Chapter 235: Showcasing Power

The Three Nights Family is one of the three most powerful families in the world of supernatural abilities. Although the Dragon Family claims to hold the same status as the Three Nights Family in the ancient martial arts world, its actual strength is far inferior. Among the Three Nights Family, the Rainy Night Family is the strongest. The headquarters of the Rainy Night Family lies in a sunlit region of this world of supernatural abilities.

When Chen Xiao arrived in this sunlit region, he was stunned. It was nothing like the Sunlit Region of the Soul of China, with its beautiful mountains and clear waters and just a few thatched cottages. After countless years of development, the Rainy Night Family’s sunlit region had transformed into a vast city—far larger than Chen Xiao’s City of Glory. Such a city could never exist in the secular world.

Chen Xiao couldn’t help but recall the capital of the Atlantis Empire, the City of the King of Atlantis—only that city could compare to this one. Yet, there was still a hint of an ancient atmosphere here; most of the buildings were of ancient style, with only a few modern skyscrapers. In this sunlit region, modern technological products could also be seen, but since there was no electricity in the world of supernatural abilities, they couldn’t be used on a large scale.

Most of the inhabitants of this city were members of the Rainy Night Family, all of whom possessed supernatural abilities. However, super-tier abilities above level seven were rare.

Rainy Night Xiaochen led Chen Xiao through the city to a large, simple building at its center. Though it didn’t seem very big on the surface, Chen Xiao knew it couldn’t be perceived with the naked eye—there were countless spaces inside, seemingly endless. Without any hindrance, Rainy Night Xiaochen took Chen Xiao inside the building. The two level-six guards outside the entrance merely bowed slightly to him.

In the outside world, level-six supernatural beings would undoubtedly be powerful rulers, but here they were merely doorkeepers. Inside the building, just as Chen Xiao had imagined, there were countless spaces, each as large as the entire sunlit region.

Rainy Night Xiaochen brought Chen Xiao to the guest room of the Rainy Night Family. At that moment, aside from the family head, Rainy Night Linfeng, there were two other elders in the room. Rainy Night Linfeng was a middle-aged man, short in stature and slightly overweight. His small eyes were always squinted, and his face wore a faint smile. Yet, he exuded a powerful aura—clearly a level-nine supernatural being.

Most rulers of supernatural or ancient martial arts factions were super-tier beings, as those who reached beyond the Origin Realm could no longer move in the secular world. But once these rulers shed their burdens, their strength soared, sometimes even reaching the Domain Realm.

The two elders sitting beside Rainy Night Linfeng were both dressed in simple black robes, their faces wrinkled like ancient tree bark.

Chen Xiao’s pupils contracted slightly upon seeing the two elders. The aura surrounding them was not that of superhumans, but of ancient martial artists. Moreover, they both carried the unique Tianlong aura of the Long family, clearly being experts from that family.

Both of them were clearly at the fourth level of Domain Mastery, having grasped the laws of space.

“Yuye Xiaochen greets his father and these two elders. Father, this is Chen Xiao, whom I mentioned to you before.”

“Chen Xiao greets the head of the Yuye family.” Chen Xiao gave Yuye Linfeng a slight bow but ignored the two experts from the Long family.

“Chen Xiao?!”

Hearing Yuye Xiaochen’s words, the two experts from the Long family immediately stood up from their chairs, staring at him with hostile expressions. When they confirmed that the person before them was indeed Chen Xiao and that he didn’t seem to be wielding that terrifying blood-red long sword, they burst into laughter.

“We searched everywhere in vain, only to find you effortlessly! Chen Xiao, you’ve come to us on your own—don’t blame us!”

One of the elders suddenly stretched out his hands, leaped forward, and rushed at Chen Xiao. Behind him, a dragon’s silhouette appeared, and in an instant, it enveloped him. The elder’s once withered claws instantly swelled into two dragon claws.

“A member of the Long family…”

A cruel smile appeared on Chen Xiao’s face. Two blue lights burst from his eyes, and his subtle power transformed into two thin lines that entered the other man’s eyes.

The elder from the Long family trembled violently before coming to a halt. Seizing this opportunity, Chen Xiao rushed forward. A layer of yellowish mist appeared in his hands, along with the divine power of snowflakes surrounding him.

Bang!

Chen Xiao slammed his palm onto the head of the Long family elder. The fierce power flowed from his palm into the elder’s body. Instantly, an ice-blue flame silently seeped into his body, devouring all the laws of power within him, reducing them to nothingness and merging into the flame.

Chen Xiao’s immense force also shattered the elder’s meridians and bones, destroying his dantian and qi sea.

Ancient martial artists were different from superhumans. Superhumans’ source of power lay in their brains, in that mysterious sea of consciousness within the brain. But ancient martial artists’ source of power was their dantian and qi sea below the abdomen.

With his dantian destroyed and all his powers of laws devoured, this elder from the Long family was completely ruined. His body, like a sack of flesh, fell to the ground, unable to get up again.

“Elder brother!”

The other fourth-level expert from the Long family was shocked by this sight. Without hesitation, his body transformed into a dragon, turning into a human-shaped celestial dragon. He threw out his fists, instantly unleashing the Long family’s ultimate technique, the Ancestral Dragon Ascending to Heaven Fist.

The elder was completely enveloped by a giant black dragon shadow, as if a black celestial dragon had appeared. Surrounding this dragon’s body was a fourth-level black domain, providing protection.

“Ancestral Dragon Ascending to Heaven Fist? Shatter it!”

Chen Xiao opened his eyes. Within his sea of consciousness, the power of that Sky Map manifested slightly, and a layer of power from a virtual world was directly infused into his body, combining with the power of falling snowflakes. Chen Xiao threw a punch straight at the fierce black celestial dragon. Cold snowflakes formed around his fist. Boom! The two fists collided head-on. “Ah!” The powerful man from the Dragon family, transformed into a black celestial dragon, was struck as if by a massive mountain; the terrifying sound of bones breaking echoed through the air. The four layers of domain surrounding his body were shattered by Chen Xiao’s punch. Just like his elder brother, his bones were broken, and his cultivation was ruined. But this time, the laws within him were not absorbed by the primal spiritual fire but were instead shattered by Chen Xiao’s terrifying strength. In just one move, the two powerful warriors from the Dragon family were both rendered useless. Chen Xiao stepped back half a step and said coldly, “This time, out of respect for the head of the Yuye family, I’ll spare your lives. Otherwise, I’ll ensure you’re reduced to dust.” Clap, clap, clap… Clear applause rang out. Yu Ye Linfeng still wore a warm smile on his face, his slightly narrowed eyes always holding a smile, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking. “Very good, very good, Chen Xiao. You truly live up to your reputation.” Yu Ye Linfeng wasn’t impressed by Chen Xiao’s performance. Then he ordered his subordinates to send the two brothers from the Dragon family away. “The head of the Yuye family is too kind,” Chen Xiao said with a smile before adding, “I believe the head knows why I came here this time.” “Hehe, calling me ‘head of the Yuye family’ seems a bit formal. Since you’re a friend of my son Xiao Chen, I’ll be bold and call you Uncle Yu Ye.” Yu Ye Linfeng didn’t answer Chen Xiao’s question but spoke cheerfully instead. Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up slightly—this was Yu Ye Linfeng showing his stance, even representing the wishes of the entire Yuye family. “Chen Xiao greets Uncle Yu Ye,” Chen Xiao replied without hesitation. “Very good, very good…” Yu Ye Linfeng laughed again before saying, “I can give you that incomplete Sky Map, but whether you can obtain it depends on your own abilities.” Yu Ye Linfeng’s tone grew increasingly serious. “Oh?” Chen Xiao was slightly puzzled. “Could something have gone wrong with that incomplete Sky Map?” “There’s no such thing as an accident—it’s always been there,” Yu Ye Linfeng said helplessly. “You’ll understand once you see the Sky Map.” “Come with me,” he said, walking toward the outside of the hall. Chen Xiao followed without hesitation. “Two cultivators at the fourth level of two domains were defeated by this kid in just two moves? Is he a ninth-level supernatural being?” After they left, Yu Ye Xiao Chen shook his head, seemingly unable to accept such a result. Throughout the entire encounter, the power fluctuations around Chen Xiao never exceeded the ninth level. Chen Xiao followed Yu Ye Linfeng out of the Yuye family’s headquarters and into the city.

But as these two walked through the city, it seemed as though no one could see them at all; everyone turned a blind eye. Their bodies were enveloped in a grayish light, and Chen Xiao even felt as if he was walking in another parallel dimension, observing the things in that space. Eventually, the two arrived at the outskirts of the Rainy Night Family’s Sunny Zone and stopped in front of a towering mountain. “That Map of the Withered Sky is inside this mountain. Whether you can find it and bring it under control depends on you.”