Chapter 156: Slay You with a Blow

“No,” Chen Xiao regained his senses in an instant. “The divine power emanating from this Temple of Freedom is strong, but it’s too ethereal—it’s not true divine power.”
Chen Xiao had seen divine power before. On the wall outside the Heavenly Dragon Secret Vault, there were 108 pairs of divine beast eyes, each emitting a faint divine aura. Though weak, that aura was still far superior to the one from the Temple of Freedom.
“This is the power of a false god,” Chen Xiao quickly determined its origin. Yet, even the weakest of his disciples—Guigui and Mumu—were stronger than this false god’s aura. Clearly, it came from a lower-tier false god.
But since the term “false god” already implies divinity, it couldn’t be an ordinary being. Chen Xiao’s subordinates didn’t possess such power yet. Although those disciples had the cultivation level of false gods, they seemed constrained by certain rules and affected by Chen Xiao’s strength, preventing them from unleashing their full potential.
Only by enhancing his own strength could Chen Xiao enable his disciples to wield greater power and even summon even more terrifying divine attendants.
Though this Temple of Freedom paled in comparison to the Glorious Temple, rebuilt from the former Sea God Temple, it was still countless times stronger than the old Glorious Temple. Compared to it, even the temples built or renovated by Mo Changli in the past were nothing but dilapidated ruins.
In front of this emerald-green temple stood a flagpole with four bloody heads hanging from it—those of the four scouts sent by the Ten Tigers Sect.
Chen Xiao glanced around. Most of those in this vast area were supernatural beings from Japan, but there were also many from other countries who came to gather information. Yet, few foreign supernatural beings dared enter the temple.
Alone, Chen Xiao strode toward the temple, intending to investigate. But the guards at the entrance stopped him.
The two guards muttered something in Japanese at Chen Xiao. Seeing his confusion, they switched to Mandarin.
“State your identity and register as a follower of the Temple of Freedom before you can enter and worship the gods.”
In the supernatural world of China, which was the undisputed giant among all Earth’s supernatural worlds, the Chinese language was somewhat known by supernatural beings from every country.
“Oh? To enter, I must become a follower of some so-called God of Freedom?” Chen Xiao smirked. “Forget it. I don’t believe in any gods.”
With that, he turned and walked away from the temple.
“Stop! Since you’re here, you must worship the great God of Freedom! Otherwise, you’ll be punished for blasphemy!”
The two guards stepped forward, drawing their katanas and speaking menacingly.
Chen Xiao froze. He seemed to understand now why so many supernatural beings from other countries avoided entering this Temple of Freedom—this must be the reason.

“Hehe, what kind of world is this? As the saying goes, there are only rapists, no ones who force others into gambling, and it’s even rarer to find those who force others to worship gods.” Chen Xiao shrugged and said, “The God of Freedom claims to represent freedom—so does he not even allow this little bit of freedom?”
“Baka!”
Upon hearing Chen Xiao’s words, the two guards flew into rage. They raised their katanas and, without a word, swung at him head-on.
“Such recklessness.”
Chen Xiao smiled coldly. He gently raised his right hand and tapped twice swiftly on the blades of the two katanas.
Ding ding…
With two crisp sounds, the two high-quality katanas in the guards’ hands shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.
The two guards were stunned and instinctively stepped back two steps, their faces showing caution.
“Spies from the Glorious False Temple again.” One of the guards wore a cold expression, while the other began shouting in the Japanese language.
In moments, hundreds of people rushed out of the temple and surrounded Chen Xiao. The lowest among them were second-tier ablers, while the highest had reached fifth tier.
The ablers around the temple, seeing this, stepped back slightly and observed from a distance.
“I’m sparing your lives because I don’t want to make things worse… Damn it, this temple was just established and is looking for an excuse to establish its authority.”
Chen Xiao thought to himself as he looked at the two guards with smug expressions.
“Never mind. I came here to test their strength anyway. But that false god isn’t here; otherwise, they would have attacked the Glorious Temple long ago… Hmm, I wonder what level that so-called messenger of the God of Freedom is.”
“Whoever you are, you’re dead. Do you know that those who desecrate gods must die?” said the leading fifth-tier abler among the more than two hundred temple guards coldly.
“If that’s the case, let’s have a good fight. Remember my name—Shang Weiting.”
Chen Xiao shifted his feet, turning into a shadow of nothingness, and charged at the two hundred guards of the God of Freedom.
Most of these guards were Japanese ninjas, mutated martial artists. Seeing Chen Xiao charge in, they drew their swords and confronted him.
Chen Xiao didn’t hold back at all. Ice-cold water turned into streams that surrounded his body. Wherever he passed, the lower-tier ablers instantly turned into ice sculptures.
“What terrifying cold! Back up!” The leading fifth-tier abler shouted loudly.
“Take care of yourself first.” Chen Xiao’s figure appeared behind him like a ghost. The life-draining blue water instantly enveloped him, sucking out his life essence.
“Ah!”
The fifth-tier abler could only let out a scream before his body turned into bones and scattered on the ground.
Seeing this, the temple guards shuddered involuntarily.
“Hmph!”
With a cruel smile on his face, Chen Xiao disappeared again, flashing through the crowd time and again, draining the life essence from countless people until their bodies turned into bones.

“Wicked desecrator, abominable demon that defiles the gods—die!”
A furious roar suddenly echoed through the temple, followed by a strange blade of light that shot straight at Chen Xiao.
“Just a seventh-tier warrior, and still daring to come and die.”
Chen Xiao instantly detected the blade of light. With a slight twist of his body, he effortlessly dodged it. His body spun in mid-air, and a mass of white mist condensed beneath his feet, providing him with a support point.
With a single step, Chen Xiao transformed into a sharp sword and charged at his opponent.
“A sixth-tier abler, daring to act recklessly in front of me.” The seventh-tier warrior snarled. His battle axe spun, and dozens more blades of light were sent toward Chen Xiao in an instant.
“Orange Water, Extremely Heavy Water—let me crush you!”
Chen Xiao reached out with one hand, and an orange-colored force of water instantly formed into a giant palm five meters high and three meters wide.
When those dozens of blades of light struck this massive palm, they emitted a crisp sound akin to metal colliding.
In the next moment, those blades were shattered by the orange palm. The giant hand continued its momentum and slammed toward the seventh-tier warrior’s body.
Seeing this fierce hand, the seventh-tier warrior was shocked. He quickly turned and dodged to the side.
Boom!
With a loud noise, Chen Xiao’s palm formed from Extremely Heavy Water slammed into a giant pillar in front of the Temple of Freedom. Instantly, the entire temple trembled slightly.
“You!” The seventh-tier warrior, enraged by the temple’s shaking, suddenly emitted a faint blue glow from his body. He transformed into a whirlwind and rushed at Chen Xiao.
“Wind Wave Shock, Storm Slash!”
In the next instant, hundreds of blue blades emerged from the blue whirlwind and struck at Chen Xiao.
“If I say I’ll crush you, I’ll do it.”
Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. Two pairs of gloves appeared on his hands—peak virtual divine artifact gloves taken from the Main God’s Space. Their quality was far superior even to the Star and Moon Staff.
Although the Main God’s Space contained the Main God’s treasures, Chen Xiao’s current strength allowed him to access only a small portion of them, using just a tiny amount of the virtual divine artifacts. As for the gods’ artifacts, he still couldn’t use them yet.
Chen Xiao clenched his fists. With the enhancement from the virtual divine artifact gloves, he threw two punches. Fists formed from Extremely Heavy Water appeared once again.
These fists were countless times more ferocious than the orange palm earlier, forcing the surrounding air to scatter.
Boom!
The first punch shattered the combat technique unleashed by the seventh-tier warrior, while the second punched into the whirlwind he had formed, dispersing it and forcing his true form to reveal itself.
“I’ll crush you!”
Chen Xiao slammed his hand downward toward the ground, while a giant palm also formed above the seventh-tier warrior’s head, ready to strike him.

The water of extreme heaviness, the heaviest water among all—each drop weighing hundreds of pounds. With this massive palm, combined with its own gravity, the increased force from descent, and the power emitted by Chen Xiao, the force exerted was well over a hundred thousand pounds. With a loud crash, the body of that seventh-tier powerhouse was slammed to the ground. His entire body was subjected to immense impact forces, his bones shattered piece by piece, and even his internal organs and muscles were completely destroyed; he was dead beyond death. The entire ground trembled slightly, and the Freedom Temple was shaken once again. “Dareful!” “Seeking death!” At that moment, several angry roars rang out in the Freedom Temple again. Several afterimages flashed by, and three more seventh-tier powerhouses rushed out, yet the so-called messenger of the Freedom God Lord and those super-tier ablers above the seventh tier were nowhere to be seen. …