Not long after, the trio had been seriously beaten. Their faces were already swollen and wounded, and they were bleeding all over. They kept struggling and crying on the floor, but these injuries were nothing for a Mortal Core warrior.
Right at this moment, the three disciples who had left earlier came back. One of them carried a 7 meter tall wooden pole, another one carried a pike in his hand, and the last disciple carried some ropes in his hand. Then, they placed the wooden pole so that it stood straight up from the ground.
“Senior disciple Jiang, the wooden pole is here.”
The disciple said with a satisfied expression.
“Hang them up and beat them, don’t stop until they are dead.”
Jiang Chen shouted out loudly. The ‘don’t stop until they are dead’ part had completely scared Guo Lei and the others. Now, they felt extreme regret over what they had done. They knew that Jiang Chen was not a guy they could easily mess with, but they had never expected he would be so brutal. It looked like he really wanted to beat them until death took them away.
The other disciples didn’t care so much. They had now become totally submissive to Jiang Chen. Whatever Jiang Chen asked, they would do. They tied up the four guys together and hung them high up on the wooden pole, as if they were some dead pigs. All four of them were bleeding all over, and they looked miserable.
“Give me that.”
Jiang Chen grabbed the long pike, then he started beating them like they were dead meat. It was a horrifying scene to watch.
“Beat them, and don’t stop until they are dead.”
A few disciples took out some long pikes and started beating Guo Lei and the other three. As long as Jiang Chen was there, they would never fear things going out of control.
“Stop there!”
Right at this moment, an angry shout came from afar, and then, everyone saw an old man in his fifties flying over and landing in the square. When the old man saw the four men hanging from the wooden pole, and the burnt down courtyards, he immediately became extremely furious.
“It is Sect Elder Lee! Damn, this really went out of control; even Sect Elder Lee came.”
“Sect Elder Lee is an outer circle Sect Elder, but those elders rarely care about the conflicts amongst disciples, so why is he here today?”
Many disciples recognized the old man, as one of the Sect Elders in charge of the outer circle, he was known by everyone.
“Bastards, what are you all doing? Hurting and killing your own fellow disciples? Who set fire to the courtyard? Stand out right now!”
Sect Elder Lee scolded with a loud voice. When Guo Lei and the other three disciples saw him, they couldn’t help but cry tears of joy. Finally, their savior was here, now they could escape from this hell. No matter how aggressive Jiang Chen was, he would not offend a Sect Elder.
“Senior disciple Jiang, his name is Li Hui, Sect Elder of the outer circle. He is a person of high status, we can’t afford to offend him.”
A disciple walked up to Jiang Chen and whispered to him.
“So, an outer circle Sect Elder.”
Jiang Chen went blank for a second, then he said, “Don’t stop, keep beating them.”
Jiang Chen’s words almost made the people start fainting. How far could this guy really go? This was the Sect Elder, and he still asked them to keep beating, even underneath the presence of a Sect Elder. He simply wouldn’t give a damn about anyone, he was so brutal.
“You, so you are that Jiang Chen. Now, Sect Elder ordered you to immediately stop, explain what’s going on here to me.”
Li Hui was boiling in anger. He had never seen such an arrogant disciple in the outer circle, not until today.