Chapter 891 - Slaying The Four Elders
The four elders of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum were seasoned fighters in the murim. They had long since seen through Han Wu’s intentions. The four coordinated seamlessly, and no matter how He Xu, Jia Gui, and Qin Shuang tried to lure them apart, they refused to break formation.
A second Thousand Lotus Bloom was on the verge of being unleashed. Han Wu could unleash another Skyshell, but that wasn’t a sustainable solution.
With that in mind, Han Wu quickly devised a plan and shouted, “Everyone, focus on Elder Chrysanthemum together!”
The four elders smirked. The old tactic of focusing on a single target was something they had stopped falling for decades ago. Did they think the other three elders were invisible?
Qin Shuang and the other two nodded and followed Han Wu’s order, charging straight at Elder Chrysanthemum. The other three elders moved to support him and split the pressure while continuing to channel the Thousand Lotus Bloom.
Han Wu abruptly changed direction. While the four elders focused on Qin Shuang’s group, he sprinted toward the courtyard at the summit.
The four elders realized what had happened. Han Wu had used the other three as a distraction to slip through their blockade.
“Boy, if you dare go up there, these three are dead!” Elder Plum roared.
Han Wu ignored him and kept running.
At the same moment, Qin Shuang and the others erupted with their strongest forms through Divine Invocation. They called upon the gods to fight through them!
In an instant, the consciousness of the Wisdom God King, the Commerce God King, and Han Wu descended into them. The sudden surge of power held the four elders in check. There was no way they could kill the trio in a short amount of time.
The four elders realized that they had been played. They couldn’t allow Han Wu to bypass them and face the Holy Mother directly. If he reached her without passing their trial, the Holy Mother would be displeased. If she blamed them for the failure, they couldn’t afford the consequences.
As such, the elders immediately abandoned Qin Shuang’s group and went after Han Wu.
Qin Shuang and the others threw everything they had into holding back Elder Chrysanthemum, who lagged behind the others.
“You three, stop that brat! I’ll catch up soon!” Elder Chrysanthemum shouted.
His companions trusted his strength and raced after Han Wu together. Once a sufficient distance separated Elder Chrysanthemum from his companions, Han Wu suddenly turned around and charged straight back at them.
Without the formation, the three elders had no choice but to face him individually. Forget a one-against-three battle. Even in a one-on-one fight, Han Wu couldn’t beat any of the four elders.
However, Divine Invocation changed everything. Once Han Wu activated it, his Duel Jurisdiction’s Duel God Physique awakened. He unleashed Divine Authority 1 with the greatsword in hand, along with Peerless to dual-wield.
He layered the Destruction Aspect onto both Peerless and the greatsword, granting both weapons the insta-kill effect. In addition, his recent fight with one of the White Lotus Sect’s overseers had increased his power. Aside from Undying, he could now carry one additional ability. He chose Replicate.
He transformed in an instant. He grew larger, and ninety-eight additional arms sprouted from his frame. This was Steely’s Hecatoncheiras form. Black blades extended from each of the new arms, giving Han Wu a total of one hundred weapons. He launched a storm of slashes at the three approaching elders.
The hundred blades spun, with each rotation releasing a hundred wind slashes. Every strike carried tremendous force, and two of them carried a twenty-five-percent chance to kill instantly.
Sensing the danger, the three elders drew upon their own Divine Invocation power. This time, however, Han Wu didn’t detect the True Martial God King’s aura. Instead, he sensed an unfamiliar source of energy.
Temporarily empowered by divine strength, the three elders’ power surged to a level approaching the Martial Grandmaster tier. With a single combined strike, their explosive internal energy shattered the Obsidrum blades in Han Wu’s hands.
Even so, Han Wu had been saving his trump card: Dragon Slayer combined with Steelcutter! After enduring their combined blow, he retaliated. A thousand-meter wind blade descended with overwhelming draconic might.
Elder Plum couldn’t dodge in time and was cleaved in two. The kill triggered Han Wu’s Duel God Physique advancement, increasing his overall power by ten percent.
Witnessing how effortlessly Han Wu had slain Elder Plum, Elder Orchid and Elder Bamboo turned to flee. With that level of strength, Han Wu had earned the right to meet the Holy Mother. Blocking him further was pointless. More importantly, while their faith was genuine, their survival instincts were just as real. Running when outmatched was basic biology. There was nothing shameful about it.
Unfortunately, Han Wu had no intention of letting two walking experience packs escape. Drawing upon the Warmaster Gene copied from Steely, he reassembled the shattered weapons into the strongest technique the gene offered.
“Obsidrum Judgment!”
The weapons merged with Peerless into a massive battle axe that shot toward the fleeing Elder Orchid. This attack carried a guaranteed-hit effect, so Han Wu had no doubt it would land.
Three seconds later, the axe came crashing down on Elder Orchid’s head. The scene was gruesome. Brain matter splattered everywhere. Han Wu’s Duel God Physique received another boost, though the increase was smaller this time, roughly eight percent.
Han Wu paid little attention to it. His gaze shifted to Elder Bamboo.
At that moment, Elder Chrysanthemum broke free from Qin Shuang’s group and rushed over to regroup with the others, only to find that two of his longtime companions were already dead.
His arrival simply provided Han Wu with another opportunity to strengthen his Duel God Physique.
Under the combined assault of Han Wu’s group, Elder Bamboo and Elder Chrysanthemum were both cut down. Qin Shuang and the others, however, were utterly drained. They couldn’t even maintain their Divine Invocation states.
“Han Wu, from here on, you’re on your own,” He Xu said plainly. The aftereffects of Divine Invocation had exhausted him. He had no strength to face the Holy Mother the four elders had mentioned.
Jia Gui was in the same condition. Not only was he too weak, but deep down, he also had no desire to go. Fighting powerful opponents meant the slightest mistake could cost him his life. Jia Gui considered himself far too young to take that risk, still a baby of around 800 months.
Qin Shuang’s situation was different. She desperately wanted to go up and rescue her family. Sadly, her current condition wouldn’t allow her to survive a fight of that intensity. Forcing her way forward would only get her killed.
Han Wu certainly wouldn’t let Qin Shuang follow. To prevent her from sneaking after him like last time, he deliberately used the Kunpeng Divine Art to drain more than ninety percent of her internal energy. Without it and physically exhausted, she had no chance of making it up.
“He Xu, please look after her for me,” Han Wu said. He looked toward the courtyard at the summit of White Lotus Peak and steeled himself. “I’ll be right back.”
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