Chapter 502: Chapter 284: Revenge

The Ghost Tower’s Shopkeeper squinted, watching Xu Yang depart. Only after Xu Yang’s figure disappeared did he chuckle. ’He has some sense of caution. Too bad for him, thinking that just because he didn’t enter a private room, we can’t track him.’

A faint sound of wind tickled his ear. He looked up and saw the Ghost Tower Master drift out of the window like a phantom, leaving the Ghost Tower.

’Trying to make a move again?’ A grim look crossed Xu Yang’s face.

The moment he stepped out of the Ghost Tower, he detected a tyrannical Heart Spirit extending from the building, constantly monitoring him.

He knew that against a Celestial Essence Strong Person, changing one’s appearance was useless. No matter how you tried to hide, as long as you remained within the area enveloped by a Celestial Essence Martial Artist’s Heart Spirit, you were completely exposed.

’If they weren’t still in the city and worried about their reputation, they would have attacked him directly back in the Ghost Tower.’

He calmly placed all the Spirit Medicines into several Jade Boxes to prevent them from being damaged in the coming fight. Then, he channeled his Gang Yuan and roared:

"Ghost Tower, you have no integrity! Just because you like my goods, you’re trying to rob your own customer! Who will dare do business with you after this?"

His voice, infused with immense Gang Yuan, instantly spread out. Everyone within a one-kilometer radius heard the furious roar.

After letting out that roar, Xu Yang paid no mind to the reactions of the surrounding crowd. His tyrannical Heart Spirit surged outward as he harnessed the Power of Heaven and Earth, shooting into the sky and heading straight out of Cyan Yang City.

"The Ghost Tower is robbing its customers?"

"So the only reason nothing happened to me before is because my stuff wasn’t good enough."

"Looks like we have to be careful when trading at the Ghost Tower from now on."

"Careful, my ass! If you have something good, just don’t go to the Ghost Tower! Didn’t you hear? They even dared to try and rob someone with Celestial Essence Realm Cultivation. What good will being ’careful’ do you?"

"The Ghost Tower is completely unscrupulous. The transaction was over, yet they still sent someone to take the goods back by force."

...

In an instant, the nearby Martial Artists burst into discussion, their impression of the Ghost Tower hitting an all-time low.

"Damn it!"

The Ghost Tower Master’s expression changed drastically. He never imagined Xu Yang would pull a stunt like this, ruining the Ghost Tower’s reputation with a single shout.

He was now in a bind. If he didn’t give chase, Xu Yang would get away with all the Spirit Medicine. But if he did, it would confirm the accusation that the Ghost Tower robbed its own customers.

"How dare you ruin my Ghost Tower’s reputation! Explain yourself before you leave."

The Ghost Tower Master’s face was filled with killing intent. After shouting an excuse, his figure also shot into the sky in pursuit.

"So the Ghost Tower really is robbing people."

"I wonder what that guy traded at the Ghost Tower. It must be something incredible for them to risk their reputation like this."

"It must have been for Spirit Medicine. Ordinary items wouldn’t tempt a Celestial Essence Martial Artist to act."

...

The two figures harnessed the Power of Heaven and Earth, resembling two bolts of rushing thunder as they quickly exited Cyan Yang City, one in front of the other.

Xu Yang’s gaze was icy. ’From the moment I stepped into the Ghost Tower, I knew a great battle was inevitable today. My main reason for coming here was to avenge their last attempt to rob and kill me.’

RUMBLE...

The sound of his physical body tearing through the air was deafening. Because Xu Yang wasn’t using his Gang Yuan, he was significantly slower than the Ghost Tower Master, who was rapidly closing in from behind.

Xu Yang wasn’t worried. He descended from the sky and plunged into the dense forest below.

BANG!

The next moment, Gang Yuan erupted from the soles of his feet. He shot forward like an arrow loosed from its string, his speed far surpassing what it had been in the air.

A terrifying gale of Gang Qi erupted from his body, shredding all the vegetation in his wake.

"You ruined my Ghost Tower’s reputation, and you still think you can just walk away?"

The Ghost Tower Master also descended from the sky and pursued him into the dense forest.

"Spare me the sanctimonious bullshit. We’re both Celestial Essence cultivators. You think I didn’t notice your Heart Spirit monitoring me the entire time?"

Xu Yang snorted. "Your Ghost Tower already tried to kill me once. What reputation do you have left to speak of?"

Killing intent flared in the Ghost Tower Master’s eyes. "So it really was you last time. Leave the Spirit Medicine, and I can forget about our previous encounter."

At this point, he dropped the pretense and stated his purpose outright. He was here for the Spirit Medicine.

The Ghost Tower ran a business with no overhead; Xu Yang had just taken all their Spirit Medicine. If they didn’t get it back, they wouldn’t even have bait to lure in new targets.

"You’ll forget about it? Did you really think I came here today to be your fat sheep for the slaughter?" A sharp glint flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes.

By now, he had lured the Ghost Tower Master several dozen miles away from Cyan Yang City, deep into a dense forest. Here, they could fight a world-shaking battle and no one would ever know.

BOOM!

The air cracked. A violent shockwave ripped outwards, tearing up plants, soil, and rocks and flinging them in all directions.

Xu Yang’s sprinting figure came to a sudden halt!

The next instant, he whirled around and charged the Ghost Tower Master.

Golden Gang Yuan burst from his every pore. A sound like crashing, sky-high waves emanated from within him, as if a great river was surging through his body.

Golden specks appeared on his skin, rapidly spreading across his body until, in an instant, he looked as if he were cast in solid gold.

"Golden Gang Yuan? You’re Xu Yang of the Purple Sun Sect?" The Ghost Tower Master’s pupils contracted violently.

The golden Gang Yuan was too distinctive. Across the entire Purple Sun Sect and Cyan Yang City, Xu Yang was the only Martial Artist known to cultivate Golden Gang Qi.

He couldn’t suppress the horror rising in his heart.

’If this person is really Xu Yang of the Purple Sun Sect, doesn’t that mean he broke through to the Celestial Essence Realm long before Ye Qiuling and Zhang Hanzhou?’

Then, recalling Xu Yang’s repeated sales of Spirit Iron, an even more terrifying suspicion formed in the Ghost Tower Master’s mind: ’Xu Yang is the one who killed Song Yushao and Liu Qingyuan.’

’Why else would the Fire Cloud Elder Council take the fall twice after Song Yushao and Liu Qingyuan died? Wasn’t it because Xu Yang had a grudge against both of them?’

The Ghost Tower Master’s mind was reeling. ’Xu Yang is the one who killed Song Yushao and Liu Qingyuan... His talent is this terrifying... could he be a Spirit Bone Celestial Pride?’

’I’m trying to hunt down a Celestial Pride?’

Xu Yang did not respond to the Ghost Tower Master’s cry of alarm. A radiant light blazed behind him as the phantom of a Ming King materialized, exuding a heavy aura, as immovable as a mountain.

Bright King Unmoving Body!

In an instant, he pushed both his protective Golden Gang Skill and his Body Refining technique, the Unmoving Bright King Body, to their absolute limits. His frame began to swell, muscles bulging like mountain peaks, as his very bones and tendons began to rumble.

An immense pressure suddenly swept outwards, causing the surrounding trees to explode into splinters. It was as if a volcano had erupted in the forest, sending trees toppling in all directions.

Seeing this, the Ghost Tower Master was even more certain that the man before him was Xu Yang of the Purple Sun Sect. After all, besides Xu Yang, he had never heard of anyone cultivating the Bright King Unmoving Body.

At this moment, however, he couldn’t afford to care whether the man was Xu Yang or not. A tyrannical pressure, like a landslide and a tsunami combined, surged toward him. The Gang Yuan in his body roared and erupted as his own Martial Dao Imagery rose up behind him.

BOOM!

Their auras were the first to clash. An invisible ripple, carrying the now-chaotic Power of Heaven and Earth, swept out in a frenzy. Even trees thick enough to require several people to encircle were snapped in two, disintegrating in the raging wind.

The Ghost Tower Master’s face was grim. ’With this level of strength... I’m not sure about Liu Qingyuan, but he’s definitely strong enough to have killed Song Yushao.’

He stepped forward, his fist tearing through the air as he threw a punch, barely managing to block the golden fist that shot toward him like a meteor.

BANG!

A deafening crash echoed out, as if two mountains had collided. A visible shockwave erupted from the point of impact, sweeping outwards. In the path of the violent blast, everything was pulverized, and a dragon-shaped plume of dust and debris shot into the sky.

In a mere instant, everything within a radius of over seventy yards was annihilated. Ancient trees that had stood for more than a century simply vanished, turning into fine powder that shot into the sky.

Farther out, countless large trees were uprooted by the shockwave, sent tumbling across the ground as their branches splintered and broke apart.

"Hmph!"

The terrifying power contained in Xu Yang’s fist was unleashed. His ferocious Fist Strength was like a landslide, immense and unstoppable.

A pained grunt escaped the Ghost Tower Master’s lips. The bones and tendons throughout his body crackled like a string of firecrackers, and his face flushed red. He felt as if he weren’t fighting a man, but a Barbaric Dragon from a primeval age—its strength was terrifying.

The sharp, condensed Gang Yuan, the incomparably tyrannical physical power... it felt as if he were fighting a great mountain. His bones nearly shattered from the impact, and he was forced back five or six steps, each footfall leaving a deep imprint on the ground.

A pained expression crossed the Ghost Tower Master’s face. The agony of his dislodged internal organs was so intense he almost couldn’t breathe. Utter horror filled his eyes.

’Xu Yang had been fleeing this whole time. I thought he was running because he couldn’t beat me, but it turns out he was just afraid of exposing his breakthrough to the Celestial Essence Realm. It wasn’t that he was weaker at all.’

"You little bastard, you hid your strength so well!"

The intent to retreat flickered in the Ghost Tower Master’s eyes. That one punch had shown him the vast difference in their power. He was no match for Xu Yang. If he continued this fight, not only would he fail to retrieve the Spirit Medicine, but he would likely lose his own life.

’Run!’

He made an instant decision to flee. ’As long as I can escape and spread the word that Xu Yang has broken through to the Celestial Essence Realm and is the one who killed Song Yushao and Liu Qingyuan, the Purple Sun Sect will be the first to move against him.’

’Even if the Purple Sun Sect doesn’t act, the Song Family’s son-in-law, Han Yingjie, and Jiang Wang of the Iron Sword Sect won’t let Xu Yang go. Besides, the Ghost Tower is no ordinary power. There’s no need for me to risk my life fighting him to the death.’

"Trying to leave?"

A vicious light flared in Xu Yang’s eyes, his killing intent searing.

’After a single exchange, I knew the Ghost Tower Master’s strength was only on par with Liu Qingyuan’s, maybe even a bit weaker.’

’The key difference was that Liu Qingyuan had a supreme, power-amplifying Secret Technique like the Eight Ferocious Hidden Dragon Strength, whereas the Ghost Tower Master had nothing of the sort. In terms of pure combat ability, the Ghost Tower Master was far weaker than Liu Qingyuan.’

RUMBLE...

The Eight Ferocious Hidden Dragon Strength, which he hadn’t had time to activate earlier, now thundered to life. In an instant, Xu Yang’s aura nearly doubled in intensity.

His Eight Ferocious Hidden Dragon Strength could now boost his combat power by a full seventy percent.

A seventy-percent increase in combat power!

’His base strength had already increased significantly since his fight with Liu Qingyuan. But even if it hadn’t, just with this greater amplification, defeating Liu Qingyuan would have been a simple task.’

A roaring, galloping power coursed through his body. As if possessed by a ferocious beast, he unleashed a violent aura that kicked up a raging shockwave around him.

With a vicious glint in his eyes, Xu Yang moved as fast as a thunderbolt. Before the Ghost Tower Master could even turn to flee, a golden fist had already torn through the air, crashing down upon him like a great mountain.

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