Martial Saint with Passives

Mr. Wu scoffed, as if he’d heard the most ridiculous joke in the world. "What did you say? You’re telling me to die? Say that to me again."

Jiang Che didn’t waste any more words, just slowly raised his head.

A hint of dark red gradually appeared in his pupils.

The aura around him began to turn violent.

His bones let out a volley of sharp CRACKS.

His muscles bulged, expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"I said."

"You can die now!"

BOOM!

Black Scale Armor instantly burst from beneath his skin, covering his entire body!

In the span of a single moment.

Jiang Che’s form swelled to over three meters tall!

Like a Black-armored Giant that had clawed its way out of Hell!

From within the slits of his Helmet.

Two masses of dark red flame flickered.

An icy gaze locked firmly onto Mr. Wu!

The smile on Mr. Wu’s face froze instantly.

His eyes went wide.

He unconsciously blurted,

"What the hell is this thing?!"

In all his years,

he had never seen anyone transform into such a creature!

That savage, ferocious aura.

It was more terrifying than any Black Beast he had ever encountered!

But before he could react.

The Black-armored Giant was already in motion!

The remaining Strength in Jiang Che’s body surged frantically toward his right fist.

The Active Skill of True: Infinite Battle Armor was unleashed without reservation.

Tenfold power.

Smashed forward with a thunderous blow!

Before the fist even arrived,

the sheer force of the punch caused the ground to collapse!

Rubble flew everywhere!

The air itself let out a piercing shriek!

Mr. Wu’s expression changed drastically.

He wanted to dodge.

But the punch was too fast!

Its power too immense!

It was utterly unavoidable!

All he could do was desperately gather his Qi Force before his chest in an attempt to block.

But it was utterly useless.

BOOM!!!

The fist slammed into Mr. Wu’s chest, creating a deafening explosion like a cannon blast!

Mr. Wu’s Body-Protecting Qi shattered instantly, as if it were made of paper!

The upper half of his body was obliterated into a fine mist of blood by the punch!

Only his lower half remained standing in place.

Blood and gore splattered across the ground!

The Black-armored Giant panted heavily.

Killing intent churned in its dark red eyes.

The berserk emotions brought on by the Transformation were still assaulting his sanity.

He could barely control himself,

wanting to smash everything around him to pieces.

But in the next moment,

an intense wave of weakness washed over him.

Unleashing two Tenfold Strikes in a row,

especially the one after his Transformation,

had completely drained all the Strength from his body!

Instantly, the Black Armor receded like a tide.

Jiang Che’s body quickly returned to normal.

He staggered back two steps, nearly collapsing.

He looked at the mangled corpse of Mr. Wu on the ground.

He stared blankly for a moment.

Then a cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.

If that last attack hadn’t killed him,

then in his current state, with his Strength completely depleted,

he would have been a dead man for sure!

But soon,

a realization dawned on him.

He realized that the berserk rage from his Transformation seemed to have dissipated along with his completely depleted Strength!

’Looks like... I can use the weakness after a Tenfold Strike to dispel the killing intent from the Transformation,’ Jiang Che thought.

Although it didn’t completely solve the hidden dangers of the Transformation, he still breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he squatted down and carefully searched Mr. Wu’s corpse.

But he didn’t find anything useful.

Most of it had been blasted to bits by his earlier punch.

Jiang Che recalled the battle.

Judging by the condensation of his opponent’s Qi Force, he must have only been at the Early Stage of the Refining Organ Realm.

And he didn’t seem like a seasoned warrior with years of life-and-death combat experience.

His condition wasn’t at its Peak, either.

But even so,

without using his Transformation,

he had been completely powerless to fight back!

’The Refining Organ Realm... truly an enemy I can’t afford to make!’ Jiang Che clenched his fists, his gaze growing more resolute.

’I must break through to the Mid-stage of Bone Forging, or even the Late-stage! Only then can I contend with them using my Transformation!’

Looking at the dozen or so corpses lying on the ground,

Jiang Che sighed.

He wasn’t someone who enjoyed killing.

But why did people always have to force his hand?

He shook his head and began to search the bodies of Sun Qihong and the black-clad members of the Demon Sect.

Soon, he found a large number of gold notes, Elixir Pills, and what appeared to be a ledger.

’A ledger?’ Jiang Che’s interest was piqued.

But it was too dark to see clearly, so he tucked it into his clothes, planning to examine it back home.

Afterward, he used a sword from one of the Demon Sect members to inflict fatal wounds on Sun Qihong and the others, covering up his own earlier sword cuts.

He also added several more wounds to make the scent of blood even stronger.

He wanted to create the illusion that Sun Qihong and his men had been killed by the Demon Sect.

Although he could report Sun Qihong and the others for colluding with the Demon Sect,

doing so would be very troublesome.

Especially since there was a high-ranking Sect official backing them.

He wasn’t certain, but it was highly likely to be Xie Xingwen’s father, Vice Sect Leader Xie Songnian!

And he himself had no background or connections.

If that happened, and they pulled some strings behind the scenes to turn the tables and accuse Jiang Che himself of colluding with the Demon Sect, he would be in deep trouble!

But if he kept quiet, the Sect would just assume it was a normal Demon Sect attack.

After all, the Demon Sect did this kind of thing all the time.

Plus, since he would be bringing the ore back, there would be no major loss for the Sect.

The Sect wouldn’t investigate the matter too deeply.

And the high-ranking official colluding with the Demon Sect wouldn’t be stupid enough to come out and announce anything.

After all, it wasn’t worth the risk of being exposed for colluding with the Demon Sect just to deal with a small fry like him.

Even if they wanted to target him, they would send assassins privately rather than trying to frame him.

That would actually be easier to handle.

As long as he stayed inside the Sect and didn’t go out, they wouldn’t dare to make a move against him directly within the Sect’s grounds!

Having thought all this through, Jiang Che felt a little more at ease.

As for the crime scene he had faked,

an experienced person would probably be able to spot some issues if they looked closely.