The Black Fire Crow stared at the behemoth before it, swallowing hard.
Its heart trembled wildly, and a desperate urge to flee surged through it.
But reason told it that if it ran now, it would likely lose its life even faster.
In the end, it didn’t make a move to run.
Instead, it stared wide-eyed, terrified and uneasy, at the One-Eyed Snow Worm.
"Heh!"
Just then, an extremely discordant and irritating voice rang out.
It was Jiang Chen.
He bared his teeth in a stark white grin.
With his arms crossed, he smiled at the Black Fire Crow.
He asked lightly, "Mr. Black Fire Crow, do you like the gift I sent you?"
The Black Fire Crow was certain that this sentence was the most vicious curse in the world.
Its eyes seemed to spit fire as it glared at Jiang Chen.
In the end, it managed to force a few words from its beak.
"You humans... always so despicable, shameless, and vile..."
It truly felt wronged.
It had just escaped from the Ghost Temple, where it had been trapped for five hundred years.
It had thought it could live a carefree and wonderful life.
But because of Jiang Chen, in the blink of an eye, its beautiful dream was shattered into dust.
’Forget everything else. I just need to know—can I even get out of here alive today?’
Then, its body immediately shrank.
’Are you kidding me? Facing a Martial God Level Demon Beast, how could I dare to be arrogant?’
It was almost too late to even beg for mercy.
But whether it was too late or not, it decided to try anyway.
It put on a brilliant smile and said to the One-Eyed Snow Worm, "Great One, I truly didn’t know this little human had such a deep connection with you."
"If I had known, you could give me a hundred—no, ten thousand—guts, and I still wouldn’t have dared to bully him."
"Great One, I promise! I’ll swear an oath right now!"
It was truly panicking, desperately trying to suck up to the One-Eyed Snow Worm.
As a Demon Beast, the Black Fire Crow knew very well just how formidable this behemoth before it was.
It was a true king among Demon Beasts.
An emperor-like existence.
It had never imagined it would face such a terrifyingly powerful being.
It didn’t even have the thought of resisting—it didn’t dare.
The One-Eyed Snow Worm’s massive single eye was cold and merciless.
It saw through everything.
"You can die now."
Without any more needless words, the One-Eyed Snow Worm directly issued its final death sentence.
It had decided the Black Fire Crow’s fate.
What?
The Black Fire Crow nearly coughed up blood.
It wasn’t given any chance at all.
It was so scared it was about to cry.
"No, Great One, I was wrong!"
"I really won’t ever dare to do it again..."
The enormous figure still extended a leg and viciously stomped down on the Black Fire Crow.
SPLAT!
The Black Fire Crow’s Martial Arts Peak Cultivation was utterly powerless before the One-Eyed Snow Worm.
It was stomped viciously into the ground by the One-Eyed Snow Worm’s foot.
Driven deep into the soil of Guyue City.
A flurry of black crow feathers flew everywhere.
A wretched cry was heard from the Black Fire Crow, but it was quickly silenced.
A single, fatal blow.
Jiang Chen shrugged speechlessly.
"Whether you like this gift or not, you have to accept it."
He had no choice. The Black Fire Crow had gone too far, daring to threaten to slaughter the entire city.
Naturally, Jiang Chen wouldn’t give it a single chance to live.
Beside him, the members of the Warring States Mercenary Corps stared, their jaws hanging open.
They simply couldn’t comprehend that level of power.
To kill a Martial Arts Peak master with a single stomp.
WHOOSH!
Under the horrified gazes of everyone in Guyue City, the One-Eyed Snow Worm slowly lifted its foot.
Only then did it lower its head to look at Jiang Chen.
Its single eye gave Jiang Chen a detached glance.
"We will meet again in a hundred years."
With that, the One-Eyed Snow Worm’s body sank into the earth and vanished underground with a deafening rumble.
A long time passed before anyone snapped back to their senses.
An unparalleled sense of shock lingered in the heart of every person in Guyue City.
Jiang Chen walked toward the spot where the One-Eyed Snow Worm had stomped, where a bottomless crater now lay.
It was dark and murky, and he could only see black crow feathers mixed in with the dirt.
"Hm?"
Just then, Jiang Chen was suddenly startled.
His Nine Heavens Spirit-Seizing Technique allowed him to sense extremely subtle things.
At that moment, he suddenly detected a life force within the crater left by the One-Eyed Snow Worm’s stomp. Though faint, it was still fluctuating.
’It’s not dead?’
’No way. It actually survived?’
Jiang Chen couldn’t believe his eyes.
The One-Eyed Snow Worm’s stomp hadn’t managed to kill the Black Fire Crow.
How bizarre.
This Black Fire Crow actually possessed such tenacious Life Force.
’No, I can’t leave it alive!’
Jiang Chen immediately made a decision.
He couldn’t let the Black Fire Crow survive.
After all, this Black Fire Crow was a powerful creature. If it recovered and came looking for the Black Fire Spark again, it would be a huge problem.
"Jiang Chen, let’s get going!"
Zhan Yang urged, thinking the Black Fire Crow was dead.
"Wait,"
Jiang Chen said suddenly.
Then, without hesitation, he jumped into the deep crater left by the One-Eyed Snow Worm’s stomp.
A moment later, he leaped back out.
In his hand, he held a flattened crow.
It was covered in blood, a truly miserable sight.
It was already on its last breath.
It seemed that even if the stomp hadn’t killed it, it wouldn’t live for much longer.
"Ah, Jiang Chen, what are you doing with its corpse?"
"That menace nearly slaughtered the whole city!"
JinLing couldn’t help but exclaim.
But Jiang Chen just smiled. "I’ll explain when we get back."
"Let’s go!"
Jiang Chen and the others then returned to the courtyard.
Jiang Chen placed the flattened Black Fire Crow on the stone table.
Zhan Yang and the others stared at each other, their eyes wide with disbelief.
"You’re saying... it’s really still alive?"
That’s right. When Jiang Chen told them the Black Fire Crow was still alive, they were utterly shocked.
After all, for the Black Fire Crow to have survived an attack from the One-Eyed Snow Worm was nothing short of a miracle.
Nodding, Jiang Chen said softly, "I think the One-Eyed Snow Worm didn’t take the Black Fire Crow seriously at all. It probably thought one stomp would be enough to kill it, but it didn’t realize that this Black Fire Crow hadn’t breathed its last yet."
After inspecting it carefully, Jiang Chen was able to confirm that the Black Fire Crow was hanging on by a thread.
However, if it couldn’t recover soon, it would definitely die.
The Black Fire Crow might not even be conscious anymore.
Jiang Chen understood that the One-Eyed Snow Worm’s stomp had, in fact, been infused with its own powerful Divine Techniques.
That was why the stomp had been so terrifying.
Only the Black Fire Crow itself could understand just how terrifying it had been.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Chen suddenly said, "I want to save it."
What?!
Hearing Jiang Chen’s words, Zhan Yang and the others instantly jumped to their feet.
"Jiang Chen, have you lost your mind?"
"It was hard enough to kill it, why do you want to save it now?"
"Aren’t you just asking for trouble?"
"What if it recovers and comes after you again?"
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