Myriad Daos of the Heaven

After the battle, Luochen Village had become a shattered landscape.

The headless corpse of a black tiger, as massive as a small mountain, lay motionless on the ground. Its blood flowed like a river.

This was the terrifying true form Hu Dong had revealed upon his death.

It was a black tiger at the King-level Perfection Realm, and its entire body was extraordinarily valuable.

Its tiger hide alone could likely be sold for a sky-high price.

Its Tiger Bone, Tiger penis, and Tiger Core were also astonishingly valuable.

The surroundings were deathly silent; everyone had been shocked speechless.

In truth, before this, the vast majority of the bandits—even Shi San, Big Black, Little Bai, and Elder Lishan—hadn't been entirely confident.

After all, Lingchen was facing Hu Dong, one of the three top experts of the Tiger Ferocity Gang.

So, even though they had pledged to follow Jiang Jichen, it had merely been a decision made in a moment of passion.

Jiang Jichen, after all, had yet to achieve a victory that could truly convince them to follow him to the death.

But now, Jiang Jichen stood before the headless tiger corpse, Sinking Mountain in hand.

And his earlier words had been so incredibly heroic!

'This must be what true invincibility looks like!'

Shi San, Big Black, and Little Bai snapped to their senses and cried out, "As expected of our Lord Lingchen! He's incredible!"

"Yes! It won't be long before the Luochen Sect makes its name known to the world under his lordship's leadership!"

"Lord Lingchen is so powerful and domineering. He's my idol!"

The three of them yelled.

The other bandits finally came to their senses and erupted in a thunderous cheer.

They were all incredibly grateful to Jiang Jichen for slaying Hu Dong and saving their village from a massacre.

This was what made them truly acknowledge and believe in him.

In fact, there was a reason Jiang Jichen had been so dominant in his execution of Hu Dong.

It was to establish his authority, to let everyone know he had the strength to easily slay any of the Tiger Ferocity Gang's three top experts.

And that he had no fear of their threats.

Just then, Jiang Jichen's gaze swept across the crowd.

It was just a simple glance, a single action.

The cheering immediately died down, and the entire area fell silent in an instant.

They could feel that, bolstered by the momentum of having slain Hu Dong, their Lord Lingchen was radiating an awe-inspiring majesty that could shake the heavens and the earth.

"I don't care what you were thinking before. But right now, I want you to thump your chests and tell me loud and clear: is the Tiger Ferocity Gang scary?"

Jiang Jichen spoke, his voice not loud.

But it carried a natural, Supreme majesty and confidence.

"Not scary!"

Everyone thumped their chests hard and roared.

"Not scary!"

Their movements were in unison, their voices shaking the land.

"Not scary!"

Their blood boiled with excitement, their spirits soaring like a rainbow.

They shouted three times, showing that their fear of the Tiger Ferocity Gang had been completely erased from their hearts.

And it was all because Jiang Jichen was there.

At that moment, Jiang Jichen had become their spiritual pillar.

Jiang Jichen nodded. "Very good. I hope you all remember your words today. Bravely climb the Heavenly Dao Path, and never forget your original Dao Heart!"

"Also, tonight we're having a whole-tiger feast!"

Jiang Jichen's last sentence set the crowd off, driving them into a frenzy.

Finally, the men got to work, skinning the tiger and preparing the whole-tiger feast.

Meanwhile, Jiang Jichen began sending a message to Little Gray, telling them to come here as well.

After all, this place was relatively secluded and suitable for establishing a base.

"You have other companions?"

Seeing Jiang Jichen send the message, the Luochen Fairy walked over and asked in a lovely voice.

She actually... wanted to come over and call him to account, because she had already noticed that Jiang Jichen hadn't used his full strength in the battle at all.

If he had unleashed his true power, he wouldn't have needed… to have her hold on to him so tightly!

Clearly, Lingchen had done it on purpose to take advantage of her!

But… the feeling of holding on to Lingchen had been quite nice, which made it difficult for Luochen to voice her accusation.

However, this did allow her to deduce that Lingchen possessed unfathomable strength.

After all, he hadn't even needed his full strength to slay one of the Tiger Ferocity Gang's three top experts.

No wonder he had dared to declare that he would go and kill the strongest few experts in the Land of Stray Bandits one by one!

Seeing the Luochen Fairy approach, Jiang Jichen actually felt a little guilty.

But he was incredibly thick-skinned and put on a calm expression!

"Yes. Before coming here, I just wiped out Undead Town. They were all there, but it's not a place to stay for long, so I told them all to come here."

Jiang Jichen didn't hide anything, replying casually.

"What? You… you said you wiped out Undead Town?"

The Luochen Fairy was shocked once again. Everyone busy with their tasks heard him as well and were instantly stunned.

'How… is that possible?'

'Lingchen is unbelievably audacious, isn't he?'

'He's absolutely poked a hole in the sky!'

The crowd was utterly shocked, unable to remain calm, and these thoughts surfaced in everyone's mind.

To them, killing an expert from the Tiger Ferocity Gang was already a world-shaking event.

But wiping out Undead Town!

That was a stronghold of the Death Organization, one of the six great powers in Chaotic City!

And yet… Lingchen had wiped it out.

You have to understand, Undead Town was the Death Organization's base in the Land of Chaotic Bandits. Even the three major bandit gangs here had to show them due respect.

Although the forces within Undead Town weren't powerful, they represented the Death Organization from Chaotic City, and no one dared to move against them.

But now, Undead Town was no more.

"Are you sure it was Undead Town that you wiped out?"

Elder Lishan gulped, asking in a trembling voice from the side.

None of them could remain calm. This was earth-shattering news; if word got out, it would likely shake the entirety of Chaotic City.

This was equivalent to provoking a slumbering giant.

Once the Death Organization found out, they would undoubtedly send terrifyingly powerful experts to hunt Lingchen down.

As if oblivious to everyone's mood, Jiang Jichen replied calmly, "They did indeed claim to be people from the Death Organization."

"They told you they were from the Death Organization, and you killed them anyway?"

Based on the style Jiang Jichen had displayed when slaying Hu Dong, the Luochen Fairy could already guess what must have happened.

"Those people were hunting my friends. I had no reason to spare them."

"The same goes for all of you. If you are not in the wrong and someone wants to kill you, I will do the same, because you are all considered my people now!"

"I will not let those who follow me be bullied. But the prerequisite is that you must have a backbone of your own."

However, Jiang Jichen's final words sent a tremor through the hearts of everyone present.

A current of warmth spread through their jaded hearts.

Because of what Jiang Jichen had said, the crowd's fear of the Death Organization vanished.

Perhaps, just as Jiang Jichen said, what they needed most was a backbone and dauntless courage.

Finally, the crowd went back to preparing the whole-tiger feast, the atmosphere growing incredibly festive.

Luochen stood beside Jiang Jichen. Though she remained silent, her gaze toward him now held a few new, inexplicable emotions.

Then, one double-hour later, Little Gray, Zhou Qiang, and his group of Spirit Infant Realm slaves appeared, along with several dozen small Skeleton Soldiers wearing massive necklaces.

When they saw Little Gray and a troop of small Skeleton Soldiers wearing massive Gem Necklaces, the Luochen Fairy, the Three Strange Bandits, Elder Lishan, and all the people of the Luochen Sect were left dumbfounded.