youths and the Hong clansmen had crossed the river before they rushed forward with savage expressions on their faces. Their killing intent and murderous aura exploded and surged into the sky, causing them all to appear extremely ferocious. The two youths didn't slow down in the slightest. Both of their eyes were focused on the person with the strongest aura of the gang, the leader. Crimson Chen!

His eyes were entirely crimson and filled with a bloodlust that could terrify weak willed people. His aura was the strongest at rank nine Imperial realm, and his murderous aura was denser than those of the others as well. They charged straight at him, unleashing their full cultivation and preparing to kill him quickly. The two groups clashed at last. The three peak Imperials exchanged blows, releasing a powerful wave of energy tha pushed everyone nearby away.

The Hong clan chief and the great elder both rushed at the only rank eight Imperial realm master in the gang and teamed up against him, suppressing him and forcing him to retreat after a few exchanges. If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. The river side instantly became chaotic as different moves and skills were exchanged. Many powerful cultivators died and causalities became to pile up on both sides.

The flowing river was affected by the shockwaves and water pillars rapidly surged into the sky whenever the three peak Imperials exchanged blows. The only variable was Long Feng. He floated calmly above the river and watched the chaotic fight with a cold gaze. After a few minutes, a faint silver glow manifested in his pupils, causing his gaze to become mysterious. The Silver Radiance Immortal's Sight! The glow lasted a few seconds before fading and Long Feng frowned.

"Crimson Chen appears to be much weaker than rumored. Those two have the upper hand after just a few moves and have suppressed him severely." It didn't make sense. If crimson Chen was that weak, then he wouldn't have nearly as much fame as he did. After barely ten moves, he was already riddled in wounds and was forced to retreat several times. If this continued, he would be killed in the next ten moves.

"I don't understand. The strength he is revealing isn't worthy of being top tier among peak Imperials. He wouldn't even get into the top four hundred of the mortal ranking." Just as Long Feng said, crimson Chen was in a very bad state. He had already coughed up blood twice and he was covered in injuries. The two youths were extremely confused at this moment. They had expected the fight to be a trying one and they had even prepared to lose, but this? This was too easy.

Even one on one, they could kill him in twenty moves if they went all out. But they couldn't lose focus now nor could they pause to think. They unleashed stronger attacks and bombarded crimson Chen until he was drenched in blood. He couldn't move in time and one of his arms was cut off cleanly. He roared in pain and attacked with his remaining hand. Unfortunately, he couldn't do much even with both arms, not to mention one.

Two powerful attacks landed on his body and a final sword light flashed and cleaved right through his neck like butter. His expression froze as his head flew into the air while his body pummeled to the ground and exploded into a puddle of blood after it crashed from this height. One of the two youths caught the head that was spurting blood while the final glow vanished from the eyes of the severed head. They exchanged glances and couldn't even react for a few minutes, just staring at each other.

"Zhou Kui, this… it's over?" One of them finally muttered.

"Hm. I already thought that the rumors about this crimson Chen sounded too good to be true. This is all he amounts to. We overestimated the insignificance of rogue cultivators." Zhou Kui replied with a frown.

"That's right. The rumors over hyped him far too much. I expected much more than this." Zhou Kui nodded and glanced at the head in his grasp.

"Now, Yun Fei, how about we take the head of that rank eight Imperial before we decide how to share the rewards? As for the third rank eight Imperial, we can search for him. He shouldn't be far away." He proposed. Yun Fei nodded. If they could put off their discussion untill after everything, they would be able to figure out a mutually beneficial way to profit from the mission without resorting to a fight.

The iron blood gang members below had clearly noticed the death of their leader, crimson Chen, but none of their expressions even changed. They continued fighting savagely as though they were willing to die with their opponents. This appeared extremely strange to Long Feng. At least, the death of their leader should've elicited even a slight tremor on their faces, but there was nothing at all.

Zhou Kui and Yun Fei began to descend to wipe out the iron blood gang completely, but just then, dozens of powerful auras approached from the distance at a high speed. The new auras caused Zhou Kui and Yun Fei to frown in annoyance. Even the fight below suddenly paused as everyone waited to know if the approaching group were friends of foes. When the many dots in the air came closer and their figures became clear, many Hong clan members exclaimed.

"The Ren clan? That's the Ren clan!"

"Huh? The Ren clan? What's going on? I thought they wouldn't come today?"

"Well it's certainly them! That old man in the lead is Ren Hua, and the eight youths around him must be the Cao clan's members! I can also recognize some elders and powerful members of the Ren clan as well!" Zhou Kui and Yun Fei both glared at the Hong clan chief with freezing gazes. The Hong clan chief shivered and shook his head.

"Esteemed guests, I really have no idea what's going on! They shouldn't be here at all!" As he explained, the Ren clan's group arrived at the battlefield and floated above, watching everyone.

"How surprising to meet the Hong clan here. It appears that you've more or less cleared out the iron blood gang!" The old man in the lead looked around and spoke. He was Ren Hua, the clan chief of the Ren clan and the only peak Imperial of the six clans. His aura was slightly weak and his old face was pale, perhaps due to some recent injuries.

"Old Ren, it's really good to see you. What brings your Ren clan here? We have the situation under control. You can just return and rest assured!" The Hong clan chief shouted back in reply.

"Hahahaha! What are you saying? We're here so we might as well lend a hand. Ren clan! Kill these bastards of the iron blood gang!" Ren Hua replied with a laugh. The Ren clan members descended and joined the fray, fighting against the iron blood gang members. Within a few minutes, the originally balanced scale tipped against the iron blood gang. Many of them were killed within short time and even the rank eight Imperial was killed a few seconds later.

In the air, Ren Hua watched the fight below with a satisfied expression. Beside him, three youths emanated the aura of peak Imperials each and the other five were rank eight Imperials. The eight of them were the geniuses of the Cao clan sent to destroy the iron blood gang.

"Those two should be the outer peak disciples of the supreme heaven sect? They don't look like much to me." One of the peak Imperials of the Cao clan muttered, staring at Zhou Kui and Yun Fei.

"They're three. One more youth joined them. Apparently, he hides his cultivation and reveals a rank nine spirit realm cultivation." Ren Hua replied.

"Three? Hm…" their gazes focused on Long Feng, the only person who wasn't embroiled in the fight below.

"That guy? He doesn't seem to be concealing anything to me."

"That's right. He's just a peak spirit realm warrior. You mean to tell me such a weakling is also an outer peak disciple? Heh."

"I mean, why else wouldn't he join the fight? A single person down there can slaughter him. That's why he's just watching. He doesn't deserve our attention." Ren Hua nodded with an awkward laugh.

"That's right. He's not a threat. As for those two, well, there are four of us at the peak Imperial realm. They stand no chance against us. We can just exchange the head from them peacefully and if they refuse to concede, then we take it away forcefully."

"That's right. The Supreme Heaven Sect wouldn't care as long as we don't kill them. Hell, even if we kill them, they wouldn't care. The supreme heaven sect is just that uncaring." The Cao clan's geniuses slowly approached Zhou Kui and Yun Fei in the air. The four peak Imperials and five rank eight Imperial realm youths silently surrounded the two peak Imperials of the supreme heaven sect. Long Feng calmly watched everything from his side, a thin smile dancing on his lips.

"I think I understand the plot here. Crimson Chen… I have to hand it out to you." He murmured soundlessly. The faint silver glow in his pupils wasn't noticed by anyone as they faded away silently.