Chapter 876: Tear Apart

The six members of House surely couldn’t listen to what Su Che said.
Whether it was true or not, House intended to capture Su Che alive and use soul-searching techniques to verify it personally before giving up. In fact, House even suspected that Su Che was still holding back a lot—it was possible that the benefits he had obtained from the Mixed Separation Divine Tree far exceeded sixty purple crystal fruits.
So, he sent a message to Su Che: “Enough talk. If you surrender, we might spare your life considering how hard you’ve trained. Otherwise…”
Before he could finish his threat, Su Che interrupted, “Come on, that statement of yours is complete nonsense. With just the six of you, do you really think you can scare us into surrendering?”
“Who said there are only six of us?”
House smirked darkly, his golden horn atop his head glowing faintly, as if sending a message in some direction.
“Can he find more allies?”
Slightly surprised, Su Che sent a message to Manzi, “Manzi, how many more do you think he can bring?”
Manzi had been here for three Chaos Eras, that is, over a hundred thousand years. He should have a rough idea of how many Chaos travelers there were near the Demon Separation Island.
Manzi replied, “It’s impossible for him to bring many. At most, three or four. But I’ve heard there’s a quite powerful figure lurking near the Demon Separation Island, with a close relationship with House. That’s why most travelers are wary of him. But I’ve never seen that person, so I’m not sure how strong he really is.”
Just as Su Che was about to ask another question, he received a mental message from Zhuo Li, who was millions of miles away. It was only meant for him; others surely couldn’t hear it.
Zhuo Li said, “You’d better leave immediately and avoid getting entangled with House and the others. Because soon, a highly powerful guy will arrive, and that will be troublesome.”
Before Su Che could ask how strong that person was, Zhuo Li added, “That person obtained more than three purple crystal fruits on the Demon Separation Island countless Chaos Eras ago. After all these years of energy evolution and improvement, I estimate his combat strength is even greater than that of the six of House combined. I don’t think the five of you can match him.”
Only then did Su Che send a message asking, “What’s the relationship between this person and House?”

“It must be from the same universe; their appearances are very similar,” Zholi replied. “Haus once bragged to us that that person was lurking near Devil Island just to take care of him. We don’t know if that’s true or not.”
“Okay, I understand. Thank you,” Su Che replied.
“I should thank you too for your kind reminders twice,” Zholi said, her voice carrying an obvious sigh. “It seems I really should leave here now.”
With that, there was no further sound—her last words could also be understood as a farewell.
Learning that there might be an even stronger opponent, Su Che wasn’t worried or nervous. At this stage, he was full of confidence in his own strength and fighting spirit.
“Attack!”
Not wanting to waste any more time arguing with Haus and the others, Su Che sent messages to the four members of Tianyin at the same time, giving them the order to attack first.
It’s better to take the initiative—why wait for the enemy to strike first?
The four members of Tianyin, already prepared for battle, each chose their target and immediately used their strongest attacks.
Five against six meant that one person in Su Che’s team had to take on two of the opponents alone. This task was temporarily assigned to Manzi, whose soul control ability was best suited for fighting against many enemies.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two faint, unremarkable, oddly shaped characters flew straight at the two opponents, ignoring their defenses and piercing right through them into their bodies.
The amazing part was that the two opponents seemed unable to see the characters approaching at all; they had no awareness or reaction to dodge. By the time they realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
Back on Magic Island, Manzi had used the same method to control two magical beasts and send them to attack the other two, single-handedly taking on four magical beasts. Such soul control ability was truly formidable.
So, could he take on all four opponents today?
It seems not!
The two men possessed by the characters didn’t attack their teammates; only slight changes in their expressions could be seen, indicating some degree of intrusion at the soul level.
As a Chaos Traveler, Manzi’s strength was already equivalent to that of two magical beasts, and his soul power was far stronger than that of the beasts under Wisdom. It was clearly impossible for him to fully control them.
“Roar…”
“Howl…”
The two men let out wild roars and charged at Manzi.
With their souls invaded, driven by self-defense instincts, they didn’t need to think twice before targeting Manzi and launching a counterattack.

And this was exactly the effect Manzi wanted—she didn’t need to defeat them; she just needed to keep them occupied so that Su Che and the others could take on their opponents one by one before turning back to help her. So, Manzi flew into the empty space on the left and engaged those two in a battle using soul interference tactics. Tianyin, Lao Hei, and Xiao Hei, in their one-on-one duels, could not produce a result in a short time regardless of the outcome. The one who could truly play a decisive role was Su Che. The opponent Su Che chose was none other than Haous. Whoosh! First, the Demon-Annihilating Spear was shot forward. Haous sneered, “A mere spiritual treasure, thinking it can hurt me?” Crack! The Demon-Annihilating Spear was extremely fast and had strong penetration, but it was easily sent flying with a casual slap from Haous. However, taking advantage of this moment, Su Che himself rushed forward, clearly intending to engage Haous in close combat. “Looking for death!” Haous despised Su Che greatly and couldn’t understand how the weakest member of the opposing team dared to attack him first. After all, close combat was also his strength—Hao Te Ren, with his formidable tiger-patterned defenses, should have been the one to fight him. Although Haous could see that Su Che’s cultivation level had improved significantly, he didn’t believe he could have become that strong in such a short time. He thought that with a few easy moves once he got close, he could easily capture Su Che. A thousand-fold amplification, a critical punch! Only after reaching Haous did Su Che unleash his true strength. “How is this possible?” Haous was shocked and realized he had underestimated his opponent. It was as if he had been ambushed—he wasn’t even able to dodge or use his strongest defensive techniques in time. His original plan was to withstand Su Che’s attack with his own defenses and then grab his prey, but he never expected… How powerful could Su Che’s strike be? After Tianyin ascended to Immortal Lord, his full-power strike, amplified a thousandfold, was roughly on this level. This was the tremendous change brought about by consuming dozens of Hunli Purple Crystal Fruits—far stronger than Su Che had initially anticipated. The strike hit directly. The punch struck Haous’s chest, completely shattering the seven layers of defensive barriers surrounding him, each with different effects, which only managed to offset a small portion of the attack’s power. Boom!

Haus’s chest had a large dent in it—Sutcher’s fist had nearly pierced through it from front to back.
Bang!
Although his chest rebounded and swelled back up in an instant, showing no visible injuries on the surface, there was no doubt that this strike had dealt Haus a severe blow, causing serious damage to his body.
At the same time, Haus’s sharp right claw had also grabbed Sutcher’s shoulder—this had been his original plan: to take the hit head-on while seizing Sutcher at the same time.
Fine, let you grab me!
To land the strike, Sutcher didn’t dodge either; his left shoulder was caught squarely by Haus’s demonic claw, which was nothing like a human hand.
Haus’s strength was indeed formidable—his claws were incredibly sharp, with a penetration power far exceeding that of the Demon-Slaying Spear. His five fingers dug deep into Sutcher’s left shoulder muscles, blood spurting instantly. It seemed that with just one more push, he could tear half of Sutcher’s body apart.
Although Sutcher’s strength had increased countless times over, the resilience of his physical body still couldn’t compare to the abnormal durability of Old Black’s puppet body; injury was inevitable.
Under such circumstances, if he showed fear and retreated, Haus would surely tear off his entire shoulder. So, instead of retreating, Sutcher advanced, as if throwing himself at danger, and charged with a headbutt.
Haus was already much taller than Sutcher, and this headbutt hit right where his chest had just been severely damaged.
Bang!
Haus’s chest, which had just swelled back up, was now depressed again by Sutcher’s strike.
Pfft!
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Haus’s mouth. The immense pressure inside his chest made it impossible to hold back the blood, which splattered all over Sutcher’s head and face.
Sutcher paid it no mind. He reached up with his right hand and firmly grabbed Haus’s neck.
Swish!
Both men’s movements froze instantly; they stopped completely.
Haus’s right claw gripped Sutcher’s shoulder, while Sutcher’s right hand tightly held Haus’s neck.
If you want to tear half of my body apart, I’ll rip your head off your neck.
Come on, let’s see who’s really scared.
At that moment, the two opponents were locked in a very strange, even rather ambiguous position, almost face to face.
Sutcher’s gaze was fierce and brutal, utterly insane; Haus’s eyes, however, showed clear signs of retreat and fear. After all, his situation was clearly disadvantageous—which part, his shoulder or neck, was the more vital area? It went without saying.
Although the others were also fighting fiercely, the intensity of their battles paled in comparison to the intense closeness between Sutcher and Haus.

Including Tianyin, everyone was secretly terrified: This was hardly the fighting style of a Chaos-level powerhouse. Such behavior only appeared on the battlefields of mortal worlds, among ordinary soldiers who had gone completely berserk in battle. Close-quarters combat, bloody struggles, and even a set of steel teeth could become a deadly weapon to crush an enemy’s throat at critical moments…