Chapter 451: Chapter 426: Taking Over Lu Yan_1
"You all withdraw first."
Lu Yan roared, his glabella illuminating, his Primordial Spirit unleashing rays of light ten thousand feet high, using the power of Heaven and Earth, he forcibly pushed Chu Tianjiao and Elder Chi Yi away from him by a thousand meters.
Zhao Zhihuan’s eyes hardened.
A Sixth Rotation of the Yuan God had actually managed to save someone under his oppressive aura, causing him to feel as if he lost face.
The aura he emanated grew stronger and stronger, like a tidal wave, layer upon layer, pushing towards Lu Yan.
Boom!
The floor beneath Lu Yan’s feet shattered, causing the ground within a few hundred meters radius to cave in. Yet, his posture remained upright, resisting with all his might.
"Hmm?"
Zhao Zhihuan was somewhat surprised: "A Sixth Rotation of the Yuan God, yet with such strength, no wonder you could become a ruler of a country. Good, let me see your limit."
As his words fell, his aura doubled immediately.
Lu Yan’s body trembled violently, his knees bent, and he almost kneeled down.
He let out a low growl, his body sprouting dense scales, stubbornly withstanding the pressure, standing upright yet again.
But his body was constantly trembling, the endless pressure compressing him from all sides.
His bones were moaning, showing a series of fine cracks.
His muscles compressed, and blood seeped from his skin.
This was definitely an Immortal.
His aura was identical to that of the Immortal Great Freedom or Mr. World when they had last appeared.
Facing such an existence, he was not an opponent, the gap was too wide.
"Stubborn and unenlightened..."
A murderous intent gradually surfaced in Zhao Zhihuan’s eyes.
"Wait, I agree with you..."
Lu Yan suddenly roared.
Zhao Zhihuan revealed a smile, his aura quickly retracting.
Lu Yan gasped for air, nearly collapsing to the ground.
"A wise man submits to circumstances. I’ll give you one month to find the person I’m looking for. If not, your Great Wu Emperor Dynasty will cease to exist."
Zhao Zhihuan left this sentence behind, turning around and leaving.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
One figure after another landed beside Lu Yan.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?"
A minister asked with worry.
"I’m fine."
Lu Yan shook his head.
"Your Majesty, are we really going to do as they say? Finding one person in an entire world in a month, would be a colossal project. The wastes are immeasurable..."
An old man’s face showed his worry.
"I have my own plans, go and check on the condition of General Chu and the others."
Lu Yan told him.
The General, referred to Chu Long, now the head of the Imperial Bodyguard.
Thankfully, although Chu Long, Chu Tianjiao, and Elder Chi Yi were severely injured, their injuries were not fatal. With some rest, they would be able to recover.
Afterward, Lu Yan immediately set off for the headquarters of the World Bank.
He had previously agreed to the opponent as a temporary measure.
He could not mobilize the entire nation and exhaust its resources because of a demand from the opponent.
How would people view him if he really did as he was told?
First, he needed to stabilize the situation and then seek help from Mr. World.
To tell the truth, although the opponent had many strong fighters, the only one he was wary of was the immortal.
He had no fear of the others who were at the stage of Crossing Tribulation Fusion Path.
As long as Mr. World could deal with the immortal, he alone could handle the rest.
"A strange immortal has come, along with a group of Crossing Tribulation Fusion Path practitioners?"
On hearing this, Mr. World was slightly taken aback.
"The opponent says he comes from the Wild Land Yunxia Valley. Senior, do you know where it is?"
Lu Yan asked.
"I don’t know."
Mr. World shook his head: "The memory of the Immortal Clan only contains a small amount of information about the Origin World and no information about the Wild Land. It must be a continent overseas."
"Senior, the might of an immortal is too strong, and I am no match for him. Now that the world has finally settled down and the people are beginning to have hopes and expectations, I absolutely cannot cause an upheaval which wastes manpower and resources because of that person’s demand. Please, senior, make a move and help me against that Immortal."
Lu Yan folded his hands in prayer and bowed deeply.
But Mr. World shook his head: "I have said, I am your protector. Only when you are in a life-or-death crisis will I make a move. In other cases, I will not intervene."
"Does the coming of an immortal not count as a life-or-death crisis?"
Lu Yan asked.
"Of course not, because there are many ways to resolve this matter. For example, didn’t the crisis get resolved when you agreed to them?"
Mr. World said.
Lu Yan looked surprised and had no retort.
"You should not always look for me when facing problems. Try to solve them yourself. How can you grow stronger if you lean on me for everything?"
Mr. World said.
"Ok."
Lu Yan nodded.
"Ok? Have you thought of a solution?"
"I have."
Lu Yan nodded.
"You came up with a solution so quickly?"
Mr. World looked surprised: "Let’s hear it."
"It’s simple. If they want me to agree to such an unreasonable request, that’s impossible, unless they step over my dead body."
Lu Yan said, his gaze firm, ready to die.
"You ... are you forcing me to make a move?"
Mr. World was almost amused and angry.
"If forcing you to act isn’t a solution, then what is? I have decided. One may prefer death to disgrace."
After saying this, Lu Yan turned around and walked away, heading towards Wangu City.
"Good lad, good lad, truly a formidable opponent," Mr. World said, shaking his head.
Mr. World gritted his teeth in frustration, but eventually conceded. He could not watch Lu Yan be killed by others.
As runes swirled beneath his feet, with a shimmer of his figure, Mr. World also disappeared from the spot.
...
Upon returning to the Imperial Palace, Lu Yan immediately summoned his ministers for a meeting.
"Spread the word, I will not exhaust my people’s resources just because of their demands. I would rather die in a battle than surrender."
From atop the dragon throne, Lu Yan’s voice echoed through the grand hall.
"Your Majesty, please reconsider."
"If Your Majesty were to die in battle, I fear it may cause great chaos in the world."
"We should just agree to their demands for the time being. We can always devise plans for development after placating them."
Several ministers advised.
Of course, some ministers who had followed Lu Yan for a long time, like Li Quan and Wang Lin, hadn’t spoken. They knew Lu Yan’s character well.
In their eyes, Lu Yan wasn’t that type of person.
Therefore, they believed he must have a deeper plan for his current actions.
"Ministers, it’s been over 500 years of war and turmoil. The common people suffered unbearable hardship, living as if in purgatory. Only recently, their lives started to improve. I won’t exhaust the resources of my people because of a stranger’s words. I’m determined to fight to death rather than surrender. It’s not just my resolution, but also that of Great Wu."
Lu Yan declared loudly.
"Your Majesty’s righteousness is the world’s fortune. We are sworn to follow Your Majesty till death."
Li Quan was the first to kneel in reverence, his face filled with utmost respect and his eyes brimming with tears.
"Your Majesty is righteous, we are sworn to follow you till death."
Wang Lin, Wen Yuan and others also echoed in agreement.
The other ministers, moved by Lu Yan’s resolution, knelt down with tears in their eyes, shouting, "Your Majesty’s righteousness is a blessing to the world. We will follow you to death."
"Alright, set up the arena and await their challenge," Lu Yan announced.
...
In a corner of the Imperial Palace, a royal bodyguard in his twenties looked grim, with uneasy light flickering in his eyes.
This was Fu Xinli, the person Zhao Zhihuan was looking for.
Fu Xinli had disguised himself as a royal bodyguard and infiltrated the palace.
With his cultivation level, it was easy for him to do so without being detected.
"Zhao Zhihuan... it’s him. Zhao Zhihuan really tracked me down here. I have no time left. Once Emperor Da Wu, in collaboration with Zhao Zhihuan, orders a nationwide search, I will have nowhere to hide. I need to act quickly to seize Lu Yan’s soul, recover from my injuries and escape to sea."
Fu Xinli murmured to himself.
He decided to take action within the next couple of days.
...
Late at night, in the practice room, Lu Yan was engrossed in studying a Divine-level Martial Art book.
Suddenly...
A nefarious wind struck.
"Who’s there?"
Lu Yan put down the Martial Art book, his gaze sharp as he swept towards a certain direction, True Vigor surging like a tide toward that direction.
But the eerie wind bypassed his True Vigor and rushed into his Sea of Consciousness, turning into a ball of dark light, tightly enveloping his Primordial Spirit.
Lu Yan felt his Primordial Spirit suffer a sharp pain and he lost contact with the outside world.
His spirit and consciousness were ferociously absorbed and stripped away by this dark light, attempting to replace him.
"What is this? A primordial spirit?"
Lu Yan distinctly saw a powerful Primordial Spirit within the dark light.
The aura emitted by this Primordial Spirit was terrifyingly strong, condensed, overpowering, and aloof. It was an aura of Immortality.
The Primordial Spirit of an Immortal Realm powerhouse was trying to consume his spiritual will.
Lu Yan thought of soul seizure in an instant.
"Who is this Immortal trying to seize my soul? Is it him?"
Lu Yan immediately thought of Zhao Zhihuan.
Could it be Zhao Zhihuan?
But this aura didn’t seem to belong to Zhao Zhihuan.
Was he sent by Zhao Zhihuan?
Zhao Zhihuan has an Immortal Realm being amongst his men?
They wanted to seize his body, control him completely, and become the Emperor of Great Wu to hunt down the traitor wholeheartedly.
Instantly, numerous thoughts flashed through Lu Yan’s mind.
He could never willingly submit to such a violation. He resisted with all his might, his soul power shaking violently, intending to counterattack the invader.
However, the Primordial Spirit of an Immortal Realm being was too powerful.
Immortals and Primordial Spirits were beings of completely different dimensions.
Even if Lu Yan put up his best resistance, he was continually pushed back, his spirit being invaded by the other’s soul power, which attempted to grind his spirit and will into nothingness.
"Unexpectedly, a mere sixth rotation Primordial Spirit like you has such a strong soul power. You must be hiding secrets. But soon, those secrets will belong to me... heh heh heh..."
The invading Primordial Spirit laughed coldly.
"Who are you exactly?"
Lu Yan struggled to stay calm as he asked.
"A dying man need not know so much."
The intruder replied indifferently.
Hissing sounds filled the air...
The attacker’s soul power enveloped Lu Yan’s Primordial Spirit, piercing it like thousands of needles and infiltrating into Lu Yan’s Primordial Spirit.
The intruder intended to consume Lu Yan’s consciousness from within his spirit.
Boom!
However, the moment the other’s Primordial Spirit penetrated Lu Yan’s, the tree suddenly erupted with a terrifying power.
This power burst forth towards the invader’s Primordial Spirit, instantly shattering it.
"Ah! No... What is this? How can your Soul Phantom have such terrifying power? This is not the power of a Primordial Spirit Realm..."
The invader’s Primordial Spirit cried out in panic.
Transforming into beams of dark light, it attempted to rush out of Lu Yan’s Primordial Spirit.
"Come and go as you please, you say? Stay!"
Lu Yan shouted in fury.
