Volume 1, Chapter 6: Overwhelming Power!

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The Demon-Locking Tower, First Floor.

As soon as Chu Tianxing stepped inside, he found himself in the midst of a mountain forest.

"It is rumored that the Demon-Locking Tower contains a self-contained world, isolated from the outside. Seeing it today, the reputation is well-deserved."

Chu Tianxing’s eyes flickered. Hearing the roars of demonic beasts in the distance, he slowly drew his sword.

"The Demon-Locking Tower has nine levels. The first three are inhabited by Spirit-Inducing Realm beasts, the middle three by Spirit-Practitioner Realm beasts, and the final three by Spirit-Master Realm beasts."

"The inner-sect disciples who entered before me do not seem to be on this level. I cannot sense any human martial artists, only the aura of beasts."

Chu Tianxing frowned slightly and decided to wait here for the other inner-sect disciples to arrive.

However, after waiting for a long time, no disciples appeared, and he remained unable to sense any human presence.

Just as Chu Tianxing grew puzzled and prepared to leave, figures began to materialize behind him. They were all inner-sect disciples at the Spirit-Inducing Realm.

"Chu Tianxing? Hahaha! Isn't this the Crown Prince Chu Tianxing, the useless piece of trash?"

"You entered the tower so early, why are you still here? Are you too weak to move forward?"

"Hahaha! I wondered where you got the guts to enter the tower. So you’re just putting on a brave face to cover up your shame!"

As more inner-sect disciples arrived, their numbers swelled to over a thousand in the blink of an eye.

Chu Tianxing surveyed the crowd. Seeing they were all at the Spirit-Inducing Realm, he frowned slightly, intending to ask them why they were here. However, looking at their expressions, he realized that polite conversation would be useless.

"I once said that those who treated me well during my time in the outer sect would be repaid tenfold." Chu Tianxing chuckled and brandished his sword. "The time has come."

"You trash who took two years just to enter the inner sect, abandoned by your fiancée and stepped on by your own servants! And yet you’re still acting tough!"

Suddenly, a youth in purple robes stepped out from the crowd and sneered, "I, Zhao Yuqing, once smashed your bed in the outer sect. Come and repay me now!"

"Me too! I kicked over your rice bowl more than once in the outer sect!"

"Hahaha, I didn't just smash your bowl; I even burned your bedding."

"Come on, Chu Tianxing, let’s see how you repay us!"

"As expected of a noble Crown Prince, always putting royal face first. Even knowing you can't win, you insist on pretending to be powerful!"

Dozens of people stepped out from the thousands, mocking Chu Tianxing with disdain.

Chu Tianxing was not surprised. With his innate photographic memory, he recognized them instantly. Hundreds of disciples were promoted from the outer to the inner sect every month, and in the last two years, over ten thousand had left the outer sect. Chu Tianxing remembered almost all of them, especially those with whom he had grievances.

"Good, very good! I don't hate fools with guts!" Chu Tianxing sheathed his sword, and spiritual energy surged around him.

"You... you are at the... Spirit-Practitioner Realm!"

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In an instant, the dozens of inner-sect disciples felt as if they had fallen into an icy abyss. Unable to move a muscle, their faces were filled with sheer terror.

Nearby, the thousand inner-sect disciples watching the spectacle gasped, their expressions shifting drastically.

"The Spirit-Practitioner Realm! He is a Spirit-Practitioner capable of exerting spiritual pressure!"

"He just entered the inner sect; shouldn't he be at the first level of the Spirit-Inducing Realm? Even if he were strong, he couldn't possibly exceed the third level, could he?"

"No wonder he was so confident! These people who bullied him in the outer sect have all become fools playing right into his hands!"

At this moment, the spiritual energy Chu Tianxing revealed was clearly at the ninth level of the Spirit-Practitioner Realm.

Spiritual pressure is a technique only accessible to those in the Spirit-Practitioner Realm, utilizing the intensity of one's energy to exert pressure on the spirit and body. Unless one possesses superior spiritual strength or special defensive techniques, those caught in it become like living corpses, completely immobile.

"You, don't come over, don't come over..."

"Chu, Chu Tianxing, no! Senior Brother Chu! I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"

"Don't kill me, I don't want to die, I don't want to die yet!!"

"Senior Brother Chu, please spare me, I beg you, I'll be your servant!"

"Senior Brother Chu, I—I may not be as pretty as Mu Yuyao, but I'm not too bad. Please spare me, I'll do anything!"

In an instant, the dozens of inner-sect disciples, regardless of gender, begged for mercy, trembling with cold sweat.

"You know you were wrong? Where were you wrong?" Chu Tianxing asked coldly, walking slowly toward them.

"I, I shouldn't have caused trouble for you, shouldn't have looked down on you, shouldn't have..."

Before they could finish, Chu Tianxing shook his head and interrupted, "You are both right and wrong. The truth is, the problem lies in your own inferiority complex."

Chu Tianxing said expressionlessly, "Before you entered the outer sect, we were complete strangers. We had no grievances. But after you gained some strength, because I was the Crown Prince of Chu—born more noble than you—you repeatedly sought to cause me trouble to prove your own worth. That is the result of your inferiority. Of course, some of you are just born wicked."

With that, Chu Tianxing stood before the youth in purple robes who had first stepped out. "You are Zhao Yuqing, right?"

*Slap!*

A crisp sound echoed. Zhao Yuqing was sent sprawling to the ground by a single slap, his left cheek torn open and his teeth knocked out.

"Ah!!!" Zhao Yuqing shrieked, rolling on the ground, wanting to cover his face but too afraid to touch it.

"Smashing my bed made you feel powerful, didn't it?" Chu Tianxing grabbed the fallen Zhao Yuqing and slapped him again.

*Slap!*

This time, Zhao Yuqing’s right cheek was shredded, and he collapsed again.

"Ahhh!!! Stop, stop hitting me, I was wrong, I was wrong!!"

Zhao Yuqing wailed as he rolled on the ground, eventually bursting into loud sobs. He no longer possessed his previous arrogance, looking utterly pathetic and ridiculous.

"I didn't resist you back then, letting you do as you pleased, only because the time for my cultivation had not yet come. I was not your match. Resisting would only have made you escalate your actions to satisfy your inferiority complex. But how could I let you have your way?"

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Chu Tianxing kicked the rolling Zhao Yuqing aside. "If I were truly a piece of trash unable to cultivate, I would have fought you to the death, using any means necessary to take revenge. But I am not trash, so I have been waiting!"

*Slap! Slap! Slap!*

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Tianxing struck out repeatedly, knocking several people over, tearing their skin and nearly disfiguring them.

"I was waiting for this day! I am not here to prove how strong I am, but to make you losers with inferiority complexes feel even more ashamed of yourselves!"

Chu Tianxing looked at the others and said coldly, "Slap yourselves one hundred times. If I am not satisfied, I will do it myself."

Upon hearing this, the remaining dozens were terrified and instinctively looked at Zhao Yuqing and the others. It was clear that Zhao Yuqing and his group were lying on the ground, rolling in pain, their faces mangled beyond recognition!

If Chu Tianxing did it himself, wouldn't they end up just like them? Even if they slapped themselves a hundred times, it wouldn't be enough to disfigure them, right?

"We... we obey, Senior Brother Chu!" the dozens replied, their voices trembling.

Chu Tianxing remained expressionless, waving his hand to dissipate the spiritual pressure and granting them their freedom.

"I was ignorant of the vastness of the world! I shouldn't have provoked Senior Brother Chu!"

*Slap!*

"Senior Brother Chu is the noble Crown Prince of Chu; how could he be trash? I must have been blind!"

*Slap! Slap! Slap!*

For a time, the dozens of inner-sect disciples slapped themselves violently, all while hurling self-insults and self-reproaches. The thousand inner-sect disciples watching from afar looked at each other, sighing with emotion. They felt fortunate that they had never bullied Chu Tianxing.

However, even though they hadn't bullied him, they had joined in the mockery.

"Senior Brother Chu, I regret mocking you. Please forgive me!"

The thousand disciples bowed, offering fearful apologies, terrified that Chu Tianxing would target them next. Chu Tianxing felt nothing; only strength could make everyone shut their mouths!

"Why are there no other disciples here? Where have those who entered the tower first gone?" Chu Tianxing asked coldly.

Meanwhile, deep within the Holy Land, the Demon-Locking Lineage.

As a graceful figure stepped into the Demon-Locking Lineage, an astonished voice rang out.

"I wonder what brings the Holy Maiden here? This is your first time visiting."

That graceful figure was none other than the Holy Maiden, Ye Qingxuan!