Chapter-51

Xu Mang was a bald middle-aged man with a long grey beard which measures up to his waist, for more than ten years he had been the leader of the Hundred Evil Thugs and had the cultivation level of 1st Martial Lord Realm.

With his current level of achievements in the martial world of the Eastern Continent, he could easily be considered as a top-level expert in any small or medium size Dynasties similar to Jie Dynasty and Jiang Dynasty.

Although in the entire Eastern Sea Region Martial Lord Rank cultivation was not something to boast about but still for a person like Xu Mang who was from a very low background, being the leader of such a group was really a big deal.

In order to achieve this level of cultivation, only Heavens knows how many people he had killed in the past and how many heavenly tribulations he had to pass through during his martial journey.

Two months ago, due to some heaven-defying luck, he was able to acquire a very high-level cultivation resource that contained a boundless amount of martial power stored inside it, the martial level energy inside it was so vast that it was comparable to thousands of refined Heaven Beads.

The cultivation resource was none other a natural oddity which contained a very pure form of martial energy inside it and just after absorbing a small part of it, Xu Mang was able to have a major breakthrough in his cultivation, from the 9th Heaven Realm to the 1st rank Martial Lord Realm.

Since birth, he was a very sharp-minded who was able to see far for years, due to which just five years after becoming the gang leader he had applied to join the Immortal Execution Archipelago to become their low-level elder.

So that he can get their backing and protections from the other enemy organizations whom he had offended in the past. But due to the fact that he wasn't Martial Lord at that point in life, he was rejected, however now after breaking through to the barriers of the martial way. He was able to become their member.

Now, with him being a member of the Immortal Execution Archipelago he didn't need to fear anyone, even if one day he messed up with someone very powerful or kill some unknown young master with the powerful background, he didn't need to run away as he used to do in the past because after he joined the Immortal Execution Archipelago killing him was directly indicating that the other party was not giving any face to the Murong Family, the family he served.

The Murong family was none other than the ruler of the Eastern Continent.

'Why...I am suddenly feeling so uneasy today, since this morning?' Xu Mang who sat crossed leged inside the large beautiful hall, thought to himself while placing his hand over his chest.

"Boss! Boss! We are being attacked," However as he was submerging inside his own thoughts. a person's voice filled with terror resounded from hundreds of meters distance directly inside his mind.

The sudden mental message made him snap back to reality.

"What! Who dare to attack my people." Xu Mang suddenly stood up, without wasting a single second in thinking, he vanished from the beautiful vast hall, and within a second he reappeared a hundred meters away in front of the person who had a very scared expression on his ugly face.

This person's clothes were tattered and he had a huge cut over his chest from which the crimson blood was dripping out.

"Boss...Boss, We don't know who they are, they are only two in number but both of them are very powerful," Tears with sweat beats on his scared face began to appear as that person remembered the calamity he just escaped.

"What! only Two!" Xu Mang was stunned hearing that because their powerful Hundred Evil Thugs group was quite powerful in overall strength but now it was being attacked by two people only. And looking from the appearance, the situation seems to be very serious.

"Yes, Only Two! both of them are only in Heaven Realm but they are very powerful they have nearly killed all of our top members," Horror could clearly be located in the person's eyes just by remembering the scene of his brother's murder, his soul was trembling with fear.

*whoosh*

Xu Mang didn't wait for a moment and vanished again from his place, hearing both of them were Heaven Realm Cultivator only a cruel smile appeared on his face, although he cared deeply for gang members but he will not give up his life for them.

If anyone of them would have been of the higher realm than him i.e Martial Lord Realm then he would have fled for saving his own life.

But now his opponents were below his realm so he easily agreed to help his gang members, the difference between Heaven Power and Martial Power was huge, it could be said as any Martial Lord Realm cultivator could kill hundreds of 9th Heaven Realm cultivator within just an instant.

....

The Hundred Evil Thugs stronghold was located on a cluster of hills and it was hidden with very powerful Spirit Formations, But presently the so-called Spirit Formation was completely shattered by someone and there were more than forty dead bodies laid on the ground, all of them had their heart pierced and the whole ground was covered with a huge amount of blood.

"Ha Ha Ha! you finally arrived, I was waiting for you quite a while now," Chu Feng spoke in a very bone-chilling tone and Asura Ghost Axe with bloody red blade appeared within his right hand. Before coming here he had made few adjustments to this axe as per his requirements to increase its raw attack power.

Although our young friend Chu Feng doesn't like too much killing he will never leave these lowly bastards who kill millions of lives every day in order to steal their treasures.

He grasped the Axe hilt and dragged along the ground just like a movie villain and spoke calmy after taking dozens of steps, " You might be wondering why a cultivator with 8th Heaven Realm fighting against you, Am I right?"

"Then you don't need to worry about it anymore because the time when I heard your name your death was inevitable," Chu Feng added while looking at Xu Mang who was becoming angrier with every second passage.

"You!!! I will kill you!" Xu Mang's eyes turned blood red with anger and he clenched his fists tightly, although seeing so many dead bodies of his own gang members he was very angry but not so much that he will lose himself in his anger.

However, after hearing this boy's arrogant words, all the death aura suppressed deep inside his body burst outwards, the words just provided the spark to ignite his engine.

Now he did not just want to kill Chu Feng but he first wanted to torture him to death until he begs for death. For him his image was everything.

*whoosh*

"We will see about that," Suddenly, Chu Feng disappeared into a blur within an instant he dashed toward the Xu Mang. In just a flash the thirty-meter gap between the two disappeared into five, and the Asura Ghost Axe began to emit a strong amount of Heavens Energy as it rushed to stab at the Xu Mang's throat direction.

Xu Mang's eyes constricted and the little careless expression on his face was replaced by a serious one. He converted all his energy to his hands and in a second his palms began to envelop with a strong amount of Martial Energy.

Using the raw martial energy he condensed sharp powerful dagger.

*shua*

The sharp dagger gleamed, reflecting the amount of martial energy used for creating such a wonderful piece of art as it meets with the Asura Ghost Axe's attack.

*HUNG*

The Axe and the dagger collided against each other forming a large sound which cleared resounded up to hundreds of kilometers.

*BOOM*

Simultaneously a powerful wave of Energy emerged out from the collisions of two huge forces and began to speed outwards in the form of a small tornado around them.

A slight thump could be heard from Chu Feng's body as he was forced to fly back a few meters.

"The strength of a Martial Lord is indeed very strong. If I would be ordinary 8th Heaven Realm than I would have been killed in an instant with this level of attack," Chu Feng shook his head with a faint smile, thinking fighting a person above your own realm is easier said than done.

Although he was comparing himself with the Xu Mang who was using all his strength but its still not right in every aspect because he had the Divine Armor which can increase his cultivation by three realms, making him 1st rank Martial Lord however it's his choice to use it or not.

However, unlike him, Xu Mang was not restraining himself and was using his full strength to kill him.

With this current exchange with the Xu Mang, it could clearly be seen that Chu Feng was at some disadvantage. After all, in a battle of strength with Martial Lord, how could our Chu Feng match his opponent with just his 8th HEaven Realm cultivation.

Still, Chu Feng was also happy inside his heart because after making contact with Xu Mang, he now understood just how wide that gap between Martial Energy and Heavens Energy was, otherwise he would have always applied his +3 Heaven Defying Battle to every Major Realm and someday this might have lead to his death.

On the other side, the Xu Mang's face becomes more serious as he looked at Chu Feng and spoke with a bit seriousness and anger, "It seems you are quite something, Doesn't matter because today I will give you your death."

Chu Feng clenched the hilt of the Asura Ghost Axe and spoke again in a more bone-chilling tone, "Just wait!! and watch!"

Xu Mang laughed like a maniac like he might have heard the funniest joke of his life, "What to watch! I already gave you credit that you are quite extraordinary but you are no match for me 'Xu Mang'."

The dagger in Xu Mang's hand exploded with powerful might again but this it contained a very large amount of explosive energy which was several times comparable to the last one.

*whoosh*

Suddenly Xu Mang disappeared and then unexpected reappeared right in front of Chu Feng, ready to pierce his throat.

Chu Feng also activated his Asura Gaze and began to circulate energy inside his body towards the Asura Ghost Axe in his right hand performing the Mortal Taboo Skill, Asura Ghost Slash.

A Reddish colour haze that couldn't be seen by normal eyes suddenly began to surround the blade of the Asura Ghost Axe.

*whoosh*

Just then Chu Feng swung his axe at the dagger, not only blocking the upcoming attack of the dagger but also thrusting his Axe towards Xu Mang's throat.

*PENG*

Suddenly, another explosion resounded everywhere around the area of hundred squares kilometers, and again a huge shockwave was formed. The huge trees present earlier on the ground were uprooted and tore apart within an instant as if they never existed in the first place.

With another strike, Chu Feng was once again sent flying back a few meters away in the air while the Xu Mang was once again unaffected moreover he used this chance and chased him after the retreating Chu Feng with his dagger aimed towards his throat simultaneously.

*shuuua*

Chu Feng frowned seeing the dashing Xu Mang towards him and suddenly moved to shifted his momentum to a side, which caused the dagger to slice past his collar.

He then clenched his fingers tightly around the hilt, though he wasn't able to perform the whole power of the skill, but still, he persisted and lashed out several Axe Slashes towards Xu Mang's vital body parts.

In an instant, Xu Mang increased his power to brought back his dagger and raised it in front of himself in order to defend himself from the sudden turn of events. There was only a second of time left and all he wanted to do was to defend his body against the Asura Ghost Axe slashes.

*BANG*PENG*BANG*PENG*

The sounds of the two mighty weapons clashing together could be heard from miles away as the Asura Ghost Axe and Energy Dagger continuously hit each other second with a very powerful force.

The ground above them was completed destroyed, tornados were forming and destroying due the explosive energy formed by the clasping of weapons against each other.

Suddenly, the Xu Mang retreated fiercely because his robe was completely tattered. There were several deep scars and bruises on his chest and various vital organs were even leaking blood.

But Chu Feng himself did not appear in a much better state, although there wasn't any major injury on his body but due to excessive use of Asura Ghost Slash in one go, his face was becoming paler and paler by passing moment.

Seeing how his bruises and deep cuts of his chest Xu Mang expression became ugly and he looked at Chu Feng with murderous intent, "Good! Good! now you completely angered me, So go and die!"

Chu Feng only laughed and also rushed towards him, "Many powerful Beasts and Humans have died by my hands back in my country but Today you shall be the first chosen one on this Eastern Sea Region."

"You Bastard!" Xu Mang roared and increased his speed by several times and charged towards Chu Feng.

There was not a single trace of fear in the eyes of Chu Feng instead his blood was boiling just by thinking about his opponent.

*whoosh*

*shua*shua*

This time Chu Feng used the full version of the 'Asura Ghost Slash' without considering its backlash to clash against the Xu Mang powerful attack.

Using his Axe to he slashed towards Xu Mang continuously and simultaneously also dodged each and every strike from his opponent.

*BANG*BANG*PENG*

From last round, he learned that if we wanted to win the battle completely then he must not only avoid direct weapon clasping with Xu Mang but also attack him simultaneously because blocking Xu Mang's attack was consuming his energy at a very rapid pace.

It could be easily seen that using dagger was not a new thing for Xu Mang and he could easily control it, this kind of superb control could only be possible when a cultivator cultivated a specialized skill and mastered it by continuous practice over decades.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that Xu Mang had already reached the absolute pinnacle with his dagger. Every strike of his was landing on the right same spot again and again, over to Chu Feng's throat.

The two of them were rushing back and forth against each other throughout the mountain range, their movements were completely destroying the trees and causing creation and destruction of strong gales.

Both of them continued to go against each other, as the time passed Chu Feng was increasing his momentum as if he was learning to fight, with every move his skill improved and his understanding of how much energy he should use in every strike also increased.

While on the other hand, Xu Mang was getting more and more depressed with the passage of minutes, there was deep regret and anger in his eyes.

His technique and cultivation were clearly higher than that of his opponent, but still, his opponent had a slight advantage over his reaction time and speed.

There were several times when he felt that he was at a critical junction between life and death, and his opponent's Axe just grazed passed his body.

"Brat! are only this much? Let me show you what is strength." Xu Mang roared in anger, he already realized that he needs to kill his opponent now, if he takes this for too long then he even might lose his life here.

Hearing this, Chu Feng showed his devil smile before speaking, "Do you take me as a foolish person?"

Xu Mang became stunned for a moment but he didn't reply instead with a flash, a large amount of killing intent emitted from his red eyes and he quickly leaped over to his opponent once more with his dagger ready to slash through his throat.

Knowing that Xu Mang was not going to play any longer Chu Feng once again used his Mortal Taboo skill and flashed towards Xu Mang with huge killing intent in his eyes.

The fluctuation of Energy increased by several indicating that it was time fo conclusion,*Whoosh* both of them vanished into the air and only their voices could be heard.

*shua*

Suddenly, at that instant, the Asura Ghost Slashes dashed out while tearing the tornado apart towards Xu Mang. But Xu MAng simply had no time to react and the strike was so the sharp and clean immediately cut through his left arm.

"Ahhhhh!"

A very painful shriek rang out up to tens of kilometers. But while he was in completely in pain, another Axe Strike had quickly flashed over his chest.

Xu MAng quickly tried to move his dagger in order to defend himself but it was to no vail.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Xu Mang's whole body was sliced into half and another painful screech rushed from his mouth at the last moment of his life.

He didn't understand how Chu Feng had gotten in front of him so quickly but that question would never be answered because in the next second with two bang sound both the pieces of his dead body landed over the ground.

Chu Feng flew over next to it and placed his axe near his corpse while sitting on the stone to breathe some air and absorb Xu Mang's source energy.

Last Fight caused him to cost him a large amount of his energy and he wanted to slow down the rate of backlash till Ji Yun appeared.

....

"You did it!!! didn't you, you killed a Martial lord being with just 8th Heaven Realm cultivation. It was definitely right to follow my guts," Chu Feng looked over to Ji Yuns' who appeared after a minute with a large smile on his face.

"So What's the update." Chu Feng asked hurriedly about the other members of the Hundred Evil Thugs gang, as he knew he didn't have much time left before the backslash.

Ji Yun nodded several, he was overjoyed which was obviously because of gaining a large amount wealth, "I have destroyed them and collected their cosmos sacks, but few of the members already fled when we started fighting."