Chapter 273: Chapter 273: Slaughter Sword, Hundred Kills
The moment he truly saw Lu Chao, Ming Huawan lost all his earlier ease and composure.
The mask sent a slight chill through his entire body.
At the same time, the incredibly arrogant Ming Yi also froze the moment he saw Lu Chao, his gaze locking onto him.
Suddenly... THUD!
Lu Chao stopped the members of the Dragon Flame Academy who had followed him, then took another heavy step forward and commanded, "Ming Yi, get down!"
His voice boomed out from under the mask.
Ming Yi, whose gaze had already frozen, suddenly trembled, and his mind began to buzz.
Then, Ming Yi subconsciously took a step back.
In that instant, he completely lost all his earlier arrogance. It was Lu Chao’s two words, "Get down," that made Ming Yi recall his humiliating past—the scenes of being beaten to the ground time and time again by the real Lu Chao.
In the past, Lu Chao was Lu Dingtian’s adopted son and was, of course, a young master of the highest echelon in the Great Wu Imperial City.
As a genius of the Saint Bone Ming Family, Ming Yi naturally came into contact with Lu Chao often, and he refused to accept Lu Chao’s superiority.
But every challenge and encounter ended the same way: defeat, defeat, defeat!
The next moment... BOOM!
True Qi suddenly erupted from Ming Yi’s body. He then roared angrily at Lu Chao, "You fake! You dare try to scare me?"
’To think I was scared into retreating by a fake.’ Rage surged within him.
’The real one is completely and utterly dead, so what right does a fake have to scare me?’ Ming Yi shouted again, his voice cold, "You fake! Take off that mask! It’s the mask of a criminal of my Great Wu Empire! You... are not worthy to wear it!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Chao... THUD!
He took a second heavy step and asked coldly, "You’re scared. Are you afraid of a dead man?"
As his voice fell, Ming Yi’s expression changed drastically...
"Someone who’s even afraid of a dead man dares to say the young people of our Dragon Flame Kingdom are no good?"
"Why don’t you hurry home and ask Lu Dingtian why he put a mask on Great Wu’s Lu Chao back then."
Lu Chao’s voice was filled with mockery.
And behind him, with a collective *PFFT*, the members of the Dragon Flame Academy all burst out laughing on purpose. Yu Xiaoping piped up with a smile, "Why don’t you just run home to your mommy and tell her a ghost scared you?"
Her clear, crisp voice sent ripples of laughter through the crowd of onlookers...
"He’s even afraid of a dead man’s mask. I can’t imagine how badly Great Wu’s Lu Chao must have tormented him when he was alive."
"It must have been bad. He was probably ground under Great Wu Lu Chao’s heel, over and over again."
"I bet he has nightmares every night, dreaming that Great Wu’s Lu Chao has come back to torment him... Hahaha."
The voices of the massive crowd of onlookers rose in waves.
Many of the onlookers had been holding back their frustration, but now they could finally join the Dragon Flame Academy members in striking back without restraint.
And these voices exploded in Ming Yi’s mind. If they were just lies, he wouldn’t have cared, but every damn word was true. He, Ming Yi, really did have nightmares sometimes, dreaming that Lu Chao had come for him.
Marquis Longyin, standing in the crowd, also chuckled softly.
He hadn’t expected that before the fight had even begun, Lu Chao would utterly demolish Ming Yi’s earlier arrogance with just a few words.
Inside the carriage of the Great Wu Envoy Team, Ming Huawan’s face was ashen...
This one scene seemed poised to crush everything the Great Wu Envoy Team had worked to achieve.
He shouted coldly, "Ming Yi, stop wasting time with words! Attack and take his head!"
His voice was laced with True Qi, as if to steady Ming Yi’s nerves. Only by killing the Fake Lu Chao could they restore the might of Great Wu.
Hearing this, Ming Yi abruptly collected himself...
He forced himself to calm down and said, "Fake Lu Chao, I’m not one for verbal sparring. I prefer killing."
As his words fell, he drew his sword and charged.
His True Qi instantly surged from the Third Layer of Transformation he had shown on the surface to the Fourth Layer. He grinned menacingly, "Fake Lu Chao, I deliberately hid one layer of my realm, just in case you were too scared to show up... Now, I’ll take your life!"
Seeing this, Marquis Longyin, who was in the crowd, immediately recalled Lu Chao’s earlier words. ’So Ming Yi really is at the Fourth Layer of Transformation.’
’Can he really win?’
Just as everyone held their breath, watching Ming Yi, Lu Chao suddenly spoke again, "Ming Yi, get down!"
His voice boomed out, seemingly carrying some immense deterrent force.
Ming Yi’s True Qi immediately fell into disarray. It was as if all the fear and subconscious trauma in his heart had burst forth at once. The painful memories seemed to rush straight to his head, completely beyond his control.
The main reason was, he was just too damn much like the real Lu Chao!
*SPURT...*
Because his True Qi was in chaos, and because he couldn’t suppress the fear in his heart no matter how he tried, Ming Yi actually spat out a mouthful of blood before he even reached Lu Chao, and his entire body lurched to a halt.
He clutched his chest with one hand, pointing a trembling finger at Lu Chao with the other. "You... you... you..."
From under his mask, Lu Chao smiled faintly. "Ming Yi, I was already ground to dust and my ashes scattered by Lu Dingtian. Why are you still so afraid? You were so scared you coughed up blood. You’re as timid as a mouse."
At Lu Chao’s words...
"AHHHHHH... You fake! I’ll kill you!"
Ming Yi frantically shook off the fear in his heart and charged viciously at Lu Chao again, but he had already lost all composure.
But his sword was unsteady.
Lu Chao looked at Ming Yi’s sword and simply flicked a finger... CLANG!
A dignified genius of the Great Wu Empire, a master at the Fourth Layer of Transformation, was actually knocked back by a single flick from Lu Chao. Ming Yi’s face twisted as he charged again, but Lu Chao still didn’t draw a weapon, instead continuing to flick his finger against the sword.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The clear, crisp sounds rang out continuously before the Dragon Flame Palace. What the crowd saw was Ming Yi launching one chaotic attack after another, while Lu Chao moved with the ease of a leisurely stroll, sending Ming Yi spinning with each flick of his finger.
On the Great Wu Envoy Team’s carriage, Zheng Liling and the other members of the Saint Bone Zheng Family stared, dumbfounded, at the scene.
Zheng Liyuan couldn’t help but ask, "Elder Huawan, is it really necessary for your Ming Yi to be this afraid?"
The Dragon Flame Kingdom had never directly clashed with Great Wu...
They simply couldn’t comprehend the nightmares the Great Martial Emperor Star had brought to so many, much less what the hell Ming Yi was so afraid of.
Ming Huawan’s face was so contorted it looked like it might bleed. He roared, "Ming Yi, the real Lu Chao is dead! So dead that not even a speck of bone dust is left! The person before you is a fake! He’s a fake!"
His voice boomed heavily into Ming Yi’s mind...
Although he was very reluctant to bring up the real Lu Chao, he had no choice now. Otherwise, Ming Yi would lose.
At Ming Huawan’s words, Ming Yi seemed to finally, truly snap back to his senses.
He took another sharp step back and said grimly, "The real Lu Chao is dead. You’re a fake... I want you dead."
Now completely calm, he silently chanted in his mind that the real Lu Chao was dead as he charged at Lu Chao once more.
But just then...
Lu Chao suddenly drew his sword. He spoke with cold indifference, "Slaughter Sword, Hundred Kills!"
As his words fell, he flashed forward, sprinting toward Ming Yi. Lu Chao’s sword carried the properties of the Star Slaying Sword Bone; it radiated a violent, murderous aura and a ferocious will to fight...
His sword was as fast as lightning!
