Chapter 412: Chapter 387: Encountering Saint Shengwu Midway_1
Lu Yan, King Ming, and Chu Tianjiao all showed grave expressions on their faces.
Yuwang has fallen?
A generation’s hero, one of the world’s finest martial artist, the seventh transformation of the primordial spirit; Yuwang has indeed fallen?
"What happened exactly, explain in detail."
King Ming suppresses his shock and asks.
"King Ming."
A hulking man flew before King Ming and bowed in deep grief.
"We were ambushed on our way to Xueluo Plain. Yuwang selflessly held back the enemies, at last, allowing us to break through...and yet, he..."
In the end, the nine-foot tall man’s voice chokes up, and his eyes become red, filled with sorrow.
"Who attacked him?"
King Ming inquires.
"The treasonous Zhou Yuandao, along with the Dark Sun Saint Envoy of the Spirit Sect. It seems like the Spirit Sect and Zhou Yuandao have joined forces."
The tall man said.
"Zhou Yuandao himself intervened? What’s his level of cultivation?"
Chu Tianjiao couldn’t help but ask.
"It’s still the seventh transformation of the primordial spirit, but he is already at his peak. Yuwang was no match for him. He was surrounded by both parties and could not escape. In the end, he self-immolated to hold off the enemies and let us escape. He also instructed us to seek refuge with King Ming and avoid Xueluo Plain after his fall, as it could very possibly be a trap."
The tall man explained.
"Yuwang, Yuwang... I didn’t expect that our separation after that day in Mingwang City would be a permanent one."
King Ming sighed long and deeply.
The royal family of Da Chu has been exterminated, and Yuwang has fallen. The bloodline of the royal family was growing increasingly thin, which filled his heart with grief.
"Now that Yuwang has fallen, the safety of Yuwang Manor is uncertain. We will adhere to his last command and seek refuge with King Ming. We hope that King Ming can take us in."
The tall man courteously bows.
He was a high-ranking general in Yuwang Manor, with a cultivation level equivalent to the fifth transformation of the Yuan God. A supreme martial artist known as Xu Chu.
"Yuwang Manor and Mingwang Manor are essentially one and the same, we do not differentiate between them. General Xu, please lead your soldiers to join us. We will retreat back to Mingwang Manor for the time being."
King Ming replied.
The two well-trained elite armies converged in an orderly manner before collectively retreating towards Mingwang Manor.
"King Ming, please take care of the martial soldiers of the Martial Alliance for us. I have other matters to attend to and must leave first."
Lu Yan transmitted a message to King Ming and Chu Tianjiao.
"Rest assured. If an enemy appears, they will have to step over my dead body before they can harm anyone from the Martial Alliance."
King Ming declared.
With a bow, Lu Yan transformed into a surge of light and disappeared.
His reason for leaving was concern for Shen Yinuo.
Both Mingwang Manor and Yuwang Manor had been ambushed successively. It was clear from the ambush on Yuwang Manor that Zhou Yuandao and the Spirit Sect were in cahoots.
And the Spirit Sect was allied with the Fairy Ruins.
This matter was likely a trap.
If they could be ambushed, then so could the Gu family.
Although Lin Yan was there to protect Shen Yinuo, Lin Yan had not fully recovered and was no more powerful than the seventh transformation of the primordial spirit.
Yuwang was also of the seventh transformation and yet, hadn’t he fallen nonetheless?
Lu Yan increased his speed to the maximum. To other people, he seemed like a shooting star darting across the night sky.
He took the southern route, entering the territory of Yuwang Manor, then continued on the southwest streaking across the land of the Zhang family in Jiangzhou.
As soon as he enters the land of the Zhang family, he heard tumultuous sounds of carnage.
Tens of thousands of martial soldiers were locked in ferocious battle in a canyon. Soldiers were falling at every moment, their blood forming rivers and corpses spread across the field like purgatory.
There were also fearsome battles occurring in the sky above.
With his keen eyes, Lu Yan clearly saw both parties engaged in the battle.
"Saint Shengwu..."
At first glance, Lu Yan noticed Saint Shengwu and a two-headed white tiger attacking a middle-aged man dressed in luxurious robes.
The two-headed white tiger gave off an astonishing aura, even greater than that of Saint Shengwu. It was clearly also a being who had undergone the seventh transformation of the primordial spirit.
The middle-aged man who was being besieged was undoubtedly also of the seventh transformation. However, he was on the defensive against two powerful adversaries, without the strength to fight back, and in grave danger.
"The Ji family..."
Lu Yan realized.
He recognized that the besieged party was none other than Ji Family, reputed to be the world’s number one feudal prince–whose elite was the ancestor of the Ji family.
Not far from there, another battlefield unfolded.
That was the battlefield of the supreme warriors.
Ji Zheng, the head of the Ji family, was fighting alongside another old man against three other supreme warriors.
"The master of the Cao family, the commander of the Zhenxi Army, and the sect master of the Yu Lei Sect..."
Lu Yan murmured.
World Bank published a ranking of the world’s strongest warriors, not only containing basic information about each warrior but also their image. Just spend some martial coupons at World Bank, and anyone can buy this information.
Lu Yan had of course seen the images of each supreme warrior.
The three individuals battling Ji Zheng were all among the world’s strongest warriors.
On Ji’s side, while Ji Zheng was classified as one of the supreme, the other old man was not, but he should have been close to supreme power. Otherwise, he would not have been able to partake in such grand battle.
Two against three, the situation was equally dire for the Ji family; they could only defend and had no power to counterattack.
They were also unable to extricate themselves from the situation.
With time, they would surely meet defeat and destruction.
"Shengwu Sect, Yu Lei Sect, Cao family, Zhenxi Army... looks like the six feudal princes who first responded to King Ming were all decoys and have pledged allegiance to the Spirit Sect or the Fairy Ruins."
Lu Yan’s eyes were filled with coldness.
Since he had come across this, he would not stand idly by.
The enemy of an enemy is a friend.
Moreover, there was the avatar of a fairy with the Seventh Transformation of Primordial Spirit inside. Lu Yan did not want to miss this.
He silently approached, already holding the Exorcism Bow, Demon Destroying Arrow.
His forehead flashed, his Avatar took action. Suddenly, a Big Tree Phantom Image emerged and suppressed the Saint Shengwu.
Saint Shengwu was fully attacking the Ancestor of Ji Family. Although the Spiritual Sense also covered the surroundings, he was on guard.
But he had never expected Lu Yan to appear here.
So his Avatar was still in the Sea of Knowledge.
Boom!
The Big Tree Phantom Image burst into the Sea of Knowledge of Saint Shengwu and solidly hit his Primordial Spirit.
The Primordial Spirit of Saint Shengwu, even with the defence of Rule Power, could hardly take the direct hit from the Big Tree Phantom Image.
With a bang, the Primordial Spirit of Saint Shengwu was greatly shocked. The Rule Power was punctured, half of his body exploded right there, and the remaining half was also full of cracks.
Saint Shengwu felt his head buzzing, momentarily losing control of the Heavenly Earth Power, standing still, his spirit falling into a trance.
Whoosh!
The Destroying Demon Arrow flew out at just the right time, shot into the forehead of Saint Shengwu.
Bang!
The head of Saint Shengwu directly exploded, including his Primordial Spirit in his Sea of Knowledge, which disappeared in smoke.
One of the strongest of the strongest, the veteran Avatar of Seventh Transformation of Primordial Spirit, instantly fell under Lu Yan’s surprise attack.
All of this only happened in an instant. The Ancestor of Ji Family and the double-headed White Tiger didn’t even respond before Saint Shengwu was killed.
Then, they both were greatly shocked.
The Ancestor of Ji Family was pleasantly surprised, whereas the double-headed White Tiger was terrified.
"A soul attack, could it be the Martial Alliance Hierarch, Lu Yan?"
A thought flashed through the double-headed White Tiger’s mind.
Without further thought, its Primordial Spirit escaped into its flesh.
Just as its Primordial Spirit had escaped into its flesh, a Phantom Image suppressed it downwards, rushing into his Sea of Knowledge, his attack falling short.
"It’s Lu Yan, it’s him, this isn’t good. He was able to kill Saint Shengwu in a moment, perhaps his Cultivation Level has broken through again."
The Double-headed White Tiger’s mind raced.
So, could Lu Yan be here, involved in the siege of Mansion of King Ming?
His heart went cold, and he turned to run.
Ding!
A Thunder Bell appeared above the head of the Double-headed White Tiger. The melodious bell sound rang. Invisible sound waves like tidal waters poured down, rushing into the body of the double-headed White Tiger.
The double-headed White Tiger’s Primordial Spirit was massively shocked.
"Kill!"
The Ancestor of the Ji Family, seizing this opportunity, yelled. A purple spiritual treasure long spear, driven to its limit, pierced the sky and flew out.
With a "plop" sound, the purple long spear penetrated the double-headed White Tiger’s Rule of body protection, and stabbed into his... rear.
Ouch...
The double-headed Tiger howled in pain.
Another Destroying Demon Arrow was shot out by Lu Yan, aiming directly at the left head of the double-headed Tiger.
The double-headed Tiger roared, and two white beams of light spewed out from both mouths.
The two beams of light hit the Destroying Demon Arrow one after the other, causing it to violently shake, as if it had entered a quagmire. Although it was still advancing forward, it encountered huge resistance and its power was weakening continuously.
In the end, it successfully broke through the obstruction of the two beams of light, but its power was no longer strong and it was knocked away by a paw from the double-headed White Tiger.
"Rules, it’s always the rules..."
Lu Yan frowned.
As he kept crossing hands with avatars of the Seventh Transformation of Primordial Spirit, he felt more and more aware of his own weakness.
That is the rule.
It was okay to fight against the strongest of the Sixth Rotation of the Yuan God. The Sixth Rotation of the Yuan God at most cultivated the rule to the Third Void, only touching the surface. He could forcefully break through with his strong Soul Power, Strong True Body, and True Vigor.
But dealing with the Seventh Transformation of Primordial Spirit wasn’t as easy.
The Seventh Transformation of Primordial Spirit had a very deep understanding of the rules.
Even though Lu Yan’s soul, true body, True Vigor, etc. were very strong and his martial arts were unparalleled, allowing him to unleash amazing powers, often when he attacked the masters of the Seventh Transformation of Primordial Spirit, his attacks often could not achieve full effect.
It was all because it was difficult to break the opponent’s rule.
The opponent had Rule Defence, but his attack didn’t contain any rules.
Rule after rule must be breached to easily penetrate the rule.
And the reason the Ancestor of the Ji Family could wound the opponent in one move was exactly because his attack contained a strong Rule Power.
Previously killing Saint Shengwu easily was due to taking advantage of the surprise attack. If it was a head-on confrontation, it wouldn’t have been so easy to kill the opponent.
But this couldn’t be helped. After all, Lu Yan’s cultivation was only the Fourth Rotation of Yuan God, and only the contact with the rule was required for the Sixth Transformation of Primordial Spirit.
He could only improve from other aspects to make up for the lack of rules.
Like martial arts.
At this moment, energy was constantly pouring out from the Dao Book, entering the Yanluo Golden Body avatar, and the progress of the Yanluo Golden Body was rapidly rising, approaching the pinnacle of the thirteenth level.
Ding Dong...
The Thunder Bell kept shaking, and the Soul Attack was continuous. At the same time, there were large bolts of lightning falling, attacking the Double-headed White Tiger.
Meanwhile, the Ancestor of the Ji Family took advantage of the situation to launch a violent attack.
Lu Yan quickly approached the double-headed White Tiger, took out another Destroying Demon Arrow to target him, this time, he didn’t rush to shoot, but instead fully induced the Heavenly Earth Power, pouring it into the Exorcism Bow and Destroying Demon Arrow.
A few breaths later, the Destroying Demon Arrow emitted a dazzling light and flew out with a whoosh.
The moment it flew out, more than a dozen large bolts of lightning struck out from the Thunder Bell and twined around the Destroying Demon Arrow.
The lightning from the Thunder Bell contained a hint of Rule Power. Lu Yan was using it to strengthen the attacking power of the Destroying Demon Arrow.
