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Chapter 61: I want
Chapter 61: I want
Chapter 61: I want
Jiang Yun stood amidst the cold that permeated the area. His gaze was icy and filled with contempt as he looked at the group of people standing before him, particularly at Jiang Ting, with murderous intent. He knew that the fire at the secret base was caused by her desire to find a gift for Jiang Feng's birthday by hunting the Fire Qilin, and the aftermath of her battle with the Fire Qilin was what led to the fire at that time.
He spoke with a tone of indifference, "Let me play with those little ants. It probably won't be much fun, right?"
Jiang Feng, Jiang Ting, Jiang Li, and Zhi Hao all changed their expressions immediately upon witnessing the arrogance of this man.
Jiang Ting scoffed, "Hmph... Do you really think you're that great?"
Ancestor Rank 77, who was watching the scene from the side, took a deep breath before speaking, "Can you tone down your cultivation a bit?"
Jiang Yun smiled slightly, his eyes filled with mockery. "Sure, but if I win, what do I get?"
Ancestor Rank 13, who stood behind Rank 77, chimed in loudly, "You will receive the title of the Son of God of the Jiang family. All the resources of the family will flow to you. You will have the most power and support in the family!"
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Jiang Yun chuckled softly, the sound cold and challenging. "Hmm... I'm not interested."
Ancestor Rank 77 asked with curiosity, "Then what do you want?"
Jiang Yun's expression turned cold immediately, his eyes shining with ruthlessness. He spoke with a tone that carried deep meaning, taking advantage of the unexpected moment when everyone was caught off guard.
"I want the lives of all of them."
Jiang Yun's words left Ancestor Rank 77 stunned, and before he could respond or say anything, suddenly, sharp ice waves shot towards Jiang Feng, Jiang Li, and Jiang Ting, as well as Zhi Hao and the other geniuses, catching them completely off guard.
Everyone was shocked to see this rapid and brutal attack. They could not escape Jiang Yun's assault. Zhi Hao, who had the highest cultivation level in the group at only Level 2 Emperor, realized he had no way to survive the attack. He prepared to use some power, accompanied by the voices of some geniuses.
"You bastard... ugh..."
"You're ambushing us, huh? How disgusting."
But suddenly, Wei Ning, seeing the dire situation and worried for her child, rushed in to attack Jiang Yun immediately. However, Jiang Yun did not evade or defend in any way; his body turned to ice in an instant when Wei Ning's attack struck him, and she had to stop her assault upon seeing that Jiang Yun was completely unharmed.
"It's impossible..." Wei Ning whispered in disbelief, standing there in shock, looking at Jiang Yun who stood there.
Jiang Yun continued to stand with a slight smile amidst the tense atmosphere, his gaze sweeping over the people before him before he sighed lightly.
"This is what you all decided, right? Then what did that conversation just now mean?" he spoke in a bored tone.
"It's you... why did you suddenly start attacking?" Jiang Hao said.
"I'm scared... look at their expressions; I think they're scarier than demon cultivators," Jiang Yun chuckled slightly.
A voice rang out, "What are you doing... to our young master... you bastard!" as some elders rushed in to attack Jiang Yun immediately.
"Sigh... I thought peace might be the solution," Jiang Yun's voice echoed.
"You..."
Before his words could finish, a powerful and chilling wave of ice shot out from Jiang Yun, heading straight for the stunned geniuses. They were caught off guard, and the power was too strong to resist.
Jiang Hao, who stood not far away, sensed Jiang Yun's strength. He was greatly shocked by the immense power of his son, who had once been considered worthless. Suddenly, Ancestor Rank 120 charged at Jiang Yun rapidly, with the sole aim of killing him!
"System," a voice echoed in Jiang Yun's mind.
[Host acknowledged] came the response from the system.
"You arrogant brat!" Ancestor Rank 120 roared furiously, the sword in her hand piercing through Jiang Yun's body with incredible speed. Everyone present was shocked and intended to stop her, but it was too late.
However, what happened next shocked everyone even more: the empty sphere opened behind Ancestor Rank 120, and the sword that had pierced through Jiang Yun's body came out from that emptiness, stabbing into her own back. She narrowly avoided a fatal blow but was still heavily injured.
The sound of the ancestor's heavy breathing filled the air, accompanied by a look of panic in his eyes.
"Why... why can't a half-immortal emperor like me attack you?"
Jiang Yun smirked, his cold eyes fixed on her as if he were looking at a pathetic, lowly creature. He reached for the heart of Ancestor Rank 120, but before he could touch it, another ancestor rushed in with a dazzling power.
"You scoundrel!" that ancestor roared. "Do you still think you can kill your own ancestor?"
Jiang Yun ignored the ancestor's words and took advantage of the opening to soar toward the group of geniuses, especially Jiang Feng, Jiang Li, and Jiang Ting. His hands began to form certain patterns in the air, glowing symbols rising up with terrifying power.
"Hmph... do not even think about destroying the future of the family!"
A voice rang out as Jiang Yun's terrifying power began to surge. It was Jiang Hao, who used his power to teleport Jiang Feng, Zhi Hao, Jiang Li, Jiang Ting, and some others away from the battlefield just in time before they became targets of the attack.
Jiang Yun turned to look at them disinterestedly. He continued to charge toward the other geniuses without stopping. Everyone who remained tried to escape, but they could not evade Jiang Yun's ice, and he quickly began to absorb them into himself.
"No..." Jiang Ting exclaimed upon witnessing Jiang Yun's actions, tears welling up in her eyes. "Brother Lin!"
"Father, please... save Brother Lin! ... Please!" Jiang Ting shouted.
Jiang Hao was furious and was about to take action, but just as the situation was reaching its most violent point, a man stepped out from the group of ancestors with a steady demeanor and spoke in a firm voice.
"Kid, are you starting to go too far?"
His voice echoed throughout the area, and everyone turned to look at the person who had just emerged from the emptiness in shock. The person who stepped out was Ancestor Rank 9, a low-level immortal emperor, a ruthless man who prioritized the rules and benefits of the family above all else.
Everyone there shouted, "Salute, Ancestor Rank 9!" But Ancestor Rank 9 paid no attention to them, his gaze solely fixed on Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun smirked and chuckled softly. He turned to Ancestor Rank 9 with an indifferent attitude.
"What exactly am I doing that is too much? Please explain it to me."
Ancestor Rank 9 replied, "You are brutally harming people within the same family, and you have already killed some. I hereby sentence you to imprisonment in the family's dungeon."
Jiang Yun interjected, "Sentence me? I hope you have the ability to do what you say."
He spoke while quickly absorbing the geniuses and the fated daughter who were Zhi Hao's followers.
Jiang Ting shouted, "Father, please save Brother Lin quickly!"
Zhi Hao shouted out in concern, "Elder, please help her!"
Ancestor Rank 9 remained still, asking Jiang Yun seriously.
"Kid, if I can lift all your offenses, would you want to return to the Jiang family?"
Jiang Yun smiled with a mocking demeanor and replied, "Return so you can extract my body's origin again? I'm not five years old like I was back then."
Ancestor Rank 9 scoffed, "Hmph, so what? Shouldn't you sacrifice for the family?"
Jiang Yun smiled and laughed, "And what do I get? After you extract some origin from me, what do you give me... good care, a warm place to live, or resources for cultivation..."
Ancestor Rank 9 fell silent. "..."
Jiang Yun continued to laugh, "No... no... after you extracted my body's origin, you covered my memories and threw me, a five-year-old, into a garbage yard... remember?"
Jiang Yun looked at Jiang Feng. "I guess it was to preserve you, right..."
Ancestor Rank 9 interrupted, "Shut up!!"
Suddenly, Jiang Yun launched a surprise attack on Ancestor Rank 9, but it was ineffective. The powers of both individuals clashed violently, resulting in Jiang Yun falling to the ground, blood pouring from his body. Yet, he continued to smile and laugh as he spoke:
"Is this all an Immortal Emperor is capable of? If you and I were the same age, you would merely be an ant that I crush on my way before I even begin my journey in cultivation."
Ancestor Rank 9 laughed and replied, "You think that using your worthless taunts to provoke me will create an opening? What a shallow thought."
As the sound faded, their powers clashed once more. The energy wave from Ancestor Rank 9 surged toward Jiang Yun, but he paid no mind to the severe injuries he sustained from the attack. Instead, he used the impact of that power to propel himself directly toward Jiang Feng, Jiang Ting, Jiang Li, and Zi Hao. In an instant, his hand employed a heavenly concealment technique to attempt to absorb the luck of all those individuals. However, at that moment, a fire spear shot toward Jiang Yun, piercing his body and causing him to freeze in place, blood spilling from his mouth. Ancestor Rank 9 rushed forward, grabbing Jiang Yun by the neck and lifting him up, saying:
"Do you think... I wouldn't dare to kill you?"
Jiang Yun replied, "Of course... not."
Suddenly, Jiang Yun activated an ice form that he had secretly hidden from the system earlier, smiling as he slowly twisted his neck until it snapped, killing him instantly. Ancestor Rank 9 was shocked; he never expected Jiang Yun to do this. When Jiang Yun died, everyone present was stunned. What madness was this? What was happening so quickly? They couldn't comprehend it, and the unparalleled genius they had hoped for, the genius they were willing to sacrifice the three Immortal Emperor bodies for, had now committed suicide by breaking his own neck.
In an instant, a massive force pulled everyone toward Jiang Yun's lifeless body. Some with lower cultivation levels couldn't escape, while those with higher cultivation were frozen in place by the ice. Ancestor Rank 9 noticed something about Jiang Yun's body and exclaimed:
"This damned kid... he intended to self-destruct."
At that moment, a man emerged from the void and easily stopped the explosion from Jiang Yun's body. Everyone present was astonished and bewildered by what had just occurred. What had happened in such a short time? They looked at Jiang Yun's frozen corpse, which was slowly breaking apart into small pieces. Their confusion only deepened as they struggled to understand why Jiang Yun had done this, why he had chosen to take his own life.
Everyone who was confused spoke up, "Salute to Ancestor Rank 5." The old man waved his hand, signaling everyone to relax.
Jiang Hao and Wei Ning remained silent, and so did Jiang Li.
Jiang Ting said, "Brother Lin... no... no."
Jiang Feng had a slight smile in his heart when he saw that Jiang Yun had already died.
"What did we do wrong... Did he dislike the Jiang family so much that he had to commit suicide?" one ancestor spoke up.
"What is the reason...?" another ancestor asked.
"Have we really lost an unparalleled genius...?" another ancestor said.
"Sigh... we cannot keep multiple ferocious beasts together... especially someone like Jiang Yun," Ancestor Rank 5 remarked.
Ancestor Rank 9 looked at the remnants of Jiang Yun's ice with anger and spoke in a firm voice, "Why did you choose this path... Why not... let go of your hatred and start anew with the family?"
Ancestor Rank 5 replied, "Foolish... Do you think he, who remembers how you pulled out his origin to save Jiang Feng, would still want to return to the Jiang family? How foolish."
Ancestor Rank 9 fell silent when Ancestor Rank 5 spoke like that, and the pressure that hit everyone made them tremble in shock. Suddenly, Ancestor Rank 5 fell into a faint and immediately killed everyone from the other forces. The Jiang family members were shocked by what had happened, but Ancestor Rank 5 spoke up.
"The secret unit of the family, come find me."
Cut to a certain mountain, Jiang Yun sat peacefully on the grass, surrounded by the aroma of tea. He seemed to be enjoying his tea in a relaxed manner. In this tranquil atmosphere, he was contemplating some plans.
After he had just finished fighting Feng Yi, when the man in black came to invite him back to the family, he had switched bodies with a clone of Samsara so that the clone could go to the Jiang family to learn the skills and scriptures of the Jiang family in his place.
At first, he thought it would be difficult, but many events seemed to favor him. He had acquired numerous immortal emperor-level techniques and gathered seven lucky sons or daughters. The Jiang family had given him invaluable gifts, and he took a sip of tea, gazing meaningfully at the sky.