Zhang Bowen's Credibility

Jin Youxi and the other two, fleeing westward, fought as they retreated.

The two pursuing elders from the Duan family found it difficult to subdue the trio quickly.

Zhao Bing, in particular, was almost able to fight one of them to a standstill.

Jin Youxi also realized that the two elders possessed the cultivation level of Martial Arts Masters.

In terms of individual strength, they were completely inferior to the previously encountered Duan Changtian.

However, the trio dared not prolong the battle, fearing more enemies would join the fray.

Moreover, both Jin Youxi and Zhao Bing had expended a great deal of energy and needed time to recover.

Elsewhere, several dozen minutes earlier, the battle in Kunlun City was already nearing its end.

Zhang Bowen, fighting one against four, battled while retreating.

He pulled out the sword that had pierced his body.

His injured physique, aided by the Vermilion Fruit, began to recover rapidly.

Zhang Bowen looked mockingly at Liu Shen and said with a laugh,

"Liu Shen, it seems you can't kill me this time either."

"Never thought the traitor would be from your own Martial Arts Association, did you?"

His four opponents were Liu Shen, the Grand President of the Martial Arts Association, and the Martial Sages from the Ye, Li, and Zhang families.

Watching Zhang Bowen's condition continuously recover, Liu Shen's expression grew increasingly grim.

"Since a traitor has appeared within the Martial Arts Association, this stab in the back was bound to come sooner or later."

"Now it's just a terminal illness discovered earlier than expected."

On another front, Li Kong and Sato Juro had fought to a mutual standstill, both covered in blood.

Mi Chuan was being forced back step by step under the attacks of the Wei family's Martial Sage, Wei Xingchen.

However, the traitor Feng Tengyun had killed another Martial Sage belonging to the Martial Arts Association.

That old man, who had lived with Chen Feng in the Kunlun Sanatorium, was simply too aged.

After just a few exchanges, he fell into a disadvantage and was now already dead.

Another Fuso Martial Sage, Suzuki Yoken, was currently being overpowered by the Liu family's Martial Sage.

At the moment, he could only barely defend himself, his body already torn and lacerated.

He couldn't help but move closer to Zhang Bowen's direction, pleading loudly,

"Mr. Zhang Bowen, I can't hold on much longer!"

"I beg you, give me one Vermilion Fruit."

Zhang Bowen looked at Suzuki Yoken with a smile and said,

"Mr. Suzuki, no need to panic. Come a little closer."

Suzuki Yoken hurriedly moved closer to Zhang Bowen.

At that moment, the five Martial Sages joined forces to attack the two, attempting to prevent Suzuki Yoken from obtaining the Vermilion Fruit.

Yet, the outcome defied everyone's expectations.

Zhang Bowen grabbed Suzuki Yoken by the throat and used the Soul-Stealing Skill.

Simultaneously, he said with a grateful chuckle,

"Once you help me replenish my energy, your task will be largely complete."

"I thank you for your assistance."

Suzuki Yoken stared wide-eyed in terror.

Thank me?

If you're thanking me, why not give me a Vermilion Fruit?

Why attack me instead?

Struggling, he said with difficulty, unable to accept it,

"Mr. Zhang Bowen, how can you attack me!"

"I am a Martial Sage, I am loyal to you!"

"And our enemy is Great Xia."

"We are friendly partners! You cannot do this."

"This will ruin your credibility."

The old woman from the Liu family couldn't hold back a laugh at this point:

"Truly worthy of being Zhang Bowen, so decisive in killing the donkey after it has ground the grain."

Zhang Bowen once again used the Indestructible Vajra Body technique for protection.

Two more layers of protective energy appeared on the surface.

With a single-handed Cloud-Parting Palm, he forcefully withstood the attacks of the five Martial Sages, only being forced back a few steps.

Soon, Feng Tengyun also joined the fight, once again helping Zhang Bowen divert one opponent.

Liu Shen roared at Feng Tengyun,

"Have you not seen the fate of being Zhang Bowen's dog?"

Feng Tengyun said expressionlessly,

"Liu Shen, don't waste your breath on such meaningless words."

"The overall situation is decided!"

The other Fuso Martial Sage, witnessing Suzuki Yoken being drained into a dried husk by Zhang Bowen, turned and fled without a second thought.

At this moment, he finally saw clearly his own fate as a stray dog.

Zhang Bowen was unreliable!

The Western Continent was unreliable!

Who was he, like a clown, selling his life for here?

However, the moment he turned, Zhang Bowen directly shot a Six Meridian Divine Sword through his head.

Li Kong stared blankly as his opponent, with whom he had fought to a stalemate, died at the hands of his own ally.

He looked towards Zhang Bowen, only to see a beam of the Six Meridian Divine Sword shooting towards him.

But Li Kong at this time was too severely injured.

Like that Fuso Martial Sage, he simply lacked the ability to dodge Zhang Bowen's fatal strike.

At the critical moment, a massive palm shadow blocked the attack in front of him.

The Martial Sage from the Ye family had intervened to block this strike for him.

Successfully drawing away one Martial Sage, Zhang Bowen said with a chuckle,

"The battle should end now!"

The moment the Ye family Martial Sage blocked the Six Meridian Divine Sword for Li Kong, Zhang Bowen actively charged towards the other three.

The three Martial Sages immediately felt immense pressure.

The three launched a joint attack.

Zhang Bowen directly met it head-on.

The outermost layer was the Tripartite Origin Energy, then the Innate Protective Energy, and finally the Indestructible Vajra Body.

The Nine Yang and Nine Yin techniques within him operated frantically.

He first shot several fingers of the Six Meridian Divine Sword, forcing the three Martial Sages to defend.

Zhang Bowen smiled and looked at the Martial Sage from the Zhang family.

He pointed like a sword, channeled his full power, and thrust out a finger.

Tripartite Divine Finger!

The old woman from the Zhang family hurriedly performed the Heaven and Earth Great Shift.

However, her eyes widened as she sensed that all the force from Zhang Bowen's finger was not released externally.

No energy struck towards her.

Zhang Bowen simply used his finger as a sword and stabbed at her.

The Heaven and Earth Great Shift was completely ineffective.

Her palm was instantly pierced by this finger.

Then her chest.

Zhang Bowen immediately used the Soul-Stealing Skill, looking at the old woman from the Zhang family with a smile.

"Your great-grandfather killed my mother in exactly this way."

The old woman's eyes widened.

Memories of family secrets surfaced in her mind.

It was rumored that her great-grandfather was Zhang Bowen's half-brother from the same father.

Originally of mediocre talent, her great-grandfather happened to be at the peak martial artist level when Kunlun's gates opened.

Participating in the opening of Kunlun, following the ancestral family's instructions, he led countless clansmen into the legendary Jade Mountain and Jade Pool.

They even found the legendary Qilin.

Later, they directly killed a young Qilin and obtained the precious Qilin Blood.

This, however, enraged the Kunlun remnants, leading to a great battle.

It also implicated everyone who participated in the opening of Kunlun.

In that war, Great Xia lost seven hundred thousand top-tier martial artists.

It directly caused a setback from which they couldn't recover for a hundred years.

Nevertheless, after her great-grandfather emerged, the Zhang family rose directly to prominence.

Relying on the physical enhancement from the Qilin Blood, her great-grandfather won the championship of the later World's First Martial Arts Tournament.

He even successfully became a Sage.

But the good times didn't last.

Zhang Bowen appeared and directly killed her great-grandfather.

If not for the intervention of Wei Qianqiu from the Wei family, who had just become a Martial Sage, the entire Zhang family might have been wiped out.

Now, hearing Zhang Bowen's words, this old woman finally understood that many events were not recorded in the family secrets.

So, Zhang Bowen's mother was killed by her great-grandfather.