The massive Giant Spirit Hand appeared once again, with blood-red True Qi seemingly filling the entire sky.
"What!"
The Song Family Ancestor’s face showed an expression of horror.
Three times?
This kid, he can actually use the Giant Spirit Hand three times in a row?
Could it be that his realm is higher than mine, that he is a mid-stage Celestial Realm martial artist?
As he watched the blood-colored giant hand approaching, he dared not hesitate any longer and threw the purple long spear behind him once more.
"Boom!"
The scene from before played out once again.
But unlike last time, the fourth Giant Spirit Hand had arrived.
In the disbelieving gaze of the Song Family Ancestor, the later blood-colored giant hand smashed the rear half of the purple long spear and then slammed down on him viciously.
"How can this be!"
The Song Family Ancestor was almost dumbfounded.
Four times?
This guy can use it four times?
Even he, using the Four Symbols Profound Skill to condense the Thunder Spear, could barely manage it twice. If he could practice Four Symbols Profound Skill to perfection, he might be able to use it three times with even greater power, which was already very impressive among early-stage Celestial Realm martial artists.
But that was all in the future.
"Damn it!"
The Song Family Ancestor’s eyes turned blood red with urgency as he frantically circulated his Martial Arts True Pill inside his body. His True Essence was now completely unreserved, and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around him quickly gathered to form a set of purple armor.
Then, without looking back, he ran away into the distance.
That’s right, he wanted to escape.
Although losing the battle was embarrassing, it was better than losing his life.
As for what would happen to Song Tian and the others who stayed at the Martial Arts Association Headquarters if that kid went back, he couldn’t be bothered with that anymore.
It’s just a few juniors? If they die, they die. After he returns and tells his two brothers about what happened here, it won’t be too late to settle accounts.
"Boom!"
The Giant Spirit Hand slapped down on the Song Family Ancestor.
The armor formed from lightning on his body shattered in response.
He flew out like a kite with a broken string.
But the moment he fell, he got up from the ground, took out an elixir from his storage ring, and desperately poured it into his mouth as he continued running without looking back.
Seeing this, Chen Fan’s face showed a cold smile,
Indeed, his own True Essence had been exhausted.
Even with the passive recovery effect of the Longevity Technique, it would be difficult to use the Giant Spirit Hand a fifth time in a short period.
However, the other’s condition was worse. Not only was his True Qi depleted, but he was also seriously injured.
One must know, even without True Qi, just his physical attributes were nearly comparable to a normal Beast King-level Fierce Beast.
On the other hand, the opponent, without True Qi, had a pitifully weak body.
The next moment, he stamped his foot, caught up directly, and kicked the opponent hard on the back.
"Crack!"
The sound of bone breaking echoed,
The Song Family Ancestor was almost killed by the kick, his figure flew out hundreds of meters, landing on the ground like a dog, and the elixir he held in his right hand scattered all over the place.
"No! Don’t kill me!"
The Song Family Ancestor was instantly scared to tears, constantly begging for his life.
At this moment, he couldn’t even stand up, let alone escape.
"Don’t kill you?"
Chen Fan looked at him with a cold smile, "Do you think that’s possible?"
"I’m begging you."
The Song Family Ancestor was truly terrified. He had lived for hundreds of years and had never felt so close to death as he did now.
"If you kill me, the news will soon spread. At that time, my Song Family will stop at nothing to kill you and everyone in your Martial Arts Association, but if you don’t kill me, I can give you anything you want. Moreover, today’s events can be as if they never happened. From now on, my Song Family and your Jiangnan Martial Arts Association will not interfere with each other."
"Do you think I’m a three-year-old child?"
Chen Fan sneered.
"Let you go back and bring your Song Family’s other two Celestial Realm martial artists over to deal with me three against one?"
"No, no, it’s not like that. Young brother, if you don’t believe me, I can swear on it. I’m begging you, don’t kill me." The Song Family Ancestor said, surprisingly starting to cry.
To the common man, he might have lived long enough after hundreds of years.
But to him, it was far from enough. He had waited hundreds of years for the revival of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to advance further, only to die here, such a grievance.
"However, just killing you like this does seem like a waste."
Hearing this, the Song Family Ancestor rejoiced, thinking Chen Fan had changed his mind. But the next second, he felt his power rapidly fading.
"You, what are you doing to me?"
The Song Family Ancestor panicked.
"Have you heard of the Star Absorption Technique?"
Chen Fan’s palm pressed against his opponent’s forehead, and pure inner strength was drawn from his opponent into his own Elixir Field and Sea of Qi.
Primordial True Essence was increasing rapidly at an observable rate.
"Star, Star Absorption Technique!"
The Song Family Ancestor’s mouth fell open. He had this suspicion when he felt his power draining but held on to a slim hope, until Chen Fan confirmed it.
"No, don’t, don’t absorb my power!" He screamed in desperation.
For a martial artist, martial arts were more important than life itself.
He would rather be killed by Chen Fan than have the martial power he’d cultivated for hundreds of years become someone else’s.
However, Chen Fan did not relent.
Putting oneself in another’s shoes, if he had been caught by these people with ordinary strength, his fate would have been worse than a thousand cuts.
Since that was the case, he couldn’t be blamed for using the Star Absorption Technique to absorb the other’s power.
Moreover, in his current state, he urgently needed to increase his Primordial True Essence to reach the Celestial Realm. Absorbing a Celestial Realm martial artist’s power would save him a lot of time.
"Let me go, let me go."
As time passed, the Song Family Ancestor’s power drained, his Martial Arts True Pill diminished to less than a third of its original size, and his face grew considerably older.
"Boy, if you do this, my Song Family will never, never let you go!"
He gritted his teeth, "At that time, at that time, not only you but everyone in your Martial Arts Association will accompany this old man in death!"
After a while, his power was completely drained, and he resembled a frail old man over a hundred years old, barely alive.
Only then did Chen Fan let go of him, looking at the numbers on his own attribute panel.
Primordial True Qi had increased by nearly three thousand points! It had grown from over six thousand to over nine thousand.
The total amount of True Essence had also increased from over forty thousand to over sixty thousand, nearly doubling.
"Truly worthy of being a Celestial Realm martial artist. Even as an early-stage Celestial Realm, he could provide me with so much True Essence."
Chen Fan was overjoyed.
If he could absorb the strength of a few more Celestial Realm martial artists, he could soon break through to the Celestial Realm.
What about mid-stage Celestial Realm martial artists?
For example, Elder Wang.
"No, that’s not right!"
Chen Fan shivered and immediately woke up, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.
What was he thinking just now?
He actually wanted to attack Elder Wang?
He hurriedly closed his eyes and chanted the Ice Heart Technique, only then feeling that his uneasiness had lessened.
"Sure enough, these techniques for seizing others’ power have a certain degree of malevolence. The more they are used, the greater the effect on one’s mind."
Chen Fan opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath.
Whether it was the Ice Heart Technique or the Nine-Character Mantra, neither could fundamentally solve the problem. Fortunately, once the Carefree Wander was unlocked, he wouldn’t need to worry about this issue anymore.
Looking at the scarcely breathing Song Family Ancestor on the ground,
Even if he didn’t kill him, he wouldn’t survive for long here.
For caution’s sake, Chen Fan slapped him to death and then threw the entire corpse into a spatial ring.
Given the urgency of the situation, not knowing what might happen at headquarters, he had no time to search the opponent’s body. Putting the corpse in the spatial ring could both destroy evidence and allow him to search later.
Then, he turned his gaze towards Jiangnan City.
The Song Family Ancestor was dead; the remaining Song Family members were not a threat.
As for that Carl, the Song Family Ancestor could take him along to the Yellow Springs.