Chapter 597 - Pride

Chapter 597 - Pride

The terrifying attack directly shattered Old Vulture’s attack, and the Claw Seals with five dragons quickly wrapped around him. Long Chen’s next move would surely be able to tear Old Vulture to shreds!

Long Chen had absolutely won this battle, defeating Old Vulture! Everyone understood that if Jiang Wuya was the one who had dealt with him, he would not have achieved this result without being harmed himself. This meant that Long Chen was likely the strongest person present!

No one would have thought that this teenager would be able to achieve this!

They recalled that yesterday, Long Chen had managed to escape from Zhao Danchen not due to luck, but because he was powerful!

Jiang Wuya and Old Vulture were no longer the strongest in the Battle clan—Long Chen was!

The members of the Dragon clan looked at each other. They had not expected their youngest brother to become the strongest among them!

When Long Chen was about to kill Old Vulture, Lei Zhen, who had regained consciousness, suddenly shouted, “Seventh Brother, have mercy!”

Although Long Chen had an endless desire to kill him, Lei Zhen was the victim and Long Chen had to listen to him. Though this did not mean that he had to let Old Vulture go lightly. When Lei Zhen shouted, Long Chen held back slightly, though his Soul Dispersing Dragon Claw directly severed several Martial Veins within Old Vulture’s abdomen!

If they were not treated as soon as possible, he would become a cripple. This also meant that he was temporarily incapacitated right now!

Old Vulture cried out in pain and crashed into the ground, his blood dyeing the earth red. Of course, as a resilient Earthly Martial Realm cultivator, he would not die so easily.

“Father!” screamed Lei Ming, but Jian Chen hit him to knock him out. He knew that Lei Zhen had many questions for Old Vulture.

When the bloody Old Vulture landed on the ground, everyone was completely quiet. They all looked at the blood-red figure standing in the middle, and their mouths ran dry. He had defeated Old Vulture at such a young age! If he continued to grow, he would be on the same level as ultimate prodigies like Zhao Danchen! Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

This was hard to believe!

Everyone looked at him with added reverence. After a long time, they woke up from the shock of his power and drew in sharp breaths as they watched Lei Zhen’s next move.

With Jiang Wuya’s support, Lei Zhen walked up to Old Vulture’s side, and everyone followed. At this moment, Old Vulture’s eyes were glazed over, his face was pale, and he was barely breathing. He struggled to flip his body over, then he stared at everyone with a bleak look in his eyes.

“Uncle Vulture, could you explain to your nephew why you did this?” Lei Zhen asked hoarsely. His eyes were fixed on Old Vulture and his expression was unreadable, but everyone could see that he was in great pain. This was a crucial moment that would determine the Battle clan’s survival, yet as the strongest member of the clan, Old Vulture had decided to assassinate the clan leader!

“Why?” Old Vulture started to chuckle, wincing from the pain. He looked at Lei Zhen coldly and said, “You want to know why? I’ll tell you, Lei Zhen! It’s because you will cause the downfall of the whole clan! You will destroy the whole clan! You will become the great criminal that destroys generations of hard work!”

Long Chen shook his head, looking at the defected old man. He had watched the whole argument, and as a whole, Long Chen respected Lei Zhen and the others. The idiom “broken jade is better than whole clay” was very fitting here.

Long Chen stretched and said to the Old Vulture, “Who said that the Battle clan is sure to lose to the Martial Alliance? Even if we lose, we will make sure they end up in a worse state than us! They are strong, but how will we know who is stronger without a proper fight? Old Vulture, if we had not fought today, would you have known that I’m stronger than you?”

His words successfully lifted the mood.

Lei Zhen nodded. It was time for him to end today’s matters. He hesitated for a while, as he did not really want to kill Old Vulture.

“Uncle, you tried to kill me and almost succeeded. I will need to lock you up before the Battle clan’s major day. Once we survive this ordeal, I will decide what to do with you.”

This was indeed a very generous sentence for him, but everyone knew that it was a little inappropriate to sentence Old Vulture to death when they were facing such a huge threat as a clan.

“You’re locking me up? How will I face anyone after what I’ve done?” Old Vulture looked down and smiled like a madman. “I did not succeed today, so I must admit that you have won. However, Lei Zhen, even though I’ll die today, you all will still be criminals!”

Then Old Vulture pierced his own heart with his sharp talons.

No one stopped him from killing himself. When Lei Zhen caught him, he had already stopped breathing.

Everyone looked at each other.

After a long time, Lei Zhen finally stood up and said tiredly, “Old Vulture did not grow up in the Battle clan, so he does not know what ‘spirit’ means to us.”

“He has always been the strongest member of the clan. This is a huge pity.” The other Battle Kings shook their heads. They were all passionate men who respected Lei Zhen. Lei Zhen’s courageous personality was the reason why they supported his becoming the clan leader.

The matters of the day had finally come to an end.

“Clan Leader, are you still going to the Lightning Pool?” asked one of the Battle Kings.

Lei Zhen shook his head and said, “I’m badly injured. I need ten days of rest to heal.”

“What will happen to the duel, then?” Lei Zhen was supposed to participate in the First Earthly Martial Stage duel.

Lei Zhen grinned. Everyone followed his gaze and looked at Long Chen. Then everyone gave proud smiles too.