Chapter 583: Chapter 558: This Weak?
The Sect Leader of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch invited Lu Yan inside and had prepared a grand banquet to entertain Lu Yan.
"Zhang... senior..."
At the banquet, the Sect Leader started speaking with some difficulty.
Although Lu Yan was younger than him, as a disciple of Lu Yizheng, in the Five Elements Heavenly Arch, his seniority was much higher than the Sect Leader’s.
"No need to call me senior, just call me by my name."
Lu Yan said with a smile.
"Brother Zhang."
The Sect Leader still changed to a more compromising address and asked, "Brother Zhang, do you wish to acknowledge your ancestry and return to the Five Elements Heavenly Arch this time?"
The others also looked at Lu Yan, their hearts fluttering with tension and anticipation.
Lu Yan possessed the Five Elements Heavenly Skill; if he were willing to stay at the Five Elements Heavenly Arch and pass it on, the sect would have hope of rising.
"Indeed."
Lu Yan nodded.
The Sect Leader and the others were overjoyed.
Following that, the Sect Leader stood up, bowed with his fists cupped, and said, "Brother Zhang is the old Sect Leader’s disciple and also holds the Sect Leader’s Token, so it is only fitting for you to take the position of Sect Leader."
The Supreme Elder, Elder Wu, and the others also stood up and cupped their fists.
However, Lu Yan shook his head and said, "I am used to being a carefree wanderer; I am not suited for the position of Sect Leader. Mr. Liu, this great responsibility should continue to be yours to bear."
After saying this, Lu Yan took out the Sect Leader’s Token and handed it to Mr. Liu.
"This..."
Mr. Liu hesitated.
"Take it. I won’t stay at the Five Elements Heavenly Arch for too long. After a period, I will travel outward. For me to be the Sect Leader is inappropriate."
Lu Yan said.
"Well... okay then."
Mr. Liu accepted the Sect Leader’s Token, and thus he was the complete leader of the sect.
"Brother Zhang, from now on, you will be the Supreme Elder of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch, with authority equal to that of the Sect Leader."
Mr. Liu said.
"Hmm? Someone is coming."
Lu Yan nodded, then suddenly his gaze turned toward the stars beyond. His eyes were like lightning, as if they could pierce through the cosmic void.
A warship, moving at astonishing speed, was leaping through the star space, heading towards the Five Elements Star.
"Could it be people from Crazy Wind Valley."
The faces of Mr. Liu and the others turned pale.
"How strong is Crazy Wind Valley?"
Lu Yan asked.
"In the vast starry sky, Crazy Wind Valley can’t be considered a major force. They only have three experts at the Pinnacle of the Great Tao and dozens more in the Tao Realm, but they are not forces we at the Five Elements Heavenly Arch can confront," Mr. Liu said with a pained expression.
The Five Elements Heavenly Arch’s highest cultivation level was Mr. Liu’s, at only the Tao Sixth Layer.
The second highest was the Supreme Elder, at the Tao Fifth Layer.
They were far inferior to Crazy Wind Valley.
"Is the most powerful only in the Tao Realm?"
Lu Yan murmured, his expression relaxed.
If it was only the Creator Realm, he could handle it with ease.
If there were even Creators, he still had the puppet given to him by Lu Ming.
As they spoke, the warship was swiftly approaching the Five Elements Star, and a series of figures flew out of the ship.
"People of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch, come out to me."
A bearded brawny man bellowed loudly, his booming voice traversing the void and exploding above Five Elements Peak.
The shout caused some disciples of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch to turn pale, nearly spitting blood.
"It’s Qiu Wanshan, it’s really people from Crazy Wind Valley."
Mr. Liu’s face looked even worse.
"Let’s go out and see."
Lu Yan stood up and walked out.
"Supreme Elder."
The others were alarmed and hastily followed.
Soon, they arrived high above the Five Elements Star, where a group of people was staring down at them coldly.
There were about a hundred individuals, each with a strong aura; even the weakest among them were at the Immortal Peak.
Dozens of them were in the Tao Realm.
Indeed, it was an elite force.
The leader was a bearded brawny man, burly as a mountain; he stared coldly at Mr. Liu and said, "I told you last time, surrender obediently, hand over the Five Elements Star, and you can keep your lives. Otherwise, there will be no mercy, and now the deadline has come. What have you decided?"
"The Five Elements Star is the birthplace of our Five Elements Heavenly Arch, our ancestral land. How can we hand it over to you and answer to our ancestors?"
Mr. Liu’s face was filled with bitterness.
"That’s your concern, it has nothing to do with me. Give me an answer, will you hand it over or not?"
The bearded brawny man Qiu Wanshan said, his eyes cold and sharp, as a mighty aura began to envelop them; the laws of the Great Tao surged in the void, shrouding Lu Yan, Mr. Liu, and the others.
"This..."
Mr. Liu hesitated, tormented.
To hand it over or not?
If handed over, the Five Elements Heavenly Arch would be utterly destroyed.
But if not, they were no match for Crazy Wind Valley, and a determined fight would mean death for them all.
Outside of the Five Elements Star, in the dark void, a group of people was hiding, watching the Five Elements Star intently.
The leader was a bald elder in red robes.
"Sect Hierarch, should we intervene? Destroy both Crazy Wind Valley and the Five Elements Heavenly Arch, and take the Five Elements Star?"
Next to the bald elder, a beautiful woman asked.
"No hurry. When there’s a fine spectacle to behold, why not watch? They can fight it out first, and then it’s not too late for us to make a move; although their strength is not worrying, why expend energy needlessly when it can be saved?"
The bald elder said.
"The Sect Hierarch is wise indeed," the others around him flattered.
"Begone."
Just at that moment, a cold command echoed through the silent star space.
The voice, naturally, came from Lu Yan himself.
Mr. Liu, the Sect Leader, and the others were greatly shocked.
At the banquet earlier, they had already interacted with Lu Yan and learned of his cultivation level, that of the Tao Fifth Layer.
Even if Lu Yan possessed the Five Elements Heavenly Skill, being only at the Tao Fifth Layer, he was far from a match for Qiu Wanshan. With such a loud shout, this great battle was unavoidable.
They quickly unleashed their power, standing together with Lu Yan, prepared to fight to the death.
Sure enough, Qiu Wanshan’s expression turned cold, two beams of his gaze, like icy blades, pierced Lu Yan.
"Kid, do you realize that the words you just said have completely sealed the fate of hundreds of people from the Five Elements Heavenly Arch?"
Qiu Wanshan said with a cold voice.
"It seems you’re not going to leave. Time to send you on your way."
Lu Yan couldn’t be bothered to waste words with his opponent. His body radiated a five-colored aura and with one step, he charged at Qiu Wanshan like a five-colored arrow.
"Such arrogance, Sect Hierarch, leave this kid to me," said a big man in the Tao Sixth Layer, who emerged from Qiu Wanshan’s side, wielding a battle-axe. A terrible gust followed his charge, aimed at Lu Yan.
Lu Yan struck out with his palm.
Bang!
The battle-axe shattered, and the palm slash didn’t stop there, hitting the big man, who didn’t even have time to cry out before his body exploded into dust, his Primordial Spirit eradicated along with it.
"Your turn."
Lu Yan’s feet tread on the five-element light as he continued his assault on Qiu Wanshan.
"What?"
Qiu Wanshan was greatly alarmed.
He couldn’t even kill a Tao Sixth Layer expert in one strike.
A master like that within the Five Elements Heavenly Arch?
Without the time to ponder, Qiu Wanshan unleashed all his power and instantly laid out nine layers of wind shields in front of his body.
He had just set up the nine wind shields when Lu Yan’s palm strike descended.
Boom, boom, boom...
The nine wind shields Qiu Wanshan had full-poweredly established exploded in an instant, and the deadly sharp palm slash continued its descent.
"No...."
Qiu Wanshan let out a cry of terrified reluctance.
The next moment...
Spurt!
Qiu Wanshan’s body was torn to pieces, and his Primordial Spirit turned to dust under Lu Yan’s palm.
The Sect Hierarch of Crazy Wind Valley, a presence at the Pinnacle of the Great Tao, was dead.
The Sect Leader of Five Elements Heavenly Arch and the others were stunned.
Qiu Wanshan was a figure at the Pinnacle of the Great Tao, yet he was killed by a single palm strike.
"Could it be that the Supreme Elder is from the Creator Realm?"
The Sect Leader and the others speculated in their hearts.
"So weak?"
Lu Yan looked at his palm and muttered to himself.
Both at the Pinnacle of the Great Tao, Qiu Wanshan was far inferior to Zhao Qiankun.
He had to put in some effort against Zhao Qiankun, but dealing with Qiu Wanshan was a breeze.
"Run!"
The remaining people from Crazy Wind Valley, with their souls almost scared away, nearly broke in terror, and someone shouted before turning to run. The others followed suit like a flock of birds, scattering and fleeing madly.
Lu Yan didn’t chase after them but instead turned his gaze to a certain spot in the void.
A person was hidden in that void; although the concealment was thorough, Lu Yan, with his Tao Soul Fetus and a powerful spirit, was extremely sensitive to fluctuations of the soul and had long since detected them.
Clearly, these people were lying low with impure motives. He intended to see just what they were planning on doing.
"That kid is so strong, could he be from the Creator Realm?"
A bald elder who was with a beautiful lady exclaimed in shock.
"Not from the Creator Realm, he’s still in the Tao Realm. But being able to instantly kill Qiu Wanshan, this person is a genius, possibly with an Innate Magic Body," said the bald elder.
"An Innate Magic Body? Sect Hierarch, do we still make our move?"
The beautiful lady asked.
"Of course we make our move. The chasm between the Tao Realm and the Creator Realm is insurmountable. It doesn’t matter if he has an Innate Magic Body or even an Initial Body, they would have to lie prone before me," the bald elder said with a cold snicker as he took a step forward and reached out with his hand toward the void.
A giant hand appeared out of nowhere within the void and reached for those fleeing from Crazy Wind Valley.
The hand covered the sky and the earth. Those from Crazy Wind Valley screamed in terror, scattering in all directions, some even attempted futile counterattacks, but under the great hand, it was all in vain.
Splat...
The hand closed into a fist, crushing hundreds from Crazy Wind Valley into oblivion, body and spirit, leaving only a Sumi Mustard Seed Bag in its grasp, which was then retrieved.
Then, the bald elder appeared, his cold gaze fixed upon Lu Yan and the others.
Behind him, several figures rushed over, standing behind the bald elder.
"Cre... Creator Realm."
As if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads, Mr. Liu and the others shivered with a chilling realization.
This was the true power of the Creator Realm; that terrifying aura was like a majestic command from the heavens, invincible.
Apart from Crazy Wind Valley, there was another, more terrifying force targeting them.
"Young man, not bad strength. Swear allegiance to me, serve me, and I can spare your life," the bald elder eyed Lu Yan and said.
"What about them?" Lu Yan motioned toward Mr. Liu and the others.
"Them?" The bald elder gave a faint smile and said, "We can leave their corpses intact."
The faces of Mr. Liu and the others turned ashen.
But Lu Yan remained calm, slightly shaking his head. "That won’t do. As the Supreme Elder of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch, how could I stand by and watch them die? So..."
"So what?" the bald elder asked.
"So, I’ll have to send you to your deaths instead."
Lu Yan said.
"Hahaha, truly arrogant. Kid, I know you’re a genius, but the gap between the Tao Realm and the Creator Realm is insurmountable. You’re too... too..."
The bald elder didn’t finish his sentence before his pupils suddenly dilated.
