Chapter 294: Chapter 269 Stirring up the Water_1
The Dark Moon organization had sent over thirty assassins in total.
Most of them were at the Master level, but there were five who had reached the True Body Realm.
Now, after Lu Yan had killed more than a dozen of them, only some remained. Other than Yinyue and Xueyue, there were two other assassins at the True Body Realm.
One was at the first stage of True Body Refinement, and the other at the second stage.
Yinyue and the two True Body Realm assassins joined forces, preparing to fight against Lu Yan.
Whoosh! Whoosh Whoosh...
As Yinyue retreated, Lu Yan threw forth more than a dozen arrows, annihilating all the remaining Master-level assassins.
He then turned his attention to the three assassins at the True Body Realm, lunging towards them.
The three True Body Realm assassins, as if facing a formidable enemy, mobilized all their power to attack Lu Yan.
Unfazed by their onslaught, Lu Yan unleashed a powerful surge of energy from his snow-white hands. His Vigor erupted from his body and converged on his palms, which he thrusted forward.
Whoosh...
The fierce wind howled, and cold currents surged forth. The assassins’ swords trembled under the overpowering force of Lu Yan’s palms, swaying haphazardly. The chilling energy almost froze them solid, and a layer of frost appeared on their bodies.
Their movements became noticeably stiff.
Lu Yan strode forward and sent a palm strike into Yinyue’s chest. Yinyue’s chest was pierced completely, his heart was shattered, and his body catapulted into the wall. His eyes bulged in shock and his face was filled with resentment.
Bang! Bang!
Lu Yan’s attack was relentless. With two more palm strikes, he put an end to the lives of the other two True Body Realm assassins.
Killing the assassins at the first and second stage of True Body Refinement was as easy as slicing through vegetables, proving no challenge at all.
Out of the dozens of assassins, only Xueyue remained.
Xueyue’s face became extremely gloomy.
"There must be a treasure here, an exceptional treasure. Both of them were only at the Master level before, yet in such a short time, they’ve broken through to the True Body Realm," Xueyue roared inwardly. His attacks became more fierce as he desperately fought against Shen Yinuo, hoping to escape.
He was thinking about retreat.
But at this moment, Lu Yan had already readied his bow and arrow, targeting Xueyue.
Vigor from his entire body rapidly flowed into the arrow.
In just three breaths’ time, the arrow flew out like a beam of light, echoing nine times.
Indeed, after reaching the True Body Realm, the charge time for the Nine Ring Arrow had significantly shortened.
The arrow was virtually at Xueyue’s front in an instant due to the short range.
Xueyue’s face changed dramatically as he attempted to fend off the incoming arrow with his sword.
Clang!
He successfully hit the arrow but its tremendous force numbed his arm and forced him to stagger back.
Shen Yinuo seized the opportunity to launch an attack. The Great Sun Melting Furnace was suppressed from above, while her fists relentlessly pounded away.
Bang!
Xueyue was hit by a fist from Shen Yinuo, his body was flung back, and a huge hole was blasted in his chest. Intense flames enveloped him.
"Damn it."
Xueyue let out a low growl. His body was engulfed in a dense black fog. His face was ferocious, his body twisted, and a pair of blood-red wings grew out from his back.
His injuries were quickly healing.
"Martial Spirit."
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo both tensed up.
As expected, the relationship between the Shengxuan Sect and the Spirit Sect was deeply intertwined. The top assassins of the Dark Moon organization were actually exploring the path of the Martial Spirit.
"Kill!"
Looking monstrous, Xueyue charged towards Lu Yan like a blood-red bat, his sword swinging.
Clearly, he was wary of Lu Yan’s archery, attacking him first to prevent Lu Yan from having an opportunity to use his archery skills.
Lu Yan straightforwardly put away his bow and arrow, and with the war knife in hand, he started his frantic counterattack.
Clang!
The two fought fiercely with their war knives, sparking off waves of sharp energy that swept across the surroundings.
The bodies of some assassins were sliced in half by the energy waves.
The two of them trembled, each stepping back a few paces.
"How is this possible? How can both of them be so abnormal?"
Xueyue roared inwardly, unable to believe it.
Both Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo were merely at the first stage of True Body Refinement.
But he was at the fifth stage of True Body Refinement, and his True Body was of a higher grade. But when fighting against Shen Yinuo, all of his attacks were blocked.
And now, even after using the power of his Martial Spirit, he was kept at bay by Lu Yan.
Each one was more bizarre than the other.
What level of True Body was this?
Even a general King’s True Body didn’t possess such combat power.
"Kill!"
Lu Yan immediately counterattacked after his retreat. He swung the War Knife again, wielding the Jiu Jie Knife’s power to its fullest.
Xueyue too, swung his war knife, producing streaks of blood-red light.
Clang, clang, clang.....
Both of them put their all into it. In a few breaths’ time, their weapons had clashed dozens of times, neither gaining the upper hand.
At this moment, Shen Yinuo finished gathering her power, and launched a hand chop towards Xueyue.
Yes, it was the Asura Hand.
Xueyue was taken aback and quickly swung his wings towards Shen Yinuo.
With a loud bang, the blood-red palm directly broke the bones in Xueyue’s wings. Like rotting wood, it hit Xueyue’s chest, blowing half of his body apart.
Dense black mist filled the air, and his body rapidly healed through the tiny threads connecting the fragments.
Boom!
The Great Sun Melting Furnace came crashing down, smashing into Xueyue’s head, causing it to explode.
Taking advantage of the moment, Lu Yan launched a fierce attack, unleashing dozens of cuts in an instant, dismembering Xueyue into pieces.
Bang!
Suddenly, Xueyue’s body shattered and turned into a cloud of blood mist. Then, out of the mist, hundreds of mini blood-colored bats flew out and rushed outside.
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo quickly attacked, exploding the blood-colored bats.
Unfortunately, there were too many bats. In the end, half of them broke through their assault and rushed out of the cave entrance.
Chase!
Without any hesitation, the pair charged out of the bronze gate. They saw dozens of small bats had already merged together, reconstituting into Xueyue’s form. They plunged into the dark river and madly rushed outside.
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo chased after them.
However, Xueyue was a Ture Body Fifth Refinement expert after all. Seizing the moment to escape for life, he unleashed all potential power with ultimate speed. He quickly dashed out of the dark river and Zixu Lake, then took to the sky. His wings flapped, and he shot off like a streak of blood into the distance.
Splash!
Lu Yan broke out of the lake and into the air, stirred his True Vigor, performed the Void Steps. His foot steps on the air, as if stepping on water, aided by a gust of wind, his body skated forward rapidly.
After a thousand meters, his figure began to descend, Lu Yan’s left foot leaped in the air, struck True Vigor on air, the air under his foot compressed rapidly, created a counter propulsion, Lu Yan once again leaped into the sky and skated forward.
Shen Yinuo did the same, feather-like, stepping on the void, following beside Lu Yan.
However, they both had just broken through to the True Body Realm recently, being able to walk on air was already exceptional.
You should know typically, only True Body Fourth Refinement experts could tap the air with their robust True Vigor. Those below True Body Fourth Refinement couldn’t achieve it.
Moreover, neither of them was familiar with using True Vigor, it was impossible to increase their speed drastically. Despite Xueyue’s wings aiding him, his speed was extremely fast, the distance between the two sides was getting further and further, eventually they completely lost Xueyue’s track.
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo landed on the ground, their expressions slightly darkened.
If Xueyue was unscathed, it could be imagined that the location of the hidden treasure would certainly be exposed.
Next time, it would probably be the Spirit Sect’s Primordial Spirit Realm experts who come.
"We can’t let the Shengxuan Sect benefit. Let’s spread the news, notify other states, about the Dagu Dynasty’s hidden treasure location, I believe many people will be interested."
Lu Yan said coldly.
"Exactly, let them engage in a snipe-clam encounter. Unfortunately, we are weak and cannot take advantage of it."
Shen Yinuo shook his head.
"First, leave Xuan Zhou."
Lu Yan said.
Their figures flashed, disappeared from the spot.
Originally, the three-month period was not over, the Bloodkill inside them was not dissipated yet. But during this period, they underwent a major breakthrough, attained Ture Body First Refinement, merged inner and outer, transformed physically, naturally expelled Bloodkill from their bodies.
Therefore, afterwards, no one from the Shengxuan Sect managed to track them down again.
A few days later, they left Xuan Zhou and entered the Mingzhou boundary.
"I didn’t expect that the whole Xuan Zhou has fallen into the hands of Shengxuan Sect."
Lu Yan sighed.
With King Ming’s disappearance, the sudden onslaught of the Shengxuan Sect caught the Mansion of King Ming by surprise. The Mansion of King Ming’s forces in Xuan Zhou suffered heavy losses. Out of a hundred thousand troops, only fifty thousand escaped.
The vast territory of Xuan Zhou fell entirely into the hands of the Shengxuan Sect.
In the meantime, the Mansion of King Ming also tried to organize troops for a counter-attack, hoping to regain its territory in Xuan Zhou.
But the Tianque Sect’s 200,000-strong army, which had turned from illusion to reality, attacked Mingzhou, tying up a large number of Mansion of King Ming’s forces and experts.
Additionally, the Shengxuan Sect was aided by Spirit Sect’s experts, its power greatly increased, and several of Mansion of King Ming’s counterattacks ended in failure.
Now, the Mansion of King Ming had switched from attack to defense, setting up defenses at the junction of Mingzhou and Xuanzhou, to prevent the Shengxuan Sect from invading Mingzhou.
After entering Mingzhou, Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo spread the news about the emergence of the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure in Xuan Zhou, and even attached a map to it.
Originally, Lu Yan wanted to pass the news to the Mansion of King Ming, hoping it could dispatch men to compete for the treasure.
But after hearing about King Ming’s disappearance and the Mansion of King Ming being attacked on two fronts, he realized they were probably unable to dispatch any experts, so he simply decided to muddy the waters.
Later, Lu Yan disguised his appearance, left Mingzhou and entered Qizhou, where he spread the message again.
After that, they didn’t have to do anything. The news about the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure spread like a hurricane, it spread astonishingly fast.
People who heard this news had their hearts burning with excitement.
Actually, the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure had emerged more than once.
Since the establishment of the Da Chu Dynasty, there had been rumors about the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure. Throughout the subsequent two thousand years, news of the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure surfacing would pop up from time to time.
Over the past two thousand years, a dozen of the Dagu Dynasty’s treasures had emerged in different states.
Each time, it caused a great sensation.
Because each treasure contained abundant resources for cultivation that could cause even a Primordial Spirit Realm expert’s heart to flutter.
A single treasure could nurture a powerful martial army.
In secret, many powerful individuals were already rushing towards Xuan Zhou.
.....
Five days after Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo left the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure, four figures arrived in a flash, landing by the lake.
Among them was Xueyue.
The other three, were remarkably all Primordial Spirit Realm experts from the Shengxuan Sect.
"Deputy Sect Master, two elders, that place is within a submarine tunnel under this lake. Those two little thieves were able to make a major increase in their cultivation in a short time, this place is definitely not simple."
Xueyue said.
At this moment, they hadn’t heard the news about the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure, so naturally, they didn’t know this place was where the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure was.
"Let’s go down."
A man with a goatee opened his mouth. This man was a deputy sect master of the Shengxuan Sect, second in strength only to Sect Master Huang Xuan of the Shengxuan Sect.
The four of them plunged into the bottom of the lake. Soon, they arrived at the bronze gate and entered the first cave.
The passage leading to the second cave still had some remnants of Wish Pattern, but they could not hinder the steps of the Primordial Spirit Realm.
Only one person needed to make a move, to obliterate the Wish Pattern like crushing dry weeds and rotten wood, and enter the second cave.
