Overwhelming

The whole squadron felt their hearts drop to the pits of their stomach. Any arrogant expressions they had vanished quicker than the wind. This kind of aura pressure made it hard for them to breathe.

This strength was too overwhelming!

Chao didn't spare any expanse. In the state of his Asura Aura, he could move slightly faster than the rate of what the 3rd layer Origin warriors' Spiritual Seas can process.

His right palm burst out a brilliantly chilling Ice essence sword that froze the air. In that same motion, Chao swiped his Ice essence sword at speeds naked to the eyes.

Each of his blinding strikes gushed out a terrifying wave of icy sword lights!

A freezing cold made the Fang members intensely shiver. Even the Origin Qi manifestation 4th layer expert couldn't fully suppress a shivering cold. His mouth even leaked frost breaths, his pupils dilated in growing fear.

The 3rd layer members even felt a piercing pain within their eyes from the wave of blinding blue flash.

This kind of Law power surpassed all limits and common sense they knew!

Just how could anyone grasp power like this? Much less a mere Ming Family soldier?!

However, nobody had any time to question anything. The sensation of death was right near them!

Their Spiritual Seas could only react in a split second. Everyone in the squadron instinctively erupted with all of their dantian energies, gushing out their full strength all at once!

Law essence fused with Origin energy surged out from each of them and hurriedly formed into faint fiery barriers within a split second.

3rd layer Origin power and 4th layer Origin power overlapped on top of each other. Their brief combination exuded a terrifying presence.

Dazzling orange lights engulfed the area. A rising heat permeated throughout the atmosphere.

Luo, Dui, and Shi already hurriedly retreated away dozens of meters away from this rising power. Just the sliver of shock waves would be able to mince their bodies into bits!

Much less mere three 1st layer Origins, any other ordinary Titled 4th layer Origin cultivation would be helpless against this combination!

But how could this combination impede the might of Chao's Asura Aura, 200 Origin Qi strands, 4% Asura Ice Law essence control, and 5% unsealed talent?

The waves of icy sword light smashed upon each Law barrier in a violent collision!

'Bang!!'

Terrifying flows of energy frantically spread outwards. Large cracks on the ground split open, sturdy trees fell over and the air burst around like a frantic hurricane. All destruction came from the force of the powerful energy collision just from low-level cultivators.

Luo, Dui, and Shi had to shut their eyes tight. But other than that, none of them were flung away by the terrifying shock waves. An invisible force shielded them from getting killed instantly.

The only thing that Luo's group heard a moment later was one miserable wail.

"Ahh!!"

The 4th layer leader suffered heavily under the energy shock waves.

The whole entire energy collision force smashed upon his body, shattering all of his innate defenses like fragile glass. Invading Asura Ice's essence wreaked utter havoc throughout his body and dantian!

His body was sent flying like a speeding bullet, blood wildly spraying out of him and staining the environment.

The leader flew for several meters before violently smashing the ground, the impact creating a 3-feet hole in the gold.

To the leader's credit, he did instantly stand up from his hole, albeit with great difficulty. Blood pooled out of his mouth, his hair was completely disheveled, parts of his skin were torn off and there was an occasional layer of ice on his body.

Still, even with all these injuries, the man had enough life force to keep going. 4th layer Origin Qi and stronger Law essence do absolute wonders to one's vitality. It also gave him vast energy reserves. Although the leader needed to use nearly all of his dantian energies just to suppress his deadly injuries.

However, though he lived, the leader was utterly horrified at the sight in front of him.

The energy flash had finally vanished.

What was left were only the mutilated corpses of the 3rd layer Origin experts! Some of them only had a horrified expression plastering their faces moments before death.

While others didn't even have heads at all. Bones, bits of fleshes, and body parts were scattered all around.

The sight nearly made the 4th layer leader hack up vomit.

In a single move, their combined might were not only destroyed, but it had also heavily injured a 4th layer expert and instantly killed off several of 3rd layers!

"De-demon..." The leader muttered in pure horror.

Never would he have thought such a demon sided with the Ming Family. All he thought was that the previous ambush squad was killed because of a powerful talisman.

Not because some demon has invincible prowess!

Who would ever believe such a ridiculous tale in the first place? After all, while Chao had reached the 3rd layer, he should be helpless against an Origin Qi manifestation 4th layer!

But now, the leader wished he had moved his expectations beyond all common sense.

The leader wanted to reorganize his thoughts. He even wanted to beg for his life.

However, that moment would never come.

Within a split second, the sensation of death gripped his entire being once again!

The same chilling blue flash engulfed his vision.

At the bridge of death, an insane look crossed the leader's face.

His teeth violently gnashed to the point it shattered apart. Cracks burst on his torn skin as his whole body started to surge with great power.

"Ah-ahhh!!! We'll die together!!"

The leader bit down on his tongue and combusted his blood essence! The blood essence sprayed on his body, forcibly raising his strength beyond his ordinary limits.

His blood essence Origin Aura completely engulfed Chao. It tried to entrap him like a wild hurricane.

"Hm?" Chao briefly paused with a curious expression. This Origin Aura was enough to alert a slight amount of his danger senses.

Combusting blood essence was the last resort of any cultivator. They used all the power within their bloodline veins to erupt with strength, surpassing their ordinary limits.

But at the same time, this will permanently cripple one's future cultivation and Law Core. This is practically waisting away one's countless years of hard work in cultivation.

Any other peak 3rd layer expert would have already collapsed to their knees.

A powerful 4th layer expert would have no other option but to quickly retreat.

But for Chao?

His killing intent only grew!

The smile that grew on his face bordered on pure demon-like savagery.

In that instant, yellow-colored Earth Law essence frantically burst from the leader's body. His palm clasped together and pushed a stream of Earth Law essence that formed into Earth essence barrier. His cultivation art revolved to its very limit, his Law Core pulsating with large cracks.

Out of all Laws, Earth Laws are hailed as one of the best in defense. It could even stop the destructive force of Fire and the striking power of Lightning Laws.

To Chao, however, it was all useless!

Violent energy airwaves burst out like a bomb. The Ice essence sword shattered the powerful Earth essence barrier into its most basic particles.

Continuing unhindered, Chao's Ice essence sword drilled into the leader's forehead. His brain was instantly smashed into bloody mush.

The leader's eyes were as wide as humanely possible. Absolute fear twisted his expression as the light left his eyes.

Chao dispersed his Ice essence sword, causing the leader's corpse to slump to the ground.

In no time at all, the whole ambush was mercilessly slaughtered.

Chao only took one great breath of exhaustion, feeling his joints screech in pain because of the overloaded power they experienced.

But a moment later, a massive amount of energy coursed through both Chao's Spiritual Sea and dantian, bringing great nourishment to his whole entire being.

Chao felt tremendously rejuvenated. He actually needed to briefly close his eyes to calmly quell the rising tide of energies coursing throughout himself.

It all happened in an instant.

His dantian managed to form 100 more Origin Qi strands, bringing the total up to 300. And his Spiritual Sea felt dozens of times closer to the environment. He felt as if he could grasp the air itself to experience the sources of energies infused in it.

A couple of seconds later, Chao slowly opened his eyes. There weren't any apparent differences between him. But his whole presence seemed sharper, like a sword meticulously refined over a dozen times.

Chao nearly wanted to let loose a great big sigh of satisfaction. Before he could do so, the system suddenly notified his mind.

'Host has completed the special loyalty mission beyond all measures of results. Luo, Dui, and Shi now have 100% absolute loyalty to the host's seemingly invincible prowess. The host has also gained 1000 SP for perfect completion.'

'Just what I was waiting for!'

Chao silently gripped his fist in excitement. His judgment was completely right. Going overpower truly is one of the best ways to gain the best results.