CHAPTER 713: CHAPTER 709: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO DIE IN A FOREIGN LAND

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"Heh, I am protecting the citizens of my country, what does it have to do with you? Instead, you monk, shouldn’t you adhere to ’All Four Greats are Emptiness’? Yet you jeopardize ’Qi Fortune’ for your own gain, aren’t you afraid ’Heavenly Dao’ will take you?"

Xie Jingchen’s fierce eyes sternly gazed at the opponent, feeling absolutely no pressure in destroying superpower users who are not from his own country.

Those who cannot be utilized must not be allowed to grow; that is common sense.

"Sir, you are mistaken. Now that ’Qi Fortune’ has ceased, it is time for our kind to emerge. If you are willing to serve me, I promise you wealth and honor!"

"To commit evil acts? No, our paths are different and we do not scheme together! Wherever you go to beg is fine, but if you dare harm my country’s civilians under my watch, do not blame me for confronting you with a blade!"

"Sir, I do not wish to be your enemy, I only seek to take one item from my country, is that so?"

"Under the lands of Central Earth, there is nothing else, if you do not leave, do not blame me for getting physical!" Xie Jingchen had already marked the opponent’s aura with his spiritual power, his casual words entirely perfunctory.

"If that is the case, this poor daoist can only ask for your instruction!"

As he spoke, the opponent’s words did not cease, and he was already muttering, his hands forming various Formation Techniques—

"Hmph, petty tricks!"

Xie Jingchen disdainfully commented.

Simultaneously, he sensitively felt the peach blossom petals floating in the air drifting towards his domain, his spiritual power swept over them, enveloping and enhancing them with spiritual power, he sneered:

"Instruction is not necessary, granting death, however, can fulfill your wish! Hmph, not afraid of death? Try this new technique of mine—Heavy Rain Peach Blossom Needle!"

It truly was a new technique; this was the first time Xie Jingchen openly used spiritual power to combat an enemy!

Previously, Xie Jingchen mostly used spiritual power only for reconnaissance purposes.

Because the outside world is just ordinary, overly mystical phenomena are hard to explain and could easily expose the special aspects of him and his wife.

Therefore, whenever possible, he really did not want to use spiritual power to cause any disturbances.

Only when leading teams for deep mountain training would he avoid his subordinates and head deep into the mountains by himself, seeking secluded places to practice materializing spiritual power.

And this time, the idea to materialize spiritual power onto peach blossom petals came because the peach blossom slave actively allowed its petals to drift towards him—possibly sensing danger, the floating petals gave him a flash of inspiration, hence the origin of the Heavy Rain Peach Blossom Needle.

"Ha! You—" The Evil Monk was startled and shocked.

He initially thought after successfully injuring Xie Jingchen that Xie Jingchen’s superpower was almost equivalent to his level, which is why he dared to charge forward!

But in reality, their spiritual powers differed greatly.

According to the levels Yan Jinsu told Xie Jingchen, Xie Jingchen was at the peak of Level 4.

Whereas the Evil Monk in front of him was merely at the beginning stage of Level 2, far from being a match for Xie Jingchen.

Wounded by the Evil Monk’s successful spiritual stab, it was because Xie Jingchen had never anticipated the existence of ’spiritual power’ as a superpower in this world!

Xie Jingchen’s lack of defensive awareness was precisely why the Evil Monk could easily launch a successful attack on him.

However, due to the absolute difference in levels between them, the damage inflicted on Xie Jingchen by the opponent was minimized to the lowest level. It only took a moment for Xie Jingchen to regain his senses.

Moreover, since Xie Jingchen’s level was much higher than his opponent’s, the Evil Monk could only sense the existence of the spiritual power but couldn’t accurately detect its range.

Thus, the Evil Monk, assuming that Xie Jingchen was only slightly stronger, never gave it further thought and immediately provoked Xie Jingchen by launching an attack!

Due to the Evil Monk’s self-inflation, till his death, he never understood why the outcome was such!

Using just this ’experimental’ move, Xie Jingchen made his opponent stumble back more than ten meters, barely managing to fend off this probing strike from Xie Jingchen!

Due to the first-time execution of the move, Xie Jingchen’s group strike wasn’t very powerful, with the damage only reaching about a Level 3 spiritual power.

Even so, it still overwhelmed the Evil Monk, leaving him no way to counter it. When the move finally ceased, his body was covered with peach blossom petals, sharp as weapons, embedded directly into his clothing, piercing his skin—

Before Xie Jingchen could continue his next move, the Evil Monk, completely panicked, cried out loudly:

"Your Excellency, please stop, this monk failed to recognize the superior; please forgive my disrespect, I was incited by evildoers, hence my confused actions! Your Excellency, I will leave your country immediately, right away!"

As the Evil Monk spoke, he ignored the pain on his body and retreated continuously, just like he appeared out of nowhere, now trying to leave as if vanishing into thin air, yet little did he know, Xie Jingchen already harbored the intention to eliminate him decisively—how could he possibly let him come and go freely?!

Moreover, the opponent was no easy target; leaving a person like this to grow into a local tyrant later? Such foolish acts could never occur under Xie Jingchen’s watch.

Thus, as the opponent tried to retreat quickly and leave the range of Xie Jingchen’s spiritual power, Xie Jingchen unhesitatingly raised the pistol at his waist, and under the opponent’s fearful and alert eyes, he aimed, chambered, and fired—

The opponent, convinced he could dodge such conventional weaponry with his spiritual power, didn’t realize that the barrier just created by his spiritual power was penetrated by Xie Jingchen’s subsequent Spiritual Stab.

Without the spiritual shield, the bullet struck the Evil Monk’s heart, and he looked incredulously at Xie Jingchen—even until death, he couldn’t believe that he would die in a foreign land.

You see, back in his own country, he was always protected and revered by the people, naturally possessing spiritual power embodied like a national treasure, truly a unique existence across the entire nation!

He thought this trip was just a routine excursion, but who knew he’d be buried in a foreign land?

As Xie Jingchen fired his gun, like a tiger leaving its cage, the gunshots continued, filling the air with seventeen shots in total; the only one not fired was at the first Evil Ghost Mask knocked unconscious by Xie Jingchen.

Simultaneously, Xie Jingchen wrapped the petals on the Evil Monk’s corpse with his spiritual power, scattering them in the wind as if blown away.

Apart from the tiny wounds on his body, it was hard to tell that these injuries were caused by the soft peach blossom petals.

Unlike the silenced guns carried by the enemy, Xie Jingchen’s gunshots rang out, prompting the Rong Wei hidden all around Tanning Temple to emerge as if summoned from afar.

Before the Rong Department intervened, Xie Jingchen had already coldly eliminated every black-clad person, erasing their vital signs.

To protect his wife and children, and his side, Xie Jingchen was never merciful.

By the time the stationed Rong Wei arrived, they were still shocked by the increasing number of fat forest rats that seemed to emerge from nowhere—