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Chapter 414: Sweeping Away Enemies and Taming the Apex Beast Lai Wu! (Part 1)
Chapter 414: Sweeping Away Enemies and Taming the Apex Beast Lai Wu! (Part 1)
Boom!
Zhang Qianfan made his move.
With his formidable power, already at the late ninth stage, even a casual strike could make early ninth stage cultivators cautious.
"Be careful!"
Wen Ruyan's expression turned grim as she quickly stepped in front of Lu Ming.
Lu Ming's heart trembled, "Sigh, silly girl."
He grabbed Wen Ruyan's shoulder, pulling her behind him. The Three Thousand Thunder Illusory Body dissipated, and in his hand, an ordinary Daoist longsword appeared quietly.
He swung his sword, reciting softly, "Sword Twenty-Three."
Buzz...
Everything around them froze.
Zhang Qianfan, with his disdainful expression and belief that he had everything under control, was frozen mid-action, unable to move even a hair.
"This is impossible!!!"
Zhang Qianfan and his companions were shocked.
The Zhou family members were even more horrified.
At this moment, they couldn't even change their expressions, forced to maintain their positions, unable to react to the shock and despair in their hearts.
Meanwhile, Lu Ming strolled forward, his feet treading on air, and approached Zhang Qianfan and his group.
Closer and closer!
Zhang Qianfan and the three behind him had already exhausted their strength.
They were all at the late ninth stage, incredibly powerful.
While they might not be invincible across the entire Immortal Martial Continent, they were untouchable in most regions. Normally, as long as they didn't provoke the Holy Lands, immortal clans, or major sects, they wouldn't encounter any mishaps.
But now, they had fallen.
Frozen in mid-air, they struggled with all their might but couldn't break free.
They were unwilling, wanting to roar, wanting to reverse this situation.
But it was all in vain.
They couldn't even blink.
They could only watch helplessly as Lu Ming strolled up to them, his expressionless face and longsword pointed at Zhang Qianfan's forehead.
Pop~
It was as if a bubble had been pricked.
Zhang Qianfan felt a sharp pain in his soul, but it lasted only an instant.
In the next moment, the pain vanished, along with his consciousness.
Zhang Qianfan, a late ninth stage overseas cultivator, was dead.
At that moment, the three guardians behind him were shocked beyond words, almost scared to death.
Although they were frozen in place, unable to move a muscle, their eyes could still see, and their souls could sense. They watched helplessly as Lu Ming approached with ease, and with a casual thrust of his longsword, he eliminated the strongest among them, Zhang Qianfan. It was terrifying!
Even the strongest, Zhang Qianfan, had his soul extinguished by Lu Ming's light and airy strike. If it were them...
It would be even worse!
They were shocked, but knowing they couldn't struggle, they thought of begging for mercy.
lips moved, but they couldn't even blink, let alone speak.
Fortunately, Lu Ming's heart couldn't bear to see others in fear.
So, without hesitation, after dealing with Zhang Qianfan, he struck again, killing one after another with a single sword.
At the same time, the frozen space-time resumed its flow.
The four bodies fell helplessly.
"Ah?!"
The Zhou family members' expressions changed drastically, each one stunned. They couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
This sudden turn of events happened too fast.
So fast that they struggled to understand and accept it.
Just as they thought death was imminent, reinforcements arrived.
Just as they believed that with the arrival of reinforcements, they could sweep away all threats, in the blink of an eye, these reinforcements didn't even have time to fart before they were directly slain...
"This... How powerful is this Lu Ming?!"
"With such strength... Heaven wants to destroy the Zhou family?!"
"It's just karmic retribution," Lu Ming said, his voice shaking the hearts of the Zhou family members. For a moment, they couldn't speak.
"What do you mean by Heaven wants to destroy us?"
"When you betrayed the Moon Holding Sect, you should have known the consequences."
"You've delayed for ten thousand years, it's already a gain for you."
"So..."
"Hua~"
Lu Ming swung his sword.
With a casual stroke, the countless sword energies in the sky took shape, transforming into a gentle drizzle.
At first glance, it was just a spring rain.
Moistening,
Gently soaking everything.
Dense, yet 'small', silent.
But these 'spring rains' were unstoppable!
Whether it was formations, defenses, or the desperate measures of the Zhou family members, nothing could withstand them!
After the spring rain, not a single person remained alive in the Zhou family's territory.
Yet, not a drop of blood could be seen.
Killing without spilling blood!
"!!!"
"So powerful!"
Wen Ruyan was shocked beyond words, looking at the unmoved Lu Ming, her heart stirred with awe.
She knew Lu Ming was strong, far surpassing her own strength.
But she never imagined he would reach such heights in a short time!
Recalling the time before the Bright Moon Sect submitted to the Moon Holding Sect, when faced with the pressure from the three sects, Lu Ming had to fight with all his might to resist. But now, even against late ninth stage experts, he remained calm, killing effortlessly without shedding blood...
Whether it was these ninth stage experts or the Zhou family members, none had the power to resist.
Even...
If he wanted, he could have slain them all with a single strike!
"Sss!"
"Too strong!"
Wen Ruyan was in awe, unable to speak for a long time.
At this moment, Lu Ming also sighed.
"Indeed, if I don't push myself, I won't know my true strength."
"In my battle with Gu Xinglian, although I was crushed, I gained a clear understanding of the ninth stage power. These ordinary late ninth stage cultivators..."
"Are just like this."
"Speaking of which, is this what it feels like to be an 'invincible protagonist'?"
"I have to admit, it's quite exhilarating."
Lu Ming sighed inwardly.
For him, before this, whether as Lin Fan or Lu Ming, life had always been rather miserable.
Not to mention the 'useless protagonist' trope, but even as a genius, he had always been just average, and the opponents he faced were often a level above himself and the Moon Holding Sect.
So, every time he took action, it was either a group fight or seeking help from others, or else he had to use various schemes and rack his brains to win.
But now...
Facing these Late Ninth Stage Overseas Cultivators, he could slaughter them like cutting through vegetables.
Wasn't this the exhilarating feeling of being an invincible protagonist?
"This experience is indeed great, but it's probably just a trial card."
"It's not suitable for me."
Lu Ming was aware of his own strength.
Such 'weak' opponents were rare, and following the previous 'plot', the subsequent opponents would likely be Holy Lands or even more formidable entities.
So...
Ninety-nine percent, it's probably just an invincible trial card.
"Help me with something."
As Lin Fan pondered, he tossed two storage pouches to Wen Ruyan, "Collect all these corpses, they'll be useful."
"Oh, and remember to separate their belongings from the bodies."
"Yes, sir."
Wen Ruyan quickly responded and began her task with the storage pouches in hand.
She didn't know what Lu Ming was planning, but as a servant, she knew to obey.
As for being afraid of corpses...
As cultivators, why would they fear corpses? If they were afraid of even corpses, what's the point of cultivating immortality?
Wen Ruyan was busy, and Lin Fan wasn't idle either; he was also collecting and separating the bodies and their belongings.
It wasn't that he enjoyed collecting corpses, but these corpses were still useful! They were still 'fresh'.
Putting them into the storage pouches could even 'preserve' them.
Later, they could bring them back and have Diana drain their blood for Blood Sea Indestructible Body cultivation, or let Zhu Rou Rong try to cultivate zombies, or give them to He Anxia for research... Even if they were played out, Ya Ya could use Heaven Devouring Demon Art to devour their origins.
These were all important cultivation resources!
How could they be wasted?
Wasting resources is shameful!
After an incense stick's worth of time, the two finished cleaning up the battlefield.
Then, Lu Ming waved his hand and set up a formation.
The formation wasn't powerful, just the simplest guardian formation, but its purpose was to inform others that this place was occupied by someone!
After doing all this, Wen Ruyan spoke softly, "Are we going back to the sect now?"
"No."
Lu Ming shook his head, "It's impolite to receive without giving back."
"These people had a grudge with the Moon Holding Sect a million years ago, and now, after a million years, they still want to make a comeback, time and again. Do they think our Moon Holding Sect is easy to bully?"
"If they weren't strong enough, I'd let it go, but now, since we have the strength, we should go and demand an explanation."
"If they come, I'll go too!"
Lu Ming, or rather, Lin Fan, had already made up his mind. The Zhou family must be destroyed!
"I'll follow your lead."
Wen Ruyan nodded in agreement.
However, she was curious.
This grudge... did exist, but shouldn't the main branch be the one seeking revenge more urgently? Why was Lin Fan, a branch elder, so concerned about this matter? It was as if he had a personal grudge against them.
This...
Wasn't this like crying at someone else's funeral? But she didn't dare say or ask about it.
After all...
'His old man' must have his reasons.
All she needed to do was follow him and handle miscellaneous tasks for him.
"..."
...
"Since they could come here instantly, it means they must have a long-distance teleportation array."
"And such teleportation arrays are always two-way."
"Unless they close it on the other side, we can directly enter their base."
Lu Ming formed hand seals and used the Octuple Mirror Technique, quickly locating the teleportation array, confirming it was within the Zhou family's forbidden area, which was the ancestral land where generations of the Zhou family were buried.
"So, this is where they were hiding."
Lu Ming led Wen Ruyan to quickly approach the area.
At the same time, he felt a sense of anticipation.
"Now that the war has erupted, the Laiwu Island should have already joined the battle, but they only sent a portion of their forces, planning to 'take the back door' and strike from within."
"Although they're dead, it hasn't been long."
"With Laiwu Island's current weakened state, they might not have discovered their deaths yet, so the teleportation array should still be functioning smoothly."
"In that case..."
The teleportation array was complex, but also common.
As a result, almost all cultivators above the Third Stage could use it, at the very least, activating it shouldn't be a problem.
Lu Ming and Wen Ruyan stood within the long-distance teleportation array, performing hand seals, and soon, the array lit up, and the feeling of space tearing apart constantly assaulted them, making it hard to ignore.
"As I thought, my guess was right!"
Lu Ming was delighted.
Going overseas was too far! If not for this 'shortcut', normally, to go overseas, even with the help of teleportation arrays in various immortal cities, would still take a considerable amount of time.
Not to mention, Laiwu Island wasn't even by the sea.
Without any information, finding Laiwu Island in the vast ocean would be extremely troublesome! Moreover, with the current tense situation, both sides were on high alert. How could Lu Ming, with his current strength, possibly pass through the battlefield? He believed his chances were slim.
"Let's go!"
He shouted and activated the teleportation array.
Buzz!
In an instant, the two of them disappeared from their original location.
Then, they felt the world spinning and a dizzying sensation.
This feeling lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour.
Finally, they once again felt solid ground beneath their feet.
Lu Ming immediately cast an array technique, enveloping both of them to prevent their auras from leaking out, while simultaneously using his divine sense to scan the surroundings for any signs of movement.
To his surprise, there was no one nearby!
Not a single person noticed their presence.
They had arrived in a secret room, and the array was carved onto a large piece of jade.
"Huh?!"
"It seems like a portable array, usually kept in a storage pouch and taken out when needed."
"That makes sense."
Lu Ming nodded slightly, "They consider themselves above everyone else, so why would they allow anyone from the Zhou family to enter freely?"
"Compared to my previous method of 'mining for Primordial Stones', this is also a good idea."
"But it's convenient for me too."
He felt like laughing.
If it were a fixed array, and one of this level, Lav Wu Island would never leave it unguarded.
If they had guards, wouldn't they have been exposed?
Although being exposed wasn't too scary, being able to infiltrate was still an infiltration...
"Hmm?!"
"No, we've been discovered!"
Lu Ming frowned slightly, "So, it seems we can only go all out and kill all the enemies we see to achieve a perfect infiltration?"
"How is that possible?"
Wen Ruyan furrowed her brows, as she had also noticed something amiss.
Although there weren't many people in the area, many cultivators had already surrounded them, but they hadn't taken action immediately.
"You've already isolated your aura, and there's no one else around. How could they discover us so quickly and surround us?"
"There must be something we don't know about."
"Forget it."
Lu Ming shook his head lightly, "Then we'll kill our way through."
Anyway, the 'Invincible Flow' wasn't over yet.
So...
Let's have some more fun.
Clack.
Lu Ming took a step forward.
Countless immortal flowers appeared out of thin air, blooming amidst the embrace of countless Dao rules, and from within them, numerous flower incarnations emerged, all bowing to Lu Ming.
"Go."
Lu Ming whispered.
The flower incarnations all left, pushing their way in all around.
Wherever they went, they encountered enemies, and all were slain!
"Let's go find treasures."
"..., I'll follow your lead."
Wen Ruyan nodded.
Screams soon followed.
But... they were all from Lav Wu Island!
Although the flower incarnations weren't as powerful as Lu Ming, they all possessed at least Ninth Stage battle prowess, and without even using any secret techniques, they were far beyond ordinary cultivators!
Not to mention, there wasn't just one, but a whole group of them!!!
Wherever they went, they pushed through everything in their way!
There wasn't a single opponent who could stand against them.
The Lav Wu Island side immediately realized something was wrong, "It's the Ninth Stage!"
"No, there are so many Ninth Stage experts!"
"Where did they come from, daring to cause trouble on our Lav Wu Island?"
"Don't you know we're part of the Penglai Alliance?"
"Do you want to die?"
"Ah!!! The Island Lord won't let you off, and neither will the Penglai Alliance..."
Pfft!
"Shut up."
The flower incarnations were extremely 'cold'.
Their orders were to push through all enemies, and these people were all descendants of their enemies.
Cutting the grass means pulling out the roots!
Mercy towards enemies is cruelty towards oneself.
This simple truth, Lu Ming understood.
Killing an entire family is too cruel?
Lu Ming would rather be seen as a demon than leave these people alive, to prevent the Moon Holding Sect from being wiped out in the future!
"Retreat!!!"
"He's too strong!"
"A devil, this man is a devil!"
"Only the Island Lord and the others can fight him, quickly contact the Island Lord for help!"
"..."
After the first wave of slaughter, the remaining Lav Wu Island cultivators were all terrified, frantically retreating.
They hadn't even fought yet, but seeing others being killed by Lu Ming as easily as cutting vegetables, they knew they were no match. Even the two Ninth Stage experts who had stayed behind to guard the island felt their scalps go numb, and didn't dare to move a muscle.
The two Ninth Stage experts who had planned to go forward and kill the intruders, had only run halfway before turning back and retreating to their cultivation chambers, not daring to show themselves.
At the same time, they frantically contacted their Island Lord and sought aid from the Penglai Alliance.
...
The Island Lord of Lav Wu Island, upon hearing the bad news through a telepathy talisman, flew into a rage, "How dare outsiders infiltrate the island and start a slaughter! Not a single one of you could stop them?!"
"They came through the path left by Zhang Qianfan."
"Do you suspect Zhang Qianfan of being a traitor?"
"That's impossible, our Island Lord is currently in a great battle, and didn't have time to inform you, but Zhang Qianfan and the others have all died!"
"This intruder is likely the murderer!"
"???"
The person who sent the news through the telepathy talisman was shocked.
Damn!
This was even scarier than he had imagined!
What should they do?
"Island Lord, if you have time, please come back quickly. This person is using multiple incarnations to push through various parts of the island. If we delay any longer, our entire immortal island might be conquered.
(End of Chapter)
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